Chapter 263: The Han people are still the best at plotting and intrigue
"let me go!"
"Let go of the princess!"
Li Yunchu felt the heat coming from his ears and struggled violently.
The maids she brought with her also came to their senses and wanted to step forward to rescue their princess, but were stopped by Sanshui.
Zhao Xing held Li Yunchu tightly with both hands, turned his head and looked at the palace maids coldly, saying: "It seems that you haven't figured out the situation yet. Now that you have been married to the Eastern Palace, you are its people. Can't you tell who is the master? If you do it again, you will be beaten to death!"
"you dare!"
This sentence was not said by the maids, but by Li Yunchu.
"Then I'll let you see if I dare!" Zhao Xing sneered, "Come here, drag these people away and beat them to death!"
"do not want!"
Li Yunchu panicked when he heard that, and his tone softened a bit, even with a hint of pleading.
These people are all around her, having followed her since childhood. They are not as close as sisters to her, but now she is far away in a foreign country, and these are the only people who can talk to her.
"After all, you have just entered the East Palace, so I will give you some face. However, these people don't know the rules and need to be taught a lesson. Sanshui, take them down and let the nanny teach them the rules." Zhao Xing said.
It's not that he was soft-hearted, but if he really did that, Li Yunchu would hate him to death.
Zhao Xing did have some desire for Li Yunchu, but he had no feelings for her, so he naturally didn't care whether Li Yunchu hated him or not.
But he still wanted to get some information from Li Yunchu. If he beat all the maids around Li Yunchu to death, he would have no chance of getting any information in the short term.
"Yes!" Hearing this, Sanshui looked at the maids and said, "Come with me."
The maids did not move when they heard this, but looked at Li Yunchu.
"You go ahead."
Although Li Yunchu had her back to Zhao Xing and could not see his expression, Zhao Xing's tone was very cold when he spoke just now. She was really worried that Zhao Xing would do something to her maid.
The impression Zhao Xing gave her was that he was lustful and a scoundrel, and that kind of person was capable of doing anything.
After hearing this, the maids followed Sanshui out.
"You can also leave." Zhao Xing said to the remaining palace maids.
Upon hearing this, several palace maids bowed, retreated and closed the door.
"Can you let me go now?" Li Yunchu gritted his teeth.
Upon hearing this, Zhao Xing pushed Li Yunchu hard and let him go.
Li Yunchu staggered and fell on the bed.
Just as she was about to get up, Zhao Xing approached her, held her hands, and pinned her under him.
"Let me go!" Li Yunchu struggled violently, but he was no match for Zhao Xing.
After struggling for a while, not only did he fail to break free, but his clothes became a little messy, and he looked embarrassed and out of breath.
Seeing that she had no strength left, Zhao Xing smiled and said, "Today is our wedding night. It's getting late. Let's rest."
After saying that, Zhao Xing leaned down and kissed Li Yunchu on the neck.
Li Yunchu was stunned at first, then he came to his senses and began to struggle violently again.
But since she set out for Bian Jing, she had no appetite. She ate very little every day for more than half a month and felt a little weak.
After struggling a few times, I have already exhausted all my strength.
Zhao Xing has been practicing martial arts for many years and is quite strong. She is no match for him.
Not long after, the room was filled with the sounds of Li Yunchu crying and clothes being torn.
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Zhao Xing looked at the unconscious Li Yunchu, whose eyes were red and swollen and whose face was covered with traces of tears, and felt somewhat reluctant.
He is not a pervert and likes this tune.
The main reason is that Li Yunchu has always been reluctant about the marriage.
If Li Yunchu had a gentle personality, he would have accepted his fate now that things had been decided.
But Li Yunchu is a spoiled person, and her spoiled nature is different from Rulan's.
Rulan's arrogance is only between sisters. To put it bluntly, she is not cunning.
Li Yunchu was spoiled because of his noble status, and it would be difficult for him to adjust to this kind of pampering in a short period of time.
If Zhao Xing spends some time, Li Yunchu will have a chance to get into her heart after a long time alone in the Song Dynasty.
But Zhao Xing didn't have that kind of skill, so he had to resort to special methods.
Zhao Xing picked up the clothes on the ground and put them on.
After putting on his clothes, he lifted the quilt for Li Yunchu and walked out.
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In the next few days, Zhao Xing didn't go to Li Yunchu's place.
After that night, Li Yunchu became taciturn, often sitting there in a daze during the day, and never went to offer tea to Zhang Guifen.
The palace maid reminded her, but she ignored it.
That day, Li Yunchu sat in front of the window, leaning on the table, staring blankly at the snow scene outside the window.
"Princess, it's cold, you'd better close the window, or you'll get cold."
Zhihua walked behind Li Yunchu. The cold air blowing in from the window made her shiver. She looked at her princess with some worry.
Li Yunchu ignored her and did not move.
Zhihua wanted to persuade her again, but at this moment, she heard voices coming from the yard.
Zhihua walked forward and looked through the window to see two women talking to a palace maid at the gate. Although Li Yunchu did not move, his eyes were looking towards the gate.
His gaze fell on one of the women. The woman was smiling. Seeing the smile on her face, Li Yunchu felt inexplicably better.
The woman seemed to sense something, looked over, smiled and nodded at Li Yunchu.
