EBE Chapter 32 The situation between North Korea and China
Chapter 32 The situation between North Korea and China
"Princess, he will find out sooner or later. Don't worry about telling him. Let him concentrate on finding evidence of Yang Guofu's collusion with the enemy." The Prime Minister said relaxedly while stroking his beard. The more relaxed he was, the more worried Princess Danyang and Lord Jin were.
"Come here, both of you. This is the news I heard from the court. Please make sure it is not left in writing but only passed on by word of mouth." The Prime Minister pulled the two men to the backyard and whispered a few words.
"Really?" Lord Jin's eyes flickered. "Great, we have a better chance of defeating Yang Guofu."
"A general at the border has an orphan? Someone at the border has intercepted evidence of Yang Guofu's collusion with the enemy!" Song Fengren murmured, "Could it be that the younger brother is the orphan?" She pondered for a moment but did not tell this secret to her teacher.
"But I don't know where the letter is now? However, the people sent out by Jinzhilou were intercepted by our people along the way, and the information they sorted out pointed to the seven counties near Xingwen County and Luochuan."
Hearing the words "Xingwen County", Danyang's eyes wandered, and he thought, "Is it really him?"
"Danyang! What have you thought of?" the Prime Minister scolded.
"No... I didn't think of anything. I just remembered that Yan Sheng is the owner of Xingwen County. We are also short of manpower in Xingwen County. Can I ask his wife to help investigate?"
"Didn't he send a message saying that his wife is not a nymphomaniac?" asked the Prime Minister.
"She is just pretending. She just doesn't want to marry my junior brother. But from my observation, this beautiful girl is not an ordinary person. She dared to kill a doctor with her bare hands!" Princess Danyang replied.
"Healing with bare hands? She should be the first person in our Great Zhou who dares to do this. She is really brave and has amazing perseverance. But you still have to discuss this matter with Yan Sheng."
"You must be careful when you go to Xingwen County. We are in the imperial court and cannot leave the capital at will. We can only use your identity as the princess to help with the contact. Whether the Great Zhou can get back on track depends on you."
"What is the emperor's plan?" Princess Danyang asked anxiously.
"The emperor is almost being sidelined in the court. Now all the royal affairs are handled by Yang Guofu." The prime minister sighed.
"No wonder Dad stayed in the palace for so long and didn't come back!" Danyang said angrily, "I didn't expect that the thing I was most worried about would happen. He controls the government and the country, and the next step is probably to establish himself as a new king."
"Yang Guofu is extremely powerful in the court, but the military power of the capital's guards and imperial guards is in the hands of your father. He probably doesn't have such big ambitions now. Once the military power of the capital falls into his hands, the Great Zhou will probably no longer be the Great Zhou."
After saying this, the Prime Minister sighed and said, "I beg the late emperor to bless our Great Zhou to prosper."
"Oh, right, teacher! This is the intelligence Yan Sheng obtained in Xingwen County. It contains a letter asking him to impeach Lord Jin. Please take a look at it!"
Danyang gave the letter to the prime minister, who read it and gave it to Lord Jin.
"I didn't expect that they would use the same method again. Now all those who were forced to resign in the court are impeached with this reason. The lighter ones will be dismissed from office and the heavier ones will have their property confiscated." Lord Jin replied.
"The several officials in the Ministry of Rites, the Ministry of Personnel, the Ministry of Revenue, and the Ministry of Works who were on good terms with me have all been dismissed. Now the only ones left in the court who support me are my students and your father's military department. I have already thought of the worst-case scenario."
"Can't we send someone to kill Yang Guofu?" Danyang asked.
"How easy is it to kill him? All the eunuchs in the palace have been replaced by the Huangyu guards from Jinzhi Tower, and even the palace maids serving in the bedroom are from Jinzhi Tower! I'm afraid we will have very few opportunities to meet in the future." Lord Jin said.
"Now, while the situation is still under our control, we must find evidence as soon as possible. Only then will we have reason to declare the case to the world for redress."
"Boom! Boom!"
There was a knock on the door. "The princess has a group of people coming towards us. Judging from their attire, they don't look like ours."
"Got it. You guys line up and prepare to resist the attack."
"Yes!" Yuanlu replied.
"I didn't expect Yang Guofu's people to arrive so quickly. It seems we have to retreat first." Lord Jin reminded.
Before leaving, the prime minister handed Danyang a token and told her not to open it until she arrived in Xingwen County.
Not long after Danyang and her men started traveling, they ran into that group of people head-on. "Who are you? How dare you block the way of Princess Danyang?" the vanguard soldier stepped forward and asked.
Hearing the answer from the vanguard, the people on the other side laughed and said, "Is Princess Danyang so powerful? The one sitting in our sedan chair is the prince. Logically speaking, you are the ones who are blocking our prince's way!"
The two sides were arguing fiercely on the road.
Princess Danyang asked loudly: "I remember that without the order of the emperor, the prince could not send anyone back to the capital. Why did he return to the capital today?"
The person in the opposite sedan also responded loudly: "The emperor in the capital has issued an oral order for all seven vassal kings to send their sons to the capital to study."
"The emperor is a member of the Jinzhi Tower, so how could he have asked someone to give an oral order? Yang Guofu must have falsely given an oral order to have all the princes of the vassal states come to the capital so that he could control all the princes of the vassal states."
Princess Danyang thought of this and immediately cleared her throat: "It's just a routine investigation. Sorry for the offense! I am the daughter of the Duke of Zhenguo, who was personally granted the title of Huguo Hou by the late emperor - Song Yingran. May I ask who you are?"
"The last emperor personally bestowed the surname 'Zhou' on the prince of Luochuan - Zhou Yuan."
After the two men exchanged their identities, Princess Danyang let them pass. Their carriages met each other, and Danyang saw through the gap that there was a handsome man sitting inside.
"Could it be a woman who came?"
The prince and Danyang suddenly looked at each other, and he immediately retracted his head, "It's really a woman!" Danyang was very sure of the identity of the person in the sedan after taking a look.
"I didn't expect that the princes would send their daughters to dress up as men. It seems that these people have heard about what is going on in the court."
"Sir, did she see through me just now?" Zhou Yuan asked with his head down.
"Yes, the princess's aura was indeed suppressed by her. But according to our understanding, her father was also placed under house arrest in the palace by Prime Minister Yang. As long as she doesn't say anything, no one will know your identity. Remember to be more assertive in the palace in the future and show the confidence of the Zhou family surname bestowed by the late emperor." The man in the carriage comforted.
"Yuanlu, you pay someone in the Golden Branch Tower to find out how many daughters the Prince of Luochuan has. When I go to the palace to look for my father in the evening, I will try to win him over to our side."
"Yes! But the most important thing now is to send the princess back home." Yuanlu came to her side with a horse and responded.
"Yuanlu, how many years have you been with my father?"
“It’s been exactly five years, including this year!”
"After this year, you will repay my father for saving you. Then you can go to Xingwen County and do your job steadily."
Yuan Lu smiled embarrassedly and said, "Princess, I repaid the favor of the Marquis last year, but the owner of the building asked me to stay by your side to protect your safety and find out some things about the martial arts world."
"Junior brother, you have a little conscience. You'd better help me find out her identity this afternoon." After saying that, she looked at the jade box that the teacher handed to her.