Love Affairs in Chang'an - Chapter 511

Chapter 511 New Moon Queen
Su Dingfang’s army, with an extremely fast speed that he had not expected, easily “took over” the entire Samoa City.

The rumors outside proved true. The Kang people’s political and military incompetence and weakness are as distinctive and distinctive as their talent in business.

Actually, there were more than 100,000 troops guarding Samoa, the capital of the Kang Kingdom, and there were countless resources in the city. The trade name of this silk road was close to 500,000 people, accounting for two thirds of the total population of the Kang Kingdom.

If the Kang people fought back with all their might, Su Dingfang might not be able to win in a short period of time. Moreover, Kang Country was the supreme power of the nine surnames of Zhaowu. As long as Kang sent a distress signal to the other countries, the soldiers of the other eight countries would come to their rescue. Even though these small countries didn’t have many soldiers and horses, but the Ant Corrosion Elephant was outnumbered. Whether Su Dingfang, who was alone and didn’t have many troops, would lose or win was really hanging in the balance.

However, the Kang people did not make any resistance. Perhaps it was because they were too commercially minded to believe that a war would mean enormous consumption and loss-therefore, the Kang Empire spent a huge sum of mercenaries every year and had 200,000 troops on national defense. However, these armies were all decorated in the same way, and it was rare for Kang to participate in a war for twenty years.

Even if they were faced with a situation like this, they would rather surrender than fight! This was how the weapons and armor in the vault were rusted.

Thus, Su Dingfang, Wu Meiniang, and the others agreed that Kang Country, the entire country, from the king ministers to the ordinary people, were all complete merchants. In their eyes, there was only the concept of wealth and profit. To them, as long as they could continue to do business, it didn’t matter even if the country was destroyed, and it didn’t matter if they were subjugated slaves. It’s the same to whoever you call your subjects, and if anyone bullies us, we’ll surrender decisively–that is, we won’t fight!

Therefore, the soldiers who followed Su Dingfang were both angry and funny. Originally, he had been furious and wanted to start a massacre. As a result, the enemy, who was ten times stronger than him, had already decisively surrendered before they could even disable a single soldier in front of the city.

“Deceiving good and fearing evil, weak bones!”

“Bah! There are no bones at all!”

“Then they were quite tyrannical in the beginning. They even dared to detain the citizens of the Great Tang?”

“Wasn’t he frightened by Norland? Norland stomped its foot. Kang Guo had even forgotten his ancestor’s surname, so he could only obey everything he promised!”

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The crowd viciously despised the entire Kang Kingdom.

Su Dingfang first took over the army and city defense, then led his troops into the city and occupied the palace. All the royal family members and ministers of the Kang Kingdom were under their control. However, Su Dingfang also issued a strict order, forbidding the army from disturbing the people, not taking anything from the people, not abducting them arbitrarily, in order to maintain the stability of the people of Kang Country.

Guanxi Army, who had transformed into a mighty and mighty city, had a strong aura that made the entire Samoa City tremble with fear. The Kang people didn’t seem to feel that anything was wrong. In the past, he had followed Norland, but now, he had changed his master to work with the Great Tang. In any case, being a Tibetan vassal state was not the same as anyone else. Moreover, the Great Tang was even stronger than Norland-as long as business could still be done, everything else would be fine.

Therefore, Su Dingfang did not need to worry about any riots, riots, or uprisings. Ever since he first stepped into the palace, the officials of Kang Country had practically knelt down to him and treated him as king.

From the death of the king to Su Dingfang taking over Samojian, Samojian had experienced a summer storm in just a few days.

Everything strangely returned to normal, as if nothing had happened. No one dared to question the cause of the King’s and Crown Prince’s deaths.

“What a magical country!” Su Dingfang didn’t know whether to laugh or cry. He had never seen such a good enemy before.

Wu Meiniang had originally told Su Dingfang the details of what had happened in the past few days, emphasizing the “Arabian Invasion”.

Su Dingfang naturally knew the priority of this matter. In comparison, the unfamiliar and powerful Arabian army was far more difficult to deal with than the ten Kang countries. Its hidden dangers and imminent threats far surpassed those of Norland.

Now that the matter had come to this point, Balerihan could only give a full explanation. He told the whole story of how he had contacted Nurman, Crown Prince Chahar Mon, and plotted to seize the throne.

Everything seemed to have been witnessed by Wu Meiniang, just as she had expected. Balerihan was extremely shocked, and he also decided that Wu Meiniang was “not a mortal”.