At this time, the palace maid who was communicating with the two people at the door turned around and walked inside, while the two women stood at the door without moving.
After a while, a palace maid walked into the room, bowed outside the screen and said, "My concubine, Concubine Sheng from the next courtyard came to visit and said she wanted to see me."
"Tell them that the princess doesn't have time to see them." Zhihua said.
"Let...let them in."
Just then, Li Yunchu spoke.
Li Yunchu hadn't spoken for a few days. When he opened his mouth, he paused and his voice was a little hoarse.
"Princess, you finally spoke." Zhihua cried with joy, "Princess, if you want to see them, go and invite them over."
"Yes!" The palace maid outside the door responded, and then the footsteps faded away.
"Close the window." Li Yunchu lifted his cloak and stood up.
Upon hearing this, Zhihua quickly closed the window and placed a few pots of charcoal fire in the room. After the window was closed, the cold room had a hint of warmth.
There was a sound of footsteps outside. After a while, Rulan walked in around the screen, followed by Minglan.
"Your concubine greets Concubine Li!" Rulan bowed, and Minglan followed suit.
Li Yunchu looked at Minglan and said, "Sit...sit down."
After hearing this, Rulan thanked him, sat down, and said with a smile: "Concubine Li, I live in Shuanglan Pavilion next door. We are neighbors. Please visit each other more often in the future."
Li Yunchu just nodded and said nothing.
Rulan didn't care and continued talking to herself, acting very familiar.
Minglan stood beside Rulan with a smile, and when she saw Li Yunchu looking at her, she smiled slightly.
From that day on, Rulan and Minglan would come over and sit for a while every day.
After a few times, Li Yunchu also started communicating with them.
Rulan taught her how to play Gobang, but she didn't expect that Li Yunchu was even dumber than her.
Originally, Rulan came here because of Zhao Xing's instructions, so she came here every day to sit for half an hour and chat with Li Yunchu.
After finding out that Li Yunchu was very clumsy at playing Gobang, Rulan turned from being passive to active.
He would come to play chess with Li Yunchu every morning and afternoon.
After a few visits, they became good friends. Occasionally, he would invite Yu Yanran over, and the four of them would play mahjong together.
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Zhao Xing also knew what was happening here, and it was exactly what he wanted to see.
With Minglan's intelligence, it won't take long for her to get all the information she knows about Xixia from Li Yunchu.
However, the news from the Liao Kingdom made Zhao Xing confused for a while.
After the cavalry sent by Yelu Chongyuan to harass were surrounded and suppressed, some nobles who supported him approached Yelu Chongyuan to ask for an explanation.
After receiving this information, Zhao Xing realized that the cavalry sent by Yelu Chongyuan to harass were not his own, but were borrowed from the nobles who supported him.
According to Zhao Xing's idea, after Yelu Chongyuan obtained the secret recipe of perfume, he should return to his fiefdom and prepare to attack the Liao emperor.
However, in order to give an explanation to the nobles who supported him, Yelu Chongyuan actually wrote a letter to the Liao Emperor, asking for military action against the Song Dynasty.
The Liao emperor did not agree and issued an edict to reprimand Yelu Chongyuan and ordered him to return to the capital.
Yelu Chongyuan seemed very dissatisfied with the Liao emperor for not agreeing to his sending troops, so he did not comply and remained in Xijing.
What Zhao Xing didn't know was that after receiving the letter from Yelu Chongyuan requesting to send troops, the Liao Emperor was actually somewhat tempted.
But after careful consideration, he gave up. His previous plan had already taken effect. All the troops borrowed by Yelu Chongyuan were lost. The nobles who lent troops to Yelu Chongyuan were very dissatisfied with him.
Agreeing to Yelu Chongyuan's request to send troops now would certainly weaken Yelu Chongyuan's strength, but it would also allow Yelu Chongyuan to eliminate the dissatisfaction of those nobles.
In this way, his previous plan would be in vain.
Instead of taking the gamble, it would be better to follow the original plan and take advantage of the fact that those nobles who supported Yelu Chongyuan were dissatisfied with him and try to win them over.
As long as he could win over those nobles, he would not only be able to weaken Yelu Chongyuan's strength, but also increase his own strength.
As one side gains strength while the other loses strength, the threat posed by Yelu Chongyuan becomes much smaller and no longer a threat.
That's why he ordered Yelu Chongyuan to return to the capital so that he could send people to win over the nobles who supported Yelu Chongyuan.
The Liao Emperor was absolutely confident in winning over those nobles.
According to the Han people who gave him advice, those nobles were already dissatisfied with Yelu Chongyuan. It would be best if they could be won over. If not, then the news would be leaked.
In that case, Yelu Chongyuan would definitely suspect them.
They said this was a counter-espionage plot.
The Liao emperor was very proud of his ability to make use of the Han people.
When it comes to conspiracies and intrigues, we have to rely on the Han people. The Khitans are far behind in this regard.
Since ancient times, many nomadic peoples wanted to invade the Central Plains when they were strong.
They all ended in failure in the end, and some were even assimilated by the Han people.
The Liao Emperor felt that the reason those people failed was that they were not as good as the Han people in conspiracies and tricks.
He made important use of the Han people, and once he had pacified Yelu Chongyuan and completely completed the centralization of power, he could start to launch military operations against the Song Dynasty.
(End of this chapter)