Chapter 77 - III
No matter what, it was Feng Mingyuan who had supported Dayong Dynasty through these decades with her status as the Empress Dowager. Baili Chengzhi could not judge how the people in Central Land were living, but the people in Jiangnan had never experienced a famine.
In the past few decades, it was she who fought against the opinions of their clan to make the Feng family navy surrender and built a copper wall on Lingjiang River to prevent the rebels from entering the south of the Yangtze River.
And she was supposed to be a virtuous girl, but because she married into the royal family, she became a decisive and murderous person.
Baili Chengzhi respected her, but he couldn’t continue to let her be like this.
“Mother, as your son, I cannot say whether you are right or wrong because everything you do is for the sake of justice, for me, and for the common people in the world. But as a member of the common people, I must say that you are wrong,” Baili Chengzhi said soberly: “It’s no longer a matter of internal strife. The Xiyi people invade the Central Land. If we kill each other and lose both sides, the people who benefit in the end will become the Xiyi people! You are willing to loss our ancestral lands to them. Do you really want to be an eternal sinner?”
Feng Mingyuan didn’t care what others thought of her, but she would never let the Xiyi people succeed. But Feng Chilie and Tan Chuyan were not good thing, they would bring endless trouble to her!
She already saw the ambitions of those two people. If they were not eliminated, the country would change its dynasty and surname sooner or later. Who knew whether it would be Tan or Feng.
No, this country could only be named under the Baili family, no one could take it away!
“You traitor!” Feng Mingyuan scolded him harshly and said, “What do you know? There is no other way to fight against internal strife, if one day they become the help of the Xiyi people, how would you handle it! ”
Baili Chengzhi believed in Tan Hongchen’s vision of people, and he also believed Tan Chuyan and Feng Chilie were people who had the overall situation in mind.
Baili Chengzhi gave a big salute to Feng Mingyuan: “Mother, please forgive your son for being unfilial.” After saying that, he shouted into the dark: “Come here, send the Empress Dowager back. She is not allowed to contact any relatives or courtiers without my order!”
“Baili Chengzhi!” Feng Mingyuan widened her eyes and asked in disbelief: “Don’t tell me, you want to imprison your mother?”
“You can still move around the palace freely,” Baili Chengzhi stood up and said, “I’m just acting in accordance with the ancestral system. After all, our ancestors have already made a rule that the harem is not allowed to interfere in politics.”
“Okay! Okay! Okay!”
Feng Mingyuan said three good words in a row, and after taking a breath she confidently said: “So what if you imprison your mother? Tan Chuyan and Feng Chilie will only run to death. They can’t even hope to live!”
Baili Chengzhi always paid attention to Feng Mingyuan’s movements, so when she set off to Pingchuan, he immediately followed her.
But he never expected that in order to kill those two people, Feng Mingyuan would not hesitate to use the army of dead soldiers that the Feng family had trained for more than ten years. And in order to lure people out of the city, she wrote anonymously to Cui Yuanqing, tempting him to send troops to invade the country.
As long as Cui Yuanqing pressed the enemy, Feng Chilie, as the only general of Jing Kingdom, had no reason not to come out to meet the enemy.
At that time, as long as the dead soldiers cut off Feng Chilie’s way of life and prevented Feng Chilie from returning to Tianyou City, Tan Chuyan would definitely come out to look for him. At that time, she could kill them all!
It had to be said that Feng Mingyuan’s plan was indeed shrewd. If it succeeds, it would not only destroy Jing Kingdom but also lose part of Cui Yuanqing’s troops.
By then, their only enemies were Cui Yuanqing and the Xiyi people.
Unfortunately, Baili Chengzhi knew very well with their power all alone, it was like throwing an egg against a rock, or a moth flying into a flame. Only by uniting with Tan Chuyan could they have a chance to defend this territory.
So, on the night when he learned that Feng Mingyuan had sent out her army of dead soldiers, Baili Chengzhi sent out almost all his Jinyi guards, just to prevent this disaster and save Tan Chuyan and Feng Chilie.
Suddenly, the sound of fireworks sounded from far to near.
Baili Chengzhi had previously issued an order that from Pingchuan to Jing Kingdom, no one would be stationed within five miles. As long as two people were successfully rescued, a signal would be set off immediately to let him know as soon as possible.
Fortunately, it was not too late, and history was not a foregone conclusion.
Baili Chengzhi suddenly breathed a sigh of relief and said: “Mother, nothing is absolute in this world. You won’t give them a way to live, but your son can.”
Feng Mingyuan realized something, she was shaking with anger and pushed him away heavily.