Chapter 227: If you want a horse to run but don’t want to feed it grass, the horse will kick its butt!
"At that time, in order to appease the foreign countries and not wanting to give up his own daughters, the late emperor found many daughters of minor officials to adopt as his daughters, bestowed them with the title of princess, and allowed them to marry under the status of princesses!"
"There are many such examples in previous dynasties. Although the emperor had many children, he had to appease even more foreign tribes. He also had to win over court officials. How could he really send his daughter abroad to marry?"
"Why did you get chosen? Think about it carefully!" There are so many unmarried princesses in the imperial city, and there are even a few who are unmarried. Why don't they be chosen, but Zhou Yunyue?
She was just a victim who was pushed out!
Zhou Yunyue had already thought of this, but she just refused to accept the reality.
"You're talking nonsense. Marrying a foreign marriage is the duty of every princess." Zhou Yunyue's confidence was obviously lacking when she said this.
Seeing that she had no intention of repenting, Shen Lanxi shook her head with a sullen face.
She is just a frame to carry the identity of a princess. It doesn't matter who is the princess who is married to another country!
That was all she had to say. Good words could not persuade the damned ghost!
"Set off!"
No matter how noisy Zhou Yunyue was, Shen Lanxi remained unchanged.
Zhou Yunyue was carried into the car by the guards.
"Chen Lanxi, how dare you treat me like this? I'm a princess..."
Cao Ziling and others had dark faces and went to Shen Lanxi angrily.
"General Shen, you treat Princess Wanhe like this, aren't you afraid that the emperor will find out and confiscate your property and exterminate your clan?"
Shen Yuanjing directly unfolded the imperial edict: "My Lords, please read it carefully. It says that no one can delay the trip, but it does not say that the princess is an exception!"
Xiao Fang: "If the trip is delayed and a fight breaks out in the northwest, who among you will take the responsibility? Lord Cao, or Lord Zheng or Lord Zhu?"
Of course no one dares!
Shen Lanxi: "Whoever has objections to the order I gave, stand up now!"
With the imperial edict before them, who would dare? They bet that if any of them dared to stand up, Shen Lanxi's men would definitely accuse them of disobeying the imperial edict!
Cao Ziling and others had gloomy faces. Some got on their horses, and some got on the carriages.
After traveling day and night for five days, they finally arrived at Xiling.
Xiling is one of the five major cities leading to the northwest. It is very close to the northwest. In the city, you can see foreign merchants from outside the region, and there are also many foreign merchants walking around the streets. People here have become accustomed to it!
For example, reports from the imperial court requesting food and wages were delayed, and the officials in charge of food and fodder were under tremendous pressure every day. This time when they arrived in Xiling, the pressure was even greater.
The people in the northwest are fierce and will fight if they disagree. The closer to the northwest, the more chaotic the city is. When the Wei family army was there, the northwest was relatively stable and united. Now that the Wei family army is gone, robberies and fights break out at any time, and the local government is useless!
After reading the message, Shen Lanxi handed the note out and asked them to circulate it one by one.
"Xi Ling has been divided into many factions. We will not enter the city, but camp outside the city!"
"yes!"
Xiao Fang and others immediately went to make arrangements.
Soon Shen Yuanjing came to report to Shen Lanxi: "Cao Ziling, Zhou Yunyue and others are unwilling to obey the arrangement and insist on going into the city to rest!"
Shen Lanxi sneered: "Let them go, how can there be no bloodshed on the trip to the northwest."
"Was it Cao Ziling who started the commotion?"
Shen Yuanjing: "That's him!"
Shen Lanxi took a deep breath: "If we want to unite as one, we must make the troublemakers in the team disappear, do you understand?"
Shen Yuanjing and others moved.
Ban Sicao: "I'll do it. I'm the best at this. I'll make sure he disappears naturally!"
Everyone looked at Ban Sicao in unison, their expressions indescribable!
After Shen Yuanjing returned to the marriage team, he immediately said to everyone: "The general said that you are free to go wherever you want, but you must not forget what you are here for. If something goes wrong, you will bear the consequences yourself!"
Cao Ziling sneered in his heart, a woman can only scare people!
Zhou Yunyue had been in a trance and absent-minded for the past five days. When she heard that Cao Ziling was going to take the marriage delegation into the city to rest, she immediately expressed her support.
She really couldn't stand traveling for several days in a row!
If the final result is that she must go to marry, then she must enjoy all the things she didn't enjoy in the palace before. Otherwise, when she arrives in the northwest, who knows what it will be like there.
I heard from the people at the post station that there is a severe water shortage in the northwest, and people can only take a bath twice a year, and it takes several months to wash their hair. When Zhou Yunyue thought of that scene, she held back her tears and gritted her teeth in hatred.
The marriage team left quickly, and Shen Lanxi said to Cheng Zheng beside her: "Writing a memorial, you don't need me to teach you how to write it, right?"
Cheng Zheng wrote in a few words: "Ministry of Rites Cao Ziling acted on his own and led the marriage team into Xiling City, but he was assassinated by foreigners, causing the princess to be in danger..." He wrote here and showed it to Shen Lanxi.
Shen Lanxi reminded: "Cao Ziling died on the spot." This needs to be written in.
Cheng Zheng made some minor revisions and continued writing.
Not long after the carrier pigeon sent the message, she received a reply from the capital.
"I hereby grant Shen Lanxi the right to collect grain in the northwest, including the northwest army. From now on, all grain and grass can be collected in the northwest!"
After Shen Yuanjing finished reading, he handed the note to Shen Lanxi.
"Tell me what you think." Shen Lanxi said with a dim look in her eyes.
Xiao Fang: "It would be great if Lao Liu was here!"
Qian Feng glanced at Xiao Fang and said, "You just tell the truth!"
Cheng Zheng wrote: "Let us collect grain, but what about taxes?"
Shen Lanxi sneered and said, "The imperial court really has a good plan. They take the taxes, but let us figure out how to get food ourselves. Do we really have to ask the people for food?"
Qian Feng frowned and said, "The land in the northwest is barren. After the people pay taxes, there is basically nothing left. If they encounter a bad solar term, they will go hungry. If they encounter a bad thought, people in the western Beijing city will starve to death!"
Shen Lanxi: "We definitely can't ask the people for food."
Ban Sicao understood.
"What right do you have to collect grain? The court clearly doesn't want to give us grain!"
Shen Lanxi: It’s not easy, I finally understood!
"If you want the horse to run but don't want to feed it grass, then the horse will just kick its butt!"
Several people looked at Shen Lanxi in unison, what did it mean?
That night, a group of bandits sneaked into Xiling City and went straight to the residence of Xiling officials!
On the second day, in addition to the assassination of the marriage team, a large amount of property was stolen from the residences of Xiling officials.
Rumors spread everywhere for a while.
"Someone saw that it was done by foreigners. Hush, keep your voice down. If anyone hears us, we will all be dead."
"I guess the foreign tribes want to sabotage the marriage!"
"Do we need to estimate this? Anyone with a discerning eye can see it at a glance!"
"Is something wrong with the princess?"
"No, I heard that a man named Cao blocked the knife for the princess."
"The government, which is usually nowhere to be seen, is acting like crazy today. This is already the third time they have searched the place."
"How can I not be crazy? I heard that the whole house was robbed!"
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