Chapter 269: Wedding (Part 7)

Human heads?!

The heads of the Mobei generals who invaded Daxia and Yan? !

Everyone present was stunned, and then looked at the box in Shulü An's hand.

Just a moment!

The next moment, everyone looked surprised and had different expressions.

At this moment, the atmosphere in the entire tent was filled with panic!

Those foreign envoys all stared at Shulü An, wondering if this barbarian King Nanyuan from the northern desert had gone crazy!

Giving this thing away on such an occasion!

Or

Is this King of the Southern Court deliberately trying to anger Emperor Daxia?

But why.

Aren't you afraid of being killed?

Or maybe he was sure that Daxia would not dare to kill him. After all, if he was killed, it would lead to a national war!

Moreover, the generals sent by Mobei were their own generals who were unwilling to submit to the Queen Mother.

So after killing him, send him to Daxia?

But if it were an ordinary day, sending something like this would actually be considered a good thing.

After all, they were the heads of the generals who invaded Daxia. To some extent, it could even be considered that Mobei was seeking peace with Daxia.

But you chose to send this thing today, especially since you have been in Beijing for such a long time, and you waited until today to send it.

On a happy day like today, not to mention Da Xia, a country of etiquette, even in these foreign countries, people cannot stand the sight of bloodshed, let alone sending heads to them.

The foreign envoys sat in their respective seats, looked up at Shulü An's back, and then looked at Emperor Daxia who was sitting in the upper seat.

However, the prince of Yanqi Kingdom was holding a piece of grilled lamb chop in his hand, with an expression of watching the fun.

After taking a bite, he wanted to say something, but was stopped by his own national teacher, Klesin, who was beside him.

The prince was helpless for a moment, but immediately looked at Xia Tingyu over there and found that the woman had a calm expression and it was hard to tell what she was thinking, so he chose to continue eating lamb chops and watching the fun.

Bang!!

But it was at this moment!

An old man slammed the table and stood up.

But just when the old man was about to speak while glaring at Shulü An with great anger, he swallowed the anger back and turned around to bow to the empress and Su Changan.

The old man who stood up was over sixty years old. He had completely left the court, but because of his outstanding military achievements in the north in his early years, he was an old general supported by the court. He had been enjoying his old age in his hometown. He rushed all the way here because he knew about the emperor's wedding banquet.

Originally he felt that this trip was not in vain, especially after hearing about how the Queen was so frugal for the sake of the people!

Especially when he felt the Queen's sword intent just now, his heart was even more excited.

Having been a military commander all his life, he is not as pretentious as the literati.

As long as it is good for the people, that’s enough!

Moreover, he had such strength, and when it was time to take action, he did not hesitate at all. He instantly eliminated the barbarian's rebellious arrogance, and made the barbarian sweat profusely and look terrified. This made the old general feel very happy, but it was a pity that he could not kill him with one knife!

But even so, it doesn’t matter!

Having a heart that loves the people is enough strength!

It can be said that the old man, who already had great respect for the Queen, was even more impressed when he saw how decisive the Queen was!

I was so happy that I even drank several glasses of wine!

But now

Such a happy day!

Such a happy day for me!

Damn barbarian, give me your head!

No matter whose head you are, I will send it to you today instead of earlier or later!!

How can this be tolerated!

But when he stood up, he thought that today was the emperor's happy day and he could not say any vulgar or taboo words, so he swallowed them back with all his strength and even clasped his fists to apologize.

Xia Fengxiang said softly: "Old General, please sit down first."

The old general looked at Xia Fengxiang's expressionless face, responded, then frowned and sat down.

As for people like the old general, it can be said that almost all the civil and military officials of Daxia present are like this!

It's just that everyone was concerned about the hot summer day today, so they found ways to endure it.

But the anger on everyone's faces was obvious. The older generation could still endure it, but the younger generation clenched their fists and just stared at Shulü An, as if as long as His Majesty gave the order, not to mention the military generals, even the literati would be willing to raise their fists and rush forward!

after all

This is a naked provocation!!

only

Except for one other person.

The Eighth Prince!

