Chapter 1850
The True and False Jinshi
A woman was also with Yinzhi, who was his primary consort, Lady Guoluo.
In this world, the Qing Dynasty did not conquer the Central Plains, the emperor did not target the imperial family, and the Council of Eight Princes still existed, wielding considerable power.
In order to win over Prince An, Yinzhi naturally treated Lady Guoluo even better, and he had no other women besides her.
The concubines were all dismissed.
Lady Guoluo was curious about the Central Plains, so Yinzhi brought her along as well.
The group toured the entire capital city before returning to their lodgings.
A few days later, Liu Dong encountered a woman on the street.
The woman imitated the ladies of the Tang Dynasty by pasting a flower on her forehead, making her cheeks full, like Yang Guifei.
Liu Tong couldn't help but take another look.
He had little interest in women, but nowadays there were very few women who wore floral decorations.
Liu Xu developed a strong interest in Yang Guifei after reading Bai Juyi's "Song of Everlasting Regret" and once publicly expressed his desire to embrace Yang Guifei for one night.
Perhaps he was being paranoid; he felt that the woman was after him.
Liu Tong pretended to be interested in the woman and glanced at her a few more times.
An excited glint flashed in the woman's eyes; she was pleased that her prey had taken the bait.
In the following days, Liu Dong "coincidentally" encountered the woman several more times.
Then, the woman took the initiative to talk to Liu Dong. She didn't say anything, but asked for directions, which was a subtle way of seducing him.
Liu Dong investigates women.
Soon, the woman's information was placed on his desk.
The woman's name was Hongling, and she was secretly brought by the Qing Dynasty.
On the surface, Yinzhen and Yinsi came to celebrate the establishment of the Crown Prince of the Great Xia Kingdom, but in reality, they brought a group of carefully trained women.
They wanted to send these women into the backyards of some ministers so that they could steal intelligence from the Great Xia court and send it back to the Qing Dynasty.
Liu Tong called Liu Xinya home.
The Fourth Prince and Liu Xinya were inseparable, so he naturally accompanied her back to her parents' home.
Liu Tong handed over what she had found to the Fourth Prince.
The Fourth Prince sneered, "I knew these Tartars had ill intentions. Father-in-law, don't worry, I'll handle this matter."
Liu Xinya asked with a curious smile, "Father, are you happy when beautiful women seduce you?"
Liu rolled her eyes at her and kicked the couple out of the study.
The matter was handed over to the Fourth Prince, but Liu Tong did not completely let go of it.
It is known that very few people are aware of Liu Xu's sexual fetishes; in fact, no one else knows about them except himself.
How did the people of the Qing Dynasty find out?
Liu Tong sighed. Could it be related to a woman again?
This Liu Xu is really troublesome.
That's just how he is. If it were the original owner of this body, his identity would have been exposed and he would have been beheaded long ago because of all these troubles.
Liu Qiu followed up on Hong Ling's investigation and discovered that she did indeed have a relationship with Liu Xu.
Hongling seduced him, but her real purpose was to seek revenge on Liu Xu.
More than ten years ago, Liu Xu stayed overnight at Hongling's house on his way to Beijing to take the imperial examination.
Hongling's mother liked to wear floral decorations, which immediately appealed to Liu Xu's taste.
Hongling's father was a bodyguard who was often away on missions and rarely came home.
Unable to bear the loneliness, Hongling's mother noticed the way Liu Xu was looking at her, so she took the initiative to flirt with him.
The two were like dry wood meeting a raging fire, ready to ignite at any moment.
Liu Xu stayed at Hongling's house for nearly half a month before leaving.
Hongling witnessed everything that happened between the two of them.
Hongling, just a child, was terrified that her mother would run off with another man, so she told her father about her mother's affair with Liu Xu, hoping he would keep her mother. Hongling's father, enraged by being cuckolded, killed Hongling's mother.
Fearing arrest by the authorities, Hongling's father fled, leaving Hongling alone.
Their relatives seized the family property and sold Hongling to human traffickers.
Later, Hongling ended up in the Qing Dynasty, where she was trained as a spy because of her good looks.
Overnight, her family was destroyed and she was reduced to a plaything and a spy. Hongling hated Liu Xu, the culprit who caused all of this.
Knowing that the mission was to infiltrate the backyard of the Great Xia officials, Hongling offered to seduce Liu Qiu.
She overheard Liu Xu's conversation with her mother when she was a child and learned about Liu Xu's love for Hai. So she put on a floral decoration to seduce Liu Yu.
She thought Liu Dong had taken the bait.
Unexpectedly, the manor where she and her companions were staying was confiscated by the government of the Great Xia Dynasty, and they were all imprisoned.
She knew her fate was sealed; the Qing Kingdom would not antagonize the Great Xia Kingdom for their sake, and would even deny their relationship with the Qing Kingdom.
However, she did not die; instead, she was taken out of prison.
The person who picked her up gave her a package and put her into a caravan heading south to Lingnan.
She was exiled, but at least her life was saved, and she still had money to rely on.
"The master said that Liu Xu was at fault for your family's situation. Saving you this time is not to settle old scores, but to make amends. If you still hate him and want to kill him, you can do so anytime, just don't collude with the alien races again."
Hongling's lips moved, but she said nothing. She silently got into the carriage and left the capital with the caravan.
The fourth prince told the emperor about the Qing dynasty's adopted female spies. The father and son dealt with the female spies and demanded an explanation from the Qing dynasty.
The army of the Great Xia is already at the border between the two countries.
Yinzhen and Yinsi were in a real predicament, never expecting that their secret plot would be discovered by the Great Xia Kingdom.
The two tried to deny it, but the evidence was irrefutable.
The two were placed under house arrest, while the border troops launched an attack on the Qing Dynasty.
Liu Tong and his daughter Liu Xinya brought advanced technology to Daxia.
Improvements in iron smelting technology increased the quality of weapons and armor used by the Great Xia army by two to three times.
Gunpowder was also fully utilized.
In addition, the soldiers were well-fed, energetic, and strong...
The Great Xia Kingdom won this war.
The Xia army pressed their advantage and marched directly to the capital of the Qing Dynasty.
Emperor Kangxi was very capable and a competent emperor, and his sons were all successful.
But in this world, the Qing Dynasty is not the Great Qing Dynasty; its manpower and resources are far inferior to those of the Great Xia Dynasty.
Therefore, no matter how hard they tried, the Qing Kingdom was still destroyed by the Great Xia Kingdom.
The Great Xia Dynasty did not kill Kang Shifu's family. Instead, they took them to the capital, bestowed a title upon Kang Shifu, and allowed his family to live in the capital.
Tongjia was in a daze, never expecting that the Qing Dynasty would be destroyed so easily.
Her dream of becoming empress dowager is gone!
Tongjia fell into the lake, was pulled out, and then fell seriously ill.
After that, they kept a low profile.
She is afraid!
Liu Xinya did not take Tongjia's life.
After all, the Qing Dynasty had already fallen, and teaching the Tongjia clan a lesson was enough.
Ten years later, the fourth prince ascended the throne, and Liu Xinya became empress.
Ten years later, the fourth prince became wary of his empress and crown prince. His harem was full of beautiful women, and he had many sons!
Liu Xinya chuckled, approached Liu Tong, and presented her plan.
Liu Tong nodded: "Go ahead and do it with confidence!" (End of this chapter)