After rebirth, I made the princes cry

Ying Shu smiled: "How dare you disobey my order?"

The Third Prince pursed his lips, not without worry: "It is quite risky to face those people who believed in the rumors at this time. After all, the Left Deputy Envoy is a woman..."

"It is precisely because I am a woman that I can only refute rumors with my mouth. Even if I cannot convince the people to believe my explanation, I believe they will not use violence against me, right? Besides, isn't Ke Cao Ling responsible for our safety? The people of Northern Han are worried about disasters that will cause unrest and undermine their peace and happiness. In fact, they should be more willing to believe that the so-called disasters are actually man-made disasters. They can still get the protection of Kunlun God and their peaceful life will not be affected in the slightest."

After Yingshu finished speaking, she said to Nanci, "From today on, I will leave the palace every day. We will rent the Weitai and provide tea and porridge to the people to benefit the people. This will not affect the annual prayer ceremony of the Northern Han Dynasty."

Tea was a scarce commodity for the Northern Han Dynasty. Qiang people mostly ate meat, especially those who still lived in pastoral areas. They relied on tea to remove fat from their bodies and maintain health. Even in Shangjing, due to the high price of tea, not many ordinary people could afford it. Providing tea and porridge could indeed benefit the people. Once tea and porridge were provided, a large number of people would be attracted to Weitai in the West Market.

Whether the Lord of Shenyuan Palace is a fake is now a hot topic in Shangjing City. It is a place where people gather, and the envoy of Dayu is present in person, so there is no doubt about it.

Of course, Yingshu doesn’t think she can clarify the rumors, so she wants to use the opportunity given to her by Jiang Tai to sow discord.

The Third Prince's contact with Da Shangchen would attract most of Ke Cao Ling's attention, because Da Shangchen was a Han Chinese after all, and anyone who was not of our race must be killed. Not to mention that Da Shangchen's existence had somewhat hindered the advancement of Qiang ministers such as Ke Cao Ling. As for why Da Shangchen harbored ill will towards her, Ying Shu did not give up investigating.

This is related to whether she can successfully escape from Northern Han.

She also had to let Bai Min secretly investigate Da Shangchen's background.

Bai Mian and Xuan Mian had already received the secret letter from Wen Ji, and then they heard the news that the young lady would personally preside over the distribution of tea and porridge at Weitai, so they had to go and watch. Wu had not yet joined in the fun, but he did not stop the two enthusiastic maids from going to watch. He was also very curious. Logically speaking, the Left Deputy Envoy should have known that such small favors would not be able to clarify the rumors that were spreading wildly, so why did he do this?

There is no street in front of the gate of Weitai, but a spacious area, which is usually used for guests to park their carriages, or for singing, dancing and musicians to entertain during festivals and celebrations. At this time, it is used to distribute tea and porridge, and can accommodate more than 300 people. There are several steps in front of the hall of Weitai, and a porch outside the hall. Under the golden signboard, there are two high-legged Hu chairs, and Yingshu and Nanci are sitting there high above. They see Wen Ji suddenly fly out from the eaves of the door, and where he is, Bai Mei and Xuan Ying also line up in a long queue.

There are indeed many people in the Qiang tribe who are pale and thin, and poorly clothed. In times of great strife, wars never cease, and there are poor people suffering from hunger and cold everywhere in the world. Disasters from heaven are like adding insult to injury for them. They have no doubt that when disasters strike, they will be the first to suffer. Those nobles who are high up in the world always have a better chance of saving their lives and property. Now they are queuing in the scorching sun to get a bowl of tea and porridge, but they do not feel grateful to those who do them a favor. However, they do not dare to be the first to question anything.

The Spirit Tower has collapsed due to the heavenly fire. Dongyu has no sincerity in negotiating peace and establishing diplomatic relations, and will surely attack their city-state when the natural disaster comes. Their sons will die on the battlefield. Even if they return to Kunlun Xu, they have no cattle or sheep and will have a hard time making a living. I don’t know how many families will be left without children or grandchildren. The disaster is imminent, but they have no choice but to live in fear and muddle through.

In front of Weitai, many people dressed in brocade clothes gradually gathered.

