In early June, the fourth princess Gao Xianyue died in agony from torture.
Civil and military officials and the people were all very angry.
The former reported to the emperor and asked Tianqi to give an explanation, while the latter went to the residence of Tianqi's envoys every day to throw rotten eggs and vegetables.
"This must be Wan Jin's conspiracy!"
The Tianqi envoy was extremely angry and felt extremely aggrieved at being wronged.
"Emperor Wanjin is so cruel that he is willing to use a princess to frame our prince!"
"She's just a princess. If she dies, she dies. Emperor Wanjin must think it's worth exchanging a princess for our Highness."
"His Highness's poisoning must have been caused by Emperor Wanjin."
"We must write a letter to the Emperor and have our soldiers destroy the Wanjin Kingdom!"
However, any bird that flew out of the envoy's residence would be shot down, and they had no way of passing the message back.
The Tianqi envoy began to panic.
"What should we do? Emperor Wanjin isn't really going to kill us all, is he?"
"Aren't they afraid that Emperor Tianqi will declare war in anger?"
"Lin Xiangru, don't you have an eagle? Let it fly out and deliver the message. We can't just die in Wanjin State!"
"Yes, and Lin Xiangru, your eagle is a Saker Falcon, no one can stop it!"
They thought of Lin Xiangru, and hope appeared on their faces.
Yuwen Xiao regretfully let them see a Saker Falcon that was so wilted that it couldn't even fly.
"Sorry, it's sick and can't fly."
“When will it get better?”
"It's hard to say. After all, none of us can treat birds."
"It happened at the critical moment. It's really useless!"
The envoys gritted their teeth and looked at Yuwen Xiao with increasingly unfriendly eyes.
Most of them were Yu Wenxian's men, and they had no respect for the useless Second Prince Yu Wenxiao.
Yuwen Xiao lowered his head and a hint of coldness flashed in his eyes.
He knew that if they were forced into a desperate situation, these lackeys of Yu Wenxian would definitely find a way to protect Yu Wenxian and use his blood to pave a way back home.
How could he possibly give them the chance to attack him?
Yu Wenxian was still going crazy and had no idea of the dangerous situation he was in.
Fortunately, at this time, a letter was delivered to Yuwen Xiao.
Yuwen Xiao breathed a sigh of relief after reading the letter.
The goodwill shown to Jiang Shi and Yu Tanqi during this period was indeed useful, and Jiang Shi finally decided to help him.
Jiang Shi gave Yuwen Xiao a pill and told him that if he took it, he would go crazy and die.
No one would suspect Yu Wenxian, because Yu Wenxian would rush out of the envoy's residence and die by banging his head against the ground in the street in full view of everyone.
Even Tianqi's imperial physician could not find any signs of drug stimulation.
But Yuwen Xiao was a little confused.
Since the person who abducted Gao Xianyue from the palace and gave her to Yu Wenxian was not Jiang Shi, who else could it be?
The Wanjin royal family should not be so cruel as to use a royal princess to frame Yu Wenxian. It would not benefit them at all.
So this person is not from the Wanjin royal family.
interesting.
Yu Wenxiao's eyes flickered slightly, and the corners of his lips curled up.
It seems that the Wanjin Kingdom is not as united as imagined.
Who is this person who is trying to provoke anger between the two countries?
Yuwen Xiao’s whereabouts are unknown for the time being.
Because Emperor Wanjin had not yet dealt with the Tianqi envoys in any substantial way, the people of the capital became increasingly angry.
At this time, rumors began to spread in the capital that Tianqi's eldest prince Yu Wenxian was a madman.
In mid-June, Yu Wenxian suddenly rushed out of the envoy's residence and banged his head on the ground in public. No one could stop him, and he finally succeeded in killing himself.
Yu Tanqi was stunned when he heard the news.
"The eldest prince of Tianqi died just like that?"
She found it a bit ridiculous.
Tao Hua sighed, "I heard that the eldest prince of Tianqi has gone mad. It would be better if he killed himself to avoid dirtying other people's hands."
Yu Tanqi felt that she was becoming increasingly confused about the direction of the plot.
She was a little worried. Yu Wenxian, who should have been killed by Jiang Shi on the battlefield, died. Wouldn't his plot of Long Aotian getting slapped in the face and making a comeback be less exciting?
In late June, the Tianqi envoys left Wanjin State.
Yu Tanqi was nervous for a while, thinking that after the Tianqi envoy returned to the country, Tianqi would declare war on Wanjin.
Jiang Shi saw her worry and gently took her hand to comfort her: "Don't worry, Tan Qi, Tianqi will not declare war on us."
"Why? Their eldest prince died in our Wanjin."
"Because Tianqi is in chaos right now. After Yu Wenxian's death, the other princes are all vying for the throne. They don't have the energy to deal with us."
Jiang Shi didn't dare to say that he knew everything about Tianqi's royal family, but he knew a lot of things.
He carefully analyzed the current situation of the Tianqi royal family to Yu Tanqi.
"After my parents jointly killed Tianqi's most capable crown prince, Tianqi has already shown signs of decline. The current emperor of Tianqi ascended the throne through sheer luck and possesses no political talent."
"Because he overly doted on the eldest prince, not only did he cause widespread resentment among the people and lose their support, but he also caused resentment among the other princes, leading to competition and even infighting among them."
"Now that the most favored Yu Wenxian is dead, the other princes are eager to obtain the crown prince position and are vying to lead the troops to attack our Wanjin. No one is willing to give in and will try to prevent others from getting ahead of them. In the short term, they will not send troops to attack Wanjin."
This was indeed the case. Until September, Tianqi did not send troops to attack Wanjin.
Emperor Wanjin announced in September this year that he would hold an autumn hunt and invited many young talents and noble ladies to participate. Jiang Shi and Yu Tanqi were both on the list.
The Autumn Hunting Competition is open to both men and women. The top three will be rewarded by the Emperor and Empress.
When Yu Tanqi saw Yun Xuan among the men, he knew that this autumn hunt would definitely be quite difficult.
She tugged at Jiang Shi's sleeve and whispered to him as he leaned over, "Be careful."
Jiang Shi laughed, touched her head, and whispered softly: "Tan Qi too, don't stay too far away from me."
Although none of them had ever been to a hunting forest, they had learned about it before coming. They knew there were all kinds of wild animals in the forest and there were many unknown dangers.
Jiang Shi originally didn't want Yu Tanqi to join him in the hunt, but Yu Tanqi was afraid that he would be in danger, so he insisted on going along.
Jiang Shi felt uneasy about letting Yu Tanqi wait for him outside alone, so he agreed to let her go with him.
On the day of hunting, many young men and women were dressed in tight clothes, and they looked very lively and beautiful standing together.
Yun Xuan saw Yu Tanqi and Jiang Shi at a glance.
The two of them are still wearing the same color outfit, their skin is eye-catchingly white, very pleasing to the eye and well-matched.
When Yu Tanqi spoke, Jiang Shi would deliberately lower his head and lean forward, so that Yu Tanqi would not look up to talk to him.
Yun Xuan's eyes were deep, and his slender fingers stroked the crossbow.
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