The matter at the east city gate was very big, almost everyone in the capital knew about it, including those in the imperial palace. So much so that in the morning court, when the officials mentioned this matter, there were different opinions. The opinions on the positive side were naturally from the people who stood on the Ninth Prince's side, they definitely supported doing this unconditionally. And the opposing side pointed out that this matter would harm the foundations of the two countries, after all, the person being hung up was Zong Sui's princess, this matter could easily cause a war between the two countries. And war hurt the innocent citizens the most, no matter which country it was to, it was not a good thing.
But the positive side still had something to answer, the Right Prime Minister Feng Qin told the people: "The new ruler of Zong Sui ascended the throne, but he was forced to abdicate, when he ascended the throne, he expressed that he was not willing to submit to our Dashun, this kind of vassal country, why talk about the foundations of the two countries?"
"But Zong Sui did not take the initiative to send out troops!"
"Could it be that we have to wait for the other party to send out troops before Dashun considers a passive counterattack?" Xuan Tianming said coldly: "Qian Zhou is like this, Gu Shu is like this, if Zong Sui is like this, what face does Dashun have?"
"His Ninth Highness' meaning is that Dashun wants to initiate a war against Zong Sui?" Some officials panicked, "The country is finally peaceful, if we start another war, not only will it be a waste of manpower and resources, it will also affect the hearts of the people! That Zong Sui does not want to be a vassal country, let them be independent, our Dashun does not lack that bit of tribute. It is fine as long as the country is peaceful, it is fine as long as the country is peaceful! "
Xuan Tianming stared at these old fellows, his face full of disdain, "Is it that the peaceful country has allowed your lives to be too comfortable? So much so that you do not even have the courage to exercise your rights as a vassal country when you encounter a betrayal and provocation? " As he spoke, he shook his head helplessly, "A country is not afraid of people rebelling, it is afraid of such negative emotions appearing in the court. You people are not worthy of being my Dashun's officials. "
As soon as he said this, the old officials started to get nervous again. They were all trying to guess what the Ninth Prince meant. But before they could figure it out, they heard the Sixth Prince, who was in charge of overseeing the country, speak up: "Prince Yu is right. Rebelling against your superiors is not scary. Forcing someone to abdicate the throne is even less scary. What is scary is that the hearts of the Emperor and his subjects will be shaken by you, and the hearts of the people will become negative because of you. When there comes a day when no one in Dashun dares to fight against foreign enemies, when everyone holds onto the hope that they are lucky enough to protect their homeland and allow foreign enemies to betray them, the country of Dashun will perish. " Dashun looked regretful. He looked at the old officials who objected and remained silent for a while. Finally, he said, "I, the Dashun, will never defend the world by conceding. I, the Dashun, will never lower my head to any side. You are contradicting the principles of the Dashun Empire and shaking the hearts of the officials. It is not appropriate for you to appear in the imperial court again."
With these words, he removed the positions of these officials directly. Therefore, everyone understood that Dashun attacking Zong Sui was already set in stone. It was not something that could be swayed with just one or two words.
After that, Xuan Tianming took the initiative to volunteer. After the Mid-Autumn Festival, which was the 16th day of the eighth lunar month, they set out early in the morning, heading towards the eastern border to quell Zong Sui's rebellion. No one raised any more doubts.
At that time, Feng Yu Heng was chatting with her Imperial Concubine Mother in Chun Palace. Ever since Xiangrong went missing, Consort Yun's mood had not been good. She blamed herself especially because she was the one who urged Xiangrong to walk around the streets to relieve her boredom. She felt that she was definitely involved in Xiangrong's accident.
Feng Yu Heng advised her, saying: "Imperial Concubine Mother, you are not to blame for this. What should come will come eventually. That Zong Sui Princess has been thinking about Seventh Brother for a long time. Let's think about it from another angle, Zong Sui is in the dark, we are in the light, if it was not for Xiangrong's matter this time, they might not have appeared. One day that we cannot find them is one more day of potential danger. Now that the snake has come out of its hole, it is easier to fight than when they are in the dark. "
Although she said that, Consort Yun's self-blame did not decrease. Feng Yuxing did not know how to advise her and could only accompany her silently, telling her about the matters in the imperial palace from time to time, telling her about Emperor Tianwu. But Consort Yun was not interested in Emperor Tianwu's matter, she only listened and did not express any opinions.
Coming out from Chun Palace, she went to the east of the city, looking at Yu Qianyin who was still hanging at the bottom of the city walls for a while, then she got off her horse and went up to the top of the city walls.
Today, Wang Zhuo was also on duty here. Seeing her come, he quickly went forward and said: "Princess, when I was feeding water to that Princess just now, she said with a hoarse voice that she wanted to see you, saying that she has something important to say."
Yu Qianyin had something to say to her, Feng Yu Heng did not find it strange. Hanging for two and a half days, if she still did not say anything, she might not have a chance anymore. She still did not believe that the people from Zong Sui would not care about this Princess, it was just that they did not want to let her go until the last moment. It was only half a day, the other party would definitely take action. She had already ordered people to pay attention to the movements in the city, this was the best time to attack the other party's nest.
Of course, other than this, she still had one more thing in her heart. Of all the times Xiangrong would get into trouble, she had to be kidnapped when she went out with Feng Fendai, she did not believe that this was a coincidence and had her reservations about Feng Fendai suddenly coming to look for Xiangrong. A child of the Feng family, since when would they remember the deep sisterly love?
