The mastermind behind the scenes

Wang De whispered and explained what he had investigated.

Emperor Hongwen was stunned.

"Go and ask Hody to come over."

Wang De quickly retreated, but Emperor Hongwen couldn't sit still anymore. He stood up and paced back and forth in the imperial study.

I have to say that what Wang De said just now made him unable to calm down.

Although everything is still just speculation, and there are still some loopholes in it, but it is consistent with some things deep in his memory, and his heartbeat is still a little faster.

Soon Hodi came.

Emperor Hongwen didn't waste any words and directly issued a secret order to him, asking him to go to Jiangdong immediately to investigate some matters.

He also solemnly ordered that no one should know about this matter.

Huo Di responded and left the capital on the same day.

At the same time, King Jin also received some news from the palace.

His brows were furrowed and his face looked very ugly.

"The Duke of Zhen is really not relaxed at all."

When he said this, his voice was full of murderous intent.

"My lord, now that your majesty and the queen have sent people to Jiangdong, I really can't understand. Could there be any secrets about the princess?"

Regarding Lu Yaoyao, it is actually not a secret in the capital.

Her experience was too simple.

When she was very young, she came to the capital with her parents. When her mother died of illness when she was five years old, she was sent to a farm outside the city.

When Ji Ji returned to the capital in the early stages, what happened next, although surprising and enviable, was nothing out of the ordinary.

"Whether there is or not, since they attach so much importance to it, we have to go and take a look."

"Go and have people keep an eye on the Queen and the Duke. If you find that they have discovered anything unusual, don't let them send the news back, and then do a good job in dealing with the aftermath."

Yan Yi nodded quickly.

Lu Yaoyao didn't know anything about the actions of these three families.

After the banquet, she had been a little absent-minded these past few days. Even if Cheng Lixue and the others came to play, she was still a little out of sorts.

"Princess, are you still thinking about what Xirong mentioned?"

As soon as Dong Shan'er opened her mouth, Cheng Lixue, who was standing next to her, immediately said, "Sister Princess, what do you want from those Xirong monkeys? They came here to ask for marriage without any shame. It's simply a fool's errand."

"Yes, His Majesty has already rejected it, Princess, please stop thinking about it."

Wen Miaomiao also answered.

"Well, I don't want to think about it anymore, let's play mahjong."

Lu Yaoyao smiled and nodded.

Then the group of people fought until the afternoon, and Lu Yaoyao left the three of them to have dinner at his house before sending them away.

"Miss, the maid next to Miss Dong gave this matter to me, and she said it was Miss Dong who asked me to pass it on to you."

As soon as he returned to the house, Qiu Yu came over immediately, holding a letter in his hand.

On the envelope of the letter was written the princess' personal call to Si Juanxiu.

This made Lu Yaoyao feel a little strange. What on earth was going on? He couldn't tell her face to face, but he still had to leave a mysterious message to her?

After taking the letter, she walked to the table with tea and sat down to open it.

However, after seeing the content of the letter clearly, her expression changed and she stood up.

"Miss, what's wrong with you?"

Although this letter was written by Dong Shan'er, almost all the content comes from Prime Minister Dong.

Just as she and Qiu Shuang Qiuyu had guessed a few days ago.

The news about Xirong's marriage proposal has spread. The Dong family has connections in the surrounding countries. Suddenly, they received news that people in Southern Xinjiang and Northern Chu seemed to be ready to take action.

Especially for southern Xinjiang, the itinerary has been planned there. If the weather gets a little warmer, envoys should be sent over to discuss peace affairs with Dongzhou.

In addition to the above news, Prime Minister Dong also investigated another news.

But this news made her very angry, and she even felt a murderous intention burst out in her heart.

It turns out that Xirong, as well as Southern Xinjiang and Northern Chu, noticed her not because they heard about her reputation, but because someone did it deliberately.

And Xirong came to propose marriage, to be honest, it was not because of the things in her hand, but because someone gave her a very attractive price.

I want to buy her from Xirong.

Five hundred taels of silver plus three medium-sized salt mine resources on the border of Xirong.

They also promised that as long as Xirong can put people in their hands, they will reach long-term cooperation with Xirong in the future.

"Han family, okay, that's great. Since you are so eager to find death, don't blame me."

That's right, the people behind the bid for Xirong were none other than the Han family.

They not only offered a price to Xirong, but also offered similar prices to Southern Xinjiang and Northern Chu.

It's just that the situation in Southern Xinjiang and Northern Chu is different from that of Xirong. Compared with the price given by the Han family, they are more interested in what Lu Yaoyao has in his hands.

After all, Xirong is a nomadic people, and their main means of livelihood is herding, and the grain, papermaking, and printing technology in Lu Yaoyao's hands are very useless to them.

But Southern Xinjiang and Northern Chu are completely different. These three things are no less useful to them than Dongzhou.

In particular, she has also mastered the technology of making salt. As for iron-making, it has not been exposed yet. Not many people in Dongzhou know about it, and naturally other countries do not know about it.

But even so, Lu Yaoyao's value has already made Southern Xinjiang and Beichu very tempted.

However, Beichu is still at war with Xirong and has no plans to come to Dongzhou yet.

After all, the two families are feuding, and now that Beichu is at a critical moment, it would not be a good thing for them if they come over and fail to negotiate an agreement, but instead anger Dongzhou.

Moreover, their plan is to defeat Xirong first, stabilize the situation in their own country, and then arrange for people to come over after the army returns home.

At that time, they can use the things plundered from Xirong to increase their own power and use it as a deterrent. Secondly, even if they do not reach an agreement with Dongzhou and a conflict breaks out, they will not be afraid of Dongzhou's attack.

"What happened to the Han family?"

"Take a look."

Lu Yaoyao directly handed the letter to Qiu Shuang.

The two of them hurriedly came together. Upon seeing this, Qiu Shuang's complexion also changed, and Qiu Yu became even more furious.

"What a great Han family. Miss, please go and kill all those bastards from the Han family in the capital right now."

With that said, she walked out angrily.

"return!"

As soon as Lu Yaoyao's voice fell, Qiu Shuang grabbed Qiu Yu.

"I know you are angry, and I am angry too, but what's the use of killing those guys?"

"Not only does it not work, but it will also cause trouble for the young lady."

The Han family is no better than the Gao family. They have a lot of people in the court, not just in the capital, but all over the country. If they take action rashly, the Han family may turn an army against them.

"But. But"

"Sit down and go pack your things. We will go back to the villa tomorrow."

"Qiu Shuang, please send a message to Hou Si later and ask him to come back as soon as possible."
Chapter completed!