Ming Dynasty: pacifying the rebellion and defending the border, dominating the world

Chapter 350 Secret Report from the Mongol Yuan Dynasty, Old Stories

"The struggle for power has always been like this."

"With cabinet positions now vacant, many see an opportunity for further advancement."

"Naturally, one will be impatient."

Zhu Jinzhen chuckled lightly, then shook his head and said, "But they want more than that. To share the burden of politics? I haven't made a decision yet, and they're already jumping out so eagerly. Do they want to share my burden? Or do they want to take away the power in my hands?"

"Your Highness, it's good that you have a plan in mind."

Changsun Wangqing did not continue to inquire about it. After all, this was a political matter, and she neither wanted to nor was willing to get involved. She only needed to do her duty of reminding people.

"What I give them is what they truly belong to."

"If I don't give it to them, anyone who dares to reach out will be chopped off."

Zhu Jinzhen glanced at the mixed list that Changsun Wangqing handed him, then casually tossed it on the table, intending to have Cao Zhengchun handle the matter after he recovered.

He believed that Cao Zhengchun, whom Emperor Zhengde had trained for so long, would surely be able to give him a satisfactory result.

Just then, a soldier from the Cangyun Army reported from outside the door that the secret guards were requesting an audience.

"Secret Guard?"

Zhu Jinzhen and Changsun Wangqing exchanged a glance.

"Let him in."

For general intelligence, the secret guards would not present it directly to the emperor; they would wait until the next day.

Unless it's something urgent.

"Your Highness."

"The secret guards have sent the latest intelligence reports from Western Xia and Mongol Yuan."

Secret reports between Western Xia and Mongol Yuan?
A hint of surprise flashed in Zhu Jinzhen's eyes. He knew about the situation in Xixia; it was simply a summary of the successes and failures of Wang Yuyan and the secret guards' actions.

But what about the Mongol Yuan dynasty? Could there be some other tricks up their sleeve?

"Ok?"

Zhu Jinzhen frowned suddenly after only one glance at the book.

"What's wrong, Your Highness?" Changsun Wangqing asked with concern.

"Take a look." Zhu Jinzhen handed over the secret report, his eyes filled with mockery: "That woman Zhao Min instigated, or rather, used the name of the Prince of Ruyang, to launch a mutiny in Dadu, the capital of the Mongol Yuan Dynasty, and slaughtered countless members of the Mongol Yuan royal family overnight."

"The Seventh Prince was exterminated, and Temur's descendants were all slaughtered."

Changsun Wangqing frowned in confusion; this didn't seem to be anything surprising.

Zhao Min's intention to become an empress before the complete collapse of the Mongol Yuan dynasty, or to personally send off this vast empire that dominated the grasslands, had already been reported by her secret guards during the Jingnan Campaign.

Changsun Wangqing also knew about this.

Why?

With a puzzled look, Changsun Wangqing opened the secret report and immediately beamed with joy, unable to suppress a laugh: "She actually fought with Kalis?"

"Zhao Min staged a coup, massacring the Mongol imperial family, and Kalis was among them."

Zhu Jinzhen gave a friendly reminder with a smile.

"But that's not the most interesting part, Wang Qing, keep reading."

"Uh?"

Changsun Wangqing lowered his head and continued reading the intelligence report. His expression suddenly turned strange: "When Zhao Min slaughtered Dadu, she first encountered Kalis, and then she met that crazy woman, Le Bingyun?"

"And they even got the secret guards to help?"

Seeing this, Changsun Wangqing could roughly guess why Zhu Jinzhen's expression had been so strange earlier. If it were anyone else, it wouldn't matter.

With Zhu Jinzhen's authorization, Zhao Min's secret guards from the Mongol Yuan dynasty would fully cooperate with her plan.

but……

"Le Bingyun and Hua Zheng were among the earliest members of the secret guards."

"Back then, Kalis was secretly sent to Jiayuguan by Huazheng, and Your Highness..." Changsun Wangqing said, a blush rising on her stunningly beautiful face.

