Finally, after a glance at the army downstairs in the city, Fu Jiayue fled with the guards, and on the carriage out of the city, Fu Jiayue's face was very ugly, and it was her father who was sitting opposite, looking at her daughter's soulless appearance, and patting her daughter's hand, "Child, you have suffered"

"Father, stop the war, stop fighting." Fu Jiayue raised her head, she was really afraid, afraid to see the blood all over the city, afraid to hear the shouts of killing, afraid of the endless war, all of which was about to drive her crazy.

"Daughter, my father doesn't want to be an emperor, if I have a choice, I'd rather be an ordinary person, even if it's a day of coarse tea and light food, I'm willing to eat it, but now we can't help ourselves, there are too many people behind us, they use us to achieve their goals, now we still have use value, and we can still fight under the banner of recovering the previous dynasty, if there is no use value, what do you say will happen to us."

"But Dad, even if we become emperors, we are still puppets, we have no military power, no horses, although we have been planning for many years, we are still planning in secret, and the accumulated strength is not as good as the Xiao family, how long has it been, how many cities have we lost, we can't bear it, father, we have to plan early." Fu Jiayue is very anxious, her father's temper is very weak, he really doesn't want to be an emperor, and the ministers around him are also wolf ambitions, and their father and daughter are really in danger.

"I know, but what we can do, even if we make a decision, the people around us won't listen."

"Father, since Xiao Jingqing returned to the battlefield, we have lost ten cities in three months. The area under their control has been greatly reduced, Xiao Jingqing's strength has made them afraid, I know that their resistance is already small, they have been hiding in the shadows for so many years, as long as they have the opportunity, they are not willing to hide forever, and now the best opportunity is to talk to the Xiao family, let's lead the troops to surrender, we have so many soldiers in our hands, go and negotiate terms with the Xiao family. They prefer to end the current war. Even if the Xiao family wants to set an example for the world, they will not embarrass the people who come to surrender, as long as we are small, they will not embarrass us. We can also live in peace and stability. ”

"Will the Xiao family let us go? That's not to spy on us for the rest of our lives. Not more freedom. Fu Jiayue's father was very hesitant.

"Surveillance is surveillance. It's better than fighting to the end, being forced to surrender, and ending up dead. Father, we don't have anything to rely on now, and it's still too late to choose. "She would rather be watched for the rest of her life than live like this.

"Yue'er, what do you think if you marry into the Xiao family in exchange for their trust?" Fu Jiayue's father thought about it, it is not safe to just hand over the military power, if the Fu family and the Xiao family marry and become the sons and daughters, even if they are monitored in the future, the situation will be much better.

As for thinking more far-reaching, it is to seek the future, it is impossible for their Fu family to conquer the world, it is his incompetence and cannot restore the ancestral country, but if the daughter marries the son of the Xiao family, she may be able to become the imperial concubine, the queen, and even the queen mother in the future, these are all possible, they still have some strength for so many years, nothing else, it is still possible to assist their daughter to become the queen, they can use all their strength to help their son-in-law ascend to the throne, as long as the daughter's child is the heir to the throne, The children keep the blood of the Fu family, so that they are also worthy of their ancestors.

"Father wants to use me in exchange?" Fu Jiayue looked at her father in disbelief.

"Girl, don't say it so ugly, I'm also for your good, you always have to get married, only by marrying the future emperor, our Fu family can have hope, my father knows I'm sorry for you, but I'm helpless, don't blame my father, this is the best way for you, otherwise you have such an identity, how can you choose the right husband, our Fu family and the Xiao family marriage, can also show our sincerity."

Fu Jiayue's tears flowed out, but she didn't expect that she was the one who was sacrificed in the end, so since this is what her father wants, then her daughter should repay her father's nurturing grace, and in the future, she will make her own decisions in her life, and she will never be used by anyone again.

Fu Jiayue raised her face suddenly, "Since this is the result that my father wants, then I will marry, but I have a request, I will choose which son of the Xiao family I want to marry." ”

"Yes, I promise you for the Father"-

A month later, the snow was heavy, and the capital was covered in snow, but the imperial study was extremely lively.

"Hahahaha...... It's really good news, this battle has been fought for a year, and the Fu family finally can't hold on anymore and is about to surrender. The emperor shook the fold in his hand, which was a handwritten letter from the Fu family, and the charcoal fire in the house was hot, but it couldn't compare to the heat in the emperor's heart.

