Chapter 1472: Listen to slander
At this moment, the letter sent by Xiling State to the Dafeng State to request peace between the two countries has been rushed to the capital of the Dafeng State with 800 miles and placed on Zhou Tianhong's table.
Zhou Tianhong frowned and looked at the national letter written in bright yellow silk, and his heart was extremely entangled. Being able to make peace with Xiling Kingdom is of course a good thing for the Great Feudal Kingdom. However, if Lin Wan becomes the crown princess of Xiling Kingdom, Zhou Tianqi, the king of Ping, will be even more powerful, and he will definitely become his strongest competitor.
However, Lin Wan was already in Xiling Kingdom, even if Zhou Tianhong did not agree to this family matter, Ximen Yuqing did not plan to let her come back. Besides, what reason did he have to disagree?
Zhou Tianhong sighed lightly, raised his eyes to look at Su Ziran opposite, and asked in a deep voice, "Ziran, how do you think this matter should be handled?"
Su Ziran frowned slightly, lowered his head and thought about it, before raising his head, arching his hand to Zhou Tianhong, and said: "Back to His Royal Highness, Ziran thinks that this matter can be done with the word 'drag'." Let's find a random reason to postpone the holding of the peace affair, and when His Royal Highness ascends the throne, it is not impossible to do two happy events together. ”
When Zhou Tianhong heard this, his eyes couldn't help but light up, he happily slapped the table, and said loudly: "Okay! Ziran is really the Zhiduoxing of this prince, and nothing will be difficult for you." This plan is very good, let's delay it for a year and a half, presumably my father won't be able to delay it for so long. ”
Su Ziran smiled faintly and said: "Your Highness has won the award, in fact, Your Highness has already had a countermeasure in his heart, he just wants to take the test Ziran, fortunately, Ziran did not disappoint His Highness." ”
Zhou Tianhong laughed, nodded, and said, "Okay! Tomorrow morning, this prince will order Prime Minister Lin Cheng to personally repair a book, hoping to take her back to China first on the grounds that Lin Wan'er has not yet reached the end of the year." After Lin Wan'er and Lu, I will ask Xiling Kingdom to marry Her Royal Highness Princess Wan, who is extremely noble in our Great Feudal Kingdom, according to the etiquette of harmony. ”
Su Ziran hooked his lips and smiled, waved his hand, and said extremely sincerely: "Your Highness is wise!"
So, ten days later, Lin Wan received a letter written by Lin Zhihuai, and Ximen Longao also received a letter of state stamped with Zhou Changan's personal seal.
Ximen Longao and Zhou Changan have known each other when they were young, and they still have some friendship, so Ximen Longao knows Zhou Changan's handwriting and his seal. However, why did such an important national document not use a jade seal, but a private seal?
Could it be that Zhou Changan had already fallen into the hands of Zhou Tianhong, but Zhou Tianhong had not yet found the heirloom jade seal of the Great Feudal State? No wonder that for such a long time, Zhou Tianhong had not let Zhou Changan die, nor was he in a hurry to force the palace to seize the throne.
Ximen Longao couldn't help but think of the letter that Zhou Tianqi brought, it was a handwritten letter from Zhou Changan, in which Zhou Changan had already anticipated the danger he was about to face, he knew that his son couldn't wait to attack him, but he wasn't sure if it was Zhou Tianhong or Zhou Tianzheng.
However, the facts have proved that the person who killed the monarch and killed the father was the eldest prince Zhou Tianhong.
Ximen Longao actually didn't care which prince of the Great Feudal Kingdom would inherit the throne, but in Zhou Chang'an's letter, it was clearly stated that the heir he wanted in his heart was Zhou Tianqi, the seventh prince. Therefore, Zhou Changan also hoped in the letter that Ximen Longao could help him protect his most beloved son.
Zhou Changan said in the letter that the most sorry woman in his life is Feng Xueyu, and the most sorry son is Zhou Tianqi, and he hopes that there will be a chance to make up for it in this life.
After reading Zhou Changan's letter, Ximen Longao couldn't help but think of Ximen Yuqing's mother. I thought of the concubine who was alienated and neglected by him because he listened to slander, and even entered the cold palace; I thought of the son who almost lost his life in the palace and was tortured outside the palace; I thought of Shangguan Yun, the little girl who was wiped out by his relatives since she was a child, and lived alone in the mountains and wilderness, but she was still lively and cheerful.
However, although Ximen Longao has no special impression of Zhou Tianqi, he can only fully support Zhou Tianqi now. Because, Lin Wan was elected as the crown princess of Xiling Kingdom, and Lin Wan supported Zhou Tianqi. Moreover, Ximen Yuqing, who has long been in love with Lin Wan, may have already stood on the side of King Ping Zhou Tianqi.
Ximen Longao sighed lightly, and secretly thought in his heart that although Zhou Tianqi was a young general, he had the support of the Pingnan army and Xiling Kingdom. However, Zhou Tianhong had already controlled all the forces in the capital of the Great Feudal State, and he had the support of the Nanyue State. Zhou Tianqi wants to rely on these forces that cannot be easily used to fight back to the capital, how easy is this?
Why did Zhou Tianhong delay the marriage between Ximen Yuqing and Lin Wan for another two years, Ximen Longao naturally knew the reason for this. However, Ximen Longao didn't want to wait any longer, and it was two years so long.
Although Lin Wan is young, she will be thirteen years old in a few months, and she will be able to get married. Moreover, Ximen Yuqing is almost eighteen, if it weren't for the fact that he hadn't married yet, Ximen Longao would have passed the throne to him a long time ago.
Now, most of the state affairs of Xiling Kingdom were originally handled by Ximen Yuqing, and Ximen Longao's health has become worse and worse over the years, and he has long wanted to take on this heavy responsibility.
However, what made Ximen Longao most anxious was that Ximen Yuqing and Lin Wan were not in a hurry at all. That's it, that's it, since the two children are so calm, it's not his turn to bother with the emperor. The big deal is to go to the imperial study every day, not to mention, with Ximen Yuqing and Lin Wan here, his body has been getting better and better recently, and it should not be a problem to stay up until the day he hugs the emperor's grandson.
As a result, the marriage of Ximen Yuqing and Lin Wan was temporarily shelved. Inside and outside the palace, they have been discussing it for many days, but Ximen Yuqing has always maintained a cold and indifferent attitude towards this matter, and after a long time, everyone has slowly accepted it.
Urik personally came to pick up Ulina, and Lin Wan quietly glanced at Ulina the night before, and put the miscellaneous notebook she brought and the medical notes copied by Lin Wan by her own hand on her pillow.
Jiao Nu's injuries have been healed by Xiaodouzi, and even the poison he had before has been completely removed. He had nothing to do all day, sullen, and only thought about going back to Daman Mountain. However, I felt that I didn't have the face to see Ulina and the villagers of Damanshan, and I regretted it.
Lin Wan asked Nuan Xin to ask Wu Lina's opinion, and Wu Lina only hesitated for a moment, and then resolutely decided to forgive Jiao Nu. Although it was Jiao Nu who caused Ulina to suffer so much, he was also forced to do so. Moreover, in the end, it was Jiao Nu who voluntarily risked his life to recall the Gu worm and save Ulina's life.