In order to control intelligence on the Mongol Yuan dynasty, they brainwashed Princess Kalis, who was known as the Fragrant Princess.

She, along with the Cangyun Army and the Secret Guard, colluded with Zhu Jinzhen to do things that deceived Kalis's feelings.

"Heh, you've forgotten the past, haven't you?"

Zhu Jinzhen chuckled and pulled Changsun Wangqing into his arms, his face full of teasing smiles: "That girl, Kalis, was so infatuated with you back then, she cried her heart out before we parted, and promised to..."

Changsun Wangqing blushed and quickly covered Zhu Jinzhen's mouth with her hand, looking very displeased.

"Your Highness, we agreed not to bring this up again!"

"Hehe, okay, I won't say, I won't say." Although Zhu Jinzhen nodded in agreement, the smile on his face grew even wider. This was a rare 'dark history' of Changsun Wangqing!

Zhu Jinzhen was truly impressed with himself. How could he have come up with the idea of ​​having the most spirited Changsun Wangqing disguise herself as a man to deceive Kasili, who at the time was innocent, kind, pure, and inexperienced?

What a genius!!
Zhu Jinzhen raised the corners of his mouth smugly, as if he had done something extremely proud.

Changsun Wangqing rolled her eyes in annoyance, seemingly guessing what Zhu Jinzhen was thinking.

However, I wasn't angry.

After all, it was just deceiving the feelings of a foreign princess. If it weren't for Zhu Jinzhen's teasing gaze, Changsun Wangqing wouldn't have felt even the slightest emotional ripple.

"Although Zhao Min possesses the power of a terrestrial immortal, she has only been a member of the Secret Guard for a short time. Most of the Secret Guards who will assist her in Meng Yuanxiang's mission are from the Cangyun Army and the Tian Ce Mansion, and may not be familiar with Kalis."

“But… Le Bingyun and Hua Zheng are definitely not strangers to them.”

"The first thing to do when joining the Secret Guard is to recite the Cangyun Oath. Zhao Min, Kalis, and Le Bingyun are all vying for power, so the Secret Guard naturally has no choice but to remain neutral." Changsun Wangqing said, a smile still playing on his lips, as if he could already see Zhao Min's utterly dumbfounded expression upon hearing the news.

It's likely that Zhao Min couldn't have imagined, even if she racked her brains, that the Secret Guard had planted spies within the Mongol Yuan Dynasty.

There were actually two princesses, one of whom almost became a queen.

Zhu Jinzhen seemed to have imagined that scene as well, and his face was full of smiles.

"That girl Kasili has made such great progress in martial arts in just a few years. She has already shown the potential of a celestial being in just a few years, and she can even exchange a few blows with Zhao Min. That's quite impressive!"

Although Zhao Min's cultivation was accelerated, she still truly reached the level of a terrestrial immortal.

He was able to fight several moves against a terrestrial immortal at the Celestial Realm without being defeated.

Such talent and wit would be absolutely astonishing in any country in the world.

Changsun Wangqing agreed with this: "After all, you are her master, and she was taught by that crazy woman, Le Bingyun. His Highness's swordsmanship is based on Le Bingyun's abnormal teaching methods!"

"It would be hard for her not to amount to something!"

In order to win over Kalis, Zhu Jinzhen not only arranged for Changsun Wangqing to disguise herself as a man and cooperate with the secret guards, but also went to great lengths to arrange a series of "protagonist adventures" for Kalis!
While being chased, he fell off a cliff and found unparalleled martial arts skills.

It also includes the five-hundred-year-old Vermilion Fruit, which can cleanse the marrow and greatly enhance one's power.

Among them, the cultivation technique is a peerless sword technique specially created by Zhu Jinzhen. Not only can it be cultivated to the level of a terrestrial immortal, but its power is also no less than any top sword technique in the world.

It can be described as sparing no expense.

Changsun Wangqing dared to say that at least half of Kasili's current achievements were due to his own prince's efforts.

(End of this chapter)