The day after the feast, the Emperor summoned the Russian envoys to the palace for an audience, and Su Yan asked Fyodor about their king, Ferdo III, who was born in 1661 and is now just 13 years old, because he was still young, so the actual rulers of the state were his mother Maria Miloslavskaya and the State Duma.

However, Ferdo III has been sick since childhood, suffering from scurvy, weak physique, even walking needs the support of attendants, sometimes seriously ill and bedridden, often not leaving the sickbed for half a year, Su Yan originally planned to marry his daughter to him, but after learning about Ferdo III's physical condition from the messenger, he dispelled this idea.

Su Yan forgot when Ferdo III died, he only vaguely remembered that Ferdo III died young, and there were no children, so the tsardom passed to his equally sick and mentally retarded brother Ivan, the famous Peter the Great as co-ruler.

Su Yan didn't want his daughter to be widowed so early, although the national atmosphere became open with the strength of the country, but the constraints on widows were still a little strict, Su Yan's decree advocating widow remarriage was not thoroughly implemented, and this atmosphere could not be changed overnight.

After learning that Ferdo III was sick and weak, Su Yan told the Russian envoy that the marriage with Ferdo III was over, and that the marriage between Princess Sophia and King Qin was enough to increase the friendship between the two countries, and he said that Su Chen'an, the king of Qin, is now 17 years old, and he will hold a big wedding for him and Sophia in Beijing in another year.

Ambassador Fyodor was not too surprised by Su Yan's decision, after all, his own king's body was indeed weak, if it was placed in the Western countries, those monarchs would not care, after all, the two countries were equally powerful, but they could be placed in the Celestial Empire, and the Celestial Empire was high, and there was no need to encircle them, so how could they let Ferdo III's body weaken and marry his princess to him?

Regretfully, Fyodor had no choice but to agree, and expressed his understanding of the emperor's refusal, and he proposed that Princess Sophia stay in Beijing and wait for next year's wedding, so that they would not have to return to Moscow together.

Su Yan agreed to the request of the Russian ambassador and ordered that a residence be prepared for Princess Sophia in the palace, and that several palace maids be assigned to serve her.

After the departure of the Russian ambassador, the Ottoman envoy came to ask to see the emperor, and the envoy brought the young son of the deposed *** IV into the palace.

Soon after, the Ottoman emissary Saul entered the palace with the imperial prince Mustafa, and they respectfully greeted Su, after which Saul made his intention to come - he asked the Celestial Emperor to help Prince Mustafa, who was oppressed by the new Sultan Suleiman II, to regain the throne that rightfully belonged to him.

Saul said that Suleiman II wanted to kill all the children of his elder brother *** IV to prevent future troubles, Saul was loyal to the previous sultan, and in order to protect the heirs of *** IV, he stuffed Prince Mustafa into the mission, so that Suleiman II could not do anything.

He asked the Emperor of the Celestial Empire to help Mustafa regain the throne, saying that as long as the Celestial Empire was willing to send troops, the Ottoman Empire was willing to take the initiative to downgrade to the kingdom level, and from then on he would be a vassal to the Celestial Empire and become the most loyal vassal of the Celestial Empire in Taixi.

Saul's request made Su Yan unable to find a reason to refuse for a while, and the former also thought so, with such lucrative conditions, Su Yan would definitely not refuse, but what he didn't expect was that Su Yan still refused his request to send troops after being silent for a moment.

Su Yan told Saul that the war between the two countries had just ended and the contract had been signed, so how could he be the untrustworthy man who tore up the contract? However, although Su Yan refused the request to send troops, he did not completely cut off all retreats, and he said that he would allow Mustafa to stay in Beijing to avoid persecution.

Seeing that although the emperor refused his request, he agreed to let Mustafa stay, and knew in his heart that the emperor did not completely refuse him, but just wanted to wait for the opportunity, he was immediately relieved, and hurriedly agreed, and took Mustafa to retire with a thousand thanks.

After leaving the palace, Saul sat in a palanquin with Mustafa, who watched as he took him

The ambassador who came to the east asked, "Saul, we don't have to go back, do we?"

Saul didn't expect Musta *** to suddenly ask himself, he was stunned at first, and then said: "Yes, Your Highness, you will stay here in the future, I will find a way to invite a teacher for you, send you to Jiangning University, before the Emperor of the Celestial Empire claims your claim, please work hard to learn the knowledge of the East, and prepare for the future reinstatement."

"What about you?" Mustafa asked, staring at the ambassador who had taken care of him all the way.

"Me?" The ambassador smiled helplessly and said, "As the ambassador of the Empire, I naturally want to return to Konstantiniye."

"Then Uncle won't let you go." Mustafa stared at him and said coldly.

Saul understood this, and he took a deep look at the prince and said, "This is my fate, and it has been doomed since I brought you out of Konstantiniye."

After he finished speaking, the atmosphere in the sedan chair suddenly became dull and depressed, although Mustafa was young, his mind had become more mature than his peers due to a series of changes, he knew how miserable Saul's fate would be, but he was powerless to change all this.

The envoys did not stay in Jiangning for too long, a few days later, they left Jingshi one after another and returned to their respective countries, Sophia and Mustafa both stayed in Jingshi, the former was arranged by Su Yan to settle in the palace, Su Yan assigned her many palace maids and grandmothers to serve, taught her the court etiquette of the East, and specially invited a Russian translator to teach Sophia to communicate in Chinese.

As for Mustafa, Su Yan thought that while he was still young, he would be completely sinicized and become a die-hard pro-Xia faction, claiming the Ottoman throne for him in the future, and after supporting him on the throne, the imperial court would also be able to have a loyal subject state in Taixi against European countries.

Therefore, although Su Yan did not let Mustafa live in the palace, he still allocated him a house with a courtyard in the city, assigned him a Chinese teacher and several gentlemen to educate, and when he grew up, he was sent to Jiangning University to study.