The princess was ordained by Heaven.

Chapter 151 Horse Disaster

The Queen looked at the two children nestled together and was overcome with grief.

However, having held a high position for so long, her sadness only lasted for a very short time before turning into a strong desire to attack.

Life is a process of understanding Yuan Jia and becoming Yuan Jia. She now really wants to kill the Fifth Prince and the Brown Kingdom people.

Fifth Prince: ...

Yuan Jia is talking nonsense, isn't he?

right!

But when he calmed down, he couldn't help but ask himself: Is it possible for me to do those things?

After a moment, he came to an answer that left him speechless—he really could do it!

His eyes darted around guiltily.

The next moment, he suddenly looked at Consort Duan, who was holding Buddhist prayer beads on the other side.

Consort Duan never looked at him from beginning to end. She simply kept her eyes slightly closed and her mouth opened and closed almost imperceptibly as she recited her usual Buddhist scriptures.

For a moment, the Fifth Prince wondered if she couldn't hear Zheng Xun's thoughts.

But he knew very well that was impossible.

So she really didn't care about him at all; from beginning to end, she treated him like a stranger...

He closed his eyes and suddenly felt that he was being quite meaningless. He could even understand why he had become that way and why he had done so many bad things.

As a child, the only way I could think of to get revenge on my parents was to destroy myself... or let myself rot away.

However, Consort Duan was clearly unmoved and only treated him as a stranger, a strange...bad person.

His unreasonable demands would never work on her.

At this moment, Zheng Xun's inner voice rang out again.

[Starting with the destruction of the Crown Princess's family, the Great Yong Dynasty entered its darkest two years.]

"The darkest hour"...

What is the darkest period?

This word easily evokes images of terrible things.

As a result, the powerful ministers in the palace were all on edge. The envoy from the Brown Kingdom noticed that something was wrong and opened his mouth to speak, but was interrupted by the minister of the Great Yong Kingdom: "Enjoy the dance and don't say anything!"

Brown Minister:...

Are people not allowed to speak at banquets in Dayong if someone is performing?

Why wasn't this rule in place before? Was it only recently established?

But people under the eaves have to bow their heads.

Since Da Yong insisted on saying it that way, they couldn't really refute it.

An eerie silence descended upon the main hall.

The Fifth Prince, fearing the power of the He family, devised a terrible plan: to issue an imperial edict forcing He Wuyu into his harem.

General He was so angered that he died.

"brute!"

An old minister couldn't hold back and slammed his fist on the table, cursing loudly.

Brown-skinned people: ?

How can a dancer be considered an animal just for performing a dance?

wrong!

Is this an insult directed at them?

The people of Dayong are going too far!

In a fit of anger, they briefly became furious, then quietly reduced their presence.

Now that Prince Chou has been taken away, it seems that Lord Mu doesn't want to deal with them. They are leaderless and it's not advisable for them to cause trouble.

Unbeknownst to them, Lord Mu's worldview had been shattered, and he was now struggling to sort out his thoughts.

What future? What original trajectory?

He thought he had overestimated Princess Yuanjia, but reality told him that it wasn't enough.

Isn't this enough?

In May of the following year, the Brown Kingdom invaded. The Fifth Prince sent five military supervisors, all of whom were spies. As a result, the Great Yong Kingdom began to suffer a series of defeats.

He Wuyu was seriously injured in the process, but he still managed to lead the Dayong army to victory in three hard-fought battles, giving Dayong a chance to catch its breath.

The military officers were getting itchy to fight.

One military supervisor is troublesome enough, why send five?

Sending five is bad enough, but they're all spies?

No amount of fighter jets could compensate for the mistakes made by these five idiots!

He Wuyu was able to defend Dayong under such difficult circumstances. She is truly remarkable, a woman among women, a hero among heroes!

In August, the Second Prince spent all his wealth to gather provisions to send to the border. However, a gap was breached in the front line, and he ran into a small group of guerrillas from the Brown Kingdom. To protect the provisions, he used himself as bait to lure the enemy for ten miles before being captured. His limbs were all cut off, and he was then tied to a horse and dragged all the way to the capital of the Brown Kingdom.

The Empress covered her face.

Ignoring the fact that she was in public, tears streamed down her face.

This is her child!

He devoted himself to his family and country, working tirelessly until his dying breath.

As a mother, she wished he were more afraid of death, even if it meant being criticized and scorned, but as long as he was safe and sound, that would be better than anything else.

But as the mother of a nation, she was proud of him.

The emperor suddenly raised his left hand and slapped his right hand hard.

Hearing the voice, the Empress looked over with teary eyes and asked in confusion, "Your Majesty?"

The emperor's expression remained unchanged: "It's nothing."

He felt that he had hit his second son too hard with his right hand a while ago, and that he deserved to be hit!

What bad intentions could the second prince possibly have? His desire to become the crown prince was simply to do his part for the Great Yong Dynasty.

His willingness to step forward at this time demonstrates his sense of responsibility, doesn't it?

Lord Mu: Look at the prince of the Great Yong Dynasty! Look! Look!

Indeed, joining the Dayong Dynasty was the best decision he ever made!

The second prince himself was the calmest of all. He was not surprised by his choice, and he would do the same thing again if given the chance.

However, dragging is impossible, absolutely impossible in this lifetime.

He doesn't want to suffer like that; it's better for the Brown Kingdom to be destroyed sooner rather than later.

He will certainly work hard to earn and donate money to contribute to the destruction of the Brown Kingdom.

