Chapter 57 Conspiracy
The news of Wuchun's arrival in Southern Xinjiang spread throughout the entire Southern Xinjiang almost overnight.
As the most beloved princess in Southern Xinjiang, the people of Southern Xinjiang would not blame her for divorcing Emperor Daning as a princess married to a foreign emperor, but would only welcome her arrival with the warmest etiquette.
Wherever her carriage passed, the crowds lined the streets to welcome her. Within ten miles, there were endless cheers and applause, and some even danced with their hands and feet and wore silver chains around their waists to express their joy.
White smoke rose from the blue and white copper stove, and the glazed curtains were blown by the wind, making crisp sounds.
Wu Zhao looked unhappy. "Mother, my sister is coming back today. Should we go to welcome her?"
Yue Zhi had heard about the spontaneous welcoming ceremony held by the people of Southern Xinjiang today, which blocked the city gates. Of course, she was unhappy. "What should we do? Is it because she treats you well or because we are so magnanimous?"
Wu Zhao didn't say anything, but his expression eased a little after hearing his mother's words. "Then we won't go. How can a princess who went out to marry and then divorced and came back have the nerve to be loved by the people? In my opinion, she should stay in Daning for the rest of her life and die there."
Yue Zhi glanced at her daughter, but didn't say anything. She acquiesced to her rude words. "She is just like her dead mother. She is dead, but people still can't forget her. But it doesn't matter. Your father still prefers you. After all, a country woman who has been hanging out with boys since she was a child is not worthy of being in the royal family. What the royal family needs is a virtuous, sensible, and well-educated woman."
"Since she has been married once, this will be her second marriage. She can't marry into a good family, and it's even more impossible to expect her to fight for power. As for Wu Lei, we can't just leave him alone. Your father has been ill recently, and I'm afraid that in the next few days..." She lowered her voice and looked around cautiously before continuing, "If Wu Lei ascends the throne in the future, the first person he will want to kill will probably be us."
Yue Zhi knew everything she had done. Even if she was a wicked person, she would worry that one day the disaster would fall on her head. Fighting for power is a matter of life and death. She has suppressed Wu Lei in all these years and whispered in the ear of the King of Southern Xinjiang. Wu Lei is not a fool. If he gets power in the future, he will definitely take revenge on her.
Therefore, compared to the princess who returned to Nanjiang, she was more jealous of Wu Lei.
It was a pity that she gave birth to a daughter. Even compared with Wu Chun, no matter how partial the King of Nanjiang was to Wu Zhao, there was still too little for her to do compared with what a prince could do.
Wu Zhao said, "What does the Queen Mother want to do?"
"Although Wu Lei is the son of the former Queen, he cannot be used by us, but we can make him our own."
A spider in the corner of the wall slowly spun silk and made a web. I don't know if it was startled by this sentence, and it disappeared without a trace.
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After Wu Chun returned to the palace, she first met the King of Nanjiang.
The King of Nanjiang was not proud of her. She was a princess who was married off, and now she was back in front of him. It was as if she was spurned by Daning, so naturally she didn't have much good face for her.
Wu Chun didn't feel bad. The King of Southern Xinjiang was old and was deceived by Yuezhi every day. It was natural for the King of Southern Xinjiang to feel unhappy when she got married and came back here. In her
previous life, she had already seen clearly that the so-called family affection of the royal nobles was based on interests. In this life, she naturally no longer had any expectations for her father.
The only person she could trust was Wu Lei.
For example, now, Wu Lei was protecting her, "Father, she is my biological sister, I cannot bear to see her suffer in Daning. I bring her back to Southern Xinjiang because I want my sister to live comfortably instead of having to act according to others' wishes like she did in Daning."
The King of Southern Xinjiang looked serious, with his eyebrows raised high, obviously angry, "How dare you! Do you still have the law in your eyes? She has already returned from Daning, who else will she still do things according to?"
Wu Lei He was really bold to say, "You have always been partial to your second sister, and you dote on your successor. I really cannot guarantee that Ah Chun will not suffer any grievances in Southern Xinjiang in the future."
The King of Southern Xinjiang began to cough violently. Wu Lei said, "Father, take care of yourself." The King of Southern Xinjiang took a quick breath, and after he recovered, he seemed to be angry and ashamed, "What are you talking about? The queen is so good to you, but you don't appreciate her kindness. You even said that she treated you and Ah Chun unfairly!"
Wu Lei was silent.
A loud voice came from outside: "The Queen and the Second Princess are here..."
