Chapter 596: Strong sarcasm!
Shen Lanxi was stunned for a moment, and only replied after the eunuch reminded her.
"Mother, Huang Yu's mission is confidential. How did you know about it?" she asked coldly.
Zhou Xinrou's eyes flickered, and she dodged and said, "I don't know. It was Huang Yu who sent me a letter asking for help."
"When? Where is the letter?"
"Why did she send a letter for help to her mother instead of to the court?"
The repeated questioning made Zhou Xinrou very unhappy.
"Are you still questioning your mother?"
"Are you suspecting your mother of collusion with your courtiers?"
Shen Lanxi said sternly: "Mother, I don't dare. I just suspect that the letter for help is fraudulent."
Zhou Xinrou said sternly, "Are you suspecting that I, as a mother, am deceiving you?"
Shen Lanxi raised her hand, and the eunuch immediately presented the box.
"It contains all kinds of news sent to the palace every day. There are five or six letters asking for help every day."
The box was opened and she took out the letter and handed it over.
"There are letters of request for help from Dongchuan, as well as from the northwest, southwest, and Tianjin. They clearly state where wars have occurred and that the court needs to send troops, money, and food. In fact, those places are very peaceful, and there is no so-called war at all!"
"All this news is about those people who want to bring down my daughter, using low-class means!"
"If I believed it, I would have fallen into their trap."
Zhou Xinrou could tell that Shen Lanxi was unwilling to send anyone to rescue Huang Yu.
"This letter is definitely not fake!"
Shen Lanxi stroked the box with her fingers: "Every letter here is not fake."
Zhou Xinrou was anxious and said excitedly: "Huang Yu's letter for help is real."
Shen Lanxi looked accustomed to it: "Mother, I will send someone to verify the situation. After determining the authenticity, I will naturally send someone to rescue."
"Huang Yu is really unworthy of being appointed. I only sent her to wipe out a small group of low-ranking mountain bandits, and she can't even handle such a small task."
Zhou Xinrou looked at Shen Lanxi gloomily.
"The matter is still undecided, so we should not draw conclusions too early." Humph, if she had been more generous and let Huang Yu lead the troops over, would such a thing have happened?
"I will investigate this matter. If Huang Yu is really unworthy of being used, I will let her stay in the Beijing Guard and will not assign her any tasks."
Zhou Xinrou's face became even uglier.
"Mother, weren't we just talking about the marriage? Why are we talking about Huang Yu?"
"Let's not talk about her, it's a bummer. I just heard from the eunuch that mother came to discuss Yuan Tang's marriage with me?"
Zhou Xinrou was in no mood to listen to Shen Lanxi's words.
"You have to be careful about Huang Yu's matter. If other ministers hear about it, it might chill their hearts."
Shen Lanxi looked as if she had listened carefully.
"Don't worry, mother. I will order someone to verify the authenticity of the news later."
What she wanted was not verification, but the dispatch of troops.
Zhou Xinrou was furious. She was afraid that if she didn't leave, she would yell.
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Shen Lanxi didn't believe the authenticity of the news, so she asked someone to check it out, but within a month or two, no results were found.
Huang Yu obviously couldn't wait any longer, so she couldn't wait any longer either.
After returning to the Shen family, Zhou Xinrou immediately wrote a letter and had someone send it out.
"Princess, something is wrong." He reminded silently.
Zhou Xinrou couldn't care less about that anymore.
"When Huang Yu comes back this time, we can't let her go out again."
Every time she went out, she seemed to have accomplished something, but in fact she caused a lot of casualties.
She had spent a lot of time and effort to train those people. It was a pity that they had been hiding for such a long time and their backgrounds were not suspected by anyone, but they were destroyed in one day.
Every time she heard the amount of damage, she would feel heartbroken for a long time.
"Be careful during this period and don't show your true colors."
Mammy is confident that what she does will not arouse suspicion.
"Princess, I'm afraid that if so many people suddenly disappear in the army, the higher-ups will investigate."
Zhou Xinrou was also worried about this matter.
"The imperial court is now hostile to Tianjin. Let the rumor spread that those people have surrendered to the enemy."
"I believe that the court will not leak this matter out for the sake of its reputation." When the time comes, let the court clean up the mess for them.
Mammy nodded.
Again
Zhou Xinrou had some thoughts about the marriage. Since the Turkic envoys had not yet arrived, she wanted to think about it again.
Two days later, Shen Lanxi received news that Zhou Xinrou adopted the daughter of the Taicang County Magistrate as her adopted daughter.
This time it wasn’t about being rescued, but a chance encounter on the street, commonly known as fate.
Recalling the marriage she had mentioned before, Shen Lanxi replied with a yes in her letter home.
A few days later, the Shen family held a flower-viewing banquet and sent invitations to the homes of high-ranking officials in the capital.
The next day, it was reported that Zhou Xinrou adopted three women as her adopted daughters.
When everyone was talking about it, someone released a piece of news.
The Turks wanted to make peace with the Great Zhou.
A princess is definitely needed for a marriage alliance, and even if the royal family of the Great Zhou has a daughter, can she be used?
The one in power is Shen Lanxi, whose surname is Shen, not Zhou.
Even if there is a girl from the royal family named Zhou, she cannot be used. Only a girl from the Shen family can be used.
Everyone in the capital city knew that the Shen family had no unmarried girls. Instead, there were a bunch of girls living in the house, all of whom were divorced.
Can a married woman go to marry a foreign prince?
Isn't this a provocation to the Turks?
The only way is to adopt a godparent and act as the princess of the Great Zhou.
At first, the family of the girl adopted by Zhou Xinrou thought that it was a manifestation of their ancestors, but after this news came out, they felt like the sky was falling.
Since ancient times, no princess who went to marry a foreign prince had a good ending.
This is pushing their daughter to die!
Unfortunately, the family of the person who was considered the adopted daughter, all of them held low-ranking officials, and they could not resist even if they wanted to. They could only be gloomy and wait for the knife to cut them off.
Everyone in the Shen family found it incredible that Zhou Xinrou suddenly adopted so many daughters.
"Why has mother changed so much recently?"
"Not pushing us out to marry is a sign of mercy."
"There must be something fishy going on here. We must be careful and cautious."
Shen Yuanxin breathed a sigh of relief after receiving the news. She had long felt that something was wrong at home. Did those people think that they could be crowned princesses and enjoy wealth and glory when they returned home?
She now understood that it was all wishful thinking. If she had wanted to confer titles on them from the beginning, she would have done so during the Great Conferment.
It would be better for her to go back to the Shen family less often in the future.
Huang Yu escaped again. After the court received the news, Shen Lanxi immediately ordered people to reward him.
"Huang Yu has been rewarded with a promotion for his meritorious service in capturing the bandits."
Before Huang Yu returned to Beijing, the imperial edict from Shen Lanxi sending her to Qilian Mountain to suppress the bandits had been delivered to her.
Along with the imperial edict came an official uniform badge and a sword.
"Commander Huang, His Majesty hopes that you can hold this sword and wipe out all the bandits in the world, and restore peace and prosperity to the Great Zhou!"
The eunuch who delivered the imperial edict solemnly handed the imperial edict and the sword to Huang Yu.
"Your Majesty also said that he has high expectations for Commander Huang."
Huang Yu secretly stuffed a few silver bills into the eunuch's hand.
The eunuch changed the subject and said with a smile: "I heard from your majesty before that you wanted to train the general well. Judging from your majesty's intention, you will definitely use him in the future."
Huang Yu's eyes moved. What kind of reuse is this?
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