Chapter 445: The Early War
No one can deceive her.
Ma Yiyang left the palace and immediately arranged for the young palace maid who killed Jin Guipin to be a maid in the Ministry of Justice.
On the one hand, the young palace maid was not a bad person. She served Jin Guipin in Qingyang Palace. Just because she was a little beautiful, Jin Guipin burned her throat with charcoal and became mute from then on.
After Jiang Xinyue knew about it, she mentioned it to Ma Yiyang seemingly unintentionally. He really understood what he meant and used the people Jiang Xinyue gave her to provoke her and make her resentful.
Ma Yiyang even felt that the word "provoke" was not quite appropriate. I am a normal person. I did not provoke you, but you made me dumb.
How could she not hate anyone with a normal mind?
Ma Yiyang only provided her with a way out. It was the little palace maid's own choice to kill Jin Guipin or not.
However, even if the palace maid was a good person, Ma Yiyang would not kill her to silence her. But just in case, it was better to keep her under his watch.
The little palace maid also took a gamble and found that she really had a chance to survive. She kowtowed to Ma Yiyang in gratitude to Dai Ze.
Goguryeo wanted to take advantage of the emperor's absence from the capital to launch a sneak attack, but the sneak attack failed and her reputation was also involved.
"This... this group of idiots have been used by the Queen of Dayan. They even issued a notice to sever ties with our Goguryeo."
Goguryeo's King Jin Fengyu threw a memorial and said angrily: "Idiots! They actually said that I killed my sister and put the blame on the Queen of Dayan. I and Lihua are from the same mother and have a deep relationship. How could I kill her?"
"This Jiang Xinyue is the concubine who helped the Emperor of Dayan translate when we went to Dayan to pay tribute that year. She is really amazing. In just three years, she has risen from a concubine of the lowest rank to a Queen who can stand shoulder to shoulder with the Emperor of Dayan."
"In the end, it was because we underestimated her that we fell into such a big setback."
"So what should we do now? The other vassal states have already made up their minds and think that we killed the princess and framed Jiang Xinyue. How are we going to prove ourselves?"
"Bang!"
There was another sound of a heavy object being knocked to the ground. Jin Fengyu was so angry that his chest rose and fell violently: "Prove ourselves? They killed my sister, and I still have to prove myself? Humph! Send the vanguard general here, I will declare war on Dayan."
"But... for what reason?"
"My sister died inexplicably less than half a year after I left. Shouldn't I seek justice for my sister?"
After that, Jin Fengyu said, "Write two letters, one to Fusang and one to the emperor of Jin. From today, Goguryeo is a vassal state of Jin, but the emperor of Jin must send troops to help us attack Dayan."
Jin's strength is comparable to Dayan, one in the east and one in the west. Jin covets the vast land and rich resources of Central Plains. The conflict between the two countries has been going on for a long time, but if a war breaks out, they are afraid that other small countries will take the opportunity to cause chaos, so they have been fighting small battles and have not really fought.
Fusang was instigated by Jin, and now Goguryeo is following closely, which Jin is even more happy to see.
After receiving the letter from Goguryeo, the emperor of the Jin Dynasty immediately replied to Goguryeo and actively mobilized border troops to prepare to help Goguryeo.
General Yan Qianjun and his eldest son Yan Daoming stood on the tower, looking at the thick smoke on the other side of the Heihe River, and a bad premonition came to their mind.
Yan Daoming put down the diorama: "Father, the smoke on the other side is covering up because they don't want us to see what they are doing. I suspect they are mobilizing troops."
The Jin Dynasty has been coveting Dayan for more than one or two days.
Since the founding of Dayan, the Jin Dynasty has wanted to defeat Dayan and achieve its goals.
As a result, after several battles, not only did they not gain any advantage, but they were seriously injured.
Now they have learned their lesson, which is to constantly instigate the vassal states of Dayan to rebel, so that Dayan will be isolated and surrounded by enemies.
Fusang has broken with Dayan, and after being defeated by Dayan’s army last time, it has been receiving funding from Jin to restore Fusang’s national strength.
General Yan took a deep breath and said, “Send someone to secretly cross the river after nightfall to see what they are doing?”
The emperor of Jin is cunning, and it is not ruled out that he did nothing but misled Dayan’s army. When Dayan’s army took action, he complained to the people, saying that Dayan bullied people and Dayan took the first action.
Yan Daoming nodded, his face washed by the wind and sand was particularly resolute: "What if the Kingdom of Jin wants to attack us?"
A sigh drifted away in the wind, and the general said in a slightly old voice: "The war between Dayan and the Kingdom of Jin will have to be fought sooner or later. Since we can't escape, it's better to fight early than later. We can finish it in this generation, and I don't want to leave it to my son and my grandson."
He hoped that the people of Dayan would stop bleeding at him.
"Father, husband, I knew you were here."
A playful voice sounded, and the father and son turned their heads together, looking at the high bulging belly of Princess Wei Shu, and smiled at each other again.
Yan Daoming thought: Yes! He didn't want to leave the war that he and his father could end in the hands of the next generation. He didn't want to leave it to thousands of families like them.
I hope all the children will have a happy, stable and peaceful childhood.
When the emperor left the palace, the seventh prince and the third princess were only a few days old. When he returned to the palace, the two little ones were already one month old.
Jiang Xinyue did not hold a big banquet, but only invited the eldest princess and Ruan, who had married out of the palace, into the palace, and sat at the same table with Concubine Liang, Concubine Shu, and Noble Lady Ye. Everyone gave them a small gift as a full-month banquet.
As soon as the emperor came back, he hugged the third princess and refused to let go. The crown prince and the fourth prince had no chance to hug her.
The little princess's facial features have grown a lot compared to when she was just born. Her big black eyes are like grapes soaked in ice water, bright and round, and very cute.
When she stared at the emperor with her big eyes, the emperor's heart almost melted, and he just wanted to bring the best things in the world to her.
The prince pursed his lips, looked unhappy, and glared at the slave daughter emperor with his arms folded in front of his chest: "Father is really annoying. Originally, my sister liked mother and me the most. Now he has taken my sister away as soon as he came back. Then my sister will be close to him instead of me."
The fourth prince glanced at him: "To be honest, I think my sister likes mother and me the most. But you are right, father is really annoying."
Because before he came back, mother always accompanied them to play with the seventh brother and third sister, and now all the time is occupied by father.
How annoying!
When will Father leave again?