14. Jieyang's plan to strengthen the country
After the burial of the first king, Yu Yao fell apart, lazily lying on the bed and asking Ah Jing, who was packing up her things: "Ah Jing, today I saw several cars of people being pulled away, crying so badly, are they all the concubines of the first king?" Where are they being dragged to? ”
Ah Jing's eyes widened and she looked at Yu Yao in surprise and said, "Don't you know? Didn't you have this custom in the Central Plains? ”
Yu Yao shook her head and asked, "What custom?" ”
Ah Jing said, "Martyrdom." ”
Yu Yao opened her mouth wide in surprise, sat up, and asked, "Are the living martyred?" ”
Ah Jing looked at her incredulous face even more incredulous, "I remember that the Central Plains is also like this?" Don't you know? ”
She shook her head and kept her mouth shut. The evil feudal society is really terrible.
The princess's maid came in from outside and said, "Princess, please come and go." ”
Yu Yao glanced at Ah Jing, Ah Jing shrugged helplessly, followed Yu Yao, and walked towards the princess's room.
When a new king succeeds to the throne, he will shake the government and the opposition, and the people will be terrified, and they will not be able to live all day. The harem is even more turbulent, fighting openly and secretly. Yu Yao has been prepared in her heart, her principle is neither to compete for favor, nor to let others bully, she knows that if you want to survive in this harem, you can't rely on men alone, the most important thing is to have your own skills. This is the conclusion she came to after watching so many harem dramas.
Yu Yao is not stupid, now is the time for the new king to succeed to the throne, and it is also a battle for the throne, she will take all precautions and prepare to deal with the challenges that come her face.
When she came to Princess Jieyang's room, she sat calmly with her face, looked at Yu Yao who walked in the door, raised her chin, and motioned for her to sit down.
Yu Yao smiled politely and said, "Princess, two days ago, you worked hard about the death of the first king, and you were tired, are you feeling better now?" ”
Princess Jieyang smiled contemptuously and said, "You're worried." Today I am not here to listen to your flattery, but I have something to ask you. ”
Yu Yao smiled calmly, thinking: Wow, is it finally going to start?
After Princess Jieyang took a sip of tea, she slowly put down the teacup, and suddenly asked sharply: "Say!" Where the hell are you from? I don't think you've ever told the king about it, do you? ”
Yu Yao was in a trance by her question, why did she suddenly ask about her life? When she was in the palace, Yu Yao once said that she was from the Central Plains, and the princess didn't ask much, why did she start investigating this matter again?
But she still said politely: "Princess, I don't know why you suddenly asked about this, I am from the Central Plains, you know all these things." ”
Princess Jieyang said, "I've never heard you say it. To tell you the truth, when the Queen Mother asked about you today, I found out that I didn't know anything about your past, and I made a big red face in front of the Queen Mother. So, today you must explain to me your ins and outs. Otherwise, I'll let the spies investigate and see who you really are!" ”
Yu Yao snorted coldly in her heart, about my life experience, if you want to check it here, it is estimated that you can't find it: I, Yu Yao, gender female, blood type A, constellation Aries, graduated from L University, my biggest hobby is to be a dry rice person, my favorite food is hot pot, my favorite color is black, my favorite singer is Dong Chou, and the person I miss the most is Lin Xiangdi, the biggest dream in my life is to drive an off-road vehicle through the desert, but who would have thought that when I came to cross the desert as a tourist distraction, I would have to travel myself to the Tang Dynasty. Can you find any of these? If you can really find out, then please send me back to modern times, right? But these are secrets that cannot be told.
Regarding her life experience, Yu Yao had already made up a large number of statements in her heart and kept them in mind.
She smirked and said, "That's what happened." The princess wanted to hear it, so she just asked me earlier. I am from Ganzhou, Central Plains, do you know Ganzhou? The princess nodded slightly.
Yu Yao continued: "My brother is a business traveler who took me out to do business, but when I arrived in Wuci Country, I was taken by the red-eyed thief Liu Chao and deceived into the palace. My brother is nowhere to be found. ”
Princess Jieyang looked at Yu Yao calmly in front of her thoughtfully, and asked after thinking for a long time: "It has been more than 30 years since the Tang Dynasty issued an order prohibiting the people of the Central Plains from leaving the customs, how did you and your brother enter the customs?" ”
Yu Yao doesn't like to read history very much, and he has never heard of this period of history, after crossing here, he only knows that these small border countries are all controlled by the Tang Dynasty, but he doesn't know that there is still this one, and he is a little flustered. casually said nonsense: "The princess doesn't know anything, the world is difficult, and my brother and I entered the customs with the Persians." ”
Princess Jieyang asked, "Why are the Persians willing to take the risk of taking you out of the customs?" ”
She replied: "Princess, the Persians are full of business, and my brother and I set off from Ganzhou and sold 'fairy mirrors' all the way. At the exit point, we met a group of Persians who saw that our 'Fairy Mirror' was very popular and wanted to make a secret recipe, so we exchanged terms, they took us out of the customs, and we taught them how to make 'Fairy Mirror'"
Looking at Princess Jieyang's half-believing expression, Yu Yao sneered, and she was amused by this nonsense.
