Zi'an was in a very bad mood when he left the Tianlao. He was already in a bad mood, and after seeing her, he felt even worse.
What do people want in their lives? Like the noble concubine, if she had been more obedient, she could have enjoyed her old age.
Perhaps, she only wanted to go through this once in her life, and even if it ended like this, she would not regret it.
But do you really not regret it? She screamed that name at the end, heartbrokenly, doesn't she regret it
He rode back to the palace gate and saw Prince Nan Huai coming out of the palace. He was riding a white horse, looking high above everyone else. He was wearing a royal robe with four-clawed dragon patterns on it, making him look extraordinary and heroic. His face was stern, and his eyebrows were like deliberately drawn flying stars. Zi'an remembered that his eyebrows used to be very short.
When the two met, King Nan Huai first humbly bowed, "Imperial sister-in-law!"
Zi'an looked at her and smiled. The bright sunshine shone into her eyes, making her smile look very sincere. "Your Highness saved me, but I haven't formally thanked you yet."
Prince Nan Huai also smiled and said, "It's just a trivial matter. No need to thank me, sister-in-law."
Zi'an held the reins in his hand, "I'm really curious, how did the prince know that the noble concubine was in Linshan?"
"It's just a coincidence."
"Coincidence?" Zi'an laughed, "It really is a coincidence. It happened to go to Linshan, it happened to save me and the Seventh Prince, it happened to capture the Noble Concubine. But, does Your Majesty really not care about the mother-son relationship at all?"
Nan Huai Wang seemed to be righteous and awe-inspiring. "Sun is a traitor with evil ambitions. Everyone has the right to kill him. In the face of right and wrong, how can there be any mother-son affection? The country and the people should be the most important."
"She didn't even call me mother. The prince got rid of her so cleanly. The traitor Sun, well, she has a promising future!" Zi'an exclaimed in admiration. She didn't know why she was so excited. It was obvious that she didn't sympathize with the noble concubine at all and didn't feel pity for her at all.
Prince Nan Huai looked at her quietly and smiled softly, "Where did the emperor's sister-in-law go? Did she go to the prison?"
"Yes, I went to the Heavenly Prison." Zi'an did not deny it.
"Well, even if we go there, we can only meet once. She can't speak, write, or hurt anyone anymore." King Nan Huai sighed slightly.
"Are you afraid of what she will say?" Zi'an asked sarcastically.
"Don't be afraid!" Prince Nan Huai said sincerely, "What does it matter what she says? Will anyone believe it? The overall situation is like this. The emperor wants to protect me. Even if she talks a lot, it won't change anything. Do you think I cut off her tongue and burned her hands because I was afraid she would talk nonsense?"
Nan Huai Wang raised his lips slightly, rode forward, and rode his horse to the same height as Zi An. Then, he said sinisterly, "I just want to punish her. I want to punish her for poisoning me, and for killing her own son."
"Could it be that the prince didn't poison her? That five-day poisoner!" Zi'an looked at him with contempt.
"I would rather let the world down than let the world down on me. You are so kind, but sooner or later you will be defeated by me." King Nan Huai smiled and rode away from Zi'an, feeling indescribably proud.
Zi'an's mood became even worse. Damn his seventh uncle's seventh nephew!
What was the purpose of this bastard entering the palace? He was probably looking for Sun Fang'er, who was also poisoned, but Sun Fang'er was in Xiwei Palace, could he see her
The spies that the noble concubine had planted in the palace have not been eliminated yet. Those spies originally recognized Prince Nan Huai as their master. There is nothing wrong with letting them enter the Xiwei Palace to get the antidote.
The emperor finally accepted Marquis Wu'an's insightful opinion and issued an edict, ordering the army to launch an all-out attack. He also ordered Prince An and Marquis Xiao's armies to join forces with the main force to launch a frontal war.
He then sent Wu'an Hou to lead 30,000 garrisons in the capital and 70,000 troops in eastern Guangdong to temporarily deal with the Xianbei, but not to engage in direct conflict with them.
If this war was commanded by the emperor, the marshal would have no place to use his talents and would only need to act as an executing general.
However, it was such a coincidence that although the emperor's edict was given to Murong Jie, Murong Jie did not receive it. The post horse from Tangzhou Post Station quickly returned to Beijing and said that the post horse that conveyed the imperial edict encountered bandits in Tangzhou, was robbed and seriously injured. The injured post horse was in a coma for two days before waking up. After waking up, he told the emperor that he was going to the border with the edict, so he rushed to Beijing to ask what the content of the edict was.
The post horse that conveyed the imperial edict was rescued by bandits. This was an unprecedented event. The court and the public were shocked. What shocked them was that the emperor's order to launch a full-scale attack did not reach Marshal Murong Jie. In other words, Murong Jie had not yet attacked.
I just don't know whether Prince An and Marquis Xiao have received the order to join forces, and there has been no report back.
After hearing the report from the post horse, the emperor didn't say anything, but his face looked unhappy.
The imperial post horses, especially those heading to the frontier, were generally the fastest horses of the imperial court. They did not rest on the way and only stopped at the post station to change horses and eat and drink. If they were exhausted, they would be replaced by post horses from the post station. The horses would also have the word "post horse" marked on them. Which bandit would be so blind as to rob a post horse
If it wasn't a robbery by bandits, then Murong Jie deliberately refused to accept the order.
The news also reached Xiwei Palace.
Zi'an smiled, but couldn't help but worry.
This is clearly going against the emperor.
The emperor's attitude gradually became clear. All the civil and military officials in the court were opportunists. Those who had followed him before would surely submit to him again when they saw that the emperor's condition had improved. If a few sinister and cunning people tried to please them and said a few bad words about him, it would be disastrous.
Zi'an felt that the crisis was approaching. She was not very familiar with the war and state affairs. Although King Liang and King Ye were capable, the Seventh Prince was at the border while they were in the court, and the emperor did not trust them much, so they could not provide any substantial help.
Look at this time, when the order to attack was passed on, the two of them were still unaware of it, which shows that the emperor deliberately avoided the order issued by the two of them.
And at this time, the emperor suddenly issued an edict, saying that the affairs of the harem would be managed by Concubine Mei and Concubine Yi. The princesses and the princesses could return to their homes. As for the princess, she needed to come to the palace every two days to teach the imperial physician acupuncture.
What did this decree indicate? Everyone knew that the emperor wanted to slowly dismantle Murong Jie's power because he thought he had recovered.
The emperor issued another decree, ordering Su Qing and Xiao Tuo to return to the capital, and sent two other generals to replace them as vanguard generals.
Murong Jie is the marshal, and Su Qing and Xiao Tuo have always followed him. There is a tacit understanding between the three of them. If the left and right vanguards are replaced, the tacit understanding will be lost in this battle. Why did the emperor do this
No one understands it.
Even if they were afraid of Murong Jie and wanted to suppress him, they couldn't joke about war, right? Once the invasion of Beimo succeeded, the Great Zhou would be destroyed.
This is totally against common sense.
Zi'an and Ye Wang believed that although the emperor was suspicious and cruel, he regarded the rise and fall of the country as more important than anything else. He was still the emperor and would never allow the Great Zhou to fall in his hands.
Zi'an had no choice but to ask for advice from the old fox Chen Taijun.
This female general who has witnessed the ups and downs of three dynasties may be able to see some clues.
(End of this chapter)