The Prince Consort's Beloved

Sima Nanchong rode at full speed and brought the news of the marriage back to Dai Viet.

In the Hall of Eternal Life, Li Yuanqi had a fierce verbal battle with several important officials.

Li Yuanqi was furious: "When did I say I wanted to negotiate peace? I will never sacrifice my sister for this moment of peace!"

This is really outrageous. They have to go to the palace to cause trouble for him during the New Year.

Cao Yushi, who was kneeling below him, spoke passionately: "Your Majesty, how can you say sacrifice? Princess Shanyang is the wife of Xiao Luobai. Now the princess' marriage can stop the war..."

Li Yuanqi slammed the table angrily: "What Xiao Luobai, that's Helian Luobai! Don't say anything more. In short, marriage is not the best policy. Our soldiers are all passionate men, and they should fight for the country."

Censor Zhang whispered, "Now the people in Dai Viet are living in misery because of the war, and there are complaints everywhere..."

Seeing Zhang Yushi's humble attitude, Li Yuanqi also put away his aggressive attitude and said calmly, "Even so, you can't humiliate our dignity by asking for marriage. As for the suffering of the people in our country, I will find a way to solve it."

Seeing that his colleagues were not doing their job well, Censor Cao had to take action himself.

His tone was also a little softer than before, and he was somewhat helpless: "What else can we do? The national treasury has long been empty. It is the best policy to marry Princess Shanyang to stop the war. Your Majesty should also ask the princess's opinion. The princess and Helian Luobai were deeply in love when they were in Dayue. This is obvious to all. Now marrying the princess is just a matter of going with the flow to achieve a happy marriage. I believe the princess will certainly agree happily."

Li Yuanqi narrowed his eyes, with a sharp light in them: "How do you know that my sister will agree to the marriage? You also said that they had a deep relationship in Dai Viet. Now Helian Luobai has become the emperor of Beiluo, and he already has several concubines in Beiluo..."

He chuckled sarcastically: "Haha... a deep love between two lovers... a happy marriage..."

Li Yuanqi said in a sonorous and powerful voice: "My sister is a daughter of a rich family. She is from the same mother as me. I will never send her to Beiluo to suffer such humiliation!"

Cao Yushi refuted righteously: "If we send the princess to marry, it will help us to relieve the siege of Dai Yue and seek welfare for the people. This is a righteous act that will benefit all the people. Your Majesty must not abandon the people because of your own selfish desires."

Censor Zhang standing by was terrified. Censor Cao was worthy of being the chief of the censors. He was so bold that he dared to say that Your Majesty ignored the people for his own selfish desires. Wasn't it obvious that Your Majesty was a tyrant?

He raised his eyes slightly and looked, but the imagined wrath of thunder did not come.

Li Yuanqi raised his eyebrows and said calmly, "Do you want such a noble reputation? I heard that the youngest daughter of Cao Yushi's family has passed the age of marriage and has not yet arranged a marriage. Why don't I confer the title of princess on the youngest daughter of the Yushi and let her marry on his behalf? I will announce it to the world and reward Cao Yushi."

Cao Yushi was shocked when he heard this and whispered, "Your Majesty, you are joking. The person Helian Luobai specifically mentioned is Princess Shanyang. How can my daughter go on her behalf? Your Majesty, please don't tease me. This is a matter of state and cannot be joked about."

Li Yuanqi snorted coldly: "This is a state affair, as well as a family affair. Not to mention that my sister doesn't agree to the marriage, even if she agrees, I won't agree! To put it another way, even if my sister is allowed to marry, she is pregnant now, how can she withstand the long journey? Let's just forget about the marriage and don't mention it again!"

Censor Zhang looked sad: "But the Beiluo army's offensive is fierce, and our dynasty now has no generals available to fight against them."