The princess thought she had been tricked, and angrily rebuked: "How dare you deceive me! ”
Yu Yao immediately held back a smile, opened her eyes wide, and said, "Princess, I didn't coax you. We really sell 'fairy mirrors', if you don't believe it, you can send someone to Cixian City to ask." ”
The personal maid standing behind the princess interjected: "I have heard of the 'fairy mirror' before, saying that it can make people thin, and many people rush to buy ......"
Before the words fell, the princess scolded angrily: "Shut up! When is your turn to speak! The maidservant who immediately stopped her mouth stuck out her tongue.
Yu Yao smiled and said, "That's exactly what she said." My brother and I came all the way to sell this. Princess, do you remember? We were in the market that day, and I seemed to see my brother in the crowd, so I was anxious to see if it was him. By the way, Yu Yao took advantage of this to bring back what happened in the market a few days ago.
Princess Jieyang couldn't tell the truth from the fake, so she sent Yu Yao away in a panic. After Yu Yao left, she sent everyone away, lay on the bed alone, took out a secret letter from under the pillow, and read it carefully again.
The letter was written by his own uncle on King Jieyang, who came to congratulate the new king for the funeral of the former king, and sent someone to the princess while the funeral was chaotic.
This uncle grew up with her since she was a child, and after experiencing the tragic death of her father in the sea of quicksand and the martyrdom of her mother, her uncle ascended the throne and sat in the palace and became the king of Jieyang, but he treated himself like his own daughter, and loved him in every way. She thought that she could live happily in a familiar land like her uncle's daughters, marry a good man, and live a stable life, but her uncle said to her with a sad face: "Xiao Yu, uncle has something to ask for." ”
She looked at her uncle, who was as kind as a father, and said, "Uncle, if there is anything, you can just tell me." ”
Uncle said: "Our Jieyang country is one of the many small countries in the desert, although it is called a country, but there are only a few cities. We are facing several flanks from Qiuci, Khotan, and Wuci, the territory of Qiuci is vast, the soldiers of Khotan are strong, and Wuci is the closest to us. ”
She kept smiling and looked at her uncle, knowing that her uncle was also flattering and flattering in front of the kings of various countries, so that one side could be safe. Uncle sighed and said, "Xiao Yu, uncle is incompetent, and he can't lead troops to fight like your father and fight for thousands of miles. can only save the country and contact in-laws to protect the family and country. ”
She was puzzled and said, "Uncle, what do you mean by this?" ”
The uncle said, "Xiao Yu, my uncle wants to sacrifice you to King Wuci." ”
Regardless of her crying, hanging, committing suicide, and performing all kinds of dramas, her uncle did not change his mind, and resolutely put her in the carriage with red eyes, and staggered all the way to Wuci country. King Wuci smiled and refused the gift, but gave her to the second prince, Wurahe.
Hatred arose in her heart, why was it not her uncle's own daughter who was married, but her fatherless and motherless? Fortunately, the second prince of Wuciguo, Wu Rahe, didn't care about her arrogance, because there was no shortage of women around him for him to play with. But gradually, she still fell in love with this gentleman, looking forward to his arrival, looking forward to his stay, and looking forward to staying with him for a long time.
She stared at the content of the letter for a long time: This time, the new king ascended the throne, and overcame all difficulties to become the queen. Don't forget! The revival of Jieyang Kingdom depends on you.
The father who died in the sea of quicksand was for the Jieyang Kingdom, the strong men who died on the battlefield were also for the Jieyang Kingdom, and the uncle who bowed down to the ministers and slapped the horses was even more for the Jieyang Kingdom, and she must also regain her strength for the Jieyang Kingdom.
At present, the biggest threat is Yu Yao, who seems to be calm and calm, but is actually scheming. And it happened that the Queen Mother's question woke her up, if Yu Yao's identity was found out, it would be a sure thing to be the queen herself. However, there were almost no loopholes in Yu Yao's words before, and now only her brother was missing. Where is her brother? Why did you never look for her? At the bazaar, the person she was looking for in a panic was not her brother? If it was really her brother, why did she hide it? Wouldn't it be faster to let Urahe help him find it?
Thinking of this, Princess Jieyang sat up and shouted, "Someone! Come! ”
After Yu Yao and Ah Jing entered the house, Ah Jing excused herself from the other little maids, and asked casually, "I've never heard you talk about your brother." Where is your brother now? ”
Yu Yao shook her head helplessly and said, "Who knows where he is?" Dead or alive, there is no news. What has he experienced in the past year or so? Is he looking for me as I am looking for him? ”
She thought about Lin Xiangdi, and suddenly found that she couldn't remember what he looked like when he left, and she could only remember the first time they met, he was wearing a jacket and helping her set up a tent.
Lin Xiangdi, where are you? Where to find it in the vast desert? There is no news of Ali who was sent to find you, where are you? Do we have one more day to see each other?
Are you still alive?