【Chapter 97】The Princess
Yu Moji couldn't figure out what was going on.
Ling Jingcheng is not a person who bends the law for personal gain. Even if Yu Mojian stood on the opposite side of Madam Ling at the moment, he would not dismiss her for this reason.
What's more, it wasn't Ling Jingcheng himself who threatened Mrs. Ling with the lives of the saints and the layers of guns?
What made her even more incomprehensible was that Ling Ai was Ling Jingcheng's biological daughter, and she had suffered the same treatment.
Yu Mochen was confident in the father-daughter relationship between Ling Ai and Ling Jingcheng, so she chose to remain silent for the time being and obey Ling Jingcheng's arrangement.
The cardinal's words were very serious, but when it came to the actual operation, there was no embarrassment of the ink marks.
Although he asked Yu Moji and Ling Ai to take off their armor and hand them in along with the weapons of the Thousand Machine Crossbow Arquebus, he sent the two of them to the Pan-Sun Kite...... Is there any reserve who has suddenly been demoted and can go back to the imperial capital in a pan-Japanese kite?
The Pan-Sun Kite was the one Ling Ai rode in when he came, and at this time he should have gone back to the imperial capital. However, because Yan Zheng temporarily sent all the retainers who manipulated the Pan-Sun Kite to drag the officials in the Lizheng Mansion, the unmanaged Pan-Sun Kite had to wait quietly in the courtyard.
Yan Zheng's wayward approach of slanting out from the side is actually obviously a violation of military discipline. However, after Ling Jingcheng heard about this, he did not punish Yan Zheng for this, but directly assigned Yan Zheng to escort Yu Moji and Ling Ai to return to the imperial capital as quickly as possible.
Such an unclear and overly casual way of dealing with it is really not something that a cardinal who has always done things clearly and clearly would do.
Yan Zheng said that he has the ability to control the pan-sun kite; Yu Moji himself was able to disassemble the pan-solar kite into one part within one time alignment, and then assemble it completely with two alignments. Even if she hadn't sat in the cockpit herself, with her familiarity with the structure of the Pan-Sun Kite to this extent, it would not be impossible for her to take this mecha in a temporary attack.
Lord Ling wasn't afraid that they would escape with this super-heavy mecha with long guns and short cannons and amazing attack power?
After entering the Pan-Sun Kite's cabin, when there were only the three of them left, Yu Moji finally had a chance to talk to Ling Ai, "What does Lord Ling mean?" ”
Ling Ai obviously didn't know what was going on, and only guessed, "Sometimes, putting people in cages is to protect them. That's what my father meant. ”
Yan Zheng had a noncommittal look on his face, and it was rare that he didn't say anything to add fuel to the fire, just copied his hand and said with a smile, "I also don't think Lord Ling has any malicious intent." But since he refuses to tell the truth about this, there is no reason for me to do my duty for him wholeheartedly. Two, if you want to work together to rob this pan-sun kite, I probably won't be able to parry. ”
Although Yu Mozhen was worried in her heart, she also felt a little funny when she heard this, she glanced at Yan Zheng and said, "I have to thank you for your support first." However, Ling Ai and I are not in a big problem at the moment, and we are too lazy to change the situation, so we don't need to add a reputation to you that you can't even beat the ink marks." ”
She's also telling the truth. Now without the help of Yan Armor, with her bare hands, she thinks that there should be some gap between her and Yan Zheng.
Ling Ai said, "If you really want to fight, it is unknown which of you two will win and who will lose." ”
Yu Mochen was not confident in his own strength to such an extent, and when he heard this, he couldn't help but be stunned. Ling Ai seemed to just mention it casually, and quickly turned to other directions, "In my opinion, we'd better obey my father's orders first and go back to the imperial capital to take a look at the situation." I don't know what my father was thinking, but the two of us were suddenly demoted, and I'm afraid it had something to do with my mother. ”
"Needless to say?" Yan Zheng smiled helplessly, "Mo Zhen and relied on it to clean up the Xuannu Sect, but in the end he bullied your mother, and it is natural for your father to find an excuse to pull you out of this matter." ”
Yu Mochen also felt that Yan Zheng's words were not unreasonable.
Ling Ai shook his head, "What I said has a relationship, but that's not what I mean. ”
She hesitated for a moment before explaining, "You might want to get it too. When Mr. Xu and Mr. Yuan died, my mother was greatly stimulated and disappeared. ”
Yu Moji couldn't help but sigh, and his face couldn't help but show a little shame. She always felt that it was because she accidentally killed Mr. Xu that she caused so many disasters.
Yan Zheng glanced at her and suddenly interjected, "Most of the time, all we can hold on to is the present, and the consequences are really unpredictable. After all, you are here to save your life, and you don't need to blame yourself. ”
Yu Mozhen patted his head a little at a loss and said, "Why do you even know about this?" ”
After all, Lao Meng is a person who has been removed from the Cardinal, and the things that involve him are not mentioned by anyone in the Cardinal. Even if someone died, Yu Mojin thought that this matter would be suppressed by a few people present at the time, but he didn't expect that Yan Zheng, who was outside the bureau, also knew.
Yan Zheng didn't seem to regard these things as taboos, but just shrugged his shoulders indifferently, "You have been locked up for so long for some reason, and after you come out, it seems like you have died once, everyone will care." He glanced at Yu Moji quickly and said, "So I'm going to ask." I know you both know each other best. ”
The more Yu Mochen listened, the more helpless he became, and he only felt that Yan Zheng was afraid that he had misunderstood her. Even though she has always hoped to be close to Yuan Pingzhi, she often feels that there is a distance as wide as the Jiayuan River between her and Yuan Pingzhi, and she will never be able to cross it.
