coobybook Chapter 939 1 Negotiation
Chapter 939 1 Negotiation
After listening to Xiao Shang's explanation, Jiang Fenghua fell into deep thought. Although the Great Zhou in the previous life had also encountered various disasters, big and small, the weather and other phenomena could not be controlled or changed by human power. It was impossible to know in advance when they would come or when they would encounter them.
In her previous life, she had been locked up in the palace. The world within the red walls had already become another world. She had almost cut off all information from the outside world in the Dawn Palace, but she still knew who the concubines who had entered the palace early were.
For example, Qin Yunyan, although she was beautiful, she did not catch Xie Shang's eye when she first entered the palace, because at that time the harem was the world of the two aunts and nieces of the Su family, and she never showed up.
When did Qin Yunyan catch the eye of Xie Shang? It was probably when the Great Zhou was most short of money. The Qin family took the initiative to donate money and grain to Xie Shang. She was favored by the emperor and promoted to the position of concubine. Everyone was caught off guard, especially Su Tingwan at the time. For this reason, she even ran to Chenxi Palace to vent her anger. At that time, Lian Ye’s death made her heartbroken, and she just wanted to hide in Chenxi Palace with her two children and live a peaceful life.
At that time, the Great Zhou Dynasty was indeed in great need of money. The Qin family's initiative to hand over the embezzled money solved Xie Shang's urgent problem. She also learned this news from Su Tingwan. At that time, she didn't care at all who the emperor was going to favor.
It seems to have been just these few years. Could it be this natural disaster...
"It's a bit unreasonable for Queen Jiang to keep me locked up. After all, I am in a cooperative relationship with Her Majesty now. I have told Her Majesty everything I know. Can you please untie the chains on me?" Xiao Shang said.
Jiang Fenghua came back to his senses and glanced at him calmly, "The book you secretly placed in the Zongci mentioned the flood in the Great Zhou Dynasty and said that the people who could solve the flood were the descendants of Yinchuan State."
Xiao Shang sneered, "Empress Jiang is so smart. Do you think there is any way to stop the rain from falling, to stop the Great Zhou from suffering a flood, to stop the flood from engulfing the fertile farmland, and to stop the river from flowing backwards?"
Xiao Shang smiled again, even gloating a little. "That is to relocate the people away from the disaster area as soon as possible to protect them from the disaster. It will definitely be too late to relocate the people after the disaster has already happened. But if we can find the reincarnation of the Yinchuan Queen and the secret technique of the Yinchuan Kingdom to be reborn and return to the past, this problem will be easily solved."
Jiang Fenghua now understood, "You knew this rainstorm would come a long time ago, and you deliberately waited for the disaster to happen on this day before exposing it. You wanted to force me to find the secret technique of Yinchuan Kingdom with you."
No wonder he is so confident.
"I have put a lot of thought into this over the past few days, trying to get you to admit it and to get you and Xie Shang to beg me to find a way to be reborn together. It seems you really don't know about this flood."
Xiao Shang was very proud. He didn't care about human life at all. He said, "Haven't you always looked down on the tricks I played on you? Now you still don't trust me?"
Jiang Fenghua was so angry that she picked up the whip on the ground and lashed at Xiao Shang. Her eyes were as sharp as knives. "If you knew, why didn't you say it earlier? The world is in chaos. Is this what you want to see? In your last life, you killed innocent people indiscriminately. In this life, you did not help others. Your sins are so grave. No wonder God made you return to the Great Zhou decades ago. The emperor also refused to let you do it."
Xiao Shang was also angry, "Stop hitting me, Jiang Fenghua, you are crazy, what right do you have to hit me? It's my business whether I say it or not. I can say it if I want to, and no one can force me if I don't want to. My only goal has always been to find the Yinchuan secret technique and find the female monarch.
