In the study, Ying Tang faced Wang Xiang's anxious and expectant gaze, and faced him with one question after another, he didn't know how to speak for a while.

"May I ask the Grand Commander, when will His Royal Highness be able to leave the palace, and His Majesty the Emperor will be willing to let her out?"

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"Grand Commander, does Your Highness have something to convey to you?"

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"Commander, you're talking!"

In fact, Ying Tang is not a particularly delicate person, but the suddenly dim eyes when Yao Jin spoke at that time left a deep impression on his heart, is this still the Ya princess Yao Jin who has never held her chin high and never looked down at anyone in her memory? I still remember the arrogant demeanor of the little princess who was just playing tricks on herself, in the huge harem, she was the only one who never put the queen in her eyes, and even in the face of the first emperor, she never showed the slightest timidity, how high-spirited and even unbeatable she was at that time! In the eyes of the world, Princess Ya Yao Jin seems to have always been a person who is not afraid of anything and dares to do anything, so far, everything she has done seems to be jaw-dropping, but it seems to be taken for granted by her, over the years, all kinds of legends and discussions about her have never stopped inside and outside the palace, people are quietly saying, if this girl is a man, will the world of the Li Dynasty change because of this? But when five years passed, the dazzling Yao Jin came to the capital and walked into the majestic palace city where she grew up, so she was confined in her former palace room, she sat in the dimly lit room, silent like a ghost, her eyes were depressed and silent, and she said to the hall with a dumb voice and cautiously: "Great Commander, be sure to help me convey it to the king." If you can, try to ...... To put it mildly, Yao Jin...... Appreciate. ”

However, how should he convey it tactfully? A dignified vassal country, without war or national disaster, and no one in the whole country knows that under such circumstances, a vassal lord has surrendered his country, or has destroyed the country by himself—no matter how such a thing is said, I believe that it is no less than a bolt from the blue to the person in front of him, and perhaps for him, even if the heavens and the earth suddenly collapse before his eyes, it will not be more difficult to accept than this news— Ying Tang slowly walked to the chair in the middle and sat down, stretched out his hand to signal Wang Xiang to sit down, and said slowly: "Sir, sit down and say." ”

"Don't hide it from the Great Commander, before I received the news from the Jiangmen Pharmacy last night, we were trapped in the post house like ants on a hot pot, a swarm of headless flies, nowhere to find them, and I couldn't ask. A few days ago, all the guards of the Nanguo Mansion and the chief of the guards of His Royal Highness all disappeared without a trace overnight, and I knew that things were not good at that time, and then there were people around the post house day and night, and I couldn't get out......" Wang Xiang, who had just sat down for a moment, stood up again, "Great Commander, I believe that if you are in trouble, you will definitely not see you today, but since you have seen you, why don't you say anything?"

"It's not that I'm embarrassed, but I can't bear to tell you. Ying Tang bowed his head and was silent for a moment again, thinking that this matter would not be known to the whole world in a short time, and it was meaningless for him to delay this hour and a half, he sighed and raised his head and said: "Her Royal Highness the eldest princess asked me to tell you and others that she has returned the nine cities, one river and thirteen counties to the Li Dynasty, and now that Xiao Nanguo no longer exists, she is no longer your lord of the domain, and soon His Majesty will announce this matter to the world, and then everyone will go and how to settle it, His Majesty the Emperor has his own arrangements." Her Royal Highness the Eldest Princess said to reassure you that there will be no loss or harm to everyone, and everything will return to the way it was before. Also, His Royal Highness asked you not to wait for her in the capital anymore, and to go back to their respective homes to wait for the will of the court. Rest assured, if you leave Beijing, those who are secretly watching you will not stop you. ”

Wang Xiang listened quietly, and after a long while, he said very slowly, as if he hadn't heard, "Great Commander, what are you talking about?"

