Xue Jiaojiao was surprised by Wangwang's seriousness. She stopped and looked back: "Go ahead."

Wangwang took a step forward, his ears red, and said word by word: "Xue Jiaojiao, I like you, and I want to marry you in the future. Are you willing?"

“……” Xue Jiaojiao looked at Wangwang in surprise and didn’t come back to her senses for a long time.

Wangwang started to feel uneasy for once: "You...you don't want to?"

Xue Jiaojiao shook her head subconsciously: "That's not the case..."

Wangwang was delighted and asked expectantly, "Are you willing?"

Xue Jiaojiao scratched her head: "Actually, my grandparents once came to Beijing to find me and asked about my relationship with you..."

Wangwang: "Hmm? Then what?"

"I said we are good friends, and there is no other relationship."

“They were disappointed.”

"They want me to please you and find ways to marry you."

"Then, I will bring all the brothers and sisters, relatives and friends of the Xue family to the heavens..."

Xue Jiaojiao looked distressed when she spoke, and Wangwang didn't even dare to say "hmm", but just looked at her with a concerned look.

Xue Jiaojiao looked down at her toes and said, "I don't want to."

Wangwang's heart fell into the ice water.

But he could see that Xue Jiaojiao had more to say, so he swallowed silently and continued to wait for Xue Jiaojiao to continue.

Xue Jiaojiao sighed and looked up at Wangwang.

"I don't want to be a pawn of the family. I don't want our relationship to become complicated because of interests."

"But I come from this family and have been raised by them since I was a child. I cannot sever ties with them just for my own selfish reasons..."

"If I marry you, the family will definitely have extremely high expectations for you and me."

"I'm afraid that because of these, you and I won't be as comfortable as we are now in the end..."

"If that's the case, I'd rather be like this now, never getting close, never expecting anything, it would be easier."

Wangwang heard the key words: Is she selfish towards herself?

Does she cherish her current relationship with herself?

His dead heart began to beat again, and he subconsciously began to analyze the problem: "So you are just worried about this and don't dare to agree to me?"

Xue Jiaojiao tilted her head and thought for a while: "One more thing."

"You are the crown prince now, and you will become the crown prince and the emperor in the future."

"I am impatient to entertain those concubines and ladies, and I don't know how to hold family banquets and social favors..."

In short, she didn't like the flower-viewing poetry gatherings and garden socializing that ordinary women liked.

A qualified queen must be adept at all of these.

Xue Jiaojiao got a headache just thinking about it.

Wangwang was happy: "This is easy, just agree to it and I will arrange it later."

Xue Jiaojiao: “Ah?” Ask the emperor to arrange a family banquet for the harem?

Wangwang tapped her forehead and said, "There are so many experienced maids in the palace. If you don't want to be busy with these things, just leave them to them. You don't have to do it yourself."

"As long as the previous dynasty is stable, the ladies will not dare to do evil."

"As for concubines...my grandfather and my father both had only one wife, and I have no intention of having three wives and four concubines."

"As long as you agree to me, you will be my only one in the future."

Xue Jiaojiao opened her mouth slightly, her brain unable to keep up.

Wangwang couldn't help himself and reached out to hold her hands: "What other concerns do you have? Tell us all and we can work together to find a solution."

Xue Jiaojiao thought for a while: "I still want to be a female general..." to defend my country.

Wangwang nodded: "Well, I'll arrange this. Anything else?"

Xue Jiaojiao thought again, but couldn't think of anything. She shook her head blankly.

Wangwang nodded: "Let's talk about your family's problem first."

"There have been many people who have this idea since ancient times."

"I'm not afraid of their ideas, I'm only afraid of your ideas."

"If you marry me, I will knock them from time to time to prevent them from being too presumptuous."

"If there are any who commit crimes, I will punish them according to the law. Will this make it difficult for you? Will it make you feel distressed?"

Xue Jiaojiao herself is a person who hates evil, so how could she cover up for him?

She nodded immediately: "Of course I support your idea."

"When a prince breaks the law, he is punished just like a commoner. This is the foundation for a country's prosperity."

