Chapter 248 If you are strong in this way, you must perish in this way!

After Shen Chaoyan exchanged glances with Sikong Yan, she continued to negotiate with He Yao, "He Yao, you should also know very well that in the entire harem, the emperor only likes me, and I am the only one who can give birth to his children. Therefore, I am far more important to him than Sikong Nian. It is the wisest thing to exchange me for Sikong Nian!"

Hearing what Shen Chaoyan said, He Yao lowered her head and glanced at the little girl who was crying loudly in her arms, and she was indeed shaken.

The little girl was very uncooperative and kept twisting and turning in her arms, and it was difficult to control her.

If it dragged on, she was really afraid that she would lose her patience and directly get rid of the little girl first.

He Yao weighed the options in her mind and decided to accept Shen Chaoyan's opinion, "Okay, come here and I'll give you the child!"

Seeing that she finally gave in, Shen Chaoyan immediately strode towards her, "Okay, give me the child."

He Yao watched her approaching step by step, his eyes darkened, and suddenly raised his hand and threw Sikong Nian, who was still crying in his arms, into the air.

"Niannian!"

Shen Chaoyan's pupils tightened, and she stretched out her hand to her daughter in the air.

While all her thoughts were on Sikong Nian, He Yao raised the dagger in his hand and swung it at Shen Chaoyan.

Seeing this, Sikong Yan immediately rushed forward, hugged Shen Chaoyan, and raised his other arm to steadily catch his daughter who fell down.

Shen Chaoyan looked at the man who was holding her in his arms, and then at his daughter who was in his arms, and couldn't help but let out a long sigh of relief.

Great!

Both she and her daughter are fine!

"Ah!"

Just as her heart, which had been hanging in the air, came to her ears, a miserable scream came.

Shen Chaoyan turned her head and saw He Yao standing behind Sikong Yan, with the dagger raised less than half an inch away from the man, but she was frozen there.

He Yao slowly lowered her head, looked at the long sword that pierced her heart, and fell straight to the ground.

It was Xuan Ye who stabbed her from behind.

He Yao fell to the ground, still staring at Sikong Yan fiercely, "Sikong Yan, if I can't kill you today, I won't let you go even if I go to the eighteenth level of hell... cough cough..."

Before she finished her words, she coughed up a large mouthful of blood.

Shen Chaoyan looked at He Yao, "Sikong Yu is already dead, you can actually live peacefully in the harem, why do you have to take a gamble?"

He Yao stared at Shen Chaoyan coldly, "What do you know? His Royal Highness Prince Jing has been very kind to me. I can't kill Sikong Yan, and I can't avenge His Royal Highness Prince Jing. I might as well go to the underworld to accompany His Royal Highness... puff!"

Before she finished her words, He Yao spit out another large mouthful of blood.

The wounds on her body were still oozing blood, and the whole person seemed to have been drained of life. Her head tilted to the side, and her eyes slowly closed.

Xuan Ye stepped forward and put his hand under He Yao's nose to feel the breath, "Your Majesty, Concubine Shu has died."

Sikong Yan lowered his eyes to look at He Yao's body, and said to Li Heguang, "Li Heguang, Concubine Shu suddenly suffered from an old illness tonight and died in Minghua Palace. You should bury her according to the rites for concubines."

"Yes!"

Not many people knew about Concubine Shu's assassination. Everyone in Fengqi Palace was very tight-lipped, and no one dared to mention it again.

He Yao seldom walked around in the harem because of her poor health. Except for Concubine Hui, no one else in the harem had any contact with her.

Now, even though she is dead, the concubines in the harem no longer mention her except for a few sighs.

The name He Yao disappeared from the world very completely when she was buried.

A few months later, Qifeng and Wa made unusual moves, harassing the people at the border from time to time.

When Shen Chaoyan went to Yangxin Palace to deliver soup, she heard Sikong Yan mention this matter, and she couldn't help but frown, "Your Majesty, Qifeng and Wa have colluded with each other for a long time. They are so blatant this time, I am afraid that the people at the border will be caught in war again."

Sikong Yan held her hand with his big hand, "Don't worry, Yan'er, this war will not be fought."

Shen Chaoyan looked at the confident expression on the handsome face of the man, and couldn't help but raise her eyebrows, "Does the emperor have any tricks?"

Sikong Yan met her gaze and asked back, "Do you still remember the Deshan Zhenren?"

Deshan Zhenren?

Shen Chaoyan was startled, and after trying to recall for a moment, he finally remembered, "Wang Deshan, the remnant of the White Lotus Sect? What happened to him?"

Sikong Yan replied, "When Wei Daozhen was arrested, Wang Deshan and Madam Wei were also sentenced to death. But I know that Wang Deshan is a cowardly person, so I made a deal with him. Once he succeeds, I will spare his life, and let Madam Wei and the child in her belly go, so that the three of them can be reunited."

Shen Chaoyan still had some impression of Wang Deshan's affair with Madam Wei.

Shen Chaoyan had seen with her own eyes how greedy and cowardly that man was.

At this time, hearing that Wang Deshen had made a deal with Sikong Yan, she was quite curious, "Your Majesty, please don't keep me in suspense, tell me what deal you made?" "

Wang Deshen asked for it on his own initiative and took his Yaowan to Qifeng. Back then, Japan and Qifeng joined forces just to use Yaowan to corrupt the people of Daxia. Now I let Wang Deshen go to Qifeng, and he took the only Yaowan and Zhuyandan left in his hand. With his eloquent tongue and my secret support, it should be easy for him to send another White Lotus Sect or Black Lotus Sect to Qifeng."

Shen Chaoyan figured it out. Sikong Yan was using Yaowan to fight back with the cult!

This boomerang was so beautiful!

Since Japan is strong because of this, it will surely perish because of this!

Shen Chaoyan didn't expect that Sikong Yan had set up such a big game since he captured Wang Deshan.

Now it seems that Wang Deshan must be doing well in Qifeng.

Shen Chaoyan sincerely admired Sikong Yan, "Your Majesty is wise!"

Sikong Yan replied, "This time, in order to catch Qifeng and Japan in one fell swoop, I also contacted your elder brother."

Shen Yushu has been in contact with Shen Chaoyan since he went to Lingnan a year ago.

However, Shen Chaoyan did not hear him mention that he was going north to Qifeng.

"Did my elder brother go to the border too?"

"No, he took the elite and went to Japan by water."

This time, it was the Prince of Yan who was guarding the border.

Sikong Huan , the prince of the Prince of Yan's Mansion, is quite knowledgeable about rice planting. After divorcing his wife, he devoted himself to planting rice and has grown seeds suitable for the northern climate.

Thanks to him, there is now sufficient food and grass at the border, and there is no need to transfer food and grass from other places for the war with Qifeng.

In addition, Wang Deshan has worked particularly hard to develop the cult in Qifeng.

He set the price of Yaowan very high, so not many ordinary people were harmed by Yaowan, but many dignitaries and nobles were harmed.

Once a war breaks out between the two countries, the Prince of Yan is confident that he can win a great victory.

Sikong Huan received news that Japan had also secretly sent a lot of troops to support Qifeng.

Japan is short of troops internally, and it is a good time to attack them!