the first lady

Chapter 96

However, what she didn't expect was that the fifth princess turned out to be the key to this stalemate.

Now that I have the key, can the door still be pushed open?
"Prime Minister, what happened just now?" Emperor Wu, who was also Old Jiang, quickly calmed down and asked.

"Your Majesty, those people are all the people of Licheng." Zong Zhengyi replied more calmly, and without waiting for Emperor Wu to speak, he continued: "They will openly intercept the emperor's holy car today just to get back their dead relatives." A justice."

Zongzheng Yi's voice was not loud, but it had to be noticed.When she said this, Qiao Linger's eyes became even more cold. She was no longer calm when she heard them explain why they came here in the side hall.

"What dead relative?" Helian Feiyan asked in a deep voice.

Zongzheng Yi glanced at him indifferently, and then looked at Emperor Wu: "Your Majesty, I will ask Rong Weichen to report this matter to you later. It is still Weichen who should bring the two princesses back first." He said and got up.

Saying it this way, Emperor Wu felt somewhat complacent, but when he mentioned the two princesses, his face still sank: "Okay."

"Your majesty, my concubine and my husband are going together." Qiao Ling'er also had no intention of sharing the same table with Emperor Wu.

"Your Majesty, my ministers are also going." Zong Zhengye also stood up.

"Let's all go!" Emperor Wu didn't say much, but when he looked at Qiao Ling'er, his eyes became more profound.

"Fifth Sister... Fifth Sister?" Helian Feiqin had been following behind Helian Feijing, but suddenly found that her legs were really short, and after running for such a long time, she didn't have Fifth Sister's leg. trace.

"Six... not so young lady?" The servant saw Helian Feiqin in a red robe, and immediately thought it was dazzled.

Seeing someone, Helian Feiqin immediately went up to hold him back and asked, "Did you see my Fifth Sister?"

"Fifth princess?" Jia Ding was taken aback by Helian Feiqin's expression, and then pointed to a path tremblingly: "Fifth princess, she, she went there..."

Before the servant could finish speaking, Helian Feiqin ran away with her skirt in hand.

Except that there were as many people as overseas in the big courtyard, the other parts of the Zong government were relatively spacious. Helian Feiqin kept chasing after that figure, but finally collapsed from exhaustion.

In the end, it was the slight whimpering and crying that made her find her way.

By the quiet pond, Helian Feiqin was sitting there quietly, blocked by the rockery, that's why Helian Feiqin didn't see it.

"Fifth Sister..." Helian Feiqin lowered her voice, breathed a sigh of relief, and approached.

Helian Feijing didn't seem to hear it, and still let the tears fall.

"Fifth sister, don't cry..." Helian Feiqin felt a little sour when he saw Helian Fei was crying quietly.He walked up to her carefully and wiped away her tears with a handkerchief.

Her feelings are very thin, and she only knows her own heart. Although she has seen Fifth Sister's eyes on the prime minister's brother, she doesn't care.

But today...

"Fifth Sister, don't be sad, Brother Prime Minister... He also has his own difficulties!" Helian Feiqin didn't know what to say to comfort him, "Brother Prime Minister, he, he just didn't want to wrong you."

"No, sister Qin!" Helian Feijing suddenly raised her head, her eyes were redder than a rabbit's.

Seeing Helian Feijing's depressed look, Helian Feiqin panicked for a moment, sweat overflowed from her hands, and she called out "Fifth Sister" in a low voice.

"Sister Qin, he's not afraid of wronging me, he just doesn't even look at me, he just wants to humiliate me!" Helian Feijing's eyes were more ferocious than ever.

There were tight scratches on the shoulders, and Helian Feiqin couldn't help but frowned: "Fifth Sister, how could Brother Prime Minister want to humiliate you?"

"If he didn't want to humiliate me, would he refuse the marriage offer from the emperor in front of so many ministers?" Helian Feijing growled.

"Father hasn't given the marriage yet..." Helian Feiqin reminded, and immediately there was a stronger grip on his shoulders.

"If he doesn't say it face to face, now the emperor has... granted the marriage..." Helian Feijing said, his face darkened again, and the tears flowed a little more ferociously.

"Fifth Sister..." Helian Feiqin seemed to be able to feel the pain in Helian Feijing's heart, just like Zong Zhengye hadn't determined what kind of mentality Zong Zhengye had towards her before, that kind of entanglement and pain were beyond the reach of ordinary people bearable.

Helian Feiqin couldn't comfort her, so he could only let Helian Feijing hold her to vent, patted her on the back lightly, and comforted her reluctantly: "Cry out, Fifth Sister, you will feel better when you cry out."

In fact, if she stood in the position of sister Helian Feijing, she should have the same hatred as her fifth sister, and would be angry or dissatisfied and complained about her being rejected.But at this moment, she took the stand of another person, and this person was Qiao Ling'er.

