"Doctor Xun" was by his side for a while, and there was no such paragraph in the regulations drawn up by the Ministry of Rites.

Emperor Ming listened, waved his hand and said, "Please speak." ”

"Please marry the second princess to me, so that the two countries can get together again." After the prince finished speaking, his face was also red.

As soon as these words came out, Zhu Zhiling, who was not surprised, was so shocked that she couldn't close her mouth. If the envoy of the small country next to her said so, she could flick her sleeves and blast out of the palace. But this is the prince of Cangwu Kingdom, and the princess of Bihai Country is indeed a good match, which is not too much. But how can such a big thing be said so easily? Even if we say yes, we can't just say right here, "Oh yes, I wish you an early birth to a noble son, right?"

Let's see what the Mother Queen does. Zhu Zhiling turned her head to look at Emperor Ming, only to find that her mother had the same expression on her face! Naturally, not to mention others.

Of course, the most surprising is Zhu Zhijie herself. One moment she was about to get up and go back to the palace to take a nap, but the next moment she found that she had suddenly become the focus of the audience. But when she secretly looked at the prince, there was a little joy in her heart, it turned out that he liked me so much that he said in front of everyone that he wanted to marry me. It's amazing that there are people in this world who like me so far.

Just when no one knew how to answer, Prime Minister Lu Xingyuan coughed and said: "The old minister has a suggestion, the words of the matchmaker of the parents, this matter still needs the consent of the parents, and then find a suitable person to be the matchmaker, so that it can be considered." I also ask the prince to put it aside today and discuss it at another date. ”

The prince thought to himself, I didn't expect you to nod my head, anyway, I said what I wanted to say, and I asked my father to help me find a way for the rest.

The mission's audience came to an end, and the crown prince Li Chongyan should have returned to China with the "small court" in a few days as originally planned, but Zhu Zhiling insisted that he pass the matter of leaving Princess Yinquan and 30,000 taels of gold to Emperor Wen with a pigeon harrier, and then not let him go until he replied.

But this matter really can't be said to be too domineering by Zhu Zhiling.

Sending Princess Yinquan back to China is a condition that Zhu Zhiling gave to Emperor Wen, yes, but finding a high-sounding reason to explain to the top and bottom of Cangwu is actually where Emperor Wen's needs lie. To a certain extent, Zhu Zhiling is not as concerned about whether Emperor Wen needs these official statements, which is actually playing a round for Emperor Wen.

Of course, the words were still very polite.

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and I are both princes of the country, and there are still many important things that need to be worked together in the future. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince visited Bihai for the first time, how could he not let me do the friendship of the landlord for the mother emperor? Why don't you take advantage of the pigeon harrier to pass the book for a few more days, so that I can show a little bit of heart. ”

A woman's advantage over a man is that she can be a hundred times more fierce than you when she is fierce to you, and when she is gentle with you, she can make you forget about a hundred times more fierce to you.

So when Zhu Zhiling said this to Li Chongyan with a smile on her face, Li Chongyan immediately began to waver whether to stay for a few more days.

"After all, the guest house is still a little simpler, why don't I order someone to sort out the Penglai Pavilion on Taiqing Island, and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince can choose a few people to live there with. It is not very far from my second sister's Qinglian Palace, if I am entangled in political affairs, she can also accompany Her Royal Highness to the lake for me, and visit the three islands of Taiye. ”

A killer is a killer weapon, as soon as the prince heard the word "second sister", his eyes suddenly lit up, and there was no hesitation. I thought, I wish you were entangled in government affairs every day, and then the pigeon harrier would fly for a few more months. Zhu Zhiling saw that his face really made up the image of Xiyi to the image of Xijiu, and smiled secretly in his heart.

She said "walking on the lake", which is actually a very enjoyable thing. There are several ways to walk between the three islands of Taiye. Those who are in a hurry drive the carriage to the city tower, such as those ministers. Those who are not in a hurry take a boat to and from the inner lake, such as those of the royal family. However, this boat is not like an ordinary shape with two ends pointed and wide in the middle, but it is made into a circle, with neither a bow nor a stern, and is called "Mulian".

In front of the "Mulian" there will be a two-leaf boat to tow it, just like a horse-drawn carriage on the water. Sitting in such a round boat, you can enjoy the surrounding lake scenery without any angle of view, floating in the lake for half a day when you have nothing to do, you can eat and drink on the boat and lie down and sleep, it is really freehand.

Of course, there are also people like Zhu Zhiling who are too slow to even have a carriage and ride directly to and fro by themselves, and they will not go to Mulian Xinghu at all. I remember the last time she sat on "Mulian", it was when she was five years old.

The prince thought for a while and said, "Then it's better to be respectful than to obey your orders, and I'll just bring a few personal retinues." ”

"Oh, by the way, please let Master Su come and stay with you." Zhu Zhiling said suddenly.

The prince was stunned, thinking that you don't mind, he choked you so much in the hall, I will definitely be unhappy, anyway, if you don't have an opinion, I'll bring it.

In fact, Zhu Zhiling didn't mind, and she minded a lot. It's just half an hour ago, as soon as the third sister Zhu Zhitong heard that the Ming Emperor said that the eldest sister wanted to leave the prince on the island temporarily, she immediately ran to her and asked her to call Su Xiaochen to the island as well, otherwise she would go and beg the mother emperor to talk about it. When Zhu Zhiling heard this, if he didn't agree, the mother queen would really be able to come in person, rather than give in when the time came, it was better to quickly take this little guy away.

