Chapter 805: Chapter 803: Reason

Nanliang is serious this time.

The troops are at the city gates, having captured a General of Daqi alive.

At first, upon hearing this, Su Jin thought it was because of the favored concubine of Nanliang.

The Emperor of Nanliang dotes on the daughter of Beimo Cheng King, and on her behalf, lent one hundred thousand troops to the Beimo Cheng King.

Now that the Beimo Cheng King has died in Daqi, the daughter certainly wants to avenge her father.

The Emperor of Nanliang sent troops to demand justice for his father-in-law.

However, the truth is far from simple.

After the body of Beimo Cheng King was found, the Emperor dispatched the Minister of the Ministry of Justice to investigate the case.

The Minister of the Ministry of Justice did not dare take it lightly. He led people from the Ministry of Justice to investigate several times and finally found a clue.

The death of the Beimo Cheng King is connected to Nanliang.

The evidence found by the Ministry of Justice all pointed to Nanliang; it was Nanliang people who killed the Beimo Cheng King.

The subordinates of the Beimo Cheng King adamantly claimed that it was impossible for Nanliang people to have killed their Prince.

There are many doubts about this case, and the Minister of the Ministry of Justice could not close the case and could only continue to investigate along with the doubts.

With this investigation, the flames burned up to the court.

All those so-called pieces of evidence were false.

Someone deliberately laid traps, shifting the blame onto Nanliang.

And the greatest suspect is the court.

Not only were the Minister of the Ministry of Justice and the Beimo Envoy investigating the case, but also the officials of Nanliang.

The Emperor of Nanliang loved the daughter of the Beimo Cheng King very much. After the Beimo Cheng King’s death, his daughter cried day and night, losing weight, and the Emperor of Nanliang was heartbroken. At the request of the favored concubine, he sent people to Daqi to assist the Minister of the Ministry of Justice in investigating the Beimo Cheng King’s death.

Someone killed the Beimo Cheng King and deliberately framed Nanliang.

When this matter reached the ears of the Emperor of Nanliang, he was furious like thunder.

Additionally, Princess Jiuling, without permission, privately returned to Daqi, taking Princess Fuqing with her.

In a fit of anger, the Emperor of Nanliang sent a message to the border generals to teach Daqi a lesson, lest they think Nanliang is easy to bully.

Just like this, a hundred thousand troops suddenly attacked the city, catching Daqi off guard, and the General defending the city was captured alive.

Nanliang gave Daqi a stern warning, giving them twenty days to find out who killed the Beimo Cheng King and framed Nanliang, or else they wouldn’t be polite.

The military intelligence from the border reached the Emperor, and he flew into a rage, urgently summoning the Marquis Dongxiang and the Old Prince to the palace for discussion.

Before the Marquis Dongxiang and the Old Prince entered the palace, they had already heard about Nanliang’s sudden siege and the capture of the defending General.

When the Emperor inquired, the Marquis Dongxiang casually said, “After all, he is a Great General, and before the real battle even began, he was captured alive?”

“Capturing him so easily, he must have delivered himself to the enemy.”

With one hundred thousand troops from Nanliang at the city gates, everyone at the Daqi border was in panic.

It already harmed the military prestige, and before the official war even started, the Great General was captured alive, becoming meat on their chopping board.

The morale from the capture of King Beimo by the Prince was crushed by more than half.

The Marquis Dongxiang was angry, so the Emperor was even angrier.

The Old Prince looked to the Marquis Dongxiang and asked, “What do you think of the Beimo Cheng King case?”

The Marquis Dongxiang frowned and said, “There are two possibilities.”

“The first possibility is that it was truly the act of Daqi people. The purpose is to instigate conflicts between Daqi, Nanliang, and Beimo, taking advantage of the chaos to fish in troubled waters.”

“The second possibility is that it was the Nanliang people crying wolf, framing and blaming Daqi to anger the Emperor of Nanliang. This is far better than having the Emperor of Nanliang go to war with Daqi over the favored concubine.”

The latter scenario is that the Emperor of Nanliang for his own selfish desires incited a war, while the former is seeking justice after being wronged.

Both involve war, but the reasons for war are very important.

