Time Travel and Love

Chapter 411: Forever Friendship Between the Two Countries

The gifts were all presented, and the music and singing became even more lively. At this point, the fourth prince of Wunajie, Qin Qiantian, spoke up, "Your Majesty, before I left, my father urged me to establish a lasting friendship between our two countries. What is your Majesty's intention?"

"That's natural. Dayu and Unajie have been friends for generations, so it's only natural that it will be the same with me."

With Qin Qiantian's example as a shining example, Qi Xiuheng of Dongyue, Chu Siming of Nanzhao, and even Jin Huaian of Xiqi couldn't help but express their desire for a lasting friendship between the two countries. Whether sincere or not, at least at this moment, they truly wanted to maintain peace on their respective borders.

Mo Liuyun agreed to all of them. After all, he had just ascended the throne and his position was unstable. The court was in turmoil, so he had to eliminate dissidents. To resist foreign aggression, one must first stabilize the country, and vice versa. Therefore, the most effective way to stabilize the border and give him time to sort out the court was to marry a princess.

Chu Qingmeng frowned. She understood what Eleven was saying, and understood that 'sending a concubine to protect the country, while not knowing where to use a general' was a must for every emperor. She had to choose between marrying a princess and defending the borders. If it came to defending the borders, Mo Liujin was the first choice. The matter wasn't settled yet, and she didn't want to be separated from him, so neither she nor Eleven had a choice. But the history books showed how miserable the princesses who married for peace had been. Thinking of this, Chu Qingmeng sighed softly.

"What's wrong? Why did you suddenly sigh?" Mo Liujin's attention was always on her.

"Nothing, I just suddenly remembered that princesses who were married off to foreign countries always seem to have a bad ending."

Seeing that she was a little melancholy, Mo Liujin gently stroked her back to comfort her, "Sacrificing one person is better than losing so many soldiers on the battlefield. Since we are supported by the world, we should repay the people. It's just a common thing, you don't need to think too much about it."

Chu Qingmeng nodded, showing little interest. She silently picked up the tribute orange on the table. Xia Zhi stepped forward to take it and peel it for her, but Chu Qingmeng dodged his hand and said, "I can do it myself. I'm just killing time."

Xia Zhi suppressed the smile on his face and realized that Jiu Ye had even peeled off the white skin inside.

Not wanting to watch those boring hypocrisy, Chu Qingmeng placed the peeled oranges on the plate, neatly arranging them into a little man, and then folded the orange peels back into the fruit bowl. Mo Liujin chuckled at her childish behavior and reached out to take a grape and put it to her mouth, "Would you like to try this jade fruit tribute from Zhangzhou?"

Chu Qingmeng took the jade fruit he mentioned, but did not eat it. Instead, he peeled it and put it on the plate to serve as the eyes of the little man.

Chu Qingmeng played absent-mindedly throughout the entire banquet until Seventeen started to act recklessly again.

"What's so good about these dancers?! Their dancing is just so-so!" Seventeen started to cause trouble again while drunk.

"Oh? Seventeenth brother, have you ever seen a better dance?" The brainless Third Prince followed suit.

"I haven't seen her before, but I have heard that An Ning's dancing is outstanding. Since so many nations have come to pay tribute today, on such a joyous occasion, why not let An Ning dance to liven up the atmosphere?"

"..." Chu Qingmeng was so speechless that he laughed out loud. Was he afraid that he wouldn't be able to find out that the tear on the clothes was caused by him?

"Uncle Seventeen..." Mo Jiangli frowned and was about to speak when he was interrupted by Mo Liujin.

"I heard that Concubine Xu in the Seventeenth Prince's mansion is good at singing and dancing to please the prince. It's a pity that I didn't get to see her. But I'm afraid the Seventeenth Prince is drunk, my wife..."

"Seventeenth Prince, you are deceiving the emperor." Chu Qingmeng interrupted Mo Liujin's words that were about to threaten him and put a big hat on him.

Seventeen was stunned. How could he be deceiving the emperor? "What nonsense are you talking about!"

"Seventeenth Prince said that my dancing is outstanding, but how come I didn't know this?" Chu Qingmeng was in the mood to playfully say, "Seventeenth Prince, you're saying this so pertinently in front of the Emperor when I don't even know it. Isn't that deceiving the Emperor?"

Hearing this, Mo Liuyun curled his lips slightly. This is a good flag. He raised his eyes and said sternly, "Seventeenth brother is drunk. No need. Take him to Guiyan Pavilion to rest."

Before Shiqi could even explain himself, he was taken away by Wu Yong, the chief eunuch beside Mo Liuyun. Chu Qingmeng glanced at Mo Yunting with a hint of dissatisfaction. Is this how they handle it?

Mo Liuyun shook his head helplessly. He couldn't deal with Seventeen now, but there was no rush. He would get everything back.

Outsiders may not know, but everyone with the surname Mo knows that Guiyan Pavilion is used to imprison the royal family members who have made mistakes.

Without Seventeen, the entire banquet finally fell silent. After enduring two hours, the banquet finally ended. On the carriage back to the mansion, Chu Qingmeng sat in Mo Liujin's arms without any image, "Ah Jin, I'm sleepy."

Mo Liujin smoothed her long hair and knew that she was really tired. It was really not easy for her to sit at the banquet for so long. "Go to sleep."

Just as the carriage was about to reach the gate of the general's mansion, Leng Feng's voice rang out from outside the carriage, "Master, the old prince wants you to come over."

"Yeah. I understand." Mo Liujin looked at Chu Qingmeng in his arms and hesitated. Should he wake her up? But she was sleeping so soundly, how could he bear to do that? He asked someone to put more cushions on the carriage before letting her sleep alone. After settling her down, he got up and went to Mo Chenfeng's carriage.