Overwhelming mountains and rivers

Sifang Pavilion.

"Your Highness, King Teng's people have sent a message. It's a message. Do you want to hear it?" A person who looked like a high-ranking Tuojia official bowed his chest to Gergis.

Gergis was named Padsha in Tuoga. Padsha is the name of Tuoga nobles. Its status is lower than King Tuoga. It belongs to the king of kings. It is similar to Prince Dayuan, but its political power is higher than Prince Dayuan .

"Oh, Yuga, but it's okay to say."

"Yes. King Teng said that His Highness is handsome and unparalleled in character. King Teng wishes to form an alliance with His Highness forever, to help each other and benefit each other, and to grow closer."

The person called Yujia stood with his head bowed, and after finishing what King Teng said, he raised his head and glanced at Gergis.

"... Kiss more kisses?" Gergis immediately thought of the ethereal yet heroic figure in the Bairi Palace.

He knew that it was Prince Teng's younger sister, Princess Yuxuan.

"Exactly. Your Highness, from what I see, he is nothing more than trying to make a deal with you, not only to repay the debt of Miaolagu, but also to take this opportunity to get your foreign aid and become him on the throne of Dayuan." protection."

Miao Lagu is not a pure girl, but a courtesan with a beautiful dancing posture. Three years ago, she never forgot about Chu Xuanqing who was sent to Tuojia at that time. , and then begged Gergis to take her to Dayuan.

On the night when he first came to Dayuan, Chu Xuanqing met Gergis and others in private. Miaolagu knew that he was not a chaste person, so he didn't expect to be with Chu Xuanqing at all, and only wanted to stay in Dayuan.Chu Xuanqing has long intentionally placed someone beside Emperor Yuan, and a Tuojia woman is the least likely to be suspected. Even if she is really suspected, the emperor will only doubt Tuojia's intentions, not his own. on the head.So, this is how Gergis presented beautiful women later.

As for Gergis, he and Chu Xuanqing have a very close personal relationship, and even reached a deal similar to mutual assistance in ascending the throne in private.

And before the Highness Gergis proposed to watch Princess Yuxuan dance, it was also a plan that the two of them had made long ago, in order to attract future marriage proposals and marriages.

Gergis rubbed his chin, squinted his eyes and smiled, "I have known him for many years, I naturally know what his intentions are. However, since he has already put the road under our feet, we should naturally step on it. Besides, the princess, She is also a stunning beauty, and so am I, how do you say it in the Central Plains dialect, oh, tossing and turning, thinking about clothes."

"Yes, what Your Highness said is true. But Your Highness..., hasn't King Teng been fighting fiercely with that Prince Lian all the time, but His Highness didn't see this person yesterday?" Yu Jia felt strange yesterday, but this Dayuan's It's not easy for him to ask anyone casually.

"Ah~, I heard that King Lian is dead." Gergis sighed.

"Death? King Teng is so capable? Since King Lian is dead, why did he come to seek His Highness's foreign aid? Isn't he a certainty to ascend the throne?" Yujia's doubts did not diminish, but became even more confused.

"Do you know who the person who sat at King Teng's head yesterday was?"

"This, I naturally know. Dayuan's King Xin, I heard that he is a romantic dude. Could it be, what does your Highness mean?" Apparently Yu Jia had also heard about Chu Xuanzhao's past "big name". Thinking about it, he couldn't help but slightly opened his eyes wide.

"You guessed it right. The death of King Lian was not due to the efforts of Chu Xuanqing alone. Chu Xuanqing's biggest enemy now is this King Xin. I am afraid that this person is not as easy to deal with as King Lian." Gergis received from From the letters, it can be seen that Chu Xuanqing fears and attaches great importance to Chu Xuanzhao, which is incomparably cautious and cautious when confronting King Lian.

"But he is just a prince who has just emerged, and he has been powerless for many years. Is he really so dangerous?"

Gergis took off the velvet hat on his head, untied the hood straps slowly, and placed it gently on the wooden stand, his eyes fixed on the velvet hat in his hand, without lifting his head, "Do you think that the third prince of the great abyss Is it my third brother Bahe? Xin Wang is not a soft persimmon that can be squeezed and rounded."

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The next day, the Imperial Palace, Xingqing Palace.

Yu Jia visits Emperor Yuan alone.

"Your Majesty the Emperor, our Highness sincerely admires the princess, and this move will not only promote the marriage of the two Highnesses, but also make Dayuan and Tuojia become relatives of the country, so as to form a good alliance, and I hope His Majesty the Emperor will make it happen."

