Early the next morning, before Ye Linghan and I could go to find the saint, the saint sent someone to let me go to the imperial study.

When I arrived at the imperial study, I found that Ye Linghan was already there, and there were also the queen and Princess Heze, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and King Inurong. Several ministers I don't know are also standing at His Highness. What kind of battle is this? Is there something wrong with calling everyone here?

I stepped forward to salute the emperor and queen, and then retreated to stand next to Ye Linghan.

The saint's face was not very good, and it seemed that something big had happened.

Several of us looked at each other, but we didn't dare to say much, and the queen mother sat upright all the time, and I couldn't see any expression on her.

After a long time, the saint slowly spoke, "The military situation emergency report from yesterday, the turmoil in southern Xinjiang, has occupied more than ten of my Tang Dynasty cities, and the lives are miserable, and the people are not happy. ”

What the? There was actually a war? Everyone's faces turned pale in an instant, and they didn't seem to dare to believe in this matter, there must be a cause for the war, and this good and decent southern Xinjiang had turmoil after the just-concluded Great Dynasty Conference, which seemed unreasonable. However, southern Xinjiang has been silent and mysterious, for their whereabouts and motives, no tribe is very thorough, they attacked Chang'an this time, they can occupy ten cities at once, it seems that they are also prepared, but why do they do this?

Ye Linghan's face tightened, and he felt more nervous and anxious about the war than anyone else.

After all, the King of Inurong is a veteran of the battlefield, and it seems that he has already received the news, his surprise only paused for a moment on his face before returning to normal, he spoke first, "The Holy Lord summoned us today, presumably he already knows the cause of the turmoil in Southern Xinjiang, right?" ”

Shengshang's face darkened even more, he glanced at me lightly, and then moved his gaze to the King of Dog Rong, "I do already know the cause of the civil strife in southern Xinjiang, but this reason has something to do with the people among us. ”

"Connected to one of us?" The prince asked, his face already had a little suspicious look, and he stared at the King of Dog Rong, as if he had already decided that he was ironclad evidence of the collusion and rebellion between the Northern Desert and Southern Xinjiang.

Under the gaze of his gaze, the dog Rong king was calm and casual, and he was not surprised, but the current situation was confusing, and it was really difficult to say who was the cause of this war. Empress? Ye Ling Han? Heze? None of them seem to be able to find any definite reason, but no one seems to be able to get out of it.

"Please also ask my father to make it clear, who is this person?" The crown prince glanced at the King of Inurong and leaned over to plead with the Holy Lord.

The saint's gaze swept over everyone, and finally stopped at me, "That's because of our Qingyi Holy Princess of the Northern Desert." ”

What the? I was amazed, all eyes suddenly converged on me, some doubted, some surprised, some emotional, some resentful, and some puzzled......

"Holy! I'm afraid there is some misunderstanding in this matter! Before I could speak, Ye Linghan took the lead in explaining.

"Saint, my Holy Princess of Qingyi in the Northern Desert, I lived in the Northern Desert when I was a child, and now I live in Chang'an City, I have never been to the South Xinjiang and have no intersection with anyone in the South Xinjiang, is it unfair for the Holy Lord to say this, and wronged our Holy Princess of the Northern Desert!" The King of the Dog Rong said righteously, all the doubts about the Holy Lord of the Northern Desert are an insult to everyone in the Northern Desert, and the King of the Dog Rong would rather be misunderstood himself than let me suffer such criticism.

"Saint, this is not a trivial matter, if you have any evidence, please make it clear, Qingyi really doesn't understand why I caused the war in southern Xinjiang!" I stepped forward and stood in front of the Holy One, I really don't know why he said that the reason for this incident was because of me, as the king of Dog Rong said, I have no connection with the southern Xinjiang, how could I provoke this war?

After saying this, I suddenly thought of something, that strange strong man in Southern Xinjiang once gave me a bottle of Leaving Hatred Gu.

The saint raised his hand, motioned for everyone to sit down, and said slowly: "I haven't concluded that this matter must have been provoked by Qingyi, otherwise, I wouldn't have summoned everyone in the imperial study." ”

Ye Linghan and the Dog Rong King's mood eased a little, and my heart was pounding when I stood beside Ye Linghan, and my premonition was not very good. Everyone was silent, waiting for the Holy Lord to unravel the reason.

"General Zhang, tell me about it!" Sheng Shang looked at one of the soldiers in the audience, who clasped his hands into fists, stepped forward and saluted, looked at everyone, and finally his eyes fell on me. What kind of vision is that, cold, hard, direct, with the coldness and murderous aura of the perennial war, pressing me fiercely, as if I am the mastermind behind this war.

He hesitated, but did not speak, as if he was picking up the words.

The prince said anxiously: "General Zhang, if you have anything to say, you might as well say it directly!" ”

General Zhang glanced at the saint again, and finally spoke, "A few days ago, a few rebellious soldiers were arrested in southern Xinjiang, and they told their original intentions for the war under torture. ”

"What was the original intention?" The queen asked, as if she couldn't wait.

