Princess Menglang is hard to change, the whole capital is embarrassed for her

Chapter 357: Destruction on Horseback

The aide pondered for a moment and continued, "However, the news of the castration of the young prince of the Western Qiang has spread. I believe that it won't be long before a large group of Western Qiang people will attack. By then, our army and horses will still be insufficient. Instead of waiting until then to fight the Western Qiang people to the death and let the Queen take advantage, it is better to gather the troops and horses before the Western Qiang people attack and besiege the Queen's tribe. Anyway, the fire has caused great losses to the Queen's tribe in terms of horses and food. There will be no better time to capture them. When the time comes, Your Majesty, you can tell the outside world that the Queen has caused the war and brought disaster to the people, and she deserves to be killed..."

The Emperor fell into deep thought...

Today, Beidi is in trouble both internally and externally. Internally, there is hatred between him and the queen's mother's family, and externally, there is hatred with the Western Qiang.

If he fought the Western Qiang first, regardless of whether he won or lost, the queen's mother's family would seize the opportunity to kill him and not give him a chance to live. They would also say that everything was done by the Western Qiang, fooling the people and officials.

If he had captured the Western Qiang before they arrived, while the queen's maternal family was in a state of panic, he could have told the outside world that the queen was cruel, thus attracting the Western Qiang army to invade and bringing harm to the people. He was eliminating a threat to the country, sacrificing his own family for the greater good.

Then he would go to meet the enemy again. Facing the Western Qiang army, he would not lose his life whether he won or lost.

At most, they would cede a little territory in exchange for a ceasefire between the two sides.

That's it.

Therefore, the Emperor of Beidi immediately ordered that the queen be thrown into prison first, and then ordered the army to clear the way and head directly to the queen's mother's family.

Before the main force of the Western Qiang arrived, the Northern Di people started fighting among themselves.

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According to later records.

It was from that time that the Northern Di and Western Qiang states began to decline. The two once most powerful nomadic nations, after their treasuries were robbed and after continuous wars, were eventually divided into several small countries and tribes.

Moreover, a considerable part of its territory was incorporated into the territory of the Great Zhou during the chaos. The remaining parts that were not incorporated knew that the strength gap was too great, so they signed a treaty of friendship for generations with the Great Zhou and never dared to invade again.

Fang Yao finally fulfilled his wish to avenge his mentor. Even Xiao Chenze knelt in front of his grandfather's tablet to offer comfort after Beidi fell apart.

This is a story for later, so let’s not talk about it here.

Just talk about what’s in front of you.

Shen Li and the others returned the territory map they borrowed from Chu Hengsheng, and had a delicious barbecue at his place.

Finally, they agreed to meet in the capital next year. She told him that she would go into the city, rejected his suggestion to send someone to protect her, hid at the back door of an inn, and disappeared.

After they left, Chu Hengsheng searched almost the entire Jiangcheng but couldn't find anyone. He was very worried.

Fortunately, Fang Yao thought of this and sent a carrier pigeon to deliver a message not long after he walked away, saying that they had to leave secretly for an urgent matter. Only then did Chu Hengsheng feel relieved with a curse.

......

On the way back to Beijing, everyone agreed not to go home but to go directly to the palace to see the emperor.

Fang Yao knew that Shen Li had taken away countless treasures from the inner vaults of the Western Qiang and Northern Di people, and that she would be unable to explain them once she returned home. Since Marquis Guan Yong was also present, it would be better to go directly to the palace and avoid the suspicion of being in a melon field or plum field.

When the emperor saw them, he was so excited that he had forgotten his anxiety. When he heard Fang Yao say that Shen Li would take him into the cage to see the jewels, he immediately said, "Quick, quick, take me to see it quickly. Just a few of you can empty the inner treasury? Why can't I believe it?"

Shen Li smiled and looked at her uncle, then pulled her hand towards the emperor's sleeve. At the same time, with her mind activated, the two of them disappeared in front of everyone in an instant.

Fu Lizhang jumped down from the beam and looked at Fang Yao anxiously, "General, you must ensure the safety of the emperor. If this..."

Before he could finish his words, Shen Li suddenly appeared in front of him, pulled his sleeve, and whooshed into the space.

Next are Fang Yao, Guan Yonghou and Fang Jitao.

Fu Lizhang stood in the space, staring blankly at the scene before him. After a while, he suddenly slapped himself hard in the face, muttering, "My goodness, Miss Shen is not a human being."

Fang Yao raised his foot and kicked him on the butt. The emperor said to Shen Li with disgust, "Get him out quickly. Just let him take a look and save him from making noise."

"Your Majesty, please don't..."

Before Fu Lizhang could finish his words, Shen Li pulled his sleeve and sent him out of the space.

He quickly grabbed the corner of Shen Li's clothes, fearing that Shen Li would disappear in front of him in an instant, "Shen, Miss Shen, no no, Master Shen, no, Master, Miss Shen, I recognize you as my master, please accept me."

Shen Li tugged at her clothes but couldn't tear them open. She frowned at him and said, "What master are you recognizing? Last time, you almost stabbed me with a knife. Let's talk about it later. I have to go find them quickly. Let go quickly and delay my return. If something happens to the emperor, you will be in trouble."

Fu Lizhang was so frightened that he let go of Shen Li, and she disappeared in a flash.

Fu Lizhang stared blankly at the place where Shen Li disappeared, and thought of the scene he had just seen in there. He felt as if he was still dreaming, and slapped himself again.

The slap was so hard that it hurt my face.

He felt ecstatic.

Oh my God, what he just saw was real, what did he see?

The emperor stood there blankly, his face filled with shock.

The shelves in front of him were filled with all kinds of jewelry and curios. Fang Yao said, "There are still many that are not here. Let's go out and go directly to the inner storehouse."

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty?"

The emperor seemed to have just woken up from a dream, and seemed to have not yet recovered from the shock. "What's the matter?"

"Your Majesty, I'm suggesting that we head straight to the inner storehouse. They've just expanded a large area there, so it's perfectly vacant. Besides the things we brought back today, there are still many hidden elsewhere. With so many things, there's no room for them anywhere, so why not head straight to the new storehouse?"

"Okay, let's go to the inner storehouse, let's go to the inner storehouse." The emperor felt that his brain was not enough. The golden light in front of him was so dazzling that he couldn't think and could only nod repeatedly.

Shen Li went out and asked Fu Lizhang to lead the way to the inner warehouse.

Fu Lizhang wanted to kneel down and become his disciple immediately, and he bowed and took Shen Li away with an attitude a hundred times more diligent than before.

The eunuchs and palace maids they met on the road all looked at them sideways, wondering in their hearts, how come Lord Fu, who usually looked like a ferocious monster, acted like a puppy in front of Miss Shen?

Arriving outside the inner storeroom, Shen Li said, "The emperor has ordered you to drive away all the strangers around here. Bring a few more people to watch over this place. No matter what noise you hear later, don't worry about it. Just keep an eye on this place."

"Understood, Master Shen... Master, don't worry, I understand."

Shen Li felt so annoyed when she heard this that she was too lazy to respond to him and turned around to enter the space.

The guard on the side thought he was dazzled and looked everywhere. Unable to find her, he felt puzzled and asked curiously, "Sir, what was that just now? Did I see it wrong? Was that Miss Shen? How could she disappear just like that?"

Fu Lizhang's expression turned stern as he warned, "Don't ask too much. Her martial arts skills are at the pinnacle, how can you possibly comprehend them? Just focus on your work."

"Yes." The guard was extremely impressed. He smacked his lips and stood back up straight.