The Demonic Crown Prince

Because he knew very well that this was the network of connections that his grandfather and Zhang Yue had accumulated over many years, and now, it was essentially being handed over to him in a roundabout way.

Perhaps this doesn't represent a legacy, but it is definitely an extremely valuable resource.

In any society, connections are the most important thing!

With connections, you can do whatever you want with ease.

In fact, these people can often help with things that are inconvenient for Li Yuan to do himself, or things that he is unable to do.

"Prime Minister Zhang, I misunderstood you. I'm sorry!"

Li Yuan took the booklet, took a deep breath, and cupped his hands above his head.

"Your Highness, please don't do this. This is what I should do. It's just that I haven't had the opportunity to do it before."

Zhang Yue smiled kindly and pressed Li Yuan's hand down.

"After I leave, Prime Minister Zhang, you must be very careful. Perhaps the Emperor might turn his attention to you."

Li Yuan said solemnly.

"Don't worry, for now, everything should be fine. His Majesty doesn't have a suitable reason to take me away."

Zhang Yue smiled slightly.

"That's good!" Li Yuan nodded emphatically.

"There's another situation. Half a month ago, I actually sent a message to the Liu family in Yunzhou, asking them to come to the capital. If the situation changes, they will pick you up immediately and take you back to Yunzhou for protection."

However, no news came back from the Liu family, which was presumed to be due to the spread of the chaos in Yanbei Road, while Yunzhou was busy with its defenses.

However, you don't need to worry. The Liu family is powerful and not inferior to the three major families of Yanbei Road. I expect there will be no problem!

Zhang Yue said.

"I hope so!"

Li Yuan nodded, but his heart felt heavy.

……

After bidding farewell to Zhang Yue, Li Yuan returned to the military camp, but his expression was somewhat solemn.

Since the new information has indeed overturned his previous understanding of the current situation in Yanbei Road, it seems necessary to make a new plan.

Upon returning to the military camp, the first thing Li Yuan did was summon Fang Li and also call Yan Poshan into the main tent.

Yan Poshan is indeed very strong and has an excellent recovery ability; he is already able to walk upright today.

You know, just yesterday he was in so much pain that he had to walk with a hunched back and had to rest after every few steps, but today his back is straight.

"Your Highness!" Fang Li wore a huge cloak that could cover his body, and at the same time, he put on a dust cloth to cover his original face.

This would avoid too much trouble in the military camp, especially making her unrecognizable—she's already in the spotlight, so the fewer people who recognize her, the better!

"I'm giving you two tasks."

"Please speak, Your Highness."

"My first task is to follow this line all the way to Yanbei Road. Before I arrive at each place, I need to obtain all the local information. I mean all of it, you know."

Li Yuan pointed to the map and began to assign her tasks.

"Understood, Your Highness!" Fang Li nodded emphatically.

"The second task... Hmm, I just remembered something. Nightshade, isn't that the power you control? What's the current status of that power?"

"Your Highness, Night Enchantress was originally established by the Second Prince. It was composed entirely of women. The initial intention was to use their beauty to seduce important officials of the court, including those in the capital and the provinces, to seize their weaknesses and force them to join the Second Prince's faction."

However, someone later saw through the scheme and even reported it to the imperial court. His Majesty was furious and dispatched the Imperial City Guard to investigate the matter. Many informants and spies in the capital and around the court were also dealt with, and Nightshade's activities also fell into silence. The main focus was on training beautiful female assassins to assassinate important figures in unexpected ways.

Including that beautiful, sick woman who was sent to the prince's bed, she was actually trained by us..."

Fang Li blushed slightly as she said this.

"It's alright, I didn't fall for it anyway, please continue."

Li Yuan smiled slightly.

"Because Night Demon emphasizes single-line contact, the downstream only knows me, and the downstream only knows the upstream. It can be said that they only recognize people and not others. So, Your Highness has asked the right question. This line is now under my control."

Previously, the Second Prince thought he could control me by using money and my life or death, but later, the Third Prince actually controlled me by using my younger sister, which was equivalent to secretly taking away all of Night Enchantress.

Now, the prince has been incredibly kind to me. It can be said that as long as I am here, this entire line is in the prince's hands!

Therefore, whatever Your Highness desires us to do, the entire Nightshade Squad will go through fire and water without hesitation!

Fang Li said in a low voice.

"Alright, then let's add one more thing for now: we must withdraw all our forces in the capital to... Yuezhou in Yuanqing Road, two hundred miles away, where they will wait for our arrival!"

"Of course, you can go there first, to carry out the first task, and at the same time, gather your subordinates there and wait for me."

Li Yuan said.

"Understood, Your Highness," Fang Li replied again.

"The third thing is to use all your connections to find out the current situation in Yanbei Road as quickly as possible, and in particular, find out what's going on with the Liu family in Yunzhou, where my maternal grandfather used to be!"

Li Yuan said.

"Yes, Your Highness!" Fang Li replied solemnly.

"Furthermore, from now on, Yan Poshan will be your direct superior. Report any situation to him immediately; he is the overall commander of all intelligence work!"

Li Yuan said again.

"Greetings, Commander Yan!" Fang Li knelt on one knee and bowed to Yan Poshan.

"We're all comrades-in-arms, there's no need for such formalities. His Highness has repeatedly emphasized that in our army, we only use military salutes and have abolished the ancient custom of kneeling!"

Yan Poshan first gave her a very standard military salute, and then helped her up.

"Yes, Commander!" Fang Li gave an awkward salute.

"Go ahead and get busy!" Li Yuan smiled slightly.

Fang Li quietly withdrew from the main tent!

Yan Poshan looked at the map, his expression extremely grave. "Your Highness, if everything you just told me is true, then our situation is indeed very dire!"

Li Yuan smiled slightly, "Wealth and honor have always been sought amidst danger; the bigger the storm, the more valuable the fish!"

Yan Poshan pondered these two sentences carefully, and the more he thought about them, the more meaningful they became.

"Then, Your Highness, how shall we proceed with our march?"

Yan Poshan asked again.

"Let's go to Yuezhou, the capital of Yuanqing Road, and stay there for a while until Fang Li sends back news from the front!"

Li Yuan looked at the map and said slowly.

"Yes, Your Highness."

Although Yan Poshan still didn't quite understand Li Yuan's meaning, he obeyed orders and began to plan the march in his mind.

"I'll be leaving the capital in three days... Time flies, there are still a few important things I haven't done."

Li Yuan stretched and said with a sigh.

"Is there anything else Your Highness needs to do that I may perform for you?"

Yan Poshan asked.

"Go beat up that Deputy Commander-in-Chief Liu Guanjia of the Capital Region General's Office. If you can, beat up the Privy Council Chief as well. Do you dare?"

Li Yuan looked at him with a half-smile.

"Huh?" Yan Poshan's mouth gaped open wide enough to provide welfare for an elephant!