Chapter 143: Words of Excusation
"After all, the eldest princess is only the regent, not the actual ruler. I'm afraid it would be difficult for her to make decisions without the permission of the empress."
Someone immediately raised an objection.
"It is precisely because she is not in power that she wants to take advantage of the opportunity to seize power and win over court officials. All of these require capital, in addition to gold and silver, it is merit. If this matter is handled well, it will be a great achievement, but I am afraid we will have to pay some money."
Zhang Zhang said with a smile.
“.”
"First find out whether Fifth Brother is still alive. If so..."
The new Panlong Emperor had not finished speaking, but the court officials below all lowered their heads and no one dared to respond.
It is easy to imagine that this new emperor who climbed to the high position by stepping on the corpses of his brothers is not a good person. Now he is threatened by Fengqi Country because of a younger brother with whom he has no feelings. How can he swallow this? He probably hopes that the other party will die in Fengqi Country, so that the crisis will be resolved.
"If the Fifth Emperor, Prince Ming, went to Fengqi Country as an envoy to sign a peace treaty, but was killed instead, it would not be the fault of our Panlong Country, but the fault of Fengqi Country for being arrogant."
Zhang Zhang also sighed.
The court officials said: "How shameless! You are trying to turn black into white!"
"Indeed, Fifth Brother went to sign a peace treaty. How could he assassinate the Queen for no reason? There must be some misunderstanding."
The new emperor immediately understood and followed Zhang Aiqing's words.
The court officials: “.”
"Lord Zhang, please draft a letter to explain this misunderstanding to the eldest princess of Fengqi Country."
No one agreed with him, so he just spoke to himself, and then ordered General Weiwu to mobilize the troops immediately and assemble quickly, and not wait until the enemy reached the door before taking action.
The noisy morning court ended just like that. After the court session, the new emperor called in his secret guards and said with gritted teeth:
"Send someone to kill Lao Wu. We can't fail again this time."
"yes!"
The man in black simply responded and disappeared into the hall.
Fengqi Kingdom Zhuoxiu Garden
Since moving to this royal garden, Lianyi no longer has to worry about government affairs. With Mei Yuanzheng's careful care and her unremitting efforts to draw Qi into her body, she finally succeeded after three months.
After washing off the thick layer of black impurities on her body, Lianyi felt a lot more relaxed, and the toxins in her body were completely eliminated.
Because this body has spiritual roots, she was able to successfully draw in qi, and it is a thunder spiritual root. No wonder Shijiu would help her select this task. First of all, the degree of compatibility between the bodies is higher, avoiding the situation of rejection by the original body.
Now that she has successfully drawn the Qi into her body, the next thing she will do is put cultivation on the agenda. Zhuo Xiuyuan's spiritual energy is much better than that of the imperial palace. She can now perform a set of body-building boxing techniques in a coherent manner. Although she sweats profusely after finishing, the effect is excellent.
Even Mei Yuanzheng was very surprised. He didn't expect that the Queen's body would recover so well. Not only was the remaining poison eliminated, but even all the organs in her body regained their vitality.
"Queen, your health is improving now. As long as you take good care of yourself, there will be no major problems."
Mei Yuanzheng said with a smile.
"This is all thanks to Mei Yuanzheng."
"Your Majesty, you are too kind. It is only because you are willing to put aside the affairs of state and cooperate with me in taking medicine that you can recover so quickly."
Mei Yuanzheng said modestly.
"Anyway, thank you for your hard work, Mei Yuanzheng. Now that the weather is getting hotter, you should not return home for the time being. Stay in Zhuo Xiuyuan to escape the heat and help Xian Shijun to recuperate. My little daughter is ignorant and made Xian Shijun very angry."
Ripple said with a smile.
"Yes, I understand."
Mei Yuanzheng didn't want to go back home at this moment. The stuffiness in the mansion was one thing, but those court ministers would definitely use various means to find out the empress's physical condition. She didn't want to go back to deal with those old foxes and make the whole mansion restless.
Mei Yuanzheng returned to his own small courtyard and asked the military officer to go to the mansion to tell him that he would not be back in the near future and asked them to do what they should do.
Mei Yuanzheng's family was also very understanding. They immediately paid the military officer who delivered the message a fee and then closed the door to refuse visitors, leaving the old ministers unsure about the empress's health.
The eldest princess also received the letter from Panlong Kingdom. She was almost laughing at the sophistry in the letter. She read the letter aloud and said:
"The Panlong Nation is planning to deny its claims. How do you think we should deal with this?"
"These old scoundrels in Panlong Country are thicker-skinned than city walls. They are obviously making excuses, yet they have the nerve to write them down.
Bullshit peace treaty, how can an envoy come here secretly, and even sell himself to get close to the princess, how despicable!"
The bad-tempered military officer had already started to curse, but his curse was to the point.
"Indeed, since they are envoys, they should submit their credentials to the Ministry of Rites according to normal procedures. We will receive them according to the regulations. How could they not see the Queen? It is nothing more than a fig leaf they have covered their own faces with."
The Minister of Rites' statement is more elegant, but the meaning is the same.
"I suggest that we tear off their fig leaf and issue an ultimatum. If Fengqi Nation doesn't give us a satisfactory answer within five days, we will start a fight and let these shameless people see that we Fengqi Nation are not just good at verbal battles."
General Fengdi went straight to the table.
"I second the motion!"
"I second the motion!"
“.”
Those who come out are basically military generals. Their ideas are the most straightforward. Don't waste your time arguing with the other party. Just beat them until they admit defeat.
"War is not the best way to solve the problem. Besides, once a war breaks out, there will be casualties, and food and fodder will be a big problem."
Minister Li of the Ministry of Revenue immediately stepped forward.
Once a war breaks out, the Ministry of Revenue will be the most tormented, because war means piling up silver, and they don't want the treasury, which has been filled with great effort, to be deflated again.
The eldest princess also knew that this was not a decision she could make, although she was inclined to go to war, and this time she had a legitimate reason to do so, there was no better opportunity than this, and she could also gain some merit, so it was a good deal no matter how you looked at it.
People in the court were also whispering about it, and the supporters of the Second Princess were a little anxious. After all, this was a good opportunity to make a contribution, so how could the First Princess seize it? It would be better if the Second Princess was the regent at this time.
The morning court ended with everyone's discussion. The eldest princess was single, so she asked them to write a memorial and come up with the most effective method. After the court, she took her daughter to Zhuo Xiuyuan to see the empress.
If he wants to use troops, he will also need the Eagle Talisman in the Queen's hand, otherwise she alone will not be able to mobilize the 300,000 troops for border defense.
The reason why they cooperated so well this time was because they learned that Panlong Kingdom dared to plant spies to assassinate the queen. In addition, they wanted to train troops, so it was a good opportunity to kill two birds with one stone. They only gathered the troops and did not attack. It was more of a deterrent.
Lianyi was eating fresh fruit in the cool room at this time, and next to her was Xian Shijun, who was dressed in a purple robe and was talking about his experience of meeting the third princess.
(End of this chapter)
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