I don't know if it was because Chen Wuliang spoke, or because Yue Qianqiu suggested that he meet the little fat man's entourage first, all in all, the emperor really delayed until the next day before meeting the twelve princesses.

He hadn't seen this Northern Yan Jinzhi Yuye who had chased Yue Qianqiu to Jinling alone before, but after placing the person on Ren Guiyi's side of Gyeongbok Palace, he still looked at it from afar, and now after a few months, he found at a glance that people had changed a lot.

Although her face is still pretty and her figure is not much taller, the twelve princesses are standing there, but they are completely different from the girl who was rude and willful and could almost fight with the little fat man, and she has an indescribable momentum.

Thinking of the strange edict of Emperor Beiyan, the emperor glanced at the absent-minded little fat man next to him, and thought of what the old lady Yue said in the letter, his fat son and the twelve princesses had collapsed, and he couldn't help but be embarrassed.

It's just that even when the two countries were equal, he never thought of marrying his only son to a princess of Beiyan, and now he won't do it. Therefore, after the twelve princesses met with skillful etiquette, he said bluntly: "This time Emperor Yan came to attack Bazhou, so that he fell on the battlefield, I just want to ask, how does Beiyan plan to deal with this matter?" ”

The Twelfth Princess had expected the emperor's opening remarks, but she was still in a heavy mood because of the condescension revealed in her words. She took a deep breath and finally said word by word: "Father Emperor has paid the price for his arrogance, and Sixth Brother has also paid for his stupidity. I, Dayan, have already killed a lot of people, and the country is not as good as before, since this is the case......"

She paused, and suddenly raised her voice: "In this case, if His Majesty the Emperor is too coercive and the army is overwhelmed, then the barefoot are not afraid of wearing shoes, and Dayan has its own heroic hero." ”

"I believe you." The emperor was not moved at all, and said in a cold tone, "But if Haoxiong rises up, then maybe there will be nothing to do with your third brother." Presumably, Emperor Yan felt that Prince Yan's talent was not enough, so he took the risk of passing the throne to your daughter. Of course, you can also insist that this is nothing more than a cover-up. ”

Seeing that the twelfth princess's face suddenly turned to ashes, the emperor slowed down his tone: "If the princess has something to say, you might as well say it directly, you don't need to use this kind of broken tone to gain the upper hand for a while." ”

"Although your status is expensive, today's Beiyan is no longer the Beiyan who can make a decision by virtue of his background. Prince Yan escorted Emperor Yan's coffin back to Nanjing, and it is still unknown whether he will be able to take root and gain a foothold, even if you show full momentum at this time, it will still be useless. You must know that even if Lin Xiangru made Qin in the past, it was because of the support of Zhao State. ”

"I know the intentions of your brother and sister, one is in Beiyan Nanjing, trying to gather heroes and gain a firm foothold, and the other comes to my Dawu, hoping to feed the tiger with his body, and then block my Dawu lion's big mouth. In fact, the most suitable person to come to the peace talks is Prince Yan, because with his foundation in Beiyan, it is not enough to gain a foothold, and if you stay there and join your mother family, you can at least barely hold Nanjing. But your brother and sister were transposed, you came to the Daimyo's Mansion, but he returned to Nanjing, dare to ask what is the reason for this? ”

Without waiting for the twelfth princess to answer, the emperor smiled and said, "You probably think that it shouldn't be because of Emperor Yan's edict." After all, the Yue Xiang sent someone to send a letter back urgently, saying that Prince Yan was almost seeking death after saying something to you. Since he even had the will to die, it seems that there is no problem with Emperor Yan choosing you instead of him when he was dying. In that case, did you want to establish the impression of the unyielding royal family in front of the Yan people, or did you do something else? ”

The momentum of the twelve princesses, who was originally deliberately full of momentum, was suddenly washed away by the emperor's words. Except for the time when she was caught by Yue Ying, and before the brother and sister separated, the third prince made a heart to her again, hoping that she would find someone to marry in Nanwu with peace of mind. Whether it's Yue Qianqiu or someone else, it's better than going back and becoming the target of everyone.

