I embezzled 100,000 taels at the beginning, and the empress begged me to be more greedy

The deeds of merchant Qian Dong had already spread throughout Guangning City, even alarming Pan Hou.

"Borrow 1,000 taels and return 1,100 taels in seven days. With such a high interest rate, it's obvious at first glance that it's fake. Why would anyone believe it?"

Pan Hou couldn't understand it at all.

"Sir, quite a few people actually lent out the money."

The subordinate replied.

"What is the identity of the rich businessman?"

Pan Hou asked.

"It seems to be from Qiandong."

"Qian Dong? Find out his identity thoroughly. It would be best to see if he has any connection with the Yan State delegation."

Pan Hou thought of Jiangzuo again.

"Keep an eye on that rich businessman at all times. He might be a liar."

Pan Hou gave another order.

"But sir, he really gave away one thousand taels of gold."

The subordinate said.

This makes it even more strange.

Pan Hou frowned.

Ever since Jiang Zuo came to Guangning City, strange things have happened one after another.

The Yan State delegation.

Jiang Zuo was sitting leisurely under the pavilion, waiting for the right time to bring good news.

But before the good news came, the emperor's edict arrived.

"My lord, a letter from the Emperor."

Szeto Wah handed the letter to Jiang Zuo.

After returning to the room, Jiang Zuo opened it and took a look.

"Continue the second round of peace talks with the State of Chen. Keep dragging it out and try to delay it for 20 days."

The Empress wrote this in the letter.

The reason for the twenty-day delay was that the Yan army had already begun mobilizing in various places.

As long as Jiangzuo continues to release news of peace talks, it will be able to confuse the people of Chen.

"A second round of peace talks?"

If it weren't for the empress's secret letter reminding him, Jiang Zuo would have forgotten his mission.

The last peace talks ended in such a bad way, and the second time may have the same result.

Don't continue to delay it. Jiang Zuo has an important matter to deal with anyway.

……

Beijing.

Royal study room.

Chen Qingyun also received a letter from Jiang Zuo.

"We can stir up civil unrest in Chen. I have already contacted the Qin family. We can use the Qin family to consume the national strength of Chen..."

Seeing this, Chen Qingyun also fell into deep thought.

Chen Qingyun already knew the internal situation of Chen State, but she was more puzzled as to how Jiang Zuo contacted the Qin family of Chen State.

At the end of the letter, there was Jiang Zuo's promise: "Your Majesty, please rest assured that I will absolutely be loyal and responsible and complete your Majesty's mission without any mistakes."

After hearing this letter, Chen Qingyun finally breathed a sigh of relief.

But just one day later, the empress's worry began to hang in the air again.

"Jiang Zuo actually said that he loves Chen State. This is simply a shame!"

Some officials discussed the matter privately and their tone was angry.

Jiang Zuo's deeds in the State of Chen had already been widely spread.

Now almost all officials inside and outside the court have received this news.

What's worse, they directly impeached Jiang Zuo for treason.

After all, those words were said by Jiang Zuo himself, not slander by others.

Not only were the people of Yan State surprised, but even the people of Chen State began to use this incident to mock Yan State.

Hundreds of impeachment memorials filled the empress's study.

"Your Majesty, Jiang Zuo seems to really want to join the Kingdom of Chen."

The Qianqi Division rushed back to the capital from the State of Chen and informed Chen Qingyun of the news.

The thing that Chen Qingyun was most worried about finally happened.

If Jiang Zuo really fled to the State of Chen, the consequences would be disastrous.

"Are you sure that Jiang Zuo said that himself?"

Chen Qingyun's brows were tightly furrowed, and his usually dignified eyes now looked lifeless.

The Qianqisi guard nodded and said, "Your Majesty, I saw with my own eyes that Inspector Jiang was still doing business with the people of Chen. In order to please the people of Chen, he said those treasonous words."

Chen Qingyun was filled with extreme anger at this moment.

This is simply a shameful moment in the diplomatic history of Yan State!

Court meeting.

All the ministers have arrived.

Chen Qingyun looked tired and glanced at the civil and military officials below.

"Your Majesty, the prefects of the three states in the southern border have all submitted memorials to impeach Jiang Zuo!"

"Jiangzuo's servility to the people of Chen is a disgrace to our Great Yan State!"

"Your Majesty, this matter is of great importance. If it is not handled properly, it is very likely to undermine the morale of our border troops!"

Jiang Zuo's words and actions in Chen State have aroused the anger of the court.

Right Prime Minister Lu Jun was secretly delighted, because it turned out that the best strategy was to wait for the opponent to make a mistake.

All officials were waiting to see how the empress would punish Jiang Zuo.

“As an envoy of the State of Yan, he actually colluded with the people of the State of Chen. Jiang Zuo may be planning to defect!”

"I heard that Envoy Jiang seemed to have no intention of negotiating with the people of Chen and was only concerned with his own business. With such an attitude, how could he serve as an envoy? Isn't this a disgrace to our Yan State?"

Some people were no longer afraid of the empress's threats and went straight forward to impeach Jiang Zuo.

Before this, impeaching Jiang Zuo might result in punishment from the empress, but this time the situation was completely different.

The charge that Jiang Zuo betrayed the State of Yan was set in stone. Even if he came to the capital in person to argue, he would not be able to clear himself of the charge.

The empress must give everyone an explanation.

After all, Jiang Zuo's envoy status was appointed by Chen Qingyun.

"There are many suspicious points in this matter in Jiangzuo. I will naturally order people to investigate it thoroughly. Anyone who dares to deceive his superiors and subordinates will be sentenced to death."

The empress looked solemn and spoke calmly.

She was also very clear at this moment that these accusations were not really slander against Jiang Zuo.

Jiang Zuo's escape was told to Chen Qingyun in advance.

She thought Jiang Zuo had changed his mind before, but now it seems that he was just fooling her, Chen Qingyun!

"Jiang Zuo, this idiot, why would he do such a stupid thing!" In her heart, she had already cursed Jiang Zuo a thousand times.

Seeing the empress's reaction, all the ministers were surprised.

If the empress had heard a few months ago that someone was planning treason, she would have already ordered the killing of all nine generations of his clan.

What kind of ability or background does Jiang Zuo have that could make the emperor tolerate him like this...

Lu Jun frowned, thinking about how to put pressure on the empress next.

Now that the evidence is irrefutable, the empress still wants to protect Jiang Zuo?

The ministers looked at each other.

Some of them had already guessed the relationship between Jiang Zuo and the empress.

Well, most of these ministers just wanted to watch for fun.

Let's see how you, Jiang Zuo, will deal with this mess...

To impeach Jiang Zuo is to slap the empress in the face.

After adjourning the court, Chen Qingyun returned to the imperial study and was so angry that he threw all the impeachment memorials on the table to the ground.

"What's so good about the State of Chen? Why did you have to flee there, Jiang Zuo?"

Chen Qingyun was totally unable to understand Jiang Zuo's thoughts and felt extremely regretful in his heart.

Jiang Zuo is a heartless guy, but he still hasn't given up!

"Quickly summon Jiang Zuo to the capital!"

Chen Qingyun immediately ordered the Thousand Cavalry Division to go out.

If Jiang Zuo really escaped to the State of Chen, the empress would definitely overthrow the entire State of Chen and bring Jiang Zuo to justice.

Chen Qingyun was still angry. After calming down a little, he picked up a pen and wrote a letter to Jiang Zuo under the identity of "Chen Siyue".

No matter what, she wanted Jiang Zuo to return to Yan State.