Chapter 22: Survival in the Cracks

The State of Yuan is a small country located in the northwest of Puguo, surrounded by three large countries.

These three great powers are: North Snow Country to the west, Tiger Country to the north, and Pu Country to the east and south.

Yuan Guoguo has existed for thousands of years because he has always remained neutral, but he married with the Three Kingdoms.

It means that these three countries are all his relatives, and if you don't look at the face of the Buddha, you have to look at the face of the ancestors, and no country can find a reason to use force to swallow it.

Even if you want to use it for your own use, the three parties can contain each other's fighting methods, and no one will allow anyone to eat alone, so it can survive in the cracks.

But in the generation of King Yuan Wei, something happened.

King Yuan Wei gave birth to only two children, a boy and a girl.

Although he tried hard and worked hard, and his wives and concubines were in groups, he still couldn't create more people.

In this way, there was a loophole in his three-way marriage, and one party could not take care of it.

However, he has a bright mind and will pick and let the prince marry the princess of Puguo.

Puguo is the most powerful and has its backing, and the other two countries dare not touch it for the time being.

As for whether the county lord will marry to the Tiger Country or the Northern Snow Country, he has been hesitant, so he sent the little her to the capital of Puguo to stay, which is equivalent to studying there, and wants to wait for her to make a decision when she becomes an adult.

Seeing that the Lotus County Lord has finally grown up.

Suddenly, the prince fell ill and died violently, leaving no heirs.

At this moment, the lord of Lotus County became the first heir in line to the throne, and he will become the queen of the future Yuan Kingdom, and will also become the first queen of the Yuan Kingdom.

The Northern Snow Country and the Tiger Country rushed up, rushing to marry the Lotus County Lord.

The interests involved in this kind of multiple-choice question are too great, and the armies of the Northern Snow Kingdom and the Tiger Kingdom are also ready to move, forcing King Yuan Wei to make a decision, and the western and northern borders of the Yuan Kingdom are therefore in an emergency.

King Yuan Wei didn't want to fight, he didn't have any ambitions, he just wanted his people to live and work in peace and contentment in an independent small world, according to their own traditional customs.

He thought about it and thought that no matter whether he chose the Northern Snow Country or the Tiger Country, these two countries were belligerent, often clashed with each other, and would inevitably drag their own countries into the war, so no one could choose.

Only by attaching to Puguo can war be avoided.

Pu is a big country, the land is twice the size of the North Snow Country and the Tiger Country combined, and the country is strong, and the North Snow Country and the Tiger Country dare not take offense easily.

He decided to rely on tribute to obtain the protection of Puguo, take the lord of Lotus back to Yuan, and recruit a door-to-door horse in his country to continue the heir.

The reason why he didn't want to use marriage to maintain a close relationship with Puguo was because the four princes of Puguo all had a main house, and none of them were marriageable.

He was about to visit Puguo, and Emperor Puxuan also sent him an invitation, and the two hit it off, and he soon came to the capital.

He expressed his loyalty to Pu Xuan Huang and expressed his willingness to pay tribute in order to seek the blessing of Pu and help him clear the threat of the Northern Snow Kingdom and the Tiger Kingdom.

Emperor Pu Xuan said that the best way to be loyal to each other is to form a family.

This came as a surprise to King Yuan Wei.

Emperor Pu Xuan explained that although the crown prince has the princess of the main family, it is not in the way, the princess is only the granddaughter of Prime Minister Liu Cheng, and her status is much lower than that of the lord of Lotus County, and she can't control the lord of Lotus County. In this way, she is actually equivalent to being above the main concubine, only a nominal side concubine.

If the crown prince ascends the throne in the future, the position of the queen will also be arranged according to dignity and inferiority, and it must be the lord of Lotus County, and the queen must be her.

The implication of this is that in the future, the grandson of Emperor Puxuan will be the monarch of Yuan State, and the Lord of Lotus County is equivalent to a hostage and will remain in Pu Kingdom forever.

