"Brother Dan doesn't have a mother, so I'll be Brother Dan's mother......" said Xiao Min, who is only four or five years old.

"What? You little girl? I'm going to ......."

"Huh! I want to take care of you like I take care of Xiao Huang," Xiao Min raised the rag doll in his hand.

Sima Dan's memories flew.

"Uncle, do you know?" Shenmu asked Sima Dan again.

"Yes, in the future, your father will talk to you through your uncle, and I will tell you whatever he says." Sima Dan patted his head.

Shenmu was surprised and delighted: "Really? ”

Sima Dan touched Shenmu's face: "He...... He left this world in my arms, so only I could hear his voice, King, don't you say? ”

Carodo also laughed, "Well, I didn't lie to you, did I?" You'll love this uncle. ”

Sima Dan's face also turned gloomy: "Shenmu, you go outside first to find an uncle named Long Er, I have something to talk about with the king here." ”

Carodo also nodded to Shenmu and asked him to go outside the room.

"What do you mean, my lord?"

"I met the prince in the meditation room, because here we can talk about the affairs of our two countries in the most sincere way."

"So you're going to use the Divine Wood as a bargaining weapon for you and me?"

"Taji's wife is going to marry his brother, but this child will be an orphan with no one to protect him, didn't you find out last night?"

"Damn, if I hadn't inquired, you wouldn't have brought him today!"

"It is his honor that he can be loyal to the country after his death!"

Sima Dan's eyes seemed to erupt with fire, "Say! What conditions do you want? ”

"If you really want to take the Shenmu away, you must put away your current arrogance, Prince, you are so wise and powerful that I have to threaten you with the Shenmu!"

"Your Majesty, you don't think I'll give up a city dweller because of a child, do you?"

"Prince, what I want is for Dayue City to pay tribute to me."

"Delusion! Then our newly built morale will disappear overnight, and we will not be able to defeat any enemy in the future. ”

"In this case, there will be no bloodshed, and the Rouran people will let me rule the Western Regions, how much blood do you think will be shed here if you don't surrender? I don't have a choice, or we're going to face the Rouran Iron Rider!"

"Taji says you're heroic."

"So I must protect my people, even in the most despicable way, the life of the Shenmu is in your hands, and if I were you, I would not have made such a decision for the sake of a child."

Sima Dan clenched his fists, now that the other party had admitted that he was despicable, any discussion of morality was already superfluous, and what he had to consider was the impact of this on the big moon castle shape.

Carodo pressed step by step: "How? Can't decide? As a leader, he is always faced with painful choices, there is no perfect thing, taking care of the love of brothers, and putting the lives and property of tens of millions of people in danger, and his own face, right? I want a dignified Jin prince to bow his knees to me, as a token, I also want you to hand over the Shang Fang sword of the Jin Kingdom, so that if you lose your trust, I can become famous, right? ”

Sima Dan sneered, if he handed over Shang Fang's sword, it was equivalent to handing over the identity of the crown prince, how could the Jin Kingdom set up a person who had bowed to others as the emperor? King Qiuzi wanted to use this as a threat, and he didn't dare to regret it. Even if he doesn't regret it, if he ascends to the throne of the emperor of the Jin Kingdom in this life, he will have a handle in the hands of others.

"Aren't you afraid that the price will be too high, would I rather have all the jade burned? Shenmu is just a child, not my relative. ”

"Taji saved your life, besides...... Even if you don't agree, I'm not afraid to see the truth on the battlefield, Shi Mit will definitely send troops to help me, since I have found the wolf's den, why don't you take out all the wolf cubs? ”

******

The surrender ceremony was simple and solemn, and the most important scene was when the envoy of Otsuki Castle knelt down to King Guizi on behalf of the lord of Otsuki Castle.

Zu Chong and Long Er were beside the platform and did not kneel, because they were in charge of guarding the platform.

As soon as Zu Zheng turned around and left, Long Er hurriedly pulled: "What are you doing?" ”

Zu Chong's eyes were filled with tears: "The lord humiliates the ministers and dies, I want to fight hard!" Let me go! ”

The corners of the dragon's forehead jumped suddenly, and he said in a deep voice: "Listen, the prince is not a man who can kneel to people, he never wants people to kneel to him!" When he first arrived in Beidaying, I knew he was a hero! There must be a reason for this! ”

"Humph! For a small child! For the sake of a child, do you ignore the decency of the Jin Kingdom? ”

"Would you give up the throne for the sake of a child? Why don't you see his loss? ”

"I ...... Woo......" Zu Chong cried: "Why did he do this...... How do we explain in Otsuki City? ”

"General...... he can do this for Shenmu, and he will do it for us...... For the sake of his people...... You have to be calm! ”

Zu Chong still can't accept a prince who bends his knees to the barbarians, maybe because Long Er grew up in the Xiongnu tribe since he was a child, and Long Er can't understand Zu Chong's mood.

Zu Chong walked away quietly.

******

When Sima Dan dragged Shenmu back to the barracks of the Shenjia Army, from everyone's eyes, he knew that he had lost the most important thing of a leader - prestige.