"Anyway, it's a scholar who chews words." Zhu Zhiling thought to herself.

She was right. The scholar was shutting himself in his room, recalling word by word the events of yesterday's mission.

Yesterday in the main hall, when Su Xiaochen saw Princess Yinquan sitting on it unharmed, he felt that this matter was not so simple. He suddenly remembered that there is a cloud in "Yun Ce": If you want to think about the effect, you must investigate the cause. If you want to know the truth, you must remove the false. If you want to speculate on the outcome of a thing, you must understand the motive of the matter, and if you want to know the truth of the matter, you must break through the disguise of concealment.

The truth is very clear, but the truth is very confusing.

The abduction of Princess Yinquan was obviously premeditated, and now that I think about it, the arrow that shot the prince was probably just a diversion of the tiger from the mountain. It can be calculated from the time, if the Imurans kidnap the princess, and then return to the Imuran country, and then send someone to Bihai for blackmail, and then send the person back to Taiye City after negotiation, it is impossible to appear on the main hall of yesterday immediately.

The only possibility is that it was hijacked to Taiye City, and the blackmail, negotiation, and release were done in one go. But Taiye City is Zhu Zhiling's sphere of influence, she is so capable, how could she let a group of kidnappers swagger under her nose to kidnap someone, take the money and get out? That's impossible!

Other words...... Zhu Zhiling acquiesced in this incident.

No! It is not so much acquiescence as her motives are more adequate than those of the Imulans. If the Imulans were simply kidnapped, wouldn't the prince, the prince, be worth more than the princess in her twilight years? But if Zhu Zhiling abducted her aunt and returned to China, she could not only blame the Cangwu Mission for the poor guards, but also force the prince to make a pretext about keeping the princess in the blue sea!

Su Xiaochen suddenly understood why he was not surprised to see Princess Yinquan acting like that yesterday. Because she is likely to be a participant in this hijacking case in which the thieves of the Blue Sea Kingdom shouted to catch the thief, but on the surface, she is a passive victim, so she will never be suspected.

Bihai wanted to return to the princess of Yinquan, but he didn't want to offend Cangwu country, so he used the Imuran people as a shield, anyway, the Imuran people didn't care whether they could offend the Cangwu country. Most of the tail of that arrow was just a trick to trick himself into thinking that it was the Blade Clan's doing. In fact, Zhu Zhiling himself said yesterday that as long as the weapon is bought in the Imulan Merchant Hall in Taiye City, it can have the pattern of a golden blade.

Thinking of the tail of the arrow, Su Xiaochen chuckled in his heart. When he was tied up by that group of thieves that day, he was just forced to make up some lies, but he didn't expect that Zhao Er would inexplicably release himself when he came back, and returned the tail of the arrow to himself. Thinking about it today, this arrow tail must not be simple, so I quickly took it out of my arms and looked at it under the lamp.

After looking at it for a while, I couldn't help but sweat on my forehead. If so......

The gold streaks of the arrow's tail flashed in the dazzling gold of the lamp. This is not a blade weapon crafted in the territory of Imuran!

Su Xiaochen remembered that Mu Yunyou had mentioned to him that the Golden Blade King was extravagant, and the pomp and circumstance were never stingy, and the gold pattern on the tail of this arrow was clearly mixed with tin to have this trace of silver white! Imuram produces iron but not tin, if it is built in Imulan, where does tin come from. And according to the character of the Golden Blade King, it should be pure gold hot stamping. In contrast, Bihai Country not only produces tin, but also is accustomed to mixing tin in gold.

This arrow is simply from the hand of the Blue Sea Kingdom!

Su Xiaochen couldn't help but sweat, so tricky, but so meticulous. In the end, people are robbed, gold is extorted, and you have to lose money! Such a careful strategy is not the handiwork of the Zhu family, who else can there be? If Uncle Youbo was here, even if he could come up with such a plan, he would not have extorted the 30,000 taels of gold.

Su Xiaochen felt that he had solved half of the puzzle in his heart, but his doubts still existed. In fact, even if all the inferences just now and the tail of the tin doped arrow were placed in front of Zhu Zhiling, she only had to ask: "If it wasn't for what waterfall you were going to see in the first place, the princess had two thousand royal armor guards by her side, could she be robbed?" "I have nothing to say.

Yes, Zhu Zhiling has calculated everything, and it is impossible to even include the fact that he wants to see the waterfall. As a well-thought-out plan, seeing the waterfall and leaving the two thousand Imperial Guards was only a coincidence, but it was an indispensable step, and it was impossible to leave it to fate. What's more, this waterfall was accidentally mentioned by my uncle and myself, and I picked up the prince to go, so I can't say that my uncle and myself are also Zhu Zhiling's accomplices.

Su Xiaochen felt that his head rose when he thought about it. How many people were involved in this matter? Why does Princess Silver Spring have to return to the Blue Sea Country? Also, why didn't the mission leave for a few days, and Uncle You died? How much of this is left that I don't know......

Late at night, Su Xiaochen felt that the danger he had never felt before was slowly coming. Like a rising tide, little by little, it swallows up the land until it is completely invisible.