If one day her father used the same reason to marry other women to her brother Ye, how would she feel?

It cannot be said that she is helping outsiders. She has always viewed the relationship between a man and a woman very single. She has only liked one person since she was a child, so she admires the kind of person who is willing to stay together.She saw Zong Zhengyi and Qiao Ling'er, so she could only have one-on-one pure feelings in her heart.

As for her fifth sister... all Helian Feiqin can do now is just listen.

"Sister Qin, do you know that Fifth Sister has fallen in love with the Prime Minister since the first time she saw him..."

After a lot of memories and narrations, Helian Feijing's mood seemed to gradually ease, and finally let go of Helian Feiqin when she couldn't find any memories.

"Sister Qin, you go back first!" Helian Fei said quietly.

"But fifth sister, you..." Helian Feiqin was really worried when she saw Helian Feijing like this.

Helian Feijing squeezed out a desolate smile, shook his head and laughed at himself: "It's Fifth Sister who is so useless, no one can blame others. Today is your day of great joy, Fifth Sister made you worry..."

"Fifth Sister..."

"Okay, let's go back first, the general must still be waiting for you." Helian Fei looked at Zong Zhengye who had already walked over and said.

"Then what about you, Fifth Sister?" Helian Feiqin also looked back to see Zong Zhengye, and his eyes signaled him to wait there.

"Fifth Sister wants to be alone here for a while." Helian Feijing couldn't help showing sadness in his eyes.

"Fifth Sister, are you really okay?" Helian Feiqin was still a little uncertain.

Helian Feijing continued to shake her head, "It's okay, you guys go first!"

In the end, Helian Feiqin left with Zong Zhengye.

Helian Feijing's eyes moved back to the small pond, but the moment she turned around, the sadness in her eyes was replaced by a dangerous smile——

With a "bang", Emperor Wu's hand hit the mahogany table in front of him, and the teacup placed on it collided with the lid of the cup, making a crisp sound.The pen, ink, paper and inkstone on the table also jumped because of the heavy knock.

Emperor Wu's face was ashen, while Zong Zhengyi, Zong Zhengye and Helian Feiyan stood below, their complexions slightly gloomy.

"Who is the Lord of Li City?" Emperor Wu asked coldly.

The official kneeling on the ground was trembling all over, and replied in a trembling voice: "My Majesty, it is Sun, Sun Zekang, City Lord Sun..."

"Sun Zekang?!" Emperor Wu narrowed his eyes dangerously, "Such a major event happened within his jurisdiction, and he actually deceived the superior and concealed it, trying to hide it from the sky, how brave he is!"

As he said that, the mahogany table case suffered another major attack and made a lot of noise.

The thing that made Emperor Wu angry was actually the people of Licheng who had come all the way to the capital to intercept Sheng Jia's imperial petition.

After Zhang Tiesheng's description, Zong Zhengyi learned the general situation.

A plague broke out in a small town called Ouyang Town in Licheng. After going out, he also got the plague and spread it in the town outside.

The more severe the plague, the more people suffered.

Finally, a month later, a man named "Tianshi Zhao" came to the city, claiming to be able to expel the plague.He first cured the people in the government office with medicine, and the medicine cured the disease, and it really had a lot of curative effect.

In order not to be reported to the imperial court, the government office and even the entire city of Li enshrined this Heavenly Master Zhao as a living Bodhisattva. At first, this person didn't have any demands.

The last source of the plague has returned to Ouyang Town, and the rumors in the city are spreading more and more.For example, if the source is not pulled out, the entire Li city and even the entire Nanwu country will be in danger of destroying the country.For this reason, people panicked and begged Tianshi Zhao to make the country prosperous.

This Tianshi Zhao also began to put forward his request: every [-]th day of the lunar new year, twelve virgins will be sacrificed, and the blood of the virgins will be used to break the whole curse-like thing.

People were panicked, Zhao Tianshi's "skills" and statements about him all spread throughout Li City, no matter how big or small, everyone respected him and regarded him as a god.Because of this, the government even recklessly obeyed the words of the "Heavenly Lord descending to earth", and arrested the young virgin within the range of Licheng, throwing the whole Licheng into panic.People with daughters are in a hurry to marry off their daughters, and those who are too late will be captured and dedicated to the "celestial master".

Everyone in Licheng panicked. Many ordinary people refused to obey, and the government forcibly arrested them. None of the women who were captured never came back. They will find their mutilated bodies at home, but they are also worried about their limbs and limbs.

For this reason, this celestial master also caused panic among the people of Licheng, and they reported to the officials one after another to ask for arrest.However, the government office in Licheng refused to accept them all. Even if they were sued to the officials, they would be dismissed in the end, and more often they would be punished.

Licheng, and even the city lord who guarded the city, stood on the side of Tianshi Zhao, and the people were miserable.

(End of this chapter)