After rebirth, I made the princes cry

It is said that during the ghost-sensing ceremony, no one was allowed to enter or leave the great sacrificial hall. But late at night on that day, the palace guards who were on guard outside quietly let a woman in.

Jiang Tai was not practicing his spiritual meditation at all. He was sitting in the great hall, drinking wine with crushed ice and a large roasted leg of lamb with not much meat left on the bones. The sacred great hall was still filled with the aroma of meat. Outside the hall, the witches were kneeling under the moon, wearing strange masks and chanting spells.

Jiang Tai did not disbelieve in the Kunlun God. What he disbelieved in were the temples and sacrificial halls built in the city of Chang'an. As it turned out, his stepfather, who ordered the construction of these, did not receive the blessing of the Kunlun God. After being exiled, he went to Kunlun in person to pray, and only then did he gain the favor of the God and regain his power.

The deceased national witch actually didn't want to leave Kunlun Xu at all, but his stepfather forced the national witch to stay in Shangjing, hoping to build a large sacrificial hall and a temple in order to seek the protection of Kunlun God. His stepfather had long since disobeyed the gods, and he was afraid of death, ignoring the fact that even the national witch could not escape birth, aging, sickness and death. The people who left Kunlun Xu must rely on their own strength. Therefore, Jiang Tai dared to burn down the spirit tower and destroy the annual prayer ceremony. He does not need the revelation of the gods now, and he will never stop. Taking back the throne is only his first step. Outside Kunlun Xu, the Nine Provinces of China will become his territory. He wants to be the god of everyone. As a monarch, I am the god of thousands of subjects.

Madam Wei walked into the great sacrificial hall gracefully.

Hand over the "Fat Rose".

"This time, even Da Shangchen overestimated the brain of Ms. Wang." Jiang Tai played with the jade pendant and laughed.

"Your Majesty, in my judgment, this is not the real Zhigui." Madam Wei boldly poured a bucket of cold water on Jiang Tai's head.

"Oh?"

"The Zhigui must have been brought to the capital, otherwise the Lord of Shenyuan Palace would not be able to prove his identity. But who has the real Zhigui? This is a difficult problem that the Wang family daughter has given us. After all, there are many followers in Baoguang Palace now. We can't really forcibly snatch the jade pendants from everyone and verify them one by one. If we really make such a big fuss... those ministers in the court who have the will to restore the throne will not watch the King of Zhenyuan fall into danger because of your majesty."

"Can the Emperor of Dongyu really see through our plans and take so many precautions?" Jiang Tai did not believe in his opponent's wisdom.

It is said that He Zhi, the defender of Yizhou, was a person that the Emperor of Dongyu could not control. How capable was He Zhi? He had not yet led the army in person, but just sent one of his generals to Shuzhou via Yinping Road, which was enough to scare He Zhi's troops and make them flee back to Jianmen Pass. As expected, the Emperor of Dongyu had to ask the Han Dynasty for help to quell the rebellion in Shuzhou, and became a great helper to him.

What happened next was just as Da Shangchen had expected. The Emperor of Dongyu did not have the courage to reject the conditions for establishing diplomatic relations proposed by the Han Dynasty. He hurriedly sent such a popular person as the Lord of Shenyuan Palace to the Han Dynasty, and even sacrificed his two sons, thinking that this would be enough to intimidate the Han Dynasty.

It's not that he didn't dare to kill the two princes of Dongyu, it's just that it was unnecessary.

The most powerful enemy was not Dongyu, but the two Hun tribes. As for the kingdom of Dongyu, Jiang Tai had already regarded it as a sure thing.

"It only takes three days to verify the authenticity of Zhigui, but I thought the result was already certain. The Lord of Shenyuan Palace is obviously wary of me, but his cunning is far inferior to that of the Wang family's daughter. If the Lord of Shenyuan Palace didn't fall into the trap, how could the Wang family's daughter really fall into the trap so easily?

