After rebirth, I made the princes cry

This time, Empress Dowager Yao still only sent an eunuch to Baoguang Palace to issue a notice and summon the Palace Master and the Left Deputy Envoy.

Yang Neichen became nervous again. He took orders from Jiang Tai, not the Queen Mother. He had tried his best but failed to gain the trust of the two foreign envoys. He was already worried about his future. Fortunately, although His Majesty's plan had encountered setbacks, he did not seem to resent the foreign envoys for this, nor did he give him any other orders. He probably would not hold him accountable. Therefore, Yang Neichen was grateful for the Left Deputy Envoy's tact and wisdom. Who knew that in such a calm situation, the Queen Mother seemed to be trying to make trouble again.

Although the two foreign envoys were both women, they were very different from women of honor like the empress dowager. They held formal official positions and were responsible for the mission of negotiating peace between the two countries, just like officials. As officials of Dongyu, how could they be summoned by the empress dowager at will?

What's more, the eunuch sent by the Queen Mother was so arrogant and insolent.

Yang Neichen had no choice but to report the matter to the envoy's personal guards.

The prince didn't know whether he should obey the summons or not, but Yingshu felt that the empress dowager's summons came at the right time.

It seems that Jiang Gaofan and Mrs. Wei have successfully completed their respective tasks.

"This time the Lord of the Palace will also be summoned, but he will only accommodate Empress Dowager Yao in terms of the summons." Yingshu said.

After saying that, she looked at Sikong Yuehu again.

"That's exactly what we should do." As the commander-in-chief, Sikong Yuehu affirmed Yingshu's proposal.

In fact, Dianjun never wanted to sit back and enjoy the fruits of others' labor, but she still lacked confidence and found it difficult to deal with all kinds of complicated situations. She was afraid that she would reveal her flaws and thwart Xinsujun's plan. But today, when she was allowed to "fight on the field", she was extremely excited. She immediately left her seat with Yingshu without any hesitation. Behind the two women, Sikong Yuehu and Liang Hui followed naturally.

Even if we are called upon, we cannot be too decisive in doing so.

Yingshu was already very familiar with how to irritate Queen Mother Yao. The Queen Mother was arrogant and of course would not take eunuchs seriously. But in the eyes of the Queen Mother, eunuchs were her minions after all, and her minions were much nobler than the Han women. The Queen Mother felt that even her own minions should not be offended by others, but Yingshu insisted on stomping on her minions.

In comparison, Jiang Tai's confidants were much more "timid" than the Queen Mother's confidants. Although the weather today was somewhat gloomy and quite cool, Yang Neichen had a thin layer of sweat on his forehead. He hunched his back in front of the arrogant Yao Dajian, especially when he saw two foreign envoys, leading four of their trusted guards, coming out at the same time, Yang Neichen's lower abdomen began to ache and he groaned silently.

"When summoned by the Empress Dowager, the armed guards are not allowed to enter the inner court." The eunuch who was given the surname Yao did not seem to understand that meeting with foreign envoys was a ritual of diplomatic relations. He stood straight and his tone was very stiff.

He is actually a Han Chinese and speaks fluent Chinese. He even won Jiang Xiongying's favor at one time. Among the many eunuchs in Weiyang Palace, he was the top figure. But now he is sincerely surrendering to Queen Mother Yao. It is not that he has always been so arrogant, but he has to meet the requirements of the master he follows. Queen Mother Yao asked him to force the foreign envoy to obey the summons, so he should have put on a threatening posture.

Little did she know that Yingshu could see through Yao Dajian's weakness at a glance.

"Foreign officials have reminded the Queen Mother several times that they are not officials of the Northern Han Dynasty, let alone official wives. They are responsible for negotiating diplomatic relations. They can only discuss political affairs with the King and ministers of the Northern Han Dynasty. If the King of the Northern Han Dynasty summons foreign officials, they should obey the summons. But the Queen Mother summoned... Why did the Queen Mother disregard state etiquette and summon foreign officials?"

