"Although my father hadn't made up his mind when I left, I think he'll most likely send someone to negotiate with my eldest sister." Yu Zicheng sighed inwardly, "My eldest sister now commands a powerful army and occupies the eastern region of Da Qi, which is rich in resources. Father... will probably try to take over her troops and territory."
Princess Zhenbei frowned, "Do you think that evil girl will agree?"
Yu Zicheng sighed, "That depends on what conditions father can offer, and whether my eldest sister really has the kind of personality you described."
Princess Zhenbei snorted coldly, "Based on my understanding of that evil girl, she will definitely not give up the power she has gained. When that happens, your father will definitely take his anger out on you and me. We must prepare early."
Princess Zhenbei felt that she understood the disobedient, unfilial, and heartless Yu Zizhen better than Prince Zhenbei and Yu Zicheng.
Yu Zicheng continued to sigh, "But what can we do? As for Eldest Sister, we are...out of reach."
In fact, what he really wanted to say was that Yu Zizhen didn't listen to his mother at all, and nothing his mother said would work. It was even very likely that the other party would deliberately go against his mother. But Yu Zizhen didn't want to continue to stimulate his mother's sensitive nerves, so he changed to a more euphemistic way of saying it.
Princess Zhenbei didn't know what her son was thinking. She instructed Yu Zicheng, "Go find your uncle and ask them to place two or three of our people in the delegation."
"What are you going to do?" Yu Zicheng was worried that Princess Zhenbei would lose control of her temper and intensify the conflict between her and Yu Zizhen at this critical juncture.
"Make your position clear in advance." Princess Zhenbei is certainly not that stupid. Although she hates Yu Zizhen, she is always clear-headed when it comes to protecting her own and Yu Zicheng's interests.
She wrote the softest letter ever, trying to use "family affection" and Yu Zizhen's "daughter body" as bargaining chips to persuade Yu Zizhen to give up the power he had obtained.
At the end of the letter, she said that if Yu Zizhen really did not care about the kindness of her husband and wife in raising Yu Zizhen, then no matter how heartbroken she was, she would reveal Yu Zizhen's identity as a woman to the public.
Princess Zhenbei instructed her son to "secretly" give the letter to Prince Zhenbei for review first.
After Yu Zicheng listened to what she said and read the letter that Princess Zhenbei wrote to Yu Zizhen, he felt that his mother's plan was good, so he carried it out obediently.
Yu Zicheng showed the letter written by the Princess of Zhenbei to the King of Zhenbei, "Mother is worried that my elder sister will be blinded by temporary power and wealth, so she wrote this letter to scare her."
"But my son is worried that if my eldest sister's identity as a woman is revealed, her subordinates will use it as an excuse to kill her."
"After much thought, I feel that I cannot hide this from you, Father. After all, only you have the ability to protect my elder sister when she is in danger."
King Zhenbei read the letter at a glance and said, "You did the right thing."
He didn't really care about Yu Zizhen's life or death, but Yu Zicheng's words did remind him that he felt he should make preparations for both scenarios.
What he didn't tell Yu Zicheng was that Yu Zizhen had done such a big thing behind his back, and he was actually very dissatisfied with her.
The regret and remorse he felt for owing Yu Zizhen only lasted for a short time, and the Prince of Zhenbei forgot what he and Princess Zhenbei had done to Yu Zizhen.
Not only did he lightly brush aside the unfair treatment that Yu Zizhen had suffered with the words "There are no parents who are not wrong", but he also labeled Yu Zizhen as disobedient and unfilial.
Of course, these thoughts are still just spinning in his mind for now. After all, he still needs to play the role of a loving father.
But if Yu Zizhen doesn't appreciate it and would rather let them reveal her identity as a woman than give up the power she has gained, then he really needs to prepare in advance to take over Yu Zizhen's territory.
This time, he couldn't let anyone else get ahead of him and eat what he had set his eyes on.
Thinking of this, King Zhenbei decisively called one of his generals.
Mr. Jiang, who had gone to Jiangning with the envoys carefully selected by the King of Zhenbei, did not know that on the second day after he entered Yu Zizhen's sphere of influence, one of the generals under the King of Zhenbei had already led the 50,000 troops allocated to him by the King of Zhenbei and marched to the border between the north and the east.
Thanks to the baby voice system, Yu Zizhen was already well aware of the actions of the King of Zhenbei when he first mobilized his troops.
These days, she has been waiting for his people to come here with great effort and fall into his trap.
Mr. Jiang, who was accompanied by 200 elite soldiers, more than 30 followers, and two relatives of the Princess of Zhenbei, had just entered the sphere of influence of Yu Zizhen by about 50 miles when a group of bandits who appeared out of nowhere surrounded them and killed them.
They didn't even get to see Yu Zizhen before they were forcibly separated and sent to mines, mountain strongholds and other places where they would never see outsiders again.
Chen Ze, who was in charge of the mine affairs, did not dare to relax his supervision over the two hundred elite soldiers.
After the "bandits" responsible for the robbery sent them and the two relatives of the Princess of Zhenbei into the mine, he not only immediately put them in wooden shackles and shackles, but also had people specially mix a chronic poison that would occur periodically into their food.
"First, stop giving them food and water for three days. When they can no longer bear it and beg for food, give each of them a bowl of wild vegetable porridge with added ingredients."
"Remember to make sure they eat it all. If anyone dares to be picky and waste food, we will continue to deprive them of water and food."
Chen Ze's subordinates also sensed a dangerous aura from those elite soldiers. They knew very well that if they couldn't control these guys, then they, the ones who would have to come into contact with them every day, would be the ones to suffer in the end.
For the sake of their own lives and future, none of them dared to just let the matter go.
Every Northern soldier who might cause unrest watched the other side eat the wild vegetable porridge with added ingredients.
As for Mr. Jiang and the more than 30 followers in their team who were responsible for various miscellaneous matters, Yu Zizhen had them sent to a mountain stronghold about 40 miles away from the mine.
It just so happened that the stronghold was newly built, and there were a lot of tasks waiting for someone to do them.
When Mr. Jiang and his colleagues went there, they built houses, repaired roads, reclaimed wasteland, and raised livestock... they were definitely very busy.
Mr. Jiang, who was captured, never dreamed that his failure was not caused by being humiliated, driven away or avoided by Yu Zizhen, but that he was kidnapped by a group of "bandits" who appeared out of nowhere before he even saw her.
After his initial shock, he almost immediately began to doubt the true identities of these bandits.
After all, no bandit would have such a complete set of rattan armor and such formal weapons, right?
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