Underneath A Thousand Skies ✔️

118 Foster Son, Don't Be So Crazy (55)

"There was a report of an uprising in twelve provinces, located in the south, east, and west of the kingdom. The rebels are reported to have been wearing a yellow scarf to cover their face, following the lead of the 'Golden Princess.' You know nothing of this?"

"Answering Your Highness, I don't."

Song Jia didn't even hesitate and outright denied the accusation.

"These rebels have begun using guerrilla warfare to clash against the military and the knight order. Are you aware of this, Lady Jin Jia?"

"Answering Your Highness, this servant is unaware."

Song Jia was truly unaware that her followers were only using guerrilla warfare. She looked at the royal advisor, who quickly bowed his head. Song Jia's eyes glimmered.

So she had another supporter to her cause? How nice~

To only use guerrilla warfare against the military and the knight order, how could the rebels possibly win? Only Princess Bai Xue who was ignorant of the battlefield would believe that kind of weak excuse. The military and the knight order were both supreme in terms of weapons and training. Even if Song Jia employed sly and creative tactics like Zhuge Liang [1], it would still be a difficult battle.

In the first place, Song Jia had no intention to violently usurp Princess Bai Xue from her throne. During the past eight years, she had gained much more control through clever alliances, patronage, and bribery than an outright war. The royal military and the knight order? Nearly half of them were already hers, oh.

Tactics and strategies were only useful if two opponents were aware of each other's existence and are fairly facing each other on the side of the board. Sending a pawn to fight off a pawn, a rook with another rook. But if your own enemy was ignorant of your existence for so long?

Hehe, no need to answer, just directly squash them flat.

Princess Bai Xue angrily threw the documents that she was holding onto the floor.

"Do you think that if you don't respond, I wouldn't know that you're the one behind all of this? Jin Jia, your heart is truly dark, to even scheme against your own sovereign. This is an act of treason!"

"Does Her Highness have any evidence to accuse this servant? Her Highness is so insightful and capable, she already knew the truth of the matter without investigating. She even knows the color of my heart, this servant is shocked that her inner soul has been discovered..."

Song Jia knelt down and kowtowed. "Your Highness, please punish this incompetent servant, having eyes but not recognizing Mount Tai! I have been woefully negligent of Your Highness' fortune-telling abilities and divinity!"

"Pu!"

A trickle of blood flowed out from the corner of Princess Bai Xue's lips. She directly swayed from side to side with suppressed anger. If the crown princess had not deliberately worn a heavy dress decorated with large jewels to look regal and imposing, it was estimated that she would have jumped forward and throttled Song Jia to death.

"All of you, leave!"

Princess Bai Xue shouted to the nobles and ministers, who immediately scurried away like frightened mice. As soon as they were alone, Princess Bai Xue stood up and shot a hateful glare at Song Jia.

"Where's Feng? Where are you hiding him?"

At the mention of Xiang Feng, all traces of schadenfreude completely left Song Jia's face. She also stood up, face to face with the crown princess.

"I don't know," she answered quietly, with none of her earlier teasing tone.

"How could you not know?! Haven't you always been with him?"

Princess Bai Xue's face was twisted with extreme loathing and jealousy.

"I don't know how you seduced him, but sooner or later, he would find his way back to me. Someone like you, who hasn't been with him for as long as I had..."

"I'm the one who raised him!" Song Jia blurted out.

Her declaration made Princess Bai Xue descend into sarcastic laughter. "Raised him? Someone of a younger generation like you could actually claim to have raised him? Jin Jia, don't take me for a fool!"

"It's true." Song Jia was disgruntled that she was showing off the years she spent together with Xiang Feng. "Tree rings are usually hidden, the same applies for my age. It's only because I have a baby face."

Princess Bai Xue didn't want to listen to her nonsense. "I'm also the one who took care of his past for him. Just by these things alone, which part of you could compare to me?!"

When Princess Bai Xue saw Song Jia's expression slightly change, her eyes sharpened.

"Don't tell me, he didn't even tell you about his past?" she asked gleefully.

[1] A Ch. politician and brilliant military strategist