After rebirth, I made the princes cry

The small hall was finally clean.

The Third Prince could not wait to ask questions again and again: "Who would assassinate Xiping's leader at this time? Did Deputy Envoy Zuo discuss this with my fifth brother before taking action? Can she really guarantee that our people will be able to retreat safely and not be caught? Deputy Envoy Zuo will definitely not really want to kill Xiping's leader, so what exactly is her plan? How should I cooperate?"

"We never used any spies from the Flying Eagle Division." Nanci only responded with one sentence.

"Fifth brother, what do you mean? Could it be that this matter really has nothing to do with Deputy Envoy Zuo?"

"It should be the plan of Deputy Envoy Zuo." Nanci said, "I guess the one who carried it out was Princess Zhenyuan. I can only roughly think that this is a trick to divert trouble. Deputy Envoy Zuo certainly won't take Xiping's life. She is so narrow-minded."

The third prince nodded gloomily.

He had seen many vindictive and vicious people who would ignore the overall situation for some personal grudges. For example, his second brother was beaten to death because he found out that some guards in the Bisu Palace had some complaints about one of his decisions. But although Wang Yingshu was a woman, judging from her usual behavior, she actually promoted and reused the female official who intended to frame her, so she really did not care about the provocation of Xiping ***.

But Sikong Nanci looked so proud of himself that I couldn't stand him no matter how I looked at him.

"So, Deputy Envoy Zuo did not discuss this plan with my fifth brother before making the move?"

"You have to discuss everything with me first. Not only may you miss good opportunities, but you may also worry about unexpected complications." Nanci drank half a glass of wine with an expressionless face.

"This confused feeling makes me really uneasy." The third prince frowned.

"Brother, let's wait and see. The assassination of Xiping *** will definitely benefit us. The Left Deputy Envoy has always dug traps and never missed."

Moreover, from Nanci's point of view, the wisdom and tactics of the Princess Zhenyuan of the Northern Han Dynasty should not be underestimated.

It happened just one day later.

Nan Ci was standing on the watchtower of the post station and witnessed with his own eyes a riot at an inn on the main street outside the street gate. First, a group of soldiers wearing black robes, green jackets and gold-embroidered belts rushed in, and then a middle-aged man wearing Hu clothing broke out with the protection of many slaves. A fierce fight broke out between the two sides. The slave who fell to the ground must have bitten the poison sac in his mouth, and he convulsed twice and bled from all seven orifices. The middle-aged man was captured alive, and his mouth was pried open by the gold-embroidered belt, and the poison sac was forcibly taken out of his mouth.

From afar, there were sounds of swords clashing and arrows breaking through the air.

Thick smoke billowed, with faint flames.

When the third prince ran up to the watchtower, the stairs made a clanging sound.

"What's the situation now?"

"The Embroidered Waist Guard." Nanci smiled. "Do you remember what Deputy Envoy Zuo told us? The Embroidered Waist Guard is to Northern Han what the Flying Eagle Tribe is to Dayu. The Embroidered Waist Division is organized and controlled by the Ran Clan. Today, the Embroidered Waist Guard was dispatched. It seems that they have... captured the 'real murderer' who attempted to assassinate Xiping ***. I guess the several strongholds swept by the Embroidered Waist Guard today should be the secret offices of Northern Zhao."

The third prince raised his eyebrows.

Without asking any more questions, he now understood Wang Yingshu's plan. To use the Ran clan to eliminate the Northern Zhao spies and divert the trouble to the east, this was to intensify the conflict between Northern Zhao and Northern Han. The Third Prince's eyes lit up and he clenched his fists - if the Left Deputy Envoy had not accompanied the envoy to Northern Han and encountered the current stalemate, he would never have pinned his hopes on the Ran clan. With this unexpectedly brilliant move, the Northern Zhao spies were wiped out, and the clan also had to bear the notoriety of assassinating the Northern Han assassin. Regardless of whether Jiang Taicheng recognized the true identity of the Palace Master, Northern Zhao would never swallow its anger.

But there is still another battle to come.

The fact that the Lord of Shenyuan Palace is not an impostor must be acknowledged by Jiang Tai himself and announced to the public.

Wang Yingshu is worthy of being the first female minister in the history of Dayu!

At this time, Yingshu was playing hand with Dianjun. She was holding the black pieces and had already secured victory, but Dianjun Shenyuan was still unwilling to admit defeat easily. He was holding the white pieces and was trying his best when Hongtao walked in.

