strictlysupreme Chapter 74 The dust has settled!
Chapter 74 The dust has settled!
"My Lady, I think my inner guard token was lost during the fight!"
"what?"
Jin Lehuang was shocked. She asked sternly, "Why are you so careless?"
She never imagined that Qu Feiyan did such a thing while still carrying the internal security token, and the key point was that it was lost during the fight. If the token fell into the hands of others, there would be big problems.
Qu Feiyan said ashamedly: "The incident happened suddenly. Xiao Li and Guan Canghai's plan was too tight, and my subordinates acted hastily..."
"No! You must be careful today, especially when facing Gu Jingzhi. You must not reveal any flaws!"
It is a serious crime to interfere with the internal guards. If you find out that the internal guards assassinated a prince without any instructions, this is a serious problem.
Qu Feiyan said, "Princess, the mission will probably be over soon. How about I leave Gu Jing's house now?"
"inappropriate!"
Jin Lehuang immediately refused, then, as if thinking for a moment, said, "The Inner Guard hasn't ordered an internal investigation yet. I guess the matter of the token hasn't been made known to the Inner Guard yet. If you leave now, you'll be exposed immediately!"
"But the token..."
"I will take care of this matter myself!"
"Yes!"
Qu Feiyan agreed respectfully, and then, as if she had thought of something, she said, "Princess, I tried to test Gu Jingzhi's old servant the day before yesterday, but didn't get any useful information. The next day, the old servant died tragically, but I don't know..."
Ok?
Gu Jingzhi heard this from outside and his eyes turned slightly cold.
Jin Lehuang actually asked Qu Feiyan to test Old Huang? Testing what? Could Old Huang's death be related to Jin Lehuang?
"I've heard about this and I find it very strange, but I have no clue what to do at the moment. Anyway, this matter has nothing to do with our plan, so let's put the matter of Gu Jingzhi's old servant aside for now!"
"promise……"
Qu Feiyan responded, and a flash of disappointment flashed across the eyes of Gu Jingzhi, who was hiding outside.
After all, Lao Huang is just a servant. What qualifications does he have to attract excessive attention?
After thinking about it, he already had the answer he wanted today, so he quietly slipped into the dark.
……
When Qu Feiyan returned to Gu Jingzhi's residence, she saw that the oil lamp in the mourning hall was still emitting a faint light, and she felt a little relieved.
When Gu Jingzhi heard the sound of Qu Feiyan's room door opening and closing, his eyes flashed slightly.
As soon as he returned, Qu Feiyan arrived. It seemed that she and Jin Lehuang didn't talk about anything afterwards.
What is certain now is that Qu Feiyan’s actual superior is not Tianshu, but Jin Lehuang who is hiding in the dark.
However, Jin Lehuang is a princess of a fallen country. What does she want to do by getting involved in the Inner Guard Palace?
Judging from their conversation today, Jin Lehuang's hidden chess piece is not only Qu Feiyan, but also Yu Heng, one of the seven inner guard leaders.
The seven chiefs of the Inner Guard were named after the Big Dipper. No one would have thought that Jin Lehuang, the princess of a fallen country who had kept a low profile in the capital for twenty years, actually controlled such an important force.
The internal guards of the headquarters led by Yuheng are responsible for monitoring all officials in the capital.
only……
Why did Jin Lehuang assassinate Xiao Li?
There was no hatred between the two of them, or between Yun Guo and Li Yue in their early years.
When they were at the Crown Prince's Mansion, the princess seemed to agree with his and the Crown Prince's strategy. It couldn't be that she sent out the inner guards to deal with Xiao Li in order to facilitate the negotiations between Daxia and Beili because of the Chang Wei murder incident in the Beili delegation, right?
Not to mention anything else, Gu Jingzhi alone didn't think this was possible.
Judging from his two brief encounters with Jin Lehuang, this Princess Lehuang does not seem like a fool.
