Traveling through time and space

"They are almost here. The Emperor will be there soon. Eunuch Shen has sent me to welcome the princess."

Gu Yuanyuan nodded and followed him into the palace gate. "Where is the banquet?"

"To answer the princess, it's in Zhi'en Hall." Gu Yuanyuan and his group followed Xiao Xiangzi to Zhi'en Hall and paid their respects.

"Hello, Princess. I am Zhang Xufei from Lingyu's Ministry of Rites."

"Hello, Princess. I am Song Boming from Lingyu's Ministry of Rites."

"Hello, Lord Zhang, Lord Song. Back in Lingyu, I had a close encounter with both of you." Gu Yuanyuan nodded and smiled.

"Princess, before we came here, our Emperor repeatedly told you to visit Lingyu with the young princes when you are free. Our Emperor also brought some gifts, which I will send to the Princess's residence someday."

"Your Majesty Lao Lingyu is worried." Gu Yuanyuan saw Crown Princess Shen Ji and her men walk in.

"Princess Anle, thank you so much for yesterday. I'm almost well today." The Crown Princess entered the hall, saw Gu Yuanyuan and walked over.

"That's good, that's good," Gu Yuanyuan looked at her carefully, and indeed her complexion had improved a lot.

"The Feng Yan delegation has arrived." Someone shouted outside the door, and a group of people came in. Gu Yuanyuan stepped back because she saw that Feng Yan's crown prince had also come, but he looked a little different.

"Greetings to the legitimate princess," the four people who came greeted Gu Yuanyuan.

"Hello everyone," Gu Yuanyuan replied.

Just then, someone else came in, followed by a shout. The emperor brought some people in. They were some officials from Qingyang. Everyone greeted each other and said hello. Then everyone sat down. Eunuch Shen introduced everyone present, envoys, ministers, Ling Yu, Kong Shu, and people from the seven surrounding countries. They were really all gathered together. "You all have come from afar to attend the funeral of the late crown prince. I am Lu..." The person in charge was Lu Baogang. He spoke passionately and politely. "The emperor has held this event to thank you all for coming. Please..." Gu Yuanyuan accidentally looked across and found that He Sizhe, the grandson of the Fengyan Emperor, had a flushed face and was still a little listless. It seemed that the speech had just begun. She was still very happy in her heart. The speech was finally over.

"Your Majesty," Gu Yuanyuan looked at the person who was speaking. Oh my god, it was He Sizhe again. He stood up, walked to the center, and bowed to the seated emperor. "Your Majesty, we Fengyan are willing to coexist peacefully with Qingyang and establish a lasting friendship. We are willing to use marriage to ensure that our two countries will no longer engage in war and disrupt the lives of the people, allowing them to live and work in peace. This Crown Prince sincerely requests to marry the legitimate princess, Princess Anle."

"No, Feng Yan killed the prince and our Qingyang's god of war, Zhao Zimo." Gu Yuanyuan stood up all of a sudden and saluted her father. "How can we have a marriage with each other when there is so much hatred between the two countries?" Gu Yuanyuan calmed herself down. "Feng Yan has invaded repeatedly and the border is in turmoil. How can we use a marriage to wipe out these sins? Feng Yan caused my children to lose their father. I want to avenge this, and I ask my father to help me." Gu Yuanyuan spoke earnestly.

"Yes, Your Majesty, the princess is right," someone stood up and echoed what Gu Yuanyuan said.

"Your Majesty, I have heard that the areas bordering Qingyang and Fengyan are often harassed by Fengyan's border troops, and the people are suffering terribly."

"Your Majesty, if you can use a woman to maintain peace on the border, I think it is possible."

"The young official who has spent all his money on the job has a stupid plan of marrying a woman to the emperor. The country depends on a wise ruler, and its safety is entrusted to women. How can you use your beautiful face to pacify the barbarian dust? There are thousands of years of bones on the ground, but who will assist you?" Gu Yuanyuan shook her head. For the sake of these short-sighted officials, "You send my concubine to protect the country, but I don't know where the generals are needed." Gu Yuanyuan stood up, "Are there any military generals here? Are you willing to use a woman to marry a woman to the emperor?" No one spoke, "Use a woman to maintain peace? Are you looking down on yourself, or on Qingyang? Should we ask the millions of Qingyang troops, will they agree?" Gu Yuanyuan's words were sharp.