Ling Ai smiled at them and continued, "After my mother disappeared, no one knew where she went. It took a lot of effort for my father to find out that my mother had an affair with the Xuannu Sect a long time ago, so I speculated that my mother might be in the south. Soon after, there was a sudden rebellion in the Xuannu Sect. ”
Yu Moji nodded. Mrs. Ling herself said that because of her will to die and live, she made a special trip to fulfill her last duty and carry forward the Xuannu Sect.
But I don't know what her "last duty" is.
When Ling Ai talked about these things, his expression was full of helplessness for his children who had to take responsibility but had no power to return to the sky, "Father didn't want to come forward in person, so he asked Mr. Lu, and Mr. Lu said that he just wanted to send you out for a walk, so he entrusted this matter to you and relied on it." He himself sent someone to secretly observe in case something happened to both sides. ”
Yu Mochen said in his heart, Lu Chen really sent her out to relax. Lu Chen found such a high-sounding reason, saying that it was because she and Yuan Yizhi were most familiar with the legends in the area of Chilu Mountain that they were sent here...... It turned out to be a disguise at all.
She thought for a moment and said, "I thought it was strange before. General Yuan and I were in trouble the day before, and you and Yan Zheng came the next day. Now it seems that General Yuan should have directly handed the report for help to Lord Ling's secret agent? ”
Yu Moji could think that she was at the mercy of others like a fool, but Yuan Yizhi would never be like this. He must have been aware of Lord Ling's behind-the-scenes operations, but he just didn't tell her.
"Exactly." Ling Ai nodded, "But you also know that the relationship between my father and mother is not very good...... My father didn't want to intervene himself, so he sent me as a reinforcement. As for Yan Zheng......" Ling Ai suddenly smiled, glanced at Yan Zheng, and said, "As soon as he heard that I was coming to you, he took the initiative to ask Ying, and he had to come over to help." ”
Yan Zheng pinned his face to the side, but he couldn't hide his ears that were also red. He made an indifferent look and said, "I have long seen that there are some problems in this matter, and I am worried that your Miss Ling is bending the law for personal gain, which is not good for it, so I made a special trip to take a look." ”
Ling Ai playfully raised his long eyebrows and said, "Why didn't I find out before, you actually care so much?" ”
Yu Mochen said in his heart that this didn't seem to be right, and he hurriedly coughed embarrassedly, and said, "According to what you say, Lord Ling should be the person who should not appear at this time." ”
"That's right," Ling Ai replied, "so I guess it's that something happened to the imperial capital, and I was involved with you." As a last resort, my father personally came forward to solve the matter, and found a reason to send the two of us back to the imperial capital as soon as possible. ”
"That's weird." Yan Zheng said, "Except that the two of you are both girls, there is no resemblance at all. If it weren't for the fact that you were part of the mission against your mother, how could you have been punished so severely and unjustifiably at the same time? ”
Yu Mochen also felt that Yan Zheng's words were not unreasonable. When it comes to family background, official rank, and even her own prestige, she and Ling Ai are definitely not of the same rank.
Although the gap in strength between the two of them is obviously narrowing, Yu Mojin is not good at expressing himself, so he looks very unremarkable among the many reserves of the Cardinal. Ling Ai has not fallen from the top of any assessment since he entered the Cardinal. The tasks assigned to them by the Council of Honours were seldom consistent.
Empathetic people are like Ling Ai, and when she thinks of these real differences, she can't say anything to encourage Yu Moji. They thought about it all the way, but they didn't have a clue.
It wasn't until he returned to the imperial capital that Yu Moji was surprised to find that he had really told Yan Zheng.
Yu Moji went to the south, and in less than a month, the imperial capital had already changed the world.
At the beginning of the matter, the eldest princess, who was widely praised and had a huge impact on the government and the opposition, suddenly lost power.
The attitude of the Great Qi Empire towards women is not much better than that of the Tusu people. The appearance of women in places such as the Cardinal Council and the Ministry of War is largely due to the eldest princess who is said to be peerless. It was she who showed the people of Daqi what she could do as a woman with her own virtues; It was also she who spent a lot of effort to promote the reform of the imperial court, which gave women and men the opportunity to work together for the imperial court.
Although none of the officials who can really enter the court now are women, for the Great Qi Empire, the changes brought about by the eldest princess have also been great progress.
But while the eldest princess accomplished these things, she also had a relationship with ambition and power. This is clearly not in line with the expectations of women in the entire empire.
The status of the eldest princess as a royal nobleman gave her a lot of protection, but finally one day, even the royal family could no longer tolerate her actions.
The affairs of the royal family will always be concealed layer by layer, and when it reaches Yu Moji's ears, no matter how much insider information there is, there will be a little scum left. The little news that Yu Mojin heard was that the eldest princess was believed to have committed the crime of treason, and now she was nearly imprisoned, waiting for the final verdict.
The influence of this princess is really huge, so her loss of power is like the collapse of the most core mechanism in the Yanji, triggering a series of changes in the government and the opposition.
One of them is that women with official positions and military ranks are all deprived of positions that should not be available to women. The female officials of the imperial capital all have to be beaten back to their original form of inferiority by this crude and nonsensical treatment.
Yu Moji only felt that the big thing was not good.
All of this she has worked so hard for may be swept away by this sudden tide.