Shen Qingci chuckled lightly and looked at Jing Ci as if he were looking at a girl who was inexperienced in the world.
"Don't worry, just listen to me."
"If your country hadn't taken the initiative to send troops to Daliang in an attempt to plunder Daliang's resources, how could it have fallen into a long war? This war directly led to Beidi's national power being emptied, prices rising, and corvee taxes being too heavy, further squeezing the country's power."
"As for us in Daliang, facing your country's attack and aggression, we will naturally fight back with all our strength."
"While Beidi's national power is empty, attack Beidi head-on. This is the right way!"
"If not, wait for Beidi to recuperate and recharge before launching an aggressive war against me, Daliang? Hahaha, how can there be such a reason in the world?"
"Your Majesty, please ask yourself, if the country's power is not empty, if it is not that it has no strength to fight anymore, how can your country defend itself? I'm afraid you have already assembled a large army and marched towards my Daliang?"
Facing Shen Qingci's question, Jing Ci hesitated to speak, but in the end he said nothing.
After all, Shen Qingci's remarks were not groundless.
And Jingci also knew very well that due to Beidi's special national conditions, as long as Beidi wanted to develop, it would have to use troops against Liang to plunder land and materials. Otherwise, as the population increased and Beidi's land was relatively poor, the people would not even be able to eat. If we can’t solve all the problems, how can we talk about development and growth?
Seeing Jing Ci's silence, Shen Qingci decisively struck while the iron was hot.
"While your country is at its weakest, launch the Winter War to once and for all cut off your country's ability to fight again."
"This winter war is not a unilateral war between Daliang and Beidi, but a counterattack!"
"You heard it right, it is revenge for the national war."
"Should you say that the two countries have already held peace talks, and it is unethical for Daliang to retaliate again? Haha, if the peace talks are so effective, and there have been so many peace talks between the two countries for hundreds of years, why does Beidi still repeatedly invade our country, Daliang? border?"
"So, this winter war is just an extension of the national war."
"Now I would like to ask Her Royal Highness, who caused this winter war?"
Jing Ci hesitated to speak, she already understood in her heart that the person who caused this war was not Qin Feng, but the person in power who decided to invade Liang State in the first place.
In other words, if there had not been Beidi's invasion, there would not have been Qin Feng's winter counterattack today.
However, Qin Feng's goal has been achieved. Even if Qin Feng withdraws his troops now, Beidi will not be able to recover within ten or eight years. During this period, Beidi will no longer have the ability to challenge Liang Guo.
Why did Qin Feng insist on killing all Beidi? Is it just to support Jing Qianying to inherit the throne?
Shen Qingci saw the dissatisfaction in Jing Ci's eyes and immediately let out a hearty laugh: "I'm afraid you don't know yet, right?"
"Your father, who is also the current King of Beidi, never gave up chasing Jing Qianying from the beginning to the end, because he knew that Jing Qianying was the only person who could shake his legal authority."
"It's not Feng'er who insists on eradicating the roots, but King Beidi who refuses to let Jing Qianying go."
Hearing this, Jing Ci's eyes couldn't help but change.
She stared blankly at Shen Qingci and said in disbelief: "Father is chasing Jing Qianying?!"
She quickly turned to look at Zhang Chao and asked, "Is this serious?"
Zhang Chao showed a helpless wry smile: "Your Highness, how could a subordinate know about such a thing?"
At this moment, Shen Qingci's voice rang out: "Master Zhang, you are too humble. Even if you don't know that King Beidi has been chasing my fourth sister, as an official of the Ministry of Rites, you are not sure whether King Beidi's position is right or not." , you should be aware of it, right?"
Facing Shen Qingci's question and Jing Ci's surprised look, Zhang Chao knew he couldn't escape and couldn't help but sigh.
"According to the order of succession, it is indeed not His Majesty's turn to inherit the throne."
"But in just half a year, the late emperor passed away, followed immediately by the death of the prince. Among the princes, all those who were qualified to inherit the throne either died in accidents and mysterious deaths, or were trapped at the border and could not come back."
"As the saying goes, a country cannot live without a king for a day, so at that time we could only urgently elect His Majesty to inherit the throne."
Seeing that Zhang Chao had confessed the truth of that year, Shen Qingci struck while the iron was hot and continued to ask: "After King Beidi ascended the throne, what happened to the many princes of the late emperor?"
Zhang Chao's face turned pale. He didn't want to bring up the past, but he was in Changshui County and couldn't help himself. He had no choice but to bite the bullet and respond in a deep voice.
"All princes outside the royal capital will either die in battle, or... they will catch the cold and die on their way back to the royal capital."
"There was also a prince who successfully returned to the royal capital, but within half a month, he was accused of forcing the palace and was executed."
Shen Qingci couldn't help but sneer: "The late emperor and the prince passed away one after another, and then after King Beidi came to the throne, all the princes of the late emperor died unexpectedly, and no one survived."
"Even those young princes died one after another a few years later."
"It is undeniable that in order to consolidate the imperial power, the Beidi King was very evil and did not leave any threats."
"It's a pity that he didn't take the late princess seriously at all. After all, how could a mere prostitute threaten his throne? But when he learned that the late princess had been living in Daliang, he was afraid that Jing Qianying would become a hostage in Daliang. He is threatening Beidi, so he has been sending people to hunt down Jing Qianying to nip this last scourge in the cradle."
"When he learned that Jing Qianying became the fourth daughter of the Qin family and Feng'er became more and more powerful, King Beidi regarded Jing Qianying as a thorn in his side even more, because he knew very well that one day Feng'er would become the late emperor's princess. For the sake of fame, conquer Beidi."
"So, as long as we strike first and get rid of Jing Qianying, Feng'er will have a reasonable excuse to conquer Beidi."
Shen Qingci looked at Zhang Chao and asked softly: "Am I right?"
Zhang Chao shook his head and smiled bitterly: "I don't know the secret behind this, but since Miss Shen's words are conclusive, she must not be groundless."
Although Zhang Chao did not admit it directly, Jing Ci, who had witnessed the whole process, felt that his cognition had completely collapsed.
She was already convinced that Shen Qingci did not deliberately frame her father, and that her father forced the palace, murdered his brothers, and hunted down the late emperor's princess. It was also true...
Jing Ci suddenly felt that his persistence was so ridiculous.
Dadi, whom she could protect with her life, became even more unfamiliar.
Jing Ci felt her legs weaken and she sat lightly on the stone bench, her eyes confused and hesitant. She didn't know what the meaning of her existence was. Even the identity of "princess" was stolen from others...
