A group of armored soldiers rushed in aggressively and blocked the room. The two maids sent by Wu Meiniang to watch outside were already tied up and trampled on the ground with their feet. Their weak bodies were trembling, which was so pitiful.
The Crescent Princess' face was pale, she covered her veil and stared at the two people walking in from the gate with wide eyes, and said in surprise: "Father...Prince Chaharmeng, what are you doing?"
A middle-aged man in a long black coat with a broad beard and a young man with a mustache and an unusually fair face walked in side by side, with triumphant smiles on their faces, so proud of themselves.
"The father of Princess Crescent Moon is Balelihan, one of the three ministers of Kang State? The other one is Prince Chaharmeng?..." Seeing this, Wu Meiniang already knew in her heart - a palace coup!
There is no other possibility.
"Bitch! Don't call me father!" The big black-bearded Balerihan was furious and gritted his teeth. He rushed forward and slapped Princess Crescent Moon on the face, roaring, "You have collaborated with the enemy and betrayed the country to poison the king. You are already a member of the Kang Kingdom." A sinner! I don’t have a daughter like you!”
Princess Crescent Moon was slapped and fell to the ground, but she did not wail or scream. She raised her head and said anxiously: "What did you say? What's wrong with him, Your Majesty the King?"
"Come here, arrest this Tang spy!" Balerihan pointed at Wu Meiniang, and then roared, "His Majesty the King just finished dinner with you, and he died of poison when he returned! It's you, you bitch!" You conspired with foreign enemies to poison the king!"
"What?" Wu Meiniang and Princess Xinyue were both shocked, "The king died of poison?"
"Hmph!" Prince Chaharmeng of the Kang Dynasty who was standing aside sneered, walked up to Wu Meiniang with his hands cut behind his back, looked down at Wu Meiniang, and said in half-baked Chinese, "You are a spy of the Tang Dynasty! It was you who poisoned her to death. My father!"
"Chaharmeng, don't slander me!" Crescent Princess became anxious, got up from the ground and stood in front of Wu Meiniang, saying angrily, "You are an ambitious villain, so forget it if you don't want to repay your kindness! His Majesty the King has chosen Your nephew is the crown prince, but you only want to seize the throne! Don’t I know that others don’t know? You secretly colluded with Balelihan to seize power, and I heard it..."
"Pah!" There was another extremely loud ear. Balelihan almost slapped the Crescent Princess away and fell heavily to the ground. The veil on his face was dyed red on the spot.
Wu Meiniang remained silent and stood quietly. Although she was horrified in her heart, she remained unusually silent.
This was a bit beyond Chaharmon and Balelihan's expectations.
"Arrest this heretic spy from the Tang Kingdom! Burn him to death!" Balerihan pointed at Wu Meiniang and shouted again.
"Wait a minute." Prince Chaharmen raised his hand, a strange and lewd look flashed across his eyes. He raised his feet and walked around Wu Meiniang's side, looking at her whole body carefully several times.
During this period, Wu Meiniang had been standing proudly, without saying a word, her face not changing, her heart not beating, and her expression calm.
"She is such a beautiful and perfect woman, the princess given to me by the prophet!" Chaharmen laughed loudly and suddenly pointed his finger at the bridge of Wu Meiniang's nose, "You are mine!"
Balelihan was taken aback and leaned into his ear and said urgently: "Prince, this is not allowed! This woman has an unknown origin and is our enemy! Keep her by your side..."
"Shut up, Balelihan! Don't forget, I am the prince and your master! It won't be long before I will be the master of Kang and your monarch!" Chahar's face was stern, with triangular eyes. She narrowed her eyes and stared at Wu Meiniang, and even swallowed a mouthful of saliva, saying, "This is the most beautiful woman I have ever seen in the world! No matter what, I must let her be my princess! - Even if she really It’s Qin Mubai’s wife, so that’s even better! I just want to humiliate Qin Mubai and the Tang Dynasty!”
"Prince, you must not cause trouble at this time!" Balelihan became even more anxious and said, "The king was just poisoned by them. We must execute this woman to give an explanation to the people of Kangju! Then everything can be settled logically. We will invite the 300,000 food troops sent by Allah to cross the Samu River to help us deal with the enemies of the Tang Dynasty!"
