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Chen Nan first carefully felt it.

He sensed that a faint presence was hidden in the shadows.

He knew that this person was the one who had been by the Empress Dowager's side during the last accident at the Imperial Horse Stables.

Such people have long lost their own thoughts; all they know how to do is execute orders.

He didn't care whether the other party knew or not, and immediately said, "Since the Empress Dowager knows that Qin Qingmin is a villain."

"Then the Empress Dowager must know that there must be a powerful force behind it, right?"

The Empress Dowager looked at Chen Nan with surprise: "That's right, I know about this matter and have been sending people to investigate, but we haven't found out the specific forces behind it yet. How did Prince Zhennan find out?"

"All of this is merely my speculation."

"Qin Qingmin is practically useless in our Northern Wei, but the Empress Dowager cannot completely eliminate him because of his power."

"I believe that we can use the matter of the golden nanmu garment to completely resolve Qin Qingmin's worries."

"By then, with the entire Northern Wei united, the reforms will be much more effective."

"You guessed all of this?" the Empress Dowager asked absentmindedly.

She investigated privately for several years before uncovering this tiny clue.

But Chen Nan, relying solely on his own guesses, knew more than the Empress Dowager herself had investigated.

No wonder the Great Qian Dynasty has developed so rapidly under Chen Nan's leadership.

"Is that all? There must be more to the story of the Prince of Zhennan, right?"

In her eyes, Chen Nan was not someone who was easily satisfied.

If it's just for the sake of reform, whether Qin Qingmin lives or dies isn't that important at all.

Chen Nan sneered: "Of course not."

"Qin Qingmin's death was only a prerequisite; that power was able to place Qin Qingmin in there."

"Then it will certainly not be just one person. At that time, I can use Qin Qingmin as a pretext to investigate the others one by one."

"Moreover, after Qin Qingmin is captured, I can take the opportunity to interrogate him and squeeze out the last bit of value from him."

"So, all that the Prince of Zhennan has to say seems to have nothing to do with Changsun Du, right?"

The Empress Dowager suddenly changed the subject.

Chen Nan grinned, surprised that the Empress Dowager had figured out his intentions so quickly.

That's right. If it had been said from the beginning that the matter of Changsun Du would be exempted from investigation, the Empress Dowager would definitely not have agreed.

So Chen Nan changed his perspective, not talking about Changsun Du first, but instead listing Qin Qingmin's faults.

He intended to leave the issue of Changsun Du until the end, but he did not expect that the Empress Dowager's insight would be so sharp.

He had no choice but to tell the whole story: "Empress Dowager, Prime Minister Changsun cannot die for the time being."

"My reforms require his cooperation in order to accelerate the strengthening of the Northern Wei."

"Moreover, as far as I know, there are major secrets behind the matter of Chancellor Changsun, which may even implicate the late Emperor."

"What? How did Changsun Du get involved with the late Emperor?" The Empress Dowager was taken aback, and a phantom image of a man in a yellow robe appeared in her mind.

After shaking her head to banish the phantom from her mind, the Empress Dowager looked directly at Chen Nan.

"I am not sure yet, but these two matters are likely connected, which is why I want to protect Prime Minister Changsun."

"Of course, while I am protecting him, I can also guarantee that if this person ever does anything to wrong the Northern Wei court in the future, I will naturally not let him off the hook."

"Very well, since the Prince of Zhennan has made such a guarantee, then I will let Changsun Du go for the time being."

"However, Prince Zhennan must remember that this is only temporary. If Changsun Du continues in this manner, Prince Zhennan will bear joint responsibility!" the Empress Dowager said solemnly.

In reality, the Empress Dowager was unwilling to let Chen Nan be implicated; she only said this in the hope that the other party would remember this matter.

While the two were talking, inside the Fengtian Hall of the Great Qian Dynasty.

Wu Fengluan sat high on the dragon throne, while Jiang He stood below her, looking uneasy.

Wu Fengluan snorted coldly: "Didn't Minister Jiang go on a mission to Northern Wei? Why has he suddenly returned?"

Jiang He smiled shyly, his face showing a weak expression, and his voice trembled with a slight sob: "Your Majesty, I only discovered when I arrived at the border that Liu Banggua hadn't been waiting for me at all!"

"Didn't they wait for you? Western Shu had already informed me. This time, my Great Qian and Western Shu will stand on the same side."

"The goal is to make the Northern Wei compensate our two countries for the losses in this battle, so how could Liu Bangua not wait for you?"

Wu Fengluan said angrily.

Jiang He sneered inwardly. He knew very well that Liu Banggua had been going on this mission with the intention of dying in the Northern Wei from the very beginning.

How could we possibly ask the other party to compensate for the losses incurred in the war?

Moreover, the alliance between the two countries in that great war only caused some losses to the Northern Wei.

They didn't even fight, so where do they get the nerve to ask for compensation?

It has to be said that Wu Fengluan's idea was far too naive.

Jiang He knew the truth, but he couldn't say it. He could only say in an even weaker voice, "Your Majesty, I was unaware of this matter beforehand."

"Moreover, Liu Ban Gua only left one person in the northern part of Daqian, and that person has a very tyrannical temper."

"If they say that our Great Qian has 300,000 men and can't even defeat the Northern Wei's 200,000 men, we might as well just perish sooner."

"What did you say? Did the envoy from Western Shu really say that?" Wu Fengluan was almost furious.

She finally saw it clearly: the Western Shu army hadn't fought well, but they had clearly shifted the blame.

The two sides had agreed that the people from Western Shu would go to the city to harass Chen Nan.

They greatly delayed the Northern Wei's progress on the main battlefield.

Ultimately, the Great Qian Dynasty failed to delay the main force of the Northern Wei, and the Western Shu failed to harass them to a certain extent.

The allied forces of the two countries were completely annihilated by the Northern Wei.

Both sides bear responsibility for this battle.

However, in Jiang He's words, Xi Shu shifted all the blame onto Da Qian.

This is the point that Wu Fengluan finds most unacceptable.

At the same time, it also increased her hatred for the Northern Wei.

However, when her gaze fell on Jiang He, her anger intensified: "Since Liu Bangua entered Northern Wei first..."

"Then won't you follow him on his mission to Northern Wei? Does my Great Qian Dynasty not survive without Western Shu?"

"Furthermore, Western Shu is merely an economic supply station for Northern Wei. What right does it have to criticize my Great Qian?"

Wu Fengluan grew angrier the more she thought about it, and casually swept the clutter off the dragon table onto the ground.

Jiang He knew that Wu Fengluan's anger had been ignited, and the next step was to deepen her hatred for the Northern Wei.

Jiang He then added fuel to the fire, saying, "Your Majesty, I don't blame you for this!"

"At that time, I also thought of going to Northern Wei alone to conduct peace talks."

"But when I arrived at the border of Northern Wei, I learned that they actually forbade people from my Great Qian from entering Northern Wei territory."

"They even said that my Great Qian Dynasty is not as good as a single hair of their Northern Wei, especially after their Northern Wei had the Prince of Zhennan, and they even said... and they even said..."

"What else did he say?" Wu Fengluan's eyes widened.

She then remembered that the Prince of Zhennan of the Northern Wei Dynasty was Chen Nan, the Prince of Zhenbei of her Great Qian Dynasty.

Jiang He muttered under his breath, "Chen Nan also said that His Majesty is a good-for-nothing who knows nothing, and that under His Majesty's leadership, the Great Qian Dynasty will perish sooner or later!"

"Chen Nan, how dare you insult me, you brat!" Wu Fengluan's eyes blazed with anger.

At that moment, she had the thought of skinning Chen Nan alive.