"Let them in."
Yueshi and Wu Zhao walked in. The mother and daughter were very friendly to Wu Lei, but didn't want to pay attention to Wu Chun. Wu Zhao didn't even intend to greet Wu Chun and just passed by. He felt uncomfortable under Wu Lei's stern gaze, so he took two steps back and bowed to Wu Chun.
"Your Majesty, today is the day when the eldest princess returns. I have arranged for people to prepare a welcoming banquet in Xichen Pavilion, and the banquet will be held in the evening." Yue Shi smiled softly, "Please invite Ah Chun and Ah Lei to go together in the evening."
Wu Chun said, "I am tired after a day of traveling by boat and car, and I just want to have a good rest. But you want me to attend such a banquet. Have you never been far away and don't know the hardship of traveling by boat or are you just pretending to be kind and inviting me for the sake of your reputation as a dignified and virtuous person in the future?"
"How dare you!" the King of Southern Xinjiang shouted.
Wu Chun was not afraid at all, and didn't even blink.
Yue Shi's eyes widened, not daring to believe her words. Then, with a somewhat aggrieved and pitiful look of being wronged, she said with her mouth half covered: "I entertained you with good intentions. If you don't appreciate it, just say so. Why do you assume this about me? Forget it, forget it. I did something good with good intentions but ended up with something bad. In the future, I will never take the initiative to entertain the princess again. Your Majesty, please don't get angry and hurt yourself. Achun is young and ignorant, and I said something without thinking."
Wuchun almost rolled his eyes at her, and Wu Lei's brows furrowed.
The King of Southern Xinjiang really fell for this and scolded Wu Chun, mainly saying that she was disrespectful to the queen and had no moral principles. "...You are still so ignorant after being married, you really deserve to be divorced!"
Wu Chun suddenly felt like she was poked in the reverse scale and shouted, "Father, you are old, your mind and eyes are not clear. I will not blame you, but I hope you will remember in the future that I was not divorced, but returned home peacefully with Emperor Daning."
In her previous life, she would definitely swallow her anger and reflect on what she did wrong when she was ridiculed like this, but now she feels that it is so refreshing to fight back.
"...You!" The King of Southern Xinjiang was very angry. Yue Shi was afraid that his headache would flare up, so she advised him, "It's said that Achun is young and ignorant, Your Majesty, please don't blame her. I came here today because I have something to tell you."
"Alei is now of marriageable age, and he is favored by many girls in Southern Xinjiang. Should Your Majesty consider arranging a marriage for Alei?"
"Oh? Does my beloved concubine have a suitable candidate?"
Wu Chun interrupted, "I don't agree!"
The King of Nanjiang stared at her. Before he could speak, she said, "Since it's my brother's marriage, he should make the decision himself. Since the queen has made me so tired by hosting me under the pretext of welcoming me today, how can she consider my brother and choose a good marriage? Besides, the queen is the queen after all, not the mother. I don't trust her."
The King of Nanjiang was almost vomiting blood because of Wuchun. Yueshi also looked angry. She never thought that this wild and vulgar princess would be so difficult to deal with!
Wu Lei also looked resistant.
After several confrontations, the matter had to be put on hold. Wu Lei and Wu Chun went back to the palace to rest.
The decoration of Wuchun's Ruixiang Palace was the same as before. Wu Lei had someone clean it up specially.
She looked at the green branch in the white porcelain vase on the corner of the table in front of the window, and just thought lightly that perhaps the current southern Xinjiang was also a prison for her, but it was better than being in Daning.
A mother who died early, a foolish and old father, an ambitious successor, a sister who despised her, and a brother who loved her.
This was her entire living environment.
Later, she met Xie Sui. At that time, he was indeed her only support when she was alone in a foreign country. His occasional warmth was like a little support in her shaky life, a little candlelight in her cold winter nights.
It was a pity that she later realized that his tenderness was 80% fake.
Forget it. Wu Chun closed her eyes and stopped thinking about him.
A low-key and inconspicuous carriage was slowly moving on the official road of Daning.
The interior of the carriage was simple, and Xie Sui was dressed simply, like a bastard who was slightly richer than ordinary people and was not favored. He sat on the right side of the chair, leaving the left side empty.
From time to time, he turned his head to the left to talk, his eyebrows and eyes were as gentle as spring water in March, and occasionally stopped to buy some cakes on the street.
At night, he lived in the inn. During the day, he would visit the homes of state officials or county officials. When doing official business, he never showed his crazy appearance, so no one found it strange.
