12dz Chapter 454 The Woman Who Picks on Trouble
Chapter 454 The Woman Who Picks on Trouble
Tang Yi's calculations were very good, and of course the current situation was indeed very favorable to him. Canghe was facing internal and external troubles, and they would never have thought that their allies the previous moment would attack them the next moment. Of course, if they wanted to successfully capture Canghe, they had to get rid of Murong Yanhui.
There is no doubt about this!
When Tang Yi was sent as an envoy to Canghe before, he had already grasped the situation in the court of Canghe almost perfectly. Canghe has always valued civil officials over military officials, so there are more civil officials than military generals in the court, and talented generals are even rarer. The only ones worth mentioning are Prince Yan and the current military general General Lin. It's a pity that General Lin is old after all, and Prince Yan can hardly handle the overall situation alone. In addition, the Emperor of Canghe has many doubts about Prince Yan, so he would not entrust him with important tasks. This is why Tang Yi wanted to take action against Canghe first.
The result was beyond Tang Yi's expectation. Murong Shiling actually appointed Murong Yanhui as the general, who was fully responsible for the attack on the Northern Kingdom. Murong Feng and Murong Cheng did not take the opportunity to fight each other. Instead, they united against the outside world, which directly led to the re-formulation of all Tang Yi's plans.
This time, Tang Yi believed that his new plan would succeed! As long as he made good use of the woman in his hands.
He heard that the King of Yan cared about her very much and was even willing to sacrifice everything for her, so he wanted to see how important this woman was.
On the second day, several uninvited guests came to the palace where Yu Qingli lived. They were all dressed up and looked very familiar to Yu Qingli. This situation was not much different from what she had seen in Canghe Palace. These women were most likely here to cause trouble.
At that time, Yu Qingli was drinking tea in the hall. Her injuries had hardly healed. Now all she had to think about was how to escape from here. However, the palace was heavily guarded. It might be possible for Xiluo to escape alone, but it would be much more difficult to take her with her since she had no martial arts skills at all.
Yu Qingli put down the tea bowl and fell into deep thought as she looked at the tea leaves swirling up in the bowl. She was the one who dragged Xiluo down. Perhaps, she could let Xiluo go out to get help first. Even if it failed, at least she could let Xiluo escape.
The more Yu Qingli thought about it, the more she felt that this was the best option. When she was about to tell Xiluo about this decision, those women broke in.
The leading woman looked older. Although she had put on thick rouge, it couldn't hide the fine lines around her eyes and eyebrows and the hostility in her eyes. It seemed that this person had the highest status among this group of people.
As expected, the women whispered a few words into the woman's ear as if they were presenting a treasure. The woman's brows furrowed even more. She glanced at Yu Qingli with disdain, then waved her hand to signal the others to be quiet. "Are you the woman His Highness brought back from outside? You don't look that good!"
Yu Qingli put down the tea bowl in her hand, but ignored the woman's provocation. She simply ignored her and said to Xiluo who was standing beside her: "I didn't expect there are still flies here in the middle of winter. What a trouble!"
Xiluo took over and said, "Miss, you are right. I will send someone to drive away these flies right away."
As soon as these words were spoken, one of the women shouted in dissatisfaction, "How dare you call us flies? Princess! Look at these women who came from nowhere! They are so rude!"
The leading woman pursed her lips and glanced sharply at the woman who had spoken. The woman immediately fell silent. Then the Crown Princess stepped forward, and after sizing up Yu Qingli again as if assessing her opponent, she spoke, "My name is Xingluo, and I'm Yi's fiancée. I came here today for no other reason than to get to know you. I heard that Yi has been staying here almost all the time these days, and the sisters are all very curious. I hope you'll forgive me if I've offended you."
Before Yu Qingli could speak, Xiluo on the side curled her lips and found it funny inwardly. These women really had rich imaginations. From the tone of her voice, it sounded as if the Prince of Dongtang was deeply in love with the young lady but would not live long.
Yu Qingli also found it interesting when she heard this. It seemed that this woman regarded her as a love rival, but she didn't want to have more enemies for no reason, let alone people she was not familiar with at all.
Yu Qingli smiled and respectfully saluted Xing Luo. "My ladies have misunderstood. Although I was brought into the Dongtang Palace by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, I am not familiar with him. I am from Canghe, and my arrival here was purely accidental. If you ladies can help me convince His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to let me go back, I would be extremely grateful."
Princess Xingluo glanced at Yu Qingli and asked, "You said you are from Canghe?"
"Yes, Your Majesty has heard about the previous war. Dong Tang and my Cang He teamed up to defeat the Northern Kingdom, and I was rescued by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince on the battlefield. Speaking of which, His Royal Highness should be my savior."
Princess Xingluo taunted, "From what you're saying, you want to pledge yourself to me?"
Yu Qingli burst out laughing, "Your Majesty, you're worrying too much. I'm already a married woman, so how could I have such thoughts about Your Highness?"
