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Yelu Qing softly said proudly: "Follow the heavens, the emperor ordered. Xiao Siwen, the prime minister of the dynasty, was a meritorious official for generations. He commanded hundreds of officials and was the number one virtuous prime minister in the Daliao. The number one warrior in the Daliao. You two have a literary and a martial arts, and they are my right-hand men. Ye Ziyan, the younger sister of Ye Yongning, has a beautiful face and a beautiful appearance. Xiao Yifan, the only son of Xiao Siwen, is handsome and has both civil and military skills. In order to protect the long-term stability of the Daliao society, we I decree to marry Ye Ziyan to Xiao Yifan, and we will get married on the [-]th of next month. The two are talented and beautiful, and they are well matched. They can be said to be a match made in heaven, a pair made in heaven, and they can be passed down to future generations and become a good story through the ages! Thank you!"

Ye Ziyan almost fainted when she heard this, she blushed with anger.

Ye Ziyan stood up and pointed at Yelu Qingrou and said, "This decree is false!"

Yelu Qingrou shouted: "Bold, even though I am a princess, I don't dare to falsely preach the imperial decree!"

Ye Ziyan sternly said: "The imperial decree for bestowing marriage is a decree, and the Ministry of Education should announce it to all civil and military officials in the court. If you came to my house to read it privately, it must be false? The imperial decree is not in the scriptures Shusheng is a forgery!"

Yelu Qingrou laughed loudly and said: "Of course I know that the imperial edict should be announced by the Secretary of State, I just told you in advance! To tell you the truth, the imperial edict was written by my father himself. He is now hunting. Before leaving, let me send the imperial decree to Zhongshu Province tomorrow morning. Tomorrow, all civil and military officials will be on duty in the palace. At that time, this edict will be read out by Liu Mingliang, Minister of Zhongshu Province. After reading out, there will be Spread the word to all the prefectures and counties, and then even the common people will know about your wedding, Ms. Ye! Hahahaha! I am here to congratulate you in advance!"

Ye Ziyan suddenly realized that the decree was true.She howled angrily: "This must be your idea! I won't marry!"

Yelu Qingrou crossed her waist and said proudly: "Do you want to resist the decree? Resisting the decree will destroy the nine clans!"

Ye Ziyan was stunned, she grabbed Yelu Qingrou's hair and said: "This is what you messed up, damn girl, I want to settle accounts with you!"

Yelu Qingrou was shocked, she screamed and pushed Ye Ziyan hard.Gu Shuyao hurriedly pulled them away.Yelu Qingrou said angrily: "Ye Ziyan, this princess is not as knowledgeable as you, and there will be a time later!"

After Yelu Qingrou left, Gu Shuyao asked, "Sister, what are you going to do?"

Ye Ziyan was crying on the bed, she said sadly: "I don't want to marry, I just want to be with you! Yelu Qingrou did this to exclude me!"

Gu Shu stroked her long hair and said, "Sister, don't cry, let's find a way!"

Ye Ziyan sat up, she wiped away her tears and said: "Can the imperial decree be changed? What else can I do!"

Gu Shuyao pondered for a moment, and she said: "Isn't the imperial decree promulgated tomorrow? We still have time to stop this!"

"How to stop it? How can the emperor's will be easily changed?" Ye Ziyan said.

Gu Shuyao smiled and said: "The imperial decree has not been promulgated, so there is room for maneuver! Our first priority is to find the prince. Now the prince Yeluxian is in charge of the country. As long as the prince agrees, he can change the imperial edict and let Yelu Qingrou marry Xiao Yifan instead of you!"

Ye Ziyan thought for a while and said: "Will the prince agree?"

Gu Shuyao pursed her lips and said with a smile: "Although I have not been in Daliao for a long time, I know a lot about the court situation secretly. The current crown prince is not the emperor's own. The current emperor has won the throne of the crown prince's biological father. Because he is afraid that the people will not support him, so Yelu Xianli is the crown prince!"

Ye Ziyan nodded and said: "I know all this, you continue to talk!"

Gu Shuyao went on to say: "The crown prince has long planned to seek the throne, and secretly formed an alliance with Prime Minister Xiao Siwen. Your brother Ye Yongning does not support the crown prince, so the crown prince will also prevent this marriage!"

Ye Ziyan was overjoyed, and she said happily: "Very good, if the crown prince is willing to come forward, then the plan of Li Daitao will be fine! Once the imperial decree is issued, Yelu Qingrou will not be able to change it!"

Gu Shuyao held Ye Ziyan's hand and said, "I would like to persuade the prince for my sister!"

Ye Ziyan was so moved.After dressing up, Gu Shuyao went to the East Palace to meet the prince.I saw the prince wearing an elegant bright yellow dress, his demeanor was steady, and his eyes were piercing.

