Chapter 837 Lady Li, Cheng Liji
The King of Xirong's expression changed.
These days, according to Da Xiang's report, Lady Sui and the people of Da Yu Kingdom have been working in the experimental fields and the progress is very good.
If all goes well, the rice seeds will germinate in a month, and in another two months they will sprout and grow into grains. If it can be proven that the yield per mu is extremely high, it can be widely planted next spring. This would be an unprecedented achievement for their Western Rong Kingdom... If Lady Sui dies now, the experiment will be forced to end, and there will never be such a good opportunity again.
The King of Xirong raised his hand and flicked a small stone, which hit the knife in Cheng Wanwan's hand. With a crisp sound, the knife fell to the ground.
Princess Taiping seemed to only just realize what was happening. She quickly went over and put her arm around Cheng Wanwan's shoulder, saying gently, "Madam Sui, please calm down. Don't lose your composure. You need to save your strength to see the child off on her final journey. We can't let the child become a wandering ghost, can we..."
"Lady Sui, listen carefully. If you die, I will grind your son to dust." The voice of the King of Xirong was extremely cold. "If you obey me, I will appoint your son as a first-rank official and let him be buried in a grand manner as a first-rank official of Xirong. If you want your son's soul to return to his hometown, I can even send someone to send the body back to Dayu Kingdom."
Cheng Wanwan's voice was filled with sorrow: "What's the point of giving someone an official position when they're all dead? I want to be obedient, but my son is dead. What's the point of me living..."
She reached out to pull the hairpin off her head.
Princess Taiping quickly stopped her, gripping Cheng Wanwan's hands tightly and looking at Madam Li with hidden anger in her eyes: "Why don't you kneel down and apologize to Madam Sui? You've ruined the Western Rong Kingdom's grand plan, can you bear the consequences?"
Mrs. Li said in disbelief, "Me, kneel before a peasant woman? No, impossible..."
Before she could finish speaking, she felt a cool gaze fall on her head. Turning around, she saw the Western Rong King's eyes, like icicles, fixed on her brow.
She trembled and immediately knelt down: "Madam Sui, I was wrong. I apologize to you and hope you can forgive me..."
"Is kneeling down and apologizing enough?" Cheng Wanwan looked at the King of Xirong. "If I killed Madam Li's entire family, would Madam Li let me go as long as I kneel down and beg for forgiveness?"
Madam Li gritted her teeth: "You...you mustn't push your luck!"
"Even if I can't pay with my life, I will make Lady Li pay the price!" Cheng Wanwan said, enunciating each word clearly. "Otherwise, I would rather die than serve the Western Rong Kingdom again!"
After saying that, she took a step, staggered towards the side room, sat down beside the two corpses, and silently began to shed tears.
The King of Xirong looked at Cheng Wanwan's figure, a murderous intent flashing in his eyes.
Since he became the king of the Western Rong Kingdom, no one has ever dared to threaten him; this woman is the first.
If this woman weren't still of some use, he would have chopped her up right now.
Princess Taiping was not surprised at all to see the murderous intent in the eyes of the Western Rong King. This man was so heartless to his own children, let alone a woman with whom he had no blood relation.
Fortunately, Lady Sui is very capable and talented, so her life is not in immediate danger.
She stepped forward and said, "The king went to great lengths to capture Lady Sui and bring her to the Western Rong Kingdom. If Lady Sui dies, the rice seed experiment will be forced to stop, wouldn't all our efforts be in vain?"
"Your Majesty, what do you mean by that!" Lady Li exclaimed. "Do you mean you want the King to punish me for the sake of a peasant woman?"
"You broke into Lady Sui's residence and killed her son. You certainly deserve to be punished." The King of Xirong's face was icy. "Guards, bring all the guards around Lady Li here and let Lady Sui execute them herself! Furthermore, Lady Li is wicked and immoral, and almost destroyed the century-old foundation of my Xirong. Strip her of her title of Lady and send her to the Cold Palace!"
"What?!"
Mrs. Li looked up in disbelief.
Execute the people around her; that will be enough to give Madam Sui some closure.
But why was she stripped of her title of "Lady"? Why was she banished to the cold palace...?
She was the legitimate daughter of a noble family, the biological mother of three princes and two princesses, and held a secure position in the harem. Why would the king punish her for the sake of a peasant woman...?
"Your Majesty, I was wrong..."
Lady Li crawled over and hugged the leg of the Western Rong King.
"What are you all standing there for!" Princess Taiping said coldly, "Hurry up and take Lady Li... and Lady Li away!"
The guards stepped forward and dragged Lady Li out of the courtyard, one on each side.
The King of Xirong looked indifferently at Princess Taiping: "Since Lady Ruosui is dead, you need not live either."
After he finished speaking, he turned and left.
Princess Taiping slowly loosened her grip on her palm, only then noticing that her palm was bleeding from being pinched, but she felt no pain at all.
Having spent so many years in Xirong, she had suffered countless losses at the hands of Lady Li, and this was the first time she had seen Lady Li defeated.
A feeling of exhilaration spread through her heart.
She took a deep breath and said, "You few go prepare the coffin and burial clothes, you go arrange the funeral arrangements, you..."
She gave her instructions methodically before heading towards Cheng Wanwan's room.
She looked at the two unrecognizable corpses, completely baffled as to where Madam Sui had gotten them. If she hadn't known the plan beforehand, she would have surely thought that Madam Sui's son had really been beaten to death...
She sat down on a chair nearby and said in a low voice, "They have already left the palace with Cailu's caravan, so Lady Sui can rest assured."
Every day after midnight, she would arrange for a caravan to leave the palace and go to the forests outside the city to collect morning dew, because the imperial physician said that wiping the body with morning dew would keep her sleeping daughter's skin elastic and fair... Her caravan leaving the palace did not arouse any suspicion, and with Lady Li's accident in the palace, no one cared about a caravan collecting morning dew.
Cheng Wanwan spoke softly, "Thank you, Princess."
Her voice was very hoarse; she had almost exhausted all her strength from acting, and she was completely drained.
She glanced at the two corpses, then quickly looked away.
This is a corpse she bought in the system's shop for medical research. It's a real corpse, someone who just died not long ago...
She said, "I hope the Western Rong Kingdom can invite a Taoist priest to perform a ritual for the two of them for at least 81 days before burial."
Firstly, regardless of who these two corpses were when they were alive, she had used them, so she had to perform a ritual to help them pass on and allow their souls to rest in peace.
Secondly, San Niu and Ming Zhu might encounter some unexpected situations when they go to ask for reinforcements, so the eighty-one-day period can provide a buffer.
Cheng Wanwan did not sleep that night.
The next morning, the royal decree of the Western Rong Kingdom was issued, posthumously conferring upon Zhao Jingyu the title of First-Rank Eastern Assistant Grand Master, and ordering a grand funeral for him...
While the Western Rong Kingdom was preparing for the funeral, Zhao Sanniu and Ruan Mingzhu had already arrived a hundred miles away from the imperial city.
The Western Rong Kingdom was located in the northwest of the Great Yu Kingdom. The battlefield between the Western Rong Kingdom and the Great Yu Kingdom was in the western border, but the capital of the Western Rong Kingdom was located in the north, closer to the northern border. In order to find reinforcements as soon as possible, the two of them headed straight north, riding their horses at full speed. In less than a day, they arrived at the northern border where the Western Rong Kingdom and the Great Yu Kingdom met.
There are frequent minor skirmishes here, and the Western Rong Kingdom has stationed troops here to guard the area; there are people all along the entire line.
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