Chaharmen was slightly startled and blinked, as if he felt that Chaharmen's words made sense. But he stared at Wu Meiniang's suffocatingly beautiful face and high, semi-naked breasts, with a ball of evil desire burning in his heart, and he was very unwilling to do so.
At this time, Wu Meiniang became even calmer. She knew that Balelihan and Chaharmen might have overlooked one detail, that is, Wu Meiniang also understood Sogdian. From the occasional snippets leaked out during their whispered conversations, Wu Meiniang came to the conclusion that the prince and ministers conspired to poison the king to seize the throne, and then used the power of cannibals to suppress possible domestic crimes. The dissatisfaction and resistance arose, and at the same time became the enemy of the Tang Dynasty, which was about to dominate the Western Regions.
A sudden plan suddenly occurred to her. Wu Meiniang, who was in danger, was not surprised or afraid, nor cried nor screamed. Instead, she smiled slightly, walked two steps slowly to the table, sat down, poured tea and drank it.
Balelihan and Chaharmon were surprised again. Everyone in the room looked at Wu Meiniang.
"She doesn't seem scared at all?" Prince Chahalmeng asked in surprise, looking at Wu Meiniang with a look that was even more stunning.
"She's pretending! She's a devil! She bewitched the princess and poisoned our respected king! Your Highness, you must capture her and burn her to death!" Chaharmen was almost jumping and shouting, and at the same time, he was lying on the ground. Princess Crescent Moon grabbed her and said angrily, "And this bitch! She is an accomplice! She is no longer worthy of being a follower of Allah and our princess, and must be burned to death together with this infidel!"
"Okay Balelihan, don't be too excited." Prince Chaharmeng put his eyes on Wu Meiniang, waved his hands impatiently, walked to sit down next to Wu Meiniang, and said: "Tell me, why are you not at all not afraid?"
"Because I can see that you are not as stupid as Chaharmeng." Wu Meiniang wrote lightly while sipping her tea.
"What did you say?" Bearded Balerihan was furious.
"Don't make any noise! You go out first!" Chaharmen waved his hand angrily, "Guards, take the princess away! Everyone leave this room now, immediately!"
Balelihan stared at Wu Meiniang for a few times with eyes burning like fire, and then withdrew with the guards extremely unwillingly. Princess Crescent Moon, who was almost knocked unconscious by a slap, was also taken away.
There were only two people left in the room.
Chahar Meng was determined to win, while Wu Meiniang was so confused that she tried to calm down.
"Beauty, if you have anything to say, just say it!" Chahar Meng said with great magnanimity while barely maintaining the honor of a prince, "I am different from my old and fatuous father. I respect the teachings of the prophet. , has always been very open-minded and tolerant.”
Wu Meiniang straightened her face, looked directly at Chaharmeng and said solemnly: "Prince Chaharmeng, I think you are a smart man, so I want to say a few more words to you! - I don't care how His Majesty the King died, I just You know, as long as you lead Dashi's army to the Kang Kingdom, you will lead the wolf into the house and dig your own grave! Not only will the Kang Kingdom be destroyed, but you will also become a traitor and even die without a burial place!"
Chaharmen didn't seem to be listening to Wu Meiniang's words. He touched his mustache and stared at Wu Meiniang's breasts in fascination. He said casually: "No. I am the Generalissimo of the Eastern Expedition, Numan." A good friend. We agreed that as long as I open the gate of Samu River to him, he will guarantee that I will be the king of Kangju for the rest of my life, even the king of the Western Regions... Beauty, please stay and be my princess. I promise to make you the happiest woman in the world!"
Wu Meiniang was so sick that she felt like vomiting. She really wanted to castrate him on the spot, cut him into pieces and feed them to the dogs.
But she endured it.
Not only did she endure it, she also showed a smile on her face, and she said: "His Royal Highness thinks so highly of me as a businesswoman, I am very grateful. In fact, although I am already married, Qin Mubai is out there promiscuously with countless women. He never takes me to heart. I am very tired of him. Otherwise, I would not go to the Western Regions just to avoid him. The prince wants me to be your princess. I am very honored and willing. I promise you. But there are two prerequisites!”
