After reading my mind, Daddy, why don't you smile?

If you ask Shangguan Shu about this matter, there will be something to talk about.

Why do you want to confer the title of Princess Jingguo on Hu Yanxue...

This has to start with the Southwest Camp which he commanded.

In the southwest of Da Chu there was a group of wild monkeys who lived in a wild and uncivilized area. Later, these monkeys established a kingdom called Jiaozhi.

The whole country of Jiaozhi was filled with an indescribable stupidity.

For example, a piece of land the size of a toe repeatedly provoked and violated the laws of a behemoth like the Great Chu. At first, he gave them some small lessons, but later they became even more aggressive.

He had no choice but to report to Emperor Jianxi, who allowed him to lead troops to attack them.

Then they went straight to the capital of Jiaozhi.

After entering the capital of Jiaozhi, looking at the thatched huts on both sides, I didn't have the slightest desire to occupy them!

The former king of Jiaozhi was violent and extravagant, and the people were living in poverty, with no food to eat and no clothes to cover their bodies. So when they came, the people lined the streets to welcome them...

Although Jiaozhi was in ruins and the people were poor, and it would cost a lot to govern them, he still wanted to endure it for the sake of the land.

That day, he submitted a memorial to Emperor Jianxi.

However...something big happened in the capital.

Queen Hyomin passed away... No, now it seems that she was killed by his princess.

Emperor Jianxi was not interested in state affairs, and the military rations he could distribute were insufficient, so he had to return to the capital.

Two years later, Tianzhu, next door to Jiaozhi, also came to provoke.

He then led his troops to attack India.

Once again, they reached the capital of Tianzhu...

According to ancient books, India is the origin of Buddhism and is sacred and inviolable.

But...if humans can't invade, can cows invade?

Why are the streets of the capital full of cow dung?

This is not a big deal. He has never understood why a weak country like India dared to invade the Great Chu. Aren’t they afraid that the iron hoof of the Great Chu will trample all over their territory?

Could it be that you think horse hooves are afraid to step on cow dung?

After staying there for three days, he finally found out the reason.

On the first day, they felt fresh and ate local food.

As a result, out of an army of 200,000, only 100,000 were pulled out...

He also suffered misfortune.

But how can a little diarrhea stop their hard iron hooves?

On the second day, they used their own pots and rice to cook, thinking, how could they be infected?

The result... was that he underestimated it.

The remaining 100,000 troops suffered from vomiting and diarrhea, as if they had been poisoned.

He endured the pain in his stomach and asked someone to investigate who had poisoned him. The investigators came back and told him that there was a mother river in Tianzhu, similar to the Yellow River in Dachu, except that the Yellow River was full of sand and the Ganges was full of shit...

vomit……

On the third day, he returned in disgrace with his remaining 200,000 troops.

Then it was a few months ago.

Jiaozhi is causing trouble again.

This time we are joining forces with Tianzhu next door...

It's like a toad lying on your feet - it doesn't bite but it annoys you.

Logically, he should have sent troops to attack them and teach them a lesson, but the lessons learned from the past were that attacking Jiaozhi and Tianzhu was not worth the cost...

When we fought against India and reached the capital, we only injured ten people. But when we retreated, we died of diarrhea and twenty people died! !

But ignoring it is not an option either. Not only will it cause unrest to the people living nearby, but it will also damage the prestige of the Chu nation!

In ancient times, there were only two options for dealing with this kind of problem: war or peace.

To fight means to send troops.

"He" means marriage alliance.

It just so happened that the newly crowned king of Jiaozhi had just lost his queen...

All the civil and military officials in the court advocated marriage, which was the best way.

But the word "marriage alliance" was actually a demonic obstacle for him.

Back then, he was unable to protect Huai'an, and sent her to marry the Huns, where she suffered humiliation. Although marrying the Huns was a good idea in the court, it indeed ruined a woman's life.

Besides, who will go to this marriage?

Emperor Jianxi had only two daughters, both of whom were married. Even if Emperor Jianxi's sisters were married, they could only choose a noble lady to be named a princess and marry her off.

At this time, all the civil and military officials in the court were speechless.

Except for a few families without daughters, which family doesn’t have daughters?

He hesitated whether to send troops... At this time, the news of Wei Fu's great victory reached the Ministry of War.

Wei Fu will be back soon.

If he led the troops to war and Wei Fu came back... How could he be at ease with Zhao Ying and Wei Fu being in the capital at the same time, and when he was away? !

That night, he returned to the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion with a gloomy face, and Huyan Xue walked towards him with a smile.

She asked him that she was about to reach the age of 15 and how to perform the ceremony.

He asked her to ask Zhao Ying, but she looked disdainful and annoyed...

Hu Yanxue was spoiled by him and Zhao Ying.

As a nominal adoptive father, he naturally couldn't be too close to her, couldn't speak harshly to her, and certainly couldn't punish his own child like that.

And for Huai'an's sake, he didn't dare to scold her. He just couldn't stand it before and said a few words to her, but the next day Huai'an came to him and cried for a long time, which was really annoying.

If he can't afford to offend him, can't he afford to hide?

Zhao Ying felt even more guilty towards Huai'an and was very indulgent towards Huyan Xue.

Even though she is becoming more and more outrageous...

He suppressed his anger and went to the study quietly, but he didn't expect Huyan Xue to follow him in without any hesitation.

It kept making noises in his ears for a long time and couldn't be driven away!

Until... Huyan Xue saw the box he placed on the table in the study. She picked it up curiously and opened it, and found it was a clear and moist white jade bracelet.

She exclaimed, even the material made by the empress dowager was not as good as this!

Of course, he had spent a lot of effort to find it.

Then she asked if this was the coming-of-age gift he had prepared for her.

Hmm...how is that possible!!!

That was because he saw Zhao Ying worrying about Yue'er's health all day long and looking sad, and he felt sorry for her, so he came to please her!

He told her indifferently, this is a gift for your aunt.

Then, Huyan Xue's expression changed.

When she put the box back as it was, she dropped it on purpose.

The bracelet was broken into pieces...

This bitch!

He had never hated a woman so much...

If she wasn't Huai'an's daughter, he would really drag her down and beat her to death.

But he won't let her go!

New and old grudges mixed together, Shangguan Shu stared at Huyan Xue who was pretending to apologize, his eyes were deep, and he suddenly smiled.

The next day, he asked Emperor Jianxi to confer the title of Princess Jingguo on Hu Yanxue.

He didn't mention anything else. He couldn't alert Huai'an. He wanted to send this annoying Hu Yanxue away without anyone noticing!

Sure enough, everyone believed it.

Huyan Xue was still immersed in the dream of being crowned Princess Jingguo, and was feeling proud and arrogant.

However, he estimated that Emperor Jianxi had the same idea as him... Otherwise, no matter what, he would not agree to enthrone a barbarian girl as a princess.

At this moment, Hu Yanxue asked him why he wanted to make her a princess, was it because of Zhao Ying...