If the Fu family surrenders, then the rebels are left with the Dugu family, and the Dugu family has always been in his eyes, and the world's income is just around the corner.

"The father is the true son of the dragon, the Fu family is claiming to be the emperor in vain under the banner of recovering the previous dynasty, and now it is not a gray surrender, with the dragon power of the father, who dares to match it in the world." Xiao Ruiqing patted his ass.

"It's not all my credit, if it weren't for the desperate fighting of the front-line soldiers and the stabilization of the government by the rear ministers, the world would not have stabilized so quickly and so quickly." The emperor waved his hand, although his face was full of pride, but after all, there were courtiers, so he had to be modest.

"I am willing to do my best for Your Majesty," the ministers hurriedly got up.

"All sit, all sit" The emperor was very satisfied with the attitude of the ministers, these days the government has stabilized, and the trend of the world is stabilized, and these ministers are still needed.

"The Fu family sent a letter saying that in order to show the friendship between the two families, and also to show their sincerity in coming to surrender, they are willing to marry his eldest daughter into the Xiao family, what do you think of this matter?" The Emperor spoke.

Hearing his father's words, Xiao Ruiqing immediately straightened up, don't look at the Fu family is going to surrender now, but the Fu family has soldiers in their hands, not to mention more than 100,000, although it is not very successful, but it is also a force that does not laugh, where is the difference between him and Xiao Jingqing, it is not because there is no military power in his hands, and there are few generals who can be used under him.

If you marry the daughter of the Fu family, you will be able to pocket the power of the Fu family. In this way, he will be able to compete with Xiao Jingqing in the military, and his overall advantage will be much better than Xiao Jingqing.

"Father, sons are willing to share their worries for their father," Xiao Ruiqing said directly.

The emperor glanced at his son, did not say anything, turned the wrench on his thumb, and did not know what he was thinking.

The Fu family said that it was not light, and it was not heavy, it was indeed difficult to arrange.

Among the ministers here, there are Xiao Ruiqing's people and Xiao Jingqing's people. At this time, everyone knew the role of the Fu family. The coming and desiring of the Fu family is likely to change the current situation in the court, especially the battle for the crown prince.

"Your Majesty, this matter still needs to be carefully examined before making a decision. It is unknown whether the Fu family really intended to come down. And marrying the daughter of the Fu family is also a big deal. Who knows what kind of heart they have, this is the world of the Xiao family, is it possible that the descendants of the Xiao family have the blood of the Fu family. The Fu family didn't come to the court easily. A minister deliberately said that this matter would be delayed first, and they would talk about it after discussing it with the second son, so that Xiao Ruiqing could not be allowed to take the lead.

"Your Majesty, since the Fu family has sent a handwritten letter, it is obviously sincere, as for the bloodline problem that Lord Liu is worried about, this is not simple, let the daughter of the Fu family be a side concubine, and the child she gave birth to will not inherit the throne in the future, what is there to worry about, the marriage of the two families is a good thing, but to show Your Majesty your benevolence to the people who come to surrender, to set an example to the world, there is only good and no harm in the future, this matter is not easy to drag on, the sooner the decision is made, the more we can show our integrity." Xiao Ruiqing's ministers received Xiao Ruiqing's hint and hurriedly interjected.

"Your words are reasonable, although their emperor has not been in office for many days, but no matter what people say, they are still a princess, and you can't choose one of them to marry, I have two sisters-in-law, who are suitable?" The Emperor pushed the problem back again.

He also wants to see how much his ministers have been co-opted by his two sons, he can let his son grow up, but he will never allow his son's power to be greater than him, these days the two sons' people are fighting fiercely in the court, how can he turn a blind eye.

"Your Majesty, of course His Royal Highness the King of Han is the most suitable, His Royal Highness is your eldest son, the most noble, who else can compare to the King of Han."

The minister on Xiao Ruiqing's side persuaded him with all his might.

Xiao Jingqing's side doesn't care if they interject at will, after all, the second son's wife is the daughter of the Zhou family, and Zhou Jianxiong is still in the court, if they dare to do it themselves, advocacy, not to mention what will happen to the second son's side, even Zhou Jianxiong will not let them go.

"Your Majesty, it's better to ask the other party what it means, if the other party wants to marry a daughter, naturally he wants to marry a wishful man, maybe he already has a favorite prince, in order to show our sincerity, why not give this choice to the other party." A minister spoke.