Wangwang nodded with satisfaction: All the time I have been explaining books to her in person over the years, it has been effective.

"As long as you trust me, that's enough."

"If you want to be a female general, it's easier. You can just go to the army and start as a small soldier."

"If you perform well, you will naturally be promoted to a female general little by little..."

"Now you just need to make it clear whether you like me too."

Xue Jiaojiao blushed for the first time, and tried to retreat stammeringly, but her hands were held tightly and she couldn't get away at all: "I... I don't know if this counts as love."

"I'm just happy to see you every day. I'm happy to fight with you, talk with you, and eat with you..."

Wangwang couldn't help laughing: "That's enough!"

The half-grown boy squeezed Xue Jiaojiao's hand hard and said, "Just wait."

The young man was full of energy and enthusiasm, and he immediately made the arrangements.

Xue Jiaojiao had been training with Xue Zhenshan since she was a child, and had also been practicing martial arts with the palace's martial arts master and Wangwang for a long time. She was already strong and healthy, so it was no difficulty for her to join the army.

The problem is: there is no war to fight.

Tianwu is a powerful country with advanced weapons, and the gap between it and its neighboring countries is huge.

Which country is so desperate that it wants to provoke us?

There was no civil unrest either.

In the past, when people were living in poverty, there were always people who rose up in rebellion, became bandits, or rebelled to claim their own kingdom.

Now that people have enough food and clothing and can read and write, who would be willing to become a bandit?

Even former bandits have come down from the mountains, tilling the land, and raising children...

The remaining diehards were wiped out two years ago.

Xue Jiaojiao entered the military camp and found out that there were only three things to do in daily life in the army.

Practice martial arts, study literature, and farm.

Yes, the people are safe and there are no wars to fight, but feeding and clothing so many people is a huge expense.

Therefore, the imperial court ordered officers and soldiers from all over the country to take turns on duty and farming.

The fields are located near the camp, and the potatoes, cabbages, sweet potatoes and taro grown there can cover half of the food expenses...

They used the excess to feed the chickens and pigs.

The military rations saved by the court were directly converted into bonuses, which were then distributed to the soldiers who won the competition or sent back home.

Xue Jiaojiao served as a soldier for half a year and never participated in a battle. However, she earned a lot of money in martial arts competitions and was promoted to a centurion.

Many people were envious and jealous, but Xue Jiaojiao was bored.

The Xue family is now the richest family among the people, so she is not short of money.

When someone heard about Xue Jiaojiao's great ambition, they were very surprised: "You still want to fight and gain merit? Now the sea is peaceful and the rivers are clear, the world is peaceful, it's a great thing!"

"War means death! People will be displaced and the battlefield will be littered with corpses... do you want that?"

Xue Jiaojiao thought about it and agreed.

According to the current Fu family's ability to govern the country, even if he stayed in the military camp for three to five years, he would not have the opportunity to fight in a war.

Forget it, there’s no point in being a soldier, so I’ll go back to Beijing.

As soon as the fourteen-year-old Xue Jiaojiao returned to Beijing, Emperor Tianwu arranged for her to be married to the crown prince.

Just wait until Xue Jiaojiao turns fifteen and has her coming-of-age ceremony, then choose a date and get married.

As soon as the news came out, the Xue family was overjoyed!

Under the suppression of Xue Zhenshan, the Xue family's own members were relatively honest, but some of the more distant members of the family started to become arrogant.

They used the Xue family's name to act recklessly, extorting money and demanding bribes. They were extremely arrogant.

Within a few days, someone was sent to the authorities for robbing a woman in the street and beating the man to death.

This man named Xue Tieshan is Xue Zhenshan’s distant cousin.

He didn't take it seriously at first and threatened the county magistrate on the spot: "My niece is the Crown Prince's Consort! How dare you do this to me?"

The county magistrate was also afraid and hurried to report it.

As a result, the superiors gave a direct order: follow the rules.

If there is any favoritism or abuse of power, the county magistrate will be dismissed and investigated.

The county magistrate was relieved and sentenced him to be executed in the autumn.

After the verdict, the Xue family panicked: How could this happen?

Hurry up and ask your cousin for help! (End of this chapter)