Chapter 119: Starting from Dasheng Capital, Heading Straight to Dayao Capital
Ji Jinyou was stunned, and pointed at herself with her little finger, a little bit unbelievable: "You invited Youyou too?"
"That's right. The Crown Prince of Yaoguo repeatedly invited you to go with him in his letter." Emperor Wen Zhao nodded and said, then sighed: "It's just that Yaoguo is far away, and you are still young. Your mother and I are hesitating whether to let you go. We are worried."
Ji Jin grew up to be nine years old. Apart from going out of town for an outing and participating in the autumn hunt every year, and the few times when he followed his brothers and sisters out of the palace for a stroll, he had never left the palace again. Naturally, he also longed to go out for a walk.
Especially when she thought of the glorious scenes Xue Yili had described to her, she was quite excited. She stood up straight and nodded desperately, "Father, Mother, Xiaojiu wants to go."
The queen reached out and pulled the little girl in front of her. She stroked her delicate face and said with concern, "Xiaojiu, Dayao is so far away, and you've never been away from home before. How about we not go?"
Over the years, the little girl had always been by the Queen's side. The Queen naturally felt reluctant to let her go when she had to go on a long journey and would not be able to see her for a long time.
Ji Jinyou threw herself into the Queen's arms and said coquettishly, "Mother, Youyou is a big child now and can take care of herself. Mother, you are the best. Just let Youyou go."
The queen was so amused by the little girl's mischievous behavior that she touched her forehead and said angrily, "You have been corrupted by your elder sisters. You are a real scoundrel."
Ji Jinyou hugged the Queen's waist and laughed. The Queen sighed and said helplessly: "Ask your father."
After passing the empress's test, Ji Jinyou ran to Emperor Wen Zhao again, hugged his arm and shook it: "Father, my mother has agreed."
Emperor Wen Zhao shook his head and smiled, "Okay, you can go."
Ji Jinyou was so happy that he almost jumped up and asked, "When do we leave?"
Emperor Wen Zhao: "When your brothers are ready, which will be about half a month later, you should go back and talk to your mother first."
"Okay, Xiaojiu will go back now." Ji Jinyou responded, and then asked: "Father, which of the brothers will go?"
Emperor Wen Zhao nodded slightly and said, "Your Sixth Brother wants to go for a stroll. I will let your Fifteenth Brother go with him to see the world."
Ever since the Sixth Prince was deeply hurt by that brothel girl, he has been like a man who has sealed his heart and locked away all his love for so many years. He no longer has eyes for any woman and just lives a carefree life of eating, drinking and having fun.
Letting him go to Dayao would just be a formality, and it would be clear that he doesn't want to get involved in Princess Dayao's marriage search.
Ji Jinyou figured this out and thought it made sense, so he asked, "Father, will my seventeenth brother go?"
Emperor Wen Zhao said, "I originally did not intend to let Seventeen go with you, but since you want to go, let him accompany you."
If it were in the past, Emperor Wen Zhao would certainly not feel comfortable letting Xiaojiu and so many princes go to Dayao.
But now the two countries are on good terms and the relationship has eased. The two envoys sent by Dayao to deliver the letter this time are the uncle of Yao's Crown Prince Xue Yili and the uncle of Xue Yili. Both of them are Xue Yili's staunch supporters and are now important figures in Yao.
Xue Yili specifically stated in the letter that after the letter was delivered, the two of them would stay in the capital of Dasheng until the princes and princesses of Dasheng returned from Dayao, and then they would leave.
This was equivalent to leaving two hostages here in disguise in order to reassure Emperor Wen Zhao, which can be said to be full of sincerity.
When Ji Jinyou heard that Seventeen was also going, he smiled happily, bowed to Emperor Wen Zhao and the Empress, and took his leave, then ran back to Miaoyunxuan in a flash.
The little girl was so excited about going on a long journey that she told Concubine Ru about it as soon as she entered the house.
After hearing this, Concubine Ru's face was filled with worry. She hugged the little girl who was jumping up and down like she wanted to fly into the sky and said, "Youyou, why don't we go? Mother is worried."
Ji Jinyou hugged Rufei's waist again, acted coquettishly to her, made various promises, and even said that Seventeen would also go. Finally, he agreed to take Jinxing and Haitang with her, and only then did Rufei give in.
After class, Seventeen was called over by Emperor Wen Zhao along with Fifteen. After coming out of Chongde Hall, he hurried to Miaoyunxuan, where Concubine Ru pulled him aside and gave him another long lecture.
The brother and sister agreed one by one, and finally they swore to the heaven that they would be fine, and then Concubine Ru stopped.
Half a month later, the Sixth Prince led the team, and the Fifteenth Prince and the Seventeenth Prince accompanied them, protecting the Ninth Princess of Da Sheng, Ji Jinyou. A team of hundreds of people set out from the capital of Da Sheng and headed straight for the capital of Dayao.