"Okay, just do it, the envoys of the other side will be here soon, and when the time comes, ask them what they mean." The emperor made a direct decision, originally he wanted to marry the daughter of the Fu family to the eldest son, but seeing that several ministers in the court were speaking for the eldest son, he changed his mind, and it was time to suppress the prestige of the eldest son.

Coming out of the imperial study, Xiao Ruiqing took his people to a meeting to discuss what to do about this matter, and he was going to decide the daughter of the Fu family.

And the people on Xiao Jingqing's side were also in a meeting, and several people were a little worried.

Originally, marrying a woman would be able to get the other party's power is a good thing, but the situation on the second son's side is special, the second son is not short of soldiers, and the second lady's maiden family is the Zhou family, and she has heavy soldiers, so they really don't know what to do about it.

"Otherwise, let's tell the news to the second lady and see what she means, the second son is not here, we can't let the king of Han get cheap in vain, even if the second son doesn't want it in the end, we will mess up this family affair, the second lady is a well-informed person, and it won't drag down the second son." One person came up with an idea.

"After all, this is stuffing people into the second son's room, how can the second lady be willing, this matter can't be hidden, first find out the meaning of the second lady, and then make the next step." The other chimed in.

At this time, Zhou Xiya has moved to the house arranged by the emperor, the snow in the capital is very large, and the snow in the yard is only partially swept, leaving some areas to enjoy the snow, at this time Zhou Xiya is holding her son in her arms, and Xian'er is playing in the snow in the yard, the little girl likes snow very much, and she doesn't care about the cold, she runs around in the yard, and the maids accompany her to have snowball fights and build snowmen, and the yard is full of Xian'er's laughter.

Zheng'er in Zhou Xiya's arms has been six or seven months, watching her sister play so happily, babbling and stretching out her little hand to go down, Zhou Xiya took a lot of effort to hug him.

"Mother's little tiger, you can be honest, my mother is about to be unable to hold you, you still can't walk, what are you going to do?" Zhou Xiya kissed her son's head.

"Brother, brother will give you a snowball" Xian'er rubbed it, and a snowball ran over to hand it to her brother.

"Zheng'er can't play, he can't hold it, Xian'er, it's so cold outside, you can play for a while, or your little hands should be cold." Zhou Xiya looked at her daughter's already red face and admonished.

"Mother, I have gloves, I'm not afraid of the cold" Xian'er shook her cute little gloves.

"Princess, Lord Liu, they are here to see you." Mama Zhou came over and said.

"Let them wait for me in the study, and take Zheng'er and Xian'er to eat." Zhou Xiya handed the child to Mama Zhou, gathered the cloak on her body, and walked to the study.

"I've seen the princess," the ministers saluted.

"No courtesy, the weather is so bad, what is the matter with a few adults coming to the house?" Zhou Xiya sat down and let people serve tea.

"Princess, the front-line battles have been won one after another, and the enemy army has no strength to fight back, the Fu family sent a letter asking for peace to His Majesty, saying that they are willing to marry the two families in exchange for peace, and they are willing to send the army to them." Lord Liu spoke.

"Marriage? What does Your Majesty mean? Zhou Xiya immediately thought of Fu Jiayue.

"Your Majesty hasn't made a decision yet, but King Han is bound to win this, after all, the other party has a lot of troops, even if he surrenders, he still has connections in the army, and King Han's shortcomings are also in the army." The other replied.

"And what do you mean by coming today?" Zhou Xiya asked very directly, she saw that these people were a little embarrassed on their faces, and her heart sank, what did they mean by this?

"Princess, the Fu family is now indispensable, getting the Fu family is the icing on the cake, but if you can't get it, you can push the good power to the side of the Han King, the main force of the Han King is in the court, if you add the power of the army, it will be a great disadvantage to our side, so ......" The next words are a little vague, everyone is a smart person, and there is no need to say it too clearly.

"You want Xiao Jingqing to marry the daughter of the Fu family, that's what you mean." Zhou Xiya looked at a few people, with a cold face.

"The princess is generous, now it seems that this is indeed the best choice, but it is just one more woman in the backyard, but the benefits are long-term, the prince is not there, and the princess is in charge of these things." A few people are a little embarrassed, men are naturally happy to give embraces to beauties, but women, it's not so easy to think about it. (To be continued.) )