I am a commoner, but I will lead the empress to unify the world

After seeing off Queen Yuhuatian, Shen Changgong also saw off the Empress and others.

In the end, only Shen Changgong and Jiang Ruoxue remained.

After all, this incident was quite a big deal, and Shen Changgong staying at home would help to stabilize people's hearts.

The Shen family is now in a mess. The servants are gathered together and interrogated by Dai Xing, the captain of Shen Changgong's guards who has a low presence.

But this was just a simple inquiry, and it was unlikely that these people were colluding with the assassins.

After all, Shen Changgong and Yan Fuyao both heard Jiang Ruoxue say that several people in that troupe suddenly fell ill, and then they went to borrow people from other troupes.

In Shen Changgong's opinion, it was unlikely that this opera troupe was in collusion with the assassin. It was most likely that they were drugged by the assassin and had to borrow people, which allowed the assassin to sneak in.

Of course, it is not ruled out that the assassin acted on impulse and bribed the owner of the troupe, who found a reason to let them in openly.

After a brief inquiry, all the servants in the palace were released and told to get back to work and clean up.

Shen Changgong only asked Dai Xing to send the deputy steward to the Security Army dungeon to be interrogated together with the assassin.

Jiang Ruoxue's face didn't look very good, but she was trying hard to direct the servants to work.

After all, it was she who was in charge of the birthday banquet, but it ended up being a failure, Shen Changgong and the empress were assassinated, and she felt very guilty, so she quietly hid in a corner and dropped her little pearls.

After being discovered by Shen Changgong, he held her in his arms and comforted her, feeling extremely distressed.

At night, Shen Changgong comforted his sister-in-law all night long, and only then did she recover.

The next morning, Shen Changgong calculated the time for the court meeting to end and went to the palace.

I happened to meet the empress who had just left the court.

Court meetings are not held every day. They are usually held every few days, or only when something major happens.

The biggest thing was that His Majesty and the Prince were assassinated yesterday.

The two of them went to the imperial study together, and met Lu Bing who was waiting at the door.

"Has the trial concluded?"

Shen Changgong asked.

"Reporting to the prince, the results of the investigation have been revealed."

"Come in and talk."

Entering the Imperial Study, the middle class sat down, and Lu Bing clasped his hands and said,

"Your Majesty, last night, Captain Zhang and I jointly interrogated the assassins. After a night of separation, the assassins confessed one after another.

They were all assassins sent by the State of Qi. They had been lurking in Shengjing for a long time, but they had not taken any action because the State of Qi was still watching our country's attitude.

The order given to them by the Emperor of Qi was that once the State of Yan decided to send troops against the State of Qi, they should immediately find an opportunity to assassinate.

Their target list includes Your Majesty, the Prince, General Yu, and the Prime Minister. The Prime Minister was a bit far away yesterday, so he wasn't hurt. The three of you were sitting closest to the front, so you bore the brunt of the attack."

Shen Changgong sneered when he heard this.

"Qi State...it seems they were well prepared for us. They declared war just the day before yesterday and took action yesterday. They're really efficient.

I originally thought it was the work of the Qian Kingdom. After all, those restless people from the Qian Kingdom have already started causing trouble within our country."

Yan Fuyao sighed, covered his forehead with his hands and said,

"Alas, the domestic affairs had just been sorted out, and the Qian Kingdom jumped out to cause trouble. Now the Qian Kingdom's affairs have not been resolved, and the assassins from the Qi Kingdom have appeared again.

I am truly exhausted.”

Shen Changgong smiled and said,

"If you want to wear the crown, you must bear its weight. Being powerful comes at a price. There must be too many people who are dissatisfied with us and want to kill us. You should also pay more attention to your safety at home and don't go out unless necessary.

I heard that when you were in Yanjing, you often went out to wander around?"

"I want you to take care of it?"

Yan Fuyao rolled his eyes at him and said,

"When we fight a war to destroy a country in the future, kill all those royal families, so that there won't be any fish that slip through the net and always think of revenge."

"Okay, don't worry, this time I will definitely slaughter the entire royal family of Qi and avenge you."

Yan Fuyao looked at Lu Bing,

"Tell me about the case in detail."

"Your Majesty, these assassins have been lying in ambush in the capital. When they have nothing to do, they go out to drink tea, gather intelligence, and listen to operas. That's why they have learned the latest popular operas.

After we declared war on Qi the day before yesterday, these assassins got the news and began to think of ways to act.

They first gave money to another opera troupe, sneaked in, and disguised themselves as actors.

Then he went to drug our original opera troupe.

Because our troupe was going to perform for the prince and His Majesty, they were very alert. They were worried that they would be exposed if they failed to bribe them, so they resorted to drugging us.

Those people were drugged the night before, so the troupe owner went to find someone to borrow some people.

The owner of the opera troupe the assassin belonged to immediately came forward and said that he could lend the person, but he had to pay.

The owner of our opera troupe immediately gave the money and lent the person over.

These assassins arrived fully prepared and in good condition, and the troupe leader didn't investigate them carefully. The people in the mansion thought they were the troupe leader's men and let them in.

The Queen sighed and said,

"Has the bribed troupe been caught?"

"They were caught. They tried to escape, but they were found."

"Then let's kill them all. As for the Shen family's opera troupe, this incident has little to do with them, but they still need to be punished. If they are negligent, they should be expelled from Shengjing.

Let's keep the assassin here for further interrogation to see if we can get any other information out of him.

Let's release those irrelevant members of the Shen family. The Shen family guards didn't question them, so let Lanling Wang punish them himself."

"Yes!"

Lu Bing nodded immediately and went out.

Shen Changgong discussed with the empress for a few more words and decided that the army would set out south in three days, and he and Yu Huatian would set out ten days later.

Afterwards, Shen Changgong left the palace and went to the Imperial College.

This time, he wanted to teach the students about the military strategies used on the grasslands, as well as the tactics used by Bai Wuan, the commander of the Qin army in the south.

We also need to go to the liberal arts classes to explain to the students the harm and harm of cults. In the future, when they become officials in local areas, they must strictly prevent cults from brainwashing people.

Shen Changgong will be busy in the days to come.

He always has a lot of things to do.

He had to worry about military affairs, the East Factory, the Imperial Academy, and other matters.

Five hungry little wives are also waiting for him to nourish them.

Shen Changgong walks around holding his waist every day, but he can't stay long this time, so he'd better stay with her as much as possible.

Shen Changgong decided that these five were the only ones he would have, and he would never look for other women again, otherwise his waist would not be able to bear it.

Really, even if Shen Changgong jumped off the mountain and died outside, he would never eat a single woman outside.

During the time when Shen Changgong was busy, all the Qi troops in the south began to retreat.

Not only Xingqing Prefecture, but also the borders of Anyang and Xingyang County.