Playing bad and eating melons: The whole court is laughing? No, no

In the pavilion, the note on the carrier pigeon was taken down by Princess Yuehua's personal guard. Twelve words were written on it: Su Yuan has filed a complaint with the emperor, and efforts are being made to kill him.

Princess Yuehua took the note and looked at it. Her expression instantly turned extremely gloomy. "Useless thing, you can't even solve a woman's problem."

Her eyes flashed with anger and determination, and her nails dyed red with cardamom poked a hole in the note.

"Su Yuan..." She sneered viciously, "You think you can make me pay with my life?"

Everyone present felt her anger and lowered their heads, not daring to speak.

At this time, Lady Wen'an came over with the handsome man who had played the piano to entertain Princess Yuehua.

The handsome man was dressed in white and holding a zither in his hand. It seemed that he was called to play a song for Princess Yuehua.

As soon as she arrived at the pavilion, Princess Wen'an sensed something was amiss and couldn't help but ask, "Mother, what happened?"

Princess Yuehua glanced at County Master Wen'an upon hearing the voice, then stood up and walked to the handsome man.

She raised her hand and gently stroked the handsome man's cheek, saying softly, "Although I'm a little reluctant, keeping you will always be a disaster."

Hearing this, the man's heart trembled, his face gradually turned pale, and he vaguely guessed something.

After a brief thought, Princess Wen'an guessed something, "Mother, but Su..."

Princess Yuehua raised her hand to interrupt her, her gaze fixed on the man's face, her smile undiminished. "You know what? Of all these people, I like you the most."

"Thank you for your kindness, Your Highness. Yan will serve you even more wholeheartedly in the future."

Princess Yuehua looked at him and pondered for a moment, then turned back to her seat and sat down. "Play the zither for me. Play the same piece you played when I first met you."

The man sat down, lightly plucking the strings with his fingertips, and melodious music rang out in the pavilion.

***

On the other side at that time, after the funeral, Luo Jie secretly summoned the ministers of Nanzhao to discuss attacking Daxia.

The minister who advocated going to war with Daxia said: "Now that Daxia and the Eastern Turks are at war, their forces will inevitably be dispersed. This is a great opportunity for us, Nanzhao, to send troops.

Our army is strong and powerful, and we will surely capture some of Daxia's cities in one fell swoop and expand our Nanzhao territory."

Luo Jie nodded slightly, his eyes full of ambition, "My dear, what you said makes sense, but we must not underestimate the enemy.

Even if the enemy's forces are dispersed, Nanzhao must be prepared for a protracted war. Can the supply of food, fodder, and war horses keep up?

At this time, a minister who advocated peace stood up and said, "Your Majesty, please think twice. War will only bring disaster to the people.

The people of Nanzhao are now living and working in peace and contentment, with no worries about food and clothing. We really shouldn't bring war and chaos to them."

Luo Jie frowned. "Peace is good, but my Nanzhao territory is too small. Daxia has just experienced a civil war and is now attacking the Eastern Turks. If my Nanzhao doesn't take advantage of this opportunity, I'm afraid there will be no such opportunity again in the future."

The ministers advocating for war quickly echoed: "Your Majesty is wise. If we don't fight now, when will we fight? We are willing to fight for you and expand our territory."

The lord and his ministers were so anxious that sweat broke out on their foreheads, but they did not dare to forcefully dissuade him.

Luo Jie stood up and glanced at the ministers. "This is settled. Send out the order to immediately prepare food and horses, train soldiers, and send out the troops in half a month."

All the ministers accepted the order.

After the minister who followed Loge came out of the palace, he went straight to find Loge.

When Luo Ge learned that Luo Jie was going to send troops to attack Da Xia, he was not surprised.

As early as when his father was still alive, Luo Jie had the idea of ​​attacking Daxia, but he never found a good opportunity.

Now, the civil strife in Daxia has caused Daxia to lose a lot of soldiers and horses, and also made Tian Khan dare not use the Lu family army in the short term.

This is indeed a great opportunity.

But Daxia was far from being as powerful as Nanzhao. Even though Daxia had just experienced a civil war, Nanzhao could not win.

Otherwise, Tian Khan would not have sent troops to Eastern Turkestan at this time.

The minister who came to report the news saw that Loge remained silent and asked anxiously, "Second Prince, what should we do about this?"

Luo Ge collected his thoughts, looked at the minister, and said slowly: "Luo Jie plans to send troops in half a month, we still have time."

"The Second Prince wants to..."

"Yes."

"I swear to follow the Second Prince until death."

***

In a blink of an eye, night fell, and Princess Wen'an came into a room with a pot of poisoned wine.

The man in the room was wearing shackles on his feet, sitting on the bed and looking at the closed window.

When the man saw Princess Wen'an, a look of doubt flashed in his eyes.

The Lady of Wen'an walked up to the man, picked up the wine jug, and poured him a cup of poisoned wine. "Sir, your mother, in recognition of your excellent service, is rewarding you with a glass of fine wine."

Hearing this, the man's face turned pale and he shrank back in fear. "Princess, please spare my life. County Lady, please spare my life. I don't want to die."

"That's not up to you." Princess Wen'an moved the wine glass in front of the guard who followed her. "Drink it."

As Lady Wen'an finished speaking, the guard took the wine glass, grabbed the man's chin, and poured the poisoned wine into his mouth.

In a short while, the man vomited blood and died with his eyes open.

Next, Lady Wen'an took people and poisoned wine to several other rooms and did the same thing.

After walking through more than a dozen rooms, they arrived outside the last room.

The Lady of Wen'an stopped outside the door and said, "You guys stay outside, I'll go in by myself."

Everyone present knew about the affair between Princess Wen'an and the person inside, and responded softly.

Princess Wen'an picked up the wine jug and wine glass and walked towards the room. She gently pushed the door open with her delicate hands and then closed it.

At this time, the person inside was sitting on the bed reading a book, with handcuffs on his feet.

The man looked over in the direction of the sound and saw Lady Wen'an and the wine jug in her hand. He slowly put down the book in his hand.

The man was the one who played the piano for Princess Yuehua in the bathing pool, and he was also the one who played the piano for Princess Yuehua in the pavilion during the day.

Princess Wen'an walked up to the man, said nothing, poured a glass of wine and handed it to him.

The man didn't ask anything. He raised his hand to take the wine glass and was about to drink the wine.

But at this moment, Princess Wen'an reached out and snatched the wine glass back, asking angrily, "Do you know that this is poisoned wine?"

"I know."

"You still drink knowing that?"

The man asked calmly, "Can I not drink?"

Princess Wen'an remained silent.

Seeing this, the man reached out to take the wine jug in her hand, and the wine in the glass had just spilled.

Princess Wen'an dodged and asked, "Do you really want to die?"

"I don't want to die."

"If you don't want to die, why don't you beg me?"

The man looked at her softly and said calmly, "Wen'an, my life is a danger to you."

"Are you afraid that I'm in danger?" Princess Wen'an was shocked.

The man said nothing, just staring at her.

With a thud, Lady Wen'an dropped the wine jug, picked up the man's face and kissed him.

After a moment, Princess Wen'an took the initiative to end the passionate kiss and said firmly: "I want you to live!"