Chapter 865 You are not Song Tangning!
As Ming Ke pinched her to move her, his words were full of warnings: "Your Majesty is a smart person. I believe she doesn't want to die here in vain."
Tang Ning felt a pain in his throat, but his expression was cold: "Even if he doesn't die now, he will only live a few more days."
Ming Ke understood the implication of her words and, fearing she would perish along with him, quickly said, "That may not be the case. After all, you are the Queen of Wei. No one would dare to take your life lightly. Besides, Your Majesty is a person of great resolve. You would not refuse to fight for your life even though you know there is a way out."
"What I just said was absolutely true. As long as you don't ruin my business, I can at least ensure that you can survive to Beiling."
Tang Ning murmured sarcastically, "You brought me into this situation single-handedly. Do you think I need you to protect me?"
Ming Ke knew that she was resentful and could hear the unwillingness in her words. The woman in front of him was extremely intelligent and scheming. She took everyone into consideration and calculated almost everything. If she had not hidden it too deeply and never revealed any flaws, Song Tangning would never have ended up like this.
Ming Ke took her to the carriage and said after a moment of silence:
"I know Your Majesty is resentful and hates me, but you and I are merely serving our respective masters. You are the Queen of Wei and wish for long-term peace and stability for the Wei Kingdom, but I am from Beiling and naturally want my motherland to prosper, so that my people will no longer be trapped in the barren lands of the northern border."
"Although I lied to you, I actually admire you deeply. You were educated in the pedantic Wei Dynasty, yet you are more resilient than the women of Beiling. Although you can't ride a horse, you are far superior to men in court affairs. If you were born in Beiling, you would far surpass Princess Wuya."
"Wu Ya is stupid and arrogant, easily deceived. If the Princess Mansion accepts you as its master, I may abandon my master and join you."
"It's a pity that you are from Wei."
Although Mingke was trying to appease him, his words were also from the heart.
Although she is loyal to the National Master's Mansion, she is a native of Beiling and is more loyal to her motherland. Xiahou Ling is not from her clan, and although he is powerful, he may not be selfless. However, she has no choice in Beiling now.
The various tribes in Beiling are independent of each other. The Khan does not have enough power, and the royal court advocates the use of force. They look down on the "conspiracies and tricks" of the people in the south, and always think that Beiling's iron hoofs can crush everything. However, in recent years, Beiling's national strength has declined, and the tribesmen can hardly survive due to various disasters, while the Southern Dynasties of Wei and Qi are living a rich and happy life because of the things they look down upon.
Ming Ke came to the Wei Dynasty when she was young. She had seen how powerful the things that her tribesmen looked down upon were. She wanted her tribesmen to move forward, but relying on the Khan, the tribal elders, or even the queen and Wuya was not enough. Only Xiahou Ling had the opportunity to allow Beiling to break out of the northern wilderness and set foot in the south, so that hundreds of thousands of tribesmen would have the opportunity to learn etiquette and morality, and to cultivate and farm like the people in the south, without being bound by the shackles of Changshengtian.
Ming Ke doesn't like Xiahou Ling's actions, and even more so despises his selfishness, but she is still willing to be under his command. It's not because she is loyal to Xiahou Ling, but because she wants to find a way out for her people.
There are other options in the Beiling Royal Court.
People like Xiao Yan and Song Tangning were born in Beiling and held power.
She would definitely switch to them without hesitation.
Tang Ning couldn't help but laugh when she heard Ming Ke's sincere words: "Then should I thank you for thinking so highly of me?"
There was a hint of sarcasm in her words, but there seemed to be other implications as well.
Mingke thought she was mocking him for not giving it much thought. As they reached the carriage and Mingke grabbed her to get on, Tangning suddenly stopped and said to the person beside her, "Mingke, you said Wuya was stupid and arrogant, but aren't you the same?"
"you……"
Mingke's heart skipped a beat. Just as he was about to say something, he suddenly met Tang Ning's cold eyes.
She subconsciously tried to grab Tang Ning's neck, but Tang Ning turned around and kicked her on the shoulder. Then he leaned forward and grabbed Ming Ke's arm, pulling her as she staggered in front of him. Then she heard a "puff" sound, and an arrow shot from a distance instantly pierced Ming Ke's shoulder.
Ming Ke struggled to break free from the person behind her in pain. When she turned around to attack with a cold light flashing in her hand, the person who had just held her had already retreated two steps. He pulled the reins and slapped the horse hard. The horse, in pain, went crazy and ran towards the cloaked man.
"Retreat quickly."
"careful!!!"
When they said they were going to leave, the two groups of people were not far away from each other, and the carriage arrived in front of the group almost in an instant.
The mad horse neighed and galloped as if it could break the mountain. Someone immediately rushed out and swung his sword at the horse. The horse's head and body were instantly separated and it fell to the ground with blood all over its body. The speeding carriage did not stop, but continued to rush forward by inertia.
"Walk!!"
The assassins who stayed behind wanted to leave with the cloaked man, but when the carriage flew over and smashed into pieces, the figure who had been hiding in the carriage shot out from the dust. With a flick of her hand, several silver lights directly penetrated into the bodies of several black shadows in front of her. She took the blow and turned around to appear in front of the cloaked man.
"court death!!"
The cloaked man who originally looked weak shouted coldly, and suddenly turned around to block. The next moment, a sharp blade pierced out from his black robe and slashed towards the attacker.
"Tang Ning" retreated quickly, but was still hit unexpectedly. She blocked the long sword that was trying to take her life and slapped it hard with her palm. Then she used the force to fly backwards. When she landed on the ground, she still staggered a few steps before she could stand firm.
"You are not Song Tangning!!"
Ming Ke was horrified. She stared at the woman who retreated to the open space aside. She saw the woman's skills clearly. Such light-weight skills and fierce and decisive assassination methods could not be mastered overnight. It was impossible for Song Tangning to do it with only a short period of time to learn the skills.
But she saw with her own eyes that Song Tangning came out of Yongzhao Palace with her, and they never left the palace even for a moment. Moreover, she heard her talking along the way, and that was clearly Song Tangning's voice...
wrong.
sound?
"Are you Danzhu?!"
Ming Ke's eyes were bloodshot.
She had seen Danzhu's ventriloquism skills with her own eyes before in Yongzhao Palace, and her voice was exactly the same as Song Tangning's when she spoke.
When the two of them changed their appearance, they went into the inner room. When they came out, she subconsciously thought that the maid named Danzhu had exchanged identities with Song Tangning, and the person who looked like Danzhu who followed her out of the palace was Song Tangning.
On the way out just now, she sighed several times that Song Tangning's disguise was so realistic that even when she got close, she couldn't see any flaws.
But if this person wasn't Song Tangning at all, if the one who followed her out of the palace from beginning to end was Danzhu, then what happened tonight...
Ming Ke was so angry that he was shaking all over, staring at Danzhu over there.
"You've been lying to me all along?!"
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