My Lord, the princess doesn't want you anymore.

Three hours later, Mei Xueer came out with bloodshot eyes.

Gu Jia was about to ask, but she suddenly felt her body go limp and she fell down.

Everyone saw a figure flashing before their eyes, and Ah Suo had already stepped forward and hugged Mei Xueer, "It's okay, I'm just tired... No matter what, you have to let the young lady have a good sleep first, and then we can talk about it..."

I slept until the next morning.

"A Zi didn't come with us, so I made it myself. Please eat it, young lady." Nan Xing forced her to drink two bowls of porridge and a bowl of braised pork intestines before opening the door. "Young lady, the master is here too, as well as Wen Yi. They are all outside..."

"Father?" Mei Xueer didn't react for a moment. Why was Prime Minister Mei here?

A group of people had already squeezed in, and the one rushing in the front was Wen Yi, who was crying and snotting, "Princess, no, Miss, Miss, I miss you so much..."

Mei Xue'er seemed not to see him, her eyes fell on Prime Minister Mei's face at the back, "Father!"

"Miss, listen to me. Ever since you left the capital, I have been staying in the Prime Minister's Mansion as you instructed..." Wen Yi was halfway through her words when Wen Jia grabbed her clothes and threw her out.

The door slammed again.

If he were to start from the time when Mei Xueer left Beijing, he might not be able to finish even if he talked for a month without eating, drinking or going to the toilet.

"Father, why are you here? How are mother and brother?" Mei Xueer asked as she looked at Prime Minister Mei who was walking towards her.

"Okay, everything is fine... Meng Nan, he made it through it too..."

There was another knock on the door. "Miss, please let me in. I have a lot to say to you..."

Mei Xueer helplessly winked, and Wen Jia went out and punched Wen Yi in the face. The world was finally quiet.

"Let me tell you." Prime Minister Mei sighed, patted Mei Xueer on the shoulder, and sat down opposite her. "Father, I don't know where to start..."

"Then... let me first tell you how father escaped from King Qi." Mei Xueer actually wanted to know more about the gossip between him and Princess Anping, but with so many people present, she had to protect her father's privacy.

"It was Li Mo who saved my father..."

It turned out that Prime Minister Mei had been imprisoned in the villa on the island in Xiangxi Lake. On the day of the Queen Mother's funeral, Li Mo led his men to sneak into the villa and rescued Prime Minister Mei.

The process was not complicated, but Mei Xueer knew that Li Mo must have made careful arrangements for it. Thinking of Li Mo coming to Zhenguo to save her father without telling her, Mei Xueer's nose was sore again.

Nanxing was right. This man always did everything for her silently behind her back, but he was never willing to let her take risks, and never bothered to let her know how much he had given for her.

This is indeed a man worthy of entrusting your life to.

"That villa is where Hua Laoer was imprisoned before. When Hua Laoer learned that Li Mo was coming to Zhenguo, he sent a pigeon to tell him the address, saying that Prime Minister Mei was very likely to be on that island as well." Wen Bing added.

Mei Xueer: It turns out that Hua Laoer has always known Li Mo's whereabouts, but they kept it from her because they didn't want her to follow him to Zhen Country and take risks.

She couldn't help but think of the shocking injuries on Hua Lao Er's body, and quickly grabbed Prime Minister Mei's arm, "Father, are you injured? Let me see."

Prime Minister Mei patted her hands lovingly, "Father is fine. Prince Qi is quite polite to me. He has always wanted to get the help of Prince Jing and Prince Xiao, and I am the best card in his hand."

Mei Xueer breathed a sigh of relief, "Where is Li Mo now?"

"With Prince Jing." Wen Bing interrupted again, "Miss, don't be angry. These two people are just using each other, that's all."

Mei Xueer: Well, putting certain things aside, you two are really good brothers!

"Li Mo brought me to the place where your mother and elder brother were placed, and sent someone to pick me up here yesterday. Your mother and elder brother wanted to come, but I told them not to come for fear that something might happen on the way." Prime Minister Mei continued, "When I arrived, I saw Meng Nan... Gu Jia said that he might be..."

Prime Minister Mei didn't say anything else.

Mei Xueer understood immediately and asked the rest to leave.

There were only the father and daughter in the room. Prime Minister Mei no longer concealed his feelings and his thoughts went back to nineteen years ago...

March, the first year of Zhenyuan.

Cui Qimo sent Prime Minister Mei to Nanyue with only one mission, to persuade Nanyue to surrender.

That was Prime Minister Mei’s first trip to South Vietnam.

When the King of Nanyue was young, he had countless concubines, but he was childless. He had more than twenty daughters but not a single son.

Fortunately, there had been a queen in the history of Nanyue. After entering middle age, the King of Nanyue was no longer obsessed with having a son. After careful selection, he chose his second daughter, Princess Anping, as the heir to the throne.

After careful training, Princess Anping soon showed extraordinary talents, whether in handling state affairs or fighting on the battlefield, she was far superior to most men.

At that time, the King of Nanyue was in very poor health, which was caused by his blind pursuit of longevity and taking elixirs. Princess Anping was responsible for most state affairs, and the King of Nanyue only participated in the final decision-making of major events. Therefore, in the early stage of persuading the surrender, Prime Minister Mei mainly contacted and negotiated with Princess Anping.