Starting a war over a woman, causing the people to live in destitution, families broken, and people dying, fear there would be grumblings and rebellions.

As for which possibility is greater, the Marquis Dongxiang could not quite figure out.

It could be just one, or it could be a combination of both.

The only certainty is——

This battle is inevitable.

Twenty days is just enough time for the Nanliang Envoy to escort Princess Jiuling back to Nanliang.

On the day the border news reached the Emperor, the Nanliang Envoy arrived at the Capital City.

Princess Jiuling married to Nanliang and is the Consort of Prince Jin of Nangang.

Prince Jin dispatched an envoy to fetch her, and Princess Jiuling has no reason not to return.

She used the excuse that it is a rare chance to return and wants to stay for a few more days, asking the Nanliang Envoy to return first to Nanliang, and she will leave after a month.

Can the Nanliang Envoy agree?

Nanliang only gave Daqi twenty days to investigate the Beimo Cheng King case.

In fact, everyone knows what’s going on without saying it.

Regardless of the outcome of this case, this battle is bound to happen.

Once Daqi and Nanliang engage in warfare, will Princess Jiuling ever return to Nanliang?

Would she be foolish enough to deliver herself as a hostage?

Even if she agreed, the Emperor of Daqi would not agree.

They must bring Princess Jiuling back within twenty days.

Princess Jiuling claimed illness and refused to return, with the Nanliang Envoy bringing an Imperial Physician to take Princess Jiuling’s pulse…

The situation grew more heated, and not only were the whole court aware, but even the teahouses and taverns were discussing the matter.

Princess Jiuling was a married princess, and sneaking back to the capital was already unjustifiable, and for Nanliang to criticize her for breaking the alliance, Daqi had nothing to say.

Nanliang was lenient not to pursue the matter of Princess Jiuling sneaking back to the capital, and now they sent people to fetch her. She had stayed for a while, and not returning was quite unreasonable.

Courtiers frequently submitted memorials to the Emperor to state pros and cons.

With Nanliang at the city gates and the Emperor of Nanliang already angry, for Princess Jiuling to refuse to return to Nanliang now would undoubtedly add fuel to the fire.

Daqi could just use the matter of sending Princess Jiuling back to signal to Nanliang that Daqi has no intention to go to war with Nanliang.

A thick pile of memorials was on the Dragon Desk, and the Emperor read one and threw one aside.

The Emperor sat on the Dragon Chair, his face particularly grim.

As a brother, he couldn’t bear to see his sister take risks.

As an Emperor, he couldn’t give Nanliang any excuse to incite war.

Princess Jiuling finally managed to escape back to the capital, how could the Emperor bear to push her back into the fire pit?

Fifteen years ago, he was powerless and regretted it for fifteen years.

Fifteen years later, to sacrifice Princess Jiuling again, he would regret it for a lifetime.

The Emperor did not want to have any regrets.

Today is a rest day, no morning court, and the Emperor sent someone to invite the Marquis Dongxiang to discuss matters.

When it comes to ideas, no one has more than the Marquis Dongxiang.

Perhaps the Marquis Dongxiang has a perfect solution.

But the Marquis Dongxiang refused to enter the palace.

And found a reason that could anger the Emperor to death——

He was ill.

When the little eunuch reported to the Emperor, the Emperor slammed the table in anger, “He sure knows how to choose the time to get sick!”

“With his body, even if he slept on the ice and snow for a day and a night, he wouldn’t be too sick to enter the palace!”

No one dared to respond to that.

The little eunuch dared not say he saw the Marquis Dongxiang at the training grounds.

Fighting one against four, covered in sweat.

But the Marquis Dongxiang said he was ill, what could the little eunuch say?

The Marquis Dongxiang cast a glance over.

The little eunuch even found the right illness for the Marquis Dongxiang.

Heartache.

Having a strong body doesn’t prevent having heartache, does it?

The little eunuch kept his head lowered, fearing the Emperor might question him.

With mutual understanding, the Emperor needn’t inquire further.

Unable to find the Marquis Dongxiang, the Emperor found someone who dared not be sick.

Xie Jingchen, “….”

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