Sima Dan and his party returned to Dayue City lifelessly.

Otsuki Castle Royal Palace.

Xiao Min scolded angrily: "You are so reckless, now the morale of the shape you have worked so hard to build has disappeared!" ”

Sima Dan hung his head in frustration: "I have no choice, Carodo will definitely be unfavorable to Shenmu!" ”

"Shenmu Shenmu! What about the one qiē I made? You've never cherished what I've done for you! ”

"Xiao Min...... How can I not cherish it? Shenmu is too small...... I can't watch him die like this...... You don't know, when I saw him, I remembered when I was a child, and soon I remembered what you were like when you were a child......"

Xiao Min's heart also softened and sighed.

"I'll talk to Jiabao over there, she shouldn't say anything."

Xiao Min heard Sima Dan mention Jiabao again, and couldn't help but be angry again: "You mean I'm verbose, she's very considerate of you, isn't it?" ”

Sima Dan knew that he had said the wrong thing, so he didn't dare to say more, so he hurriedly shook his head.

Xiao Min was even more angry when he didn't speak: "What's the use of her not talking about you?" Now the people of the city have become suspicious of you, and what they kept saying at the beginning turned out to be the complete opposite, and many of the elders said that it was impossible for them to fight bloody battles again, how did they know that they would not suddenly betray the ruler. Don't you understand the truth that the people do not stand without faith? And those Jin people, you don't know what they think at all, the prince of Jin kneels to the king of Qiuzi! Do you know what they would think if they knew? ”

"I ...... I know...... Now this council of senators will definitely question, I will explain to the council of senators, as for kneeling, if I can hide it, I will not regret it. ”

Seeing that Sima Dan was still stubborn, Xiao Min was furious: "Really? Don't regret it? So my dad died in vain? You think our father and daughter are cheap, don't you? As the Jin people, since the Qin and Han dynasties, they have treated foreigners as dead pigs and dogs, can you imagine a person kneeling down to a dog? Will such people be embraced? You're going to give up the world, it's easy, just one word! Sima Dan! Count our father and daughter looking at the wrong person! ”

After Xiao Min finished speaking, he turned around and left, and Sima Dan hurriedly pulled.

"Let go of me!" Xiao Min shook it up hard, and slapped Sima Dan at the same time!

Both of them were stunned at this moment.

Xiao Min sighed: "Yes...... I'm sorry...... If...... If you still want to redeem it, have a round room with the queen tonight,"

Sima Dan was at a loss: "Round house? ”

Xiao Min is gone!

Sima Dan finally understood that this slap was because of the word "round house", in fact, Xiao Min had a plan in her heart, and she had to use Jiabao to stabilize the shape.

But her words did hurt her heart, for what Zhuge Sheng exchanged for his life, she seemed to be able to abandon it at any time, for Xiao Min, she sacrificed more, and even proposed the word "round house" for this, such two words are sharper than sharp arrows.

This slap was not wronged by itself.

Sima Dan's heart was also very painful, because he felt Xiao Min's feelings, if it wasn't for Long Er's timely appearance, he might have slapped himself again.

"I saw Xiao Min running away, and you provoked her again?"

She ...... She wants me and Garbo ...... Roundhouse. ”

"This ...... It's hard for Xiaomin...... What does the prince think? ”

Sima Dan did not speak.

"If the crown prince can have children with the queen, it will be of great benefit to the shape shì."

"What is the mood of the people now?"

They are all worried that the promise made by the prince in the past will not be fulfilled, some people are afraid that this will lead to nothing, and the most fatal thing is that the "saints" and "holy soldiers" may not be able to continue. ”

"Originally, I am not a saint, so I will immediately convene a senate meeting, and I will explain in public."

"Prince! Why don't you wait, after a while, everyone will find that the policy is still the same, and the people's hearts will be settled. ”

"Nope! We must make it clear to the patriarchs, even if they disagree. We can only get real support if we try to convince them. ”

******

Senate Conference Hall.

Sima Dan's position was in the front row of the circular seats, barely in the center, because directly opposite him was the door to the hall.

A small open space surrounded by circular seats, like the center stage of an amphitheater, stood another consul, the auspicious star.

The auspicious star is the background of today's meeting for the elders.

Then, Sima Dan stood up in his place and spoke:

"Distinguished senators, Archon and Her Majesty the Queen: Last night, I had a round house with Her Majesty the Queen!"

There was an uproar in the Senate, and the voices of ridicule, surprise, bitter laughter, and uncertainty poured towards Sima Dan like a tide, and Jiabao was ashamed and anxious, but his face turned red as if he was a little happy.

"Royal selflessness! I say this, I hope you don't be surprised, not to mention that I am the consul, and now Otsuki City is facing all kinds of dangers, since you have rumored that this marriage is a fake marriage, as an archon and queen, we must respond to this question head-on! ”

Jiabao's face completely confirmed Sima Dan's words, and she gently pulled her husband who was standing beside him, lowering her head and not daring to look at the others.

"As a prince, I know what responsibilities I have."