Princess Xingluo glanced at her tentatively, "Are you married already?"
"That's right. Actually, I didn't want to say it out loud, but it seems that the ladies have misunderstood me, so it doesn't hurt to tell you. In fact, my real identity is the eldest prince's consort of Canghe."
"The eldest prince's wife?" Xingluo Commandery Princess asked curiously, "If that's the case, why are you on the battlefield? If I'm not mistaken, the laws of Canghe are no different from those of Dongtang. Women are not allowed to go on the battlefield."
Yu Qingli smiled and said, "Laws are always made by people. Haven't there been many heroines since ancient times?"
"That being said, it's always inappropriate for women to enter a military camp. How could you, the eldest prince's consort, knowingly commit such a crime? This is one thing. Secondly, how did Yi rescue you?"
"This is a long story, but I wonder if Your Majesty is interested in hearing it."
Princess Xingluo thought about it, winked at the women who came with her, and they retreated with the palace maids. A maid brought a chair for the two to sit down. It seemed that Princess Xingluo was very interested in Yu Qingli's experience.
Yu Qingli sat down without hesitation and told Princess Xingluo everything about how she joined the army with some embellishment. Of course, she omitted many details and also omitted the story between her and Murong Yanhui.
Princess Xingluo was deeply moved after hearing this. She wiped away the tears from her eyes with a handkerchief, her eyes filled with admiration. "So, you entered the military camp specifically for your husband?"
"Yes!" Of course, he entered the military camp in order to be able to overthrow Murong Feng in the future.
"I never thought that as a woman you would have such courage. I am not the Empress yet, so you should just call me Xingluo."
Upon hearing this, Yu Qingli thought to herself, it seems that this Princess Xingluo is indeed the one in her memory. I heard that she couldn't get the love she wanted, and she is indeed a pitiful woman.
"How can Qingli address the princess by her name? That's Qingli's way of overstepping her bounds."
"How can I be considered as an overstepping of my bounds? I am merely the Crown Prince's fiancée, but you are already Cang He's consort. It seems I am the one who is marrying above my station."
Yu Qingli smiled and said, "If that's the case, we don't have to be so pushy. How about you call me Qingli and I call you Princess? Who makes us so compatible?"
Princess Xingluo felt a sense of sympathy for Tang Yi for a moment. She was also willing to sacrifice everything for Tang Yi. She knew in her heart that Tang Yi had pretended to be engaged to her in order to become the crown prince, but for this man, she was willing to endure all the pain and unfairness. Even so, she still felt that the woman in front of her was courageous, and not every young lady in the boudoir would have such courage.
"Thank you for the compliment, Princess." Yu Qingli said with a wry smile, "Perhaps it's because I'm too greedy. I only want to occupy a larger position in his heart. I always want to do my best to help him more, so that at least he will remember me occasionally."
Princess Xingluo couldn't help but empathize when she heard this. This woman loved as humbly as she did, and was as persistent as she was. How could such a woman easily fall in love with someone else?
"I understand. It seems that I did misunderstand you before. I hope you can forgive me for any offense I caused you."
"You are too polite, Princess. As the saying goes, ignorance is not a crime. I have been unconscious for a while and I don't know what happened. It is normal for you to misunderstand me. But there is one thing Qingli would like to ask for your help."
"Oh? Come and listen."
Yu Qingli frowned and said with a worried look, "I'm afraid this will embarrass the princess. Although I don't know why His Royal Highness the Crown Prince brought me to Dong Tang, I've been missing for many days and I'm afraid my husband will worry. So I hope the princess can say a few good words to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and hope that he can let me go back as soon as possible."
Before she knew Yu Qingli's identity, Princess Xingluo wanted her to leave as soon as possible. But now that she heard about her special identity, Princess Xingluo had other ideas.
This person was picked up by the prince from the battlefield, and she is Canghe's person. The prince had intended to annex Canghe before. Although he wanted to cooperate with Canghe to destroy the Northern Kingdom, he did not give up the wish of annexing Canghe and unifying the world. Therefore, this woman's identity is so popular that it is hard to say what His Highness wants to do with her.
If the prince really had selfish motives, it would be fine. But if it was for national affairs, wouldn't she be breaking a taboo by rashly releasing this woman?
It seems that this matter needs to be carefully considered!
Princess Xingluo thought of this and comforted Yu Qingli, saying, "Your Highness said that you were seriously injured earlier. I don't think you can recover so quickly. Why don't you rest here for a while? It won't be too late to leave after your injuries are healed. I will definitely mention this to Your Highness if I have the chance. Qingli, you can stay here with peace of mind."
Yu Qingli's eyes dimmed. It seemed that this Princess Xingluo was somewhat different from the rumors she had heard in her previous memories. She was not ignorant of the world, naive or stupid. On the contrary, she had a clear understanding of things and was very shrewd. She was probably not going to believe her words so easily and let her go.