Emperor Yuan thought of the proposals of the lords and ministers in the imperial study yesterday, as well as the hidden thoughts in his heart, which coincided with Tuojia's proposal, so he decided to accept Tuojia's request. Of course, the two countries will definitely agree Make an agreement.

As for those ministers who proposed a marriage, it was naturally ordered by King Teng.

"Okay. Since your envoy admires Yuxuan so much, then I naturally don't want to be a villain who breaks up the marriage. Tomorrow, there will be a banquet in the Liangyi Hall. I will personally give the marriage in front of the ministers of the two countries. Your envoy can discuss this matter." Report back to Prince Gergis." He said this, but it is not known whether he gave the marriage for some "admiration" in his heart.

"Yes, thank you, Your Majesty the Emperor." Yu Jia bowed deeply.

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In the middle of the night, the eunuch hurried out of the palace, Li Shangnuo received a command from Emperor Yuan, instructing him to prepare the Hall of Liangyi, and hold a banquet in honor of Tuojia envoy tomorrow.

Li Shangnuo didn't understand why there was another big banquet just one day later?

But if you don't understand, you don't understand, Li Shangnuo still didn't dare to delay at all. After receiving the order, he ordered people to call the people of Honglu Temple that night, and rushed to Liangyi Hall to make preparations. When he arrived, the heavenly It has gradually become brighter, and everyone has accelerated their movements.

On the other side of the Princess Mansion, Princess Yuxuan welcomed her elder brother, King Teng, early in the morning.

Princess Yuxuan was sitting in front of the dressing table. A few maids had just washed her face. At this time, she was pulling up the hairpin she usually wears and inserting a moon-pinning bead hairpin into her hair.

The golden rod of the hairpin has been polished smooth and shiny, and it is obvious that it is often worn on the head.

This exquisite moon hairpin was given by her elder brother Chu Xuanqing when Princess Yuxuan was 15 years old and she was a gift. Princess Yuxuan has always cherished it very much.And on her wrists are a pair of jade green silk bracelets left by her biological mother, Concubine Yao, and they are also worn on her wrists every day.

Princess Yuxuan still yearns for the affection of her relatives.However, the biological mother died of illness, and the father and emperor were limited to the monarch and ministers. As for the elder brother, he was busy with political affairs and rarely cared about other things.Moreover, although the two are brothers and sisters, men and women are different after all. As the royal family, they have established their own houses, and the rules are strict, so it is not so easy for them to come and go frequently.

In this regard, she was extremely envious of brothers Chu Xuanzhao and Chu Xuanxin, but it was a pity that she was a woman, and even when she went out, she either had to be upright and upright, or she covered her face with light veils and pretended to be an official.

If she had a choice, she would rather not be a royal princess, but a rivers and lakes girl somewhere in the ends of the earth, or even a fisherman's daughter or a farmer's daughter.

That way, she doesn't have to maintain the so-called prestige and identity every day. In that way, she can also choose the lover she can spend her life with.

She thought of the chattering and laughing person she first met in Liuhelou, and the several times they met later, she didn't know, what was he thinking now?

A maid in a pink skirt hurried over, stood in front of the door, and stopped.

"His Royal Highness, His Royal Highness King Teng is here."

Princess Yuxuan came back to her senses, and subconsciously touched the hairpin she had just put on the hairpin, "Please hurry up. I'll go to the main hall right away, and you guys will watch the tea first."

"Yes."

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"Brother Huang came to the mansion. I have lost my way to welcome you, and I hope you will forgive me." Princess Yuxuan saluted, her eyes were obviously full of joy for King Teng's arrival.

Although they met at the state banquet, but on that occasion, the two brothers and sisters naturally had no chance to talk.

"I'm not an outsider, you're welcome, I just came to see you." Prince Teng hadn't seen Princess Yuxuan in private for some days, and seeing the joy in Princess Yuxuan's eyes, his heart warmed, and he couldn't help but bring Come out with ease.

"What the emperor said is true."

The two were relatively speechless for a while, Chu Xuanqing pondered over and over before slowly opening his mouth, "It's not Tuo Jia's contempt for you to perform a dance during the banquet."

Tuojia performed the dance with a beautiful girl, but Dayuan performed the dance with the majestic princess of a country. This move inevitably made people feel that he was belittling the status of the princess, and that Tuojia deliberately wanted to sweep down the prestige of Dayuan's royal family.

