Chapter 151 The Last City
The new emperor of Panlong Kingdom never expected that his fifth brother was so lucky to still be alive. He didn't know whether to thank his fifth brother or kill him directly.
Zhang Zhang was the quickest to react. He immediately stepped forward and asked politely:
"I wonder how the prince is doing now?"
"The prince was assassinated by assassins and lost an arm. Fortunately, our queen was merciful and used a 300-year-old ginseng from the treasury to save him."
The female official of the Ministry of Rites told the truth.
After hearing the female official's words, not only Zhang Zhang, but even the new emperor felt relieved. Now, even if the fifth prince was alive, he would no longer pose any threat to them. After all, a physically disabled prince could not ascend to the throne.
"The Queen was magnanimous and rescued the fifth brother. This matter..."
The newly enthroned Sixth Prince obviously wanted to let the matter go, but the female officials of the Fengqi State's Ministry of Rites were not easy to fool; they came with a mission.
“Your Majesty, the two countries went to war before because your fifth brother sneaked into Fengqi Country to assassinate our queen. Fortunately, the queen was blessed by God and nothing happened. He himself said that he did so under the order of the deceased former emperor.
The Queen did not want to start a war, but only sent a letter, hoping that your country could give an explanation and give the Queen some compensation. As a result, the former Emperor was unreasonable and refused to admit the matter. He even sent assassins to assassinate your fifth brother in order to silence him.
It’s a pity that the person was rescued by us, and the former emperor also helped you because of his wrong decision!
Your Majesty has now ascended the throne. As the ruler of a country, shouldn't you give our queen an explanation?"
The female official did not even look at the expressions of the officials of Panlong State and spoke directly to the point. The whole hall was very quiet. The envoys of Xuanwu State and Baihu State looked at the female official of Panlong State with flickering eyes.
"Bold lady, what does this have to do with our Majesty?"
A minister from Panlong State jumped out and shouted loudly.
The female official stepped forward, looked around, and said loudly with contempt in her eyes:
"How is it unrelated? Wasn't the emperor who passed away earlier your Majesty's biological brother? Or is your Panlong country planning to change its name?"
The female official's words were also very sharp, making the official who had scolded her earlier blush. After a long while, he said:
"Your Fengqi Nation has already seized four cities, what else do you want?"
"Of course it's not enough. Our queen said at the beginning that she wanted five cities as compensation, not one less! If you are unwilling to give it, we will continue to send troops!"
The female official refused to give in.
“Shameless!”
"It's better than you daring to do it but not admitting it. Don't think that our queen doesn't know what you are thinking. You just can't stand the fact that our Fengqi Kingdom is ruled by the queen. You want to kill our queen and let Fengqi Kingdom fall into chaos so that you can reap the benefits?"
The female official's counterattack was very direct.
"You use such despicable means, and you still dare to call yourself a man of integrity! Pah! If you have the guts, lead the troops to fight in person. Our queen will respect your ambition to rule the world!"
The female official waved her sleeves and spoke loudly.
The voice was so loud that everyone in the hall could hear it. Then he turned to the envoys from the White Tiger Kingdom and the Black Tortoise Kingdom and said:
"Don't just stand there and watch the joke. If Panlong Nation dares to do this to us, will it let you go? It's only because they don't have the ability to send troops to the three countries at the same time that they resort to such despicable means.
As long as the assassination is successful and the Queen has not chosen a Crown Princess, one of the three princesses will fight for it. Then my Fengqi Kingdom will be in chaos. Will you still form an alliance with Panlong Kingdom and share a piece of the pie? I just don't know which of your countries will be the next?
The emperors of your two countries are in their prime, and they haven't appointed a crown prince yet! You have quite a few princes, right? I'll take advantage of your internal fighting to continue to nibble away at you."
"What nonsense! Stop trying to sow discord here! Take him away!"
Zhang Zhang immediately stopped him.
"No need to bother! I am only delivering the request made by the Queen. You'd better give me a reply as soon as possible so that I can go back and report. As long as I die in the territory of your Panlong Kingdom today, Fengqi Kingdom will send troops tomorrow!"
After the female official finished speaking, she turned around and left the hall with her head held high.
The new emperor's face was unusually dark, and all the court officials were whispering about it. A bad-tempered military officer was already clamoring to behead the female official who had spoken wildly as a sacrifice, and then send troops to Fengqi State.
The envoys from Xuanwu and Baihu looked at each other but did not say anything.
"quiet!"
The eunuchs around the new emperor immediately spoke out to stop him.
Zhang Zhang stood up and said:
"Your Majesty, calm down. We can discuss this matter later. Let's meet the envoy first!"
With Zhang Zhang's reminder, everyone remembered that there were envoys from the other two countries in the hall. Everyone then fell silent and pretended that nothing had happened.
The envoys from Xuanwu and Baihu were also very tactful. After they congratulated the new emperor on his accession to the throne and presented him with gifts, they left the hall on the grounds of being exhausted from the long journey.
After there were no outsiders, the new emperor finally lowered his face and said directly:
"Humph! You say you're here to congratulate me, but it's obvious that you're here to cause trouble for me. If that's the case, then let's fight! Are we really afraid of a mere country of women in Fengqi?"
"Your Majesty is wise! I am willing to fight."
"Your Majesty, please think twice!"
"Your Majesty, the treasury is not rich enough to support this war!"
An old minister with a white beard stood up and said in a trembling voice.
"What? The treasury is not well-off! Where did all the money go?"
The new emperor's face turned completely black.
As soon as these words came out, the old minister knelt down and said in a trembling voice:
"Your Majesty, after you ascend the throne, you will reward officials, repair the palace, fill the harem, and prepare for the coronation ceremony. All of these will cost money."
"Where did the taxes go?"
the new emperor asked sharply.
"Your Majesty, you forgot that because you ascended the throne, you issued an amnesty for the whole country and exempted taxes for one year."
The old minister lowered his head even more, but his voice reached everyone's ears.
“.”
After attending the coronation ceremony, the female official of Fengqi Kingdom returned to Fengqi Kingdom smoothly and brought back the letter from Panlong Kingdom.
The wording of the letter was very fancy. The main idea was that the new emperor did not want to cause any more disputes and let the people suffer from the war. It was also to clean up the foolish decision made by the previous emperor. He gave up a city and ended the war between the two countries. In the future, they would still be good neighbors.
The eldest princess asked a female official to read the letter of state in the court, and then immediately ordered people to take over the new city.
At this point, Panlong Kingdom's plan failed, and Fengqi Kingdom gained five more cities and expanded its territory, and the whole country was filled with joy.
The eldest princess completed her one-year mission of regulating the country and handed in a satisfactory answer. She handed over the task to the second princess and took her family to Zhuo Xiuyuan to accompany Lianyi.
In the second month of the Second Princess's regentship, there was abnormal rainfall across the country. It rained intermittently for half a month, causing floods. Several cities were submerged, resulting in disasters.
(End of this chapter)
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