This is the first major internal turmoil in the Southern Xinjiang court in nearly a hundred years!
Twenty-three high officials of the imperial court were sentenced to beheading for their crimes. Originally, this was a serious crime punishable by the death of nine generations of the family, but the Crown Prince pleaded for mercy, and his family was not involved. Only most of their property was confiscated, and their family members were sent back to their hometowns.
While people were in panic, there were more people who truly supported Yin Li.
In the Prince Regent's Palace of Southern Xinjiang, half a month had passed since Yin Xuanmo's wedding and the incident.
In the East Palace where the princess lived, A-Mei hurried in.
The moment she saw her young lady, now the Princess Regent, Mei flinched again.
"Princess, someone from the palace came to tell me that the prince and the crown prince will not be returning home for dinner today. You don't have to wait for them."
After saying this, Ah Mei lowered her head and didn't dare to look at Shi Qingqing's expression.
Suddenly, with a loud bang, a table full of food was overturned and shattered all over the floor.
Ah Mei was startled and immediately ran to close the door.
He returned and knelt down with a plop, "Princess, calm down!"
Shi Qingqing, who was dressed in a luxurious manner and had a face as beautiful as a lotus flower, smiled at Ah Mei and said, "Ah Mei, you are really interesting. You have become timid since you became a maid in the dowry. This makes me very curious."
Shi Qingqing narrowed her eyes, "Why, you are so cautious in your words and deeds, are you thinking that you can become a concubine one day?"
Ah Mei kowtowed loudly, "Princess, I have never had such intentions! If I had such intentions, I would be struck by lightning and die a miserable death!"
The ladies in the past also made her feel in awe, but not in a scary way. The ladies nowadays made her afraid!
From the day the young lady and the prince got married...
That day, after Shi Qingqing and Yin Xuanmo had their wedding ceremony, Ah Mei accompanied Shi Qingqing in the wedding room. When they heard unusual noises outside and were about to go out to see what was going on, Yin Xuanmo's guards appeared at the door and told them to stay in the room for the time being.
That night, Yin Xuanmo simply sent someone to say that he would not be returning to his room tonight and asked Shi Qingqing not to wait for him.
Shi Qingqing didn't think much about it at first, because something really happened outside.
Shi Qingqing had no idea about the details of the rebellion by the court officials, but her dowry nanny had found out some information.
Yin Xuanmo had something important to attend to, and it was such a big thing, he was not deliberately ignoring her.
So when Yin Xuanmo didn't return home for three consecutive days, Shi Qingqing didn't think much about it. When Yin Li came to visit her the next day, she put on the most appropriate expression and packed a gift for him.
On the day of the princess' return visit, Yin Xuanmo was still busy, but the housekeeper had prepared generous gifts for the princess, giving her enough face and style, so Shi Qingqing was quite satisfied.
As soon as Shi Qingqing returned to the Taifu Mansion, Taifu asked her to go to the study.
From Master Taifu, Shi Qingqing finally found out everything that happened on the wedding day.
Some people in the court did not approve of Yin Li taking that position in the future, but what Yin Xuanmo had decided could not be changed.
Those twenty-three rebellious courtiers were not really disloyal. It was because they were obsessed with the territory of Southern Xinjiang that the incident at the wedding banquet happened.
They set up a trap, a trap that could kill Yin Li. Su Yi was just a by-product.
In order to make moves under the noses of Yin Xuanmo and other court officials such as the prime minister, they even leaked the latest military defense map for the war with Annan.
After the defeat on the battlefield, when Yin Xuanmo and the Southern Xinjiang court focused their attention on the leak of the military defense map that led to the disastrous defeat on the battlefield, they accelerated various arrangements and actions.
They selected some death-defying warriors and tried their best to sneak into the residences of various high-ranking officials of the imperial court and do their jobs.
It took a lot of effort to get people to come up with two poisons.
No, it should be said that neither of them is poison. Because on the day of Yin Xuanmo's wedding, the guests who entered the house, even the court officials, had to cooperate with the inspection. It was unrealistic to bring a large amount of poison in, and it would be easy to be discovered early.
What's more, in such occasions, there are many imperial doctors and physicians who are good at using poisons, so once poison appears, it will be easily detected.
So one of the things they call poison is just normal food.
It was not something they sent to the palace, but an ingredient that was already prepared for the wedding banquet.
All things are interdependent and mutually exclusive.
Those twenty-three people were studied by someone who finally discovered that the food ingredient was incompatible with the fragrance of a certain flower. Anyone who ate that food ingredient and then smelled that flower fragrance would inevitably become weak and lose all strength in a short period of time!
Although that flower is rare in southern Xinjiang and few people use it because of its peculiar smell, it is not surprising that no one uses it occasionally.
What other people didn’t know before was that the ingredients were very special and not something you can usually find.
The arrangement for the twenty-three court officials was perfect. They had the assassins who had infiltrated the court officials' houses attend the wedding banquet with the officials and wear a seemingly ordinary sachet on their bodies.
