06 Entering the court
Such a decision is really unexpected by the ministers, none of them expected that King Xiao would put forward such an idea, although it feels a little ridiculous, but this is also the only way, after all, this Jielan princess they have never touched, and all they know is the deeds from the people and Shaojun and his party, and whether she has the ability to govern the world, it is really hard to say, after all, it has passed the test of time, so after the ministers discussed, there was no objection, and they all knelt down to accept this order.
Jielan felt very surprised, she didn't expect the result of the matter to turn out like this, and actually became herself and Nanrong together as an auxiliary government, which means that she will stay in the royal court from now on, accept the supervision of the officials, if she can't handle the affairs of the court, after fifty days, she will be disqualified from the king's election, although Jielan feels that this is a bit ridiculous, but it is not a way? Because in this way, he has a buffer time of fifty days, during this time, he can think about whether to be a king, if he is destined to take on this great responsibility in this life, then he should study well, and slowly learn the qualifications that a king should have, but if he does not have a chance to the throne, it is also a happy event, so that he can be free to live a free life, and he does not have to worry about his mother being punished.
However, it was Nan Rong who was unhappy, she originally thought that it was a matter of nine out of ten for her to become the king today, but she didn't expect a change halfway, she could only be an auxiliary minister, and she had to compete with Jielan, and she could not decide who was the king until fifty days later, which was not an insult to her arrogant, but even if she didn't want to, Nan Rong couldn't show displeasure at this time, if she did, the hundred officials would definitely have objections, and her plan was completely frustrated, because she originally planned, If King Xiao wants to establish Jielan as the king in the end, she will tell the private relationship between Jielan and Qingzhan, so that the two of them cannot escape the blame, but now, if she says it, the officials will only think that she has no measure and cannot accept the test of fifty days, so she came up with these things to frame Jielan and Qingzhan, so Nanrong still has to accept such an arrangement, she is so angry that she almost bursts, but what can be done? There can't be a little mistake in this kind of juncture, and it seems that we can only wait for the future to get rid of this princess.
King Xiao walked up to Jielan and Nanrong, took her hands, walked to the hundred officials, and said, "Come, you two salute the officials." β
This ceremony is to ask for advice to the hundred officials to take care of the guidance, which is equivalent to the etiquette of the students to meet the teacher, so there is no distinction between monarchs and ministers, and the hundred officials saw the two princesses salute, and they also knelt down and shouted in unison: "I wish to assist the king, the two princesses will personally manage the government and protect the blood and peace." β
After kneeling, all the officials were flattened, and this ceremony of sacrificing to the heavens was also considered to have a result, although this was a result that everyone did not expect, but this result was not a good result.
At least for Jielan.
At this time, it was getting westerly, and it was time to return to the royal court, King Xiao took Jielan and Nanrong's hands and walked towards the stage, followed by Qing Zhan and Chengfeng. The officials automatically made way for Wang Shang, Shaojun and others to leave first, and after they walked out, the officials followed in order according to their official ranks.
The king pulled Jielan and Nanrong into her sedan chair, although King Xiao wanted to be alone with his daughter for a while, but since Princess Nanrong was also one of the auxiliary ministers, then the two of them could not be treated differently, otherwise they would give the officials a talking handle, the two of them sat on the left and right sides of the king, for some reason, Jielan and Nanrong were speechless, because Jielan herself felt sorry for Nanrong, because she had promised her to give up the choice of the throne and help her ascend to the throne, but she finally broke her promise, In the first choice of gong selection, Jielan did not choose her, although Jielan now feels that she is not doing it right, but at that time, Jielan did feel that Prince Kenji is more suitable to be the lord of a country than Nan Rong, although she doesn't know why she thinks like this, but she and Kenji, she would rather believe in Kenji.
But now in the face of this woman who had rescued her from her father, Jielan was suddenly a little ashamed, she felt that she had deceived her, she was completely like a liar in front of her, Jielan blushed with shame, lowered her head, and muttered: "I'm sorry, I didn't expect the result to be like this, I..."
