Chapter 322 Coward
Min Dongsheng, General Fang and Zhou Chunyu hurried over.
The urgent call in the middle of the night must be about something urgent.
Mu Junyan told Gu Huan about her pregnancy: "Originally, we planned to wait for Zhao Yuchen to return to Beijing and stir up a big disturbance. The Yuan family would definitely attack us, and we would use this as an excuse to break away from Daliang, and then a tough battle would follow. But Huan'er is pregnant, and I don't want her to be stimulated in any way. She was injured in her premature birth last time, and I don't want her to be hurt again."
Zhou Chunyu was the first to nod: "Yes. It's only been a year or two, and the princess has already been through enough shock and pressure."
General Fang frowned, "Then how should we deal with this? The Queen is clearly trying to find fault with you."
Min Dongsheng also said slowly: "If Wang Heng and the Third Prince are sent back, they will be killed by robbers on the way and will be half dead when they arrive in Bianjing. Bianjing will definitely cause a big uproar. What should we do when the Queen holds us accountable for this matter? The Sun family and the Yuan family are worried that they can't find evidence against them."
"It shouldn't be a problem to delay it for a year. According to our intelligence, the emperor has announced that he is ill. Although the crown prince is in charge of important government affairs, he is a mediocre person and the queen is a smiling tiger, but she is actually ambitious. But the queen still cannot reach the emperor. As long as the emperor is still here, they dare not really do anything to us."
Mu Junyan looked at Min Dongsheng and said, "I called you all here overnight to discuss how to reassure the people of Bianjing first, and then give them some threats. So that they dare not act rashly."
Min Dongsheng also nodded: "In fact, I wanted to say that it is too hasty to separate now, and it is just passively accepting a beating. We in Southern Xinjiang are not afraid of experiencing another war, but this kind of passive beating is not worth the loss."
General Fang frowned: "Bian Jing will definitely not let us become independent. We must fight. Does Mr. Min have any other way to make Bian Jing willing to let us become independent?"
Mu Junyan: "No matter how difficult it is, we must be independent. Why should we be controlled by Daliang? Why should we accept their imperial edict?"
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General Fang raised his hands in agreement: "The generals of our Mu Family Army are willing to follow the prince in rebellion. We have had enough of Daliang's bullying!"
Min Dongsheng was silent in deep thought.
Mu Junyan looked at him: "Mr. Min, what do you think?"
Min Dongsheng raised his eyes and said slowly: "We don't have to wait for them to fight, we can give them a heavy blow and force them to ask us to be independent. Or maybe, why do we need to be independent? Does Daliang have to be named Zhao? The prince also said, put pressure on them, right?"
Several people were stunned.
Zhou Chunyu and General Fang looked at each other, and saw the light in each other's eyes. They both looked at Mu Junyan.
Mu Junyan was silent for a moment: "Everyone, please think about this matter before discussing it."
Everyone responded.
Mu Junyan looked at Zhou Chunyu and said, "Go and tell Chi Yan not to beat the robbers too hard. Just break their arms and legs. Make sure they make it to Bianjing alive. The people we are escorting will only go to the city gate and hand them over to the Ministry of Justice. We will leave immediately and they cannot stay any longer."
Zhou Chunyu clasped his fists and said, "Yes."
Mu Junyan thought for a moment and said, "Perhaps, we should take back the mine first. It's time for us to recruit troops."
He looked at General Fang.
General Fang immediately became excited: "This is easy. The Yulin Army only has a few birds. We can take them down by sending our novice battalion."
A gleam of light flashed across Min Dongsheng's eyes.
Mu Junyan should have taken his words to heart.
It is time for him to realize his grand ambitions. His ambition over the years has been to assist in producing a wise ruler.
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Two months later, Wang Heng and Zhao Yuchen finally returned to the capital. They were all dying, with only half their lives left.
The Ministry of Justice had received Mu Junyan's impeachment memorial long before, and hurriedly handed it to the cabinet to the Queen's father, Duke Jingguo.
Duke Jingguo is now in charge of the Ministry of Justice. When he saw the impeachment memorial, he was so angry that he puffed his beard and glared.
The impeachment memorial denounced Wang Heng and the third prince for using false imperial edicts to cause trouble and colluding with foreign nations to plot rebellion, with irrefutable evidence from witnesses and physical evidence.
He even dared to ask the emperor to give him the throne of King Yong, or severely punish those who collaborated with the enemy and betrayed the country.
This is pure intimidation.
When Concubine Xian saw that her only prince had become a eunuch, she cried bitterly and was so angry that she joined forces with Yuan's family and supporters to impeach Mu Junyan.
The queen was also very angry.
