strictlysupreme Chapter 121 Rebellious Officials of the Former Dynasty 52
Chapter 121 Rebellious Officials of the Former Dynasty 52
"His Majesty has decreed that Princess Rui is involved in matters from the previous dynasty, and requests that she accompany us to the Prefect of the Capital for a discussion!"
Compared to the team that easily took Qingxi away from Xiao Xian, this team faces much greater pressure.
Looking at the long cavalry column that had suddenly fallen silent, and at the unsheathed swords gleaming white in the sunlight, they felt that their lives were about to end here.
Ling Yi rode a black horse, clattering as she walked out of the crowd.
The moment she slightly raised her hand, the soldiers sheathed their swords and their arrows shot into the sky.
This was the tacit understanding they had developed over five years under the Princess's command, a bond of absolute obedience.
"May I ask, sir, do you have an imperial edict?" Ling Yi cupped her hands in greeting to the visitor and spoke gently.
The minor official in the Jingzhao Yin's office felt bitter. At this moment, he dared not dwell on things like the princess having to dismount and kneel to receive the imperial edict amidst the fighting. He could only tremblingly hand the emperor's edict to Ling Yi.
"Send Princess Rui to the Dali Temple to assist in investigating the rebellious officials of the previous dynasty."
With just a short sentence and the emperor's private seal, Ling Yi glanced at it and handed it to Xiao Yao behind her.
Seeing this, the official lowered his head even further.
Although news from the northern desert was well-sealed, with the transfer of officials and the comings and goings of caravans in recent years, the fact that His Highness Prince Rui was afraid of his wife and that military affairs in the northern desert were in the hands of the Princess Consort had long become an open secret.
Regardless of how the emperor in the palace viewed his son being controlled by others, these officials certainly did not want to see this scene unfold.
Some things, if you see too much of them, can be deadly.
“If it’s to assist, there shouldn’t be such a fuss.” Xiao Yao glanced at it, then slowly folded the paper and put it in his sleeve. He smiled and said to the official, “Spring is rainy and the journey is difficult. Why don’t you gentlemen rest in the carriage for a while and return to the capital with us?”
He chuckled: "At that time, the princess will surely assist the investigation wholeheartedly."
The officials paused for a moment, then nodded silently at the arrows aimed at them again.
What if you don’t agree?
Shot through the air by arrows?
If Prince Rui then says he has never seen them, they will be in a situation where they can't clear their name no matter what.
"Someone, take these gentlemen to rest." Xiao Yao smiled.
The next moment, the burly maids of the Prince's mansion rode forward on horseback, each carrying one of the men from the Jingzhao Prefecture like a chick.
The maids of the former royal palace got married one after another as they reached the appropriate age.
Later, the women Lingyi summoned to the mansion were carefully selected from the northern desert.
These women were all born into slavery, some were from the Central Plains and others were barbarians.
Regardless of their ability to serve others, they are certainly quite capable of killing people.
They could wield a heavy saber weighing over ten kilograms with incredible skill, taking down barbarian soldiers with a single blow.
Now, being served by these fierce and menacing maids, the officials, both high and low, who hadn't seen war in a long time, were trembling with fear.
A cold, hard-looking woman with scars running from the corner of her eye to the corner of her mouth looked at his trembling appearance and smiled.
Her centipede-like scars writhed on her face as she smiled, making them look even more frightening: "My lords, please rest well in the carriage and do not go out."
"It's windy outside, be careful not to blow people away."
This blatant threat amplified her sinister aura.
When she finally lowered the carriage curtain, the cold smile on her face disappeared. Instead, she exchanged glances with her comrades, a mischievous glint in her eyes.
Her hideous scars were equally effective in maintaining order in the new city and in intimidating the people of the capital!
The grass knew that others feared her, and she even enjoyed that fear.
What she fears is that others don't fear her, like the slave owner who once tried to humiliate her.
That night, she used all her strength to stab him, but she was about to die. It was the princess who saved her by shooting an arrow into the man's body from mid-air.
Since she was saved by the arrow, she will become the queen's new arrow.
The scars on her face from the battles she suffered are her achievements!
The front of the team.
Ling Yi glanced at Xiao Yao and shook her head: "His Majesty is probably furious."
The emperor's actions were simply an attempt to isolate her from her troops, giving Xiao Yao the opportunity to gain absolute control of this battle-hardened army.
Even if she were to die in the capital, this army, filled with hatred, would stop at nothing to kill any enemy who might have killed her and put Xiao Yao on the throne.
The emperor's actions were a blatant temptation for Xiao Yao: to choose between his grand ambitions and his queen.
Xiao Yao smiled and said, "Father is getting old, so he can't stay angry for long."
He knew all too well what he could gain if his father's plan went smoothly.
But I don't want to!
There was no planning, no consideration; he simply didn't want to!
Ling Yi held the telescope and observed the surrounding jungle.
She looked at the birds startled into flight in the jungle and then said, "What a pity, the Imperial Guards came for nothing."
She said, "How could the emperor only send these few men to capture her?"
It turned out that the Imperial Guards had been lying in ambush here all along.
If Xiao Yao wavers, her soldiers will be thrown into confusion by the sudden emotional rift between their two masters, and the Imperial Guard in the capital might actually break through their ranks and take her away.
As for her kung fu?
Human strength has its limits; even the most superb skills cannot withstand the encirclement of a massive army.
When she is exhausted, that will be the time for her to be arrested.
Unfortunately, Xiao Yao abandoned the approach that would have been most advantageous for him.
Xiao Yao glanced into the distance and suddenly shouted, "Speed up, into the capital!"
He really didn't want to live another day with a knife hanging over his neck like that!
As the speed suddenly increased, the "laborers" abandoned their useless baggage, and the carriages, which were guarded by an average of ten people, were also ruthlessly abandoned and left to be guarded by the real guards of Prince Rui's mansion.
The cavalry advanced towards the capital like a tidal wave, only to be stopped outside the city by the tense Imperial Guards.
Xiao Yao tossed his riding whip into the arms of the Imperial Guard leader who was blocking his way, and laughed, "What are you afraid of? I'm not going to bring troops into the capital!"
After saying that, he took Lingyi's hand and got into the carriage of the Prince Rui's mansion, which had come to greet them early in the morning.
Behind them, two hundred female soldiers followed silently.
The commander of the Imperial Guard, his teeth aching, watched this scene and said with difficulty, "You..."
"What?!" Qingcao's eyes widened, and she said coldly, "Never seen a maid before?"
"I won't attend to our queen's needs, so you all go ahead?"
The commander of the Imperial Guards laughed in anger: "I've never seen maids like you before!"
"Then you've seen it today!" Qingcao rode past the leader of the Imperial Guard, raised her arm, and signaled the other "maids" behind her to follow and return to the palace to serve the princess.