Princess Yangling was the best at reading people's faces. Liu Sanzhi was reminding her that His Majesty didn't want to hear her say this again: "Yes."
After Princess Yangling left, Emperor Youning sneered, "I released the news of my intention to marry someone to a foreign country just to see how they would react. I didn't expect that the first person to get upset would be my daughter. She would do anything to avoid the marriage."
How could the Tubo intention to marry a princess to the emperor be leaked so early without the tacit consent of Emperor Youning
Emperor Youning took this opportunity to test the reactions of people in the court. Each of these cunning guys stood up and expressed their opinions.
"Your Majesty, please calm down. The princess is young and a precious girl. Ordinary girls would be nervous about marrying far away. It is normal for the princess to be like this." Liu Sanzhi hurriedly comforted her.
Emperor Youning walked down the imperial steps and came to the side hall. With his hands behind his back, he looked at the map in front of him, his eyes fixed on Tubo.
To the left of Tubo is the northwest, and to the right is southern Shu. If we take down Tubo...
"This time, I will never marry!"
The emperor's eyes were as sharp as a falcon, but there was a flash of pain in them.
Twenty years ago, when he first ascended the throne, he was constrained in every way and could only watch his beloved being forced to marry.
In recent years, whenever he woke up in the middle of the night, he would recall that day when she opened his hands with tears in her eyes and said, "Your Majesty, I have met Your Majesty in this life and have been favored by Your Majesty. I have no regrets in this life. I have nothing and I hate that I can't share Your Majesty's worries. Now I can do my best for Your Majesty and the people of our dynasty. It is my honor.
Your Majesty, please do not be sad. I will never return. I only hope that Your Majesty will ensure the stability of the country, enhance the national prestige, strengthen the national strength, and revive the national character!
I wish I could be the last daughter of our dynasty to be married off to a foreign country, so that Han women will no longer suffer the pain of being married off to a foreign country!"
Tears flashed across the emperor's eyes like meteors. Everyone thought that the emperor could do whatever he wanted, but he couldn't even protect a weak woman.
He is no longer the emperor who was sidelined by eunuchs, powerful officials and warlords. He has achieved what he wanted in the past twenty years. In the future, he will no longer send Han girls to marry. If he wants to fight, then he will fight!
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"Help, yo yo--" When Shen Xihe was pondering over how to attack Princess Yangling again, Bu Shulin ran in from afar, shouting.
Shen Xihe was already able to ignore her noisy voice calmly. Without even raising his head, he continued to carefully tend to his flowers and plants.
"Yo yo, yo yo." Bu Shulin rushed forward and grabbed Shen Xihe's wrist, "Princess Yangling is crazy. She actually asked His Majesty to grant her marriage to me!"
Shen Xihe then stopped what she was doing and raised her eyes in the dim light between the mottled leaves: "Marry you?"
"Yes, she wants to marry me!" Bu Shulin was so angry that his cheeks hurt.
At this time Mo Yuan also walked in and nodded slightly to Shen Xihe.
Princess Yangling went to ask for an imperial decree to grant her marriage, but Emperor Youning did not order his attendants to withdraw. Many people knew about it, and soon the news spread inside and outside the palace. Mo Yuan was also coming to deliver the news, and when he heard Bu Shulin's words from afar, he confirmed it with Shen Xihe.
"How did I give myself away?" Bu Shulin couldn't understand why Yang Ling suddenly had such thoughts.
Unlike Emperor Youning, she did not think that Princess Yangling was trying to avoid a marriage alliance. There were so many young men in Kyoto, and many of them were capable of marrying the princess. Although marrying the princess would be like marrying an ancestor, as long as the princess knew the general situation and respected her elders, even if the prince consort was unwilling before the marriage, he would soften his attitude after a long time of getting along.