Chapter 68: Political Marriage
Yeluhan was very embarrassed and said to Gao Huan: "The princess's archery skills are indeed amazing, and if the eagle owl is shot down, we can't compare, hahaha." Gao Huan looked depressed, thinking to himself that this is a little bit like this, just to show me that she is better than me? Men don't like women who are strong and stronger than themselves, and this can stress them.
Suddenly, with an exclamation, the graceful princess ran towards Gao Huan and them with a scream, and fell to the ground after just a few steps. Gao Huan and Yelu Han hurriedly stepped forward to check the situation.
It turned out that when the graceful eagle went to pick up the eagle, there was still a poisonous snake lurking in the grass, the princess just got off the horse and bent over, and the poisonous snake wanted to be on her finger, the princess immediately screamed, and the flower messenger behind her, Maitreya Tuoba, stepped forward and pulled out a knife to kill the poisonous snake, but what should the princess do if she was poisoned.
Gao Huan didn't say a word, got off the horse and ran to the side of the princess who was with tears in her eyes, and reached out to pull her fingers to check the injury, when he was a child, he was also bitten by a snake when he touched the river shrimp in the countryside, and he had experience in dealing with this kind of wound.
The Tuoba boy on the side said angrily in a soft voice: "What are you going to do? Let go of the princess and let me come. It's like pushing Gao Huan away, Gao Huan shouted angrily: "She hasn't been poisoned yet, it's still too late to deal with it, what kind of mess are you making?" Tuoba was stunned, and Yelu Han stepped forward to explain to everyone that this Gao Huan understands medical skills. In fact, the university and modern medical knowledge allow Gao Huan, even if he is not a professional doctor, to deal with some emergency medical accidents simply, but he didn't have the opportunity to show it before, so everyone didn't know, and now it's only been three days since he came to the grassland, Gao Huan has changed from a veterinarian to an emergency doctor, and has begun to save people.
Looking at the graceful princess who was about to cry with a sad face, Gao Huan secretly said in his heart: Let you still pretend to be forced. Now it's all right. Turning around and taking one of the ribbons on the arrow feathers of the princess's quiver, and then tying it tightly above the wound on her bitten finger, Gao Huan held the princess's soft but slightly cold little hand in his hand, and suddenly felt pity in his heart.
The princess looked at this handsome man with wide and warm hands who was bowing his head to take drugs from his wounds, and her heart was inexplicably moved, no one had ever treated her like this, and no young man had ever touched her hand.
I saw that Gao Huan finished sucking the venom, turned his head to Yelu Han and said, "Give me the kettle, and by the way, find me a clean strip of cloth to bandage the wound." β
Gao Huan cleaned her curvaceous wound as carefully and gently as possible, then tied a strip of cloth to her with a slight movement, got up and said to her: "The wound is treated, try not to move your fingers, rush back to the big tent and let people get some coptis to make soup and drink." Then he turned to Jeruhan and said, "Translate for her." He turned around and left.
The flower messengers carefully helped the graceful princess to her horse, and then hugged her back to the big tent. Along the way, the princess kept looking back at the backs of Gao Huan and Yelu Han who were gradually moving away, and there was a feeling in her heart that she had never felt before, which made her both love and hate Gao Huan.
After everyone left, Gao Huan and Yelu Han had a very happy time, Gao Huan, who had not given himself a holiday for a long time, was in a very comfortable mood looking at the scenery in front of him at this time, and traveling was indeed a good way to relax and adjust for people who have been under pressure and tension for a long time.
The two of them were eating the meat of the hare that Yeluhan had hunted by the campfire, and drinking the goat's milk wine brought from home.
A horse came running in the distance and came towards the two of them, it turned out that Khan Yu Jiulu wanted to meet Gao Huan because he had saved his precious daughter's life.
In the dead of night, in the tent where Gao Huan and them were resting, Sun Tengzhi waited for the idle people, and asked softly: "Lord, what do you think of this graceful princess?" "Is it possible to propose marriage?
