In the state guesthouse, King Qi looked at Feng Chu, the deputy envoy of the Xia State Mission, and said in a deep voice:
"Do you have any clue?"
Feng Chu heard this, his face was calm, he shook his head and said:
"I went to check, but based on the clues I found so far, no one from the Li Chao mission left secretly."
When King Qi heard this, he sneered and said:
"Aren't they the people who came with the Li Dynasty envoy? It seems that the Li Dynasty monarchs and ministers have made a lot of preparations in advance in Zhongqing City!"
He paused, turned to look at Feng Chu, and said:
"How many direct envoys with embroidered clothes are there in the Yun Kingdom?"
When Feng Chu heard this, he raised his eyebrows slightly, pointed at himself with a somewhat unnatural expression, and said:
"Your Highness is asking the minister?"
Having said this, Feng Chu quickly waved his hand, shook his head and explained:
"I am a civil servant, and I have nothing to do with the embroidered clothes of the direct envoys in the palace. Your Highness, please don't accuse someone's innocence out of thin air!"
The Direct Envoy of Embroidered Clothes is a secret service agency directly under the Emperor of Xia Kingdom, which handles all kinds of private affairs and stolen goods for the Emperor of Xia. Naturally, such an agency cannot even think about how good its reputation can be. Above the Xia Kingdom's court, it can be
No one wants to be associated with this organization.
After hearing Feng Chu's explanation, King Qi sneered disdainfully and looked straight at Feng Chu without saying a word, with an expression that showed that the king was already determined.
Feng Chu looked at King Qi and opened his mouth as if he wanted to explain. But when he saw King Qi's confirmed look, he hesitated slightly and sighed helplessly, saying:
"How did Your Highness find out about my identity? I have been working as a Zhishi for thirteen years. During this time, even my wife, children, and close friends have never seen my identity. There is no flaw in my identity!"
When King Qi heard that Feng Chu admitted his identity, his brows moved and he actually showed a look of surprise.
"You are so serious! I lied so casually..."
King Qi's words immediately made Feng Chu's face freeze.
He originally thought that King Qi would deduce his identity from the clues he left behind in his daily life. But he didn't expect that in the end, it turned out to be just a casual deception on his part.
The most important thing is that I was fooled!!!
For a moment, Feng Chu didn't know how to continue speaking.
Seeing his unacceptable look, King Qi couldn't help but chuckle and said:
"My father is cautious and cannot allow me to act recklessly, so I must have someone by my side who can take over the mission and continue to preside over the peace talks when I act foolishly. After thinking about it,
I feel that the person with the greatest suspicion is you, so that’s why you committed such a deception.”
Although it was a little different from what he had imagined, at any rate, King Qi discovered his identity through resourcefulness. Feng Chu sighed helplessly, then lowered his head and said:
"I was ordered to point out the secret affairs of the Yun Kingdom. Feng Chu, the second-grade embroidered envoy, has met His Highness! Please forgive me for concealing anything before."
King Qi frowned and couldn't help but glance at Feng Chu.
Even though Feng Chu, the embroiderer, is only a second-ranked embroiderer, he is already considered to be the second or third person among the embroiderers.
"The order refers directly to the secret affairs of the Yun State" means that he directly controls all the embroidered messengers in the Yun State, and he can have a hand in all matters involving the Yun State.
Well, to translate, he is the director of the Yun State Branch of the Daxia Central Intelligence Agency.
King Qi never expected that Feng Chu, who was born as a Taoist and smiled all day long, would actually be a big spy leader!
King Qi adjusted his somewhat confused thoughts and then said:
"Tell me, how many people are there in Zhongqing City to make embroidered clothes? How many people can be mobilized?"
Hearing this, Feng Chu shook his head slightly and said seriously:
"Your Highness, please forgive me for sending the embroidered clothes envoy to the army. Without your majesty's order or decree, even you, your highness, have no right to mobilize the embroidered clothes envoy."
Upon hearing Feng Chu's flat refusal, King Qi's voice sank and he immediately said:
"It is Zhizhi Xiuyi's duty to find out who is trying to harm the emperor's sister. And if you mobilize all the people to investigate, I will think that I owe you a favor!"
The current Emperor of Xia changed the previous custom of Xia Kingdom princes not being involved in court affairs, and sent all his adult sons to various parts of the court.
