Chapter 341 Wolf Ambition
Qi Beiming was afraid that the fact that he was carrying weapons would be discovered by the generals of Dayuan, so when he was in Dayuan, he traveled non-stop for days.
After crossing the border, Qi Beiming relaxed.
When they arrived at a town, Qi Beiming booked an inn for the team to have a good rest for a day.
The weather was hot, so the Seventh Princess asked her people to make some mung bean soup to clear away heat and detoxify. After drinking a bowl herself, she asked her personal maid to serve another bowl, which she planned to deliver to Qi Beiming personally.
The Seventh Princess walked to the door of Qi Beiming's chamber and was about to knock when she suddenly heard Qi Beiming's voice from inside, "Originally, the person I wanted to marry was the Ninth Princess, but who knew that the old emperor was reluctant to give her up and sent me away with the unpopular Seventh Princess."
When the Seventh Princess heard this, she felt a little uncomfortable. She originally wanted to please Qi Beiming so that her life in the Canglang Kingdom would be easier in the future. She didn't expect that he looked down on her, an unpopular princess.
Thinking about how she had run over to deliver the mung bean soup, the Seventh Princess felt a little ridiculous. She subconsciously put down her hand that was knocking on the door and was about to go back with the tray, but she heard another man's voice from inside.
"This Ninth Princess is favored by the Emperor and Empress of Dayuan. If we have her in our hands, we can use her to negotiate with the old emperor when our two countries go to war. Now that the Seventh Princess has been replaced, I'm afraid it will be difficult to threaten the old emperor."
The person who said this was Qi Beiming's personal guard An Ye. When the Seventh Princess heard about the war between the two countries, she immediately stopped and continued to listen.
Qi Beiming said, "Although it is a little different from the original plan, fortunately we have successfully brought the weapons that were forged in Dayuan back to the country mixed in the dowry. We are one step closer to our great cause. Anye, send a pigeon to the imperial sister and ask her to act according to the plan and make sure Dayuan is in chaos as soon as possible."
The Seventh Princess was so frightened by these words that her hands trembled and she lost hold of the tray in her hands. The bowl of mung bean soup fell to the ground along with the tray, making a crisp sound.
The people in the room immediately shouted, "Who?"
Then An Ye flashed and opened the door from the inside, and it was too late for the Seventh Princess to escape.
Qi Beiming walked to the door and saw that the person standing outside was actually the Seventh Princess. His face suddenly became gloomy.
When he saw the Seventh Princess's frightened look, he immediately realized that what he and Anye had just said had been heard by the Seventh Princess.
He narrowed his eyes slightly, and suddenly a murderous aura emanated from his body.
He stared at the Seventh Princess and said in a low voice, "The Seventh Princess should have stayed in her room and not come here."
When the Seventh Princess saw Qi Beiming's murderous eyes, she was afraid that he would kill her in the next second.
She pretended to be calm and said, "I asked my personal maid to make some mung bean soup. I wanted to give the king a bowl to cool him down, but I accidentally broke it."
Qi Beiming said in a dangerous tone, "Oh? Did you break it accidentally? I'm afraid the princess accidentally heard something she shouldn't have heard."
The Seventh Princess also understood that it was useless for her to pretend that she heard nothing at this moment. Qi Beiming would not believe it at all, so she simply stopped pretending.
"Qi Beiming, my father sent me here to marry the king because he hoped that the two countries could live in peace. This would benefit both Dayuan and Canglang. I didn't expect you to use the name of marriage as a pretext to harbor evil intentions. What good will it bring to you to provoke a war between the two countries?"
Qi Beiming said with a smile, "Your Dayuan is indeed vast and rich in resources, and the people basically live and work in peace and contentment, but it's different for our Canglang Country. Most of our land can't grow food. When I take over the entire Dayuan Country, all your land will belong to our Canglang Country. Seventh Princess, do you think this benefit is enough for me to start a war?"
