“Your Highness, the Great Yue Kingdom has sent out over a hundred thousand soldiers who are now stationed at our northern border.”
Yun Yi’s face darkened, and he continued, “Furthermore, there are also movements in Xiliang Country to the west.”
Anshitang and Fengming looked at each other and asked in unison, “What’s the noise?”
“Xiliang Kingdom sent female spies to try and infiltrate Beijang City, but they were discovered by the city guards. We captured those women, and one of them had an emblem of the Xiliang royal family on her person.”
Member of the Western Liang royal family?
Mo Junyi frowned, “This young master has heard that the female emperor of Xiliang Country only has two daughters. Since there are emblems of royal family members among those you captured today, could she be one of the princesses of Xiliang Country?”
Yun Yi nodded slightly, “I also had such a guess, so I didn’t have the women executed immediately.”
An Xuetang pursed her lips, “Did that woman say anything?”
She only said one thing: that she wanted to see the Princess.
An Xuetang subconsciously frowned, seeing her?
What did the princess of Xi Liang see her doing?
Feng Ming and Mo Junyi looked at each other, then turned to An Xuetang. Mo Junyi spoke:
“Mother, since we’ve captured the princess of Xi Liang, why not imprison her and use her as a hostage? That way, the Empress of Xi Liang will be too afraid to play tricks on our Northern Border!”
Phoenix Ming narrowed her eyes slightly, “I’m afraid the Empress this time didn’t know about this. And the Empress of Xi Liang is naturally cold-hearted. If she really wanted to do something to Bei Jiang, she wouldn’t care about the life or death of a princess.”
“… ”
Yun Yi nodded in agreement, “Young Master Feng is right. In fact, Xiliang Country originally had five princesses. However, the other three were kidnapped and used as leverage to force the Empress to abdicate. The Empress watched helplessly as those three princesses were killed, which shows that she wouldn’t be intimidated.”
Mo Junyi stared blankly, speechless. “This woman is so ruthless!”
At this, An Xuetang suddenly sneered, “Then torture those women and ask them what they are trying to do. If they say nothing, kill them directly!”
When it came to enemies, An Xue Tang showed no mercy. Since these captured women were of no use to them, there was no point in keeping them.
Yun Yi pursed her lips, “The woman said she wanted to see the Princess and claimed to have a way to save the prince in the palace.”
Although Yun Yi didn’t believe the woman’s words, he also believed their prince didn’t need saving by others. However, since the woman had said so, he needed to inform their princess about the situation.
As for how to do it, that depends on their princess.
After hearing Yun Yi’s words, An Xue Tang became instantly interested, her deep eyes narrowing slightly. “She said there was a way to save Ajing?”
As they were speaking, An Xue Tang stood up. “Since that’s the case, I naturally have to go meet her!”
Mo Junyi stood up and grabbed An Xietang’s hand. “Mother, it’s better not to go. What could that kind of woman do to save my fifth uncle?”
“Everyone is here already, so it wouldn’t hurt to go say hello to her.”
Feng Ming raised an eyebrow, he was about to say something when Hua Duo’er requested an audience.
On hearing that Hua Duo’er had arrived, An Xue Tang was taken aback and quickly motioned for her to come in.
“Duo’er, you’re back!”
Seeing the flowers, An Xuetang’s eyes held a mixture of excitement and worry. “Where have you been these past two days? Are you hurt?”
Huaduoer was supposed to return to the capital with Mo Yunjing and Yunliu, but this time, Mo Yunjing left in a hurry and didn’t have the time to arrange for Huaduoer to enter the palace. Therefore, Huaduoer continued to stay in Beijang.
Huahua suddenly left Beijiang two days ago. She and Hong’er were very secretive, and no one knows where they went.
I went there for two days.
Hearing the flower’s words, Yun Yi raised his head in surprise, looking at her with a hint of curiosity in his eyes:
“Little Flower, you’re quite well-informed. You grasped the news about the captured Xiliang woman before most people even knew about it. How did you find out?”
Knowing Cloud One suspected she wasn’t sincere, Huāduǒ didn’t care. She just smiled and explained:
“My companion Hong’er and I ventured out of the city these past two days. By chance, we encountered a group of women outside the city walls. I had the fortunate experience of meeting those princesses from Xiliang during my father’s campaigns. Amazingly, one of the women in this group outside the city was Princess Xi Liang.”
“Could the person who leaked information to the city garrison commander be Miss Duo’er?”
As soon as Yun Yi uttered these words, Hong er immediately chimed in from the side, “That’s right, it was our young mistress who had us deliver this letter to the General guarding the city. Otherwise, do you think those Western Liang women could have been stopped so easily?”
Even Hong’er, who is slow-witted, can see that Yun Yi is asking questions one by one, clearly targeting their young mistress. Yun Yi still seems wary of their young mistress.
“Hong’er, you mustn’t be so unreasonable to General Yun Yi.”
“Yes, Miss.”
Although Hong’er said it with her mouth, she was still displeased with Yun Yi in her heart.
“An Xue Tang shook her head at this moment, “Yun Yi, don’t doubt Duoer like that in the future.”
Yun Yi bowed, “Yes.”
Hua Duoer smiled, “It’s alright, A Tang. General Yun Yi being the general of the camp and having a sense of vigilance is a good thing. I came to find you mainly because I want to go meet this Princess from Xiliang with you.”
“Sure.”
An Xue Tang didn’t know why Huaduo wanted to see this princess from Xi Liang, but she was going to meet anyway. What difference did it make to bring Huaduo along?
Mo Junyi also wanted to go, but Feng Ming pulled him back, “This is a woman’s affair, you better not go.”
But that woman is the princess of Xi Liang, what if Mother goes to see her and she says something that causes trouble?
Phoenix chuckled, “Just say it. Your mother isn’t someone who judges right from wrong. She says what she wants, and she wouldn’t believe it anyway.”
Feng Ming had just seen the ambiguous look in Hua Duoer’s eyes, and he felt that there was definitely something going on between these women.
An Xuetang and Huaduo’er came to the prison. As soon as they entered, they smelled a strong metallic scent of blood.
An Xuetang frowned and walked to the cell where the women were held. She realized that these women were using knives to cut their own bodies.
This…self-harm?
What is the meaning behind their self-harm? <<<
An Xuetang looked at Hua Duo’er, but Hua Duo’er smirked and then took out a white porcelain bottle.
She walked over and without a word, she splashed onto the women. The women instantly screamed in pain.
An Xuetang blinked, she didn’t understand what Huaduoer was doing.
The little flower pointed in a direction. When An Xue Tang looked, she saw that the soldiers had already taken off their uniforms, and their faces were flushed red, as if they had been given… some kind of drug.
Soon, An Xue Tang reacted, could the blood of these women emit a scent similar to spring and medicine?
Make people feel like Chinese medicine?
I have to say, An Xue Tang’s truth is revealed!