Chapter 685: Is this an offense to God?
In a banquet, besides the talent show of young ladies from various aristocratic families, another highlight is the sweet love between the princess and her husband. The show of love is so sour that no one can bear to watch it.
Of course, there were also those who were unwilling to see the princess being monopolized by Ji Yunxie alone, especially the prime minister's second son, who had heard that his father intended to let him marry the princess. Although marrying a woman was humiliating, the princess was the crown prince of a country, and her status and position did not disgrace him.
Unexpectedly, before he even got married, the princess brought the strange man back home and announced in public that he was her husband. This was simply a slap in his face.
It was so infuriating to see the princess ruthlessly protecting that vixen.
After the banquet, the court became increasingly tense, with undercurrents surging behind the scenes and all parties in turmoil.
Today, someone has participated in someone else's book...
Which minister will be accused of corruption and bribery tomorrow...
In the Princess's Mansion, Di Ran and Ji Yunxie lived their own lives behind closed doors, completely ignoring the bloody storm outside.
Compared with the undercurrents in the Liao Kingdom, the situation in the Eastern Zhou Dynasty was in chaos.
First, the previous emperor died suddenly, and the second princess took the opportunity to seize the throne. Then, the royal scandal of Yu Shijun and the female guards broke out. Then, the new emperor was poisoned, and the Empress Dowager was suspected to be frightened to death. Then, the Demon Emperor died unexpectedly, the Empress Dowager was suspected to have an affair with the female guards, and the Queen was placed under house arrest...
Is the Eastern Zhou Dynasty cursed?
Bad news comes one after another. Is this an offense to God?
The new emperor became more and more irritable due to the poisoning. He killed loyal ministers, behaved absurdly, and spent all his time in pleasure with his concubines, causing chaos in the court.
Mobs had already broken out in various places, and bandits were rampant. It was said that the empress was so angry that Yu Shijun cheated on her that she teamed up with outsiders to poison her. Even though Xishu sent a prince to her for marriage, she was still not satisfied. She tortured the prince to death and gathered troops to attack Xishu, but before she could send troops, shocking news came.
It turned out that the State of Jin, having learned of the recent situation of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, felt that now was a good time to attack the Eastern Zhou Dynasty. The State of Jin, which had suffered heavy losses at the hands of King Rui, made a comeback after three years of recuperation. It was even said that it was joining forces with the Zangrong to divide up the Eastern Zhou Dynasty.
Not only that, the new emperor of Jin was originally an unpopular prince. He used some cruel means to kill several of his brothers and forced the old Jin emperor to death. He had just ascended the throne and hadn't even sat firmly on it when he wanted to attack the Eastern Zhou Dynasty to prove himself.
It is said that this Jin Emperor was extremely cunning when he was still a prince, otherwise he would not have killed or maimed his competitors.
Surprisingly, he even had a hand in the poisoning of the empress of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, and through the hands of the prince of Western Shu, he gave Ji Fengwu the Jin State's banned drug, the Soul-Losing Powder, which was hundreds of years old.
The effect of the Soul-Losing Powder is to control a person's mind and thoughts for one's own use. It's a pity that the matter was exposed early, and the Prince of Western Shu could not be used to control Ji Fengwu. Ji Fengwu's subsequent mania and violence might have been caused by the wrong antidote. Although Ji Fengwu could not be controlled, the other party's foolish behavior and indiscriminate killing of innocent people caused public resentment, so it was not useless.
The Jin State revived with great force, and the Eastern Zhou Dynasty was in danger of being attacked from both sides.
The ministers were divided into two factions. One faction advocated peace and hoped to delay time by marrying the princes, or to become a vassal and pay tribute to the State of Jin. The other faction believed that the State of Jin had ulterior motives and intended to do something big.
Ji Fengwu had a bad temper to begin with, and when she learned that the poison she had been poisoned by was incurable, she became even more foolish. Jin State's sending troops to deal with this matter was like pulling out the hair on a tiger's head. How could Ji Fengwu, with her narrow-minded personality, tolerate this?
But at this time, the State of Jin sent a letter, saying that if Ji Fengwu was willing to cede ten cities to the State of Jin, the Emperor of Jin would consider giving Ji Fengwu the antidote.
How could I not understand after hearing this? It was the State of Jin that poisoned the empress?
(End of this chapter)
