"Release the father and son, and I will naturally deliver what you want to you."
The Grand Princess spoke these words with great difficulty, her face already extremely pale, as she endured the cold.
"Give me the things first, then I'll release the people."
"Zhao Shi'an, don't push your luck."
"It's not that I'm pushing my luck, it's that you need to be mindful of my feelings. I'm only here in person to give you face. If you don't agree, I won't lose anything, and those two burdensome father and son will naturally be dealt with as well."
"You dare!"
"It seems the Grand Princess didn't come here to talk to me in good faith. I won't keep you company any longer. Goodbye."
As Zhao Shi'an turned to walk into the cabin, the Grand Princess hurriedly called out to him.
"Wait, I'll give you the things."
Zhao Shi'an then stopped walking.
The Grand Princess gave a wink to the nanny beside her, who went into the cabin and returned a moment later with a box.
The Grand Princess gestured with her chin toward Zhao Shi'an, and the nanny handed the box to him.
Xiao Liu took the things.
The box did indeed contain a tiger tally.
Zhao Shi'an put it away.
"I will bring the two of them here at this time tomorrow."
"You'd better keep your word, or else..."
"I have no use for those two men. I would advise the Grand Princess to hide them well, since the Emperor is waiting to take their lives."
Under the resentful gaze of the Grand Princess, Zhao Shi'an took the tiger tally and entered the cabin.
Then the large ship slowly walked into the thick fog.
The Grand Princess coughed violently, and her maidservant quickly helped her into the cabin.
"Your Highness, why do you have to hand over the items for their sake?"
“You don’t understand. If I don’t hand it over now, I’ll probably face a completely different situation when I return to the capital. I can’t not think about Li’er.”
After a pause, the Grand Princess added, "Besides, this tiger tally originally belonged to him, so it's only right that it be used to save him."
The old woman glanced at the Grand Princess, but ultimately said nothing more.
*
Zhao Shi'an took the things back and it was noon.
He showed the tiger tally to Fang Qing.
"When do you plan to send it to the capital?" Fang Qing asked.
"After the relics of gods and Buddhas are destroyed, we will send them to the Emperor together."
Zhao Shi'an had made arrangements.
After the two had lunch, Zhao Shi'an went back to work.
The next day, Zhao Shi'an had Xiao Liu and Shiqi take Yin Sheng and his son to the place they had agreed upon with the Grand Princess.
Xiao Liu personally delivered the person to the Grand Princess, and then returned to report to Zhao Shi'an.
With the person gone, Zhao Shi'an finally had some peace and quiet.
However, that one relic of a deity or Buddha posed a problem for Zhao Shi'an.
He originally thought the relic would be easy to destroy, but he tried various methods and still couldn't damage it in the slightest.
Zhao Shi'an told Fang Qing about this.
Fang Qing opened the system and asked Xiao Dou about the method to destroy the relics of gods and Buddhas.
How would I know?
"If you don't know, go look it up. Do you want to see someone get this relic and change the world? Then neither you nor the system will exist."
Upon hearing Fang Qing's words, Xiao Dou stopped spinning on the screen and stared blankly at Fang Qing.
【I'll check with the system. I'll let you know as soon as I have any news.】
Xiaodou disappeared after saying that, and Fang Qing waited for Xiaodou's answer, but she didn't receive a reply for several days afterward.
Within a few days, the situation on the Prince Xian's side also reached a fever pitch.
After several days of standoff between Prince Min and Prince Xian's men, war finally broke out between the two sides.
Prince Min did not lead the troops from the southwest this time, but instead met up with the garrison of the prefectural city nearby.
Despite having so many troops in Yangzhou, they couldn't even defeat 10,000 garrison soldiers.
Perhaps Prince Xian's men didn't want to fight either, and the war lasted less than two days before ending in Prince Xian's defeat.
Prince Min led his troops into Yangzhou City and captured the Xian Prince's family alive in the former Prince's residence. The Xian Prince fled with his troops, but was blocked on the river by the people of Fengyulou.
When Prince Min arrived, Prince Xian had already jumped into the river and committed suicide.
When the wise king was pulled out of the water, he was already a corpse.
The Yangzhou rebellion ended in this way.
The Emperor eliminated another dissident, and from this day forward, Jiaozhou and Yangzhou were entirely under the direct jurisdiction of the imperial court.
This is another big step closer to achieving centralized power.
After the wise prince resolved the issue, Zhao Shi'an no longer needed to worry about his safety, and they finally moved out of the small house there.
Although this place is nice, it's very noisy with so many people. I'm almost always woken up by the shouts of vendors every morning.
This time they moved to a different house. It couldn't compare to their home in the capital, but it was still spacious.
On their first day in the house, Fang Qing and her group welcomed a guest: Chen Pinming.
It was already the end of the year, and everyone in the mansion was busy preparing for the New Year. Since they had no relatives or friends to visit in Yangzhou, Fang Qing was less busy.
When Shiqi came over to say that Pinming and Yunniang had arrived, Fang Qing was looking at a list of things needed for the New Year.
"Please let them in."
Yunniang was just like the last time Fang Qing met him; she was gentle, yet gave off a sense of unwavering resilience.
However, after sipping tea, her complexion looked much more haggard.
Fang Qing invited them to sit down first, but Pinming knelt down directly before Fang Qing.
"Please, Your Highness, have mercy."
Fang Qing looked at Yun Niang, who shook her head helplessly.
"Get up quickly, let's talk this out slowly."
Yunniang helped the person up, while Granny Pinming wiped away her tears.
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