These people naturally did not come here for a bowl of tea or porridge, so they would not queue up. They had no worries about food and clothing, but they were also afraid of natural disasters. If war broke out, there would be no distinction between the rich and the common people. If the country collapsed, even the monarch and the royal family would suffer a catastrophe. They had become accustomed to wealth and glory and could not bear to give up the family business in their hands. In order to protect their family business, they were not afraid of a battle with Dongyu. The God of Kunlun had already given them a hint that Dongyu was hostile to the Han Dynasty and peace talks would eventually bring disaster to the Han Dynasty.

"Why hasn't the mastermind shown up? Is it because the mastermind is guilty? She is not the real Lord of Shenyuan Palace at all. Dongyu uses a counterfeit person to deceive our country and has ulterior motives!" The first to attack was a young man.

"If the Lord of the Palace shows up in Weitai, will you conclude that the accusation of impostorship is just a rumor?" Yingshu asked.

Nan Ci also smiled softly: "I'm afraid that everyone present here has never even seen the emperor and the queen mother of Northern Han. How can you believe the true identity of the person you see with your own eyes? Besides, even if the Lord of Shenyuan Palace is in our country, his safety is as important as that of the emperor. This is a busy city, and there are many unscrupulous people who intend to stir up chaos. If the Lord of Shenyuan Palace really stands under the dangerous wall, it is unreasonable."

"The Spiritual Tower was burned down by the heavenly fire during the peace talks. Doesn't this indicate that Dong Yu has no sincerity in peace talks?"

"It was the Northern Han who proposed peace talks, but our country has never declared war on its own initiative. If there was no sincerity in peace talks, why would Your Majesty of our dynasty send the two princes to accompany the Northern Han? Just as we believe that the monarch of the Northern Han had the sincerity to negotiate peace, otherwise he would not have appointed Prince Zhenyuan as an envoy. To show his sincerity, Prince Zhenyuan still stays in our capital. Now our Lord Jiaosu and Lord Guisu, even though they have heard rumors, still insist on negotiating peace and establishing diplomatic relations. Today, Lord Guisu and I, on behalf of Dayu, will frankly tell the subjects of the Northern Han that Lord Shenyuan is by no means an imposter. He came to the Northern Han at the request of the monarch of the Northern Han to preside over the sacrifice to the tomb of Emperor Shenzong. This is the sincerity of our dynasty." Yingshu raised her chin slightly: "As for the theory of heavenly fire...are you all so convinced that it was heavenly fire? Although the incident happened in broad daylight and there were no candles lit in the Spirit Tower, what if it was intentional by villains who set fire to the tower and spread rumors?

When I say this, naturally some people will question my groundless claims. But let me ask you, can your country's witch minister declare that the fire in the spiritual tower must be directed at Dayu's breach of trust? Now it is still unknown whether it is a natural disaster or a man-made disaster, but the people of Shangjing are already in a panic. Although we, the foreign envoys, are not citizens of the Northern Han Dynasty, we don't have to worry about the safety of the Northern Han Dynasty. However, many of the survivors of Dayu live in the Northern Han Dynasty. Even if we don't feel sorry for the Qiang people, many of the survivors are of the same origin as the subjects of Dayu. As envoys of Dayu, we can't bear to see the survivors in panic all day long, so today we will take the opportunity to provide tea and porridge to refute the rumors. "

Yingshu looked sideways at Nanci.

She was the Left Deputy Envoy, but people still had widespread prejudice against women. Moreover, even if she were a man, in the eyes of the subjects of Northern Han, her words would not carry as much weight as those of the prince.

Nanci stood up and raised his hand: "I, Sikong Nanci, am not afraid to swear a poisonous oath in public. If the identity of the Lord of Shenyuan Palace is a forgery, my Sikong clan will destroy the ancestral temple! Sikong Nanci and Sikong Mujiao, as envoys of Dayu, deceived the emperor and ministers of Northern Han by pretending to be descendants of Emperor Shenzong. We are willing to be killed. Our king and father will never pursue the Northern Han's violation of diplomatic etiquette and beheading the envoys."

The Lord of Shenyuan Palace is the Lord of Shenyuan Palace. No matter whether the two countries will go to war in the future, this oath was not made for the purpose of negotiating peace and establishing diplomatic relations.

Moreover, if we were to say who violated trust first, it was indeed the Northern Han that lost its integrity first.

