The Imperial Palace.
The news of the Goddess Cult had already reached the emperor's ears, and now it was causing such a commotion during Grain Rain.
When the emperor heard Song Yanqing's report that the whole thing was the work of the Tartars, his anger surged to his heart.
"What audacity!"
"They presented General Feng's skull at the welcoming banquet, and now they dare to try to disrupt the Great Jin's imperial order. This is outrageous!"
"This is outrageous!"
The emperor sat on the dragon throne and loudly cursed to vent his anger.
The head eunuch standing to the side gave a look to the palace servants behind him, signaling them to step back.
Song Yanqing stood before the emperor, neither humble nor arrogant, and said, "The goddesses have been captured, and the Dark Prison Officer is interrogating them severely."
However, in my opinion, we won't get any important information out of them.
After the emperor finished his rant, he felt much better. "The national treasury is empty right now, so it's not the time to go to war with the Tatars."
A lesson must be taught to the Tatar princess, and the marriage alliance between the Great Jin and the Tatars must not be abandoned.
I'm entrusting this matter to you.
Soon, I will issue a decree to hasten the marriage of the Tatar princess!
Song Yanqing's eyes were inscrutable as he softly accepted the order, "Yes, Your Majesty."
After leaving the palace, Song Yanqing immediately took his men to the post station.
The post station, which was already guarded by a large number of people, suddenly received another group of people.
The Tatar envoy could no longer sit still. Seeing Song Yanqing enter the post station hall, he hurriedly went forward to greet him.
"So it's Prince Song!"
"I wonder if Prince Song has come to the post station to deliver a decree from His Majesty?"
Upon hearing this, An Yi immediately retorted, "The imperial decree will be delivered by palace servants; there is certainly no need to trouble my young master."
The envoy was somewhat bewildered. The Tatars and Song Yanqing were irreconcilable enemies on the battlefield, and logically, they would stay away from the princess to avoid suspicion.
Why did you suddenly come knocking on our door today?
Song Yanqing ignored the messenger and took An Yi upstairs.
The messenger tried to step forward, but was stopped by the Shadow Guards.
The two followed the post station clerk and found the house where Wuqi lived.
A yamen runner knocked on the door. "Princess Wuqi, someone is looking for you outside."
A short while later, the door opened, and Ruixin appeared before them.
When she saw Song Yanqing's face, she instinctively wanted to close the door, but An Yi wouldn't give her that chance and kicked the door open.
Seeing this, the constables were terrified and ran away as fast as they could.
Ruixin, who had martial arts training, took several steps back to dodge, preventing An Yi from getting hurt.
However, her hand, which was resting on the door frame, was shaken and ached.
Wu Qi had just finished taking the last pill when she heard a noise and quickly came out of the inner room.
When she saw Song Yanqing, her face stiffened.
However, she reacted faster than Ruixin, instantly changing her expression and even managing a smile.
She asked, "What kind of wind could possibly blow Prince Song here?"
Song Yan looked at her coldly, and what she said was even more chilling.
"Make your move in the dark."
No sooner had he finished speaking than An Yi, like a shadowy figure, rushed towards Rui Xin and, with a swift stroke, severed the tendons in both of Rui Xin's hands in just two moves.
Ruixin fell heavily to the ground, bright red blood flowing from both wrists.
Wu Qi's eyes widened suddenly, her previous arrogance vanished instantly, and she loudly questioned, "Song Yanqing, what do you mean? I am a princess sent for a political marriage, aren't you afraid of being punished by the Emperor of Great Jin for doing this!"
Song Yanqing glanced at her indifferently, as if looking at a dead dog, and said lightly, "Continue."
Upon hearing this, Wuqi knew she was doomed, but she was unwilling to give up and wanted to try one more time.
She had followed Sudiya for a long time and was far more skilled in using poison than in martial arts.
As An Yi suddenly lunged at her with his knife, he flicked poison from his palm.
To her surprise, An Yi not only did not fall to the ground on the spot, but also took the opportunity to sever the tendons in her right wrist.
Ah~
The moment Wu Qi covered her hand, An Yi slashed up with his knife, severing the tendons in her left hand.
An Yi swiftly sheathed his sword and walked quickly to Song Yanqing's side, staring directly into Wu Qi's venomous eyes.
Wu Qi refused to accept the fact that her martial arts skills were completely gone. In her resentful eyes, there was a hint of disbelief. "How were you able to dodge my poison?"
An Yi was surprised that Wu Qi would ask about the poison.
He really is a madman!
"Before we came here, the prince and I had already taken the antidote pills from Princess Kangle County. This medicine can cure all poisons, and ordinary poisons have no effect at all."
Oh, I forgot to tell you, this medicine was specially made by the county magistrate to suppress your poison.
Song Yanqing glanced back and forth between the master and servant, and calmly instructed, "After an incense stick has burned, have the imperial physician come up and bandage it."
An Yi understood that his young master wanted to make the two suffer a bit in order to avenge the county princess.
Therefore, she smiled brightly and said, "Okay!"
Seeing that he was becoming increasingly unsteady, Song Yanqing whispered a reminder, "Talk to Lin Bai less in the future."
"oh."
...
Lu Qiqi learned of Wu Qi's marriage proposal two days later.
Meanwhile, under the vivid performance of Nineteen, they watched a simulated scene of An Yi severing Wu Qi's tendons in the pavilion in the courtyard.
Lu Yao was so frightened that she hid in Lu Qiqi's arms, and in the end, she could only run to play with Song Binyu.
Lu Qiqi was curious about the person Wu Qi was marrying. "Nineteen, do you know who Wu Qi is marrying?"
Nineteen put away his joking manner, stood up straight, scratched his head and thought for a moment before saying, "Gou Dexing, the second son of Hanlin Academician Gou Weizhi."
Upon hearing this name, Lu Qiqi froze instantly, remaining stunned for a while before bursting into laughter.
Nineteen didn't know what she was laughing about, and thought she was happy because the prince had avenged her.
After a long while, Lu Qiqi finally stopped laughing. "Why Gou Weizhi?"
At this point, Nineteen became interested. "This matter was proposed by the Crown Prince. The County Princess has probably forgotten that Lord Gou also contributed to the opposition to the County Princess's bestowal of titles."
This was unexpected for Lu Qiqi, since Song Yanqing had many ways to make up for it for her.
The only thing she hadn't expected was that he would use it for this purpose.
"Didn't your heir say that the emperor wouldn't issue an edict for a marriage alliance between the sons of high-ranking officials in the court?"
Nineteen didn't take it seriously, saying, "This Lord Gou has been holding a position without doing any work for a long time. Now that he's been transferred from the Hanlin Academy, he'll soon be taking up his post in Huating County."
The second son, Gou Dexing, was promoted to a high-ranking official in the capital and served as the prison warden of the Dali Temple.
Lu Qiqi said, "This second son of Gou Weizhi probably hasn't seen anything like this before, has he?"
“What the county princess says is absolutely right. Gou Dexing has been frail and sickly since childhood. Now that he’s grown up, he’s become fond of brothels. He’ll have to resign from his post in a couple of days.”
Upon hearing this, Lu Qiqi secretly clicked her tongue in amazement.
As a result, this family was promoted in name only but demoted in reality, gaining no benefits whatsoever, and still having to support a crazy woman.
Indeed, experience is the best teacher!
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