General Zhang's voice was low, he swallowed a mouthful of saliva, and then said: "Several soldiers said that their military order for raising troops was only one sentence: go straight to Chang'an, protect the lord Qingyi. ”

What the? I was shocked again, if this is the order of the Northern Desert to raise troops, it is still said in the past, and the southern Xinjiang army used this order even I feel inexplicable!

"These soldiers all believe that Princess Qingyi is their master, and their purpose is to rescue the princess from the palace and then ......," General Zhang's tone was a little hesitant.

"And then what?" Ye Linghan asked.

General Zhang said word by word: "Then the protector ascended the throne and was enshrined as the empress." ”

What the? King Dog Rong stood up from his seat, and Ye Linghan looked at him in horror, as if he couldn't believe his words. The queen's face turned from white to black, from black to white, and finally looked at me coldly, full of doubts and distrust.

I really haven't had such an agreement with anyone, and I'm not the so-called master of the southern Xinjiang people, what the hell is going on?

"General Zhang, did you ask clearly? Or will they be talking about another person named Qingyi, this matter is simply inexplicable! "I ran to General Zhang and anxiously defended, but at this moment I found that what I said was useless, and I had no evidence to prove that I was not the mastermind behind their incident, because I was the last beneficiary of their hard work! Others will blame others for bad things, but this kind of obligation to help someone you don't know to raise an army to fight the world is really unprecedented.

"This matter is true, their goal is to come to the palace to savior, and in the palace, there is only one Princess Qingyi." General Zhang said firmly.

"No, can I meet those people? I'm going to show them that they're really getting the wrong person! I don't know any king of the southern frontier! "I'm in a hurry, how can this be the case? Until now, I can't figure out why this weird southern Xinjiang has something to do with me!

"General Zhang," said the queen mother, "you can guarantee that you are true about this matter?" ”

General Zhang knelt on the ground with a plop, he clenched his fists with both hands, and said firmly: "Your Majesty, the queen, the minister has been stationed in southern Xinjiang for more than 20 years, and the minister has been conscientious and loyal to his duties in the past 20 years, when have you ever done something against your conscience?" The minister's life is just for the eternal stability of my Tang Dynasty, the eternal existence of the society, and the loyalty of the minister, the sun and the moon can be learned! ”

Ye Linghan looked at General Zhang on the ground, there was no doubt in his eyes, he looked at me, nodded slightly, I knew he wanted to tell me that what General Zhang said was true, and he would not lie.

My heart is even colder, if General Zhang is not lying, then this matter is even more strange and difficult to explain.

"General Zhang, please get up." The saint raised his hand and motioned for General Zhang to get up, and he looked at me with an expression that he didn't know if it was okay or not.

After all, I am his own niece, and the Holy One should be as puzzled and flustered about this matter as I am.

"Someone said yesterday that since the cause of the incident has been figured out, it is better to kill Princess Qingyi, so that Nanjiang will have no thoughts, and it will be a hundred." The saint looked at me and said lightly, his tone was not tough at all, I knew that he was just saying that, expressing other people's opinions, in fact, he didn't want to kill me at all.

"Holy Lord, this matter is really hard to guess, and I hope that the Holy Lord's position will be firm." King Inurong said.

In fact, at this time, none of us can distinguish between truth and falsehood and black and white, but if the people of Southern Xinjiang really think that I am their master, and they want to support me as the empress, then it is really an extremely simple way for the saint to kill me directly. Actually, it's not that he doesn't know that I'm innocent, but the development of events often makes people lose the confidence to wait for the truth.

"That's why I called you all!" Sheng Shang stood up and walked out from behind the desk: "I don't believe that Qingyi is the heroine of Southern Xinjiang, after all, she is only seventeen years old...... But this matter is really difficult to deal with now, what can you do? ”

"Father, if Princess Qingyi really has no dissent, and she is willing to contribute to the peace of the Tang Dynasty, then why not let the princess go to southern Xinjiang, make it clear to the soldiers in southern Xinjiang, and persuade her to surrender?" His Royal Highness the Crown Prince said.

"Never be holy!" An old minister stood up, knelt down and said: "If Princess Qingyi is really the empress in the population of southern Xinjiang, then letting Princess Qingyi return to southern Xinjiang is tantamount to returning to the mountains!" ”

What he said made sense, and even I was a little convinced.

"So what do you say?" The Holy One asked the man who knelt on the ground.

"I think we should face it head-on! In order to show the heroism of my Tang Dynasty, you might as well let His Royal Highness the Crown Prince lead the elite soldiers to repel the enemy and win back face for our Tang Dynasty! ”

As soon as the crown prince heard that he had a chance to get ahead, he was immediately excited, and knelt down and pleaded: "Father, the son asks to send troops to southern Xinjiang!" ”