She walked to the middle of the city wall, facing the place where Yu Qianyin was hanging, both her elbows were placed on the city wall, looking at Yu Qianyin with a smile, speaking loudly: "Your Highness the Princess, have you thought of telling me where your stronghold is?"
Yu Qianyin glared at her, that half-rotten face was like a ghost, this was because Feng Yu Heng was a physician and had seen all kinds of wounds, if it was any other woman, they would have vomited in disgust. Yu Qianyin hated Feng Yu Heng, she hated her a few years ago, she hated her even more now. Her heart was now filled with hope that her own people would quickly appear and rescue her. She waited for more than two days. Sometimes, under the autumn sun, she felt a little hopeless, feeling that her own people had abandoned her. But at night, when the weather turned cold and her mind cleared up, she felt that it would not happen, she was a Princess after all, if something happened to her, those people would not be able to explain themselves when they returned to Zong Sui.
Right now, Feng Yu Heng was right in front of her, she really wanted to go up and tear Feng Yu Heng's face apart, but unfortunately, she could not reach it. Even if she could, she did not have that ability. Feng Yu Heng was too powerful, she could not win against her at all, so she could only say fiercely: "You wish! I will definitely not tell you where they are, unless they appear on their own, otherwise, if I die, your younger sister will also be buried with me! "
"Oh!" Feng Yu Heng nodded, "For a commoner girl to be buried with a country's Princess, that is also her good fortune."
This sentence blocked Yu Qianyin's words, to the extent that the person hanging instinctively asked: "You really do not care about the life and death of that younger sister of yours?"
Feng Yu Heng shook her head, "It is not that I do not care, but I know that she will not die. Yu Qianyin, keep your wishful thinking, why don't we make a bet, tonight, your people will definitely bring the people I want to appear at the foot of this city wall, then hold a knife to their necks, asking me to let you go? "
Yu Qianyin's eyes lit up, but when she saw Feng Yu Heng's nonchalant expression, she asked in confusion: "The knife is already held to their necks, why can't I see any anxiousness from you?"
"What is there for me to be anxious about?" Feng Yu Heng giggled, "Yu Qianyin, do you believe that as long as I see them, I will be able to save them? No matter how fast their knife is, it will not be faster than my movements, even if I am so high and so far away from them. "
Her words made Yu Qianyin think of something, when she was in Zong Sui, she heard that when Xuan Tianming and Feng Yu Heng attacked Gu Shu, they used something called Heavenly Lightning, there was also a long distance shooting object, it was much better than shooting arrows, it was said to be called a gun, it could hit a person's forehead from far away, its speed was a hundred times faster than an arrow.
Her body trembled, suddenly realizing that she could not be saved, they only wanted to use her to lure people out, they never thought of any exchange, they were just waiting for those people to appear. And she, was actually still dreaming that she could be saved here. Dashun had that kind of weapon in his hands, who would he be afraid of?
Yu Qianyin was unwilling to accept this, she looked at Feng Yu Heng, saying fiercely: "I cannot win against you, you are indeed powerful. But Feng Yu Heng, you also have your failings. Do you know, who did I rely on to be able to successfully capture Feng Xiangrong? "
"Feng Fendai." Feng Yu Heng answered very quickly, and she had her own analysis, "You want to say that my failings are that everyone betrayed me, that the sisters of the Feng family were not on the same side as me, and even took the initiative to harm their own family, right?" She shook her head as she spoke, "Yu Qianyin, you do not need to use this to sow discord, not to mention that Feng Fendai and I do not have any sisterly feelings, even if there was, under the premise that you used Xiao Bao as a threat, how could I fall out with her? For any matter, every wrong has its perpetrator, every debt has its debtor, I, Feng Yu Heng, am not a fool, I do not have the leisure to be led by the nose by you. I will speak the truth, no matter what, you do not have the possibility of surviving this time, continue to be hung up, until your people appear, I will give you a quick death, if your people do not appear, I will cut off your rations, and just hang you until you die. "
Feng Yu Heng's words made Yu Qianyin feel despair, the outcome of certain death replayed in her mind over and over again, to the extent that when the sky had just turned dark on this day, her mind was not very clear, one moment she was crying, the next she was laughing, the next she was begging Feng Yu Heng for mercy, the next she was cursing at her.
And Feng Yu Heng turned a blind eye to this, only sitting on the city wall and chatting with the soldiers, Wang Chuan and Huang Quan even went to the teahouse below the city to ask for good tea, during dinner, they even specially set up a table on the city wall, eating in front of Yu Qianyin, causing the other party to collapse even more.
Xuan Tianming went to the military camp after court today, since he agreed to set out on the 16th of the eighth month, there must be arrangements at the military camp. Someone had already told him that Feng Yu Heng was arrogant on the East City Wall, but he only smiled slightly, with a doting expression, he said the same words as Xuan Tianhua: "Good! Even if that girl pokes a hole in the sky, I will help her patch it up later. Even if it cannot be patched up, if the sky falls, I will hold it up for her. It's fine, let her play! "
When the curtain of night completely fell, Xuan Tianhua came to the East City Wall to accompany her. Reality proved that Feng Yu Heng's guess was not wrong, at 3: 45 AM tonight, a group of people appeared below the East City Wall. And there were three people who were escorted by that group of people, when Feng Yu Heng looked down, she first saw Feng Xiangrong and Xiao Bao, then there was another person, after seeing that, even she could not help but grin — —
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