Someone in the audience questioned, "It is unknown whether our King Zhenyuan is safe in Dongyu now. If Dongyu is really sincere, they should at least send King Zhenyuan back first!"

Who shouted this?

Ke Cao Ling searched the crowd, but unfortunately, so many people responded suddenly that he could not find the person who was shouting.

This person is a spy from the Flying Eagle Division.

Therefore, Ying Shu was not surprised at all. She also stood up and said, "Prince Zhenyuan is a prince of the Northern Han royal family, with a noble status. Moreover, Prince Zhenyuan was sent to Dayu to negotiate peace in good faith under the order of the Northern Han monarch. He has always been treated as a distinguished guest by Dayu and has not dared to neglect him in the slightest. Your Majesty will surely be able to protect Prince Zhenyuan's thoroughness. Moreover, no matter what the result of the peace talks is, as long as Dayu's envoys return home, Prince Zhenyuan will also be escorted back to Northern Han unharmed. The monarch and ministers of Dayu have no ill will towards Prince Zhenyuan. On the contrary, if the Spiritual Tower was burned down by villains, the villains who burned the tower with the intention of framing Dayu's envoys would not want Prince Zhenyuan to return safely."

Nan Ci stood beside Ying Shu and glanced at Ke Cao Ling, whose face had changed. He now understood completely that this man clearly did not mind the Queen Mother's suspicion of setting fire to the tower when he was on duty at the post station, but he absolutely could not allow the Queen Mother to be accused in a busy street in front of so many people.

The same was true for the Qiang people. Even though the royal power struggle had already led to a major turmoil such as an uprising to force the emperor to abdicate, Jiang Tai did not have the courage to simply kill his father and slaughter the King of Zhenyuan. Now that he had sat on the throne, he could only maintain brotherly love and respect for his younger brother. Jiang Tai could put the blame on the queen mother to protect his own reputation, but he did not want to make these power struggles public.

Anyone could have set fire to the tower, and the case could remain unsolved, but the people of Northern Han could not be allowed to witness the blame that the Empress Dowager could not get rid of.

As for Yingshu, she didn't really want to push Queen Mother Yao to the execution hall.

"If Dayu and Northern Han fail to reach a peace agreement and instead start a war, it will be like a quarrel between two people, and the fisherman will surely benefit. That is why we, the envoys, suspect that there are villains causing trouble. What's more, if these villains are instigating and causing Dayu and Northern Han to become enemies, the Prince of Zhenyuan will not be able to return to Northern Han safely. The villains will surely spread rumors, slandering Northern Han for not tolerating the Prince of Zhenyuan, and deliberately using Dayu to harm our brothers."

Ke Cao Ling breathed a sigh of relief.

The envoy from Dongyu did not expose the Baoguang Palace incident in public. Otherwise, not only would the Queen Mother incur public anger, but even His Majesty... would probably be questioned.

Of course, if the Dongyu envoys dared to do so and take such extreme measures of burning their boats, they would surely be charged with framing the Empress Dowager Mei, and none of them would be able to escape from Shangjing.

Your Majesty does not want to go to war with Dongyu at this time, but if war has to go to war, according to Your Majesty's temperament, he will not abandon the plan of forcing the Lord of Shenyuan Palace to stay halfway.

Now, Northern Zhao, Northern Jin, Northern Qi and even Northern Yan are trying their best to build naval warships. Whoever can first seize half of Dongyu will naturally become the overlord of the world! But the grassland tribes are not good at naval warfare. If they want to build an elite navy, they must rely on the talents flowing out of Dongyu. Thanks to the current power of Dongyu, most of them are controlled by the aristocratic families. These aristocratic families fight and exclude the poor people. Many people from the poor people want to seek wealth and fame and have the idea of ​​joining another wise master. Zhao, Jin and other tribes are all competing to recruit such talents.

But such people, because of their conservative nature, are also quite indecisive.

The Han people were all worried that they would be accused of treason and would never be able to get rid of the charge.

If the Great Han Empire had a descendant of Emperor Shenzong like Lord Shenyuan, it would be like giving these people a legitimate reason to surrender. The Great Han Empire was an imperial dynasty blessed by Emperor Shenzong's imperial family and was the common ruler of the world. Dongyu was immoral and its emperor was unkind. The generals of Dongyu surrendered to the Great Han Empire to follow the descendants of Emperor Shenzong and restore order. With Lord Shenyuan around, it would even be of great benefit to the Great Han Empire to persuade Han officials who had surrendered to Northern Zhao and other tribes to rebel.

