Chapter 121: Old Nanzhao
I don't know when it started.
His Majesty seemed to have come to his senses and dismissed many officials from the Lin and Li families.
Anyone who had any connection with the Lin and Li families in Jiangzhou Prefecture was more or less demoted or investigated.
The Liang family of Southeast Weaving Factory may not be living a peaceful life these days.
Yun Zhuan was getting more and more restless to stay at home. In the past two days, he went out with Bai Ye and met many people, and he only brought Duhuo with him.
I met quite a few people, including the Wanqi family and the Yan family. In the end, they were all former noble families of Nanzhao. On the surface, they were trying to please Nan Wu, but in their hearts they were still loyal to the late emperor or the pure-blooded Nanzhao royal family.
No minister wants to see his country decline rapidly or be under constant threat from others.
Nan Wu made her own people unable to hold their heads up, she always indulged in wine and women, and didn't care about people's livelihood at all, which caused many complaints among the people.
The Wanqi family was a noble family in Nanzhao, with a long tradition of scholarship and produced many officials.
Because when in Rome, do as the Romans do, so women also dress up as men. The Yuan Kingdom is not as free as in Nanzhao. Wanqi heard from his allies a long time ago that the empress's true bloodline was lost outside.
She had been the former empress's companion and they had a very deep friendship. After the new emperor took office, he did not lay her off. She continued to work diligently and conscientiously as always, doing her job as a subject.
Fortunately, Nan Wu did not make things difficult for this group of old ministers. She seemed to know her own shortcomings and directly set up a Tianshu Pavilion, where she let the ministers discuss the matter before she took up the pen to issue the imperial edicts.
Only then did Nanzhao live in peace and stability, and was able to survive even under the threat of the huge country of Northern Chu.
The only drawback is that the taxes are getting higher every year, which has caused many ordinary people to complain.
Because of the constraints of Northern Chu, there is no substantive way to solve the problem.
There is no other female general like her in Nanzhao. When Yun Zhuan heard them talking about this, he felt sorry for the female general. Maybe she also has children waiting for her to return home.
But in the end, what he waited for was the destruction of his country and his family.
Yun Zhuan was very quiet until Bai Ye formally introduced the two to him:
"This is Wanqi Rang, the Minister of Nanzhao Kingdom, and this is Jiang Shinian, the Royal Merchant of Nanzhao Kingdom. Recently, he has been doing trade with Nanzhao, Beichu and Biansha of Yuan Kingdom." Yun Zhuan heard clearly when Bai Ye introduced.
After listening to the conversation between Bai Ye and them, she understood it all.
They both looked at Yun Zhuan with surprise in their eyes. After a long while, Wan Qi asked hesitantly, "This little girl looks very young. I wonder who she is..."
Twelve years have passed since the fall of Nanzhao, and they are not completely sure who the person in front of them is.
Bai Ye smiled and said, "Do you two know why I came to Yuan Country?"
"Even if it means losing a pair of legs."
Yun Zhuan suddenly remembered the look of regret and pain in their eyes when Bai Ye first appeared in front of them.
They must have sacrificed too much for Nanzhao.
"Of course..." Wanqi Rang stared at Yun Ju'an's familiar face, "To find the bloodline left by the late emperor for Nanzhao."
Bai Ye said softly: "Master Wanqi is absolutely right, right? Just by looking at this face, you can guess it, right?"
Jiang Shinian's bony hands tightly grasped the teacup: "Where did you find it, sir..."
"In a household of the Yuan family. If we had come earlier, we might have had a chance. But now, the princess in front of you is already the princess of the Yuan Dynasty!" Bai Ye's voice sounded regretful. If he could have ignored Yun Zhuan's thoughts, he would have taken Yun Zhuan back to Nanzhao directly.
It doesn't seem like it is now. She is already a princess. If she lost the daughter of a minister, why would Emperor Yuan be so anxious?
But if the princess was lost, it would be a slap in the face of the Yuan Kingdom.
What's more, Yun Zhuan is still a princess who enjoys food and property and has a fiefdom.
Jiang Shinian said slowly: "This is simply ridiculous! How can a princess of Nanzhao become a princess of another country?"
Jiang Shinian's mother had served the late empress and had witnessed the birth of the Crown Princess with her own eyes.
"Do you have a birthmark on your body?" Jiang Shinian asked softly, "There is a red mole on the clavicle, and there is also a flower mark on the waist."
The peony flower is a birthmark that all heirs will have.
Yun Zhuan'an knew it very well. When Lu'e was helping her bathe when she was a child, she once envied a flower growing on her body.
"The heirs of the Nanzhao royal family will be given secret medicine to assist their growth before they are born. After they are born, the medicinal properties of the secret medicine will form a peony flower around their waists." Jiang Shinian explained, "My mother was once a female official beside His Majesty, so she knows this very well. If she wants to control the secret army or make the secret army appear, only this flower can point to the key to open the secret army."
Countless people wanted to obtain this invincible army, but no one succeeded.
The last thing this army did was to protect the last heir of the Nanzhao royal family.
"Is there?" Wanqi also had an expectant look in his eyes.
Countless times, they had hoped in the dark that their true queen could lead the secret army to overthrow the puppet monarchy that Northern Chu had planted in Nanzhao.
The longer they stay in the abyss and haze, the more they yearn for light and prosperity.
"Yes." Yun Zhuan finally nodded. No one would be willing to destroy the hope of a kingdom in the true sense.
The clothes Yun Zhuan wore today were not very heavy. She half-undressed herself, revealing the gorgeous peony birthmark on her lower back.
The flowers are surrounded by a layer of golden patterns, which is a unique feature of the royal family of Nanzhao.
Wanqi Rang and Jiang Shinian immediately knelt on one knee: "The Wanqi family and the Jiang family are willing to swear allegiance to the royal family until death!"
Bai Ye stood aside with a calm and indifferent expression.
The two men in front of him were already in their 30s or 40s. How could Yun Ju'an dare to accept their courtesy?
"My two aunts, there is no need to do this. Yun Yunan feels guilty about this." Yun Yunan has felt an unknown emotion infecting her more than once.
In the past, she just thought that she had a prettier birthmark than others, and never knew that it actually had a profound origin.
"Your Highness, please allow me to make a suggestion. It is too dangerous for you to stay in the Yuan Kingdom as the Princess. If someone in the Yun family has evil intentions..." Wanqi Rang was only considering from Yun Zhuan's perspective. After all, the hope that Nanzhao Kingdom had finally ignited could no longer withstand any blow from anyone!
Yun Ju'an shook his head: "Right now, staying in Yuan State is the best way, because even if I go to Nanzhao now, it may not be legitimate. It is better for me to find a way to open the secret army before making plans."
"Besides, there is almost no one around me who can help me."
(End of this chapter)