"Huh? The gods used this basin to send you such a huge tiller and airplane?"
Seeing his shock, Huo Tingye put his arm around his shoulder.
"Hahaha, what's that? The gods even gave me an armored vehicle! Come on, I'll show you!"
After the two had walked away, Qin Yuezhao drank the vegetable porridge in large gulps and said to Chen Wan'er, "Let's go and see Zheng Danian in prison."
Zheng Danian is Zheng Hu's cousin. He is a humble and kind person who has been sincerely following Huo's army to fight the enemy since he came to Liangcheng. Qin Yue Zhao felt that he was not the kind of person who would betray his master and forget his benefactor.
Upon arriving at the underground prison, before she even reached the cell where Zheng Danian was imprisoned, she heard Zheng Hu's cursing:
"You pig-brain! People say the princess is a witch, and you actually believe it?"
"Haven't you seen how His Highness has been working tirelessly for the people these past few days?"
The iron chains that Zheng Danian was pulling rattled loudly.
"That's not how it is. They kidnapped my mother and sister, saying that if I didn't do what they said, they would turn my mother into human flesh buns and sell my sister into a brothel. I had no choice!"
Zheng Hu roared in fury: "You bastard! Even if you really killed His Highness, do you think they would let you and me go?"
"We are His Highness's soldiers; they will only wipe us out in one fell swoop!"
"You're a pig! I'll beat you to death today and show you the consequences of betraying His Highness!"
Qin Yuezhao quickly went into the cell.
"General Zheng, wait!"
Zheng Hu was startled and quickly put down his whip, kneeling down and clasping his hands in greeting:
"Your Highness, what brings you here? Is it...is it the decision to execute that beast Zheng Danian?"
His eyes were filled with unease, and his voice trembled. Although he hated Zheng Danian to the core, they were brothers who had grown up together since childhood. Despite all the beatings and scoldings he endured, he still didn't want him to die.
When Zheng Danian saw Qin Yuezhao, he was so ashamed that he lowered his head.
"Your Highness, I have done something to wrong you. Please grant me death!"
Qin Yuezhao shook her head.
"I know you had no choice, and I will not sentence you to death, but I hope you will tell me the truth."
Zheng Danian's eyes lit up.
"Your Highness, please ask. I will tell you everything I know."
"Who is it that threatened to kill me?"
"It is Sima Yi, a close confidant of the Prime Minister."
Sima Yi, the most trusted military advisor of the prime minister, was said to be neither a native of Daqian nor a monk from any country, yet he claimed to be a living Buddha incarnate and said he could predict Daqian's future.
The emperor, the royal family, and the state officials trusted him the most.
Little did they know that he was actually a high-ranking monk from another ethnic group who secretly founded the White Lotus Cult to bewitch people.
When Qin Yuezhao was in the capital, he led troops to suppress the White Lotus Sect, killing more than 3,000 of its monks.
Perhaps this is why Sima Yi harbored hatred, or perhaps from the very beginning, Sima Yi sided with the Chancellor and the Crown Prince, wanting to kill her.
She frowned slightly and continued, "When did you start contacting each other?"
"On the very first day of his arrival in Liangcheng, he sent someone to deliver a message to me."
Zheng Danian pulled out a hairpin from his pocket and wept bitterly: "This is my sister's hairpin. She is only sixteen years old, just of marriageable age. I... I don't want her to be sold to a brothel, Your Highness!"
The purple butterfly-shaped hairpin glittered in the dim candlelight.
Qin Yue Zhao took a deep breath: "Don't worry, I won't let their conspiracy succeed! I will definitely rescue the families of all the soldiers in the capital!"
Upon hearing this, not only Zheng Danian, but even Zheng Hu gaped in disbelief:
"Your Highness, are you serious? The capital is now in the hands of the First Prince, and we have at least eight or ten thousand relatives. How can you possibly rescue them all?"
“Yes, we might as well rebel,” Chen Wan’er echoed from behind.
Just then, Ling Tianen rushed in from outside the prison.
"Your Highness, something terrible has happened! Huangfu Shaohua has arrived!"
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