In the pavilion, the note on the carrier pigeon was taken down by Princess Yuehua's personal guard. Twelve words were clearly written on it: Su Yuan has already reported the case to the emperor, and efforts are being made to kill him.

Princess Yuehua took the note and looked at it. Her face instantly became extremely gloomy. "Useless thing, you can't even solve a woman."

There was a gleam of anger and determination in her eyes, and her red cardamom-dyed nails poked a hole in the paper.

"Su Yuan..." She sneered viciously, "You think I should pay with my life!"

Everyone present felt her anger and lowered their heads, not daring to speak.

At this time, Princess Wen'an came with the handsome man who had played the piano for Princess Yuehua.

The handsome man was dressed in white and holding a zither in his hand. It seemed that he was called to play a song for Princess Yuehua.

As soon as she arrived at the pavilion, Princess Wen'an felt that the atmosphere was not right and could not help but ask, "Mother, what happened?"

Upon hearing the voice, Princess Yuehua glanced at County Lady Wen'an, then stood up and walked to the handsome man.

She raised her hand and gently stroked the handsome man's cheek, saying softly: "Although I am a little reluctant, keeping you will always be a disaster."

Hearing this, the man's heart trembled, his face gradually turned pale, and he vaguely guessed something.

After a brief thought, Lady Wen'an guessed something, "Mother, but Su..."

Princess Yuehua raised her hand to interrupt her, her eyes fixed on the man's face, her smile not diminishing, "Do you know? Among so many people, I like you the most."

"Thank you for your kindness, Your Highness. Yan will serve you more wholeheartedly in the future."

Princess Yuehua looked at him and pondered for a moment, then turned back to her seat and sat down, "Play the zither for me. Play the same piece you played when I first met you."

The man sat down, lightly plucked the strings with his fingertips, and melodious music rang out in the pavilion.

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On the other side at that time, after the funeral, Luo Jie secretly summoned the officials of Nanzhao to discuss the attack on Daxia.

The minister who advocated going to war with Daxia said: "Now that Daxia and the Eastern Turks are at war, their forces will inevitably be dispersed. This is a great opportunity for us, Nanzhao, to send troops.

Our army is strong and powerful, and we will surely be able to capture some cities in Daxia in one fell swoop and expand our Nanzhao territory."

Luo Jie nodded slightly, his eyes full of ambition, "My dear minister, what you said makes sense, but we must not underestimate the enemy.

Even if the enemy's forces are dispersed, Nanzhao must be prepared for a protracted war. Can the supply of food and horses keep up? "

At this time, a minister who advocated peace stood up and said, "Your Majesty, please think twice, war will only bring disaster to people.

The people of Nanzhao are now living and working in peace and contentment, with no worries about food and clothing, and we really shouldn’t bring war to them.”

Luo Jie frowned, "Peace is good, but my Nanzhao's territory is too small. Daxia has just experienced a civil war and sent troops to attack the Eastern Turks. If my Nanzhao does not take advantage of the opportunity, I am afraid there will be no such good opportunity in the future."

The ministers who advocated war quickly echoed: "Your Majesty is wise. If we don't fight now, when will we fight? We are willing to fight for your Majesty and expand our territory."

The lord and his ministers were so anxious that sweat broke out on their foreheads, but they did not dare to forcefully dissuade him.

Luo Jie stood up and glanced at the ministers, "It's settled. Send down the order to immediately prepare food and horses, train soldiers, and send out the troops in half a month."

All the ministers accepted the order.

After the minister who followed Loge came out of the palace, he went straight to find Loge.

When Luo Ge learned that Luo Jie was going to send troops to attack Da Xia, he was not surprised.

As early as when his father was still alive, Luo Jie had the idea of attacking Daxia, but he never found a good opportunity.

Now, the civil strife in Daxia has caused Daxia to lose a lot of soldiers and horses, and also made Tian Khan dare not use the Lu family army in a short period of time.

This is indeed a great opportunity.

But Daxia was far from being comparable to Nanzhao in terms of strength. Even though Daxia had just experienced a civil war, Nanzhao could not win.

Otherwise, Tian Khan would not have sent troops to Eastern Turkestan at this time.

The minister who came to report the news saw that Loge remained silent and asked anxiously, "Second Prince, what should we do about this?"

Luo Ge collected his thoughts, looked at the minister, and said slowly: "Luo Jie plans to send troops in half a month, we still have time."

"The Second Prince wants to..."

"That's right."

"I swear to follow the Second Prince until death."

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In a blink of an eye, night fell, and Princess Wen'an came into a room with a pot of poisoned wine.

I saw a man in the room with shackles on his feet, sitting on the bed and looking at the closed window.

When the man saw Princess Wen'an, a look of doubt flashed in his eyes.

Lady Wen'an walked up to the man, picked up the wine pot and poured him a cup of poisoned wine. "Sir, your mother is grateful for your good service, so she will give you a glass of good wine."

Hearing this, the man's face turned pale and he shrank back in fear. "Princess, please spare my life. County Lady, please spare my life. I don't want to die."

"This is not up to you." Princess Wen'an moved the wine glass in her hand to the guard who followed her, "Drink it."

As Lady Wen'an finished her words, the guard took the wine glass, grabbed the man's chin and poured the poisoned wine into his mouth.

In a short while, the man vomited blood and died with his eyes open.

Next, Lady Wen'an took people and poisoned wine to several other rooms and did the same thing.

After walking through more than a dozen rooms, they came to the outside of the last room.

The Lady of Wen'an County stopped outside the door and said, "You guys stay outside, I'll go in by myself."

Everyone present knew about the affair between Princess Wen'an and the man inside, and responded with a low sound.

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