Chapter 268 Why kill the king?

"Father, your awakening is not just my credit..."

Princess Yunheng turned her head and looked at Xie Zhuoning and Song Yuqiu, wanting to take credit for them.

Unexpectedly, Xie Zhuoning immediately lowered his head and spoke first: "Your Majesty is wise. The princess has put in countless efforts and hard work to cure Your Majesty, but she does not want to take credit for it. She only does it out of pure father-daughter love. Her heart can move heaven and earth!"

Emperor Zhaowen had always been suspicious, and he must have become suspicious when he saw them go to great lengths to sneak into Wanshou Palace to treat him.

Not only will they be unsuccessful, but they may also be secretly liquidated by Emperor Zhaowen.

Instead of doing this, it would be better to attribute all the credit to Princess Yunheng.

She had always admired Emperor Zhaowen, and it was completely reasonable for her to try her best to cure her father.

Sure enough, when Emperor Zhaowen heard this, he looked at Princess Yunheng with a loving look, "Yunheng has always been filial and well-behaved, I know all this. Tell me, what do you want, I will grant it to you."

Although it was the same idea as what he said just now, the reward was based on merit and resentment, but now it was more like a father doting on his daughter.

Xie Zhuoning lowered his voice and reminded Princess Yunheng, "Engagement."

Princess Yunheng suddenly realized what was going on. She quickly lifted up her skirt and knelt respectfully in front of Emperor Zhaowen. "Father, I have only one request. I want to decide my own marriage!"

Whether to marry or not, who to marry, where to marry, no matter what, it is all up to her to decide.

When the queen heard this, she panicked and immediately objected, "No! Yunheng, as a princess of a country, how can you let yourself decide your marriage? This is simply nonsense!"

In this case, how can I control her marriage?

Princess Yunheng pouted and said to Emperor Zhaowen coquettishly, "Father said that you should grant me whatever I want."

Emperor Zhaowen thought that the little girl would want something strange and fun, but he did not expect that she would have such a request, so he was stunned.

But he quickly came to his senses and said with a smile: "Sir, I'm not kidding. Since I promised you, I won't go back on my word."

Daye is a great country, and it would not make a fuss about the marriage of a princess like Yunheng.

It's also okay to let her choose a suitable husband for herself.

"Thank you, father!" Princess Yunheng was so happy that she bowed immediately to express her gratitude.

Emperor Zhaowen had just woken up and was still a little exhausted. He coughed twice and waved his hand, "Xiang Fei and Yun Heng, please go back to the palace first. You should keep the fact that I woke up a secret. The Queen, please stay. I have something to say."

"yes."

Concubine Xiang and Princess Yunheng bowed and left.

The queen glared at the mother and daughter unwillingly, but could do nothing.

Xie Zhuoning and Song Yuqiu, who were dressed as palace maids, naturally followed them out of the Wanshou Palace gate.

As soon as they saw the sunshine outside, they both breathed a sigh of relief.

Today was a very eventful day, but luckily I made it through it safely.

At this moment, Xiang Fei's voice reached my ears——

"You guys, come with me!"

Inside Jinghua Palace.

Concubine Xiang walked around Xie Zhuoning and Song Yuqiu, her eyes full of doubt, "Why have I never seen you two before?"

Princess Yunheng hurried over and acted coquettishly, "Mother, I just came here to serve them. It's normal that you haven't seen them before. Look at me, my little finger is bleeding, and you don't feel sorry for me."

Xiang Fei glanced at her little finger that had a little skin broken, "Hurry up and blow on it, or the wound will heal."

Princess Yunheng: “…”

Distract attention, fail.

Xiang Fei raised her eyebrows and glanced at the two people, "Are you still not going to tell the truth? It just so happens that the Wanshou Palace is catching an assassin, and I think you two are very suspicious."

"Mother, they are not assassins..."

Princess Yunheng wanted to cover it up, but Xie Zhuoning stopped her, "Let me explain it to you, Madam."