Chaharmeng, who was obsessed with lust, swallowed hard, and his eyes suddenly glowed green, "Beauty, what are the conditions?"
"First, I am a Han. Han women have never married two husbands. If you want me to be your princess, you can. But Qin Mubai must write a letter of divorce to divorce me, and then you can divorce me with a grand ceremony. Marry me formally." Wu Meiniang said, "If I can't do it, I will be accused of infidelity and will be sent to Abi Hell to be tortured... Well, it is equivalent to receiving the most severe punishment from the prophet. And you will also be punished together!"
"Well..." Chaharmeng touched his mustache, nodded and said with a smile, "Will Qin Mubai write a letter of divorce?"
"Yes." Wu Meiniang said firmly, "He doesn't want me anymore, but he has no excuse. You write to him and tell him that he is eager to dump me, and maybe he will be grateful to you for doing him a big favor so that he can Have fun with other women!"
"Beauty, don't try to lie to me!" Chaharmeng said with a sly smile, "What if Qin Mubai receives my letter and instead of writing a letter of divorce, he sends hundreds of thousands of troops to attack me? ,what to do?"
"What, Your Highness, are you afraid?" Wu Meiniang smiled coldly, "You want to steal someone else's woman, but you are afraid of someone else's revenge - since you don't have the guts, don't touch me!"
Wu Meiniang's words can be said to have pricked the most sensitive and painful part of a man.
"Nonsense, I will be afraid of him!" Chaharmen shouted, "We, Kang State, control 200,000 strings, and with the help of General Nurman's 300,000 Eastern Expedition Army from the Great Food Country, we will definitely be able to wipe out the Western Regions Invincible! By then, I will be the common king of all the countries in the Western Regions! No, I will not only be the king, I will be equal to the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, Li Shimin!"
Wu Meiniang once again felt like vomiting - she was just a frog in the well, and she still wanted to be an emperor like a monkey!
"Dear Prince, your ambition is admirable. You said that you want to marry me as your princess and become the emperor. But before that, you have to save your life first!" Wu Meiniang said lightly. .
Chaharmeng was stunned for a moment, "Where do you start talking about this? I will soon become the king of Kangju Kingdom. Who dares to kill me?"
"There are many people who want to kill you, and there are also many people who dare to kill you." Wu Meiniang smiled slightly, and her smile was unfathomable. She said, "If you are far away, there is one close by!"
"who?"
"Don't you think?" Wu Meiniang said, "Well, let me remind you. The royal family of Kang Ju Kingdom has never been good at politics, diplomacy and military warfare. Is this an indisputable fact?"
"I, I am different from my ancestors!" Chaharmeng suddenly felt his face dull and said sternly, "My ancestors don't know how to fight or do diplomacy, but I can!"
"Okay, even if you can." Wu Meiniang suppressed her laughter and said, "But can you change the fact that Kang Juguo's army is not very effective overnight? Although you control 200,000 people, you have always surrendered to the West. Turk Beiting. Before this, your native Sogdians were conquered by the Dayue clan who fled from the Huns and were integrated into the nine surnames of Zhaowu. , an opponent more powerful than Beiting, please come to Kangguo to help you stabilize your throne against foreign enemies. Why should the Great Ogres listen to the instructions of an opponent who is weaker than them? They are now ostensibly agreeing to form an alliance with you? Because I want you to open the border defenses. Once they come in, they will have nothing to worry about! They can completely wipe out Kang Juguo with their powerful troops, and then depose you as the king. Or they can replace you. Feel better and let me be a puppet king with nothing! By then, let alone being an emperor, you will not even be able to save the people of Kang Juguo and your own wife and children!"
Chaharmon was stunned for a moment, "Numan would not do that! He is my good friend!"
"Haha, in the face of war and politics, there are no eternal friends. There are only eternal interests. People in Kang are good at doing business. You will definitely understand this truth." Wu Meiniang said, "Maybe you will be famous for a while. Wait. The big cannibals are familiar with the situation in the Western Regions and have established a foothold here. You are meaningless to them - think about it for yourself, just like doing business, he can completely arbitrarily make a profit of the same size, so why should he? Is it half or half with you?"