Wang Heng was sent by her, and Zhao Yuchen went with the imperial edict she forged. Mu Junyan made a big deal out of the matter, and if some neutral ministers wanted to investigate the imperial edict, it would be difficult for her to escape.
Although the emperor is ill now and has delegated power to the crown prince to govern the country, all memorials must pass through the emperor's jade seal, which means that she and the crown prince have no real power.
What made her most angry was that she had no way of infiltrating the people around the emperor.
Duke Jingguo discussed with his staff for two days. In view of the fact that the power of the harem was still unclear and Prince Yong was very popular and powerful, it was not convenient to deal with him for the time being.
In the end, it was decided to give up Wang Heng and Zhao Yuchen, and Duke Jing drafted a memorial stating that after interrogation by the Ministry of Justice, it was determined that the evidence provided by Duke Yong was conclusive, that Wang Heng and Zhao Yuchen falsely conveyed the imperial edict, humiliated Zhou Zhilan, and joined forces with Qi and other tribes to provoke war, with the intention of collaborating with the enemy and selling out the country.
Wang Heng was beheaded, Zhao Yuchen was deposed, and Concubine Xian was demoted to a concubine.
But he turned around and asked for the title of Crown Prince to the fourth son of the founding duke Yuan.
Mu Junyan couldn't help but sneer when he saw the result of the carrier pigeon message.
A bunch of cowards!
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For two months, Mu Junyan had been busy in the military camp.
They were going to take back the mines and at the same time make Bian Jing speechless and not give any excuse to the Queen's Sun family. So they had to be careful and let the mines mess up on their own until the Yulin Army could no longer manage them, the mines could not be dug up, and the court could not get supplies. Then the Mu family army could take them back.
Supplying various raw minerals to the court on time left the court speechless.
The two concubines who were left behind were thrown into a remote courtyard. They were treated to good food and accommodation, but were not allowed to leave the courtyard. They had no sense of existence at all.
After waiting for two whole months, the two finally couldn't wait any longer.
The more beautiful one is called Yin Tao: "Sister, we can't just sit there and wait for death. If we continue like this, the master will think we are useless."
The other one, who had a graceful appearance like a willow in the wind, was called Yiyun.
Yiyun complained: "What can we do? Didn't you see that there are people guarding the gate? It's impossible for us to get out of this yard."
Yin Tao rolled her eyes and said, "It's ok for us to meet the princess, right? After all, we were given to the prince by the emperor. It's impossible for her not to see us, right? That would be disobeying the emperor's order."
Yiyun looked at her: "I dare not say it, you are braver than me, why don't you try it?"
Yin Tao rolled her eyes at her: "I really don't know why the Queen chose you, you are useless."
She stood up and walked out.
Two strong maids were standing at the gate of the courtyard.
The nanny tried to stop them with a cold face, but Yin Tao twisted her slender waist and stepped forward, stuffing a purse into each person's pocket. Unexpectedly, the two maids threw it back to her.
"Miss, I dare not take it. The rules in our palace are strict. If you take your things, I will pack up and leave."
Yin Tao's face froze and she could no longer maintain her smile.
"How dare you! We are given by the emperor, how dare you be rude to us!"
The two maids ignored her.
"Please forgive me, Madams."
A gentle voice was heard, and Yiyun suddenly appeared beside Yin Tao and bowed to the two maids.
The two maids naturally did not dare to accept the gift and stepped aside.
"Miss, there is no need to do this. We are also ordered by our master to protect you. We are afraid that you are not familiar with the palace and might go to the wrong place."
Yin Tao was furious: "This is called protection? It's clearly house arrest!"
Yiyun interrupted her with a smile: "We two sisters are new here and don't know the rules of the palace, but no matter what, we should go to pay our respects to the princess, otherwise, we sisters will be accused of being ignorant."
The two maids looked at each other and said nothing.
Yiyun continued, "Please tell the maids that we want to serve tea to the princess as a sign of respect. If the princess doesn't want to see us, then we have no objection and will not bother the maids anymore, okay?"
One of the maids said, "I will report it myself. You two girls should go in. It's too cold outside. It's not good to freeze."
Yiyun smiled slightly: "Okay, thank you two maids."
She pulled the angry Yin Tao and said, "Sister Yin Tao, let's go in. Don't stand here and embarrass Madam."
Yin Tao glared at her: "You are the only one who can be a good person, humph!"
Gu Huan watched Tuantuan and Yuanyuan having fun playing with a pile of toys. After hearing the nanny's report, she asked calmly, "If they want to see me, it's ok. Just ask them to come over tomorrow morning."
Mammy responded respectfully, "Yes."
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