Inside the Imperial Study.
“The Northern Desert people are sending envoys at this time; I’m afraid their intentions are not good.” Yuan Tianyou frowned. “Your Majesty, we need to make preparations in advance. I suggest that we notify all the troops ahead of time.”
Xiao Huai had almost the same expression: "Where did the King of Northern Desert get this younger brother?"
This morning at court, an envoy from the Northern Desert suddenly arrived, saying that the younger brother of the Northern Desert King had long admired the customs and culture of the Central Plains and would soon lead a delegation of envoys to the capital.
According to the list he submitted, it was an unfamiliar name.
According to previous information, the Northern Desert King has been on the throne for many years and is now over fifty years old. He does have three younger brothers, but none of them have this name.
The envoy explained that he had been away from home for many years and had just returned recently.
Yuan Tianyou said in a deep voice, "Your Majesty, I have already sent someone to the Wang family to inquire about Wang Guangchen. We will have news soon."
Xiao Huai sighed deeply and pinched his brow: "No matter what the situation, we must get the Northern Desert and the Northern Army to join forces."
The isolated Northern Desert Army is not afraid.
The grasslands are not the northern deserts. They have a geographical advantage and are thousands of miles away. Although they have harassed the capital repeatedly in recent years, they have not gained any real power and will not pose a threat to the capital.
Adding the Northern Army makes all the difference.
With a transit station in place, coupled with the formidable fighting power of the Northern Desert Army, unless all the troops are summoned back, other countries may take advantage of the situation to invade.
What I fear even more is that they will all seize this opportunity and join forces.
Xiao Huai sighed, pinched his brow, and glanced at Yuan Tianyou: "Prime Minister, we have been ruler and subject for many years, so I will be frank with some things. Since Chu Jinjin and Zhan Qin are already engaged, I naturally cannot force them. However, if war breaks out, I urge the Prime Minister to prioritize the overall situation."
Yuan Tianyou's eyes flickered: "Your Majesty knows Miss Chu's temperament. She is easily swayed by gentle persuasion but not by force, and you can't coerce her. If she doesn't agree, I really have no way to persuade her."
Xiao Huai nodded calmly: "Thank you for your trouble, Prime Minister."
At this moment, Eunuch Zhao ran in, his face beaming with joy: "Your Majesty, the guards just reported that Chu Jinjin has arrived and says she wants to see Your Majesty."
He naturally sided with the emperor.
What Yuan Tianyou said that night almost made him think he had gone mad.
The emperor has his eye on a daughter and wants to make her empress, yet he dares to snatch her away?
That's terrifying.
After Yuan Tianyou left, the emperor smashed everything he could find, then drank alone in silence, muttering to himself as he drank too much: "Yuan Tianyou, did you really think I wouldn't dare to kill you?"
Then she cried again.
He couldn't even get the woman he liked; being an emperor was incredibly frustrating.
Xiao Huai immediately stood up: "Summon them."
Yuan Tianyou looked bewildered: "Did Miss Chu say what it was about?"
Eunuch Zhao, who had already run to the door, stopped: "Your Excellency, I was unaware of this. I came to report the good news as soon as I heard it, but I thought that Miss Chu must be missing the Emperor."
Yuan Tianyou: "......"
He doesn't believe it.
Xiao Huai smiled.
He agreed not entirely because of Yuan Tianyou, but because Chu Jinjin had someone else in her heart. However, if Chu Jinjin chose him, that would be a different story.
Before long, the sound of hurried footsteps could be heard.
Yuan Tianyou looked up and saw a scene he never dared to imagine: his first wife, Shu Yuefen, with disheveled hair, looked like she had been dragged there by Chu Jinjin, panting heavily.
Yuan Tianyou: "...Madam?"
Even if he didn't want to, he had to shout it in front of outsiders.
Xiao Huai was completely dumbfounded: "What's going on? You two, how did you end up together?"
Zhan Qin's biological mother had been dead for so many years that he had never thought about it in that direction.
Yuan Tianyou instantly understood something. He didn't dare to ask directly, so he could only use his eyes, only to meet a pair of numb old eyes.
Yes, Shu Yuefen has become numb.
Faced with absolute force and absolute power, her identity became meaningless, leaving her with no ability to resist.
Chu Jinjin calmly bowed and said, "Your Majesty, Lord Yuan is also here. That's wonderful! I have a complaint to file."
Yuan Tianyou: "..."
Xiao Huai immediately perked up: "Miss Chu, you wouldn't be suing Madam Shu, would you?"
“It is this wicked woman.” Chu Jinjin had already prepared her explanation. “Your Majesty, I have a friend named Zhan Qin, who was originally Lord Yuan’s illegitimate son. More than ten years ago, his birth mother was framed and poisoned. In the end, she had no choice but to die to prove her innocence. The real murderer is none other than her. She orchestrated the whole thing herself.”
Yuan Tianyou: "......"
Xiao Huai tried hard to recall this old story.
He was very displeased to hear Zhan Qin's name, but this was an opportunity.
Xiao Huai said calmly, "Lord Yuan, is this true?"
Yuan Tianyou gritted his teeth and knelt down: "Your Majesty, the person who poisoned me back then was a lowly servant girl who served my wife. It was also my fault. I doted on Zhan Qin's mother too much and neglected my wife, which made this lowly servant girl so angry that she had malicious intentions. But I have already had her beaten to death."
Xiao Huai, on the spot, deduced: "Miss Chu, do you have any evidence?"
“Prime Minister, you didn’t say that when we met the other night. You said yourself that you already knew who the real murderer was, but you couldn’t bear to divorce your wife because of our years of affection.” Chu Jinjin stood calmly between the two of them. “Moreover, your wife already confessed on the way here.”
Yuan Tianyou was stunned and couldn't react to her wild and unpredictable punches: "I, I..."
When did he say that?
Chu Jinjin flicked her finger, sending a gust of wind that almost made Yuan Tianyou burp: "Lord Yuan, why bother with such a vicious woman?"
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