Chapter 304 Toast Conference 1
Princess Kunxing felt her stomach churning and she felt dizzy. She thought she was pregnant again.
Princess Kunxing thought to herself that it must be the last time he pretended to be a eunuch to visit her and was thinking about Shanhe.
Kou Baimen, who had just given birth, couldn't help but notice that Princess Kunxing was pregnant. Her eyes immediately turned to what was going on. Did Princess Kunxing give the prince a hat of a certain color?
Princess Kunxing also noticed the doubt in Kou Baimen's eyes and said shyly, "Two months ago, the prince came to Nanjing to see me in disguise."
Kou Baimen's eyes immediately changed to "Oh! So that's what he meant." This made Princess Kunxing's face even redder.
After Zhu Cijiong and Miss Lu Ling had spoken their hearts out to each other, Princess Kunxing sent her brother away and immediately returned to her room to write a letter to tell Zhao Xiaofei the good news.
Zhao Xiaofei was delighted when he received the letter. Kou Baimen had just given birth to a daughter, and now Kunxing was pregnant again. He hoped it would be a daughter this time too.
His brother-in-law, the emperor, was very supportive. Before he even named the girl, he had already issued an edict to confer the title of Princess Fu'an on his daughter.
Zhao Xiaofei lay in bed while Shen Yunying read the letter to him. Zhao Xiaofei smiled so hard that his teeth were visible and his eyes were not. Shen Yunying asked, "Does the prince like his daughter?"
"Daughters are so great! They are obedient and well-behaved. People say that girls are the warmest and most caring little cotton-padded jackets for their parents. They are much better than sons. Besides, how can a prince's daughter have trouble finding a husband? As long as my daughter likes her, that's all that matters!" Zhao Xiaofei said with a proud look on his face.
Shen Yunying looked at Zhao Xiaofei and smiled: "Prince, if I gave birth to a daughter, would you like it?"
"Of course, if you give birth to a daughter, I will give Mount Emei to her. I will ask your senior and junior sisters to kowtow and kneel down to your daughter when they see her. What do you think?" Zhao Xiaofei said with a smile.
Shen Yunying laughed, her body shaking with laughter. When she had finished laughing, she said, "Forget it. I don't want to embarrass my senior and junior sisters!"
"By the way, speaking of the Emei Sect, who is the head now?" Zhao Xiaofei asked.
"It's my senior sister Sun Xiangmei!" Shen Yunying said.
"How is her martial arts? What is her character like?" Zhao Xiaofei asked.
"Senior sister is a very nice person and can convince others! Her martial arts skills are also the best among all the disciples!" Shen Yunying said.
"Okay! Then you write a letter to her and ask her to come to the palace. The nun's reward has been received, and the emperor has also mentioned her title, a master of the generation. And all nunneries must have a stone statue of her. If there is no condition, at least there must be a portrait." Zhao Xiaofei said.
Shen Yunying sat up immediately after hearing this and said happily, "Really?"
"How can I lie to you? Go and write the letter! This is also the honor that the nun deserves!" said Zhao Xiaofei.
"Then Your Majesty, will you still meet my senior sister?" Shen Yunying said.
"That depends on what your senior sister thinks. I'm going to hold a chieftain conference in the world soon. I may have to kill a group of people. I just don't know if your senior sister doesn't want to see this bloody scene." Zhao Xiaofei said.
"I understand. I will tell my senior sister." Shen Yunying said.
"Don't always call me Prince, you should call me husband. There's no one else in this room, so there's no need for so many rules just between us." Zhao Xiaofei said.
On the way to attack Chengdu, a chieftain named Miao Xiang sat on Zhang Xianzhong's side and helped Zhang Xianzhong block the army's advance. He was later defeated and captured.
Originally, Zhao Xiaofei planned to wait until Chengdu stabilized, and then hold a Sichuan chieftain conference to personally deal with this woman at the conference.
But everyone got busy and forgot about it, and Miao Xiang was kept in jail without seeing the light of day.
Now that Zhao Xiaofei has regained the military power, he naturally has to hold a chieftain conference and invite all the chieftains of the Ming Dynasty to Chengdu for a meeting to let them know how powerful the Ming Dynasty is.
When the chieftains received Zhao Xiaofei's invitation, they basically dared not to come. Even if they couldn't come, they would ask their children to come.
For a time, chieftains from all over the country gathered in Chengdu, and the streets were filled with people of all kinds.
The Tusi Conference was held in a garden outside the Prince of Sichuan's Palace, which had a large space that could accommodate thousands of people.
The meeting was chaired by Wu Xiange, who surrendered early and helped the leader of the Ming army. He was later canonized by the court.
The main topic of the meeting was that those who wanted to inherit the chieftain's position had to send their own children to Nanjing to study and pass the examination before they could return to inherit.
However, many chieftains were against it. They were not stupid at all. After their daughters and sons went to Nanjing, what difference would they make when they returned, just like the Han people?
Zhao Xiaofei looked at these opposing chieftains and smiled in his heart: I want to see how tough you are.
The day after the opposition voices appeared, Zhao Xiaofei had Miao Xiang brought out of prison.
Miao Xiang was no longer as beautiful as she once was. Imprisonment had completely changed her appearance. Her eye sockets were sunken, her cheekbones were prominent, and her skin was dark and yellow.
His hair was as messy as straw, but fortunately, the clothes he was wearing were newly changed death row prisoner uniforms.
To be honest, when Zhao Xiaofei first saw Miao Xiang, he really didn't want to kill her. First, she wasn't pretty enough. Second, it would let these chieftains know that the Ming Dynasty would still treat them well.
But experience and history told him that if he spared them, they would think that the imperial court was easy to bully and would become arrogant.
So according to Zhao Xiaofei's logic, Miao Xiang must die.
Miao Xiang knew her death was imminent. She had thought her beauty would impress the prince, and perhaps he would relent and let her go. But she was overthinking it.
Zhao Xiaofei had seen countless beauties since he came to the Ming Dynasty. His wives were all so beautiful, so how could he be interested in a middle-aged woman like her?
Looking at the chieftains discussing the situation below, Zhao Xiaofei said, "Today, on behalf of the imperial court, I will punish the Ming traitor, Miao Xiang! Someone, bring Miao Xiang up to me!"
As soon as he finished speaking, several internal security soldiers carried Miao Xiang, who was unable to walk normally, to the center of the conference.
The chieftains looked at the woman brought up and couldn't help but wonder secretly. Would the Ming Dynasty release her? After all, the Ming Dynasty's previous policies were mainly based on appeasement.
Zhao Xiaofei sat on the podium and asked, "Is that Miao Xiang kneeling down there?"
Miao Xiang raised her head and glanced at Zhao Xiaofei, then said weakly, "I am the former chieftain of the Ming Dynasty, Miao Xiang!"
"You colluded with the rebel Zhang Xianzhong, prevented the army from entering Sichuan, and used the terrain advantage to kill our Ming Dynasty soldiers. Do you plead guilty?" Zhao Xiaofei asked.
"Yes!" Miao Xiang said only one word.
"Then listen to the verdict!" After Zhao Xiaofei said this, the other chieftains were dumbfounded. This wasn't the way it was done before! At the very least, the court should have said a few words of appeasement! If they wanted to sentence someone, they should have said some high-sounding words! But there was none of that. They just sentenced them directly?
At this time, an inner guard came up, holding a verdict in his hand and began to read: "Miao Xiang, the former chieftain of the Ming Dynasty, colluded with rebels, blocked the Tianjun army from entering Sichuan, and killed Tianjun soldiers. He is sentenced to death by stoning!"
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