King Yuan Wei thus understood that Emperor Pu Xuan was also salivating for his country, and he was by no means as benevolent as he appeared.

He didn't dare to oppose it immediately, so he could only prevaricate with his own worries, saying that the county lord was stubborn since he was a child, and he was very assertive, and he might not be able to understand our kindness, and he had to go back to do her ideological work, so he asked the emperor to give him some time.

Emperor Pu Xuan did not seem to allow him to have any other choice, saying that as long as the county lord had no opinion, I would prepare to issue an edict.

He left with a heavy heart.

The person who was eavesdropping on the secret conversation outside only heard a rough idea, and the ears of the crown princess and the prince were that the emperor was preparing to give marriage.

King Yuan Wei thought about it carefully, Emperor Puxuan wanted to use his imperial grandson to control the Yuan Kingdom, couldn't he do the opposite - use his daughter to control the Yuan Kingdom?

What if his own grandson becomes the monarch of Puguo? Doesn't that mean that the monarch of Yuan and the monarch of Pu are brothers of the same father and mother?

Then in the future, won't Pu Guo and Yuan Guo both be the lords of Lotus County?

Therefore, it was not impossible for her to marry the prince, so he urged the county lord to accept this marriage.

But the county lord is not so easy to control, she is resolutely unwilling to marry someone she doesn't like, let alone just being someone's side room.

Even if it was just a nominal side room, she wasn't happy.

She almost grew up with the prince, studied together, practiced martial arts together, and knew the prince too well.

This prince is not right-minded, and he is attentive, and his heart is inconsistent, and he will live like a year if he stays with this kind of person.

"You have to get married sooner or later, don't mention the Tiger Country and the Northern Snow Country, only the Pu Country. You yourself say, besides the crown prince, is there a more suitable candidate? King Yuan Wei asked.

"Of course there is, can't Banyue?!"

"Don't mention him again! He is just a civilian, and now he has caused a big case, it is a matter of time before he falls, if you marry him, it will be the humiliation of our Yuan Kingdom! ”

"Okay, then I won't marry anyone, I will guard the Yuan country for the rest of my life, and I will marry my own country!" The Lotus County Lord said stubbornly.

King Yuan Wei glared at her, since Emperor Pu Xuanhuang beat her idea, it was impossible to let her go, if she insisted on leaving, it would be tantamount to offending Emperor Pu Xuanhuang.

Then Emperor Pu Xuan may let the Northern Snow Kingdom and the Tiger Kingdom cause trouble for him, sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight, and when he is exhausted, he will send troops to garrison Yuan State in one fell swoop, then Yuan State will become a vassal state of Pu State, and it will be difficult to maintain complete independence.

"As the head of a country, you can't live for your likes and dislikes, you can only live for your subjects, don't you understand it yet?!"

Lianhua shouted disregardlessly: "I am not happy to let me marry the crown prince, and let me be a side concubine, I feel a great shame!" If I don't marry, I won't marry! ”

"Presumptuous!" King Yuan Wei was anxious.

This daughter, she never thought that she would be allowed to inherit the throne, she has been pampered since she was a child, how can she understand the truth of being a king?

With her impulsive and willful personality, wouldn't Yuan Guo inevitably perish?

Thinking of his son's early death, his weak body, and his rapid fire, he felt a cramping pain in his chest, and a mouthful of blood spurted out.

"Father!" This frightened the lotus and hurriedly shouted, "Someone! ”

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After the imperial doctor saw King Yuan Wei, he sighed and left.

Lotus came out and asked anxiously, "Is the king okay?" ”

"I'm afraid time is running out—"

Before he could finish speaking, a sword was already aimed at him, and Lotus said angrily, "Nonsense! You're clearly a quack. ”

The imperial doctor was so frightened that he knelt down: "The county lord spares his life." The king is a heart disease, and the prince's illness has the same root. There really can't be anything you can do. ”

"Let's go." Lotus retracted the sword, this is the most famous imperial doctor in the Yuan Kingdom, several generations have been loyal, it is impossible to lie, and he only blames himself for not being angry with his father.