"----- did you really give me the Cleansing Pill?" Xia Ning'er was silent for a moment and asked Ling Xia softly.

"If I had known that you would beat me up when you came back to consciousness, I might have changed my mind." Ling Xia replied angrily.

"Hmph------ don't think that I will be grateful to you if you have given me the Cleansing Pill, that was given to me voluntarily by you in my confusion, so this princess will not accept your affection at all." Xia Ning'er's tone was a little rude.

"Since I gave you the pill at the beginning, I didn't intend to let you admit it." After speaking, Ling Xia turned around and came to a corner, and after dragging Xia Ning'er over, he took out a panorama of the one hundred and eight territories of the Xia Dynasty from his arms.

"Did you just hear the meaning of the emperor's words? At noon, the emperor will take advantage of the opportunity of the civil and military officials to reward you with the promised territory, you see, which territory is in line with your heart? ”

After Ling Xia finished speaking, he handed over the map with a cautious face, wanting Xia Ning'er to see which territory to choose, so as not to make the princess unable to answer when the emperor rewarded the territory at noon, but he didn't expect that Xia Ning'er would be knocked to the ground as soon as he handed over the map.

"It's up to you, I'm not interested." Glaring at Ling Xia coldly, Xia Ning'er raised her head: "Except for the forbidden city, I won't go anywhere, Wanxiu Palace is my home, as for the so-called territory dowry, I am not rare." ”

"You're not rare? Well----- well said. Seeing Xia Ning'er's arrogant attitude, Ling Xia was also anxious, he looked at Xia Ning'er's eyes, pointed around, and said angrily: "This is indeed your home, but this home of yours is about to change."

The emperor just said so much, didn't you hear it? The emperor is entrusting the orphan, he can't rest assured that you will be able to set up a safe haven for you in your lifetime, if you are still so willful, then you will live up to the emperor's hard work.

Everyone knows the emperor's physical condition, to put it mildly, if the emperor is healthy and fine, he can continue to shelter you from messing around, but if the emperor dies and the new emperor takes office, can the other party tolerate you being so presumptuous?

Even the generalissimo of the soldiers and horses has begun to find a way back for himself, shouldn't you take precautions, the current emperor is willing to give you a territory as a dowry, but if you want to change to a new emperor, I'm afraid you won't even give you a province.

Yes, you are neither rare nor concerned now, but have you thought about it in the future? Do you dare to guarantee to live in Wanxiu Palace for the rest of your life? If in the future you are unhappy, you are angry, you are tired, you want to leave, but then do you have a place to go?

The dowry given to you by the emperor is to put it bluntly, he gives you a territory, as long as you manage it well and build an iron bucket of the territory, when you return to your mother's home, you will be qualified to walk in the forbidden palace.

If you give up this opportunity, then you are a princess who is insignificant, no one will pay attention to you, think about your brothers, they are also royal descendants, and they are also the lords of the territory, but why are some princes strong? But some princes do nothing?

It's very simple, those powerful princes all have real power, they either control the military department, or manage the criminal department, and the worst one still holds the Ministry of Industry, with the foil of these institutions, they are qualified to call each other, and the rest can only watch the battle from the sidelines.

You beat me into a cripple, I wasn't in a hurry, but you want to give up this opportunity now, I'm really anxious and angry, the prince is in a hurry to marry you off, the second prince doesn't like your arrogance, only the emperor can tolerate your presumptuousness and nonsense.

But the emperor and his old man can't protect you for a lifetime, once the emperor dies, there will definitely be a dragon fight between your brothers, at that time, no matter who becomes the emperor, the other party will never allow you to continue to be willful, understand? ”

Ling Xia spoke to Xia Ning'er in this tone for the first time, after listening to his analysis, Xia Ning'er stood in place and was silent, after all, she grew up in the emperor's family, and she couldn't be clearer about the affairs of the royal family, and she also knew that what Ling Xia said was true.

Although she didn't want to admit it, she had to admit in her heart that what Ling Xia said was very reasonable, and after a while, she picked up the map, her eyes were a little lonely and sad, and she asked in a sad tone: "Which territory do you want me to choose?" ”

Seeing that he had finally done the work of Tong Xia Ning'er, Ling Xia suddenly breathed a sigh of relief, he picked up the map, pointed to a territory in the corner and said, "Here, at noon, when the emperor asked you which territory you wanted as a dowry, you asked for this territory." ”

"Liulijiang? The terrain is complicated, close to millions of mountain tribes, cold and frozen all year round, except for the forest is a barren mountain, there are no resources, how can you fancy there? Looking at the location where Ling Xia pointed to the map, Xia Ning'er couldn't help frowning slightly.

"I've carefully studied the map, on the surface, Liulijiang only has forests and barren mountains, but in fact, it is rich in ore resources, wood, stone, it is said that there are many iron ores, as long as these resources are used well, Liulijiang will be the richest territory."

After saying this, Ling Xia saw that Xia Ning'er wanted to leave, and he hurriedly grabbed Xia Ning'er, "Don't worry, I haven't finished talking yet, although Liulijiang has many resources, but you just said it, it is cold all year round, and it is not suitable for long-term living."

In this way, at noon, when your emperor proposed a dowry, you tried to coax the emperor to be happy, and then took advantage of the emperor's happiness to ask him for another territory and ask for Ziyan Frontier. ”

Looking at Ling Xia's encouraged expression, Xia Ning'er snorted coldly: "Do you think it's possible?" There are a total of one hundred and eight territories in the imperial court, and each territory is occupied by those powerful ministers, and it is a great fortune to be able to ask for a territory from those people, and you still want another one, it is simply wishful thinking. ”

"As long as you open your mouth, wishful thinking can become a reality." After speaking, seeing that Xia Ning'er was a little puzzled, Ling Xia explained: "You look at the map, Ziyan Frontier is next to Liulijiang, although there are no particularly outstanding mineral resources there, but it is a plain, and it is the territory that produces the most grain in the one hundred and eight frontiers of the imperial court.

In addition, the Huangshui River happens to pass through the territory of Ziyanjiang. The total area of the Huangshui River basin is about 5.6 million square kilometers, accounting for one-twentieth of the total area of the Xia Dynasty, it traverses the entire north-south line of the Xia Dynasty, dividing the territory of the Xia Dynasty in two, and Ziyanjiang is the only territory that is penetrated by the entire Huangshui River.

Every summer, the Yellow Water River floods, depositing fertile silt on the plains of its valleys. The local yamen at all levels have been controlling the water all year round, but the effect is not great, every flood will flood countless crops, and even surface shipping has caused stagnation, because of this drawback, so those plenipotentiary ministers are very likely to give up Ziyanjiang. ”

"I really don't understand, you don't want to put so many beautiful territories, but I chose these two mediocre territories." Xia Ning'er looked at the map, her eyes full of confusion and confusion.

"Of course it's useful." Ling Xia whispered thoughtfully.