"Stay in Southern Wu, even if Emperor Wu pushes you or your future children out as puppets because of that father's edict, it is better than in those troubled times, when all parties question you, the empress, and we all die in their hands. You might as well take a tough stance in Nanwu, so that they can cast a trap on the rat, and you can also establish a good image in the minds of the people of Dayan. As for me, whether it is land ceding or compensation, it is up to me to come forward and agree to those conditions of Nanwu. ”

"Anyway, I can't talk about the prestige of the prince, and I can carry the black cauldron once when I die, and this life is not in vain. You choose a good man who is a little more powerful and marry, and let people inherit the incense of the Ji family in the future. ”

Thinking of these previous events, the Twelfth Princess was silent for a while, and finally simply tore off the veil that pretended to be strong just now, and said word by word: "Then dare to ask His Majesty the Emperor, what do you want?" ”

The emperor said in an understated tone: "Return the Yanyun states that were lost in the hands of Emperor You in the last years of the Wei Dynasty." plus 200,000 annual coins. ”

Faced with these two simple conditions, the Twelfth Princess raised her eyebrows and rebuked angrily: "Impossible! ”

"I know that the 200,000-year-old coin is just a drop in the bucket for Northern Yan, but Northern Yan Taizu only became a hero when he defeated Yan, so despite the fact that the country name Yan has been used more than once, it is still used as a national name, if he really loses the states of Yanyun, Prince Yan will have no shame to face the ancestors and ancestors in the future. But the princess might as well wait and see if Brother Ling's brother Prince Yan can hold the Northern Yan Nanjing City! ”

"Since he can't keep this ancestral land, wouldn't it be right to exchange such a piece of land from me for what he needs?

Speaking of this, the emperor patted the armrest lightly and said, "That's all I say, the princess might as well go back and think about it." I have no intention of keeping you down, if Da Wu wants to attack, he doesn't need a puppet of the Northern Yan Imperial Family. Moreover, I will not only send you back, but also make Emperor Yan's edict public. ”

"Of course, once the edict is made public, will Prince Yan, whom you trust very much at the moment, really have such a grudge against you? He personally escorted the coffin back before, but would he blame the guards who had been by Emperor Yan's side before he died? As long as a person dies and he says that the edict is false, then it is very easy. ”

"He and you used to be just extremely estranged brother and sister, before you returned to Beiyan together, you worked hard to help him take the crown prince, but it was just an alliance of interests, not really any affection. Even if you shared weal and woe after the canonization ceremony of the prince before, but if you think about it, is it really because of this? He asked you to come to Dawu, did he really have a good intention to protect you? ”

This last sentence was like a thunderbolt from the blue for the Twelfth Princess, so much so that when she walked out of the house in a daze, she almost fell to the ground. Fortunately, Chen Wuliang, who was guarding the door, stretched out his hand to hold it, so she didn't fall.

Distraught, she quickly broke free of Chen Wuliang's hand, and when she straightened her waist, she saw an expressionless man striding in at the gate of the courtyard. She opened her mouth to speak, but thinking of the previous conflict in the Bazhou Taishou Mansion, she finally fell silent. She walked slowly towards the other party, and found that when she passed by, the person didn't say a word, and she couldn't help but turn around and scream.

"Brother Chang Jue, can't you really help Dayan at the end?"

"Dayan is crazy, I can't help it!" Yue Xiaosi put down a sentence stiffly, then glanced sideways at Chen Wuliang, and directly stretched out his hand to push the door open. Before crossing the threshold to meet the emperor, he said without looking back, "Since I didn't promise you, naturally I won't vote for any other master...... As I said, a lifetime of diligence has been used up in Emperor Yan! ”

Seeing that Yue Xiaosi slammed the door after saying this, he strode in front of him, his face was full of rebelliousness, and the emperor couldn't help but think of the more Qianqiu who had always been in front of him, no big or small, and did his own thing. If he didn't know that these two people were definitely not biological father and son, he would almost feel that the two of them were carved out of the same mold!

The sound of Chen Wuliang whispering to comfort the twelve princesses and sending people out came from outside, and the emperor took advantage of this short gap to adjust his mood. However, what surprised him was that before he could think about how to speak, it was Yue Xiaosi who said it before him.