Wu Meiniang and Su Dingfang discussed in private and agreed that the first priority right now was to re-elect a king for the Kang Kingdom. He had to settle down first before he could take a series of measures to defend against the enemy and the outside world.

A kingdom cannot be without a ruler in a day. Kang Country was the first country conquered by the Great Tang during their conquest of the Western Regions. There were many small countries in the Western Regions, and Kang was the supreme power of the nine surnames of Zhaowu. Therefore, the Great Tang could not completely “exterminate” the Kang Kingdom at this time and do something like seizing the nest of Hatoyama. Otherwise, the other countries would definitely resist forcefully, which would make it extremely difficult for the Great Tang to conquer the entire Western Regions in the future.

On the other hand, if he treated Kang kindly and made it submit to the Great Tang as a Tibetan country, so as to retain their royal power and clans and treat their people well, he would set a good example and precedent in the Western Regions. Without mentioning anything else, the other eight countries of the Zhaowu Nine Families were likely to spread the news and get twice the result with half the effort.

Unknowingly, Su Dingfang treated Wu Meiniang as an equal minister or general to discuss these matters with her. As a result, Wu Meiniang’s knowledge and wisdom seemed to be even better than his, causing Su Dingfang to exclaim in admiration, calling her “hero among women”.

However, King Hayamano died unexpectedly without leaving any will. Moreover, this devout and exaggerated Manichaeist had never given birth to a son or a half in his entire life of abstinence and silence. Crown Prince Chahar Meng was still chosen from his clan and was not even his nephew.

To choose another crown prince from the Kang royal family to inherit the throne, it seemed that there was a suspicion of erecting a puppet king. The subjects of Kang would not believe him, and they would also bury the hidden danger of a palace coup for the throne in the future.

Wu Meiniang and Su Dingfang were fruitless, so they decided to let the Kang people make their own decisions. Thus, they called the three ministers of the Kang Kingdom to discuss the king’s choice with the members of the royal family.

At this time, Wu Meiniang had an idea in her heart. She called for the viper Balerihan and instructed him to recommend a special “king” at the meeting. In such a situation, even if he didn’t eat the so-called “poison”, Balerihan, who only wanted to live, had no choice but to follow Wu Meiniang’s advice.

As a result, Balerihan unexpectedly recommended Princess Xinyue, the widow of the old King Hayamano, as the new King of Cambodia. His reasons were also very good. The first former king had no offspring. Now that he chose any clan member as the new king, it would be difficult to convince the crowd. Moreover, it would cause fights between them. Second, as one of the nine kingdoms of Zhaowu, the descendants of the Great Moon Clan, making a woman king was nothing new. This was a precedent to follow. In the past several hundred years, the undisintegrated Great Moon Country had produced two or three queens or women to govern successively; Even now, An, one of the nine kingdoms, is the queen (also the king’s widow) in power.

The other ministers and members of the royal family understood that Balerihan, the cunning old fox, was seeking favor from his new master in order to survive.

Even though there were many people here who coveted the throne. But even Balerihan, the ambitious minister who murdered the Monarch and killed the Reserve, gave in. He was a man of astonishing business sense, and would not do anything bad-who would stand out against it?

Wu Meiniang succeeded-Princess Xinyue became the new king of Kangju Kingdom. On the right day, a grand coronation ceremony would be held, and Princess Xinyue would then be renamed the “New Moon Queen”.

Princess Xinyue was just a weak woman. Although she was smart, she was not born to be a queen. When she learned that she had been elected Queen, she was so scared that she didn’t want to be the king. Wu Meiniang advised her not to be afraid. In the future, Kang Juguo will be a subordinate country of the Great Tang. As long as the Great Tang is here, no one will bully you again.

“But the Great Tang is thousands of miles away. How can they take care of me at all times? There is still General Su’s army here. If he leaves, I will definitely be driven off the stage immediately!” Princess Xinyue was worried. Perhaps she was in a hurry. She pulled Wu Meiniang and said, “Meiniang, you are so smart and capable. You are also the daughter-in-law of the True God. Madam Young Marshal Qin, this time you intervened and saved Samojian from a military disaster. Everyone in the city is grateful to you now.” In the current Kang Kingdom, your prestige is even higher than the three ministers of Gu-why don’t you stay here and be the ministers of life? Only with your help would I dare to be this king! ”

Wu Meiniang smiled and shook her head, “No. I’m a businessman, and I’m already a wife and a mother. How can I stay in Kang Country all year round?”

