bestfiction Chapter 918 Just in time you've arrived, let's take the princess back.
Chapter 918 Just in time you've arrived, let's take the princess back.
When this group of people arrived in Kunyang Prefecture with the imperial edict, their first priority was to meet Princess Yaoguang.
Qiao Lian'er led the visitor to the courtyard where Princess Yaoguang was imprisoned.
"I was just about to have someone send Princess Yaoguang back to the capital. Since you are people sent by the Emperor, I would like to trouble you to take Princess Yaoguang back with you."
Seeing Qiao Lian'er so calm, these people were puzzled. The Princess Zhenguo had injured Princess Yaoguang, who was the daughter of a prince. If it were confirmed, the emperor would not let it go easily.
Princess Zhenguo seemed to have done nothing wrong. Was it because she felt indifferent, became arrogant due to the emperor's trust, or was there another reason?
The courtyard gate opened, and a figure immediately pounced, accompanied by a sharp roar.
"Qiao Lian'er, give me back Kunyang Prefecture."
Qiao Lian'er's men immediately pinned down Princess Yaoguang. Princess Yaoguang struggled desperately, her hair disheveled, her eyes bloodshot, no longer possessing her former noble and dignified demeanor.
"Why should I give you my things? You're stealing them in broad daylight. How are you any different from a robber?"
The people from the palace looked Princess Yaoguang up and down. Princess Yaoguang didn't look injured at all; on the contrary, she was very strong.
They looked at each other in bewilderment.
“Princess Yaoguang refuses to accept the facts, so she is somewhat emotionally unstable. I had no choice but to confine her to prevent her from harming herself. After you return to the capital, please report the situation truthfully to the Emperor,” Qiao Lian’er said helplessly.
Princess Yaoguang was indeed acting strangely, and the group agreed.
Princess Yaoguang became even more agitated when Qiao Lian'er said she was mentally ill.
"Qiao Lian'er, you owe me. As long as I have a breath left, as long as I find the slightest chance, I will never let you go easily. You'd better kill me now. Do you dare to kill me? You don't dare. You're afraid you won't be able to explain to the Emperor."
As she spoke, Princess Yaoguang burst into laughter, displaying a deranged and insane demeanor.
Qiao Lian'er smiled faintly: "I really can't kill you, but Princess, there are still many days ahead. Only by being law-abiding can you accumulate good fortune for yourself."
Princess Yaoguang was tied up and put into a carriage.
Qiao Lian'er gave each of the people from the palace a five-hundred-tael silver note.
"You've all had a long journey. Princess Yaoguang is of noble status and was the former owner of this fiefdom. Please do not mistreat her along the way."
Seeing that the Princess Zhenguo was so generous, these people were grateful and immediately agreed.
How could they not understand what Princess Zhenguo meant? Princess Yaoguang had spoken rudely, and they would not let her have an easy time on the way.
Upon returning to the capital, they immediately sent Princess Yaoguang to the emperor.
After the bumpy journey and hunger, Princess Yaoguang looked haggard and increasingly absent-minded.
"Your Majesty, Princess Yaoguang is not injured."
The emperor's appearance was likely due to the unpleasant journey to see Yao Guang, coupled with his resentment.
"Yaoguang, what's going on? Your men returned to the capital and reported that Qiao Lian'er's subordinates injured you. I sent people to Kunyang Prefecture, and they brought you back, but they say there was no such thing." The emperor frowned, very displeased.
Yao Guang stared at the emperor for a long time, and when she realized who was in front of her, her eyes suddenly lit up.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, you must do justice for Yaoguang!"
"Qiao Lian'er seized my fiefdom and had her subordinates injure me. Yet, somehow, she healed me in a very short time, making my wounds disappear. She's not human, she's a devil. Keeping someone like that around is just a menace. Even if she wanted to harm Your Majesty, it would be an easy task for her."
The Emperor said, "Yaoguang, I told you long ago that your father lost Kunyang Prefecture to Qiao Lian'er, and I was the guarantor of this bet. How come you are still so stubborn?"
"You say she hurt you, but you don't have any wounds on your body. You then say she made your wounds disappear. Isn't that nonsense?"
The Emperor knew that Qiao Lian'er had some special qualities, but he didn't believe that she had any magic to bring the dead back to life or make wounds disappear.
That's impossible.
After all, wound healing takes time and a process, and no matter what kind of supernatural abilities one possesses, one cannot overcome the objective limitation of time.
"It's true, Your Majesty. After I was injured, Qiao Lian'er knocked me unconscious. When I woke up, the wound on my shoulder had disappeared."
The emperor, no longer wanting to listen, waved his hand and said, "Go back. I'll give you a small prefecture, and you can still command the army and collect taxes as before."
Granting fiefdoms is a major event and cannot be decided lightly, but since things have escalated to this point and Yao Guang has become like this, he will make an exception this time.
"I don't want a small county, I want Kunyang Prefecture." Princess Yaoguang cried again.
"I was just staying peacefully in Kunyang Prefecture when Qiao Lian'er kicked me out. Who can I turn to for justice? Who can give me fairness?"
Seeing her acting so recklessly, the emperor no longer wanted to say another word.
"If you don't want it, I won't force you. But in this matter, I have already done everything I could, and it is you who refuse to wake up."
"Furthermore, you were clearly not injured, yet you sent someone back to spread false information. This is a crime of deceiving the emperor. The fact that I have not punished you is already an act of leniency."
"If you don't restrain yourself and anger Qiao Lian'er, I will pretend I don't see anything she does to you, and don't come crying to me."
"Someone, take Princess Yaoguang back."
Immediately, a group of guards entered and carried Princess Yaoguang away.
Princess Yaoguang's eyes were vacant, and her face was lifeless.
But the hatred in her heart was growing endlessly.
Qiao Lian'er took everything from her!
After Princess Yaoguang returned, Prince Jin sent someone to deliver 200,000 taels of silver to Qiao Lian'er.
From the Emperor's uncompromising attitude, it was clear that Kunyang Prefecture was definitely not going to be returned, so Prince Jin dared not disobey any further.
Two hundred thousand taels of silver is nothing to the Prince Jin's mansion; its real value lies in the considerable tax revenue that land can generate annually.
Prince Jin was filled with regret; he should have known better than to have clashed with Qiao Lian'er.
Now the land is gone, the tax revenue is gone, and my daughter's mental state is not quite right.
But was Qiao Lian'er completely without fault? She knew about the plan to counterattack the Da Nu Kingdom, but he didn't. She had her own plans, yet she still chose to gamble with him.
It's like they're scheming to take over the land he owns.
Their intentions were sinister, and they were extremely greedy.
"Father, Qiao Lian'er is so shameless, you must find a way to deal with her. I don't want to see her arrogant and smug anymore," Princess Yaoguang said bitterly.
Prince Jin's face was cold.
"It's not that you don't report it, the time has not come."
Only about four thousand people from the Da Nu Kingdom escaped back, having lost more than sixty thousand of its main force, which can be described as a major blow to its strength.
It wasn't until the Great Swamp Kingdom launched its counterattack that the Great Khan realized it was a trap set by the Great Swamp Kingdom.
He was completely unaware and was thus manipulated at will.
The biggest culprit was not Qiao Lian'er, nor the Emperor of Daze Kingdom, but Mu Tai.