If Xiao Li was killed in the capital of Daxia, not only would the problem not be solved, but the conflict would also be directly directed at the Beili delegation. After all, Guan Canghai was a real assassin, and he was indeed a member of the Beili delegation on the surface.
Her action would not only fail to help the prince, but would make Bei Li more suspicious.
Gu Jingzhi shook his head slightly, and just when he felt that it was a little ridiculous, he was suddenly stunned...
Or maybe, this Princess Le Huang actually wants to put the blame on Bei Li?
Thinking of the name she used when talking to Qu Feiyan...
I……
How could she, a princess, use such a title?
And her other identity, Princess of Yun Country...
Gu Jingzhi was stunned. Could it be that this woman had other ideas?
If the Beili delegation was really found guilty of various crimes, given Emperor Xia's character, in order to save the reputation of Great Xia, even if it was in accordance with the convention of "not killing envoys", I am afraid they would have to be expelled from the country.
And the consequences...
Even if Daxia does not form an alliance with Liyue, it will inevitably take advantage of the war between Beili and Liyue to launch a war in the north in order to regain the northern territory.
This is...
Gu Jingzhi's eyes flashed. The land in the north belonged to the Yun Kingdom. If the two countries went to war, what benefits would Jin Lehuang get?
If his guesses were correct, why would this woman want to see a war between Daxia and Beili?
Also, she asked Qu Feiyan to ask Lao Huang something, what did she want to know?
This woman hid herself too well. When she was in the prince's house, she looked like a harmless little white rabbit, but what was the reality?
The seven departments of the Imperial Household Department, the Yuheng Department, which is so important for monitoring all officials... are actually controlled by this woman. It is equivalent to that all the secrets of the officials in the capital are controlled by this woman!
She has this ability, and she still hides in the dark to interfere in the negotiations. If this woman says she has no ulterior motive, he will never believe it even if you kill him!
……
Five days passed in a flash.
Nothing major happened during these five days, and even the safety of Baili Gongshu, which Gu Jingzhi was worried about, did not happen.
These days, he asked Lin Chong and his brother to cooperate with the internal guards and guard the Beili Posthouse.
In particular, the Lin Chong brothers disguised themselves as Baili Gongshu's attendants and took care of Baili Gongshu's safety.
During these five days, Xiao Li was extremely anxious and thought about finding Da Xia to give an explanation almost every day. However, because of the unpleasantness with Gu Jingzhi last time, Gu Jingzhi refused to receive any guests in the name of funeral.
Even though he had been impeached in the court, he was always suppressed by Emperor Xia.
Whenever the Beili Mission was mentioned, Emperor Xia would dismiss his ministers on the grounds that the case had not been fully investigated.
Therefore, although Baili Gongshu had been under "house arrest" in the post station, he lived a particularly comfortable life.
Of course, if he didn't think about the five states, he would probably be happier.
For five days, there was no unusual movement in the north. Baili Gongshu also knew that Daxia was trying its best to help them solve the possible civil unrest in Beili.
As a result, the old man was in a good mood and sent another generous gift to Gu Jingzhi.
According to the usual practice, the gift was accepted, the finances were handled by the prince, and the 'ginseng'... naturally fell into Gu Jingzhi's pocket.
With the precedent of giving 'ginseng' the first time, the prince didn't think much about it and directly gave the 'ginseng' to Gu Jingzhi, and even said that if he liked it, there were plenty of them in the prince's mansion.
In response, Gu Jingzhi just refused with a smile.
After all, how could the prince's ginseng compare to the 'ginseng' sent by Baili Gongshu?
That has the words "thousand years" and "blood" added to it!
However, after dragging on for five days, even a fool would have realized it.
However, just as Xiao Li and Song Pu and their group of officials were preparing to launch an attack, the long-awaited letter from Emperor Beili finally arrived in the capital of Daxia and was delivered to Emperor Xia!