The Eighth Prince looked at Shulü An in horror. If he had a knife in his hand, he would rush up and kill Shulü An immediately!

What's the meaning.

What does it mean that Mobei suddenly brings up the matter of invading Yandi before? !

Now he wanted to kill Shulü An, which had nothing to do with national hatred or family feuds, but was for self-protection!

Because the invasion of Yan territory by the Mobei Iron Cavalry was planned by him and the Mobei Marshal Yelu Gu.

His purpose, of course, was to gain control of the military power of Jiaodong, which was close to Yan, and then gradually take complete control of the entire Jiaodong. In this way, he would have control over the two major regions of Yan and Jiaodong.

As for Yelu Gu, as far as he knew, he was also trying to eliminate the disobedient people under his command!

So later on, he led his troops to kill tens of thousands of Mobei cavalry and expelled them from Mobei!

But now

This matter can be said to have completely passed.

The Eighth Prince also knew that the Emperor and a few other people knew about this matter, but there was no evidence!

After all, everyone around him who was involved had been killed by him.

On the barbarian side, the Eighth Prince also sent people to kill Yelu Gu, but before they could do so, the Khan of Mobei died, a coup d'état took place in Mobei, and it was said that Yelu Gu was also dead.

So the Eighth Prince ignored the matter because in his opinion there was no evidence!

In the eyes of many people in the world, including some people in Yan who were kept in the dark, he was a hero who drove out the barbarians from Mobei!

He thought the little emperor wouldn't dare to accuse him of something without evidence! !

Especially since his son contacted the Queen Mother Mobei and said that he wanted to marry her daughter, even the Queen Mother Mobei agreed!

After thinking about it, the Eighth Prince felt that this was a feasible idea. After all, when Emperor Xuanzong was in power, there was a rebellion, and Emperor Xuanzong also borrowed the power of foreign races to kill all the rebels!

On his side, his son is marrying the Princess of Mobei, and the hundreds of thousands of cavalrymen from Mobei will also be helpful to his plans!

And negotiations on this matter have already begun.

Therefore, the Eighth Prince was more relieved about the affairs in Yan and didn't think too much about it.

But now

What are you, Shuluan, doing with the heads of people from Mobei?

And he said it was brought by the Queen Mother!

And it was specially delivered today in front of so many people!

The Eighth Prince clenched his fists and stared at Shulü An.

Xia Tingyu, whose table was next to the Eighth Prince, had a calm expression.

Um.

Indifferent.

After all, you have to pretend.

But those fox eyes would look at his uncle from time to time.

Hey~~~

You have so many soldiers at hand, but you have such a temper. No wonder your father said that you are too useless. It is also because the late emperor kept you alive to gain some fame that you are still alive today.

but

While Xia Tingyu was looking at the Eighth Prince, he also looked at Xia Fengxiang and Su Changan.

Su Changan lowered his head, not knowing what he was doing, but Xia Fengxiang was looking at Shulü'an.

How to deal with it~~

Sister~~

Huh.

Suddenly, Xia Tingyu felt someone looking at him. He turned his head and found that it was Chen Xin who was sitting among the civil officials looking at him.

Their eyes met, and Xia Tingyu immediately smiled at his brother.

However, Chen Xin drew a picture towards Xia Tingyu, as if drawing a talisman, thinking of the feeling that the monster would retreat, and then turned around.

Xia Tingyu was furious. Second brother used to be very nice to her, but now he has started drawing talismans to drive her away.

Alas, it’s all my father’s fault!

On Chen Xin's side, he no longer looked at Xia Tingyu, but looked at his own sister Xia Fengxiang.

As a small Taoist priest, he had long stopped interfering in the affairs of the court. When the previous emperor was alive, he resolutely left and decided not to interfere in any affairs of the court.

As long as I can ensure my sister's safety, I can leave other things to her.

after all

This girl was really capable back then, and Chen Xin, as her brother, knew it very well.

Especially the test given by his father that year, he saw with his own eyes that his sister passed it easily, and compared to his answer, the answer his sister gave was much more perfect.

