The subtle fragrance of cotton needles

Chapter 210: Just Despise

"The enemy of King Luo?" Li Guan repeated doubtfully, and suddenly realized, "It's King Yuan!"

Xia Yanxiang didn't answer, but just smiled gently.

Li Guan figured it all out. No wonder the adults didn't tell her about this. It turned out that the person on the other side was King Yuan! Even if Li Guan knew who the person on the other side was, she really couldn't help.

Xia Yanxiang shook her head. She had more important things to do in Liguan and couldn't delay in the capital. "No, the northwest is unstable now. Uncle Li and brother will probably leave soon. As someone from Wu'an Marquis Mansion, you must go this time as well."

"The northwest is unstable?" It seems that Li Fulian didn't even tell Li Guan about this. "You also hid this from me!"

Seeing that Li Guan was about to get angry again, Xia Yanxiang quickly grabbed Li Guan and said, "Ah Guan! This matter is of great importance, and the news hasn't spread yet, so don't get excited! Uncle Li didn't tell you because he was thinking about you!"

Fortunately, although Li Guan was a little angry, she was still reasonable. Xia Yanxiang comforted her with just two words: "Humph!"

"You will be leaving the capital soon, but Brother Li will stay in the capital to handle the affairs of the Yuan Kingdom envoy. By then, you will be separated from each other, so you should take care of yourselves."

Xia Yanxiang also wanted to go to the northwest, hoping to change the ending of her previous life where Mo Yuchen was defeated and Xia Zhibai died in battle, but her identity prevented her from leaving Beijing.

Many things cannot be said explicitly, and Xia Yanxiang is still racking her brains to think of how to remind Xia Zhibai and Li Fu to be more careful.

"I understand." Li Guan agreed obediently, and suddenly remembered what he had asked Xia Yanxiang earlier, "By the way, Prince Luo has been imprisoned in the Dali Temple. What is the situation now?"

Xia Yanxiang frowned. Since she had already said half of the words, there was no point in keeping the other half. "My uncle and brother are now insisting that Prince Luo was only guilty of improper custody, but the left prime minister and some people mean that Prince Luo lost the seal of the Ministry of Revenue, which poses a great threat to Darong's safety. They strongly advocate that the emperor punish him severely!"

"In other words, now the Left Prime Minister and Prince Yuan have begun to attack Prince Luo head-on?" Li Guan still couldn't believe it. "Didn't the Emperor say anything?"

Xia Yanxiang shook her head: "The emperor's attitude is not very clear now. I'm afraid he wants them to fight each other."

At the banquet.

"Your Majesty, this is a letter from the emperor of our Yuan Kingdom. I hope you can review it." The fact that the envoy of Yuan Kingdom brought the letter from the emperor of Yuan Kingdom was kept secret from Li Lang. He was probably worried that Li Lang would say something in front of Mo Cheng to prevent the marriage between the two countries.

"Oh? I didn't hear Envoy Li mention this matter when he came to report to me yesterday." Mo Cheng said in surprise and looked at Li Lang.

Li Lang stood up, bowed to Mo Cheng and said, "Your Majesty, I really don't know about this matter. Perhaps Your Majesty of Yuan Kingdom is worried that I might have forgotten something, so he sent the envoy to bring a letter."

It could be said that the Emperor of Yuan was worried that Li Lang would forget things, but in fact, the Emperor of Yuan deliberately concealed the truth about Darong, thinking that Darong was not trustworthy.

After these words came out, the Yuan Kingdom envoy's expression changed slightly, and he continued with a smile: "Your Majesty, this letter is just a private communication between your Majesty and my country, and it does not involve the political affairs of the two countries."

"I see!" Mo Cheng replied as if he had suddenly realized something, and waved his hand to signal Li Lang to sit down, "Then accept it first, I will read it carefully tonight."

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" The envoy from Yuan State handed the letter to Eunuch Su and then sat down.

Mo Cheng followed the movements of the Yuan Kingdom envoy with a smiling look in his eyes. After the Yuan Kingdom envoy sat down, Mo Cheng spoke up, "When Envoy Li was in Yuan Kingdom, he reported to me that your Majesty wanted to make peace with Darong. Is this true?"

The envoy of Yuan State was thinking about how to ask about this matter, but he didn't expect Mo Cheng to bring it up on his own initiative: "Yes, Your Majesty. Our country has admired Darong for many years and has always wanted to establish friendly relations with Darong. We are also very yearning for the customs and people of the Central Plains. It's a pity that the southwestern border area cannot be without a leader, so we had to give up. So I thought about marrying Darong, which can also be regarded as satisfying my yearning for Darong."

Mo Cheng snorted in his heart. What did the Emperor of Yuan mean by this? Could it be that if Darong did not marry into Yuan, Yuan would let people from outside the southwest into the Central Plains?

Although he thought so in his heart, Mo Cheng did not show it on his face: "Your Majesty does have good intentions, but if we talk about marriage, of course it is best for the princes and princesses of the two countries to marry. Unfortunately, only two of the princes of Darong can get married, and they all have wives. I am afraid that your princess will be wronged if she marries here."

The envoy from Yuan State tilted his head to glance at Li Lang, hesitating. Could it be that Li Lang didn't tell Mo Cheng that they were here to ask for the princess' hand in marriage?

Mo Cheng naturally knew what was going on when he saw the actions of the envoy from Yuan State.

Mo Cheng took the initiative to propose a marriage between the prince and the country, which naturally interrupted the Yuan Kingdom's envoy's proposal to marry the princess. Now it would be somewhat ignorant for the Yuan Kingdom's envoy to propose a marriage between the princess and the country.

The envoy from Yuan State was of course choked by what Mo Cheng said. Li Lang, on the other side, was still drinking tea leisurely, and it was obvious that he knew everything.

The Yuan Kingdom envoy was obviously unhappy when he saw the attitude of these two people, and his eyes became a little contemptuous: "Your Majesty, before my country sent me here, I was told that I must do my job well and not make any mistakes. I think the envoy forgot to tell your majesty that I came here on behalf of Yuan Kingdom to ask for the princess' hand in marriage."

Mo Cheng and Li Lang obviously did not expect that the envoy from Yuan State would actually open his mouth and ask for the princess' hand in marriage, and what they did not expect was the words that the envoy from Yuan State said afterwards.

"As far as I know, neither of the two adult princes has a real wife. His Royal Highness Prince Yuan has a concubine who was granted marriage, while His Royal Highness Prince Luo only has an engagement but is not married yet. I don't quite understand what your Majesty means."

Mo Cheng still had a smile on his face, but his eyes had become a little cold. He picked up the teacup and drank tea casually without responding to the envoy from Yuan State.

Li Lang understood what Mo Cheng meant, and he coughed lightly to attract the attention of the Yuan Kingdom envoy: "The envoy doesn't know that although His Royal Highness Prince Yuan has only one concubine, His Royal Highness Prince Yuan is the daughter of the Empress, and has a noble status. If you say that you want to marry her, I'm afraid it's a bit unfair."

Li Lang's words clearly showed some contempt for the Yuan Kingdom. Although the Yuan Kingdom envoy was unhappy, he knew that what Li Lang said was the fact, so he could only hold back and not speak.

"As for His Royal Highness Prince Luo's marriage, in our Darong Dynasty, once a marriage is arranged, it is almost impossible to cancel it. Moreover, His Royal Highness Prince Luo's marriage was personally granted by His Majesty. If he regrets it, wouldn't it be a slap in His Majesty's face?"