Chapter 45: Dancing at Night (2)
"Ah, I'm so confused, why am I crying?"
I couldn't express the sadness in my heart. I just cried unconsciously. I wanted to wipe away my tears, but they seemed to never stop. It was as if they were influenced by the sound just now. Why was it like this? Yinyin couldn't understand...
"Princess, don't think about it anymore..."
Xiuying could see that Yinyin was in a state of anxiety, but she didn't know what she was thinking. She stepped forward and handed Yinyin a silk scarf to wipe her tears, trying to calm her down. Yinyin didn't think about how Xiuying knew what she was thinking, but she felt a tightness in her chest and was very depressed...
Unable to wipe away the tears that came from nowhere, I clutched my chest tightly and sat on the ground...
"Princess——"
Yinyin couldn't stop crying. The emotions that surged from the bottom of her heart made her cry without stopping. She looked extremely sad...
A group of people were leaving through the city gate.
[Inside Prince Jing’s Mansion].
"Really? He really left like that?"
"It's absolutely true. We have confirmed it from the soldiers guarding the city—"
Zhou Yan stood up from his chair and walked to the side, his expression puzzled. Based on his understanding of Zhao Ziheng, how could he leave without even meeting Yin Yin? It can't be said that he has never met her, but he has only met her once at the reception. Is he satisfied with that? Zhou Yan firmly believes that Zhao Ziheng will never give up his feelings for Yin Yin easily, so why would he leave at this time? Something inside the Zhao Kingdom ? But as far as he knows, Zhao Kingdom currently has no other major events except the reconstruction work. Of course, he doesn't know about confidential matters. Zhao Ziheng's sudden return to the country must have something...
"Zuo Yu, send more people to Zhao State, and report any news to me truthfully—"
"yes."
Zhou Yan couldn't just ignore Zhao Ziheng's departure. To him, Zhao Ziheng was his biggest enemy, or rather, his love rival. He had been secretly monitoring his every move since he arrived in Zhou State, but he could never see through how he would act. Now, Zhao Ziheng returned to the country without doing anything. How could Zhou Yan just sit back and do nothing?
"Your Majesty, regarding the Prime Minister's banquet for the Wu envoys—"
"I know my limits, just go do what you should do!"
"Yes, I will go right away."
Zuo Yu turned and left. Zhou Yan fell into deep thought again. Without mentioning , Yin Yin's matter would...
Zhou Cheng also knew about Zhao Ziheng's departure. It should be said that he knew about it a long time ago...
"Is this okay?"
Zhou Cheng remained silent in response to Shan Zhen's question. He couldn't judge whether it was good or bad, but he believed in his heart that if Zhao Ziheng and Yin Yin met, the situation would be beyond his control. The relationship between Zhao Ziheng and Yin Yin made him feel uneasy, so he was hesitant about their meeting. Now that Zhao Ziheng was gone, perhaps Zhou Cheng felt a little relieved.
Shan Zhen could see that Zhou Cheng was thinking about something. Since he didn't want to talk about it, Shan Zhen didn't want to ask too much, so: "The departure of the King of Zhao this time may be related to state affairs, but we don't have any , so we can't be sure."
"So what's the current situation regarding the plague incident that occurred in Feiyan Country?"
"According to the latest news, the plague in Feiyan is spreading rapidly and has even begun to infiltrate neighboring countries—"
"We just got the intelligence and soon there was a plague in Feiyan. Similar incidents seem to have occurred in Lao, Feng, Jia and the latest Fan. I don't think things are as simple as they seem."
"However, Feiyan was the mastermind who secretly cultivated forces to launch an attack on Zhao. Although the plague broke out shortly after we received the news, we have sent people to investigate and the results have confirmed that it is true. The news from Laos and other countries is also consistent with the plague. What's more, the plague in Feiyan had already occurred at the beginning of the year. At that time, the scope was small and the news was blocked. Now it has broken out because it cannot be suppressed. Therefore, I believe that this period is a period of frequent plague, or the plague is spreading."
"No connection?"
Is this really the case? Zhou Cheng was very confused. Indeed, on the surface, these countries had nothing in common except the outbreak of plague. The outbreak of plague was nothing. A long time ago, there were also plagues everywhere during the war. But now, Zhou Cheng always felt uneasy. He always felt that something was wrong, but he couldn't put his finger on it. Was it really just that the plague broke out in these countries at the same time? So simple? Feiyan seemed to be in an earlier period. As the country that was the mastermind behind the imbalance of the world, although it had not yet grasped all the clues, it was definitely inseparable from the relationship. Was the outbreak of plague just a coincidence?
Zhou Cheng knew that the plague was contagious. He could not rule out the possibility that someone carrying the plague brought it to other countries, but was it too fast? Four countries had already been involved in the past six months? Rather than saying that the plague spread because of infection, it was better to say that someone could spread it. Thinking of this, Zhou Cheng was stunned...
"What's wrong, Your Majesty?"
"I think someone is behind the spread of this plague—"
"What?"
Shan Zhen was stunned by Zhou Cheng's guess. Although Zhou Cheng's idea was not something that ordinary people could imagine, Shan Zhen could not easily accept it. Someone was behind it? Who in the world had such ability?
"Could it be that the Emperor is talking about the Feiyan Kingdom?"
The Feiyan Kingdom had already been in a state of panic, with hundreds of thousands of civilians and soldiers suffering from the plague. How could it have the spare energy to do this?
Zhou Cheng knew that it was indeed unlikely given the current situation of Feiyan State, but he could not rule it out. There must be something they had not yet grasped, and it was very likely that it was the real reason for the chaos in the world. The most suspected Feiyan State was caught in the plague, but apart from Feiyan State, what else could have driven all this? Who would have such great power? Zhou Cheng was puzzled.