"Since the foreign envoy is in our dynasty, how dare he refuse the Empress Dowager's order?" Yao Dajian's two short gray eyebrows stood upside down.

"Don't you understand what I just said?" Yingshu's eyebrows and eyes were still calm, and there seemed to be a spring breeze-like smile swirling between her eyebrows.

"Left Deputy Envoy, the Queen Mother is the monarch's mother. Even the monarch dares not offend her. How dare you, a mere foreign envoy, disrespect the Queen Mother?"

"We are envoys of Dayu, not ministers of Northern Han. We are here to represent the emperor of Dayu to Northern Han. The eunuch's words just now seemed to suggest that the queen mother of Northern Han had the right to issue orders to our emperor. The eunuch's words were outrageous. We should lodge a formal protest to the monarch of Northern Han."

Ying Shu no longer paid attention to the minions, and only said to the Lord of Shenyuan Palace: "This matter involves the prestige of Dayu. The Lord of Shenyuan Palace is the mastermind, and he should write a letter of protest."

Seeing that the atmosphere was already tense, Yao Dajian's lackey refused to give in and sneered, "I can't invite an envoy from outside. Does that mean the Queen Mother must order the palace guards to come and invite him?"

Pan Neichen was so frightened that his legs were shaking. He knew that although Queen Mother Yao did not have the power to mobilize the palace guards, the Queen Mother's Palace had a group of private guards in the inner court. Because of the emperor's indulgence, this group of private guards was incorporated into the palace guard system and could indeed be called palace guards. If the Queen Mother used the private guards in the inner court and they clashed with the envoys' guards in Baoguang Palace...

Can Your Majesty punish the Queen Mother? No, but if you don't punish her, how can the envoys from Dongyu let it go?

By then, the person who will be punished and executed may very likely be this unlucky guy like me!

Pan Neichen didn't know what to do, but Yingshu didn't make things difficult for him and ordered, "Capture this arrogant guy!"

"You dare?" Just as Yao Dajian uttered these two words, a cold sword was placed on his neck.

Sikong Yuehu's cold sword was unsheathed silently, but where the sword tip touched, the temples of the minion felt as if they were scraped by a steel blade. There was a sharp and cold pain, and Yao Dajian's face turned pale, his knees went weak, and he opened his mouth, but dared not make any sound.

"Although your country's queen mother is not familiar with etiquette, she is not so foolish as to threaten foreign envoys with death. You, a mere eunuch, are trying to sow discord between the two countries by using this method of bullying. In this case, I really have to go see the queen mother and ask her how to punish you for your crime."

After hearing what Yingshu said, Yang Neichen heaved a long sigh of relief. At this moment, he no longer cared whether he would offend the "famous person" in the Empress Dowager's Palace, so he quickly suggested: "Left Deputy Envoy, the personal guards of the envoys are indeed not allowed to enter the inner court. If Left Deputy Envoy trusts me, why not hand this criminal over to the eunuchs for custody."

Yingshu had achieved her goal, so she naturally would not embarrass Yang Neichen anymore and simply said "thank you".

Empress Dowager Yao was still unsure at this time, but she was already waiting in the main hall, pacing back and forth impatiently. Seeing that her father was calm and composed, she frowned in dissatisfaction. Of course, she knew her daughter's temper very well. Recently, seeing that her daughter's style of behavior was becoming more and more like Jiang Gaofan, the empress dowager found it very irritating.

"That Wang family girl has always been stubborn and you have suffered at her hands. Can you force her and Xuan family to obey the summons just by sending a eunuch?"

"First use courtesy, then force. If she doesn't come, I'll just send the palace guards to get her." Jiang Lina said arrogantly, "Last time it was the Queen who stopped me. Otherwise, those ten guards wouldn't have been able to stop the person I brought."

Jiang Lina seemed to have forgotten that a long sword was already placed on her neck before the queen arrived.

"If you really do it, I'm afraid it will be detrimental to your majesty's plan."