Li Yuanqi's eyes flickered slightly. He pondered for a moment and then said seriously, "Don't boost others' morale and destroy your own prestige. I heard that Prince Yun has already regained consciousness. I believe he will be well again after the new year. When the time comes, let Prince Yun lead the troops to fight. We will surely be able to inflict heavy damage on the enemy and turn defeat into victory."

Censor Zhang said again: "What if Prince Yun can't wake up?"

Li Yuanqi said angrily: "Why so many ifs? We can discuss this matter after the New Year. Today is New Year's Eve. If you don't want to celebrate the festival, then you can all stay and handle your official business!"

Censor Zhang glanced at Censor Cao next to him. Censor Cao touched the wound on his head, gritted his teeth, but still said nothing. His head could not withstand any more blows.

The other ministers remained silent from beginning to end.

Several ministers left the hall, and Censor Cao sighed, "Censor Zhang should have shown more anger just now."

Censor Zhang looked at him in surprise, his eyes fixed on the gauze wrapped around his head and asked, "How to get angry? Like Lord Cao, knock Mingzhi down? I haven't practiced the Iron Head Kung Fu, what if I get killed by the collision?"

Censor Cao choked: "You!"

Censor Zhang advised earnestly, "Lord Cao, why don't you understand? Why didn't anyone in the palace express their opinions except you and me? That's because everyone knows that it's difficult for His Majesty to give in on the matter of Princess Shanyang, especially when Xiao Luobai is involved. His Majesty and Xiao Luobai have a national hatred and family feud. We came here to advise him with a lucky mentality. I have already done my best."

Censor Cao took a deep breath and sighed, "But Princess Shanyang is pregnant with Xiao Luobai's child. Why would Your Majesty do this?"

Censor Zhang shook his head: "Now I just hope that Prince Yun can recover quickly."

Li Yuanqi originally wanted to send someone to bring Li Yuanrou into the palace to spend New Year's Eve together, and by the way, inform her that Chang Xinyi was pregnant.

Chang Xinyi's belly is already bulging, and he has used thunder-like methods to intimidate the women in the harem recently, so Chang Xinyi's situation is relatively safe.

But now that the marriage had come into being, his good mood had vanished completely.

If Li Yuanrou were brought into the palace and told about the marriage, she would probably agree. Even if she couldn't leave now, she would ask to go to the marriage after giving birth.

He pulled out the letter he had intercepted today from a pile of memorials. Xiao Luobai was already the king of a country, and he had everything he wanted, but he still couldn't forget his sister. Maybe he had some true feelings for her, but how could it be just two points? If his sister went to Beiluo and shared a husband with someone else...

If she was wronged, who should she turn to for support...

Li Yuanqi once again rejected the decision of marriage. All men in the world have three wives and four concubines. Even though he was deeply in love with Chang Xinyi, he could not be together for the rest of his life. What's more, Xiao Luobai was the monarch of Beiluo now. He had four beauties before he ascended the throne, and there would be more in the future. After all, all the emperors of Beiluo had consolidated the imperial power by marrying into various families, and this had long been a tacit understanding in Beiluo.

He and Li Yuanrou had suffered enough, and he had no choice but to become an emperor, but he could still protect Princess Li Yuanrou.

Li Yuanqi flattened out Qingfeng's letter to Daya, picked up a pen and crossed out all the words related to the marriage, then put it back together.

He shouted to the door: "Li Yuming."

Li Yuming came in and said, "What do you want, Your Majesty?"

Li Yuanqi handed Qingfeng's letter to him: "Same as always, don't leave any traces."

Li Yuming took it in response.

He took out a few more letters from before and handed them to Li Yuming along with the letter Xiao Luobai had intercepted today and wrote to Li Yuanrou: "Take it and burn it."

Li Yuming took the letter hesitantly: "Yes."

He put it in his arms and strode out of the Hall of Longevity.

Li Yuan started to move his stiff neck and whispered, "Fulai, accompany me to celebrate the festival with the Queen."