Therefore, after struggling for a day and a night, Chen Xin overcame his inner demons, gave up the idea of ​​the throne, and decided to become a Taoist monk.

How could Chen Xin know nothing about what was happening in the capital city in the past few years? After all, when his father passed away, he had planned to return to the capital city because his sister needed someone to accompany her!

But he received a letter from his father.

So I never came back.

However, when Chen Xin looked at Su Changan sitting next to his sister, especially thinking of the sword intent that the queen had just revealed, he realized that it was no wonder that the grandmother trusted Su Changan so much.

End~~

I wonder if I still have a chance in this life?

but

Looking at his sister and Su Changan, Chen Xin smiled faintly. It's okay. There is someone to accompany her. She doesn't have to rush over to accompany them like I did.

Hey, I am the elder brother.

Big brother is even less qualified than me! This day has never come, so I'll go down the mountain and look for it in Raojiang.

But suddenly.

Chen Xin noticed that his sister was looking at him and immediately avoided her eyes. Then he looked again and found that the girl was looking at all the officials calmly.

very good!

This little girl is even better at this than my father!

Wuliang Tianzun, it’s a blessing that I am a monk.

Xia Fengxiang indeed looked at the reactions of the ministers below very subtly, then looked at Shulü'an: "Bring it here."

Upon hearing this, Feng Chun walked towards Shulü An respectfully.

Although he knew that there were human heads in the box, Feng Chun was an old man in the palace and had seen all kinds of scenes. When the previous emperor killed so many people in the palace, he was watching from the side.

What's so scary about a mere barbarian's head?

Shulü An looked at the furious expressions of the people around him, but suddenly returned to his original state, especially looking at Su Changan.

Scare me with your sword!

Damn it!

Do you think I scared you?

I am the great King of the Southern Courtyard of Mobei. My elder sister personally conferred the title upon me after she came to power. Why don’t you try to kill me?

Everyone knows that the King of Yan and the King of Shu in Great Xia will rebel. If you have the guts, try to kill me at this time!

Hundreds of thousands of cavalrymen from Mobei flattened your Great Xia in an instant!

and

Still angry

Shulu'an looked at the eunuch walking towards her and the people around her.

He felt so good watching these people get angry.

When I was startled just now, wasn't I laughing? Keep laughing now!! Why are you angry?

and

I just like to see you guys getting angry with me but not daring to kill me!

While thinking this, Shulü An spoke again: "In addition to this head, my Mobei Queen Mother also has a letter for me to pass on to the Great Xia Emperor."

While speaking, Feng Chun had already arrived in front of Shulü An.

After Shulü An handed the box to Feng Chun, he took out a letter from his bosom and placed it on the box.

Then, Shulü An went on to say, "Before, Marshal Yelu Gu of Mobei arbitrarily mobilized troops to invade Daxia Yan territory. This was Yelu Gu's own behavior, and after our investigation, we found that Yelu Gu had long harbored rebellious intentions in our Mobei. So after my Mobei Queen Mother killed Yelu Gu, she also killed his cronies. But because there were too many people, I only brought Yelu Gu's head here, and specially presented it to the Emperor of Daxia today to prove the friendship between our two countries, and to prove that our friendship will never be allowed to be disturbed by traitors."

After hearing Shulü An's words, everyone remained silent and just glared at Shulü An.

However, Mu Xu, Su Wenqing, Yang Shanchang and others sat in their seats, calm and expressionless, saying nothing, just looking at His Majesty.

The Eighth Prince glanced at Shulu'an nervously, swallowing his saliva and looking at the box in Feng Chun's hand, or to be more precise, the letter on the box.

Xia Fengxiang looked at the box that Feng Chun brought over, but he was not in a hurry to open the letter. Instead, he opened the box directly.

Although Xia Fengxiang was mentally prepared, he still frowned slightly.

but

At this time, Xia Fengxiang felt Su Changan was beside him, and he couldn't help but turn around and look at Su Changan.

But he saw Su Changan put an apple - or to be more precise, an apple shaped like a rabbit - on the table in front of him.

See this

Xia Fengxiang was slightly startled, and after feeling a little warm in his heart, he turned his head and looked at the head in the box again.