"Mother, since you have agreed to let me take charge of the matter, don't hesitate any more. Now that the two princes of Dongyu have returned safely, and my brother has no intention of establishing diplomatic relations with Dongyu, why should we care about the so-called diplomatic etiquette? The daughter of the Wang family refuses to give in, which is exactly what I want. Once we kill all the guards of Baoguang Palace, her life and death will be in our hands. No matter how tough she is, she will not be willing to die, right? And even if she is willing to die, does Xuan Shi not want to live?"

As soon as Jiang Lina finished speaking, a eunuch came in to report.

Jiang Lina was beaming with joy: "Look, isn't he summoned here?"

People did come, but the henchmen sent by the Queen Mother had their arms tied and were escorted in by Yang Neichen and another eunuch.

Ying Shu did not even ask why the Queen Mother summoned him. She got straight to the point and asked, "This eunuch in the Queen Mother's Palace claimed to be following the Queen Mother's order and spoke rudely. After being refuted by the foreign minister, he even threatened to mobilize the palace guards to massacre the Baoguang Palace. Although he committed a serious crime, the foreign minister adhered to the etiquette of diplomatic relations and naturally would not overstep his authority to punish the slaves of the Northern Han Dynasty. Therefore, I specially sent this criminal to the Queen Mother for trial."

Queen Mother Yao was furious, but at this moment she still remembered that she had handed over the hosting rights to ***, so she gritted her teeth and said nothing.

Although Jiang Lina tried to imitate the calm and strategic style of Da Shangchen, she could only learn the superficial aspects. It was difficult to change her arrogant and irritable temperament. She sneered and said, "Eunuch Yao was indeed following my order. The Queen Mother wanted to summon the two envoys. I knew that the Left Deputy Envoy would not be willing to obey the summons, so I told him to use courtesy first and then force..."

"Courtesy first, then force?" Ying Shu was almost amused. "This eunuch did not perform courtesy first when meeting the foreign envoy, but I did not care. I just argued with him calmly about whether the Queen Mother had the right to summon the foreign envoy. This eunuch knew he was unreasonable and was speechless. He immediately threatened me. Now I finally understand that this eunuch is really fearless. It turns out that the one who wanted to intimidate and kill our Dayu envoy is ***. In this case, even the Queen Mother cannot punish ***. I have no choice but to protest directly to Your Majesty."

Yingshu had not sat down yet. She bowed and wanted to leave.

"I advise Deputy Envoy Zuo not to be so arrogant. Now that you are here, don't even think about leaving alive without my permission!"

Yang Neichen followed him, but he didn't expect to step into the fire pit again. His scalp tensed up immediately, and he secretly prayed to God - Hongtao and Baili seemed to be smart enough. If they found something wrong today, they should report it to Madam Wei in time, right? Although Madam Wei didn't dare to break into the Queen Mother's Palace, she would definitely report it to His Majesty immediately, right? I hope His Majesty can make it in time.

"Your Majesty, are you going to just stand by and watch and allow the traitor to be so arrogant?!" Ying Shu didn't want to tolerate the Queen Mother standing by and watching.

"I ask the Left Deputy Envoy whether he is guilty of disobeying the imperial order first?" Queen Mother Yao was originally an arrogant person, and her anger had not subsided yet. When she heard Jiang Lina's threatening voice, she felt very happy in her heart, and of course she had to support her daughter.

"It seems that if I don't follow the Queen Mother's orders today, I will indeed die in Weiyang Palace?!"

"He who knows the times is a hero. Deputy Envoy Zuo is a smart man." Jiang Lina said with joy.

The saying that a man who knows the times is a hero is true, but today Yingshu is determined not to know the times.

"I know what the Queen Mother and the Empress Dowager are thinking. They think that the Right Vice Envoy and the Commander of the Diplomatic Corps of our dynasty are the princes of Dayu. Of course, our Majesty will not disregard the safety of the princes. But now that the two princes have returned to Dayu, only the Lord and I are still in Northern Han. You two think that the Majesty of our dynasty will never declare war on Northern Han because of the life and death of the Lord and me, right?"

