Chapter 887 Prince Xiao, Please Behave Yourself
"Your Majesty is truly magnanimous." A voice suddenly rang out.
Upon seeing the newcomer, Ao Xue immediately assumed a defensive stance. Jiang Fenghua said in a deep voice, "It's alright, you can step aside first."
Xiao Shang slowly approached and gave a perfunctory bow: "This humble prince greets Your Majesty the Empress."
Jiang Fenghua calmly replied, "The eldest prince is truly leisurely; you can be found everywhere."
Xiao Shang did indeed have something important to discuss with Jiang Fenghua. His expression was cold and somber, and his half-tied hair suddenly became neat. He didn't beat around the bush, "I believe Your Majesty has already guessed the purpose of my visit to Your Majesty!"
"I do not know," Jiang Fenghua replied directly.
Xiao Shang secretly clenched her fingers, a surge of anger rising in her chest. She could call out the words "King Bei Shang," yet she claimed not to know.
He controlled his emotions, staring intently at Jiang Fenghua, a faint smile playing on his lips, and said gently, "Your Majesty has forgotten, so I will remind you one more time. Your Majesty may be the reincarnation of the Queen of the Ancient Kingdom of Yinchuan. The Ancient Kingdom of Yinchuan is a very mysterious country, and its art of bringing the dead back to life is even more miraculous."
Jiang Fenghua was too lazy to argue with him. "If the eldest prince has nothing else to say, I will take my leave."
Seeing that her expression remained unchanged, Xiao Shang felt that she truly did not believe that the ancient kingdom of Yinchuan had ever existed in this world, or even that the Yinchuan secret techniques.
He lowered his voice and said, "Your Majesty is a reborn person, isn't she!"
Jiang Fenghua stopped in her tracks. She had already guessed Xiao Shang's identity through her dream, but hearing him tell her about her rebirth still stirred her heart. She thought no one in the world would know that she had lived two lives.
Her expression grew increasingly cold. "Is the eldest prince perhaps poisoned by the secret arts of Yinchuan Kingdom? You have repeatedly claimed that I am the reincarnation of a female ruler and uttered such treasonous words. Are you trying to make the Emperor believe those rumors and thus be wary of me? What benefit do you gain from doing this? What is your true purpose?"
"My surname is Jiang, and I am from the Great Zhou Dynasty. I am not the reincarnation of the Queen of Yinchuan, nor am I Ashina Xue." She slowly approached him. "The reason I know the name 'King Beishang' is not because I am a reincarnated person, but because after I met the eldest prince that day, I inexplicably had a dream. The person in the dream looked like the eldest prince, and his name is King Beishang. I merely wanted to test whether you are King Beishang."
She gave a cold laugh, "I didn't expect that I could actually figure it out. What kind of sorcery did Prince Xiao use to enter my dream? Who exactly are you, and what are you doing in the Great Zhou Dynasty?"
Xiao Shang had already suspected that Jiang Fenghua was not the person he was looking for, but now he realized that she had seen him in her dream. Why was her dream so real, connecting the present and the future?
He said, "Did Empress Jiang ever consider that you could dream about things from your past life? Is there any connection between these things?"
He gave Jiang Fenghua the Ice Phoenix Seal as a man in black, and now he doesn't know how to ask her about it.
Jiang Fenghua, however, had no intention of letting him off the hook. Since Xiao Shang had come to her door himself, she would not be polite.
A hint of doubt rose in her eyes. "I thought Prince Xiao had used some kind of illusion to put me into a dream. The bamboo flute at your waist is quite interesting. It's strange that it can bewitch others but not me. I find that strange too."
Seeing that she had become interested, Xiao Shang said, "I also find it strange that Your Highness is out of control. Your Highness is truly special."
Jiang Fenghua said, "Let's not beat around the bush. What exactly does Prince Xiao want with me? Those rumors about the ancient Yinchuan Kingdom outside were spread by Prince Xiao, weren't they? What is your purpose in controlling the envoys of the other countries and using them for your own purposes?"
You disguised yourself as a man in black and incited Lady Helan to cause trouble for me. Wasn't it you who did that night? And you were probably the one who entered the Fourth Prince's residence and killed the Fourth Princess! You killed the Fourth Princess to frame me, and you clearly succeeded. Why didn't you implicate me in the end? I'm completely baffled..."
Sang Yupianpian told her that the other countries, including the vassal states, had all been bought off by the Northern Owl Kingdom.
Xiao Shang did not deny that he was the man in black. He said, "I just want to confirm whether Empress Jiang is the Queen of Yinchuan."
"You want to test my abilities, don't you!" Jiang Fenghua saw through his thoughts directly, and then said, "But what I find strange is that after you killed the Fourth Princess, you could have easily framed me, so why didn't you do that? What are you up to? What are you trying to scheme against?"
Xiao Shang was suddenly asked how she knew he had killed Zhang Yurou.
What was he scheming? He could have easily made Jiang Fenghua the murderer at that moment, but he suddenly hesitated and watched her escape from the Fourth Prince's mansion. He himself couldn't understand why he hesitated.
Until the day she called out "King of the North," his heart suddenly began to pound; he wanted to have the woman before him.
Jiang Fenghua was unaware that he had developed lustful thoughts towards her, and said, "Since you are not speaking, it really was you who killed the Fourth Princess."
"You have connections with Su Qingqing, and the Fourth Princess Consort also has connections with Su Qingqing. You and the Fourth Princess Consort have both secretly helped Su Qingqing, so you are also connected. The Fourth Princess Consort's admission in the Golden Palace that she had an affair with the Emperor was your idea, wasn't it? Now you are killing Zhang Yurou to silence her, aren't you!"
Jiang Fenghua pressed on, wanting to confirm again. She couldn't think of anyone else in Shengjing City who could kill so silently. She had fought him before, and she was certain she couldn't beat him.
She carefully recalled the events of that night, which were all eerie. The murderer killed someone with just a steel wire and left no trace. She could only think of the equally strange Prince Xiao.
Surprisingly, she was right.
Xiao Shang stared at the red spider lily between her brows and suddenly wanted to reach out and touch it. How could such an intelligent woman have died so tragically in her previous life?
Xiao Yu was even willing to betray the Great Zhou Kingdom for her sake.
When he arrived in Da Zhou and saw Xiao Yu for the first time, he became very interested in Jiang Fenghua. He had always wondered what kind of woman could turn a man into a bloodthirsty demon, personally slaughtering his own people and even causing Da Zhou to be destroyed.
Jiang Fenghua noticed his rudeness, quickly avoided his touch, and said coldly, "Prince Xiao, please have some self-respect."
Xiao Shang quickly withdrew his hand, a hint of embarrassment flashing in his eyes. How could he, the king of the Northern Xiao Kingdom, be so infatuated with a woman?
He calmed his mind; conquering the world was his ultimate goal.
He said coldly, "Does Empress Jiang really not want to know why you were reborn?"
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