"It's nothing, I am very happy to be able to work with my sister in the court, my sister is also the king's decision, and it is also the will of the courtiers, so since we are princesses, we should obey orders, right? Sister. Nan Rong interrupted Jielan's words, she was afraid that she would say that she asked her to elect herself as king, so she blocked Jielan's words back.
And Jielan felt that at this time, Nan Rong still helped herself, she was even more ashamed, she stretched out her hand to hold Nan Rong's hand, and said: "My sister is so good, presumably if there is a sister in the blood Ying country, it will definitely prosper and settle down again, but I don't understand anything, I hope my sister will mention more in the future." β
Nan Rong smiled, held Jielan's hand with his backhand, and said: "What did my sister say, my sister has experienced the affairs of Chiyan City and Qing Zhou City, whether it is courage or strategy, it can belong to the upper class, and my sister has to learn from my sister's good students." β
King Xiao heard her daughter and Nanrong talking one by one, and her heart was both happy and sad, because she knew that her daughter was sincere, and everything she said to this Nanrong princess was from the bottom of her heart, but this Nanrong princess was a lie, but her daughter was kind-hearted and couldn't see it.
If it was in the previous village at this time, King Xiao would feel very happy, because his daughter was so kind, just like her father, it would only benefit the villagers, but now in this royal court, his daughter's kindness has become a suicide sword, if she can't always be vigilant about the people around her, she will die in her own goodness sooner or later, so this is what King Xiao is most worried about.
Nan Rong thought that when King Xiao saw that his beloved daughter must have a lot of words, he was here, I was afraid that she would be unhappy, and she didn't want to live with her, so she said: "Your Majesty, you and Sister Lan have just met, so you should talk more, then I will go back to my father and talk to Sister Lan without disturbing the king." When King Xiao was still thinking about staying, Nanrong had already left the sedan chair and went to her father's sedan chair.
Xiao Wang Ye didn't care about her, there were only her and Jielan at the moment, Xiao Wang no longer had to pretend to be a king's momentum and style, she suddenly became a gentle and loving mother, she held Jielan's hand tightly, held her face, looking at her so haggard, how could Xiao Wang not be heartbroken, she suddenly burst into tears: "My poor child, you have suffered all the way!" β
This is her mother, this is her mother who thinks about her day and night, Jielan heard this gentle voice, and instantly returned to the past, she could no longer hold back the tears in her eyes, and threw herself into her mother's arms, sobbing quietly, because she was afraid that the ministers outside the sedan chair would hear, so she didn't dare to cry.
Jielan's tears were like beads with broken threads, and she couldn't stop rolling down, "Mother, are you really my mother?" I still can't believe that my mother is still alive. β
"Yes, yes, my poor child, Mother has wronged you by making you suffer." King Xiao hugged his daughter, who was crying bitterly, and his heart seemed to be broken with her, which made her as uncomfortable as a knife, "Will you hate your mother and hate me for deceiving you?" β
To be honest, Jielan has some hatred, but now that she can be in her mother's arms, Jielan already feels that it is the happiest thing in the world, how can she hate it anymore, "No, no, as long as my mother can live well, I will always be by Lan'er's side, and never abandon Lan'er again, okay?" β
When King Xiao heard this, she was quite touched, why didn't she expect this, why didn't she expect that she could be with her daughter forever like this, but their identities were destined not to be like this, not to mention that King Xiao abandoned the throne for 20 years, since he chose to return to the royal court, then he should learn to bear his own responsibility, she said apologetically: "My daughter, mother will always be with you, and she will always guard you, you know?" Mother will never leave you. β
Jielan was very happy when she heard this, and said, "That's great, it's really good." β
King Xiao hugged Jielan tightly, as if holding a fragile porcelain bottle, she lifted Jielan from her arms, wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes, and said, "Do you wonder why I am still alive and why I have become the monarch of the Blood Ying Kingdom?" β
Jielan nodded, although Nanrong had mentioned some things to herself, but Jielan didn't know a lot of things, she asked, "I really don't know, mother, how can you be the king today?" What the hell is all this going on? β