"When the emperor praised me for being a young man, I still remember it. When I ran away from home and got married, I was actually holding back my strength, thinking that a lifeless place like Jinling was boring, so I wanted to go out and have a career. In the end, I was able to get to where I am now, in fact, most of it is luck, not that I really have any ability to go to heaven and earth. ”

Yue Xiaosi suddenly raised his voice: "But the biggest luck in my life is not that I once became a green forest bandit wanted by Emperor Beiyan, nor did I become the king of Lanling County in Beiyan, but I married Ping'an!" It's a pity that she was born sick and weak, and then she lost her mother early, and she didn't even have a decent title, but after knowing my origin, she was willing to leave her home and country and return to the Yue family! ”

The emperor looked at Yue Xiaosi, who had completely exploded all of a sudden, and after seeing that after the person finished speaking, he sat down cross-legged directly, and he sighed and said, "What do you mean by this?" Think that after sending an evil fire to me, you will be able to give your daughter-in-law an errand when you go back? ”

"No, I can't deal with her side." Yue Xiaosi smiled bitterly, then lowered his head and said, "Moreover, I quarreled with my father and found out that I thought I had a plan and sent Liu Jingxuan and Dai Jinglan back, but I almost broke into a catastrophe. If it weren't for luck, I wouldn't have had the face to come back this time. Since it was such a big mistake, I don't want to go back to Jinling. ”

The emperor's eyes suddenly turned sharp: "What do you want to say?" ”

Yue Xiaosi supported the ground with his hands, and changed from sitting cross-legged to kneeling: "Please also ask the emperor to allow me to take my wife and children out of Jinling City." ”

"Now that everyone in Jinling City knows that your wife is my daughter, where do you want to abduct her?" Without waiting for Yue Xiaosi to continue, the emperor asked again, "As for your little daughter Nuo Nuo, it's just that, is it possible that the wife and children you just talked about include Qianqiu?" ”

Yue Xiaosi was silent, but from his silent attitude, the emperor still came to a positive answer, and suddenly said with a blue face: "Don't be delusional, want to go away and fly high?" Dream! There are no doors! Yue Xiang doesn't know how much he sighed behind his back, how much he, now that you have retired, go back and do your filial piety! ”

"As for your daughter-in-law, since I have spread the word in Jinling that she is my daughter, even if she does not accept the princess canonization, I will not repay the debt, but if my children have, they will naturally not be missing her and yours. It's Shiro, and he will treat her as a sister. You don't have the name of a colt anyway, you love to be an official, and if you don't want to do it, you will continue to be idle, I won't force you! ”

"However, Chiaki is Chiaki! He has never taken a wrong step because of his background, and I naturally will not treat him badly because of his confusing background. I'm not afraid to tell you the truth, although the person who saved him in the fire back then has been determined to be Xiao Lele, but the fire is not more than the other, don't suspect your father! ”

Yue Xiaosi didn't expect the emperor to be able to explain himself so thoroughly, and after a slight hesitation, he turned his heart sideways and asked bluntly: "I heard Qianqiu say, Your Majesty, you didn't know that the woman who had a spring breeze was Xiao Lele, the Empress of Wenwu in Northern Yan, since it wasn't my father's fire, then it shouldn't be the emperor, so who else in this world can do such a thing?" ”

"You know, before his death, the Emperor of Northern Yan insisted that he thoroughly investigated all suspicious people, but there was no such person in Northern Yan. In that case, if it's not them and it's not you, then who else? ”

After a long time, Yue Xiaosi, who had been staring at the emperor, finally waited for a less certain answer.

"It's been a long time, and there were only two people, Xiao Lele and Qianqiu, I have no evidence, so it's just pure speculation. Maybe...... The fire was set by Xiao Lele himself. Her depression and inability to heal it is not a suspicion, but a fact. But as for the evidence, no, and why, I don't know. ”

Chen Wuliang, who happened to send the twelve princesses away and returned to the door as a guard, happened to hear the last half of the words, and only felt a chill in the tail vertebrae. Although Yue Xiaosi's unconvinced refutation soon came from the room, he savored an incident that had happened over the years, and finally came to a conclusion that made his heart palpitate.

Perhaps, this is true......

He shook his head and drove all the reverie out of his mind, but because it was so close, even if he didn't want to hear it, the sound of the room kept pouring into his ears. When he heard Yue Xiaosi ask the emperor if he planned to marry the twelve princesses to Yue Qianqiu, he only felt that his heart hung again, but the emperor's answer made him breathe a sigh of relief.

"Chiaki deserves better! If the princess does not have a national hatred, she is too shallow, and if she has a national hatred, she is too gloomy to be worthy of him. Shiro's marriage is a major event of the country, and I will pick out a few suitable candidates for him, and he will personally observe and circle them, so as not to become a resentful couple like me in the future. As for Qianqiu, he has the same temperament as you, I and Yue Xiang have said that the elders should not be more than the other, and follow his own heart! ”