There are some things that I have already said according to your majesty's instructions. If there is no movement from the Queen Mother, Wang will definitely be sure that your majesty is the mastermind. I am completely helpless. I can't think of a good way to exchange for Zhigui. I just suggest that your majesty should make other plans."

It will take three days to verify Zhigui, but Jiang Tai will not wait three days before taking any action.

Only one day later, Yingshu first heard from Yang Neichen that the Empress Dowager's bedroom was robbed and an important jade pendant was lost. It was said to be a family heirloom, causing unrest in the entire Weiyang Palace. Yang Neichen explained in detail: "The Yao clan was a clan of saints in the past. Although it is all old news and there is no such thing as a saintly princess now, the Yao clan has produced so many saints after all, and there are also family heirlooms. I heard that what was stolen from the Empress Dowager was the family's token. Alas, first there was a fire in the Tongling Tower, and now in the Forbidden Palace, even the Empress Dowager's belongings have been stolen. Everyone is in a panic."

As soon as Yang Neichen finished speaking, a group of people rushed into the Baoguang Hall.

The leader was an old acquaintance.

Xiping *** whipped his whip and said, "Search for me!"

Liang Hui unsheathed his long sword and cut the whip of the thief in two. Hearing the crossbow coming through the air, he frowned, jumped up to avoid the sneak attack, and quickly captured the thief in his hand: "Don't stop!"

"How dare you, you bold lunatic?!" *** was so angry that her eyebrows stood up, but she immediately felt a cold and stinging pain on her neck.

There was a bloody cut on her neck! She must have been bleeding!!!

"Your monarch has already said that this palace is a palace station. Anyone who trespasses into the palace station and threatens the safety of the envoy will be killed without mercy! I am not a lunatic, but I would like to ask Xiping *** why he is so arrogant!"

Yingshu and Dianjun were not in the front outer hall at the moment. They were still in the inner courtyard listening to Yang Neichen's description of the "troubled times" of the Northern Han Dynasty. They heard a commotion outside, so Yingshu said first, "Dianjun, please be at ease. I will go with Yang Neichen to check the situation."

For a moment, Dianjun was very worried about Liang Hui's safety.

She had encountered dangers and life-threatening moments before. She had dodged pursuit in a very embarrassing way. Perhaps she was too scared to be afraid. Anyway, it was not as panicky as she was now. After all, they were trapped in an enemy country and were outnumbered. When they broke out of Northern Zhao, they would be in even greater danger of being robbed and killed. She thought she couldn't hide in the inner courtyard, but she was afraid that if she followed them out, it would cause trouble. Just as she hesitated, Yingshu gently held her hand and said, "Don't worry."

The people who came were Xiping rioters, not just palace guards, which meant Jiang Tai didn't want to make a big deal out of it. However, Liang Hui actually cut a bloody wound on the rioters' neck... Yingshu felt that he was a real man, with great courage. He was furious, but it made people happy.

Yang Neichen felt his eyes go dark, and he stepped forward tremblingly, blocking the two sides of the confrontation, with a sad face: "Calm down, calm down..."

Xiping didn't want to be calm, but she was afraid.

Even though most of the noble ladies of the Qiang tribe were proficient in archery and horse riding, only a few of them had ever been on the battlefield. For example, *** had her hands stained with the blood of many people, but it was the blood of weak slaves. No one had ever dared to shoot an arrow into her neck, let alone make her bleed.

She was now afraid to even tremble in her kneecaps.

"What do you want to do?" Ying Shu smiled and looked at the wound on his neck. "You brought so many palace guards into the palace inn, and the palace guards also carried bows and crossbows. You really don't know that the palace inn is no longer under the jurisdiction of your country because there are foreign envoys living in it. Unless your country is determined to declare war on our country?"

