"What happened in the palace? What caused Eunuch Cui to be in such a hurry?" Zhu Yan asked the old eunuch.
Eunuch Cui gasped and said, "I don't know what happened. After the emperor received the credentials from Beiming Kingdom, he asked me to come to the palace immediately and ask you to come into the palace."
Xia Yuanqiu couldn't help but mutter: "Thinking with your toes, you know it's about Princess Mochou!"
Shen Jun raised his eyebrows: "What? She still has Zhu Yan's idea?"
Xia Yuanqiu nodded: "I'm afraid I won't give up so easily!"
The Lord Shen glared at Zhu Yan angrily: "It's nothing to do with such a good thing. It attracts bees and butterflies all day long. If you dare to make my daughter sad, I will never forgive you!"
Zhu Yan had a bitter look on his face. When did he attract bees and butterflies? It's just these bees and butterflies that are restless! Knowing that he has a wife, but still clinging to him, what can he do? The other party is a princess of another country. If she is killed rashly, war will definitely start again!
Yuan Qiu said: "He will handle this matter himself, so don't worry about it."
Yun Xiangjun looked at the Lord Shen sideways and couldn't help but say, "You know how to teach others a lesson? Don't you think that someone in the past was always attracting bees and butterflies?"
Lord Shen coughed dryly, bumped Yun Xiangjun with his body, and whispered: "How many years have passed, why are you still mentioning it?"
Mr. Xia pounded the ground with his cane and said loudly: "Okay, let them resolve the children's matters by themselves. Let's leave now and continue the discussion when he is free!"
Mr. Xia had already spoken, so Shenjun naturally did not dare to object. He hurriedly held his wife with one hand and supported his father with the other, and left the hall.
Xia Yuanqiu said to Zhu Yan: "I'll go with you!"
Zhu Yan originally wanted to keep her in the palace to rest, but then he thought that this matter was of great importance and he also needed to listen to Yuan Qiu's advice, so he nodded: "Okay, let's enter the palace immediately."
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Yizheng Hall
Zhu Sheng was sitting behind the desk in a daze when he heard the call from the palace servants. He quickly raised his head and saw his sixth brother walking in quickly, holding Xia Yuanqiu's hand.
He stood up quickly, ignoring the royal etiquette. Without waiting for Zhu Yan to salute, he handed the credentials sent by Beiming into Zhu Yan's hands: "This is the credentials just sent by Beiming Kingdom. Take a look!"
Zhu Yan took Xia Yuanqiu and sat down in a chair beside him. He unfolded the sheepskin certificate of credence and looked at the two frowning. As expected, the Beiming Kingdom proposed a marriage in the certificate of credence, and offered five seats in the border area. The city and three hundred miles of territory were given as dowry, and she was asked to marry Prince Jing as his concubine.
Everyone knew that Prince Jing already had a main concubine, but in Xiliang, there was no rule about two side concubines. This move was undoubtedly to force Prince Jing to abandon his concubine.
The most vicious thing is that they stated in their credentials that if they refused to make peace, they did not intend to have good relations with Beiming, and Beiming would send troops again to safeguard the interests of their country.
This is clearly a forced marriage, with the interests of the family and country and the safety of the people at stake.
Zhu Sheng said: "The most hateful thing is that they actually made no less than 10,000 copies of this national letter and posted it in the streets and alleys of our country to let the people all over the country know about the existence of this national letter. If we don't accept it, it will definitely arouse people's uproar. Blame us for not caring about the safety and well-being of the people."
Xia Yuanqiu thought of Princess Mochou's face, shrewd, cold, and cruel. This was indeed the method she could come up with, fast enough, accurate enough, and cruel enough!
Zhu Sheng looked at Zhu Yan, who was frowning and silent, and said, "Sixth brother, what do you want to do?"