Anyone with a discerning eye can naturally see what Emperor Xia was thinking. He had the idea of "establishing virtuous people" and wanted all the princes to seize the throne and select the best prince among them to inherit the throne.
Not to mention that King Qi was an adult prince and had the possibility of inheriting the great treasure of the Xia Kingdom. It was because of his influence in the army and his close relationship with the third prince, Prince Jin, who was a strong contender for the throne, that he obtained a promise from him.
, it is definitely a good thing to make sure profit without loss.
After hearing King Qi's words, Feng Chu's expression did not change, he lowered his head and said:
"If you count it as a favor, Your Highness already owes me one!"
Feng Chu paused and then said in a deep voice:
"If I hadn't covered up the princess's matter, I'm afraid that by this time, Jinling City would have already learned that His Highness arranged a substitute for the princess!"
When King Qi heard this, he couldn't help but be stunned.
Of course, the reason why he was in a daze was not because Feng Chu found out about the real and fake princess.
After all, even when he thought back afterwards, he realized that he had done too many things to expose the truth because of his panic. Even the Emperor of Yun State did not have the confidence to hide it, let alone this.
Feng Chu is right next to him.
The reason why King Qi was stunned was because Feng Chu actually chose to help him hide the fact that he was looking for a substitute for Emperor Rouning.
Feng Chu raised his head slightly, looked at King Qi, and said solemnly:
"Your Highness, now in the court, the momentum of the princes and princes competing for the great treasure has become more and more obvious. As I hold such an important position, I naturally need to find a backer for myself!"
After hearing Feng Chu's explanation, King Qi frowned and said:
"Why do you embroiderers need to find a backer? As your direct minister, no matter who wins in the end, don't you need to be reused?"
Feng Chu looked up at King Qi and smiled bitterly:
"Your Highness does not know that the situation in the court is stable on the surface, but there is already a fierce fight inside. There is no room for me and other ministers to act as independent ministers! The princes and princes in the court, let alone others, are all alone.
I am quite familiar with the principle of "Shunchang rebels against death" in this country. I have no choice but to do so."
After hearing what Feng Chu said, King Qi sighed slightly.
My father loved to use this balancing technique most in his life, and he even used it on all of their princes.
At that time, Emperor Xia did not establish a prince. He even sent all the princes to various places in the court to gain experience despite the opposition of his ministers. He allowed them to accumulate strength. For the sake of the supreme throne, brothers turned against each other and became brothers who wanted each other to die.
An utter enemy.
But in the end, apart from ending up in a chaotic court, what else did you get?
King Qi also showed a wry smile, remained silent for a moment, and said:
"Why choose me?"
Although King Qi is considered one of the most capable princes among the current princes of Xia Kingdom, with his temperament and temperament, no courtier has ever been optimistic about him.
Seeing the first courtier to serve him, King Qi felt a little bit excited in his heart.
"Choosing me is not a good choice. In addition to giving you the promise of sharing wealth and adversity, I can no longer..."
Feng Chu blinked twice, hesitated for a moment, and couldn't help but interrupt:
"Well, Your Highness may have misunderstood... Your Highness is familiar with His Royal Highness Prince Jin, so I just want you to introduce me to me!"
King Qi's voice faltered, and his face suddenly stiffened.
It’s so embarrassing! It’s so embarrassing!
Feeling the awkward atmosphere between the two of them, Feng Chu swallowed his saliva, subconsciously laughed twice, and quietly retreated towards the door, saying:
"In short, Your Highness, don't worry. I have concealed the princess's affairs for you... Well, I still have something to do, so I will leave first..."
Before Feng Chu could retreat to the door, he suddenly felt a chill on the back of his neck, and there was a faint tingling sensation in the skin there.
Feng Chu swallowed his saliva and turned his head subconsciously.
For Ji Huan, Qin He skillfully rejuvenated his life and saved his life. In just a few days, he was completely healed and there was no serious problem. He held a long knife in his hand and placed it directly across his neck.
King Qi took a deep breath, forcing himself to forget the embarrassing scene just now, sat upright, and said in a low voice:
"I suddenly feel that you are a talent. I will give you a chance to serve under my sect!"
