Demoted from wife to concubine? Reborn, the mistress of a noble family plots another high-status mar

Chapter 187

"Summon the imperial physician." At this moment, the Empress Dowager couldn't help but speak up, saying in a low voice, "Your Majesty, look at her, she has no respect for the elderly at all. How long will you continue to protect her with such despicable behavior?"

Murong Yu frowned slightly and glanced at the doorway; the Yun family members had not yet arrived.

The envoys from the Southern Qiang tribes all requested that Yun Xiyue be executed to avenge the Southern Qiang princess.

Yun Xiyue looked at the group of envoys and said, "Your Majesty, I would like to make a bet with the envoys from the Southern Qiang."

"Oh? What bet? Tell me." Murong Yu said with a slight smile.

"The Southern Qiang Kingdom believes that I poisoned their princess and demands my execution. So I made a bet with them. If the truth is found today and I was the one who did it, I will atone for my sins with my death. But if it is proven that I am innocent, the Southern Qiang Kingdom and the Shen family must kneel down and apologize to me."

"The Southern Qiang Kingdom will also pay an additional 30,000 warhorses as part of the wager."

Everyone was shocked.

The Southern Qiang envoy immediately disagreed, "Absurd! Your life is not worth ten thousand warhorses!"

"Then let's raise the stakes. If I lose, I will atone with my death, and my Yun family will compensate the Southern Qiang Kingdom with 500,000 taels of silver. If you lose, you will apologize to me, and Lin Bao'er will be consort for life, never to be made a wife. The Southern Qiang Kingdom will compensate me for the loss of 30,000 warhorses. How about that?"

Five hundred thousand taels of silver?

Upon hearing this, the envoy from the Southern Qiang Kingdom hesitated. Even the third prince of the Southern Qiang Kingdom was tempted. Their warhorses were the finest horses, chosen from among thousands. It was because of these horses that they possessed an iron cavalry army, which enabled them to contend with the Great Xia army.

They have no shortage of horses, but they lack money.

Five hundred thousand taels of silver is equivalent to a year's tax revenue for the Southern Qiang Kingdom.

"Your Highness!" An envoy from the Southern Qiang Kingdom privately sought to discuss something with Lin Huangjin.

The Great Xia Dynasty had no reason to object, because the only ones who would suffer losses were the Yun family.

It was just a high-stakes gamble.

Yun Xiyue's willingness to risk her life is truly shocking.

Women who are just as capable as men don't necessarily have to be on the battlefield.

If they win, their Great Xia will gain 30,000 warhorses for free.

Murong Yu's face was cold and stern, and he was about to reprimand her for such nonsense.

“Your Majesty, I believe in you, and I believe in myself,” Yun Xiyue spoke first.

The Southern Qiang Kingdom finally agreed; they had no reason to disagree, why give up an opportunity to potentially earn 500,000 taels of silver.

Moreover, Yunxi Yue is clearly outnumbered and lacks evidence.

"Then how can you prove your innocence?" Lin Huangjin asked with a smile, taking a sip of his drink.

I'm even more curious about what she'll do next.

“It’s very simple. The proof of my innocence lies with Lin Bao’er. The poison in her body can prove who the murderer is,” Yun Xiyue said.

Lin Bao'er's expression changed slightly. "How can you prove that poison can be bought with money?"

"Some poisons cannot be bought."

Lin Huangjin smiled and asked, "Did your imperial physicians identify what kind of poison it was?"

"Don't say it's a poison from our Southern Qiang Kingdom. That's not convincing. After all, your imperial physicians should avoid suspicion."

The Southern Qiang envoy immediately said, "That's right. Miss Yun herself just said that the Shen family cannot be used as witnesses. So the poison test results from your Great Xia's imperial physicians cannot be considered definitive either."

"Unless a third person, a doctor from either country, comes to verify and prove that the poison is from the Southern Qiang Kingdom."