When he arrived at a village on the border of Ningzhou, Xie Sui found that the villagers dared not open their doors after the sun went down, and all the lights in every house were turned off, as if they were hiding from something.
After asking, he found out that it was because the Xiyou people often caused trouble here, robbing their money, women and children. They reported it to the authorities, but the court did not care. They could only hide at night and hope that the thieves would not come.
Xie Sui was in a heavy mood and immediately dispatched troops to kill the Xiyou people.
There have always been many Xiyou people lurking in Daning since the previous dynasty, but Ningzhou is close to the imperial power, and there are Xiyou people in such a place. It can be seen that the Xiyou people have infiltrated the entire Daning like termites!
Xiyou is located to the west of Daning, bordering Daning and Nanjiang.
In this case, I am afraid that Nanjiang is not optimistic either.
Thinking of Nanjiang, Xie Sui's eyelids suddenly jumped, and his heart began to beat violently, as if something was about to break out of the shell.
So he looked at Wu Chun beside him, raised his hands to hold her cheek, and felt her presence, and then he breathed a sigh of relief.
He asked, "Do you miss Nanjiang?"
Wuchun shook her head, rubbed her cheek against his palm, and said with a smile, "I am already very happy that your Majesty is by my side. Although my hometown is good, it is not as good as being by your Majesty's side."
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Xie Sui felt relieved, but he still couldn't calm down. He always had a sense of uneasiness floating in the air, as if Ah Chun would disappear from his sight in the next moment.
So he hugged Wuchun tightly, hugged her tightly, wishing to melt her into his flesh and blood, so that he had a sense of reality that she would always exist by his side.
After a month, the spring still left the remaining warmth on the earth, and the flowers had not yet withered. Xie Sui returned to the palace and received a letter of challenge from Xiyou.
He said in a cold voice: "You came just in time. I have long intended to put an end to the chaos in Xiyou. When I ascended the throne, the new dynasty was shaky, which was a good opportunity. Xiyou did not issue a declaration of war, but when Daning was gradually becoming stable, Xiyou issued a declaration of war, which shows that they were prepared. The people of Xiyou have been lurking in our Daning for a long time. I believe they are fully confident this time. I will let them see that arrogance in the use of troops is a taboo in military strategists." The people of Xiyou
are fierce and warlike by nature, and they like to plunder territory. However, in the previous dynasty, Daliang ceded two states in exchange for peace, which brought a brief peace. However, Xiyou is greedy and is still making trouble in Daning. Xie Sui naturally would not cede land in exchange for peace, and he wanted to recover the lost land of the previous dynasty.
Xie Sui summoned Cheng Tong to discuss with the newly promoted General Yuan. After a long while, they tentatively drew up a plan. Cheng Tong then spoke: "Your Majesty, Xiyou now intends to expand its territory. It not only invades our Daning in the east, but also invades Nanjiang in the south. Daning and Nanjiang have had good relations for more than ten years. The situation in Nanjiang is not optimistic this time. Should we help Nanjiang?"
Xie Sui thought for a moment and said, "Yes."
"Yes, I will arrange it immediately."
On the other hand, within a short month, Yuezhi had several times tried to persuade Wu Lei to get married, and tried their best to harm Wu Lei, but they were all blocked by Wu Chun.
The King of Nanjiang was ill, which was an internal concern; the people of Xiyou were eyeing them covetously, which was an external threat. In the midst of internal and external troubles, the queen of Nanjiang tried every means to harm the prince and fight for power, which shows that she is stupid and bad.
Wu Chun had just ordered people to find out when the king of Nanjiang began to be ill, what medicine he took, and whether he had been close to any suspicious people, and then heard the news that Daning sent an army to the border of Nanjiang to help Nanjiang fight against the Xiyou people.
"Well, I know."
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But she didn't need to go to the border, the top priority was to fight against the Yuezhi.
Seven days later, the spies she ordered really found something unusual.
"Your Highness, the cause of the king's illness may not be due to old age and physical weakness, but because someone deliberately harmed the beetle! This was discovered from the medicine that the King of Nanjiang takes every day." The spy stretched out his hand and uncovered a small piece of black cloth on his palm, which turned out to be a dead insect.
After all, Wu Chun is a princess. She has the power to move freely in the palace and has many spies and contacts. It is not surprising that the people she ordered can find out something strange.
Wu Chun was not surprised at all. She thought calmly and then said, "Don't make this matter public. I remember that there will be a flower festival in Nanjiang soon to worship the gods. My father and Yuezhi will appear at that time. It would be great if we can expose Yuezhi in public."