People in southern Xinjiang love to wear sachets, and the materials inside many of them can repel insects and snakes.
People love him regardless of their status, so it's not surprising at all.
No poison was found during the investigation, so the floral scented powder was brought into the palace smoothly.
At the wedding banquet, the poison started to take effect after the servants who came with the prime minister came to the prime minister. That was because the servants saw the right time and smeared the perfume powder on their bodies.
The smell of the incense powder spread, and by then the court officials had almost finished eating, and their bodies reacted instantly.
Those assassins had no intention of killing Yin Xuanmo and Qian Yuse, the Empress Fengluan. Their targets were only Yin Li and Su Yi.
Of course, Yin Li is the main one.
Those assassins had no characteristics of people from southern Xinjiang, only those of people from Annam.
The twenty-three court officials had arranged the identities of the assassins perfectly. Regardless of success or failure, all kinds of "evidence" would point to Annan.
Everything seemed believable and well arranged.
Who knew that the military defense map was leaked? After the defeat in the border war, Yin Xuanmo accidentally found some clues while checking the military defense map. Once he checked, he found out the plans of these court officials.
The arrangement of the twenty-three courtiers took advantage of the right time, right place and right people for the wedding banquet, and it was also the time when the courtiers and guards were most relaxed and least alert.
Who knew that Yin Xuanmo would use the same trick against them!
Yin Xuanmo had been detaining and controlling all those who might get close to the "Military Defense Map" in the first few days, but it was just an illusion to confuse those court officials.
After hearing this from Master Taifu, Shi Qingqing looked calm on the outside, but her heart was filled with turmoil.
Twenty-three good-for-nothings, how could they fail?
At this moment, Ah Mei thought of these things and lowered her head, "Miss, the master said that you..."
In a hurry, the princess who changed her name was called "Miss" again.
"Grandmaster? Ah Mei, you really listen to your grandfather. In that case, how about I send you back to the Grandmaster's Mansion to serve my grandfather?"
Ah Mei kowtowed loudly again.
She didn't understand why the lady, who had always been able to remain calm, had become so twisted recently.
Even if she knew that this was not a wise move, how could such an intelligent lady not know it?
Shi Qingqing sneered, but the smile did not reach her eyes.
Ah Mei's head was broken from knocking, but she still had to say something, "You are already the princess of Southern Xinjiang known to everyone in the world, you..." Why...
"roll."
Shi Qingqing was just a word of indifference.
A Mei was stunned for a moment, then shrank back slowly.
After A-Mei went out, the dowry nanny guarding the door skillfully took her to a house in front and skillfully treated the wound on her forehead.
He knocked silently, "Amei, don't blame the princess. The princess is suffering. The master asked us to follow the princess, so we should help the princess wholeheartedly."
"Mammy, I know. I have been with the princess since I was a child, how can I blame her?"
"Well, I'm glad you understand. The princess has been in a bad mood recently. As someone who serves her closely, you have to bear more of the responsibility."
Ame nodded.
The nanny sighed again, "Our princess is a proud girl, but she has been looked down upon in various ways since she met the regent. How can the princess bear this? Especially this time, those court officials rebelled, which is a very dangerous thing. Even if everything is under the control of the regent, it is better to be safe than sorry."
"At the wedding banquet, the Regent himself, His Royal Highness, Empress Fengluan, and all the civil and military officials in the court, are the lives of so many people not more important than that of Su Yi? In order to protect Su Yi, the Regent actually arranged his most capable and trusted guards to be by her side..."
"With the princess's temper, she is no more important than a maid in the regent's heart. How can she bear this..."
Ah Mei forced a smile, "Mammy, I know."
But in her heart she sneered, thinking that it was because she was just a maid.
Of course you deserve to be beaten and scolded.
But Su Yi was also a maid, yet she could become a phoenix overnight!
The oath she made before was true. She, Amei, was not the kind of foolish person who was ambitious and unrealistic. She really had never had any thoughts about the wise and unparalleled Regent of Southern Xinjiang.
But there are always other royal relatives and nobles in the Southern Xinjiang royal family. As long as she can be favored by any of those royal relatives and nobles, why can't she, Amei, rise to the top?
She is following Shi Qingqing now, just treating her as a stepping stone to get closer to the royal relatives and nobles!
"Go, quietly clean up the broken food in the princess' room. I'll be guarding here and no one is allowed to approach." said the nanny.
Amei nodded and returned seemingly respectfully.
At this moment, in another place of the Regent's Palace.
Suyi and Aduo had just finished their meal. After dinner, Suyi washed up and went to bed early, but she tossed and turned and couldn't fall asleep.
She has now pieced together the general situation of the incident that happened half a month ago.
Thinking of the toilet in her cell, she heard some unusual movement outside and was about to go out to check, but suddenly the wall inside the toilet opened.