Chaharmeng's expression suddenly changed!
Historically, the royal family of Kang State was quite mentally retarded and incompetent in politics and military affairs. As a result, Kang Ju State had been professing its vassals everywhere for hundreds of years and almost became the laughing stock of the world. But there is no doubt that all Kang people are talented businessmen.
Wu Meiniang used the analogy of doing business, which made Chaharmeng, who did not have outstanding political IQ, wake up from a dream!
"My smart beauty, what you said makes sense!" Chaharmen stood up and started to pace. The anxious look just now was gone, replaced by anxiety and annoyance. He said, "I understand. Well, Balelihan has been encouraging me to seize the throne. He must have been bribed by Numan a long time ago. He is a great traitor! He is like the butler of a merchant family. Even if the master's family goes bankrupt, he will He can still work as a housekeeper in another business - and he also wants to seize the wealth of the original owner and find a stronger and richer owner! "
"Yes, that's the truth!" Wu Meiniang was secretly surprised and said with indignation, "If I marry you and become a princess, but you are robbed of all your things by the slaves, then I will also follow suit. Damn it! So, I can't watch you fall into his trap! - Many dynasty changes in the history of our Central Plains have long proved that after the country is destroyed and the family is destroyed, the minister can still be a minister after changing his court uniform, but the fate of the king has never been the same. They are all the most miserable! That’s why Balelihan does this. He is the one who truly betrays the country and collaborates with the enemy! As the wise prince said, he wants to use the power of outsiders to seize the wealth of his master’s family, and then replace him with another. A more powerful and wealthy master, continue to be his steward! And you, my poor prince, may become a prisoner by then, and even be dismembered - in that case, I would rather die now! Even so, I won’t marry you! I don’t want to be humiliated or left a widow!”
"My smart beauty, thank you for reminding me!" Prince Chaharmeng woke up from a dream. He excitedly grabbed Wu Meiniang's hand and kissed the back of her hand, and said, "I know what to do. ! I swear, Balelihan, the traitor, will pay a heavy price for his rebellion against the king and his disobedience to the prophet's teachings!"
Wu Meiniang resisted the nausea and anger that seeped into her bones and kissed her on the back of her hand, and said excitedly: "My wise prince, with a great and wise king like you, Kang will definitely be prosperous and powerful in the future. ! —Hurry up and get Qin Mubai’s divorce letter, and prepare to marry me! Then, you must be careful when dealing with this cunning old fox Balelihan... I don’t want to guard him before I get married. I’m a widow!”
Chaharmeng was immediately elated and wanted to hug Wu Meiniang as soon as he stretched out his arms.
Wu Meiniang dodged cleverly and said sternly: "Your Highness, you can't touch me before you marry me, because now I am still someone else's wife - seizing someone's wife and daughter will violate the prophet's doctrine and be severely punished. Punishment! And I will be accused of being unchaste and impure, and will be tortured to death!"
"Uh!...Okay, okay!" Chaharmen swallowed hard.
"Go and do business first..." Wu Meiniang said softly with a charming smile.
Chaharmon's bones almost brittle, "Okay! I'll arrange the manpower right away - first get rid of the big traitor Balelihan, and then prepare to marry you as my princess!"
"Okay, go ahead and be careful!"
Chaharmen strode away, as excited as if he had been given a shot of blood.
Wu Meiniang let out a long breath and sat down limply, feeling weak all over and feeling a layer of cold sweat on her back. She gritted her teeth and cursed in a low voice, "Stupid idiot, I was smarter than you when I was eight years old, so you still want to touch me?... I don't know how long I can lie to him. I hope I can make them rebel against each other. Even if I can't, It’s also good to delay.”
"Mu Bai, I didn't expect that this trip would be so bad. I encountered many unexpected dangers. I don't know if I can handle them next. It's not difficult to escape, but if I really let the army of the Great Food Country kill me, Entering the Western Region, it will be another catastrophe! By then, it will be endless war and destruction for you, the Great Protector of Anxi! - I just want to find it in the Western Region! A peaceful and prosperous land that allows you to bravely retreat from conflicts and allow us to spend the rest of our lives in peace. Why is it so difficult?"