บท 214: Chapter 204: Continue fighting, we are merely in a civil conflict!_2

"Alright," said Lady Gan, her face momentarily betraying a hint of panic, but she swiftly made the most correct choice.

"Hehe," Chen Xi couldn't help but curl the corners of his mouth into a smile. This was Liu Shan's mother, after all, and she was also considered a paragon of virtue. Although in history she died young due to illness, in this life of brocade robes and jade meals, she wasn't going to fall so easily.

That being said, the benefits that Chen Xi provided to the Zhen Family were, to say the least, less for the Zhen Family and more like stuffing money directly into Liu Bei's purse. He had spoken of separating the national treasury from personal funds to prevent a sovereign king from squandering the national treasury, leading to the neglect of the people's strength and ultimately the ruin of the state. But he had no intention of making the king suffer. Liu Bei had treated him well, so why would he harm Liu Bei?