Chapter 884 The Southern Border Yama Laughs, Blood Is Seal the Throat
Hongxiu immediately shut her mouth. The Empress was not one to suffer losses. Consort Song had indeed become too arrogant lately. It was only because the Emperor had given General Peng an important position and shown her a little more care that she had become so conceited.
Since Consort Song couldn't get anywhere with the Empress, where would she go?
Assassinating the emperor is a capital offense. Now that General Peng is no longer in Shengjing, who will the Song family turn to for help?
Song Qing was injured and had difficulty moving around. She could only be carried by palace servants, half-lying on a stretcher, looking extremely disheveled.
Gao Qingtong looked at her from afar and couldn't help but laugh. What kind of retribution had Song Qing suffered? She always took advantage of giving birth to a prince to manipulate her intentionally or unintentionally.
Gao Qingtong is not a petty person, but she is not one to be bullied. To survive in the palace, it's not enough to just tuck your tail between your legs; you also need to grow sharp claws to protect yourself.
She doesn't intentionally harm others, and she hopes others won't harm her either. She's fortunate to be able to raise her little princess peacefully.
Gao Qingtong went directly to Empress Jiang's tent. Bai Zhiyan was not a well-behaved person; she was indeed beautiful, and Gao Qingtong felt as if she had seen her somewhere before.
Song Qing went to the Emperor's presence, but was turned away without even seeing him.
Madam Song wanted to ask her younger brother Peng Fei for help, but Peng Fei had already packed his bags and left for the Northwest. She returned in tears, and the mother and daughter were at a loss, not knowing how to rescue the Song brothers.
Only now did Song Qing realize that although she was the noble Consort Shu, she had very few connections, and no one could help her after the incident.
She is now unable to move around easily, and can only let her two elder brothers await the Emperor's decision.
Seeing that her daughter couldn't help, Madam Song returned to the Peng residence in tears.
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At the same time, Dada felt that although what he did today did not kill the Emperor of Great Zhou, it still disturbed the peace of Great Zhou.
Xiao Shang had no idea that his subordinates would act on their own. Upon hearing Dada's report, he angrily asked, "Did you place the assassination weapons?"
Dada said smugly, "It's a pity that the Southern Frontier Yama's Smile is so rare that a single drop is worth a thousand pieces of gold. Now we've wasted a whole bottle."
Dada had put in a lot of effort to poison the blade, but in the end, he failed, and he was somewhat unwilling to accept it.
"You killed the Emperor of Great Zhou on a whim, disrupting my plans," Xiao Shang said angrily.
Dada said, "Didn't the eldest prince say that as long as the Great Zhou emperor dies, the Great Zhou Dynasty will fall into chaos, and the iron cavalry of the Northern Owl Kingdom will trample the Central Plains..."
"The time is not right yet. Xie Shang is not as stupid as you think. If he were so easy to deal with, your hidden weapons would have killed him today." Today he finally saw Xie Shang make a move, and his skills were not weak.
There's another reason why Xiao Shang doesn't want to kill the Great Zhou Emperor yet: he knows that Great Zhou will eventually belong to the Northern Xiao Kingdom. He has more important things to do now, and finding the reincarnation of the Lady of Yinchuan is his real purpose for this trip.
Jiang Fenghua clearly knew nothing about the ancient kingdom of Yinchuan; all the information he released failed to attract her attention.
Clearly, she didn't believe the story of the Lady of Yinchuan.
There was another strange thing that he also found strange: why did the Ice Phoenix Seal not react when it was handed to Jiang Fenghua? Could it be that she was not the reincarnation of the Queen of Yinchuan?
Without finding the secret technique to revive the dead, he has no way to go back.
Xiao Shang's memories return to a day several decades later, not long after the Northern Xiao Kingdom invaded the Great Zhou.
He had just returned to the palace from the military camp and had taken a nap in bed. No one expected that when he woke up, he would find himself in a completely unfamiliar environment. Although the environment was unfamiliar, he still recognized that he was in the Northern Owl Kingdom, north of the glacier.
He wasn't born at that time; to be precise, he wasn't born during that period. Instead, he was reborn into the body of a prince named Xiao Chuanyun in the Xiao clan. Although Xiao Chuanyun was the eldest son, he wasn't highly regarded in the Xiao family.
Later, he turned Xiao Chuanyun's fortunes around with his own abilities, which led to the Xiao family giving him an important position.
He had no memory of Xiao Chuanyun. He was reborn into Xiao Chuanyun's body and changed his name back to his original name—Xiao Shang.
He was the Northern King of Beishang of the Northern Xiao Kingdom, but after he occupied the Great Zhou Kingdom, before he could conquer the world and unify the countries, he became Xiao Chuanyun overnight.
He had long heard the legends of the ancient Yinchuan Kingdom and knew that there was a secret technique that could bring people back from the dead.
For years he had been searching for traces of the ancient Yinchuan Kingdom. If it weren't for the strange things that happened to him, he wouldn't have gone looking for a mysterious ancient kingdom that had already disappeared.
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Gongsun Ling and Aoxue returned, but they did not find Aoxue's master. Xie Shang recounted what happened at the hunting grounds and showed Gongsun Ling the deadly poison in the sika deer's body.
After seeing it, Gongsun Ling said directly, "The Southern Frontier's Yama's Laughing Poison is so potent that it can kill on sight. A single drop is worth a thousand pieces of gold. Who would dare to use such a precious poison to assassinate His Majesty?"
Xie Shang was speechless. "My life is worth less than a thousand pieces of gold..."
Gongsun Ling smiled and said, "His Majesty's life is naturally priceless, but this 'Southern Frontier Yama's Smile' is extremely rare and not easy to obtain..."
He then looked at the hidden weapon used to assassinate Xie Shang. "This kind of hidden weapon is called Scorpion Tail. It can be hidden inside a deer's belly. Moreover, the craftsmanship of this crossbow is indeed excellent. There is more than one drop of Yama's Laughter hidden in the Scorpion Tail. The other party is really going all out!"
After listening to Gongsun Ling's explanation, Xie Shang came to two conclusions: those who wanted to kill him would make sophisticated crossbows, and they had a large quantity of rare poisons. If these things were used in large quantities, they would be the real threat.
Jiang Fenghua, upon learning of Gongsun Ling's return, also rushed to the Emperor's tent.
She overheard Gongsun Ling saying that the other side had spent a fortune to assassinate Xie Shang.
She said, "His Majesty's life is related to the lives of all people in the world. With His Majesty here, all the people of the Great Zhou Kingdom can be protected. A mere bottle of Yama's Smile, even if it is worthless gold and silver, is not as important as His Majesty's life. Mr. Gongsun, you don't need to feel sorry for it."
When Gongsun Ling saw Jiang Fenghua again, his feeling was somewhat different. The Empress Jiang in front of him had sharp eyes and an imposing presence without anger.
He bowed to Jiang Fenghua and said, "The Empress is right."
Ao Xue said, "This humble servant greets Your Majesty."
Jiang Fenghua nodded, "Now that you're back, stay by my side and serve diligently."
Ao Xue nodded, "Yes."
Jiang Fenghua did not dwell on Aoxue's matter. "Since Mr. Gongsun knows the origin of the hidden weapons and poison, can you deduce the real culprit behind it?"
"His Majesty has already told me about the suspects," Gongsun Ling continued. "However, I believe this matter was not orchestrated by the eldest prince of Beixiao Kingdom. If he were to kill the Emperor now, the world would truly be in chaos. I also gathered a lot of information during my trip..."
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