Feng Chu's face showed bitterness, why:
"Your Highness, I still think His Highness Prince Jin is more suitable..."
"I don't want you to think about it, I want you to think about it!" Prince Qi interrupted impatiently.
When King Qi said this, his tone softened slightly and said:
"You are accompanying me as an envoy to the Kingdom of Yun. We are so familiar with each other, so why bother looking for something far away?"
When Feng Chu heard what King Qi said, he suddenly became enlightened. The bitter look on his face disappeared, and he nodded repeatedly:
"His Highness said a few words, and I was immediately enlightened! I have thought clearly, and I am willing to serve under His Highness!"
Upon hearing this, King Qi nodded and asked:
"Oh, that's it, isn't it forced?"
Feng Chu shook his head firmly and said:
"Don't force it!"
King Qi nodded with satisfaction, waved his hand, and Zhou Quan behind him withdrew his knife.
Feeling the blade removed from the back of his neck, Feng Chu broke into a cold sweat and let out a long sigh of relief.
King Qi stood up, walked to Feng Chu, chuckled and said:
"Feng Chu, if you report the matter of the emperor's sister truthfully, I really don't want to force you. But if you conceal the matter, you are already a grasshopper on the same rope as me. In order to avoid future troubles, I will
The king can only force you to surrender!"
Feng Chu sighed slightly and said feebly:
"I suddenly realized that I seemed to have done something stupid!"
Feng Chu was silent for a moment, collected himself, straightened his clothes, then solemnly knelt down on the ground and said in a deep voice:
"Your Highness, Feng Chu, is willing to go through fire and water for His Highness, no matter what!"
King Qi's eyes were serious and sincere. He helped him up and responded word by word:
"I don't say anything about sharing the glory, but I swear here that if I fail to fight for the throne, I will give up my own life in exchange for the lives of you and others!"
At this time, I can say that although it is frustrating, it is very real. Regardless of whether the oath is sincere or not, it is already extremely sincere.
Feng Chu stood up and said in a deep voice:
"I surrendered for the sake of serving the dragon! It was for glory and wealth! Such discouraging words, Your Highness will never say anything to anyone who surrenders in the future."
Your Highness, what you said is very good, but you are not allowed to say it again in the future!
King Qi coughed lightly and said in a deep voice:
"The king wants to find out the truth about the princess's assassination. How many people can you mobilize?"
Hearing this, Feng Chu shook his head slightly and said:
"No one can adjust the embroidered clothes messenger!"
When King Qi heard this, he was stunned.
"Why?"
"It's not strange that the princess's double was poisoned, but the identity of the princess's disguise as a palace maid is known to only His Highness's confidants among my envoys. I didn't see any flaws before. But even so, the princess is still
Poisoned!" Feng Chu said in a deep voice.
Hearing this, King Qi and Zhou Quan couldn't help but look at each other.
In fact, the two of them had already noticed something before.
Those two groups of assassins were heading for Emperor Rouning's stand-in. It was simply a coincidence that they met the soldiers guarding the real princess.
So the assassins are not the same group of people at all, they just happened to bump into each other!
At this time, Feng Chu continued:
"Your Highness, do you think there will be any problems with the confidants around you?"
When King Qi heard this, he shook his head decisively and said:
"This is absolutely impossible!"
The confidants around him are brothers who rely on each other on the battlefield and will fight for the rest of their lives. They are brothers who have entrusted their lives to him. There is absolutely no possibility of any problems.
Feng Chu nodded and continued:
"Since there is no problem with His Highness' confidants, there is only one possibility. The person who did it knows the princess's true appearance, so he can know the princess's identity and start from there."
He paused and then said:
"And the only one who knows the princess's appearance is..."
A cold look flashed across King Qi's eyes, and he said sternly:
"There are only my brothers in Jinling City!"
Zhou Quan was stunned when he heard this, and said with some confusion:
"But why is this? The princess is also the sister of the kings in the capital..."
Feng Chu said in a deep voice:
"Because Your Highness! Before, Your Highness was in the army and had never wanted to compete for the throne. In addition, with his nature, the princes and princes have never regarded Your Highness as a threat. But now, His Majesty forces His Highness to come to Yun Kingdom, and others
I feel that His Majesty is cruel. But only the princes know that Your Majesty intends to polish His Highness."