Yingshu raised her eyelashes, her dark eyes glowed with a soft light, but Hongtao felt that her eyes revealed the confidence of having won, and she was slightly stunned.

"I lost." The Lord of Shenyuan Palace sighed.

But he couldn't help but turn around and follow Yingshu's gaze.

"Your Excellencies, the assassin who tried to assassinate His Highness has been arrested."

The Lord of Shenyuan Palace was very nervous.

"who is it?"

"He's a spy from Northern Zhao."

Northern Zhao? ! ! Dian Jun was immediately relieved and asked Hong Tao: "Why did the spy from Northern Zhao assassinate Xiping?"

"Needless to say." Ying Shu picked up the round fan and shook it gently. "It must be that the empress was careless and spread the news of the conflict in Baoguang Palace. As a result, the spies of Northern Zhao got to know about it. Northern Zhao certainly did not want to see our dynasty establish diplomatic relations with Northern Han, so they wanted to assassinate the prince and put the blame on our dynasty.

The assassins of Northern Zhao deliberately spared my life in order to allow me to continue to embarrass us. Now, only the Queen Mother can dissuade me. Of course, the Queen Mother will find out the culprit and comfort me."

Hong Tao's mouth seemed to be sealed and she didn't utter another word.

The tranquility of the Great Sacrifice Hall was also disrupted - the assassination of Emperor Taizong was irrelevant to the overall situation, so no one informed Jiang Tai. However, the Northern Han Dynasty had a total of five secret offices in Shangjing, and thirty-seven spies were caught in one fell swoop by the Xiuyao Division. Madam Wei did not dare to hide such a major incident from Jiang Tai, and came in person to report the bad news.

"How dare he, Ran Qiji!!!" Jiang Tai was so angry that he almost kicked over the prison table.

No matter whether Taizun was in power or Jiang Tai is in power now, the father and son had never thought of clearing out the Northern Zhao's secret spy agency. After investigation, they found that they were only preventing the Northern Zhao's spies from stealing intelligence. The reason was very simple. Northern Zhao was now the leader of the six tribes and supervised the other five. It was natural that those being supervised could only pretend to know nothing.

To wipe out Northern Zhao's spy agencies is like declaring war on Northern Zhao directly! ! !

"It was Her Majesty the Queen Mother who ordered Ran Qiji to capture the assassin who assassinated the emperor within three days. Otherwise, Ran Qiji would be punished for dereliction of duty. Ran Qiji has already found evidence that proves that the Northern Zhao spy was the assassin."

"Ridiculous!" Jiang Tai couldn't help himself and kicked over the table. "Lina is unharmed, she was just frightened. What happened to my mother that she made such a mess!"

Jiang Taiya didn't care who was the mastermind behind the assassination of Xiping. Madam Wei also looked at the panicked witches and officials who were lightly cleaning the animal prison table. In the sacrificial hall, the sacrificial wine poured on the stone bricks gave off a strong and pungent smell that made her uncomfortable. In front of the towering white stone statue, the light of the giant candle made the space full of gloom. Madam Wei looked at the vague shadow extending from her feet and seemed to smile: "The Queen Mother is eager to take back the Xiuyao Division controlled by the Ran family through this opportunity. Her Royal Highness did not stop her. She must have thought of the same thing as the Queen Mother."

Xiu Yao Si is a cancer growing in Jiang Tai's heart.

This agency is not only responsible for gathering intelligence from various countries, but also bears the responsibility of supervising the various tribes of the Han Empire. The reason why he was exiled was also due to the fabrication of charges by the Xiuyao Division. Jiang Tai even decided to abolish the Xiuyao Division and execute Ran Qiji. He could do the former, but the latter was a pipe dream - at most he could only force the Ran clan to take Jiang Mo away from the capital. He could not catch Jiang Mo's party in one fell swoop, so he could only wait for Jiang Mo to regroup and fight him to the death.

"What a woman's perspective!" Jiang Tai was very upset.

Madam Wei's voice became even softer: "Now all the evidence points to the fact that Northern Zhao planned the assassination plot to prevent our dynasty from establishing diplomatic relations with Dongyu, intending to put the blame on the Dongyu envoy. The Queen Mother was afraid of the accident that happened to the emperor, and was even more angry at Northern Zhao's ulterior motives. She has ordered that the captured Northern Zhao spies be temporarily detained in the death row and beheaded after the annual prayer ceremony.

The Queen Mother has left some room for maneuver. Your Majesty still has a chance to negotiate with Northern Zhao without damaging the relationship between the two countries."

