Chapter 242: The Southern Barbarian Mission
"It's too late for the main hall! Your Majesty, don't be surprised! ”
The smiling man's voice echoed above the hall, and everyone followed the prestige, only to see a man in gorgeous clothes coming in from outside, his face was extremely handsome and gentle, but only Zhao Yuan and other people guarding the border knew how powerful this person in front of him was.
Mu Yao only glanced at him, and said lightly: "The prince laughed, how can I be such a person who doesn't know how to be polite." ”
The implication is that it is alluding to Da Yuanzhong's presumptuousness.
Da Yuanzhong is not a stupid person, how could he not hear the meaning of his words, and said with a smile: "Your Majesty is tolerant, but the royal sister in the main hall has been tired all the way to the pavilion and fell asleep, and the general will wake up, which delays the time for the banquet." ”
The pavilion is a place for envoys from various countries to stay.
"Su asked the prestige of the monarch of the Great Yue Kingdom, presumably he would not bother with this princess for these trivial things."
The voice is crisp and pleasant, but it is unbridled and presumptuous, and people can't help but want to find out who the speaker is.
A woman is hunting in red, with high hair and delicate eyebrows, although she is not as skinny as a woman in the Dayue Dynasty, but she looks at it with a bit of heroism. She had a string of silver bells tied to her ankles, which jingled as she walked.
Everyone present looked at this exotic princess, but Gu Jiuge's gaze stayed on the whip coiled around her waist, it seemed that this princess was somewhat consistent with the legend.
Da Yuanyun walked to the center of the hall and stood still, and saluted like Mu Yao according to the rules of the Southern Barbarians.
"The crown princess, please take a seat." Mu Yao said lightly, scheming with these juniors has lost his identity in vain.
The two brothers and sisters of Da Yuan Zhong sat down, and after three rounds of drinking, Da Yuan Zhong got up to toast Mu Yao, and at the same time explained the intention of coming this time.
Mu Yao's brows furrowed slightly, and he asked, "So, does the Southern Barbarian King want to use the method of marriage to protect the good of the two countries in Vietnam and Barbarians for a hundred years?" ”
"Not bad! The two countries are at war, and the people are most harmed, and seeing those people displaced and their families ruined, my father really can't bear it, and I think that Your Majesty should think like my father. That's why my father sent the palace to discuss this matter with His Majesty. ”
Mu Yao thought carefully for a moment when he heard this, since ancient times, marriage is indeed a good way to maintain diplomatic relations between the two countries. But among his sons, only the crown prince Xuanqing and Xuanlang have not yet been selected for concubines, if one of the two of them marries the princess of Nanban, in the future, he will have a vicious mind and use the hands of his relatives to deal with himself, wouldn't it be a tiger for trouble?
But Xuanyue has already promised Zhao Qianqian, if you want the Zhao family to give in, I'm afraid it's impossible.
Thinking of this, Mu Yao couldn't help but have a little headache.
"I don't know how many sons the Southern Barbarian King has taken a fancy to me?" Mu Yao looked at Da Yuanzhong and asked.
Da Yuan Zhong was silent when he heard this, but turned to Da Yuan Yun and said, "Yun'er, say it yourself." ”
"Your Majesty." Da Yuanyun got up and walked to the center of the main hall, looked around, and paused for a moment in his gaze, and then looked at Mu Yao, and said in a loud voice: "This princess is fortunate to have seen His Royal Highness King Liang on the battlefield, and since then, she has not been married. In this marriage, the son-in-law chosen by the father is His Royal Highness King Liang of the Dayue Dynasty. ”
As soon as this remark came out, the audience was in an uproar.
Gu Jiu's movements paused slightly, but there was no change in the expression on his face.
"This king already has a princess, I'm afraid I'm going to disappoint the princess." Mu Liang replied in a deep voice.
Hearing this, Da Yuanyun walked to him, lifted his skirt, sat down beside him, put his little hand on his arm, and said softly: "King Liang's wedding, why hasn't this princess heard of it?" ”
Mu Liang got up, took two steps back, and said calmly: "Although the marriage date has not been decided, the will to marry has already been announced to the world. ”
Hearing this, Da Yuanyun immediately got up, leaned over again, and said with a smile: "Since you haven't passed the door yet, you won't count." If the prince really likes that woman, after the princess marries in, it is okay to bring her in as a concubine. The prince can rest assured, this princess is definitely not such a jealous and vicious person. ”
Everyone swallowed a mouthful of saliva when they heard this, in the end, it was a woman raised in the land of the Southern Barbarians, and she was really vulgar, and in front of so many people, she actually talked about her marriage.
"I disappointed the princess, but it's a pity that this princess will never be a concubine." Gu Jiuge shook the wine glass in his hand lightly and said with a chuckle.
Da Yuanyun turned his head sharply when he heard this, and the atmosphere above the main hall instantly became tense.
"Or, if the princess doesn't mind, this princess can consider letting the prince welcome you into the palace as a concubine." Gu Jiu Ge continued, not caring at all about Da Yuanyun's already extremely ugly face.
When Mu Liang saw this scene, the corners of his mouth couldn't help but rise, Gu Jiuge had never admitted his identity as Princess Liang so generously in front of people.
Da Yuanyun gritted her teeth and creaked, she has always been pampered, and whatever she likes, even if she uses all means, she must get it. Not to mention, Gu Jiuge now dared to humiliate her in public!
