Inside the carriage, Yi Huan kept her head down cautiously. After a long while, when Su Luo didn't speak, she looked up at her.
Seeing that Su Luo was staring at her, she immediately lowered her head.
"Mother, I was wrong."
As she spoke, tears fell again. Seeing this, Su Luo didn't say anything. She waited until Su Luo calmed down before speaking.
“Huanhuan, your mother and Nangong Chiyu have never had a good relationship. Like today, he took you away without a word. I can hardly imagine if he might do something to harm you.”
So, now that Mom's not around, don't run off with other people anymore, okay?
Yi Huan nodded. She really missed her brother. If he were here, he would definitely teach her what she could and couldn't do.
"Mom, don't be angry. Huanhuan knows she was wrong."
Su Luo pulled Yi Huan into her arms and wrapped her small hands in her own to warm them up.
"Huanhuan, tell your mother, how did Nangong Chiyu take you away?"
Yi Huan looked up and said, "Prince Yu and Uncle Chi knocked on Huanhuan's door, and Huanhuan saw them when she opened the door."
Prince Yu said he was grateful to Huanhuan for giving him the medicine, so he wanted to invite her to the Prince Yu's residence to play. He would bring her back at dusk. After leaving a note for you, Mother, Huanhuan then…
"Huanhuan, you're just going to go with him like this? Aren't you afraid he's a bad person?"
"He's not a bad person!" Yi Huan blurted out.
“Mother, Prince Yu is not a bad person. Huanhuan feels that he is a very, very good person. He is also very good to Huanhuan. No matter what Huanhuan wants to eat, he will immediately ask someone to buy it for her.”
He would also lift Huanhuan high in the air, just like Li Hongcai's father. If Huanhuan had a father, he would lift her high like that too!
Su Luo was speechless. She thought that as long as she earned enough money to give Yan Chuan and Yi Huan the best life, she would have no problem.
But she forgot that they were still children after all, and no matter how good their lives were, they still envied other people's complete families.
“Huanhuan, Nangong Chiyu is not your father. Your father is not someone that can be replaced by just anyone.”
"Besides this, which I can't fulfill for you and Chuan Chuan, I will do my best to do everything else."
Yi Huan lowered her head and nodded to indicate that she understood.
Over the next few days, Nangong Chiyu personally came to the Du residence to invite Yi Huan out, but Su Luo refused each time.
Whenever Xie Wanwan had time, she would tutor Yi Huan. Su Luo also put aside everything she was doing and invited Nangong Qing and A Xu to visit all the interesting places in the capital.
...
On the 26th, Su Luo changed into the official robes prepared for her by the palace, two sets of which were tailor-made.
The deep blue color is dignified and elegant. Her clothes were modified from the original male official's uniform to create a female official's uniform that perfectly suited her.
Donning her official hat, Su Luo entered the palace again, went through the tedious procedures, and then, like the other ministers, entered the hall to pay homage.
"You must be the newly appointed Deputy Minister of Agriculture!"
Several ministers inside the hall asked Su Luo questions, since only one female official was allowed to come here.
"It's me!"
Some admired him, while others despised him, but ultimately no one said anything.
"Sinong Su, how have you been?"
The person speaking was Lin Kaiji, Su Luo's superior, the Grand Minister of Agriculture of Nanning.
"Grand Minister of Agriculture, it's been a long time since we last met. How have you been?"
"I am perfectly fine, but I have been studying the crops that Su Sinong grows day and night, yet I have been unable to find a solution."
Su Luo smiled gently: "Some things can't be rushed. Sometimes it takes a year or two to fully understand them. Plants also have souls and lives."
Lin Kaiji stroked his beard and laughed heartily: "Sinong Su, I like what you said: plants also have souls and lives."
Su Luo stood behind Lin Kaiji, while Nangong Qing, several princes, and Nangong Chiyu stood at the front.
Nangong Qing turned around and gave Su Luo a firm look, telling her not to be nervous.
Nangong Chiyu, however, glanced at Su Luo, then turned to Nangong Qing with a mocking look, as if laughing at his unnecessary actions.
As the chief eunuch announced, "His Majesty has arrived," the people in the hall bowed in greeting.
"Long live the Emperor!"
"All of you, rise!"
Looking up, Su Luo saw a bald man with a large beard sitting below the emperor. She had heard that there was a very powerful national advisor in Nanning Kingdom, so this must be him.
He held a high position and wielded great power; even the crown prince could only stand in the palace, yet he could sit below the emperor. He was a remarkable figure.
"Where is Su Luo, the Deputy Minister of Agriculture...?"
When the emperor spoke, Su Luo stepped forward, holding his official badge, and said, "Your subject is here!"
"The Vice Minister of Agriculture has made unprecedented contributions to our dynasty. I hereby grant you permission to perform the investiture ceremony before all the officials."
"My lord, thank you Your Majesty."
The chief eunuch read out the imperial edict, which detailed Su Luo's great achievements and praised her to the point that even she herself couldn't believe it.
Finally, the chief eunuch took down the official seal and documents, and the imperial advisor followed him down.
The Imperial Advisor held the tray in both hands and handed it to Su Luo.
His amber eyes made people afraid to get close, but Su Luo saw joy in them.
"Nanning, we've finally waited for you!"
Su Luo accepted the official seal, but the Imperial Advisor left her with only a vague and cryptic statement, leaving her completely bewildered.
What did he mean by that? What did he mean by "Nanning has finally waited for her"? Didn't the original owner always live in Nanning?
Or perhaps the imperial advisor saw that she was a soul from another world.
It seems that Su Luo needs to be more wary of this Imperial Advisor.
After Su Luo's investiture was completed, the emperor began to discuss other matters with his ministers.
But ultimately, it couldn't escape the conflict between Northern Liang and Southern Ning.
"My lords, I have received a letter from the Emperor of Northern Liang. Their intention is to establish friendly relations and cease hostilities with our dynasty. Their willingness to cede three ponds is a sign of their sincerity."
"What do you, my esteemed ministers, think of the fact that they are willing to marry a princess to us in order to form a political alliance?"
The emperor's words displeased the ministers, and Crown Prince Nangong Jingming spoke out indignantly.
"The brat from Beiliang is arrogant. He's already a defeated general, yet he still dares to spew filth. Those three cities were captured by Prince Yu's army. Seeing that they were about to be lost, he had no choice but to offer to cede and reconcile them."
Your Majesty, I see that Northern Liang has no sincerity whatsoever, and is only hoping for a truce and to recuperate. Your Majesty, it would be better to have Prince Yu send troops again to destroy that tiny land.”
"shut up!"
As soon as the crown prince finished speaking, the emperor roared at him, making him tremble.
He asked in a panic, "Father, am I wrong?"
The Second Prince, Nangong Jingyao, smiled wickedly. This Crown Prince was as foolish as ever.
If Beiliang needed to recuperate, doesn't Nanning also need to?
Such a person is not worthy of sitting in the position of Crown Prince. From now on, Nanning will only belong to him, Nangong Jingyao.
“Father, when it comes to understanding Beiliang, it has to be Prince Yu. Why don’t you listen to Prince Yu’s opinion?”
Nangong Jingyao was intelligent and wise, and had the support of many ministers in the court, as well as his own faction.
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