You are asked to marry in place of the tyrant, and you allow the tyrant to send you to marry?

"That's... what?"

Wanyan Hongze was in a panic and didn't know what to say.

He gestured for a long while, but Du Qingwan didn't seem to understand at all.

Helplessly, he had to give up, looking extremely embarrassed.

"What? Wanyan Hongze, if you have something to say, just say it. If you have to fart, fart it now.

Don't waste your time. I don't want to waste my time with you."

Seeing Wanyan Hongze hesitating and looking very uncomfortable, Du Qingwan glanced at him unhappily and said impatiently.

It’s not that she didn’t understand Wanyan Hongze’s meaning, but she really didn’t want to continue talking nonsense with him.

“It’s just… Shangguan Yun’er and I just have an ordinary relationship.

I treat her like my own sister, not like that kind of…”

Fearing that Du Qingwan's misunderstanding would deepen, Wanyan Hongze hurried to explain.

But no matter how he explained, Du Qingwan was unwilling to listen.

She raised her hand and gently scratched her ear, her lips slightly curled up, revealing a smile with ambiguous meaning.

"Wanyan Hongze, don't be so self-indulgent. I don't care what your relationship with Shangguan Yun'er is.

I'm a little tired today, bye!"

After giving Wanyan Hongze a disdainful look, Du Qingwan turned around and left with a smile, leaving Wanyan Hongze standing there stupidly.

"Bye-Bye?"

After being stunned for a while, Wanyan Hongze came to his senses, raised his hand and made a "bye" gesture, looking silly.

"My king, we should go back to the palace."

At this moment, Abao suddenly appeared behind Wanyan Hongze.

His voice was neither loud nor soft, but it really scared Wanyan Hongze so much that he almost lost his soul.

"Abao! Can you please walk with a little more noise next time?

Are you trying to scare people to death by doing this in secret?"

Before A Bao could react, Wanyan Hongze turned around and started muttering to himself, like a frightened and extremely dissatisfied child.

Seeing this, Po looked very innocent, pouted, and spread his hands:

"I called you several times just now, but you didn't hear me."

"I told you not to hear me! You didn't hear me! Couldn't you have spoken louder? You want to scare someone to death? Seriously!"

Seeing that Abao looked more innocent than himself, Wanyan Hongze couldn't help but teach him a lesson.

Fortunately, Abao dodged in time and managed to take the beating from Yan Hongze with a smile on his face.

"Your Majesty, you look so beautiful when you smile today. It seems that only the Queen can control you. Hehe..."

What was beyond Wanyan Hongze's expectation was that Abao would actually say such words, which made him feel embarrassed for a moment.

"How dare you make fun of me? I'll teach you a lesson!

I'll deduct all your salary for this month, so you can just wait to starve!"

Wanyan Hongze said this with a smile, then quickly turned and left.

Upon hearing this, Abao was stunned and at a loss:

"Ah? Deduct my monthly salary? How can this be? Hey! My lord, I know I was wrong, please don't deduct my monthly salary!"

When A Bao said this, Wanyan Hongze had already walked nearly ten meters away, so he quickly ran after him.

"My lord, I only have that little money every month, and I'm saving it for marrying a wife, so you must not really deduct it!"

While A Bao was complaining anxiously, he reached out to support Wanyan Hongze, looking very embarrassed.

Wanyan Hongze ignored him, just said two words coldly "you deserve it", and then calmly returned to the palace.

Now, A Bao was really helpless and could only pray silently in his heart, hoping that Wanyan Hongze was just joking with him.

Daye, Qianqing Palace

"Your Highness Prince Changning, Your Highness Prince Regent, the Northern Kingdom has fought with Daye and Loulan, and now it is like a lost dog."

"I suggest that we should take the initiative to send troops and capture the Northern Kingdom immediately, so that those barbarians in Loulan won't come out and say that they captured the Northern Kingdom."

In the main hall, all the civil and military officials were having a heated discussion about whether or not to send troops to attack the Northern Kingdom now.

Prime Minister Zhang Xingguo was the first to express his opinion, with the goal of allowing Daye to take over Loulan before completely taking over the Northern Kingdom.

Although Zhu Yajie is the regent, he is actually brave but not wise. It is no exaggeration to say that he is mentally retarded.

Zhang Xingguo's words stumped him instantly.

He looked helplessly at the calm and composed Prince Changning Zhu Zhengxun standing beside him, his face full of embarrassment and helplessness.

"What does Prince Changning think of Prime Minister Zhang's proposal?"

For the sake of face, Zhu Yajie still thinks that it is better for the two to communicate in a more official way.

After all, all the civil and military officials in the court were watching him!

"In my opinion, it is absolutely impossible. Although it was our Daye who sent troops to strangle the Northern Kingdom first, and Loulan assisted later.

But without Loulan's help, we would never have been able to break the Northern Kingdom apart so quickly."

"Therefore, I think that we should cooperate with Loulan again this time, attack the Northern Kingdom Palace together, completely take over the Northern Kingdom, and then strictly follow the agreement to divide the Northern Kingdom equally."

What shocked Zhu Yajie was that Zhu Zhengxun actually chose to implement the cooperation agreement with Loulan and divide the Northern Kingdom equally.

This is the argument that Zhu Yajie least wants to hear.

From the beginning to the end, he only wanted to take over the Northern Kingdom alone, then send troops to attack Loulan, and finally take over the entire Loulan.

In Zhu Yajie's view, Loulan was just a small country.

No matter from which aspect, Loulan is no match for Daye and should submit to Daye.

It is undeniable that Zhu Zhengxun's argument really shocked him.

"I think the proposal of King Changning is inappropriate. Although the agreement is like this, Loulan is just a small country, not enough for me, Daye, to be afraid of.

Besides, when we attacked the Northern Kingdom, we, Daye, sent out 15 troops.

Loulan only sent out 8 troops, only half of ours."

When Zhu Yajie said this, he suddenly stood up and walked off the stage.

He looked up at everyone in the room, and finally his gaze fell on the still calm Prince Changning, and continued:

"If we take over the Northern Kingdom, we will have to share it equally with Loulan. I'm afraid that people in the world will think that we, Daye, are afraid of a small country like Loulan. Where is our dignity?"

After saying this in a bad mood, Zhu Yajie glared at Prince Changning fiercely, with a hint of murderous intent hidden between his brows.

When Prince Changning saw this, he couldn't help but feel a pang in his heart.

[I didn’t expect Zhu Yajie to be so good at crossing a river and then destroying the bridge!

If Daye were to annex the Northern Kingdom on its own as he said, it would surely cause strong dissatisfaction in Loulan, and might even push Daye into a new fierce battle.]

[No! I have to find a way to stop this fierce battle. Otherwise, the people of the world will suffer again.]

Thinking of this, Zhu Zhengxun quickly stood up and pretended to be calm:

"Your Highness, I think your actions are inappropriate!

Although Loulan is small, its strength cannot be underestimated."

"If you insist on taking over the Northern Kingdom, you will be making an enemy of Loulan, and the consequences will be disastrous! Please think twice!"

Prince Changning was very anxious, but he could only maintain his rationality and express his concerns.

But Zhang Xingguo immediately became unhappy and looked serious.