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Chapter 161 The Queen Can’t Sit Still
The Prime Minister had to admire that the Sixth Prince was indeed very capable.
He was bold and careful, not caring at all about the influence of the Dongfang family.
The Dongfang family is in trouble this time.
The Prime Minister muttered with a complicated look in his eyes, "His methods were much more powerful than those used by the one in the palace. It seems that the final winner will definitely be the Sixth Prince."
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In Qizhou, Dongfang Mansion, in the luxurious hall, countless dancers are dancing gracefully.
Dongfang Wang, the real overlord of Qizhou, was leisurely surrounded by a group of young girls who were laughing.
Suddenly the housekeeper came running over, looking anxious: "Master, something terrible has happened."
This made Dongfang Wang, who was enjoying himself, look at him with dissatisfaction: "Old man, can you stop yelling all the time? In the whole Qizhou, there has never been a big deal."
Dongfang Wang is confident that in the entire Qizhou, anyone who dares to offend the Dongfang family will be in trouble, young and old in the family.
The housekeeper still did not relax and said anxiously: "Master, the young master has been captured."
"What?" Dongfang Wang was stunned and stared at him blankly: "You'er was arrested?"
"Which blind mountain bandits were captured? Immediately have the prefect send troops to destroy them."
Now Dongfang Wang thought that some bandits were desperate and dared to target their Dongfang family.
It’s not like there haven’t been cases of bandits attacking the Dongfang family’s caravan before.
But there were heavy casualties.
The Dongfang family's caravan is protected by at least a few hundred elite guards in full armor.
Even if thousands of bandits come, they can't steal the goods. They may even suffer heavy losses because they are just a bunch of rabble.
The housekeeper said bitterly, "Master, according to the guards who returned, it was the Sixth Prince who abducted the young master."
"Sixth Prince?" Dongfang Wang was confused.
It took him a while to figure it out: "Is he the one who wants to compete with the prince for the throne? Why did he capture You'er?"
Although Qizhou is far away from the capital, Dongfang Wang could not be unaware of what happened in the capital.
Logically speaking, it is impossible that the Sixth Prince would specifically capture their son?
How would the housekeeper know?
He simply told Dongfang Wang, "Master, the guards brought back the Sixth Prince's account, saying that our Dongfang family secretly manufactured thousands of sets of armor and resold them, committing a serious crime. We were caught red-handed, and Young Master is the culprit."
Dongfang Wang suddenly realized that their Dongfang family had been making armor for many years.
Part of it was sent to the military in various places in exchange for silver.
Most of them were sold to the prince. Most of the weapons and armor for the prince's private army were provided by the Dongfang family.
In fact, many people know about this kind of thing, but they just keep it secret.
As a result, he was caught red-handed by the Sixth Prince.
Dongfang Wang looked at the group of dancing girls and angrily shouted in his heart, "Get out of here!"
The dancers fled in panic like frightened rabbits.
He also beat and scolded the beauties around him and drove them away.
When no one was around, Dongfang Wang looked at the housekeeper with a sullen expression: "How long has this been going on?"
"Hurry up and call someone to stop You'er on the way. He must not be taken to the capital."
If Dongfang You was taken to the capital, he would not be able to save him even if he wanted to.
The butler smiled bitterly, "Master, this happened three days ago, and it was the Sixth Prince himself who led the team. He left with the young master at full speed three days ago."
Three days ago, Dongfang Wang sat down on the chair.
It's over, it's all over. You'er has been taken to the capital, and what awaits the Dongfang family is the confiscation of their property and the extermination of their clan.
Seeing the master's dejected look, the housekeeper immediately advised, "Master, please write a letter to the Empress and ask her to find a solution."
"Yes, yes, yes." Dongfang Wang immediately came back to his senses: "I will do it right away. I must let my sister rescue You'er."
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In the imperial palace, in Kunning Palace, the Dongfang Queen, dressed in luxurious clothes and with an elegant demeanor, is nearly forty years old, but she still shows no signs of aging.
Like a charming woman in her twenties, she is already in her prime.
But at this moment, his handsome face was full of worry as he read the letter.
He slammed his hand on the table in displeasure and snorted, "Sixth Brother is so bold! He actually dared to arrest my nephew."
"Do you really think that as a prince you can do whatever you want?"
The queen was very angry. Since her nephew was in trouble, she naturally could not just ignore it.
But no matter how angry she was, the harem could not interfere in government affairs.
He didn't dare to go to Emperor Wu to complain now, otherwise, with Lao Liu's arrogant and domineering attitude, he would definitely expose You'er's affairs to others.
This made the queen realize that she could not do anything to this lawless prince.
"Go and call the Sixth Prince to me."
The queen decided to meet the sixth brother first to find out what he wanted to do.
In the Sixth Prince's Mansion, Ning Yigang asked Qin Haifeng how the interrogation of Dongfang You went.
Qin Haifeng sighed, "Your Highness, this Dongfang You is such a wimp. He confessed everything after a beating."
"The Dongfang family not only resells weapons and equipment, but also various contraband items. They even trade in a lot of women. They are really powerful."
Ning Yi knew without a second thought how rampant the Dongfang family was.
"The Dongfang family is a giant termite. This prince will definitely deal with them in the future, but now is not the time."
This extremely evil family is the cancer of the Dawu Kingdom. Once Ning Yi ascends the throne, he will resolutely eradicate them.
"Is there any other important news?"
Qin Haifeng looked around and saw no outsiders around, then he said, "Your Highness, Dongfang You also told me that they have a horse farm in Fengzhou with approximately 30,000 war horses, all smuggled in from the grasslands and the northwest. They were originally intended for the Crown Prince's army, but His Majesty confiscated a lot of the Crown Prince's troops and horses, so they are still being kept in Fengzhou."
"Thirty thousand?" Ning Yi took a breath.
The last time I robbed and begged, I only got 10,000 horses in total. I formed a cavalry army, but there were only 5,000 real cavalrymen, and the rest were miscellaneous soldiers.
If we can get these 30,000 cavalrymen, wouldn’t our strength be greatly enhanced?
In ancient battlefields, cavalry is very important.
"The cavalry army hasn't been able to go out for a stroll since it was formed. Fengzhou is only a hundred miles away from the capital. Let them go to Fengzhou for some training."
This means that the cavalry will be dispatched to rob horses.
Qin Haifeng was a little worried: "Your Highness, this is a critical period. His Majesty is watching us. If we move around now and get discovered..."
"That's fine." Ning Yi didn't care: "When the cavalry goes, just be careful and keep it secret."
"Besides, even if the Dongfang family's smuggled war horses were stolen, would they dare to tell anyone?"
Qin Haifeng thought so too. If they dared to complain, Emperor Wu would deal with them first. What are you, the Dongfang family, buying so many war horses for? Are you rebelling?
At this time, a servant came to report: "Your Highness, someone from the palace just reported that the Queen asked you to come and see her."
"Haha, the Queen can't sit still anymore." Ning Yi laughed: "This prince just wants to meet her, the representative of the Dongfang family."