"The Left Deputy Envoy is indeed a smart man." Jiang Lina raised her chin high. "In fact, the Queen Mother and I invited you two here today to discuss the peace talks, not to humiliate you. But the Left Deputy Envoy has always been arrogant and refused to accept toasts or punishments. I had no choice but to cater to the Left Deputy Envoy's habits. I have made you worry, so I apologize to you in advance."

Expressing apology with the nose turned upside down.

The Lord of Shenyuan Palace was almost amused.

When Jiang Lina openly issued a death threat just now, she was not afraid at all. It was not because she was not afraid of death, but because she knew that Xin Sujun had already made arrangements. Not only did Hong Tao and Bai Li tip off the Queen Mother, but even this Queen Mother's Palace had spies planted by Jiang Tai. Jiang Tai was not wary of the Queen Mother, but under Madam Wei's unremitting efforts, he had deep doubts about the Queen Mother's mind. Queen Mother Yao was too easy to be used by others, and she was a good knife. Jiang Tai did not dare to take it lightly and decided to protect the Queen Mother by planting an insider.

Yingshu only needs to delay a little time and the reinforcements will arrive outside the Empress Dowager's Palace.

"Then I will just listen to what the Queen Mother and the Queen Mother propose regarding the policy of peace talks."

Jiang Lina understood this to mean that Yingshu had given in.

"Jiang Mo is unwilling to return to his country to attend the funeral, which has committed the great crime of disloyalty and unfilial piety. Dongyu should no longer shelter such criminals. The Left Deputy Envoy should write to the Emperor of Dongyu and order the expulsion of Jiang Mo." This is not a discussion at all, it is clearly a direct order.

"Is this also the Queen Mother's opinion?" Yingshu asked.

Queen Mother Yao sneered: "Why bother asking such a question?"

"I understand. I will take my leave now."

Yingshu bowed for the third time.

"Stop!" Jiang Lina slammed the table and stood up: "Since Deputy Envoy Zuo has agreed to follow orders, why don't you write the memorial here? There is no need to trouble Deputy Envoy Zuo to send another messenger. I am willing to do it for you."

"I only understood the Queen Mother and the Emperor's ideas, but I did not accept their proposal. The Emperor talked to himself and even used the rhetoric of following orders... This involves the national politics of two countries. Not to mention the Queen Mother and the Emperor, even the monarch of Northern Han has no right to ask the envoys of Dayu to follow orders!"

The mother and daughter sitting in the upper seats had two pairs of identical angry eyes. Empress Dowager Yao could no longer hold back and asked, "Does the Left Deputy Envoy really want to disobey the order?"

"What the Queen Mother said is simply unreasonable." Yingshu refused to give in.

"Do you think I dare not execute a traitor like you?"

"Ridiculous! I have repeatedly reminded the Queen Mother that I am a minister of Dayu, not of Northern Han. Regarding the diplomatic relations between the two countries, the inner and outer ladies of Northern Han have no right to summon me to discuss matters with me. The national prestige of Dayu maintained by me is the interest of Dayu. If I compromise with the Queen Mother's threats, I will be a traitor of Dayu!" In Ying Shu's eyes, the Queen Mother was simply a stupid shrew. "And I remind the Queen Mother again that if she insists on acting recklessly and threatens to kill me in Weiyang Palace, His Majesty will certainly send troops to attack Northern Han. The Queen Mother will not care about the survival of Northern Han. I am afraid that even the king of Northern Han and many ministers will no longer cover up the Queen Mother's crime of endangering the country!"

Queen Mother Yao slammed the table and stood up.

Jiang Lina was still somewhat calm: "Mother, am I right? Deputy Envoy Zuo relies on the support of the Fifth Prince of Dongyu, and does not care about the safety of Lord Shenyuan. Lord, our dynasty is willing to treat you as a distinguished guest. As long as peace is reached between the two countries, we will definitely escort you back to Dongyu safely. Lord, please do not let Deputy Envoy Zuo use you."

The Lord of Shenyuan Palace couldn't help but laugh out loud.

"*** is trying to sow discord in such a crude way. Do you think that because I don't look as eloquent as the Left Deputy Envoy, I am really a fool?"