However, when the two countries met, Tuojia came here with sincerity, not intentionally making things difficult, after all, Dayuan couldn't care about this matter, Chu Xuanqing was worried that Princess Yuxuan would be unhappy.

Princess Yuxuan smiled, "I understand."

Chu Xuanqing secretly breathed a sigh of relief, drank a sip of tea, and then said: "Prince Tuojia Gergis has always been modest and polite. I think it is because I really admire your dancing skills that I am so abrupt. You should forgive me."

"Yes. The Tuojia noble envoy has no malicious intentions, so how can Yuxuan be willful. Naturally, Yuxuan will not miss the overall situation when the two countries negotiate a peace."

Looking at her expression, Chu Xuanqing saw that she really didn't take this matter to heart, and felt a burst of satisfaction when she heard her say something that considered the overall situation, so she tentatively said, "That's right, little sister."

"What?" Yuxuan raised her head suddenly.

Ever since Jiji established the mansion, Chu Xuanqing had never called her little sister.

Has always been the queen.

"Brother, I want to ask,... What do you think of Gergis?"

Princess Yuxuan didn't think much about it, and said bluntly, "Gergis, looks good, gentle and polite, not as rough as other Tuojia people. Yuxuan thinks, if you don't look at his curly hair and eagle nose Looking at his appearance, just looking at his manners, he looks like us native Central Plains people."

"Well... that's good, that's good." Chu Xuanqing settled down and finally confirmed her plan.

"Brother?" Yuxuan didn't hear what he muttered clearly.

"Oh, it's okay. By the way, you are seventeen this year, right?"

"Well, that's right." Yuxuan didn't know why he suddenly asked about this, but she nodded in response.

"Before I knew it, my concubine had been gone for six years." Chu Xuanqing sighed a little.

Speaking of Concubine Yao, Princess Yuxuan became a little disappointed, "Yeah... it's been six years."

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Luanquetai, Liangyi Hall.

After the singing and dancing, the emperor saw that the atmosphere was just right, and turned his head to gesture to Cui Gui.

Cui Gui understood, "Quiet—"

Not long after, the hall fell silent, and all the officials of the two countries looked at the emperor on the dragon throne.

"Today, it's time for a feast between the two countries. I have a happy event to announce." Seeing that everyone listened attentively, the emperor said in a deep voice, "To show Dayuan and Tuojia's desire to marry each other forever, I want to seal the eldest princess Yuxuan. , is Princess Jiale, and is now married to the prince of Tuo Da, Gergis. In addition, five cars of gold, silver and jewelry, and hundreds of good horses and BMWs, are traveling with the princess. 120 pieces of jewelry are the princess’s dowry.”

Girgis was overjoyed, and walked to the center, knelt down and kowtowed three times, "Thank you, His Majesty, for fulfilling your kindness, and Gergis is grateful!"

One was happy and the other was sad. On the other side, Li Shangnuo, who was sitting on the lower left side, seemed to have been poured cold water all over his body and became completely chilled.

After a long time, he turned his head to look at the officer next to him, and asked softly, "...What did your majesty say just now?"

"Lord Li, why do you dare to be distracted at the state banquet? Your Majesty just said that Princess Yuxuan will be given as wife to Prince Tuoda Gergis."

"Yuxian?"

"No, it's Princess Yuxuan. Ah, no, it's Princess Jiale now."

Li Shangnuo finally admitted that he really heard right.

He stood up slowly, "Your Majesty—"

"Father!" Chu Xuanzhao knew about the friendship between Li Shangnuo and Princess Yuxuan, but how could Li Shangnuo openly resist at this time?

The ministers of the two countries gathered in this hall, and the emperor spoke golden words, how could he take it back, how could he allow disobedience?If Li Shangnuo spoke at this time, it would only cause the emperor to be angry, and the consequences would be disastrous. Stopping this matter now would only be counterproductive, so we had to find another way.

"Huh? What's the matter?" Emperor Yuan was obviously displeased with Chu Xuanzhao's sudden opening at this time. If he spoke out to object, he might be immediately enraged.

"Father is wise! Tuo Jiagui is a heroic figure, and the emperor's sister is both talented and beautiful. Father's move can be said to complete a pair of people!" After Chu Xuanzhao finished speaking, he turned to look at Li Shangnuo, He waved his hand secretly.

Li Shangnuo calmed down a little, and understood that this was not the time to speak.

He just sat down again, feeling very depressed in his heart, not knowing why, and how he survived until the end of the banquet.