Chapter 142 First Confrontation
"Queen, forgive me!"
The military officer who escorted the man immediately knelt down and apologized. If this man had intended to harm the empress, they would have been sinners for all eternity.
"Go and accept your punishment! Don't underestimate anyone."
Ripple said, waving her hand.
The military officer escorted Huo Mingliang, whose mouth was blocked, out of the pavilion, while Lianyi took Xian Shijun's hand and asked:
"Luckily you took action just now. If this evildoer had died, it would have been really troublesome."
"It was my fault that I didn't discipline the Third Princess enough, allowing her to mingle with this kind of person. Fortunately, the Queen was alert and noticed something was wrong, and found out what was wrong with this person. Otherwise, the Third Princess would definitely be in trouble."
Xian Shijun frowned and whispered.
"He was scheming on purpose. With the Third Brother's personality, he would definitely be unable to guard against it. However, this is also a lesson. Arrange someone to tell the Third Princess about the Fifth Prince of Panlong Kingdom, so that she can open her eyes and carefully select the people around her."
"yes."
Xian Shijun responded immediately, feeling relieved that the Queen did not blame him.
Lianyi then let go of Xian Shijun's calloused hand. It was obvious that the other party had never given up practicing martial arts.
After Xian Shijun left, Lianyi arranged for Huo Mingliang to be taken to the palace and handed over to the eldest princess who was handling government affairs.
"The Queen asked me to pass on a message, hoping that the eldest princess can make good use of the fifth prince of Panlong Country to seek some benefits for Fengqi Country. Although the third princess was unaware of this, she was also punished by the Queen for not judging people well. The eldest princess can go ahead and do it."
After the military officer had communicated with the people in person, he returned to Zhuo Xiuyuan to report.
The eldest princess was delighted when she saw the credit presented to her. She thought that her mother still valued her. She immediately called her staff and began to consider how to make use of this opportunity.
The second princess has been busy looking for new husbands for her three daughters recently. This time, because her three daughters spoke rudely, which displeased the empress, she took drastic measures. She used thundering means to find out the source of the words and directly beat the person to death. Slandering the royal heir is a capital crime, and she did not hesitate at all to do it.
All the servants, maids and wet nurses around her three daughters were sold, and she and her father personally selected people to place them with the three children.
The three children had been completely depressed ever since they were punished in Zhuo Xiuyuan. They had never expected that a few words of gossip they had heard would lead to such serious consequences, and even caused their parents to be reprimanded by the Empress Dowager. They regretted it beyond words.
The children of the royal family are all precocious, not to mention that their mother still has the chance to inherit the throne. They thought that if they surpassed their aunt's children, they could help their mother. Unexpectedly, it backfired and they were really scared.
The second princess also felt sorry for her three daughters, but this time she was very clear that the queen's words were not alarmist. They were a warning to her and also for her to pay attention to her daughters' upbringing.
The Emperor's husband, Mrs. Zhao, also felt sorry for the Second Princess, so she could only comfort her three granddaughters in private, and then went to find the Second Princess.
"My son, we were careless this time. Your mother is not to blame. And your mother did not punish the three children severely. She only gave them a small punishment and a big warning. But you must take it seriously."
"I understand, don't worry, Dad! I won't fall in the same place twice."
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Zhao hesitated for a while before lowering her voice and saying:
"After your mother arrived at Zhuo Xiu Garden, she stopped burning incense and brought Mei Yuanzheng with her to take care of her body. She looked much better. I'm afraid we did something wrong."
The rest of the words were not finished, but the Second Princess' heart skipped a beat. Then she immediately calmed down and said:
"Father, I understand! At least the method has worked. Isn't the Queen Mother giving up her power now? It's just that it's not my turn to show my skills yet. Let my elder sister go first so that I can also gain some experience. This is exactly what I want."
After she finished speaking, she squeezed her hands. Her father risked being beheaded to help her. All she had to do now was to seize the opportunity.
Not long after, the emperor of Panlong State received a letter from Fengqi State, saying that the fifth prince of Panlong State changed his name to get close to the third princess of Fengqi State, and then used this as a stepping stone to assassinate the queen. He has now been caught and detained along with his accomplices. The letter asked Panlong State to give an explanation. If there was no reasonable explanation, it would be regarded as an active provocation and Fengqi State would send troops to Panlong State.
Along with the letter of credence came 300,000 border guards from Fengqi, who looked as if they were going to kill us if we didn't give them an explanation.
The eldest princess was also ruthless. She directly painted portraits of Huo Mingliang and his confidants, and sent them over together. Even if they wanted to deny it, they had no way to do so. After all, although the fifth prince was a loser in the fight for the throne, he was not dead. It would be better if he was dead.
The new emperor of Panlong Kingdom was so angry that he smashed a paperweight. He thought his men had dealt with the man quietly, but he didn't expect that the other party actually escaped to Fengqi Kingdom and had the nerve to enter the princess's backyard, which brought him this disaster. He suspected that the other party did it on purpose.
At this time, there was a great uproar in the court of Panlong Kingdom. Some ministers felt that the Fifth Prince was a disgrace to their men and that they should just let him die in Fengqi Kingdom. Some others thought that it would be better not to confront Fengqi Kingdom head-on and to test the envoys' attitude first. It would be best to resolve the issue peacefully and there was no need to resort to force.
The main reason is that they have no chance of winning, and the other party has legitimate reasons to send troops. The only foreign aid they can seek is from the White Tiger Kingdom and the Black Tortoise Kingdom, but those countries may not necessarily be willing to wade into this muddy water.
Only the prime minister of Panlong Kingdom was still reading the letter over and over again, as if he had discovered something.
The new emperor asked directly:
"Did Lord Zhang find anything wrong?"
"Your Majesty, this letter is stamped with the seal of the eldest princess of Fengqi Kingdom, not the jade seal of the empress."
"Recently, the Queen of Fengqi Country gave up her power and let the eldest princess govern the country. She fainted once during the court, and now she is very careful about her life and is recuperating in the Royal Garden."
They can still find out these obvious information.
"Since this is a letter from the eldest princess, there is a lot of room for maneuver."
Zhang Zhang said meaningfully.
"My dear, what you mean is..."
The new emperor immediately became interested.
"The Grand Princess of Fengqi Kingdom has not yet been decided. If we promise to secretly support the Grand Princess to take the throne, this matter may be easily resolved. If we are allies, she will naturally not go too far."
As soon as Zhang Zhang said this, the discussions in the court immediately died down. Everyone felt that Zhang Zhang was really cunning, no wonder he could get the position of prime minister.
After hearing this, the new Panlong Emperor thought about it carefully and realized that this was indeed the case. Since they supported the eldest princess, it should not be difficult to send a few people to Fengqi Country. As far as he knew, this eldest princess was indeed excellent. Her only shortcoming was that she did not have a good maternal grandfather to help her and she did not command the army.
(End of this chapter)
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