Chapter 99: Cruel Prince 48

Seeing this, Tang Wan immediately smiled and said:

“Go on, military affairs are more important.”

Feng Qitong nodded.

Before leaving, he added:

“Gu will return within an hour.”

Then he hurried toward the military command tent.

...

By the time he arrived, the generals were already fiercely debating how to deal with Zhao State’s surrendered soldiers.

Some agreed with Feng Qitong’s original thoughts and suggested slaughtering them all.

Others felt that massacring two hundred thousand surrendered troops was excessively cruel and strongly opposed it.

After taking his seat, Feng Qitong immediately spoke in an authoritative tone:

“These two hundred thousand prisoners of war—”

“Gu intends to keep them alive.”

The entire tent was instantly shocked.

“Your Highness, absolutely not!”

Seeing their reactions, Feng Qitong calmly waved a hand.

“Gu understands your concerns.”

“Killing them would indeed be the simplest solution.”

“But after careful consideration, Gu believes keeping them alive is more beneficial than killing them.”

“Tang State possesses vast uncultivated wastelands lacking manpower.”

“These two hundred thousand men are ready-made labor.”

The generals immediately began persuading him anxiously.

“But Your Highness, raising and relocating them would consume enormous resources!”

Feng Qitong replied indifferently:

“Gu knows.”

“But Gu does not care.”

“Because sooner or later, all lands beneath heaven will belong to Gu.”

“When the world becomes unified, these people will also become Gu’s subjects.”

“Though troublesome, relocating two hundred thousand people is not impossible.”

...

Hearing Feng Qitong’s words, the generals exchanged stunned looks.

Wasn’t His Highness speaking a little too boldly?

After a moment, the Seventh Prince was the first to kneel.

“Your Highness possesses unmatched ambition!”

“This minister is willing to follow Your Highness unto death and assist you in conquering the world!”

Seeing this, the other generals quickly reacted as well.

One after another, they knelt and shouted in unison:

“We are willing to follow Your Highness unto death!”

Feng Qitong raised his hand lightly.

“Rise.”

“Have the strategists produce a relocation plan immediately.”

“Yes, Your Highness!”

...

Afterward, the matter of the traitor was addressed.

The general who betrayed Tang State had been discovered to be a double agent secretly working for the Second Prince.

After hearing the report, Feng Qitong simply waved his hand coldly.

“Hang him upon the city wall tomorrow.”

“Whip his corpse publicly to comfort the spirits of the soldiers who died because of him.”

“Yes!”

“Handle the remaining matters yourselves.”

“Gu will return first.”

“The army will depart back to the capital in three days.”

After speaking, he impatiently left the military tent.

...

Tang Wan looked slightly surprised when she saw him return so quickly.

“Husband, why are you back already?”

“Everything’s handled?”

Feng Qitong laughed softly.

“Isn’t it because Gu wanted to spend more time accompanying you?”

“But the army—”

“Don’t worry.”

“There isn’t much else to deal with anymore.”

“And Gu didn’t kill them.”

As he spoke, he gently placed his hand on Tang Wan’s stomach, smiling foolishly to himself.

Inside here—

was his child with Tang Wan.

Even thinking about it felt unbelievable.

A person like Feng Qitong...

could actually have a child someday.

...

Tang Wan had truly never expected Feng Qitong to become like this after learning about the pregnancy.

She had imagined many possible reactions from him—

but she never expected him to treasure the child this much.

He practically looked silly with happiness.

Even while sleeping at night, he held her with extreme care and gentleness.

Seeing this, Tang Wan couldn’t help smiling helplessly.

But inside,

her heart felt sweet.

...

Three days later, the army officially began returning triumphantly to the capital.

Following behind them were the surrendered citizens and soldiers of Zhao State who had been divided and relocated.

Because they had already won the war, the return journey was no longer as rushed as before.

Additionally, Tang Wan was now pregnant.

So Feng Qitong simply allowed the main army to travel ahead while he personally stayed behind with a smaller escort to accompany Tang Wan slowly back toward the capital, unwilling to let her suffer even the slightest exhaustion.

Traveling this way, they finally arrived back in the capital a month and a half later.

...

At this point, the Second Prince had already received news of the border victory.

He was unsurprised by Tang State’s success—

after all, Tang Qingzhu had already predicted it beforehand.

But what he truly had not expected was—

Feng Qitong had actually spared the two hundred thousand surrendered Zhao soldiers.