"It seems like I have left room for maneuver, but if I pardon the Northern Zhao spy and do not question him for the crime of assassinating our country's leader, not only will the dignity of our dynasty be greatly damaged, but Dongyu will even accuse me of having no sincerity in establishing diplomatic relations. Rumors have already spread in the market that I sent Jiang Mo to Dongyu in order to kill my brother. If I now openly show weakness to Northern Zhao and stop negotiating peace with Dongyu, it will certainly be able to dispel Northern Zhao's vigilance, but Jiang Mo's party members such as the Ran clan will surely use this as a handle to start a rebellion. Jiang Xiongying is no longer a concern now, but Jiang Mo is still alive!" Jiang Tai frowned tightly.

"Your Majesty should perhaps summon the Grand Chancellor to discuss countermeasures," Madam Wei suggested.

"It has come to this point, there is no other choice." Jiang Tai waved his hand and said, "Go and see Gao. Her father and brother are now important officials of Northern Zhao. Use both kindness and force on Gao and make her write a letter to her father and brother. Maybe you can turn things around."

Madam Wei waited for a while, but Jiang Tai had no intention of telling her how to use both kindness and force. Madam Wei came to her senses and decided to choose her own words.

Jiang Baiji, a member of the Northern Han royal family, secretly surrendered to Jiang Tai and helped him seize the throne. In fact, it was also for his own interests. He reached a marriage intention with the Yao clan in private, and at the same time got the promise of the Wu clan first. Now Jiang Tai has agreed to expand the pasture belonging to Jiang Baiji, and several cities north of Wudu will be designated as Jiang Baiji's fiefdom in the future. Under the temptation of huge interests, Jiang Baiji betrayed his brother Jiang Xiongying - Jiang Tai and Jiang Mo are his nephews anyway, and helping Jiang Tai is not considered as a betrayal.

Gao actually also preferred Jiang Tai to take the throne.

Because Jiang Xiongying's political proposition was to first attack Northern Zhao, occupy Luoyang, seize the power of the alliance leader, and then attack Eastern Henan.

On the surface, Jiang Tai was on good terms with Dong Yu, but his real intention was to target Dong Yu first, which would be beneficial to Northern Zhao. Although Gao was a royal family woman of Northern Han, she had always considered herself a Zhao person.

All of a sudden, Northern Zhao's spies in Dajing were busted by the Northern Han court, which caught Gao off guard. When Madam Wei sent a letter to summon her to the Weiyang Palace, Gao certainly did not have a good face towards Madam Wei.

As a noble of Northern Zhao, Gao would never yield even in front of Queen Mother Yao and Queen Wu.

"Since Madam has spoken directly, I will also speak directly. As the leader of the six tribes, Great Zhao originally had the power to supervise the six tribes. Moreover, Your Excellency violated the alliance and refused to retreat to Jincheng and made Chang'an the capital. He was already a rebellious tribe. Now he is openly arresting people with Great Zhao's official seals. Could it be that he intends to collude with Dongyu to formally declare war on our Great Zhao?"

Madam Wei saw that Gao didn't move the teacup in front of her, but she took a sip of tea herself. "The criminals that the Queen Mother ordered the Xiuyao Division to find were the murderers who assassinated Xiping. Your Majesty only said that these people were people holding the imperial seals of the State of Zhao. In fact, you are avoiding the main point."

"Madam summoned me here today. Do you want to accuse me of something?"

Gao had no idea whether these people really committed the assassination. Madam Wei could tell that Gao was weak inside and felt uneasy, so she smiled slightly.

"My lady, you know the real reason why the Spirit Tower caught fire."

"So what? Is there any connection between the fire in the Spirit Tower and what we are talking about now?"

"The reason why your majesty established diplomatic relations with Dongyu was nothing more than to first abolish the banner of the Lord of Shenyuan Palace in Dongyu's hands, which represented the destiny of heaven. The conflict between Xiping envoys and Dongyu envoys was, after all, to help your majesty realize this plan. Unfortunately, Dongyu's left deputy envoy was extremely alert. I followed your majesty's orders, but I was not able to successfully defraud the real precious jade.

At this critical moment, *** was almost assassinated, how could the Queen Mother not be angry? The Queen Mother and *** actually thought that the assassin was sent by the Left Deputy Envoy. Who knew that the Embroidered Waist Division would be traced back to the spy of Northern Zhao. Although the Queen Mother had three sons, she only had *** as a daughter. *** refused to give in, and the Queen Mother was also resentful. In a fit of rage, she sentenced the assassin to beheading.