Prince Yeluxian's palace is very deep. He looked at Gu Shuyao with a serious face and said, "Miss, what's the matter?"

Gu Shuyao asked for peace first, and then said with a smile neither humble nor overbearing, "Your Highness must have heard about the marriage between Ye Yongning and Xiao Siwen, right?"

The corner of Ye Luxian's mouth twitched, but he still said calmly: "I don't know, where did this news come from?"

Gu Shuyao said: "The emperor wrote the imperial decree with his own handwriting, and now it is in the hands of Princess Baoyue! It is said that Ye Yongning's younger sister Ye Ziyan will marry Xiao Siwen's son Xiao Yifan!"

Ye Luxian said lightly: "It's a good match!"

Gu Shuyao lightly stroked her sleeves and said, "But Ye Ziyan doesn't want to get married, so why don't you play around with it, Your Highness the Crown Prince?"

Ye Luxian sneered and said: "Who dares to change the emperor's will? There is nothing I can do!"

Gu Shuyao put her hands behind her back, she pretended to be relaxed and said: "Ye Yongning does not support your highness, if he marries the prime minister, isn't the prince afraid that the prime minister will be taken away?"

These words hit Ye Luxian's sore spot, he knew Xiao Siwen's position in the court.If Xiao Siwen and Ye Yongning join forces, his plan to rely on Xiao Siwen to support him to ascend the throne in the future will come to nothing.

He stared at Gu Shuyao closely, Gu Shuyao's heart thumped wildly, but she still tried her best to pretend she didn't care.

Ye Luxian stood up, he nodded lightly and said: "I still have something to do in the palace, I won't leave the girl for dinner, please do what you want!" After speaking, Ye Luxian turned and left.

Gu Shuyao was taken aback and didn't know what to do, so she had to go back.She told the situation again, and Ye Ziyan said very happily after hearing this: "This thing will definitely happen! The prince's city is very deep, and he will not express his thoughts to outsiders. It seems that he will definitely stop this thing!"

Gu Shuyao breathed a sigh of relief, and said to Amitabha with both hands: "Bodhisattva bless you, I hope this can be done as soon as possible!"

At noon that day, Ye Luxian summoned Prime Minister Xiao Siwen to discuss, Xiao Siwen was not very happy when he heard that he was going to marry Ye Yongning.He said on the spot that he was loyal to the prince and would never marry a political opponent.

Afterwards, Xiao Siwen immediately went to see Yelujing, who was hunting there.Finally, he arrived when it was dark, knelt down in front of Yelvjing with a plop and cried loudly.

Yelujing said in surprise: "Why is the prime minister like this? Could it be that something happened in the palace!"

Xiao Siwen cried: "I heard that His Majesty wants my son to marry Ye Yongning's sister, this is absolutely impossible!"

Yelvjing pulled him up and said, "How do you say that?"

Xiao Siwen turned his eyes and said: "Ye Yongning is a Han, and my minister is a Khitan. We Daliao Khitan and Han people have never intermarried easily. This is one of them. Ye Yongning is a general, and my minister is a civil servant. Our dynasty has an ancestral system." , the civil officials control the generals to prevent the generals from rebelling. If the minister and Ye Yongning marry, how can we use the civil to control the military in the future? This is against the ancestral precepts. If all the generals in the court make friends with civil officials, the emperor will be emptied !"

Yelujing broke out in a cold sweat, he took a breath and said, "Rou'er, this girl almost misled the country! I forgot what my ancestors taught us to separate the Khitan from the Han people, and the civil servants from the military generals, and let them check and balance each other, the emperor Only then will the country last forever!"

Xiao Si said softly: "Your Majesty, don't blame Princess Baoyue. I asked Princess Baoyue before I came. Her real idea is that she wants to marry my son. She was embarrassed to speak up, so she talked about him!"

Yelvjing was overjoyed, he said: "It turned out that Rou'er liked Xiao Yifan herself, that's why she said that she would find a wife for Xiao Yifan and asked me to marry him. This girl really has too much thought!"

Xiao Siwen said with a sinister smile: "The emperor might as well write a new edict to let Princess Baoyue marry a dog. I must be grateful!"

Yelujing immediately picked up the pen, quickly wrote an imperial edict, and then handed it to Xiao Siwen, saying: "You rush back overnight, and let the Ministry of Education issue the edict tomorrow!"

Xiao Siwen kowtowed his head to thank him, then rushed eight hundred miles and returned to the capital that night.

The next morning, Xiao Siwen took the first step and handed over the emperor's imperial decree to Liu Mingliang, Shangshu of Zhongshu Province, and gave a general account of what happened.

