Chapter 791 Extra: Princess Gaoping 4
Da Xi's official letter was delivered to the palace in the afternoon, and the news came out in the evening.
Just as Qiao Qinghe was preparing to send a letter to the Yongning Marquis's residence, the news arrived by sheer coincidence.
Upon hearing this news, Qiao Qinghe immediately abandoned her plan to visit Marquis Yongning.
Now, the King of Chu's side is no longer of any importance.
Everything else takes a backseat to the major issues of both countries.
"Mother, are you really not going to be married off to Da Lu?" Wei Jia was still a little worried.
Compared to the King of Chu, Da Xi is far away and difficult to deal with, and Xia Linyuan is not an easy person to handle. If she were to marry into Da Xi, she would be isolated and helpless, and her situation would be unimaginable.
Qiao Qinghe called out towards an unknown direction, "Really? Really, are you still there?"
Sure enough, the next moment he really was standing in front of her.
"Didn't I tell you to go home? Why are you still here?"
Qiao Qinghe, with a stern face, scolded him impatiently, "Are you trying to fool me?"
He quickly put on a forced smile and said awkwardly, "I was thinking, since you're going to the Yongning Marquis's residence tomorrow anyway, I'll just go back with you. I don't want to bother having the manor's coachman take me."
Qiao Qinghe stared at her speechlessly for a moment, then stopped dwelling on the issue.
"You heard what Wei Jia just said, right?"
"The Da Xi tribe wants to marry you and make you their empress. What do you think?"
He actually pouted and said, "I'm not going."
Wei Jia couldn't help but worry, "This isn't something you can just cancel on a whim."
"At the morning court tomorrow, the two princesses will surely consult everyone's opinions."
"It's really hard to say what the outcome will be then."
The two princesses are releasing this information now to test everyone's opinions and give everyone some time to think.
Qiao Qinghe sighed, "If Dayan wants to maintain the current stable situation, it cannot easily fall out with Da'e."
"I guess most people would support this marriage."
"If the imperial court really decides to marry you off to Da'e, I'm afraid you won't be able to refuse even if you want to."
Wei Jia sighed, "If I had known I was going to marry far away to Da'e, I would have preferred to marry the King of Chu, who is closer to me. At least the King of Chu made his stance clear. Besides, the King of Chu is weak-willed and cowardly, so he can't easily bully Huan Zhen."
Before she could finish speaking, she said with a look of disgust, "I'd rather marry Da Xi than marry the King of Chu!"
"At least Xia Linyuan is more like a man than the King of Chu."
"Moreover, Xia Linyuan owes us a life."
"If I marry him, maybe I can help Ajiu get revenge."
Upon hearing this, both Qiao Qinghe and Wei Jia were shocked.
"Are you serious?"
Qiao Qinghe looked at Zhen Huan in astonishment, "You really want to marry Xia Linyuan?"
Really?
When Xia Linyuan came to Dayan to propose marriage before, he was already convinced that it was true.
Now that he has ascended the throne, his first request to marry her is indeed true.
Previously, it could be said that Xia Linyuan harbored ulterior motives.
But what is it for now?
Could it be that Xia Linyuan has truly fallen for her?
It really seems that way; she doesn't appear to be completely indifferent to Xia Linyuan.
These two...
He shrugged nonchalantly, "Didn't you say that if everyone agrees to let me go for the marriage alliance, then I have no choice but to go?"
"Instead of being forced to go against your will, it's better to find a good reason to go happily."
After saying that, he didn't wait for Qiao Qinghe to say anything more and quickly added, "The old lady has received this news, and I'm afraid the Yongning Marquis's residence has also received it."
"My mother is heartbroken."
"I need to go back and comfort her, lest she start arguing with my father again."
After saying that, he greeted them and left without a word, as if afraid that if he lingered any longer he would be forced to stay and continue nagging.
Qiao Qinghe didn't want to force him to stay, so she wrote a letter and gave it to Ashuang after he left.
"Have Yi San send it to the palace and hand it over to the Princess Protector of the Nation."
"Yes." Ah Shuang took the letter and went out.
Wei Jia wasn't surprised at all by this.
