An Jin's eyes have been swollen these days. He can't even take care of the business of Shidinglou and has been looking for Pei Liangchuan's whereabouts.

Shen Qionghua was also looking for her, as were the guards dispatched from Linze and Rui Wangfu.

Even the Imperial Guards are looking for him.

But nothing.

Such a big person seemed to have disappeared from the face of the earth, leaving no trace.

The more this happened, the more Shen Qionghua felt that things were not simple.

Shen Qionghua took An Jin to the Shen family and comforted her every day, but even so, it didn't have much effect, and Shen Qionghua felt a little anxious.

The entire capital city seems calm, but there is a faint sense of restlessness.

The person here has not been found yet, and something happened in the court.

Just two days after the emperor left the palace to visit Xie Nanyuan, an urgent report from the border six hundred miles away was submitted to the morning court.

Invasion from the northern border.

An army of one hundred thousand is approaching the border.

Although Northern Xinjiang and Dai Viet are neighbors, their relations have been relatively friendly over the past two decades.

Twenty years ago, there were occasional wars between Northern Xinjiang and Dai Viet, and both sides were often defeated. Later, after a war, both countries were severely damaged, and they began to negotiate peace.

The princess of Dai Viet was married to Northern Xinjiang, and the princess of Northern Xinjiang was also married to Dai Viet.

The princess from the northern border entered the emperor's harem at the time, but was later plotted against by others and died of illness within two years.

Although the princess of Dai Viet was not dead, she had lost her fertility and was just a decoration in the position of queen.

Although she was the queen, she must have suffered enough humiliation in the eyes of many people in Dai Viet.

Because the customs of the northern border are different from those of Dai Viet, there is a ritual of the son inheriting the father's property after his death.

The princess of Dai Viet was originally married to the late emperor of Northern Frontier. Later, the late emperor died and the new emperor ascended the throne. The emperor was replaced by a new person, but the princess remained the queen.

The current Emperor of Northern Frontier is five years younger than the Princess of Dai Viet.

Three years ago, the Queen of Northern Frontier passed away. Dai Viet thought that there would be unusual movements in Northern Frontier, but unexpectedly, everything was calm. Everyone thought that Northern Frontier was abiding by the alliance.

But now the enemy is suddenly at the gates.

At the beginning of last year, Dai Viet had just provided disaster relief, and at the end of the year it fought a long war with the State of Chen.

It was just the beginning of spring this year when the Northern Frontier assembled its army to attack Dai Viet. This was not in compliance with the alliance at all, but was clearly a case of waiting for an opportunity. They took advantage of the empty treasury of Dai Viet and its inability to fight a long war, and took advantage of the situation to rob.

For a while, the court was divided into two factions. One faction was the pro-war faction, who believed that they should not give in to the Northern Frontier. Since the Northern Frontier wanted to fight, they should fight to the end.

The other faction advocates peace. Now that the national treasury is empty, it is no longer possible to sustain a protracted war like the one at the end of last year. Rather than being defeated due to food and grass problems, it is better to negotiate peace as soon as possible.

Otherwise, if we come to negotiate peace after being defeated, I am afraid that Northern Xinjiang will want more than just a princess for marriage.

The two sides argued endlessly, which didn't bother others, but it frightened Princess Yongle who heard the news in the palace.

If possible, who would be willing to marry to the Northern Frontier?

The son inherits the father's legacy. These four light words may not mean much to the women of the Northern Frontier, but for the women of Dai Viet, if they really take that step, it is undoubtedly a shame and is forcing people to die.

The Three Bonds and Five Constant Virtues that we learned since childhood, and the lack of shame and incorruptibility, cannot be changed overnight.

By the time you're in your teens, your personality and ideas have already been formed and are difficult to change.

Princess Yongle was extremely frightened, fearing that she would have to marry a foreign prince. Even the empress was restless and went to ask for an audience with the emperor.

But the emperor refused to see him.

It is said that for this reason, the Queen and Princess Yongle went to the cold palace to look for Princess Anle, who had been demoted to a commoner by the Emperor.

But she didn't expect that she was one step too late. Princess Anle couldn't accept that she had been reduced from a high and mighty princess to a commoner imprisoned in the cold palace, and she had gone mad.

Princess Anle is crazy, so the marriage definitely cannot take place. Otherwise, it would not be a peace negotiation, but an enmity.

The current emperor has two daughters, Princess Yongle and Princess Anle. Princess Anle is crazy and cannot marry into the Northern Frontier, so the only candidate is Princess Yongle.

If peace talks really wanted to take place, it would undoubtedly be Princess Yongle who would be the one to marry.

The news circulated for two days. After Princess Yongle discovered that Princess Anle had gone crazy, she even ran to Prince Rui's Mansion for the first time to show concern for Xie Nanyuan's injuries.

I just hope Xie Nanyuan can get better soon, so that those ministers who advocate peace will not be so determined.

It was really that the timing chosen by Northern Frontier was too good. Not only was Dai Viet's treasury empty, but Prince Xie Nanyuan, who was like a god of war in the hearts of the people of Dai Viet, was also seriously injured.

Although Princess Yongle and Xie Nanyuan were both legitimate children, their relationship was not close, and could even be described as indifferent. However, both of them had a good relationship with the Fifth Prince.

When Princess Yongle arrived at Prince Rui's Mansion, she grabbed Wu Yuanzheng and asked him endless questions. When she learned that Xie Nanyuan's injuries would not heal in a short time and he had to stay in bed for two or three months, she almost blacked out and fell to the ground.

In the end, Ji Bei took people to send Princess Yongle back to the Queen Princess.

It was really a joke.

There was endless fighting outside, and Shen Qionghua was also extremely worried as she accompanied An Jin to look for Pei Liangchuan.

When everyone's attention was focused on the war in the northern border, Xie Nanyuan was assassinated again on an ordinary night.

And this time it happened in Prince Rui's Palace.

Those assassins managed to sneak into Prince Rui's Palace despite its heavy guards.

They came with great force and in large numbers, and even Xie Nanyuan's secret guards were unable to resist them.

Xie Nanyuan reacted quickly, and even though he was seriously injured, he still forced himself to fight.

In the end, although he killed them all and saved his life, the wounds that had already scabbed over broke open again, and new wounds appeared on his body. He vomited blood on the spot when he heard about it.

When Shen Qionghua heard the news, she could no longer sit still and immediately rushed to Prince Rui's Mansion.

"Xie Nanyuan!"

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