As soon as Xiao Siwen left, Yelu Qingrou came to Zhongshu Province, and then took the imperial decree and said: "Master Liu, the emperor's imperial decree is for you. The emperor father wrote it yesterday, and it is for the marriage of the prime minister Xiao Siwen's son Xiao Yifan. Girl, it's Ye Ziyan! Hahahaha!"

Yelu Qingrou was still shaking her head happily, pretending to be smart.Liu Mingliang knew the inside story a long time ago, he took the imperial decree and said: "Princess, don't worry, I will announce it immediately!"

About half an hour later, all civil and military officials came together, and they were on duty in various ministries to handle official duties.

Liu Mingliang ordered the Zhongshu Province to beat the drum and ring the bell, and asked all the ministers to gather in the Chaoyi Hall.As soon as the bell rang over there, all civil and military officials came.Yelu Qingrou also hid outside and peeked, she showed her head and couldn't help but giggle.

At this time, Ye Ziyan and Gu Shuyao came over holding hands, and Yelu Qingrou exclaimed excitedly: "Ye Ziyan, are you also here to listen to the imperial decree? Haha, congratulations, you are getting married!"

Ye Ziyan and Gu Shuyao looked at each other and smiled, Ye Ziyan said: "Then I have to thank the princess for taking care of me, otherwise I would not have found such a good husband!"

Yelu Qingrou jokingly said: "You're welcome, just marry, and Gu Shuyao will leave it to me!" Gu Shuyao chuckled, but she remained silent.

Liu Mingliang stood on the court hall, holding the imperial decree and announced loudly: "Follow the heavens, the emperor's decree said. The prime minister Xiao Siwen is mature and prestige, and his prestige is very high. His son Xiao Yifan is outstanding in appearance, both civil and military. He is the princess of Baoyue Yeluqing. Rou married Xiao Yifan as his wife, with a reward of 50 guan, and added Xiao Yifan as the son-in-law captain, and also led the inner palace guard. The official wedding will be on the [-]th of next month, hereby!"

All the officials shouted long live, and then gave thanks.

Yelu Qingrou's eyes were wide open, but she didn't react for a long time.

Ye Ziyan suppressed a smile and said: "It turns out that the princess wants to marry Xiao Yifan! Congratulations, congratulations!"

Gu Shuyao also joked: "We really envy you! You can get such a good son-in-law!"

Yelu Qingrou yelled loudly, she rushed into the hall and shouted: "Liu Mingliang, did you read it wrong? Father asked Ye Ziyan to marry Xiao Yifan, how can you say it was me?"

Liu Mingliang gave the imperial decree to Yelu Qingrou and said, "How dare you read the imperial decree wrong? This is the imperial decree that the princess gave to my minister!"

Yelu Qingrou looked at the imperial edict and said angrily: "This is not my imperial edict, no! What about the imperial edict I gave you?"

Liu Mingliang arched his hands and said: "I only have this imperial decree here, and I will leave!" All the officials looked at Yelu Qingrou and left with a smile.Yelu Qingrou was so angry that she smashed the hall, but it didn't help.

As soon as the imperial decree was issued, the Ministry of Zhongshu sent a copy to the government offices of all prefectures and counties, and the local government offices also posted notices, so that everyone in the entire Daliao Kingdom knew about it.Yelu Qingrou was so angry that she wiped her tears in the palace, she didn't understand how things turned out like this.

Ye Ziyan and Gu Shuyao's stomach ached from laughing, and they finally teamed up to kick Yelu Qingrou away.

Over there, Liao Muzong Yelvjing came back from hunting.Yelu Qingrou flew over, took the imperial decree and said: "Father, some people falsely spread the imperial decree, kill them quickly!"

Yelvjing threw the bow and arrow to the guards and said with a smile, "Who passed the imperial decree?"

Yeluqing said judgingly: "The Secretary of State actually announced an imperial decree to let me marry Xiao Yifan. What's going on? Those idiots must have made a mistake!"

Yelujing put her arms around her and said, "Silly girl, the Ministry of Education is in charge of the military aircraft, and they are all college graduates. How could they make a mistake in the imperial decree? It is indeed my decree, so you are ready to get married!"

Yelu Qingrou cried: "I don't want to marry, didn't I agree to let Ye Ziyan marry!"

Yelvjing said with a stern face: "Nonsense! Khitan and Han people cannot easily intermarry. Xiao Yifan belongs to the nation, Ye Ziyan belongs to the Han nationality, civil and military checks and balances are also the ancestral precepts, how can you give a marriage indiscriminately? It's settled like this, you are going to get married Bar!"

Yelu Qingrou burst into tears when she heard it, and she kept making noises, but you are not kidding, the emperor's imperial decree has been issued and cannot be changed.Yelu Qingrou lifted a rock and hit her own foot, she wanted to cry but had no choice but to obey.