After Emperor Xiaozhao's death, the secret service organization directly under his command fell into the hands of Princess Li Jingyue, the Protector of the Nation.
To be precise, it should be that Emperor Xiaozhao had already secretly arranged for Li Jingyue to accept part of the secret agent organization's strength long before Emperor Xiaozhao died.
After Emperor Xiaozhao left, Li Jingyue officially accepted the secret service.
At the same time, Emperor Xiaozhao left a secret edict, granting Qiao Qinghe ownership of the Huajiaolou (Painted Corner Tower) and the hot spring resort on the outskirts of the capital. He also gave her the right to supervise the secret agent organization.
To put it bluntly, Emperor Xiaozhao trusted Li Jingyue, but he didn't completely trust her.
So he wanted Qiao Qinghe to help restrain him.
In any case, Qiao Qinghe is the one who will always think of Li Yiqian's best interests.
When Li Yiqian assumes power, these forces will gradually be handed over to him.
Whether it's her or Li Jingyue, they are only temporarily in charge.
The next morning at court, Qiao Qinghe, a rare idle person, also carried a dragon-headed cane and walked up to the Golden Palace.
She doesn't usually come, but today's court meeting was clearly about Da'e's marriage proposal to the Princess of Gaoping, so she naturally had to come and hear what everyone had to say.
Upon her arrival, the quick-witted eunuch had already gone to inform the two princesses.
There were also clever little eunuchs who ran off to move chairs for Qiao Qinghe.
As Qiao Qinghe had predicted, almost everyone voted in favor of marrying the Princess of Gaoping to Da'er.
Even the King of Chu, who originally wanted to marry the Princess of Gaoping to save his life, reluctantly said that this was a matter of benefit to the country and the people, and he had no reason not to support it.
As a result, unsurprisingly, Princess Gaoping was sent to marry a foreign ruler.
Yes, it was a marriage alliance.
To put it nicely, it was the other party who proposed to her, and Princess Gaoping was to become empress after marrying into the family.
To put it bluntly, this is a concession made to stop the fighting; this is a marriage alliance.
Anyway, whatever the case, that's how things are settled.
The topic then shifted to the details of the marriage, including the title of Princess of Gaoping County, and the wedding ceremony and dowry.
Qiao Qinghe didn't care about these things.
After the court session ended, Qiao Qinghe went to Li Jingyue's place.
She never expected to actually see Zhen Huan at Li Jingyue's place.
What are you doing here?
Li Jingyue said with a smile, "The old lady and the Princess of Gaoping have the same idea."
"How so?" Qiao Qinghe looked at Li Jingyue.
"It's highly likely that Emperor Da'e can't refuse this marriage proposal. So, when the old lady sends someone off to the wedding, she's also planning to send a secret agent to infiltrate Da'e."
"Re-establish Da Xi's secret service."
"While planting spies doesn't necessarily mean plotting against Da'er, gathering some information in advance will allow us to prepare a response if anything happens."
Li Jingyue's words were true, and this was also what Qiao Qinghe wrote to Li Jingyue last night.
After saying that, Li Jingyue looked at Qiao Qinghe and said with a smile, "Princess Gaoping arrived early this morning."
"She said that if she had to marry into the family, she couldn't just do nothing."
"So I want to bring a few spies with me to establish a spy network. It would be best to bring a few more spies into the palace as well."
"She wants to plant spies from Dayan in the harem of Da Xi as well."
"And you said..."
Li Jingyue was too embarrassed to say what came next.
Because what Princess Gaoping said was that it would be best to give her several top-tier experts. If Xia Linyuan dared to harbor any ill intentions towards Dayuan, she would end his life beforehand.
Good heavens, she's not even married yet, and she's already thinking about how to kill her future husband!
Moreover, judging from her demeanor, she's not getting married at all; she's clearly going to make a name for herself!
Three months later.
Princess Yu Zhenhuan of Gaoping County, who was bestowed the title of Princess Yonghe, embarked on a journey to kill her husband and slay the dragon... ah, I mean, to marry into a foreign land in the west.
A contest between ambitious individuals and those seeking revenge is slowly unfolding.
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