Chapter 90: Telling Lies with Open Eyes

As for the yin being stronger than the yang...

It's nonsense.

Although Princess Pingyao is unorthodox and the regent is very different from ordinary women, the regent still has the final say in the court.

If the regent didn't acquiesce today, the two of them wouldn't even have the chance to attend the banquet, so where does the yin being stronger than the yang being weaker come from?

It's really a lie.

Because Nanzhao's attitude was not good, the negotiations naturally entered a tense state. The envoys of Nanzhao looked uneasy, and the ministers of Yongguo also looked unfriendly.

In the stagnant atmosphere, Princess Pingyao smiled nonchalantly: "Since the conditions cannot be agreed upon, let's put it aside for now. This princess has a question to ask you."

Master Ji hurriedly said: "Princess, please ask."

Princess Pingyao pretended to recall: "The general who came with you this time is called... Ling Fengyang, why doesn't anyone care about it?"

Master Ji had a complicated look: "He..."

"This princess remembers that he is quite good at leading troops to fight." Princess Pingyao raised her eyebrows, "Why? Your emperor doesn't trust him?"

"General Ling suffered a defeat a few years ago and lost 80,000 soldiers and horses." Master Ji smiled bitterly, "He should have been punished, but General Ling said he could make meritorious contributions while serving his sentence."

After the words fell, the ministers of Yong State were surprised.

They attended Princess Pingyao's wedding that day and drank in the banquet hall. Some people witnessed Ling Fengyang rushing to stop the wedding and were surprised that he was still alive.

I heard someone say that the Regent Princess recognized the clothes he was wearing as those of the Nanzhao general. Some people were skeptical, wondering how the princess could recognize the clothes of the Nanzhao general at a glance.

I didn't expect that he actually became the Nanzhao general and lost the battle.

This... what is going on?

"How to make up for your crime? Come to Nanzhao to borrow troops in person?" Princess Pingyao curled her lips, and the sarcasm on her face could not be concealed, "You Nanzhao are really doomed."

Lord Ji's expression froze, and then he smiled bitterly with some despair. Isn't it the end of the world?

Princess Zhaohua fought on the battlefield for seven years and finally made the country stable. It was the time to rest and recover her vitality, but...

"I have always suspected that the Western Zhou Dynasty has planted spies in the Nanzhao Imperial City." Lord Ji's voice was a little weak. "Princess Zhaohua has been ill since her marriage and has never shown up. The Western Zhou Dynasty was still a little timid in the first year. In the second year, it directly tested with a small-scale army. After that, it seemed to want to confirm whether Princess Zhaohua could still fight. Later... Alas."

Shen Ning lowered his eyes in silence.

"Ministers of Nanzhao still don't know what disease Princess Zhaohua had, and why she died." Lord Ji raised his eyes and looked at Shen Ning, "If the Regent Princess is really Princess Zhaohua's apprentice, has she corresponded with Princess Zhaohua in the past two years?"

Shen Ning said indifferently: "I am from Yong and she is from Nanzhao. If there is really correspondence, I am afraid that people will think it is treason. How could it be possible?"

Lord Ji thought so too.

In fact, he guessed that the cause of Princess Zhaohua's death was strange, but when Nan Zhao suffered frequent defeats last year, someone suggested that the princess continue to lead the army, but the emperor said that the princess's old injury relapsed and she was bedridden, and no one was allowed to disturb her.

So no one knew whether she died of injury or illness.

…

In Shou'an Palace, the empress dowager, who was wearing exquisite makeup, was so angry that she almost crushed the handkerchief in her hand.

Her well-maintained face was white and looked elegant and luxurious on weekdays, but at this time, her face looked gloomy because of her rage.

Crackling!

The cups and plates on the table were swept to the ground and shattered, just like the empress dowager's dignity:

"Damn the regent, he really doesn't know who is the master of the country?"

"He held a banquet to entertain envoys from other countries, but even the emperor couldn't attend, and he brought a princess who was not presentable!"

"What does he want to do? He can't hide his wolfish ambitions, can he?"

"Damn it!"

"Empress dowager, calm down!"

Many palace servants knelt on the ground trembling, carefully cleaning up the mess on the ground.

After venting her anger, the empress dowager leaned weakly on the phoenix couch, cursing the blind emperor in her heart, handing over the regent power to a prince with a large number of troops, resulting in the emperor becoming a puppet.

If Ji Yucang didn't have so many troops, if the military power in Ji Yucang's hands was taken back before the death of the tyrant, she and the emperor would not have fallen into such a situation.

What is poison?

Ji Yucang is a madman. He will never accept their control. If he is really determined to overthrow the court even at the cost of his life, who in the huge Yong Kingdom can do anything to him?

"Empress Dowager." A clever little eunuch knelt down in front of the couch, "I have a plan, I wonder if it will work."

The Queen Mother said coldly: "Why don't you speak quickly."

"There is a cousin named Gu Yanran in the Regent's Palace." The little eunuch whispered in the Queen Mother's ear, "She is the Regent's cousin, and has always admired the Regent but has never been able to get him. If she does it, the Regent will not be on guard, and even if the truth is revealed, the Regent will not do anything to her."

The Queen Mother sat up slowly: "Gu Yanran?"

"Yes." The little eunuch nodded, "Princess Jiahe and Princess Jiayu had met her before in the Zuo Xiangfu."

The Queen Mother pondered for a moment: "Go and call Princess Jiayu over."

"Yes."

The Regent ordered the Emperor to be under house arrest, and Princess Pingyao ordered the Concubine Hui to be under house arrest, but other people in the palace were still free, such as the Queen Mother and the eunuchs and maids in the Queen Mother's Palace.

There are also two princesses, Jiahe and Jiayu, who have already married, who can come to the palace to pay their respects to the Queen Mother at any time if summoned.

However, there is a distance between the palace and the outside world, and it takes at least half an hour for the palace servants to pass on the order.

The Queen Mother carefully thought about the plan in her mind. In order to be on the safe side, it would be more appropriate for Jiayu to do this.

Jiayu has met Gu Yanran. Given Gu Yanran's status, if the princess invites her, she will definitely be eager to accept the invitation. At that time, as long as Jiayu gives the medicine to Gu Yanran, Gu Yanran will be more willing to make it a done deal with the Regent.

The Queen Mother smiled coldly. There are many methods and various medicines in the palace.

Even if the Regent is very vigilant, he can't guard against thieves for a thousand days.