"It's not good, I'm not interested in her, if you propose marriage, you will set the object to my brother Gao Chen, he is two years old, I think it is quite suitable." It seems that Gao Huan is really not interested in this cute girl who is as beautiful as a fairy in the eyes of ordinary people. Maybe it's because of the age difference of sixteen years, he always feels that this curvaceous princess is too naΓ―ve and too willful, and he can't tell how messy the family will be when he marries back as a wife, and the most important thing is that he still doesn't understand the language with the two and can't communicate emotions.
"But I see that this princess looks at you differently than ordinary people, especially after you saved her today, I think she likes you a little more?" Sun Teng looked at Gao Huan with a deep smile on his face.
"Hehe, second brother, I can't even talk well, and the communication is like a deaf and dumb person, you actually said that she would like me?" Gao Huan thinks that Sun Teng didn't drink too much wine at dinner, and now he is talking drunk.
"Alas, my eyes can't be wrong, if you don't believe it, just wait and see." Sun Teng said to Gao Huan with a confident face: "I guess you can't push off this marriage." β
On the other side, in the tent of the graceful princess, the mother Yu Jiu Ritsu sat on the carpet and asked gently, "Daughter, how are you feeling now?" β
Just after drinking Coptis water, the curvaceous princess who was bitter and full of Coptis flavor didn't want to speak at this time. Squinting and ignoring her questioning. This Yujiu Ritsu was her mother's maid, and his mother died when she was very young, and then her father married this maid as his wife, and she was always not angry with her.
This is Yu Jiulu who opened the curtain and came in to visit the graceful princess, and said to everyone: "You all go down, I have something to say to the princess." All the servants and maids bowed and withdrew, and even the stepmother left. Only father and daughter were left in the tent.
Yu Jiulu stepped forward and scolded distressedly: "Don't let you run around usually, you have to listen, you don't look like a princess at all." Now I was bitten by a snake, so I know it hurts. β
The curvaceous princess sighed and said, "Abba, are you here to teach?" I'm like this now, and you don't care about me at all. β
Yu Jiulu shook his head with a wry smile and said, "Abba is just your daughter, who do I hurt if I don't hurt you?" Then he sat down beside the princess and continued: "You are also not young, you are always so crazy and ignorant of human feelings, what will you do if Abba is gone that day?" β
Princess Curvaceous suddenly opened her eyes and asked angrily, "Abba, are you going to leave me?" You don't want me anymore? β
"Silly girl, it's not that Abba doesn't want you, it's that Abba is getting old, and I'm afraid I can't take care of you anymore." Yu Jiulu looked at his daughter distressedly, in this era, it is not uncommon for the annexation and dumping of various tribes within Rouran to raise their knives, although Yu Jiulu now holds the ruling power of Rouran, but it does not mean that the people below obey him, there are always a few thorny chiefs who do not listen to his command.
"You also saw that Xianbei Gao Huan and Guanzhong Yuwentai both sent people to ask me for marriage, although that Gao Huan sent Sun Tenglai to only talk about the alliance, but my father understands in his heart that their purpose is to marry us in order to achieve their political goals, so I need to choose a reliable husband between the two for you."
The curvaceous princess opened her mouth wide in surprise, and said a little incredulously: "Abba, are you going to marry me to the Central Plains?" β
Yu Jiulu nodded helplessly, this may be ruthless to the princess, but it is a price that must be paid for the entire Rouran, everything is for the people of the tribe to survive safely.
"I don't, I won't leave you, and I won't leave here!" The princess categorically refused.
"Silly boy, Abba is willing to do this, but this is God's will. You have to understand that the price of being the child of a nobleman is a victim of a political marriage. For the sake of the people of the whole tribe, you have no choice. Yu Jiulu was also very painful in his heart, but sooner or later this day would come, so it was better to give Grace a clear understanding as soon as possible, so that she could be mentally prepared.
"I said I won't marry, Abba, please don't force me." The curvaceous princess blushed and stared at Yu Jiulu with tears in the corners of her eyes.