*** gritted his teeth and dared not say a word.

She wanted to take this opportunity to execute Wang's daughter on the spot. Anyway, her mother only told her not to hurt the Lord of Shenyuan Palace. However, she never expected that Dongyu's guards would dare to take her hostage. How dare they? ! Aren't these Han people supposed to be cowards? ! !

"I think ***'s injury is not that serious. His throat is not injured. *** doesn't need to be so panic. Deputy Commander Liang knows the severity of the situation. If *** responds, Deputy Commander Liang won't tremble."

"Why... don't you order this daring lunatic to put away his sword first?" *** started to cry.

"That won't do." Ying Shu still smiled: "Unless the thugs you brought leave the palace first, I can ask you to move to the flower hall and talk in peace."

*** wanted to yell, but her neck hurt as if it was about to break. The pain made her calm down, and she gave orders with a pale face: "All of you retreat!"

In fact, the palace guards were not worried that *** would die in Baoguang Palace. They all understood that ***'s life or death was insignificant to the Dongyu delegation. In their minds, *** was dead and that was it.

They were all His Majesty's personal guards, not the Queen Mother or the Empress Dowager's or Empress Dowager's private soldiers, except for the man who shot the arrow in secret, who was Empress Dowager's claw eagle - and without his arrow, Empress Dowager's neck would not have been broken, at most he would have lost a horse whip. In the minds of the Qiang soldiers, Empress Dowager was completely useless.

Duke Xiping was also a brave general of the Qiang tribe. What was ***? How dare she look down on the heroes of the Qiang tribe? If she had not entered the pass, a woman like *** could not even manage the cattle and sheep of the tribe camp. She was completely useless and even less useful than a female slave.

A woman who was so frightened that her face turned as pale as paper after a shallow cut on her neck was totally unworthy of being the wife of Duke Xiping. She was a disgrace to the Qiang tribe.

Look at the left deputy envoy of Dongyu. Although she is a Han woman and is powerless, she can face the crisis with ease and talk and laugh. No wonder the emperor of Dongyu would appoint such a weak woman who has just come of age as an envoy. The Han people are far from being as cowardly as they think.

The tense atmosphere that was about to break out was eased as the palace guards withdrew, and the queen finally came after hearing the news.

*** was finally able to let her knees go soft as much as she could. There was no longer any threat from the sword on her neck, but she still felt the pain. She suspected that her injuries were very serious, so her face was still pale. She had already sat down in the flower hall, her whole body was shaking, she averted her eyes, and could only vent her anger by gritting her teeth. When the queen saw the wound on ***'s neck, she also gasped.

Hurt badly.

It is difficult to heal in one day.

This is really difficult to deal with. The Queen Mother will surely be furious, and Your Majesty will not make a fuss about it... Because of this, the Dongyu envoy cannot be blamed, and she is the only one who has to bear the anger of both mother and daughter.

Empress Wu was not afraid of the emperor, not even the empress dowager, but she cared about His Majesty, and she could only swallow her grievances and endure them, no matter how much she hated the women of the Yi'ao clan and now the Yaobu ​​clan, but because the Yaobu ​​clan was His Majesty's maternal family, she had to endure their orders time and time again, and clean up the mess for them. She didn't even have the leisure to envy Wei clan, because compared with the empress dowager and the emperor, Wei clan was much more reasonable.

The queen was crying in her heart, and she complained in a shrill voice: "I came to Baoguang Palace to search for the Saint Maiden's Pendant at the order of my mother, but I was injured by a bold lunatic! Queen, you came at the right time..."

"Xiping, don't offend the noble envoy." The queen became more depressed.

The chaos had to start, but bows and crossbows could not really be used. This was originally the signal from His Majesty. The *** not only acted on her own, but even dragged the Queen Mother into it! That would have been fine, but after causing such a mess, they actually wanted to use her to punish the foreign envoys!!! Concubine Wen deliberately indulged Xiping in order to make her useless. The funny thing was that the Queen Mother did not see through Concubine Wen's intentions, and even went beyond her.