The Seventh Princess said angrily, "You guys just covet other people's things all day long. What's the difference between you and bandits?"
"Since ancient times, the winner is the king and the loser is the bandit. As long as I can take over the entire Great Abyss, Princess, you can say whatever you want to me."
After saying that, Qi Beiming ordered the maid beside him, "Come here, send the princess back to her room. The princess has come from a long way and is unfamiliar with our Canglang Country. You must stay by her side every step of the way."
The maid nodded, "Yes, my lord."
Then the maids prepared to forcibly take the Seventh Princess back to her room. The Seventh Princess knew that she was now a lamb to be slaughtered and there was no way she could run away.
She broke away from the maids on both sides, raised her head and said proudly, "This princess can walk by herself."
Then she followed the maid back to her own room.
After the Seventh Princess returned to her room, she became a little restless when she thought about the conversation she had just heard between Qi Beiming and Anye.
According to Qi Beiming, this time they not only transported a large number of weapons from Dayuan back to Canglang Kingdom, but also planned to create chaos in Dayuan so as to take the opportunity to attack.
She really wanted to return to Dayuan immediately to tell her father Qi Beiming about his evil ambitions and ask him to send troops to the border to take precautions.
However, she was now under guard, and Qi Beiming's men were everywhere around her. She had no idea what to do. She had to find a way to get away. Even if she couldn't escape, she had to find a way to pass the message back anyway.
On the Dayuan side, Qi Jiaqing received the news from Qi Beiming and began to take action.
Suddenly, rumors spread in the capital that the emperor was in poor health and was planning to pass the throne to the eldest prince. Now the Crown Prince's party and the Fourth Prince's party began to worry.
In order to win over some military generals to serve him, the Fourth Prince married the daughters of two of them as concubines.
Qian Yuying was extremely dissatisfied with the fact that the Fourth Prince married a concubine for the first time, and she found the Fourth Prince and made a scene.
At first, the Fourth Prince would coax her, "Yuying, I married a concubine only to win over her father and to achieve my great cause. Just bear with it. Don't worry, when I become the emperor, you will be the only one who can be the queen."
After hearing this, Qian Yuying stopped making any noise.
But when the concubine really came in, Qian Yuying still felt uncomfortable when the Fourth Prince ignored her and treated the new concubine very protectively.
When the Fourth Prince wanted to marry a concubine for the second time, Qian Yuying couldn't help but ran to question him again, "Could it be that my husband is marrying a concubine this time to win over the court officials? In the future, will he marry more women to win over more people?"
The fourth prince was not going to indulge her this time. "This prince is only marrying a concubine, why are you making a fuss? As long as this prince is willing, I can marry eight or ten. Every emperor has three thousand beauties in his harem. With your tolerance, you are not even worthy of being the mother of a country, let alone the position of a princess. Believe it or not, if you do this again, I will divorce you for being jealous."
Qian Yuying never expected that the man who had always been so gentle and affectionate to her now not only had annoyance in his eyes, but even threatened to divorce her.
She looked at the Fourth Prince with a painful expression and asked, "My husband, have you forgotten what you once said? My husband said that he would only love me in this life and would only let me be the Queen. Why do you turn your back on me now?"
The Fourth Prince stopped pretending at this time, "The reason why I was willing to marry you as my princess was because you were the daughter of the Qian family. Who knew you were so insignificant in the Qian family? Your father was not willing to side with me for you. If I had known that the little peasant girl was the legitimate daughter of the Qian family, I would have married her instead of you. Now that you don't have the Qian family as your backing, I can still let you be my princess. Just be happy and don't push your luck."
Qian Yuying then saw the Fourth Prince's true face clearly. Thinking about how she had let Aunt Tong die in order to save the Fourth Prince's Mansion, Qian Yuying immediately regretted her decision.
Unfortunately, even though she realized it now, it was too late. The person who loved her the most in the world would never come back.