What sins, what lives? You know how victors rule, don't you? History is always written by the victors. If my Northern Xiao Nation invades the Central Plains and conquers the world a few decades from now, it will simply mean that your Great Zhou has run out of luck. Hasn't your Great Zhou Emperor ever invaded other countries? Now, if you want to save the people of Great Zhou, the only thing you can do is to find the secret technique of Yinchuan Nation as soon as possible."
Jiang Fenghua dropped the whip in her hand. Suddenly, a woman's voice kept calling her name in her mind, "Jiang Fenghua, revenge, revenge! Kill Xie Shang, kill them."
She held her head and felt a splitting headache. Who was calling her?
Hongxiu saw that the queen looked unhappy and asked with concern, "What's wrong, Your Majesty?"
Jiang Fenghua came back to her senses, and the flower ornament on her forehead suddenly flashed again. She said lightly: "I just feel a little headache."
Hongxiu stared at her brows in shock, "My Lady, the petals on your brows have appeared again."
At the same time, Xiao Shang also saw it. He focused his eyes on Jiang Fenghua with an almost fanatical scrutiny, "I guessed right. You are the reincarnation of the Queen of Yinchuan. You are the one. I didn't find the wrong person. Jiang Fenghua, you are also a smart person. Don't you want to take back the ancient country of Yinchuan, regain power, and become the real queen?"
Jiang Fenghua's mind was still reverberating with the woman's angry roar. She was asking her to take revenge and kill Xie Shang. Her heart was shaken, but she tried to calm down and keep a straight face. "How can I believe what you said?"
"The Lycoris radiata between your eyebrows is the best proof. Ancient books record that the Yinchuan Kingdom was full of this flower. This flower was planted by the Yinchuan Queen Ashina Xue. It is also known as the Flower of Death."
Xiao Shang's eyes sparkled. "The Ice Phoenix's reincarnation and the change of the world's master are not groundless rumors. Perhaps you can really change the world."
Jiang Fenghua asked, "If it's true, why didn't the Ice Phoenix Seal you gave me work? Didn't you say it belonged to the Lady of Yinchuan? If it recognizes its master, why didn't it work for me?"
Xiao Shang said, "That's a fake. I had someone carve it based on the records in the book. Of course, it's useless. If I had the real Ice Phoenix Seal, how could I give it to you so easily? Since it's recorded in the book, it must exist. Finding the real one will prove your identity, and there will be hope for me to return."
Jiang Fenghua was frowning. Was Xiao Shang too naive? They already knew that he would seize the Xie family's kingdom in the future. Would they let him go back?
Xiao Shang said, "I know what you are thinking. Do you want to keep me here? That way, the Great Zhou will not be conquered by the Northern Xiao Nation."
He smiled cunningly: "Even if I don't go back, the Great Zhou will still be destroyed, because this is the fate of the Great Zhou."
Jiang Fenghua had to believe in fate. Even without the Beixiao Kingdom, there were still other countries waiting to divide up the Great Zhou.
Xiao Shang continued, "Your Majesty, please let me go. Now that I have found the reincarnation of Lady Yinchuan, I will definitely not run away again. I will stay and find the method of rebirth and the truth about why I came here.
This prince has always heard that Queen Jiang is kindhearted and a good queen who loves her people like her own children. You built the Jishan Hall and did good deeds, but can you really bear to see the people of your Great Zhou displaced, starving to death, drowning, or even being eaten by locusts?"
The tragic scene he described was like the most vicious curse, shocking Jiang Fenghua's nerves. She stared at him intently, "A person who doesn't care about human life is not worthy of being the ruler of the world. In my eyes, King Bei Shang is the most despised person."
Xiao Shang's mood inexplicably became uncomfortable. If he could be the king of Beixiao Kingdom, he could also be the king of the Great Zhou Dynasty and the master of the world.
At this moment, he couldn't find a single word to refute Jiang Fenghua. Didn't she also rely on squeezing other concubines and stepping on the corpses of others to sit on the throne of queen? She was at the top of power, so what qualifications did she have to belittle him?
However, he only thought about these words in his heart and did not say them to Jiang Fenghua.