What exactly happened in the Battle of Xiaoshui four years ago? Apart from the person who plotted to kill Yu Nanqing, no one knows. She has to protect Yu Nanqing.
So she wanted to do something to help Yu Nanqing in this limited time.
But she didn't know exactly how to do it. She needed to go to Wengcheng to see for herself and come up with a plan tailored to the local conditions.
Afterwards, Su Wanyan asked Mingyu to draft a list.
These are the spies that Yu Nanqing kept outside the capital.
These spies were unable to return to the capital in time after Yu Nanqing's incident. After Yu Nanqing ordered all operations to be suspended, they stayed outside and lived in anonymity.
Later, after Yu Nanqing recovered and the Prince Gong's Mansion began to improve, these spies were activated one by one again.
The list that Su Wanyan asked Mingyu to provide was not just a list, but also included the current locations of these people. Knowing this information would allow her to determine the route to Wengcheng more quickly.
Only by having your own people nearby can you guarantee your safety.
In fact, the people from the Chang and Shun Dukes' mansions are enough, but Su Wanyan needs to have her own people so that she can handle things more easily in the future.
To prevent the truth from being exposed, Su Wanyan copied down the list that Mingyu had drafted, changing it to pinyin, and burned the original on the spot.
Su Wanyan also needed to know the news from the capital, so she asked Mingyu to get a copy of any information provided by the informants from the Chang and Shun families.
Keeping up with the times is very important; the consequences of being out of touch with the world are severe.
Su Wanyan made many decisions in one day, while things were not peaceful in the capital.
The East Sea and the Great Jin Dynasty argued for many days, but still failed to reach a satisfactory solution.
I originally thought that Donghai would go back directly and, as they said, start a war against Dajin. But I didn't expect that Donghai's envoys would stay for many more days. It seemed that they would not stop until Dajin gave them an explanation.
Seeing the state of the East Sea, the Great Jin Dynasty felt that it was not a country it could afford to fight, so it became even more assertive and took a more assertive stance in negotiations.
Just when the Great Jin Dynasty thought it had gained the upper hand, the East Sea dealt Emperor Yuanhe a heavy blow.
He handed over evidence of Yu Nanqing's plot to murder Princess Yu Tingyi, which consisted of correspondence between Yu Nanqing and Xiao Chensheng.
The document detailed Yu Nanqing's plan to murder the eldest princess.
However, Donghai only handed over the letter from Yu Nanqing to Xiao Chensheng. No clue was found in the Prince Gong's Mansion whether Xiao Chensheng had replied to Yu Nanqing.
The hammer fell, shocking the entire capital.
Although Xiao Chensheng was invited to the capital by Yu Nanqing, in the hearts of the people, Yu Nanqing and Xiao Chensheng were two completely different people.
Even though Xiao Chensheng murdered the Eldest Princess and implicated the Prince Gong's Mansion, Yu Nanqing was still innocent in the eyes of the people.
However, the evidence handed over by Donghai left the people of the capital completely bewildered.
Most of the common people in the capital lack the ability to distinguish right from wrong. Yu Nanqing's murder of his own relatives not only brought shame to the royal family but also caused the Great Jin to lose face in front of the East Sea. Public opinion in the capital is now mostly unfavorable to Yu Nanqing.
Public opinion in the capital regarding Yu Nanqing reached its peak, and everyone was watching to see how Emperor Yuanhe would handle the matter.
The common people may be misled by rumors, but the astute courtiers have already seen through the deception.
On the day Princess Yu Tingyi had her accident, Emperor Yuanhe had already sent people to sort through her belongings. If Yu Nanqing and Xiao Chensheng had corresponded, why couldn't Emperor Yuanhe find them, but the people from Donghai found them?
Furthermore, how did the people from the East Sea find them? Did they infiltrate the Princess's residence? Or did they bribe the maids and servants in the residence?
Regardless of which one, they are all linked to the intention to provoke conflict between the Great Jin and the East Sea, so the authenticity of this evidence remains questionable.
Furthermore, the court officials all know what Donghai is up to. Although Yu Nanqing did injure Feng Lingxiao and Feng Yao, he also claimed that they abducted Su Wanyan. However, they lacked evidence, and Su Wanyan had not left any trace, making it almost an unsolved case.
Therefore, it's not impossible that the letter was used to frame someone.
The court officials all understood the matter, but Emperor Yuanhe was already furious. He had long suspected that Yu Tingyi was killed by Yu Nanqing. Now that Donghai had presented the evidence, he couldn't wait until the end of the court session and went to the prison with angry eyes, wanting to get confirmation from Yu Nanqing.
Did Emperor Yuanhe truly not understand this?
All of Donghai's actions at this time were aimed at using their own people to get rid of Yu Nanqing.
If they get rid of Yu Nanqing, they can send troops to attack the Great Jin without restraint. However, as long as Yu Nanqing is still alive, they will be wary.
Just like General Fu, who is currently guarding the border of the Great Jin Dynasty, with his experience of occupying the Great Jin city in the East Sea and fighting against the Great Jin soldiers, if he wanted to fight, he could take his head off.
The reason for not fighting is simply that the vital energy from being severely injured by Yu Nanqing four years ago has not yet recovered, and... Yu Nanqing's right-hand man, General Lü Cezhong, is still alive in prison.
Emperor Yuanhe understood perfectly well, so no matter how angry he was or how much he wanted to kill Yu Nanqing, he couldn't actually do it.
However, for this reason, he felt a surge of resentment for more than ten days. Could it be that the Great Jin Dynasty could not survive without Yu Nanqing?
Is all the talented people in the Great Jin Dynasty inferior to Yu Nanqing?
Coincidentally, during this turbulent time, on the first day of the eighth lunar month, envoys from the Southern Kingdom and the Northern Yue Kingdom arrived.
Emperor Yuanhe had no time to spare and sent his ministers to the city gate to greet them.
Because of the impact of the heavy hammer thrown from the East China Sea, the ministers in the hall did not look good when they were welcoming the envoys from the South and North Yue. However, due to etiquette, they had no choice but to bite the bullet and argue with them.
At this welcoming banquet, the seat of honor was empty; Emperor Yuanhe was not present.
The envoys from the Southern Kingdom and the Northern Yue Kingdom knew that the capital of the Great Jin Dynasty had been in turmoil recently, and they deliberately brought it up repeatedly at the welcoming banquet, focusing the conversation on Yu Nanqing, who was currently the subject of much public discussion.
Fortunately, the officials in the Great Jin Dynasty were not to be trifled with. In their back-and-forth exchanges, the once pleasant banquet was filled with the smell of gunpowder.
Meanwhile, in an inn in the capital city.
Feng Yao was lying in bed recovering from her injuries when Feng Lingxiao came in from outside the door and saw Feng Yao struggling to prop herself up.
The maidservant beside him quickly reached out to help him up, and then Feng Lingxiao said, "Just lie down."
Her bright red hair stood out in the room.
Apart from him, everyone else in the room had black hair, and even Feng Yao didn't have reddish-brown hair.
Following Feng Lingxiao's instructions, Feng Yao lay down and asked with concern, "How is the investigation going, Your Majesty?"
Feng Lingxiao shook his head: "I can't find any trace of Su Wanyan anywhere."
Indeed, while causing trouble, they were also looking for Su Wanyan.
They were naturally pleased to see internal strife in the capital of the Great Jin Dynasty, but they had to find out the truth behind the fabricated charges against them.
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