King Qi sighed softly, closed his eyes and said:
"In the current situation in the DPRK, the fight between these brothers is already fierce. Naturally, some people don't want to see me stand up again. Knowing that the emperor's sister's hidden identity is among the envoys, they will naturally guess that I am the king.
Things you want to do.”
Zhou Quan just felt that his mind couldn't turn around. After thinking for a long time, he still couldn't figure out the relationship between it. Since he didn't want His Highness to complete his errands, he could just expose this matter, so why did he bother so much?
Seeing that Zhou Quan still looked confused, Feng Chu couldn't help but rolled his eyes and explained:
"If this matter is revealed in advance, it is just that His Highness's plan failed and His Majesty was disappointed. Then the princess resumed her identity and continued to marry Emperor Yun. The princess is His Highness's biological sister, and her marriage to Emperor Yun would have a slight possibility of letting the Yun Kingdom
Become His Highness's help in fighting for the throne. Only by removing the princess first and then exposing His Highness's plan can His Highness lose everything!"
Zhou Quan heard this, reacted for a long time, couldn't help but shuddered, and said:
"It's so poisonous!"
King Qi looked gloomy and said:
"Yes, he even has the heart to attack his own sisters. He is really vicious!"
Feng Chu continued:
"This matter has nothing to do with Jinling City, and the Embroidered Clothes Envoy cannot be trusted, so we cannot mobilize them to investigate the case!"
When King Qi heard this, he frowned and said:
"If we can't mobilize the embroidered clothes messenger, how can we investigate?"
When Feng Chu heard this, he immediately said:
"Now that the princess still has the status of Yun Guo's concubine, Yun Guo cannot stay out of the matter."
"Okay, let's guide the people from Yun State to investigate the case!" King Qi immediately agreed.
"yes!"
Feng Chu responded quickly, then pondered for a moment and said:
"Besides this, there is another more important thing that I would like to ask Your Highness to inform you about!"
King Qi nodded and said:
"You asked."
"Princess, how does Your Highness plan to end this?"
King Qi's eyes flickered and he said:
"In order to prevent the peace talks between the two countries, after my delegation entered the Yun Kingdom, the emperor's sister was assassinated several times. After being poisoned, the emperor's sister was frightened, her body became weaker and weaker, and then she fell ill..."
When Feng Chu heard this, he nodded repeatedly and said:
"I understand what Your Highness means. There are some young people who have blocked the peace talks between the two countries and hindered the peace between the two countries. Everything after entering the Yun Kingdom was planned by these people. There is no gap between the two countries. At the same time, Your Highness can request an order from Your Majesty.
, and send another princess to come and make peace, so that there will be no more disturbances in the peace talks between the two countries!"
King Qi looked at Feng Chu, nodded and said:
"It's amazing. You guessed my original plan in just a few words!"
Feng Chu paused, showed a reserved smile, and said:
"If I had planned this matter carefully and used my strength, I could have exempted His Highness from the punishment for not doing the job well this time. At the same time, I could also use the power of the Yun State to find the person who secretly caused the harm, and remove one of the obstacles on His Highness's path to seizing the throne.
A powerful enemy!"
A professional person should do professional things. As the head of a large secret service agency called the Embroidered Clothes Messenger, he quickly came up with many ways to break the situation.
When King Qi heard this, he couldn't help but feel glad that he had just thought of taking him under his command even if he took action.
He nodded and agreed:
"There are few people like you among my king's subordinates. I ask you to plan this matter!"
Feng Chu chuckled lightly and said:
"Please rest assured, Your Highness. In addition, if this is the case, then the princess, no, it is Emperor Rouning's side..."
When King Qi heard this, he looked like he had a headache and said:
"Originally, according to the plan, she would have died a long time ago! Unfortunately, her cultivation level is not shallow, and she also carries detoxification pills for self-defense. That's why she still survived after being poisoned, and she was supported by two miracle doctors from the Yun Kingdom.
But now she is surrounded by the Emperor Yun's people who are personally serving and looking after her, so if you want to do something to her again, I'm afraid it will take some effort!"
"In this case, I'm afraid I have to ask His Highness to take action in person! Even if Yun Guo is already suspicious, they can't stop His Highness!" Feng Chu sneered.
Upon hearing this, King Qi nodded slowly and said;