"So, you think I'm a 'good guy' and you've been acting fearlessly?"
The moment Tao Huan saw Yang Zhao burst into laughter, he suddenly wanted to retreat.
But she just moved.
The pain came again.
She didn't dare to move for a moment.
Because she could clearly feel that if the weapon in the cold gap moved forward a little more, she would definitely die.
Looking at Yang Zhao who had no mercy at all.
She was really panicked.
"Don't, don't kill me..."
Tao Huan endured the pain and said hurriedly: "I, I want to go back to see my father. Didn't you promise my father..."
Before he finished speaking, Tao Huan's face turned pale.
Because the weapon penetrated her throat again, she could clearly feel the pain in breathing.
"I have done what I promised your father."
Yang Zhao looked at her with a half-smile: "I am a businessman. Since you want to live, then think carefully about what you can use in exchange for your life!"
"By the way, you'd better think about it quickly. Otherwise, after those people in the front hall are done dealing with you, they will probably remember you. Then I won't have the final say on whether you live or die."
Tao Huan looked unhappy.
But in the end she compromised and said, "I can give you a beauty pill."
As if afraid that Yang Zhao didn't know the effect of the beauty pill, Tao Huan hurriedly explained: "The beauty pill can not only make your face fairer and more delicate, making you more beautiful, but also keep you young forever."
"Eternal youth maintained by human blood?"
Yang Zhao sneered, "I'm sorry, but I'm not interested. Your beauty pill won't buy your life."
"etc!"
Tao Huan hurriedly said, "I also have detailed geomancy maps and border defense maps of various parts of Qi. If you only spare my life, I can give them all to you."
Yang Zhao raised his eyebrows slightly, showing some interest. "Where is it?"
Tao Huan secretly breathed a sigh of relief, "I've hidden everything. As long as you don't kill me, I'll give it to you."
"This thing is not worth your life."
Yang Zhao looked at her with a smile: "You should know that the Emperor of Qi wants me to ascend the throne. As long as I take the throne, I will naturally know all the things you mentioned."
"Think carefully about it. Is there anything else? If not, it would be a pity..."
Tao Huan gritted his teeth secretly: "Emperor Huichen never thought of letting you become the emperor, you just made a deal with him." This was also a possibility that Tao Huan thought of when he saw the eldest prince appear.
She had been lurking in Qi for many years.
She knew a little about Emperor Huichen's temperament. It was simply a fantasy to let a woman ascend the throne, not to mention that she was an imposter.
"It seems that your life is still worthless. In that case, forget it. You will know the answer when you become a ghost." Yang Zhao's eyes turned cold and he was about to take his life.
"Wait a moment."
Tao Huan was furious and annoyed. What kind of 'good man' was this? He was nothing but a profiteer.
"Just tell me what you want to know. I'll tell you everything I know."
Yang Zhao then raised the corners of his lips; "Then tell me about your master..."
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"Your Majesty, this is the portrait sent back from Qi."
Wang Hong, who was originally the Minister of Rites but was implicated in the Xu family affairs and directly fell to the position of Vice Minister of Rites, once again appeared at the grand court meeting.
He presented a portrait.
After Emperor Wenyuan read it, he said loudly, "I am now absolutely certain that the Duke of Qi Yang of the Zhenbei Marquisate... has indeed defected to the State of Qi. I heard that she is now the Jade Princess of Qi."
"And there's news that the Emperor of Qi has made her the Prime Minister of Qi."
"Female Prime Minister?"
"How can this woman be an official? And a female prime minister? Isn't this ridiculous?"
"That's right. From ancient times to the present, there has never been a reason for women to serve in the court. Women should stay in the harem to take care of their husbands and raise their children. If women are allowed to serve as officials, or even as female ministers, where will the dignity of men be placed?"
"It's just like a hen crowing at dawn."
"Is the Emperor of Qi crazy?"
"That's not right. Didn't Duke Yang of Qi go to Yujiang under the imperial order? How could he have gone to Qi?"
"Have you forgotten that since the death of King Yujiang, the State of Qi has been trying to win over the great Confucian scholars of Yujiang? This time, I'm afraid that Duke Yang of Qi couldn't resist the temptation and was won over by the State of Qi. After all, she is both a princess and a female prime minister." This is much higher than the shameful Duke Yang of Qi and the county lord.
"This is treason."
"Bullshit! Just based on a portrait, you're saying that Duke Yang of Qi defected to Qi and committed treason? Who gave you the nerve to say that?"
"That's right. If you can just accuse someone of treason based on a portrait, then if you just draw a portrait of someone you don't like and accuse them of treason, wouldn't the world be in chaos?"
Various different voices suddenly rang out in the hall.
There was constant quarreling.
It's extremely lively.
Emperor Wenyuan sat high on the dragon throne, looking at the portrait of Yang Zhao dressed in gorgeous clothes, his eyes darkened a little.
However, he did not speak.
Instead, he quietly looked at the ministers below who were arguing fiercely, and Yang Tiejiang who was so calm that he was picking his fingernails, and even Yang Huaijin who was standing not far below him.
The father and son had almost the same expression.
They are all very lazy.
It was as if the ministers were not firing at their own daughters or sisters, and they almost had boredom carved on their foreheads.
Just then.
Emperor Wenyuan finally couldn't help but speak, "Lord Yang, do you think this is true?"
As Emperor Wenyuan spoke, His Highness suddenly fell silent.
Everyone's eyes fell on Yang Tiejiang, the first person in the second row on the left. But before Yang Tiejiang could speak, a sudden young voice rang out: "Your Majesty, I think it's fake."
The one who spoke was Yang Huaijin, who was standing below Emperor Wenyuan.
Speaking of which, the "official position" that Yang Huaijin holds now is actually very interesting. After the palace examination that day, he was not assigned to the Hanlin Academy, nor was he assigned to serve elsewhere. Instead, he was directly chosen by Emperor Wenyuan to hold a nominal position to serve by his side.
Not a eunuch, but looks like a eunuch.
He had no real power, and was only allowed to enter the palace every day, follow Emperor Wenyuan's buttocks, occasionally guard the gate, or grind ink, and then tell jokes and play chess...
Definitely the first person here.
For this reason, many people privately laughed at him, the newly crowned top scholar, and felt that he could now be killed with one stroke and become a complete eunuch close to the emperor.
Of course.
Naturally, everyone praises it openly.
After all, the Yang family now has more than just Yang Huaijin, a male, there is also the unruly Yang Tiejiang.
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