Your Highness is also a parent, so you should be able to understand the Queen Mother's feelings, right?"

"*** is unharmed after all!"

"If someone intends to harm your children, will you pardon the murderer just because his crime has not been accomplished?"

Madam Wei saw that Gao was speechless, so she smiled again and said, "In order to appease the Queen Mother and continue to promote the plan that is of great benefit to Zhao and Han, it is inevitable to temporarily sacrifice a few spy agencies. But think about it, your Majesty will not really be an enemy of Northern Zhao. In the future, if Northern Zhao re-establishes a spy agency in Dajing, with your Majesty's support, what difficulty will it be?

This accident will not hurt Northern Zhao in the slightest. After all, your majesty is now a wife of the Jiang family, and Lord Wu'an is also a close relative and important minister that Your Majesty relies on. Your majesty certainly does not want the Embroidered Waist Division to be controlled by the Ran family. This time the Ran family has offended the leader of the tribe. Your majesty should ask your father and brother for help, and with the pressure from the leader of the alliance, Lord Zhao, to help Your Majesty take back control of the Embroidered Waist Division. It will be beneficial to you, both publicly and privately, to the country and to yourself. "

Mrs. Wei watched as Gao picked up the teacup.

After putting down the teacup, Gao asked again: "Is the current Lord of the Shenyuan Palace in the Baoguang Palace a true descendant of the Xuan family?"

"Whether it is true or not is irrelevant. As long as the princess cannot prove her identity, she is not a true descendant of the Divine Emperor. And the Emperor of Dongyu must never admit the accusation of sending someone else to take the blame and break faith. There will never be any descendants of the Divine Emperor in the world, and there will be no such thing as a tribe being blessed by the destiny."

"Your Majesty, are you sure you can seize the precious jade?"

"We cannot guarantee that we will win it. After all, the precious jade may not be in the hands of the Dongyu envoy at all."

"So, in the future, Dongyu can still claim that the descendants of Emperor Shenzong are still in Jiankang!"

"Well, let me put it this way. Although the flag of Lord Shenyuan is important, relatively speaking, do you think that in the eyes of the Emperor of Dongyu, Lord Shenyuan is more important, or the lives of the two princes, especially Lord Jiaosu, are more important?"

"Jiao Su Jun is not the crown prince that the Emperor of Dongyu wants."

"So, is the life of Lord Jiaosu important to his mother's clan, Changping Zheng?" Madam Wei shook her head and said, "Without Lord Jiaosu, who can Changping Zheng rely on to fight for power in the future? If Lord Shenyuandian is really an impostor, how could Changping Zheng watch Lord Jiaosu being used by the Emperor of Dongyu and become a stepping stone for the current crown prince of Dongyu?"

"So, the Lord of Shenyuan Palace is indeed a descendant of the Divine Sect?!"

"But the precious jade may not be carried by the Lord. After all, the Emperor of Dongyu has to keep some things to himself. He would rather the Lord of Shenyuan no longer exist in the world than allow him to be obtained by another country."

Gao suddenly realized: "The emperor of Dongyu sent the real Lord of Shenyuan Palace as an envoy, which made the Zheng clan in Changping speechless. If we can establish diplomatic relations with the Northern Han Dynasty and welcome Lord of Shenyuan Palace back, it will certainly be something that the court of Dongyu will be happy to see. However, if there are twists and turns and Lord of Shenyuan Palace cannot return to the country, Dongyu will have the precious jade in hand, and it can also prevent the Northern Han Dynasty from using the name of the descendants of Emperor Shenzong to claim that they have been blessed by the imperial clan of Emperor Shenzong.

Anyway, the Emperor of Dongyu had never expected Xuan to survive. At that time, he would claim that the Palace Master was killed by the Northern Han, and the Northern Han would not be able to produce Zhigui to prove Xuan's true identity... There would be no more descendants of Emperor Shenzong in the world, and Dongyu would be free from worries."

"That's right. For the six tribes, the emperor will be destroyed, but for Dongyu, it's a matter of sacrificing a small stake for a big gain. Compared to having a chance to establish diplomatic relations with the Han Dynasty, open up trade, and win the Han Dynasty's cooperation against the five tribes, the emperor of Dongyu doesn't care about the life or death of the emperor. This is a game, and the result has already been determined. However, for Zhao and Han, they both want to avoid complications."