"Princess, war between two countries is costly and cumbersome."

"Then let others bully you at will. Besides, didn't Feng Yan cede the city in the last battle?"

"But isn't Prince De gone?"

"Without Prince De, my Qingyang will have no generals? Or does this old man think that our Qingyang will decline from now on." Gu Yuanyuan argued with the person in front of him, but he really couldn't remember who this person was?

"Princess, this is Hang Zhongjiang, the third-rank Minister of the Imperial Household," Second Brother Lu, who was standing behind her, reminded in a low voice.

Gu Yuanyuan nodded, "Master Hang, why do you repeatedly boost others' morale and destroy your own prestige?"

"Princess, I'm only addressing the matter at hand. As I said, if a marriage can solve the problem, why waste time and money?"

"I also think that peaceful coexistence is a good idea."

From time to time, Gu Yuanyuan heard the person sitting behind her introducing which adult. Gu Yuanyuan's mind was not here, she was just waiting to see when the Crown Prince would fall ill. Occasionally, she glanced at him and saw that his face was getting redder and redder, and some rashes appeared on his face. Gu Yuanyuan saw the two parties who agreed and disagreed, expressing their views and talking back and forth, which was very lively. Gu Yuanyuan saw Han Shinuo sitting below her and looking at her. Soon, she felt it and looked over. The two of them looked at each other. Gu Yuanyuan nodded towards Feng Yan. Han Shinuo looked over and his expression quickly changed, "Your Majesty, what's wrong with this Crown Prince He?" Han Shinuo suddenly stood up and pointed in the direction of He Sizhe. The hall instantly became quiet, including the two parties who were arguing. Han Shinuo also reacted, "I deserve to die. I beg Your Majesty to forgive me." Han Shinuo quickly knelt in the middle and spoke.

"Father, General Han is not wrong." Gu Yuanyuan stood up and said, "Father, please ask the imperial physician to come and take a look. There is something wrong with Crown Prince He. His face is flushed, he is sweating, and there is something on his face." Gu Yuanyuan did not move forward, but just shouted loudly to draw people's attention to him.

Now someone really noticed, "Royal brother, Royal brother, what's wrong with you?" Soon He Sijun's voice sounded in a high-pitched voice. It turned out that He Sizhe had fainted.

"What's wrong with him?" someone asked in a low voice.

"Princess, I beg you to take a look at the Crown Prince." Gu Yuanyuan was just about to eat some watermelon when she discovered that Feng Yan's tenth prince, He Chengxin, was bowing to her. Many people were looking at her during this bow, and Gu Yuanyuan had no choice but to step forward to take a closer look. "The Crown Prince has traveled a long distance and didn't get enough rest. This is a reaction of his body because he didn't get enough rest. He just needs to get enough rest. This is a blister..." Gu Yuanyuan was telling the truth, the real truth, but she was interrupted before she could finish her words.

"Tenth Uncle, Sijun, please take my brother back to rest."

"Okay, go and get some rest. Let Dr. Qi Wen take a good look at it. The Crown Prince must not be harmed."

"Yes, Tenth Uncle, Sijun will take my brother back," He Sijun bowed and retreated.

"Wait a moment, let him rest more, and eat something light, but nutritious." Before Gu Yuanyuan could finish her words, the other person had already lifted his head and walked towards the palace gate. "You really don't know how to appreciate kindness." Gu Yuanyuan was a little unhappy, but inwardly she was pleased. "Father, the atmosphere is a bit heavy, and there's no point in all this arguing. Yuanyuan brought some things here, and I've had them delivered directly to the palace's martial arts arena. If you're interested in taking a look, it'll be a change of pace."

"Your Majesty, I am very curious and want to go and take a look."

"Yes, Your Majesty, I have heard that Qingyang's military strength is quite impressive. Let us see it for ourselves."