Su Changan also looked into the box.

Human heads or something

In fact, it was nothing to Su Changan. After all, he had seen all kinds of scenes during those months of fleeing, and human heads were nothing.

What's more, the head was frozen, obviously the person had been dead for a long time and had been frozen all the time.

It was obviously left here specially by people from Mobei.

Xia Fengxiang looked at the head of this typical Mobei man, smiled, and reached out his hand.

When Feng Chun saw this, he wanted to remind them that wedding days are unlucky, but he held back.

Xia Fengxiang looked at Feng Chun and smiled, but didn't care about anything. He simply reached into the box, grabbed the Mobei man's hair and picked him up.

A human head was brought into people's sight.

How can it not be surprising!

Especially, although there were military generals present, there were also scholars who had lived a comfortable life and their families, and even children like Su Zhaoxin and others!

So when they saw the head covered with frost, they all gasped without exception!

Especially Su Zhaoxin opened his eyes wide.

But just when he didn't dare to look, he heard his second sister say, "Look!"

Su Zhaoxin was stunned for a moment, swallowed his saliva and continued to watch.

But I'm still a little scared.

But many people turned around or lowered their heads, and someone almost shouted out, fortunately the people around them covered their mouths immediately.

only

What shocked many people was that their emperor, the young empress, was holding the human head in one hand, staring at it and smiling.

Bang!

Xia Fengxiang threw the head back into the box, then looked at Shulü'an: "What a pity! It would be great if we could get all those tens of thousands of heads."

Shulü An was stunned for a moment. She didn't expect the empress to say such a thing, but she didn't think too much about it and just smiled.

After all, this old man in summer hasn't read the letter from his sister yet.

Although he didn't know what his sister wrote.

but.

His sister told him before he left that Xia Tianzi would not do anything to him during this journey, so this time he came out to play.

Xia Fengxiang glanced at Shulü'an, picked up the silk handkerchief on the table to wipe his hands, then picked up the letter on the table and opened it.

'What do you want to do?'

Four words.

There are only these four Chinese characters on the letter.

Moreover, the handwriting was as sharp as a knife. One can imagine what kind of person the empress dowager was.

Su Changan also saw these four words.

I didn't think much about it, but just looked at the head in the box again.

He had no impression of that man. After all, in his memory, the one who massacred their village was a very strong man from Mobei.

This man led others to kill.

Moreover, the people of Mobei suddenly sent this man's head over.

Thinking of this, Su Changan glanced at the Eighth Prince who was staring at them at this moment.

The Eighth Prince noticed that Su Changan was looking at him and immediately turned his head away.

Gudong~~~

The Eighth Prince swallowed his saliva. He wanted to know what was written in the letter!

Why would Su Changan look at him!

Which queen mother betrayed me? !

The Eighth Prince clenched his fists, beads of sweat appearing on his forehead.

After all, if he really betrayed his country, he would be guilty of treason, and the consequences would be self-evident!

only

Sudden!

The Eighth Prince thought, so what if he was betrayed? There is no evidence!

yes!

There is no evidence!

Can you believe the one-sided words of the Mobei people?

Except for the Eighth Prince, everyone present looked at Xia Fengxiang because they were curious about what was written in the letter.

Xia Fengxiang looked at the four words on the letter.

'What do you want?'

First contact.

The first contact between the Queen Mother of Mobei and the Empress of Daxia!

Start with these four words.

Xia Fengxiang suddenly raised his mouth, then looked at Shulü'an, what should I do?

Thinking of this, Xia Fengxiang looked at Su Changan and grabbed Su Changan's hand.

Su Changan was stunned for a moment, but he couldn't guess what Xia Fengxiang was going to do, so he also held Xia Fengxiang's hand.

The two stood up together.

The emperor and the empress stood up, and the people below dared not continue sitting, so they all stood up.

Xia Fengxiang squeezed Su Changan's hand, and everyone in the tent said loudly: "Today is the wedding of the Queen and I. Since we have seen the heads of the barbarians, how can we not see their blood?"

(End of this chapter)