It’s open!
There is actually a secret door there!
Then she was stuffed into the secret door, and the two guards who came out of the secret door started fighting with the masked man who rushed in from outside.
Later, after all the chaos and war, Su Yi finally realized that Yin Xuanmo had long known about the secret actions of those court officials and had deliberately placed her in the cell with the secret door.
Yin Xuanmo had guessed early on that someone was going to kill her and was... protecting her?
Ah, bah, bah, bah!
That’s all Yin Xuanmo’s business.
In short, it has been half a month since the incident, and Su Yi has not only seen Yin Xuanmo, but has only seen Yin Li once.
It is certain that they are very busy.
After all, more than 20 ministers were involved in the riot, which had far-reaching consequences. There would be a lot of things to deal with later.
Su Yi thought back to the time she met Yin Li. Although he was just a cute little kid, his eyes and brows already hinted at a resolute temperament.
"Sister Suyi, I don't know whether my decision to return to Southern Xinjiang is right or wrong."
Yin Li smiled, "Sister Suyi, do you know that those twenty-three court officials committed crimes because they were dissatisfied with my father's cultivation of me? That's why they leaked the military defense map, causing many men in my southern border to die in vain on the battlefield. They also lost their own lives."
Su Yi straightened the little boy, looked him in the eyes, and said seriously, "Li'er, the young lady said that every throne in the world is made of bones, and there has never been an exception."
"The only thing the person sitting on the throne can do is to prevent the bones beneath your feet from weeping day and night. You must let them see that you will stand in that position and lead Southern Xinjiang into a prosperous era! Just as they wish!"
The little boy was stunned, and felt a warm current surging in his chest.
My nose and eyes were also sore, "Can I?"
"Of course you can! You are the young lady, Miss Yu Sebiao, Miss Jiuer, and Prince Yin, someone that all of us value. We all think you can do it!"
"Besides, didn't you do very well this time, Li'er?"
Su Yi said sincerely, "I don't know how to govern a country or how to balance power for a monarch. But Li'er, you pleaded for those 23 court officials, didn't you? You saved their families and left them some property to live on. You also distributed most of the property of those adults to the relatives of those soldiers who died on the border."
"It's hard to judge the right and wrong here by our ordinary people's standards. But, Li'er, you will definitely give them a peaceful and prosperous life. You won't let their deaths be in vain. I firmly believe it!"
The girl's tone was not strong, but powerful.
She wasn't just saying this to sound nice, she believed it deep down.
Outside the courtyard, the man in black robe stood quietly in silence.
Then he left silently.
After leaving the mansion without alerting anyone, the blue guard who followed the black-robed man, Yin Xuanmo, pressed his eyes, his eyes were full of emotion, "Your Majesty, don't worry, the knot in His Royal Highness's heart should have been resolved recently."
Miss Su Yi really doesn't look like an ordinary maid.
Miss Su Yi is really a treasure girl...
In short, Su Yi, the treasure girl in Guard Lan's heart, is now thinking about how to leave Southern Xinjiang.
At this moment, Su Yi, who was lying on the bed, sighed secretly.
After that conversation, she never saw Prince Yin Li again.
But she felt that Prince Yin Li might not really need her anymore. When Prince Yin Li left, she had a strong intuition that he could really stand on his own.
So Suyi is not too worried about this aspect now.
What she didn't understand now was that Miss Shi had been the princess for half a month, but there was no news at all.
Although that young lady was very elegant, profound, calm and polite, Su Yi felt that she did have a kind of pride in her superiority.
It is unlikely that such a proud man would regard her as an object of jealousy, but he would definitely think that a maid like her is not worthy of being in this palace, as Yin Xuanmo's "woman" like her.
Cough cough cough, although I feel a little chilly.
But that's the way it is.
Why hasn't Miss Shi shown any sign or action yet?
Before Miss Shi was even a princess, he thought she was an eyesore. Now that Miss Shi is a princess, and Yin Xuanmo and the others are so busy, this is a great opportunity!
Su Yi was angry at her for not fighting back. What was this Miss Shi thinking?
It's a shame not to seize such a good opportunity.
Su Yi tossed and turned for a long time before she fell into a drowsy sleep. As soon as she closed her eyes, she heard A Duo's unusual voice calling her.
What? Miss Shi?
Su Yi sat up with a somersault, and it was already bright outside.
"Sister Aduo, what did you say?"
"Young lady, the master... no, the princess has sent someone with some gifts to come here in person. She is waiting for you in the living room now!"
ah!
You heard it right!
I was still thinking about it last night, and now it’s here.
Su Yi suppressed her excitement and quickly got dressed and washed up before going out to meet the man.
Shi Qingqing sat in the main seat, looking dignified and graceful.
Seeing Su Yi appear, he gently put down the teacup in his hand and said with a smile, "Sister Su Yi."
The tone and the address startled Su Yi so much that she staggered and almost fell.
What the hell?!
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