Until the night before the welcome banquet of Guanghua Palace, Lin Yuebai was still begging Li Yao not to marry Yao Jin to the Hu clan. At first, she didn't want outsiders to know, after all, although there were rumors in the palace, after all, no one dared to say that His Majesty would let the eldest princess marry the Hu clan this time, but as Li Yao gradually avoided her, Lin Yuebai could feel more and more desperate, and Yao Jin's Chenghuan Xiaozhu was once again "protected" by the forbidden army one day, and this time, even Lin Yuebai, who was the queen, was not allowed to enter. All of this seemed to tell her plainly that this time Li Yao had made up his mind to marry Yao Jin to the Hu tribe in the far west.

"Why? Why did you do this, you promised me that you would let Yao Jin accompany me and watch our child be born!"

"The widow has to do this, and he can only do it!

At noon on the day when Guanghua Hall invited the envoys of the Hu clan to feast, Li Yao finally took the initiative to go to the Yongyang Palace, Lin Yuebai retreated left and right, knelt at his feet with a puff of his stomach, "I know you have a way, you must have a way! You can choose the daughters of the clan to be the heirs and marry them to the Hu clan as princesses; you can negotiate peace with the new king of the Hu clan, they are not soldiers coming to the city to force us to marry the princess, they just want to establish diplomatic relations, and they are just courting relatives in good faith! Why don't you have a good talk with them, why do you have to marry Yao Jin!"

Li Yao closed his eyes, and he avoided it these days, because he really didn't want to see Lin Yuebai at this moment, his wife, his most cherished woman, and the most noble queen of the entire Li Dynasty, eager to give her the best everything in the world, but like this, she was kneeling at his feet with red eyes and pleading at the moment, without the slightest bit of decency, without a bit of dignity - just for Yao Jin, or for Yao Jin! Li Yao knew that nothing he said at the moment could not change Lin Yuebai's thoughts, so he didn't reach out to pull her, he breathed slowly, slowly calmed himself, thinking of the most important purpose of his coming to Yongyang Hall today, Li Yao slowly opened his eyes, he knew that he could speak, although he couldn't bear it, although he knew that he was a little cruel to Lin Yuebai, but he was a king, and she was his queen, so he had to speak.

He can admit that he chose to marry Yao Jin far away because this is the least expensive and most direct and effective way he has ever calculated to get closer to the Hu people; he can also admit that he did listen to the words of Mo Dongling and Wei Nanyan, Yao Jin, the former lord of Xiaonan Kingdom, has always been a hidden danger in the country; but the most important thing, and the only thing he can't tell Lin Yuebai, is because he hates to see Yao Jin, see her face, hear her name, it seems to immediately remind him of the past, countless and countless pasts, okay, Bad, he was Chen Cheng, he was Jin Liancheng, they laughed together, he almost killed her, she also dragged Lin Yuebai to jump off the cliff, and he spent every day and night in the dense forest that was worse than death - but these pasts are gone, Li Yao doesn't want to remember anymore, but as long as Yao Jin is still there, there seems to be someone who reminds him every day: You are not the real emperor of the Li Dynasty, you are not the real Li Yao, you are Chen Cheng, you are Yao Jin's partner, you travel to this world together......

"That's enough!" Li Yao suddenly stood up, "Empress, since Yao Jin is the only princess of the Li Dynasty, if she wants to wear the crown, she must bear her weight! A princess's greatest loyalty to her mother country is to marry her neighbors for the prosperity and stability of her mother country! I think when she was Princess Ya, she also promised the first emperor to marry Wei, and she also accepted the arrangement of the first emperor to go to Fujian to get married, why can't she marry the Hu clan now!"

"Because she's not!" Lin Yuebai's eyes had tears, but there was even more of a fearless clarity and straightforwardness, she raised her head and looked at Li Yao fixedly: "She has never been! You know that she is not a princess at all!"

"She's not just her, you and me, too!" Li Yao's gaze avoided Lin Yuebai's face and fell on her stomach, his cold gaze softened slightly, and his voice became gentle: "In the future, we will also have our own daughter, and she will also be the princess of this Li Dynasty, and the widow will love her like a jewel and grow up holding her in the palm of her hand...... But if one day, the entire Li Dynasty needs her, the widow will also let her marry far away without hesitation - Yuebai, no matter what happened in the past, today you and I are already the emperor and queen, and the widow hopes that you can truly understand the weight of this crown. ”

Lin Yuebai was silent, she didn't say a word, she maintained such a straight kneeling posture, one hand on her stomach, one hand on the ground, the back crown on her head was gorgeous and dazzling, the top pearl was a huge and precious East Pearl produced in the depths of the South China Sea, glowing with a soft and miserable white luster, the ruby pendant in her ears was motionless, dark red, lingering turbidity. She coughed suddenly, she coughed occasionally these days, rarely and lightly, Xue Huan said that it was just that the weather was dry and her throat was itchy, it was not a big deal, and she felt okay herself; ”

Lin Yuebai didn't speak, she stood up obediently, her eyes lowered, she took a step back and bowed very lightly and said, "Thank you for Your Majesty's care, the concubine is fine." ”

Probably sensing the estrangement behind Lin Yuebai's action, Li Yao was a little annoyed and impatient, but he still suppressed his emotions and said gently: "You have a good night's sleep in the afternoon, there is a welcome banquet tonight, you are the queen of the widow, you must entertain foreign envoys with the widow, this is the hospitality of a great country." ”

"Yes. The concubine knew. ”

Li Yao nodded, he expected that Lin Yuebai must have accepted the fact of marrying Yao Jin at this moment, but it was difficult to calm down emotionally for a while, so he said softly: "Don't worry, Yao Jin is sensible, and she has already planned to marry far away." And the age, appearance, character and talent of the new king of the Hu clan are all superior, these widows have already inquired clearly, you can rest assured, Yao will be happy today. ”

"Your Majesty Xie is bothered by the eldest princess. The concubine is the eldest princess's imperial sister-in-law, and the concubine will also prepare a dowry for the eldest princess. ”

"Okay, the queen has a heart. Li Yao showed a comforting smile, hugged Lin Yuebai slightly, and then said in the direction of the distant palace gate: "Li Nan!"

After a while, Li Nan pushed open the door and came in, kneeling down from afar: "Your Majesty, please command." ”

"Go back to Zichen Palace. ”

"Yes. Li Nan got up a little tremblingly, and then retreated.

Hearing the vague voice of shouting "Your Majesty get up" outside, seeing Li Yao slowly walking towards the door, step by step, as if stepping on Lin Yuebai's heart, she suddenly felt that her heart hurt so much, it hurt so much that she couldn't breathe and couldn't speak, until Li Yao had already walked to the door, Lin Yuebai suddenly shouted sadly:

"Your Majesty—"