Chapter 414: Questioning
On top of the wall, the empress, dressed in a fiery red military uniform, held a red tasseled spear in her hand, the tip of the spear pointed directly at the group of traitors below the city, and shouted angrily in a deep voice.
"How dare you! Back off immediately!"
The Queen is still as beautiful and majestic as before, but none of the rebels who are already blinded by greed will be frightened by such a mere threat and stop taking further steps.
Ji Yunzhi, who was surrounded by a group of people at the front, looked up at the woman who was as eye-catching as a ball of fire. She still looked the same as in his boy's memory.
After taking off her phoenix robe and putting on military uniform, she seemed to have turned back into the unruly eldest daughter of the Jiang family, who dared to overthrow Jiang Wan in the capital with a long whip.
She is not Queen Jiang, she is Jiang Wan.
"Jiang Wan!"
It had been many years since her cutting off his future for no reason. This was the first time that Ji Yunzhi allowed himself to laugh so wildly.
"Don't worry, after I capture the palace, we can slowly settle any grudges or hatreds we have!"
Jiang Wan was too lazy to bother with this kind of idiot who had succeeded in his own way. She moved the tip of her gun slightly and pointed it at the court officials on the far right.
"Marquis Lantian, Marquis Ji'an, and Marquis Jingbian, I am only speaking to you three.
The others were either former officials of the previous dynasty or members of aristocratic families. In any case, they were plotting to overthrow the Dayu Dynasty for their own interests.
But you are different!
You followed the late emperor from humble beginnings, you are among the twenty-four founding heroes, and each of you has a history of glorious military exploits.
"This Dayu was carved out by you and your brothers, sword by sword and axe by axe! Now, you are really going to rebel against Dayu?"
The Marquis of Lantian wasn't a pure warrior; he was more of a Confucian scholar, and usually very refined. He also always wore the reputation of being loyal to the emperor and patriotic, so when the Jiang family girl shouted at him, his expression became very unpleasant.
He put away his knife, raised his head, and made eye contact with him.
"It's not that I, Chang Shaowen, am guilty of treason, but it's that your Li family is going too far!
My daughter Yuning has always been devoted to Li Yanxiu since she was a child. She would rather be a concubine in the Eastern Palace to be with him. But what happened to her in the end?
Whether it is the previous emperor or the current emperor.
Who among you has truly sought justice for me, someone who has suffered so much pain after losing my daughter?"
Jiang Wan frowned.
"The internal disputes within the Eastern Palace were the inevitable result of palace fighting and infighting. Since you sent your daughter into the palace to take a chance, you should have considered the consequences of failure.
If you can't bear the consequences, why did you send your daughter to the palace? Don't just tell me that your daughter is infatuated. Her admiration is real, but your ambition is also real!
I remember that when the late emperor issued his decree granting marriages, he only sought the eldest daughters of each family, and offered them the position of principal wife. He never let slip that the daughters of the court officials must enter the palace as concubines.
As the Marquis of Lantian, you have a certain amount of respect for the late emperor and the important officials in the court. If you don't want your daughter to be a concubine, who would dare to force it?"
The veil of grief over the loss of his daughter was ripped away without hesitation, and the Marquis of Lantian's face instantly became even more distorted. A man used to feigning nobility couldn't stand the mocking and ridiculing looks from others.
So he raised his sword again in anger and shouted with his head raised.
"How dare the Jiang family brat bully me so much? Today, I, Chang, will avenge this humiliation and seek justice for my beloved daughter!"
Oh, you can't win an argument with me anymore, so you're going to start being unreasonable? You're just a little trash who can't stand it, and you're breaking down your defenses for who?
Jiang Wan disdained to get entangled with such a low-class and low-ranking person, and turned the gun to point at the other two founding marquises.
"Why did you two end up on this traitor's ship?"
Zhang Lun, Marquis of Ji'an, and Zhang Huan, Marquis of Jingbian, the two cousins had bitter expressions on their faces and pointed very honestly at Ji Xun who was standing at the back watching the fun.
"Your Majesty, we two never really thought of rebelling at the beginning.
It's just that we two brothers don't have any special abilities, and we're not like some of the older brothers who would scheme to build connections and arrange a future for the little bastards at home.
Ever since we entered the capital and were conferred the title of marquis, our military power was taken away from us and we were thrown into the marquis' mansion to be raised.
For so many years, despite holding the title of First Rank Marquis, the whole family has been living off the family income, with no future. Seeing that the children have grown up, there is no plan, and there is no marriage for daughters.
Isn't this really the only way out? It just so happened that the military advisor came to me and asked if I wanted to make some money to support the elderly and children at home and to help them find a future.
As for Old Zhang, I really... ahem... because my family was so poor that we couldn't even afford to eat, so I couldn't help but take some of the food money.
Then, he became greedy and started to get into trouble, which led him to the current situation."
"Yes, I'm in the same situation as my brother!"
Marquis Ji'an and Marquis Jingbian both burst into tears. It was not until tonight that they realized that the military advisor had used them, a pair of honest brothers, as cannon fodder!
But didn't I just say that when you eat someone's food, you're soft-hearted and when you take someone's money, you're short-handed! Moreover, for people like them who have come out of the battlefield, brotherhood is the most important thing.
So even though I know that what I am doing now is wrong, I can only follow the military advisor with my head on the line, groping in the dark!
Jiang Wan's mouth twitched when he heard this. No wonder these two marquises were pushed aside by the late emperor as soon as they entered the capital.
These two people put together can't even form a complete brain. If they were really allowed to hang around with this group of cunning old foxes in the court, the Zhang family would probably have been reincarnated several times!
Feeling tired, he turned his head to look at Ji Xun, and saw that the old fox was standing at the back with his hands in his sleeves, watching the fun in a very unruly manner.
He clearly looked confident that everything was under control, and Jiang Wan didn't want to add any more drama to himself.
Looking up into the distance, I realized that things had been delayed for quite some time. I guess those who wanted to get a piece of the pie should have already caught the last bus and arrived.
Okay, let’s open the pot.
Just as he raised his hand to give an order, he heard a noisy sound coming from all directions in the distance, getting closer and closer.
She squinted from her perch, the darkness dimming as she looked over. She could only make out a sparse trail of torches. It must be some family who had been delayed in getting the news, hurrying over here in a hurry.
Jiang Wan retracted his spear and stabbed it on the ground. "Alright, then, I'll wait for them a little longer. Good food never comes late, and more people make it more lively."
She no longer wasted words, letting those traitors bark incessantly beneath the city walls. The Empress, intent on making all the dumplings in one pot, silently counted them from atop the city walls.
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