The Eldest Daughter Is Beautiful and Saucy
Chapter 998: within reason
Chapter 998 Reasonable
The Empress of Xiliang, wearing a jade crown, sat in the Queen Mother’s bedroom, watching the Xiliang warriors slaughtering the so-called leaders of the eight major families. The Queen Mother’s palace was suddenly filled with screams.
The face of the Queen of Xiliang was as gloomy as water, and blood splattered on the Juyun Shoes inlaid with pearls at her feet. She lowered her eyes to take a look, only to find that the bright red was too dazzling.
The patriarchs of the eight major families and the men who resisted were all killed, leaving only women and children covered in blood and shivering in the pile of corpses.
“Li Tianjiao! What’s the point of you killing the clan leaders and their families today!” The Yun clan leader’s wife held her young son in her arms, trembling and crying, “The clan leaders are pushed forward by the eight clans. Do you think that if you kill a clan leader and his family, the eight clans will fall apart? No way!”
“So…” Xiliang Empress Li Tianjiao looked up at the wife of the Yun family leader, “I support your son to be the patriarch. What do you think?”
“What?” The wife of the Yun family head seemed to have not expected Li Tianjiao to say that, and her expression was surprised.
Li Tianjiao turned around and signaled to the commander of the imperial guards beside him. The commander came forward with eunuchs holding two cups of honey dew, and without saying a word, he pried open the mouth of the Yun family head’s wife and poured the honey dew into her mouth. He then ordered the imperial guards to pull the Yun family head’s wife apart, pinched the face of the crying child, and poured the honey dew into her mouth.
“Ah! Ah!” The wife of the head of the Yun family saw her son slapping the arm of the commander of the imperial guards with his little arms and legs, but the honey dew was still poured into his mouth. She screamed and cried out. She didn’t know where she got the strength to push away the imperial guards who were holding her, rushed over and took back her son. She didn’t care that she was also poured with honey dew, and reached out to dig the child’s throat: “Spit it out! Spit it out quickly!”
The child cried and struggled.
“Don’t worry… it’s not something that can kill you right away!” Li Tianjiao said indifferently, “You made him vomit it out, and you have to work hard to force it in again, why bother?”
“Li Tianjiao! You will not die well!” The wife of the Yun family head cried and cursed hysterically.
“Drink it, everyone! From now on, as long as you are obedient, you will have antidote every month. If you are not obedient… you will die!” Li Tianjiao used the secret medicine that was once used on the royal death warriors on the eight major families.
“Only the Queen Mother knows the method of preparing this secret medicine. If you have the confidence to convince the Queen Mother to kill me for you… you can try to disobey me! Anyway, there are so many people in the eight major families. It doesn’t matter to me who I support to take the throne!” Li Tianjiao’s voice was indifferent and cold.
“Li Tianjiao, you are so cruel and have killed people like crazy… You will definitely not die a good death!” Someone cursed the Queen of Xiliang loudly.
Li Tianjiao lowered his eyes, and in a moment, blood splattered… and the woman fell to the ground and could not get up.
Killing the chicken to scare the monkeys, the hall suddenly became quiet.
Unexpectedly, the eight major families have completely lost their awe of her, the Queen of Xiliang. Fortunately… she made up her mind today, otherwise who knows what kind of disaster will happen in the future!
“Those eight families who are willing to hand over their granaries and behave themselves in the future can stay. Those who are unwilling… will be sent on the road with their entire family!” After Li Tianjiao finished speaking, he stood up and walked out.
The remaining people from the eight major families surrendered very quickly. Some of them knew where their own granaries were and told them one by one. Those who didn’t know also said they would report back as soon as they found out.
But their speed was far slower than Xiao Ruohai’s. When the day was about to dawn, the Empress of Xiliang, who had not slept all night, received news that the granaries of the eight families had been burned down.
The Xiliang Empress stood up in shock: “What did you say?!”
The general who reported the news, his body covered in soot, raised his head and said, “The granaries of the eight major families were doused with kerosene and set on fire. We were originally rushing to take over, but after putting out the fire all night, I’m afraid the food…is no longer edible!”
Li Tianjiao clenched his fists tightly: “Eight granaries, all burned?”
“Yes! It’s all burned! People from the eight major families also rushed to put out the fire… but they still couldn’t save it!”
The action was so fast that Li Tianjiao had no other doubts except Cui Fengnian.
At first, Li Tianjiao thought that Cui Gongxing was colluding with the eight major families to disrupt the situation in Xiliang. It was she who gave the eight major families advice and encouraged the people to give up farming and devote their energy to jade brocade, furs and papermaking. She also let the eight major families use the indispensable food to reap the silver that the people had earned with all their efforts.
Therefore, if there is anyone other than the eight major families who knows the location of the granaries of the eight major families, it is only Cui Fengnian.
Who else would burn the granaries storing grains of the eight major families at this critical juncture? It could only be… Cui Fengnian, who might be a spy for the enemy country!
Li Tianjiao clenched his fists tightly and shouted, “Come here! Capture Cui Fengnian for me! If he resists, kill him without mercy!”
“yes!”
The commander of the Xiliang Imperial Guard led 500 people to Cui’s mansion to capture Cui Fengnian. They surrounded Cui’s mansion tightly and the Imperial Guard broke down the door and entered.
The servants of Cui’s mansion were awakened from their sleep without even putting on their clothes. When they went out, they saw the imperial guards with swords and holding torches rushing into Cui’s mansion. They were so scared that they stood still like quails, not daring to move.
“His Majesty has ordered the arrest of the spy Cui Fengnian! Where is Cui Fengnian… Hand him over immediately!” the commander of the imperial guards shouted loudly.
In the flickering firelight, the servant of the Cui Mansion stepped forward boldly and whispered, “This sir… the young master went to a banquet with the envoys of the Great Zhou last night and has not returned yet!”
When the commander of the imperial guards heard this, he was stunned. He did not dare to go to the envoy of the Great Zhou to ask for the person, so he could only send someone back to report to the Queen of Xiliang to see how the matter should be handled.
After listening to this, Li Tianjiao closed his eyes and sat on the dragon throne for a long time. He finally figured out what he hadn’t figured out before.
This Cui Fengnian might have been sent by the State of Jin. She wanted to use the eight major families to divide the spies in Xiliang, but she did not expect that the Great Zhou would replace the State of Jin. Now, after Cui Fengnian had made great contributions by burning the granary, she went to the envoy of the Great Zhou to surrender.
She laughed softly, and felt so exhausted that she almost collapsed. She didn’t know what she should do now. If Aye was still alive, what would he do?
After a while, Li Tianjiao perked up again and said, “Prepare the car. I want to meet the envoy of the Great Zhou.”
Li Tianjiao changed his clothes, traveled out of the palace quietly, and decided to meet these two in person.
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Last night, we heard that the Queen Mother of Xiliang was seriously ill and might not survive the night. An imperial decree was issued to invite the Zhai family, one of the eight major families, to the palace to entrust their affairs after her death. The eight major families heard the news and brought their families into the palace. Bai Qingqi and Bai Jintong sensed something unusual.
After much deliberation, Bai Qingqi decided to let Bai Jintong come to him openly. After all, he was now an envoy of the Great Zhou, and Cui Fengnian used to be a Jin citizen and was now a citizen of the Great Zhou. It was reasonable for Bai Qingqi to protect Cui Fengnian.
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