The Great Princess of the Warlord
chapter 57

Moonlight illuminates this beautiful night accompanied by countless stars. Gong Lie, walk sneaking out of the palace. The crown prince was seen several times hiding to avoid the palace guards who were patrolling. Until his feet stepped into a building that was used as a tomb for the ancestors who contributed greatly to make Xili become a big country.

Gong Lie looked to his right and left, seeing if it was safe for him to enter the building. Gong Lie entered the building convinced no one saw him there. He got closer to a lamp hanger, then turned it around.

Brak.

The wall near the lamp hanger was open and showed a very dark hallway. Gong Lie walked into the secret room, lit the torch as lighting, then began to walk down the hallway which took him away from the palace grounds.

At the end of the hallway, could Gong Lie a light so bright dazzled his eyes. It was closed for a moment to adjust the difference between the half-dark hallway and the very bright room. The room looks like a house, with a bedroom and guest roar and bathroom.

" Welcome, your majesty." said a man who guarded the place.

" Hem.. Get my change of clothes ready. I'll be there soon." said Gong Lie.

The man who guards the secret room is seen approaching a closet and taking a change of clothes for Gong Lie. Clothes that look simple but with a very high quality of fabric.

" He's back." Gong Lie asked as he changed his clothes with a more comfortable one.

" It's sir. The chairman arrived this afternoon." replied Sheng Han. Gong Lie's confidant to be his canine hand in touch with his secret army.

" Take him to see me in the usual place" Gong Lie said before leaving his private room in the secret room.

Gong Lie walked out of the hallway until he could get out of the basement that he had made his secret army headquarters. Because only when practicing my troops belonging to Gong Lie was active outside the basement. The rest, they stayed underground and carried out the crown prince's orders at any time.

A man whose age was above the faraway crown prince, seemed to be waiting for the arrival of his master right in front of the cave that fused with the secret room of their group. The old man lowered his head in salute to the crown prince.

" It's good to see you again, sir." Cheng Li said.

" I'm also Uncle Cheng. Is everything going well?" ask Gong Lie.

" I'll explain to you the current situation. But first, let's look at your troops who have revealed their identities while on a mission." Cheng Li suggested.

" Uncle's right, I almost forgot about it." Gong Lie seems really happy right now.

In fact, if Gong Lie had not sought out Gong Sheng from the beginning, Gong Sheng would have chosen not to respond to Gong Lie's actions. Since the beginning, Gong Sheng had said that he was not interested in the throne at all. But it seemed that Gong Lie did not heed Gong Sheng's words and chose to antagonize his fifth sister.

It would be another story if in fact, the crown prince wants to take a big general to be his group. Of course the people will praise and defend Gong Lie to still get the throne as the heir of the Xili kingdom. Instead of doing so, Gong Lie chose to antagonize the 5th prince. Though if seen, it should be Gong Sheng who envied Gong Lie, because all the affection from the emperor was given to the crown prince.

Gong Lie's daydream stopped when he heard one of his men pounding the table. Looks like karen daydreamed to make Gong Lie miss the interesting news.

" What are you going to do, Your Majesty?" ask Gong Lie's men who kicked the table.

" About?" asked Gong Lie who did not understand which way the question from his men was.

" Pardon us Your Highness, but we have information that the 5th prince has put his personal army into Ri Yue's army. In other words, most of the members of the Ri Yue troops were part of the 5th prince's private army."

" Fuck it.." infuriated Gong Lie who again lost one step from Gong Sheng, maybe even he was left a few steps behind.

" What can make the private army of my fifth brother reveal their true identity?" gong Lie asked with a heart that was still upset.

" I think it's going to be difficult Your Majesty. Because the joining of these two forces has been since the fifth prince became a member of the army of the defense minister." said Cheng Li felt helpless. Apparently their group had already since the beginning lost a step.

' Did Cho Hain know about it?" ask Gong Lie.

" We've been investigating him for years. But there was no evidence that led him to cooperate with the 5th prince. Even according to the news circulating, the defense minister is eyeing the position of the 5th prince to be replaced by his son, Cho Hayu" Cheng Li reported.

" Is there any chance we can bring it to be our part?" Gong Lie expressed his desire to invite the defense minister to be his person. That way he will have influence in the minister of the right.

" We'll immediately throw an uman at him sir. She has a daughter named Cho Hari, isn't the 3rd prince still alone. We can tie the two together in marriage." Cheng Li gave his idea.

" Good idea. Prepare it all, and I'll tell the emperor." Gong Lie smiled in satisfaction at this moment. He was going to make Gong Sheng bend to himself. Just imagine, Gong Lie was so happy.

Gong Lie chose to go from there to immediately meet the 3rd prince and also the Emperor to do his part in his plan. At one time, the 3rd prince was a man who had secretly loved concubine Wan. Emperor's most recently appointed concubine. Formerly the 3rd prince and Wan Inha were lovers. And because Inha got a proposal from the emperor, he was forced to obey because he was threatened by his parents.

Now Inha herself was pregnant, but the child in her womb was not the son of the Emperor, but the son of Gong Xie. The crown prince who knew about it also threatened Gong Xie so that he would be part of his group or Gong Lie would say about the pregnancy of concubine Wan to the Emperor.