"No, Your Majesty, how can we let them see these things from Qingyang?" Some agreed, some opposed, some echoed, and some waited and watched.

"Everyone, please go and take a look at what fun things our princess has come up with." The emperor stood up from his seat and greeted everyone.

"Father, are you just going to let her do whatever she wants? Aren't you afraid of being laughed at?" said the third brother, Gu Ruoxu. "Yuanyuan, don't blame me for saying this. This is a matter of state, how can we just mess around?"

"Why, do I need to follow your ideas when doing things?"

"Your son dare not." Gu Yuanyuan looked at his royal brothers.

"What program have you prepared for today?" As the group walked, Gu Yuanyuan walked beside the emperor, listening to his questions. Of course, they were also walking in the front. Gu Yuanyuan took a step forward and stuffed the letter into his father's hand. His father cooperated and quickly stuffed it into his clothes.

"Yuanyuan has prepared a few gadgets to liven up the fun. You all know about our Qingyang swords and crossbows. Yuanyuan wants you to take a look and maybe even try them out." After entering the arena, Gu Yuanyuan pointed to the boxes that belonged to him. Everyone sat down, and Gu Yuanyuan wanted to call Liang Shang over to have him and his men perform. He instructed Liang Shang to open the box, and ten people performed simultaneously. The scene was quite spectacular. Gu Yuanyuan peeked in and saw that his father was looking at the envoys' expressions with satisfaction, and then moved on to the second item: throwing bombs.

"Princess, I'm willing to take over for my brothers." Gu Yuanyuan was watching Liang Shang unpack the second box. She noticed Zhao Mohan, the commander of the Imperial Guards, squatting before her. She looked at her father, who nodded.

"Okay, then I'll trouble Commander Zhao to bring ten Imperial Guards to open the second box. "Liang Shang, you take the brothers and step back ten steps. Commander Zhao, you should all know how to use this, right? Just throw it away." A row of people stepped forward and saluted everyone. Some stood up and looked forward. As expected, they lived up to everyone's expectations. They were all about a hundred meters away. "Everyone, this piece of iron is called a grenade, because it is thrown by hand," Gu Yuanyuan joked. "This thing can be far or near." Gu Yuanyuan said it nonchalantly. At the same time, he was also casually patrolling the surroundings. Some people were looking at him in surprise, and some were looking at him calmly. "Father, Yuanyuan has a new gadget, but Yuanyuan has to operate it himself. No one knows how to use it yet." Gu Yuanyuan left his seat and saluted his father.

"Oh, what's new here?" The emperor also stood up and left his seat.

"This is called a small steel cannon. It's much more powerful than that one. Father, please take a look. This is called a small steel cannon. The shells inside can reach three kilometers away."

"Three kilometers away?" The emperor looked at Gu Yuanyuan suspiciously.

"Father, this is a piece of cake. That big guy can hit the target thirty kilometers away. Otherwise, Father, please send someone to wait thirty miles away."

"Your Majesty, thirty miles in this direction is the Yuqu River," an official thought for a moment and stepped forward to report to the emperor.

"Yes, yes, Your Majesty." Someone echoed excitedly.

"If it can really reach such a far distance, this little princess must be exaggerating."

"I guess so. I guess they want to give other countries a warning."

"Yes, Qingyang has released a crossbow, which has already impressed people. Now they have released something called a bomb."

"Oh, I'm really the envy of others."

"What kind of a cannonball is this? What if it's this powerful?"

Gu Yuanyuan listened carefully to the wind around him, "Your Majesty, I am willing to take people to Yuqu River to wait." Someone stepped forward and volunteered.

"Princess, is it true?" Brother Jiang secretly approached Gu Yuanyuan and asked in a low voice.

"This princess never lies." Gu Yuanyuan answered very confidently.

"Princess Anle, are you sure?"

"Yes, Father. For the safety of our Qingyang border, Yuanyuan has worked tirelessly these days, forgetting to eat and sleep to come up with this."

"Did the princess research this herself?" Ouyang Mingduo came over and asked, and Han Shinuo followed.