The daughter of the emperor is beautiful and holds the power over the world

There was a slight silence in the study. The envoy from Beimang Kingdom came to Daxuan with only one purpose.

Split Daxuan and Yan and destroy the relationship between the two countries.

Daxuan and Yan State jointly eliminated 200,000 troops of Beimang State, and now they have become an ironclad alliance, which is something that Beimang State will never allow to happen.

Si Yan said in a gentle tone, "Does Prince An know that the capital's guards have discovered many retainers from Prince Chen's mansion?"

"How can they be called retainers? They are assassins employed by the Prime Minister's Mansion, and they are just retainers."

Qi Guang'an had long noticed these retainers of Prince Chen's Mansion. To put it bluntly, they were the executioners who helped the Prime Minister's Mansion threaten and kill court officials.

Seeing that Prince An was not completely ignorant, Si Yan could not help but speak: "Prince An, if they were ordinary assassins, it would be fine, but if they were assassins sent by Beimang Country, then the situation would be very different."

"A killer sent by Beimang Country?"

Qi Guangan suddenly became alert, and Si Zhengxuan also looked at his daughter seriously.

Si Yan raised his voice softly: "Does Prince An still remember the defeat at Beiyan Pass four years ago?"

"I remember." Qi Guangan still hasn't figured out how they were defeated when Beiyan Pass was such an easy-to-defend and difficult-to-attack terrain, and was guarded by a veteran general like Ling Yuefeng who had fought in many battles.

It doesn't make sense that Prince Yong could hold out for a whole year, but Ling Yuefeng was defeated after only three months of taking over.

"The reason the gates of Beiyan Pass are wide open is because spies from Beimang Nation have infiltrated the city."

"I have also heard about it." Qi Guang'an said solemnly.

"May I ask Prince An, how could a spy have infiltrated the city?"

“…” Prince An fell silent.

Si Yan spoke each word with pause: "Because someone is collaborating with the enemy."

Qi Guangan took a deep breath. He had already guessed this, and his thoughts were almost the same as this girl's.

Si Yan looked at Prince An and said solemnly, "Who would collude with the enemy? Of course, it's those who want to harm the Protector General. They know very well that as long as Beiyan Pass is defeated, the Protector General's Mansion will be ruined. Even if General Ling is not punished by His Majesty, he will never recover. They will be able to eliminate a great political enemy, and from then on, they can run rampant in the Daxuan court."

"Prime Minister's Mansion." Qi Guang'an said these three words with a cold expression.

Since that battle, Ling Yuefeng has never recovered. The only person in the court who can fight against the Imperial Noble Consort and the Prime Minister's faction is Si Zhengxuan.

This battle was specially planned by them to target the General's Mansion of National Defense.

Si Yan slowed down his tone and said, "Prince An, spies can do a lot of things. They can cause the army to lose a city, and they can also control the fate of a country. Therefore, we have to be careful."

Qi Guangan understood that if these killers had any connection with the Beimang Kingdom, it would mean that the Prime Minister's Mansion might even collude with the enemy again and take control of the entire Daxuan.

It would be terrible if Daxuan fell into the hands of these executioners who only care about their own interests and kill people without blinking an eye.

"Miss Si, do you have any evidence?" Qi Guangan asked with a frown.

Si Yan shook his head: "I don't have enough evidence yet."

There are some things that Yayue Pavilion is still investigating, and they have discovered even more shocking things.

Si Yan looked at Prince An with an unfathomable expression: "Your Highness Prince An, no matter what, Prince Xin must not become the Crown Prince of Daxuan."

"I don't support Prince Xin either."

Qi Guangan still doesn’t understand the deeper meaning of Si Yan’s words. He simply doesn’t support Prince Xin.

If the Imperial Noble Consort and the Prime Minister were to take control of Daxuan, he couldn't imagine what would become of Daxuan.

Although he had never publicly supported King Yong before, he had always supported King Yong in his heart. He and King Yong's mother were not destined to be together, but he would try his best to help her son.

Si Zhengxuan was listening quietly at the side, and suddenly realized that there was going to be a bloody storm in the capital.

The struggle for the position of crown prince between Prince Yong and Prince Xin has been completely exposed.

When Qi Guang'an left Situ Mansion, rumors about Si Yan and Prince Yan were still circulating outside.

The people of Shangjing City are waiting for someone to deal with this matter. Whether it is Prince Yong's Mansion or Situ Mansion, they can always suppress these rumors.

What's strange is that no one, whether it's Prince Yong, Prince Yan, or the Situ Mansion, came forward to deal with it.

When these rumors reached the palace, there was no response.

The capital city was shrouded in a strange atmosphere. Si Yan remained calm and went to the Yayue Pavilion Restaurant for dinner.

They don't have to do anything now, just wait for the emperor to host a banquet for his ministers and foreign envoys on New Year's Eve and see what those people do.

Boya prepared a private room on the third floor specifically for Si Yan. Si Yan sat leisurely by the window, looking at the street outside.

Opposite the Yayue Pavilion Restaurant, two women were buying osmanthus cake at the shop she loved to go to. One of the women was dressed in black and was extremely beautiful.

Si Yan watched them looking around cautiously, not like locals.

"Shopkeeper, can you tell me how to get to Situ Mansion?" The beautiful woman asked the shopkeeper for information.

"Young lady, are you going to Situ Mansion?"

"Yes, I am a distant relative of Lord Situ. My family suffered from famine, so I came here to seek refuge."

The shopkeeper immediately felt sympathy and said kindly, "The Situ Mansion is right here. Follow this long street all the way to the end, and you'll reach a street full of official residences. You can find it by asking anyone there, or even without asking. The Situ Mansion is right in the center, so you can see it right away."

"Miss, the prince is here, here..." Just after leaving the pastry shop, the maid next to the woman in black suddenly saw Yan Longyi and hurriedly said to the woman next to her.

The woman in black turned around and lowered her voice: "Well, don't show up. Our purpose is not to find the prince, but to find the woman from the Situ Mansion."

The two of them didn't know that their every move had been seen clearly by Situ's daughter in the box on the third floor of Yayue Pavilion.

The two of them hurriedly left the place and headed towards Situ Mansion.

The maid Luoxue walked to a secluded spot and couldn't help but speak, "Miss, this Shangjing City is quite different from our Yanjing City. It's more prosperous here than Yanjing City, and the climate is much milder. Even the snow is much less than in Yanjing City. I just don't know what the woman that the prince likes looks like."

"Go and take a look and you'll find out." The woman in black replied indifferently.

The Queen Mother told her that when Prince Yan returned from the battle, she would let him marry her.

Unexpectedly, after returning to the capital, the Prince of Yan met the Queen Mother and said that he already had a woman he liked, and that the woman was the one who came to the capital from Daxuan.

She was looking forward to the return of King Yan, but she didn't even see him. King Yan went to Daxuan as an envoy.

A'niang said that she was the most beautiful and talented woman in Yan State, and the King of Yan would definitely like her.

She had been learning poetry and books since she was young, and was proficient in all kinds of arts, such as music, chess, calligraphy and painting. She had also practiced martial arts since she was young, and had mastered a set of powerful martial arts. Even the Queen Mother said that apart from her, there was no other woman in the world who could be worthy of the King of Yan.

But Prince Yan actually looked down on her. In the past, she thought Prince Yan was busy with wars and had no mood for love.

It was not until the Prince of Yan returned from the expedition that she realized that he was not indifferent to love, but the woman he had his heart set on was not her.

She wanted to see what kind of woman he liked.