"Yes."
The Yuezhi dared to use the beetle technique on the King of Nanjiang. It must be that they were determined to seize power, so they tried every means to overthrow Wu Lei, but the plan did not succeed. According to her personality, she might have been anxious a long time ago. The more anxious she was, the more likely she was to make mistakes. Wu Chun was waiting for the day when she would reveal her true colors.
The Flower Festival is a unique festival in southern Xinjiang.
People in southern Xinjiang worship the god who controls spring, because he symbolizes vigorous life and the flourishing scenery of flowers, which is considered a good omen. They specially set the third day of the last month of spring as the Flower Festival to bid farewell to the god.
Wuchun is loved by the people, in fact, because she was born in spring and is considered a princess with auspiciousness.
On the day of the Flower Festival, the nobles held grand banquets, and the common people could also set up long streets. The lights were as bright as day, and
the scene was very lively. The palace of southern Xinjiang was lit up, and the long-planned Flower Festival finally opened amid the fragrance of flowers and sweet wine.
The King of Nanjiang looked even older than the last time, like a candle in the wind, coughing every few steps. If no one supported him, he would probably fall.
It was almost certain that Yuezhi was behind it again.
To be honest, Wuchun didn't have many good memories of her father. After her mother died, he quickly took Yuezhi as his queen and indulged her in every way, allowing Yuezhi to oppress and punish her. She gradually became disappointed with her father.
Now he was going to die, which was actually his own fault.
Yuezhi was still virtuous and virtuous. From time to time, she poured some wine for the King of Nanjiang and praised him for his wise rule. Now that Nanjiang was peaceful, it was all the merit of the King of Nanjiang.
The King of Southern Xinjiang believed it to be true and was complacent, as if the people of Xiyou outside did not exist.
Yuezhi also handed wine to Wuchun and Wulei, but they took it but did not drink a single sip. Who knew if it was poisonous?
Just when all the guests were drunk, there was a sudden and urgent shout, "Report - there are assassins outside! There are dozens of people coming!"
Everyone's face changed immediately, and Yuezhi was so scared that he broke the cup, "Hurry up and protect the king, hurry up, let the king move!"
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The gentle and melodious sound of silk and bamboo was like a calm ice surface being shattered abruptly. After a few intermittent shouts, the panicked shouts of the palace people came out one after another.
Wu Chun and Wu Lei looked at each other and moved with the crowd.
"Oh no! Someone set the road ahead on fire! The secret passage is on fire, and we can't get through!"
The King of Nanjiang was supported by two strong men. He widened his eyes and coughed a few times, "Ah... Burned? Cough cough... Who did it? Quick, put out the fire!"
But it was too late to put out the fire. The assassins would arrive soon - they were surrounded!
The King of Nanjiang couldn't stand the shock and coughed up a few mouthfuls of blood. The two strong men couldn't even hold him up. His legs went weak and he fell to the ground. His body was bloated, like a hill.
"Your Majesty!"
The King of Nanjiang covered his neck and coughed suddenly, gasping for breath, like a fish struggling to breathe under the water.
"Quick, is there a doctor? No, the eldest princess knows medicine, let the eldest princess come and take a look!"
Several eyes were focused on Wu Chun at the same time.
Wu Chun looked at her father's eyes, which were wide open, pleading, and struggling for life, and a wave of sadness arose in her heart.
She walked over, and there were still twenty steps to go. For the King of Southern Xinjiang, it was so long, and her footsteps magnified a little in his eyes.
But he didn't wait until the footsteps representing life came closer.
When Wu Chun was about to walk to his side, he spat out a mouthful of black blood.
Wu Chun only had time to feel his breath.
There was no breath at all.
Wu Chun closed his eyes and sighed, "He, crashed."
These words were like thunder from the blue sky, exploding in the crowd.
The noise drowned out all other sounds, and no one even noticed the fire getting closer and closer, until the assassin appeared in everyone's sight.
The space here is cramped, and in a side hall, it is easy for the assassin to kill someone.
The King of Nanjiang is dead, and the assassin just arrived.
What a coincidence!
Who set up this trap?
Everyone was puzzled, and Wu Chun slowly met the eyes of Yue Shi, who had been standing silently in the corner.
Yue Shi no longer had the dignified and gentle demeanor of the past. Her eyes were as cold as death. She glanced at the dead King of Nanjiang indifferently, and then looked at Wu Chun and Wu Lei, which was actually a bit scary.
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