"It's up to you!" Yu Jiulu's patience finally ran out, he had paid so much for the survival of the entire tribe, and finally had today's situation, and now he had to worry about his daughter's marriage, all of which made him feel helpless and helpless, as a father he didn't want his daughter to leave him, but as a leader of a nation, he had no choice but to send his daughter away.
So he stood up and gave an ultimatum to Princess Graceful: "You must choose one between Yuwentai and Gao Huan, and you can do it yourself." β
"Abba, if you must force me, then I can only die, so that my soul will always stay in the grassland and belong to Rouran forever." The sixteen-year-old graceful princess also stubbornly adhered to her principles and refused to give up an inch of land.
"You...... You don't listen to me! "Yu Jiulu is angry, this daughter is not considerate of her father's heart at all, do you think I am willing to do this. Yu Jiulu thought to himself. Turning to the door, he shouted, "Someone! "Two samurai and two maids came in the tent.
Yu Jiulu said menacingly: "From today onwards, you will look at the princess inch by inch, and you will not let her go anywhere without my order." If you dare to let her out without permission, I will not spare her. Ignoring the loud cries and cries of the graceful princess, she left the tent without looking back.
Sun Teng went to woo Yu Jiulu Khan the next day, saying that Gao Huan's younger brother Gao Chen was a talented and good-looking person, and he was not married, and he hoped that the king could marry the princess to Gao Chen for the sincerity of the cooperation between the two families, so as to deepen the relationship between the Northern Wei Dynasty and Rouran.
The leaders of Rouran have all risen up to oppose it, now that Rouran is strong and the Northern Wei Dynasty is weak, how can the princess marry Gao Chen? Yu Jiulu accepted Sun Teng's proposal against public opinion, but the marriage partner must be Gao Huan himself, and he will not let his daughter marry Gao Huan's younger brother.
Yu Jiulu did this for political purposes, and it was a completely different ending to be a son-in-law with Gao Huan than to marry Gao Huan. The powerful nomads in the north have seriously threatened the living space of Rouran, and the temporary strength is only a strong external force, and they no longer have much strength to meet the powerful enemy of the north and the south, and now only by making peace with the Han people in the south and obtaining their food and economic support can it be possible to resist the invasion of the northern barbarians.
When Sun Teng brought the news back and told Gao Huan, Gao Huan himself was stupid, he felt that Yu Jiulu was too unreliable. "How could someone completely ignore their daughter's happiness and arbitrarily point to marriage?" Gao Huan complained very depressedly.
"I don't think he's marrying indiscriminately, but a decision he made a long time ago after careful consideration." Sun Teng said thoughtfully.
"How did the second brother see it?" Gao Huan looked incredulous and waited for Sun Teng's explanation.
"Yuwentai's envoy came a few days earlier than us, but they have not been seen since we came, it can be seen that Yu Jiulu has rejected Yuwentai, the reason is very simple, our strength is stronger than Yuwentai, he can only choose us. Another one he chose you as his son-in-law is also quite considerate, he can find a random clan woman Gao Chen, but he doesn't, but he must marry his sixteen-year-old daughter to you, this move is definitely scrutinized. Sun Teng inscrutable the real thing.
"Old fox, you two are old foxes!" Gao Huan scolded very dissatisfied, and suddenly he remembered something, and immediately asked Sun Teng: "Does the princess know about this?" What is her attitude? β
"As far as I know, the princess should have known about this for a long time, didn't you see that princess who was crazy all day today?" Sun Teng felt that he was now a race Zhuge and was simply a god operator.
"She's just a little younger, and she doesn't understand the world, people don't call it crazy, it's called innocence." Gao Huan began to defend her. The so-called love of beauty everyone has a heart, although Gao Huan may have other ideas about curvaceousness, but maintaining the heart of a beautiful woman is the responsibility and obligation of every man. It doesn't matter if you're married or not. (The author was beaten by a female readership)