“If you don’t stay, I would rather die than be king-Allah as evidence. What Murong Mingzhu just said is an oath!” Princess Xinyue swore.

“So Her Majesty’s name is Mingzhu.” Wu Meiniang smiled cunningly and nodded, “Alright, I’ll … stay here for the time being and help you take care of some state affairs. If there’s a better candidate for an assistant minister in the future, I’ll return to the Central Plains.”

“Alright then, let’s do this first!” Murong Mingzhu held onto Wu Meiniang’s hand tightly as if she had grabbed onto a life-saving straw and refused to let go. She said uneasily, “Although I am a princess, I believe in Allah’s teachings. I seldom appear in public and have never interfered in any national affairs.” Now that you’ve suddenly made me king, I’m really scared! –Mother Mei, I’m completely dependent on you! ”

“Don’t worry, I will do my best to assist Her Majesty the Queen!” Wu Meiniang said solemnly as she cupped her hands.

Murong Mingzhu was immediately amused, “Mother Mei, you are more like a queen than anyone else! Why don’t I give up the throne to you?”

Wu Meiniang’s expression changed slightly, and her heart suddenly jumped. She hurriedly said, “How can this be? I am an outsider, how can I be the king of Kang Country?”-Her Majesty the Queen, this kind of joke can be casually said between the two of us, don’t say it to outsiders! ”

“I don’t see anything wrong with it!” Murong Mingzhu smiled and said, “Actually, the throne of the nine kingdoms of Zhaowu is not like the throne of the Emperor Clan of the Central Plains.” Our inheritance of the throne is not strict. It can be passed down from father to son, nephew, male clan, daughter, wife, or even minister. Mother Mei, you are so capable, you will definitely be able to govern this country well and make Kang Country richer and more prosperous. “Although you have just arrived in the Kang Kingdom and are not a member of the Zhaowu Nine Clans, I believe that as long as you show enough convincing abilities and achievements, everyone will be happy to accept you as the Queen!”

Wu Meiniang’s heart beat faster.

Taking a deep breath, she grabbed Murong Mingzhu’s hand and smiled, “Your Majesty, this is not the time to discuss these matters. Before you were crowned king, you wanted to abdicate. This is not conducive to the stability of Kang Country!”

“Alright, then we’ll talk about it later.” Murong Mingzhu smiled and said, “Mother Mei, you and I have met once again. In addition, my sister and your husband have a deep origin. The Qin Family is also the benefactor of my Murong Family. Why don’t we become sworn sisters according to the customs of the Central Plains?”

“Alright!” Wu Meiniang promised on the spot. She smiled and said, “To be able to meet Yao’er’s sister ten thousand kilometers away is truly a miraculous fate. If I remember correctly, Yao’er is three months younger than me. You are her twin sister, then I am three months older than you!”

“Hehe, then I’ll call you … Sister Wang! You are also a member of the royal family of Kang Country!” Murong Mingzhu laughed happily.

Wu Meiniang was slightly stunned, and then she smiled and said, “Heh, why do I feel like I’ve been tricked?”

“How could you be so smart to fall for such a trap? I sincerely want to be your sister!” Murong Mingzhu smiled and said, “However, I am indeed giving you the Buddhist throne in the future. Anyway, I will listen to your arrangements in the future. How about it? I am the Queen, you are the Queen’s elder sister, and you are also the first assistant minister of Kang Country!”

“Alright” Wu Meiniang shook her head helplessly and smiled. Suddenly, she remembered something and asked, “Oh right, Pearl. Ever since Yao’er entered my wine shop, she has never said her name. She has only used the nickname ‘Yao’er’. When my father-in-law took her as his adopted daughter, he gave her the name Qin Xue’er. “You said that your ancestor’s surname was Murong, and your parents moved to Kang Country and changed their surname to Kang-then what was Yao’er’s original name?”

Murong Mingzhu’s expression darkened when she mentioned her parents and Yao’er. “I only heard what Yuan Tiangang said …” She whispered, “My parents were very loving back then. When my mother was pregnant with us, my father happened to be doing business outside. He took my mother’s portrait with him and took it out every day. When he returned home, my mother had just given birth to us, and he had brought with him many luminous pearls from the South China Sea in the Central Plains. So my father named me ‘Pearl’; My mother named my sister Yi Yan in memory of my father’s deep love for her. ”

“Yi Yan, Yi Yan … she’s just like her name!” Wu Meiniang sighed.