What on earth is there for the Queen Mother to be proud of for raising such a stupid daughter!!!

"Queen, don't you know how important the Saint's Pendant is?"

Since the arrival of Queen Wu, ***'s courage has gradually returned.

Yingshu actually felt quite sympathetic towards Queen Wu. Meeting such a sister-in-law was really her fate. Of course, the sister-in-law's lethality was actually limited. The key was the mother-in-law. It seemed that all women in the world were the same, no matter what nationality they were or what etiquette they believed in. Whether they could live a comfortable life depended on what kind of mother-in-law they met. Queen Wu had bad luck and had suffered a lot over the years.

She was kind-hearted, so she took the initiative to help: "I also heard from Yang Neichen that it seems that the Queen Mother lost an important item and is concerned about it. Let's not talk about the dispute just now. Anyway, the Queen came in time and the foreign ministers were not injured. But I don't understand one thing. Although Baoguang Palace is the forbidden area of ​​your country, it does not belong to the inner court. We cannot enter and leave the inner court without permission. The Queen Mother's bedroom was stolen. No matter how important the lost item is, it cannot be searched in Baoguang Palace, right?"

"In Baoguang Palace, Hongtao and Baili can both enter the inner court directly! Who knows if you have assigned them to steal the Saint Maiden's Pendant! If you are not guilty, why are you afraid of a search?" Xiping sneered, "Can you guarantee that no stolen goods will be found in Baoguang Palace!!!"

The Queen frowned and said, "I hope that Your Excellency will understand. The theft of the Saint's Pendant is indeed a serious matter. Of course, Xiping's excessive approach is indeed wrong, but..."

"Not only will they search the palace, they'll probably have to search your body as well, right?" Yingshu interrupted the queen's explanation.

"I still say the same thing. If you have no guilty conscience, why fear a search?" ***'s voice finally returned to normal.

Yingshu looked at the wound on her neck, which had stopped bleeding a long time ago. She probably thought that the pain had disappeared now. She then remembered that her target was Zhen Zhigui. She looked so determined to get her... Tsk tsk, Jiang Tai hid the truth even from his own mother and sister?

"It's not that I can't cooperate with the search, but I have to know what the Saint's Pendant that your country claims to have lost looks like, right? Otherwise, any jade pendant in the Baoguang Palace would become stolen property if the traitor insists on it, right?"

"The Saint's pendant is a rouge-colored teardrop-shaped jade pendant, less than four centimeters long..."

"Oh, then there's no need to search. I have a similar one on me."

Yingshu took off a jade pendant from her neck: "But this?"

*** grabbed the jade pendant and said, "You still dare to say you are not a thief?!"

This guy is really a fool. Ying Shu sighed: "Are you sure this is the Saint's Pendant?"

Oh, what Saint's Pendant? Saint's Pendant is fictitious, but this one must be Rouge Jade! Rouge Jade with such gorgeous color is rare. Dong Yu can forge one that is indistinguishable from the real thing, so he can't have so many beautiful jades to forge another one!!!

"Of course."

"Then you can take it away. This is my personal property. Not only do I carry it with me, I also gave it to the Lord of the Palace. Even the fourteen palace maids who accompanied the envoy this time each have one. I even have a big box full of such rouge jade. If you find it rare, I can even give you the box. However... this is not the Queen Mother's Saint Maiden Pendant. Your Highness should know this, right?"

A big box...

The queen sighed secretly.

There is a big box of identical jade pendants, how can it be stolen goods? Even if we shamelessly search all of them, the real fat rose will definitely not be among them. Where on earth was it hidden???

"Xiping didn't look carefully. The jade pendant your envoy wore is only similar in shape and color to the saint's jade pendant. I'm really sorry for offending you today." The queen pulled the girl and hurriedly said goodbye.

Yingdan, who had been serious for a long time, finally couldn't hold back her laughter and burst out laughing.