Who would refuse fame and fortune?

Ke Cao Ling felt extremely fortunate at this time that although the envoys from Dongyu were young, two of them were from the royal family and were of high status. They were quite calm and steady in their handling of matters and did not appear impetuous. No wonder the emperor of Dongyu entrusted them with important tasks. This also seemed to show that the emperor of Dongyu indeed attached great importance to negotiating peace and establishing diplomatic relations.

The Emperor of Dongyu, guarding the natural barrier of the Yangtze River, seemed to still be afraid of the cavalry of the six tribes. What's more, as long as the Han Dynasty attacked Jianmen Pass and seized Yizhou and Jiangzhou, it could even bypass Xiangyang and advance eastward along Jiangzhou. The Emperor of Dongyu would certainly be afraid of going to war with the Han Dynasty, and there was nothing Dongyu could do about the loss of a Lord of Shenyuan Palace.

Ke Cao Ling stroked his beard and showed a confident smile to the people in front of Weitai.

Bai Mian and Xuan Ying watched as the young lady and the fifth prince turned and left. They even kept pace with each other, their arms barely touching. Bai Mian got excited first, pinched Xuan Ying's waist, and pulled her away in unison. They remained alert and didn't speak a word along the way. It was not until they returned to Wu Huan's residence that Xuan Ying glared at Bai Mian and asked, "Why did you pinch me just now?"

"I'm reminding you to look quickly. The young lady and the Fifth Prince look more and more like a match made in heaven. I was thinking that it was because the affair between the Fourth Lady and Pei Jiulang was exposed at that time, otherwise the young lady would not have disobeyed her parents' orders. Now look at Pei Jiulang, how can he be worthy of the young lady? The Fifth Prince is gold and jade, while Pei Jiulang is rubble."

"Hasn't Pei Jiulang always been inferior to the Fifth Prince?" Xuan Ying felt that she was pinched by Bai Mei's strange strength in vain, but she never fought back. She was a skilled person and never bullied the weak who were powerless... No, she would bully them occasionally, but she would never bully her "accomplices".

Xuanying recalled what Danmei had said, and said seriously, "At the beginning, the young master and the lady were not attracted to Pei Jiulang, but to Penglai Jun. Besides, the elders of Yangxian Pei would not force Pei Jiulang to take a concubine. The Fifth Prince cannot compare with him in this respect. There must be concubines in the prince's mansion. It is rare for a young lady to become a prince's consort and have the same leisure time as the lady."

"How many women in this world can be as blessed as the Lady Lord? As long as the Fifth Prince treats the Lady Lord well, even if there are concubines in the Guisu Mansion, will they dare to provoke the Lady Lord?"

"But how come it seems to me that the young lady and the Fifth Prince are still getting along the same way as before?"

"We were childhood sweethearts, and we had a tacit understanding. It's best if things stay the same as before."

"It's different, right? Look at Qingmian, how does she treat Zhier? They grew up together, but in the past two years, Qingmian has been concerned about Zhier's clothes and daily necessities just like before. When Zhier brings her snacks from outside, her eyes light up. But she doesn't talk and laugh with Zhier like we do. She wants to see Zhier, but avoids his eyes when she sees him. We see it clearly, but Qingmian thinks she has concealed it well."

"Qing's temperament is very different from that of the young lady. The young lady is not as shy as she is. She is always generous and open-minded."

"In my opinion, although the young lady treats the Fifth Prince with intimacy, it is still as close as a relative or friend, not like other people. You must have noticed how the lady treats the gentleman, right? The lady is not a shy person, but in front of us, the lady's eyes will not meet the gentleman's eyes."

"I don't want to argue with you. What do you know as a girl who has never known love?"

"Could it be that she is a girl who has fallen in love?"

Bai Mian was so angry that she was speechless. Her eyes flickered and she saw Manager Wu stepping into the courtyard gate. She hurried over and was about to ask him to be the referee, but she saw a stranger following Manager Wu. Bai Mian politely called him "godfather".