Chapter 93 Even if it was the law, there was no stipulation that he could not marry a widow, right?
Luo Yan was somewhat impressed by the young woman in front of him.
From the time they captured her and brought her back to the mountain stronghold, to when they lied about killing her, to when she heard the news of the prince's death, the queen was overcome with grief. She took the prince's pulse, gave him acupuncture, and prescribed medicine. From beginning to end, she remained calm.
He replied seriously:
"Reporting to the Crown Princess, regarding the situation that day, Your Highness had just arrived in Jinzhou with his army when the palace arrived, rushing eight hundred miles, with a secret decree from the Emperor, ordering Your Highness to hand over the Tiger Tally to the Border General stationed in Hezhong Prefecture and to return to the palace immediately, lightly armed, with the Fifth Prince. Your Highness felt something was amiss and did not immediately comply, but since the Emperor's order was difficult to disobey, Your Highness could only temporarily camp outside Jinzhou City to rest and recuperate.
Unexpectedly, that night, His Highness was poisoned by the Fifth Prince and was seriously injured. At the same time, we, his close followers, were suddenly surrounded by the garrisons of Hezhong Prefecture and other surrounding prefectures, and were unable to rescue us in time.
His Highness fled wounded to the edge of a cliff, but was ultimately forced to fall, his fate unknown. My subordinates fought bloody battles and finally broke through. I immediately went to look for His Highness, but only heard from soldiers who had managed to escape alive that His Highness had fallen off the cliff..."
Luo Yan said angrily:
"Your Majesty, we are guilty of a thousand deaths! Your Highness already had suspicions and did not summon the Tiger Talisman, thus urging your subordinates to be more vigilant. However, Your Highness and the Fifth Prince have been good friends since childhood. During this expedition, Your Highness even charged directly into the enemy lines, saving the Fifth Prince's life. Therefore, no one suspected the Fifth Prince, Xiao Yunqi.
The Fifth Prince suddenly fell ill that night, and Your Highness only brought a few close associates to visit him in his tent, without his subordinates accompanying him. This is how Your Highness was plotted against by the Fifth Prince, leading to his own death!
After hearing what Luo Yan said, Chen Fenghe couldn't help but frown.
It turned out that it was that dog emperor who was causing trouble.
The urgent secret decree of eight hundred miles away demanded that the prince hand over the tiger talisman. If the prince had really handed it over at that time, he would probably have been immediately charged with some crime and executed.
However, no matter how cautious he was, he was still betrayed and assassinated by his closest brother in the end.
Chen Fenghe sighed and said, "General Luo, please get up quickly. You and I are not immortals, and we cannot predict the future. You are not to blame for what happened to the Crown Prince."
Luo Yan thanked him and stood up, saying, "After I went to investigate at the foot of the cliff, I brought these brothers who had broken through all the way here. Later, I heard that the Empress, the Crown Princess, and His Royal Highness the Ninth Prince had also been exiled by the damn Emperor. That's why we resorted to this trick, disguising ourselves as bandits and hijacking the exiled group..."
At this point, Luo Yan cupped his fists and apologized again, "I deserve to die. I deliberately threatened to kill the two queens in front of the officials and exiled prisoners, frightening them and the Ninth Prince. I truly had my reasons..."
Chen Fenghe nodded and said in a clear voice, "General Luo, there's no need to apologize. I know you wanted to make the officials and the exiled prisoners think that the Queen, the Ninth Prince, and I had been killed so that they could protect us and escape, right? The Queen and I are not the kind of people who repay kindness with enmity. We are grateful to General Luo for his kindness, so how could we blame you?"
Luo Yan looked up at Chen Fenghe in astonishment.
This Crown Princess is so insightful and generous.
Although he pretended to kill them, it was indeed to save them and to confuse the public, so as to prevent the Dog Emperor and other evil people from chasing him again.
However, these actions are still extremely treasonous and are worthy of being executed along with all nine generations of the family!
If you meet a petty-minded monarch, you never know when he will be killed to prevent future troubles!
"Thank you, Your Majesty, for not blaming me!" Luo Yan knelt on one knee again to express his gratitude with a serious and moved look on his face.
Chen Fenghe also had to sigh that the ancients were really persistent and steadfast in loyalty and filial piety.
It was clearly him who tried to bring people to rescue them, but he had to apologize to her again and again because the method he used was too radical.
Chen Fenghe asked, "What are you going to do with those officials and exiled prisoners?"
Luo Yan immediately replied, "I once considered killing them all, but firstly, the officers were only following orders, and I'm afraid many of the prisoners were framed and wrongly accused, and their crimes don't deserve the death penalty. Secondly, if we kill them all, it will inevitably alert the authorities, and then it will be difficult for us to escape. Therefore, my opinion is that since we have already rescued the two queens and His Royal Highness the Ninth Prince, we might as well let them go..."
Based on Luo Yan's actions, Chen Fenghe had roughly guessed Luo Yan's plan. She nodded and said, "General Luo is very thoughtful and what he said is very true."
Luo Yan then continued, "My intention is to escort the two ladies and His Highness the Ninth Prince to a safe place to settle down first. Then, I will send someone out to secretly contact His Highness's former subordinates who have escaped. We will bide our time and wait until the time is right to support His Highness the Ninth Prince and sneak back to the capital to find the Emperor and Xiao Yunqi, to avenge His Highness and seek justice for the ladies!"
Chen Fenghe listened to his words, pondered for a moment, and was about to answer when suddenly a report came from outside saying that the medicine for Qin Mengyue was ready.
Chen Fenghe temporarily stopped the topic and took the medicine to the inner room for Qin Mengyue to take.
At this moment, there was a commotion outside. It turned out that Jiang Shuo had broken into the Dragon and Tiger Hall.
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Jiang Shuo frowned and looked at her, feeling complicated for a moment.
Since the bandit just now was her childhood sweetheart, it meant that someone would protect her from now on. He... should have run away.
But no matter how his mind reminded him, he looked at Chen Fenghe and could not take the first step to leave.
After a long pause, he finally couldn't help himself and asked gloomily, "So... are you planning to stay in the village?"
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