"The King of Nanyue is very aware of the current situation. He knows that his country's strength is far from being a match for the Great Zhen. He has no choice but to surrender. The negotiations are nothing more than an attempt to gain more benefits, so he confidently handed the matter over to Princess Anping. So my mission is not difficult to accomplish." Prime Minister Mei said, but he did not expect an accident to happen halfway, which made everything deviate from the expected situation.

When Prime Minister Mei saw Princess Anping for the first time, he was stunned.

He had only heard that Princess Anping was extremely beautiful and her abilities were no less than those of men, but he could never imagine that she could be so extraordinary and otherworldly, and that the feminine beauty of a woman and the heroic spirit of a man could be so perfectly combined in one woman, presenting a kind of heavenly talent that could only be found in heaven.

Any beautiful words can be used to describe her.

However, her heart was in the court and on the battlefield, and she lacked the thoughts of a girl. She was still unmarried at the age of 20, and no man had ever been able to enter her heart.

Because no man could match her - at least that's what Prime Minister Mei thought when he first met Princess Anping.

Prime Minister Mei was a man of strict etiquette, and never overstepped the boundaries in his words or deeds. Moreover, he already had a wife and a son at the time, so he would not have any improper thoughts.

However, after the two of them had been together for a month, Princess Anping, this fairy-like person, began to fall in love with a worldly person for the first time in her life.

Prime Minister Mei was only two years older than Princess Anping. He was also handsome when he was young. The key point was that he had the elegance and refinement that other men in South Vietnam did not have, as well as the dignity and bearing that a senior official of a country should have, and his conversation was extraordinary.

All of this unconsciously deeply touched the girlish heart hidden deep in Princess Anping's heart.

However, Princess Anping hid her feelings so deeply that Prime Minister Mei was unaware of it at all.

As the negotiations drew to a close, the two sides basically agreed that after Nanyue surrendered to Dazhen, it could continue to be a king, and except for tribute, taxes could be levied by Nanyue at its own discretion. Ten years later, Nanyue established Yuezhou and officially became part of Dazhen.

This is also what Cui Qiumo meant. There must be a transition period to ensure the stability of South Vietnam.

The annual tribute during these ten years was basically equivalent to 30% of South Vietnam’s total annual tax revenue. In this way, there was no need to worry about South Vietnam causing any major waves during these ten years.

Although the King of Nanyue was unwilling to accept this, he could do nothing about it. Who told him that his fist was not as strong as others'?

This will also save the people of South Vietnam from the disaster of war and prevent them from falling into the dire straits of war.

Prime Minister Mei felt relieved and waited to enter the palace the next day. After signing the letter of credence with the King of Nanyue, he would immediately leave Nanyue and return to Dazhen to report.

That very night, Princess Anping held a farewell banquet for Prime Minister Mei at the princess residence outside the palace.

Although they had been dating for a month, this was the first time they had dined alone. Thinking about how he had gotten along very well with the princess these days, Prime Minister Mei agreed without thinking twice.

But after he got there, he found that there was not even a servant in the huge flower hall.

Prime Minister Mei felt that something was wrong and stood up to leave.

"Dazhen is a country of etiquette, unlike my small border country in Nanyue. But now that the Prime Minister is here, he refuses to sit for even a moment. Does he think I am a monster?" Princess Anping walked lightly to Prime Minister Mei and sat down, smiling bitterly as she drank a glass of wine alone.

Prime Minister Mei hesitated for a moment, then sat down awkwardly without answering.

She said with some complaint, "Nanyue is called the Southern Barbarians, so we don't have so many rules or twists and turns. I just thought that we had a good time together this month. The Prime Minister will leave tomorrow, so I should do my best to be a good host and do the Prime Minister's bidding on behalf of my father, right? I am the Princess of Nanyue, and maybe the future King of Nanyue. I know this rule."

At this point, Prime Minister Mei had to give up the idea of ​​leaving for the time being. He thought that it was just a meal, and how could a straightforward and honest woman like Princess Anping have any bad intentions?

The two talked about state affairs, secret medicines and folk customs of Nanyue, the regret of the Nanyue king being childless, the sigh of the overthrow of the Hengdu Empire, the feelings of Princess Anping as a woman shouldering the affairs of Nanyue, and the family affairs of Prime Minister Mei...

We were having a great time talking and before we knew it we had already drunk two pots of rice wine.

The rice wine of South Vietnam is extremely mild, more like a drink, and Prime Minister Mei didn't care about it at first.

Unexpectedly, after drinking two pots of rice wine, I felt dizzy.

The Princess Anping in front of him gradually became blurred.

That night Princess Anping did not wear her official uniform, but only casual home clothes, which made her look more feminine and charming than usual.

The blush on that beautiful face and the sparkling light in her eyes made his heart beat fast.

Prime Minister Mei realized something was wrong and immediately stood up to say goodbye.

Unexpectedly, Princess Anping came up to him and threw herself into his arms. Prime Minister Mei wanted to push her away, but he was too weak to do anything...