Sure enough, the Great Yong Dynasty couldn't function without him!

In the present day of the Great Yong Dynasty, he is the only one who can shoulder the responsibilities. He still needs to fight for the position of Crown Prince, and only by being legitimate can he do more things.

At the end of the seventh year, the promising young general Nie Zhao was betrayed during a surprise attack, and his brief rise to prominence ended in defeat.

In the same year, He Wuyu's old injuries recurred, and he died from exhaustion.

[Eight years later, in January, the army of the Brown Kingdom broke through the gates of the capital. The Fifth Prince was beheaded, and his head was impaled on a spear and planted high on the city wall.]

The fifth prince felt a chill on his neck.

He stared blankly at the ground, lost in thought.

His stubbornness harmed both himself and others; what did he gain in return?

No one expected that Consort Duan, who had been silent all along, would suddenly stand up.

She strode over to the Fifth Prince, grabbed him by the collar, and dragged him to a blind spot where Zheng Xun couldn't see him.

The fifth prince did not resist and watched helplessly as she grabbed his neck.

Consort Duan's eyes held both sorrow and hatred: "I should have strangled you long ago, you scourge! Scourge!"

Provoked by these words, the Fifth Prince broke free of her grasp and roared, "Why do you think I've become like this? It's all because of you! Without you, where would I be? It's all because of your recklessness! It's your fault, all your fault!"

"Ha! Without me, where would you be?" Consort Duan's laughter was filled with absurdity and disbelief. "Then go die! Why don't you just die!"

The fifth prince's eyes were red, and he couldn't utter a word for a long time.

Consort Duan seemed to have figured something out, and repeated, "You should have died long ago."

The Fifth Prince gave a self-deprecating laugh.

He felt that the most foolish thing he had ever done was to think that Consort Duan still had a little bit of affection for him.

But now he realizes how ridiculous the thing he had been pursuing was.

And how pathetic he was.

He collapsed to the ground, laughing and crying wildly. Consort Duan watched all this quietly, her expression as cold and icy as the snow-covered ice at the foot of a mountain.

The envoy from the Brown Kingdom was so startled by the commotion that his hands trembled slightly.

Are all the people of Dayong crazy?

They can use their wits against normal people, but what do they do against a madman? Nobody's ever taught them that.

In the same year, the Third Prince was taken to the Kingdom of Brown by the King of Chou.

Then, the remaining members of the royal family retreated south of the Ming River, and Xu Zhen supported Consort Liang's young son to become emperor, appointing a group of loyal and devoted veteran officials.

[Xu Zhen accompanied the army in battle, Consort Liang held the imperial seal and oversaw the rear, and with the support of the people of Dayong, they recaptured fourteen cities within half a year.]

Zheng Xun had mentioned most of this before, but...

Everyone in the harem looked at Consort Liang.

Consort Liang took a sip of soup as usual. A eunuch behind her handed her a handkerchief, which she took and used to wipe her lips.

After doing all that, she looked up at everyone and asked, "Why are you all looking at me like that, sisters?"

Others: You're not deaf to Zheng Xun's thoughts. Are you trying to pretend you didn't hear him...?

The emperor's expression was also somewhat complicated.

He always remembered Zheng Xun saying that there was a great Buddha in his harem, but he never figured out who that great Buddha was. He never expected it to be Consort Liang.

Someone who usually seems diligent, quiet, and unassuming actually possesses such abilities...

Ten years later, in the winter, Xu Zhen's life was nearing its end, Consort Liang was assassinated, and the last embers of the Great Yong Dynasty were extinguished.

This is the first time Zheng Xun has "spoken out" the complete trajectory of his future.

His heartfelt words were just a few words, even if they were copied onto paper, they would only be a few lines long, but it was precisely this little bit that represented the last ten years of the Great Yong Dynasty.

She used very few descriptive words, but anyone could hear the heaviness behind them.

Zheng Jin held the chopsticks, but didn't move them for a long time.

Father Emperor, Mother Empress...

Zheng Jiao...

The brothers and Nie Zhao...

She had learned the saying "When the nest is overturned, no egg remains unbroken" from a book before, and she thought she understood its meaning. But when it came to a concrete reality, she realized that her understanding was far from sufficient.

It's just a simple word, a sentence that's so short it can't be more emotional, but behind it lies immense sorrow.

The person she cared about most was ruined by the Brown Country.

Brown Country...

At this point in the banquet, it's time for everyone to present their birthday gifts.

But at this moment, everyone was immersed in the future of Dayong and couldn't muster any enthusiasm.

All I can say is that Zheng Xun knows how to pour cold water on them. Every time they get carried away, he slaps them in the face, making them realize that what needs to be done is not yet finished, and it is too early to relax.

However, the necessary procedures still need to be followed.

The first to present gifts was, of course, the Brown Kingdom.

After all, guests are guests from afar.

There's not much else to say, except for a few fine horses.

According to the envoy from the Brown Kingdom, these horses were stamina-rich, strong, tall, and fast.

Most importantly, they sent four horses: two males and two females, all young, strong, and suitable for breeding.

Seemingly to prove their point, they even went out of their way to invite the emperor to visit the horse farm right now.

The emperor hesitated.

Because he knew that the Brown People had never had good intentions.

So the more they invited him, the more suspicious he became.

On the other side, Zheng Xun looked at the system.

She began to feel fortunate that she had managed to turn Mu Zhuo to the other side.

If it were the new moon, it certainly wouldn't know so much about the situation in the brown country.