The three words "peace of mind" were like a heavy hammer, hitting Ning Yan's heart heavily.
Ning Yan felt like running away for a moment, but he resisted the urge and looked at An Xin's cold expression. He said, "Qing Qing, no matter how much you hate me, I will not let you leave me!"
An Xin didn't say anything when she heard that, but just looked at Ning Yan coldly. Ning Yan felt very uncomfortable being stared at by her, so he left without even looking at her.
After Ning Yan left, An Xin seemed to have been drained of all her strength. A look of ironic loneliness appeared on the corner of her mouth as she kept looking at the place where Ning Yan left.
After a long while, An Xin came to the desk, picked up the brush, and wrote three letters.
Then he sealed it up and handed it to the silhouette carefully, saying: "Be careful and avoid the guards and some secret guards."
"Miss, I understand!" Silhouette said solemnly, then went back to the room, disguised himself, and left the palace.
The next day, in the court.
Some daily routine matters were also dealt with. When it was almost over, Ning Yan looked at the court officials in the court and said majestically: "My dear ministers, please report if you have anything to say. If not, please leave the court."
At this time, Li Youran glanced at Ning Yan, took a deep breath, stood up and said: "I have something to report!"
Ning Yan looked to see who it was, and followed the direction of the voice. It turned out to be Li Youran, who was now the Minister of Rites. He said, "My dear, please speak."
Li Youran glanced at Ning Yan and said, "I heard a few days ago that Emperor Xiao Yu of Lan Cang hoped to make peace with our country and establish an everlasting friendship. I think this is feasible."
When Ning Yan heard Li Youran talking about this matter, he had some guesses in his mind. He looked at Li Youran coldly and said in a rather unfriendly tone: "Then do you know, my dear, who did Emperor Xiao Yu ask for the marriage?"
"I know that this person is An Xin, the eldest daughter of the Duke of Anguo." Seeing Ning Yan's eyes staring at him getting colder and colder, as if they had turned into ice blades, he felt a little uneasy in his heart, but when he remembered An Xin's instructions, Li Youran had to bite the bullet and say it.
As soon as Li Youran finished speaking, the officials' faces turned complicated, and then there was an uproar. They looked at the two people in shock and curiosity, not daring to say anything.
Ning Yan slammed her hand on the table, looked at Li Youran coldly and said: "Then my dear minister, you should also know this. Now you are the Queen of Ningguo. What is your intention in saying this?"
Facing Ning Yan's questioning, Li Youran had already prepared an excuse in his mind. He looked at Ning Yan and said fearlessly: "I am now the Minister of Rites, so I naturally have the right to admonish Your Majesty. This An is jealous. Your Majesty has been on the throne for more than a year, but this An does not allow Your Majesty to fill the harem. It is really unbecoming. Such a person cannot be the head of the harem, how can she be the mother of the country. This sets a bad example for all women in the world."
Ning Yan's peach blossom eyes revealed a cold feeling. He looked at Li Youran and said, "Normally, the ministers advised me to fill my harem, and you always agreed with my idea. Why are you like this now?"
"People always grow up. Previously, I was only thinking from your Majesty's perspective. But now it involves the diplomatic relations between the two countries. Why not use a jealous woman to exchange for peace between the two countries?" Li Youran felt that his words were a bit far-fetched, but he had no choice. After all, this was what An Xin wanted to do.
Whatever An Xin wants to do, Li Youran will do his best to help her.
Ning Yan ignored Li Youran. He looked around the court, taking in their expressions, and asked in a cold tone, "Who else thinks the same as Lord Li? Feel free to step forward. I want to hear your thoughts today."
As soon as Ning Yan finished speaking, Gao Qilin stood up and said, "I think what Lord Li said makes a lot of sense."
Ning Yan glanced at Gao Qilin with a half-smile, then looked at the courtiers below and asked, "Who else?"
"We second the motion." Then Ning Yan saw Chu Qingge and Qin Zhiye stand up, both of whom agreed to marry An Xin to Lan Cang.
Then some officials who were on good terms with the person who came out also appeared. They stood up one after another. When Ning Yan looked over, he saw that most of the court officials were kneeling under the hall.
Ning Yan looked at the large number of court officials kneeling in the court hall, and couldn't help but sneer in his heart, saying: "It turns out that I am narrow-minded. There are so many people who want me to send my queen away to marry!"
When everyone heard this, they all said, "I deserve to die!" Then he only said one sentence: "Since Lord Li insists on doing so, then as the Minister of Rites, you should naturally go to more wild and remote places to educate the people. So I appoint you as the envoy of Lingnan, with the same rank as the Three Dukes. Tomorrow you will go to Miaojiang to publicize the etiquette of our Ningguo!" After that, Ning Yan turned away his sleeves and left the court with a gloomy face.
Upon hearing this, Li Youran looked at Ning Yan deeply, knelt down respectfully and said, "I obey your order!"
After seeing Ning Yan leave, the court officials left one after another. Li Youran was kneeling on the ground. At this time, Gao Qilin came to Li Youran, shook his head, and said with regret: "Your Majesty's move of promoting you in name only but demoting you in reality is clearly to send you to the frontier, so that you will never be able to return to the capital. You should have had a bright future, but you were buried in that wild land. Is it worth it?"
After hearing Gao Qilin's words, Li Youran slowly stood up, raised a bitter smile, and said: "This is all like drinking water, only you know whether it is hot or cold. If I can do something for Xin'er, as long as she wants, it will all be worth it. She is such a proud woman, but she also asked me to find a way to let her leave Ningguo. I guess she must be heartbroken..."
Li Youran's tone was inevitably filled with some worry, but then he changed to a relaxed tone and said, "As for going to Lingnan, just treat it as a kind of experience. After all, not everyone has the experience of becoming a minister at such a young age."
Then Li Youran looked up at Gao Qilin and said solemnly, "Didn't you come forward because your good friend asked you to? It's not easy for someone like you who is so cautious and self-protective to achieve this."
After hearing what Li Youran said, Gao Qilin shook his head and explained: "I am not only entrusted by the Queen, but also instructed by Miss Su to help the Queen more. Otherwise, according to my personality, I would not come forward to get involved in these matters. Royal affairs are the most troublesome."
Qin Zhiye, who was passing by, walked over. He glanced at Gao Qilin and Li Youran, and just said lightly: "You two are very good!" Then he left the court.
Gao Qilin and Li Youran looked at each other and saw helplessness in each other's eyes.