She raised her head and gently removed the disguise on her face, revealing her true face. "Xie Zhuoning, I have met Empress Xiang."

Song Yuqiu followed suit and did as she was told, "Song Yuqiu, I have met Empress Xiang."

"It's you?" Xiang Fei was surprised, but not that surprised.

Although my daughter is a princess, she has almost no true friends since she was a child.

The only people she often mentioned this were Xie Zhuoning and Song Yuqiu.

There was still a hint of vigilance in her eyes. "What on earth do you want to do by coaxing Yunheng to go to Wanshou Palace?"

Xie Zhuoning answered fearlessly and neither humbly nor arrogantly, "As you see, go and save His Majesty."

Hearing this, Xiang Fei was furious. She grabbed Xie Zhuoning's collar and pulled her in front of her. "Who told you to meddle in other people's business and save him?"

"What about Concubine Xiang?" Xie Zhuoning raised his head slightly, his eyes burning, not avoiding or giving way, "Why did you want to kill the king?"

"Because he ruined my life, he deserves to die!"

Xiang Fei's eyes were red as she shouted this sentence. Then she suddenly remembered something and turned around quickly.

Princess Yunheng's hand, which was about to intervene, was suspended in mid-air, and she stared blankly, "What do you mean by that, mother?"

If she were in Wanshou Palace, she could still find various reasons to excuse her mother.

But now, when she heard her mother admit in person that she wanted her father to die and wanted to poison him, she felt as if the sky had fallen.

Xiang Fei opened her mouth and said, "Yun Heng, there are some things that you are still young, so you don't understand..."

"How am I supposed to understand if you don't tell me!" Princess Yunheng screamed in despair, tears streaming down her cheeks, her voice becoming hysterical.

"Heng'er..."

Xiang Fei wanted to hug her daughter to comfort her, but Yun Heng pushed her away with red eyes, "Get out!"

Xie Zhuoning couldn't bear to see the mother and daughter in such a mess, so he gently advised, "Madam Xiang Fei, Yun Heng is no longer a child. If you tell her some things, it may be a bad thing."

She can already judge for herself what is right and what is wrong.

Xiang Fei looked depressed, as if she had aged several years in an instant, "You are right."

Some things can be hidden from her for a while, but not for a lifetime.

Looking at her daughter, Xiang Fei spoke slowly, "When your father first ascended the throne, his foundation was unstable. The Eastern Zhou secretly allied with the Northern Qi and took advantage of this opportunity to capture cities along the way, and Daye was defeated."

"Your father had no choice but to cede the city, pay compensation in gold and silver, and even marry your sister Princess Jinghe to the Eastern Zhou Dynasty as a marriage partner, in exchange for a chance to recuperate."

"Princess Jinghe?" Xie Zhuoning tilted his head slightly when he heard this, with doubt filling his brows.

Didn't Princess Jinghe marry Duke Zhao Jianghe? When did they get married?

As if she saw Xie Zhuoning's doubt, Concubine Xiang nodded and said, "Yes, it's the Princess Jinghe you all know."

She did not explain further, but continued, "With these humiliating terms, Daye bought two years. The emperor implemented benevolent policies, selected talented people, appointed talented generals, and made careful preparations, just to avenge the previous shame."

It can be said that Emperor Zhaowen at that time was indeed a wise and benevolent monarch.

After everything was ready, Daye immediately launched a war against the Eastern Zhou Dynasty.

"That battle produced many famous generals," Xiang Fei looked at Xie Zhuoning and sighed, "Your father Xie Ting, my brother He Changlan, and Duke Zhao Jiang He, his leg was lame during that time."

Not only them, but also many passionate men joined the army with great ambition to regain their lost homeland.

Even though she was a woman, she wanted to contribute to Daye, so she secretly disguised herself as a man and entered the military camp under a pseudonym.

Song Yuqiu covered her mouth and exclaimed, "A woman dressed as a man to join the army, isn't that the Daye version of Hua Mulan?"