"This is not a reason for you to kill loyal people!" Xiao Changfeng said in a deep voice.
"Killing loyal officials?" Shen Xihe laughed softly, his eyes full of mockery of "Why are you so naive?" "Your Highness, have you forgotten the imperial order that you and Minister Pei are carrying?"
Xiao Changfeng's body stiffened slightly.
Shen Xihe's eyes were light: "If Your Highness has forgotten, I might as well make a guess, just to remind Your Highness of the past. My father disappeared in Liangzhou, which borders the northwest. If it weren't for my father's concession, Liangzhou should also belong to the northwest. The brave and warlike general who had spent his whole life in the northwest was attacked and disappeared in Liangzhou.
Your Highness doesn't believe it, and His Majesty won't believe it either. His Majesty believes that this is a trap set by my father, and the purpose is unknown for the time being.
That's why I was allowed to come and find my father. Using me as bait, they could test whether my father was really attacked, or see how capable His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is to protect me, his newlywed wife.
Liangzhou is a good place, a place carefully chosen for me. Your Majesty cannot let me go any further. If I enter the northwest, if my father has rebellious intentions, or if he uses this disappearance as an excuse to plot against Your Majesty and seize power, Your Majesty will inevitably be in a passive position. The best strategy is to take action against me in Liangzhou.
Of course, I am your Majesty's daughter-in-law. If possible, your Majesty would only use me to force my father out. If my father is unwilling to show up, or if your plan goes wrong, I will die in Liangzhou, and that will be my fate."
Xiao Changfeng's expression tightened.
Shen Xihe raised his chin and sneered: "I died in Liangzhou because of my father. My father could not ask the court for an explanation. If you want to blame someone, you can only blame my father for stealing a chicken and losing the rice. If my father was really attacked and could not be lured by you to save me, you can only blame my father for his incompetence.
Your Highness, why do you say that Minister Pei is innocent? Am I not innocent to Your Majesty
Because I am my father's daughter, I am a chess piece. If I die accidentally, I deserve to die. Pei Zhan is your Majesty's man. He came here under your Majesty's order. If he is a chess piece, if he gets good or bad, it means we are killing loyal people.
Therefore, in your Highness's eyes, your Majesty's methods are justified no matter who he abuses, what a loyal subject. Unfortunately, my father and I are not as noble and loyal as your Highness. "
Shen Xihe narrowed his eyes slightly: "Your Highness, once you enter this game, anyone can be the chess player, and anyone can be a chess piece, you and I are both like this. It's a gamble of life and death. Your Highness wants me to be loyal to the emperor, but the emperor won't let me live. Your Highness wants me to pity the loyal ministers, but I don't know that loyal ministers are the sword hanging over my neck by His Majesty."
Xiao Changfeng was speechless.
Shen Xihe added: "Your Highness should be thankful that you have the traitor Geng Liangcheng in Liangzhou, otherwise your life would have been in danger long ago..."
If Geng Liangcheng had not been found, Shen Yueshan would not have needed to lie dormant, nor would he have needed to pretend his death. What mattered was Xiao Changfeng's noble status? Since he had received orders from His Majesty to kidnap her and lure Shen Yueshan out, he was already an enemy in her eyes, and she could take his life in the woods.
This is just the right time for His Majesty to be unwilling to give up and mobilize a large army to investigate the matter thoroughly. She can also stay in the northwest under the pretext of being frightened or the murderer being unknown.
It was only because of Geng Liangcheng that this was the primary hidden danger and the matter was made a big deal.