King Xiao sighed and said: "This matter has to start from twenty years ago, when I was not long on the throne, there was a heroic warrior in the court named Long Ke, it can be regarded as a catastrophe, in a quelling of the civil strife in Jin Chu City, I was caught in the hands of the enemy, it was he who risked his life to save me, the two of them got along alone for many days, and they had feelings, but I am the king, he is just a general, we can't be together, but my mother is too eager to love, and I really can't part with him, so I ask him to take me away from the royal court, To find a place where only the two of us could live, he did as I said, he took me out of the royal court, to Shiluo Village, where we lived, there were no other peasant households, because there were many demons in that generation, so few people were there, but because I lived there with him, and eliminated demons, gradually no demons dared to come and invade rashly, so many other villagers began to move to live with us, saying that we are holy beings, and we can bless them, from then on, Long Ke and I became the village chief of this village, a queen became a village chief because of a man, you say it's not ridiculous, but I feel very happy, and even happier is to have you, but when you were born, I didn't expect you to be a blood demon, which was beyond my expectations. β
When Jielan heard about her father for the first time, she couldn't help but burst into tears, she looked at her mother, thinking about the love between her and her father who abandoned everything and walked together, how could she not be moved? Jielan couldn't help but ask, "What about later?" Why did I have no memory of my father for as long as I can remember, where did he go, did he leave his mother? β
King Xiao was also in tears at the moment, this has been a story for more than ten years, and now that she mentions it, how can she not be sad, she continued: "Your father disappeared a year after you were born, and I don't know where he went, let alone whether he was alive or dead. β
"What the hell is going on?" Jielan became more and more nervous, she didn't believe that her father would betray her mother and abandon her, and she didn't want to believe that her father was dead.
"Your mother has always been too naΓ―ve, thinking that as long as you escape from the royal court, you can stay with your father for the rest of your life, but your mother later learned that a man's heart is incomprehensible, one night, it was snowing heavily, and your father came back drunk outside, and somehow he lost his temper at me, saying that I blocked his future, and he could only be wronged here for the rest of his life, he didn't want to be with me again, let me leave, and then leave you, I refused, so he scolded, saying that if I didn't leave, he would leave, and I was even more angry, begged him not to say these angry words willfully, but he left like this on the snowy night that night, and didn't even tell me why, my mother thought, he must be just a momentary mood, and when the anger is gone, he will come back to look for me and you, but your mother is wrong, after so many years, he has never returned, and I have never chosen to return to the royal court, because I have to wait for him to come back, but the royal court because of my vacancy, the state affairs are not as good as day by day, and in the end, the war disaster began to occur, I gradually realized the sins I had committed, and I realized how selfish I was, how could I let go of the people of the world because of a man who abandoned me, this is my sin, and it is also his sin, so I want to go back to the royal court and bear the sins I have committed again, but I know that I can't bear it for long, and Lan, you are my daughter, I hope that the mistakes made by my mother and your father will be made up for us, do you understand my mother's feelings? Although my mother said that this was for her own selfishness, this time I would rather owe your daughter than the world anymore. β
Jielan couldn't believe what she heard, and she couldn't believe that her father was such a person, she didn't have her father by her side since she was a child, and she had imagined countless times that her father was a hero, and how he died in the mouth of a demon in the end, because all she could think of was that her father was killed when he removed the demon, because she really couldn't think of anything else. But it turned out that her father was so unreasonable, treacherous, and abandoned his wife, she really found it difficult to accept, she murmured: "No, no, how can my father leave my mother alone, how can I scold my mother?" My father wasn't like that, no. β
King Xiao knew that Jielan had no father by her side since she was a child, so she had always protected her and prevented her from being hurt in the slightest, so she never told her about her father, but now, Jielan has grown up, she should know her past, she should know the things in this world, there are many variables, she wiped Jielan's tears, and said: "No matter what he is, his mother has loved him deeply, no matter whether he leaves me or not, my mother will always have him in her heart, so don't feel sad, because my mother has never regretted it, Because of his mother, there will be you! β