She suddenly pulled out the whip on her waist and swung it towards Gu Jiuge.
It all happened so suddenly, and the crowd didn't react at all.
Gu Jiuge leaned back slightly, and the tail of the whip landed on the wine glass in her hand. In an instant, fragments and liquor flew one after another, splashing Gu Jiuge's face, and her hand was also cut by broken porcelain, oozing blood.
But even in the face of such a thrilling scene, Gu Jiuge's face was still calm and terrifying, as if nothing had happened.
"You're not afraid?" Da Yuanyun was also a little surprised, looked at Gu Jiuge and gritted his teeth and asked.
Although she didn't want to take Gu Jiuge's life just now, that whip was definitely full of strength, if she couldn't dodge, that whip would definitely fall on her face, making her skin open!
But she didn't expect Gu Jiuge to be so calm.
Gu Jiuge took the handkerchief handed by Huiqiu, wiped the blood on his hands and the wine splashed on his face, and said lightly: "If this princess is afraid now, and the princess will become a concubine in the future, won't I, the housewife, be able to control you?" ”
As soon as these words came out, everyone couldn't help laughing, and secretly admired in their hearts, in the end, it was the woman that Mu Liang fancied, and it was really not comparable to ordinary women. No matter how arrogant Da Yuanyun is and bullied, he is afraid that he will not be able to take advantage of Gu Jiu's singers.
"What nonsense are you talking about! Who told you that your father-in-law is a concubine! This princess has a noble status, what are you, you dare to compare with me! Da Yuanyun's face turned red with annoyance, and he pointed at Gu Jiuge and shouted angrily.
Mu Liang grabbed her arm and warned coldly: "If you dare to hurt her again, the horseshoe of the Great Yue Dynasty will set foot on the land of Nanban tomorrow." ”
The coldness in the man's eyes was so terrifying that people couldn't help but shudder, and they didn't dare to look at him directly.
Da Yuanyun has never suffered such a grievance since he was a child, so naturally he couldn't swallow this breath, and said fiercely: "When the marriage between the two countries depends on the meaning of a woman!" Could it be that your entire Dayue Dynasty has to listen to this woman? ”
After that, she turned to Mu Yao and asked, "Your Majesty! The princess has already brought the princess with her father's will, and as for what to do with it, it depends on your majesty's will. It's just a marriage that can save the two countries from going to war, do you really want to put our whole Nanban and embarrassment because of a woman? ”
These words put Mu Yao in a dilemma.
"The princess is angry, I am just the daughter of a courtier, and it is naturally my turn to worry about national affairs. But the bad thing is that the princess's chosen colt happens to be my husband, so I can't ignore it. Gu Jiuge took over the conversation, this matter was originally caused by her, so naturally she couldn't let Da Yuanyun embarrass Mu Yao.
What's more, if she can't even keep her husband, then what else can she do!
Mu Liang was treating her wounds, and suddenly heard her mouth say the word husband, and her originally gloomy and serious face suddenly smiled, and there was happiness hidden between her eyebrows and eyes.
Everyone couldn't help but feel embarrassed when they saw this, but they had long been used to this situation.
"Since you know that you are just the daughter of a courtier, you should no longer meddle in the affairs of diplomatic relations between the two countries, if because the two countries you have harmed have become enemies, and the war is fought again, and the people are displaced, and the people are not able to make a living, then you are a sinner for the ages!" Da Yuanyun glanced at Gu Jiuge fiercely, only to think that this woman was too beautiful, so beautiful that it was dazzling.
"Don't embarrass Your Majesty, the princess, only I can decide the marriage of His Royal Highness King Liang. What's more, if the Nanban were to go to war with our country so easily, then your sincerity in seeking peace would not be so great. Gu Jiuge's tone was three points colder, and he became serious.
This woman, when she is serious, really makes people dare not disobey and resist.
"Joke! Could it be that His Royal Highness King Liang is such a useless person, who wants to marry a wife and take a concubine and ask a woman's opinion? Da Yuanyun gritted his teeth and asked.
If there is a man in the world who doesn't want to lose face, she doesn't believe it, she can bear it with pride like Mu Liang!
"What the princess said is very true, she is the princess, everything in the Liang Wangfu is under her control, and this king is naturally under her control." Mu Liang said lightly.
Compared with Gu Jiuge, what kind of man has dignity in face, he doesn't know what it is at all.
Da Yuanyun was stunned and forced by the two of them to say nothing, he was so angry that he trembled, and his hand holding the whip couldn't help but tighten for three points, as if he might shoot at any time.
As if seeing her intentions, Gu Jiuge tilted his head and chuckled: "If the princess dares to act rashly on the main hall again, I am afraid that she will alarm the Praetorian Guards in the palace." ”
Da Yuan Zhong, who had been silent for a long time, held down Da Yuan Yun when he heard this, he knew that Gu Jiu Ge was definitely not an ordinary woman, and it was not easy to deal with.
"Your Majesty, don't blame, my royal sister has always been spoiled. It's just that my father has already identified His Royal Highness King Liang as the candidate for this marriage, and I hope Your Majesty will give more consideration to this matter. After all, peace between the two countries is at stake. Da Yuanzhong arched his hand, and although his tone sounded respectful, his words were still full of threats.