Ying Tang frowned, he didn't want to repeat these words, he was absolutely convinced that he had said it loud and clear enough for Wang Xiang to understand, so he got up and said: "Sir, the matter has come to this, Her Royal Highness the eldest princess must be sad in her heart, but she really hopes that you can accept it, after all, for you, there is no substantial change-"

"Why not! Who said no!" Wang Xiang suddenly strode to the table in the middle of the room, his teeth clenched, and his hands clenched into fists against the edge of the table. Under the candlelight, Ying Tang seemed to see the protruding green tendons on his neck, as well as the trembling around his body that seemed to be about to get out of control.

"How could she ...... How could she!" Wang Xiang slammed the table with extreme force, and Ying Tang looked at him quietly without saying a word. Of course, he knew that Yao Jin was not and could not have voluntarily handed over Xiao Nanguo, otherwise she would not have been under house arrest for so long, and he also knew that the two summons of the Emperor Zichen Palace, as well as Cheng Weiyan's visit to Chenghuan Xiaozhu in the imperial history, must be unknown to everyone, but Yao Jin did not say it, nor did he let Ying Tang tell Wang Xiang what he had experienced in the palace, she just repeatedly emphasized that no matter how Wang Xiang and others misunderstood or asked, they would not let him confide half a word.

At this time, the excited Wang Xiangxiang suddenly remembered something, turned around and strode in front of Ying Tang, and asked almost tremblingly: "Ying, Ying Commander, my Royal Highness was forced, wasn't she? She must have been locked up in the palace, was it His Majesty the Emperor who forced her? She said this because she was afraid that we would risk going to save her, didn't she?"

"I ...... I do not know. ”

"Don't you know?" As if sniffing out some hope from this sentence, Wang Xiang asked with a twinkle in his eyes: "Yes, it must be His Highness who won't let you say whether it is or not! It's okay, the Great Commander, please tell Zaixia, and Zai Xia promises not to let everyone act rashly! I know what His Highness means, she is just afraid that we will be in danger in Beijing - Commander, tell me, what happened to Your Highness in the palace! Why did she say these things, what happened to her!"

"Your Royal Highness the eldest princess, she is very good! Wang Xiang, no matter why Her Highness made this decision, this is already a fact at the moment! Your Highness has already presented to Your Majesty the return of the thirteen counties of Nine Cities and One River and the territory of the Xiaonan Kingdom, and Your Majesty has accepted it! Your Highness is no longer the vassal lord of the Xiaonan Kingdom, she is just the eldest princess of the Li Dynasty! As for the decree for the return of the Nine Cities and One River, it will soon be transmitted to the whole country, and the Nanguo Mansion and all of you will have a clear decree to arrange the whereabouts of the Nanguo Mansion and all of you! You are here to ask why? Ask Your Highness what's wrong, what's the use of this, what's the use?!"

"No! How could she do that! How could she write such a song! She said she would go down with all of us! She said it! She is not the eldest princess, she is the lord of Xiaonan! She is our lord!"

"Wang Xiang! How can you say such sober nonsense! Thanks to Her Royal Highness the eldest princess, she trusts you with great trust and entrusts you with important tasks, saying that you are an extremely intelligent person, and that you have the talent of a countryman, and you have been wronged in Xiaonanguo all these years! But I see you so crazy and so ignorant of gravity and nonsense at this moment, and you have no virtue worthy of being a countryman at all! Her Royal Highness the eldest princess still expects you to appease everyone in the Nanguo Mansion? Hmph, if she knew that you were so crazy, how disappointed she would be!"

She was disappointed...... Aren't we disappointed! Aren't we worried that I won't be in pain! No matter how great the difficulty is—" Wang Xiang was obviously so excited that he could hardly help himself, but when he said the word "difficulty," his voice stopped abruptly, and he seemed to be in great pain, and hung his head and gasped, and after a long time he whispered in pain: "At least there is me! She should at least let me bear it with her, why should I be alone...... Why alone!"