Thinking of this, An Lirong smiled slightly and said, "Since your father is here, I can't refuse to see him. I'll have someone invite him in right away."
After a while, the envoy from the Western Regions came in with the palace maid. This time, he did not stare at An Lirong like he did last time. Instead, he saluted An Lirong according to the rules and then thanked An Lirong for her help.
After expressing his gratitude, the envoy from the Western Regions looked at An Lirong. With these features and this temperament, isn’t she really the Princess?
The envoy from the Western Regions still had some doubts about this matter. No matter how he looked at it, he felt that An Lirong must have a relationship with Her Royal Highness the Princess.
"I dare to ask Your Majesty, is she really not the princess of our Western Regions? Or, is Your Majesty related to the princess?" Suspicion was choking him in the chest, and the envoy from the Western Regions could not help but ask.
After hearing the envoy's words, An Lirong sighed. Before letting the envoy from the Western Regions in, she knew that the envoy from the Western Regions would definitely seize the opportunity to ask clearly.
She was also planning to reveal her identity to the envoy from the Western Regions to prevent him from being suspicious and causing harm to her.
"You are right, I do have a relationship with your princess. She is my mother." An Lirong finally said it.
After hearing this, the envoy from the Western Regions burst into tears and said, "Little Princess, since you are the daughter of Her Royal Highness, why don't you return to the Western Regions?"
However, An Lirong showed no reaction to this. She looked at the envoy from the Western Regions and said, "I won't go back. You should know why my mother left the Western Regions. If I'm not mistaken, the Western Regions should be in turmoil right now, with constant disputes between tribes."
"What's going on?" At this moment, Situ Yao's voice suddenly came. It turned out that he knew that the envoys from the Western Regions were coming, so he put down what he was doing and came over to take a look.
Who knew that as soon as I came in, I heard An Lirong talking about a dispute, so I asked this question.
However, An Lirong was shocked. When did the emperor come here? How much of what she just said did he hear?
At present, An Lirong does not want to tell Situ Yao that she is the descendant of a princess.
The two reacted and saluted Situ Yao, who then asked, "What was the envoy talking about with my beloved concubine just now? What was the dispute?"
After hearing Situ Yao's questioning, the Western Region envoy finally spoke: "It's our Western Region. There are some conflicts between tribes, but it's not a big problem."
For An Lirong's safety, the Western Regions envoy had to tell this matter. He could see that An Lirong had not told Situ Yao about the identity of the princess's descendants. Otherwise, how could the princess's descendants be just a small promise? An Lirong didn't seem to want him to know about this matter, so he had to divert Situ Yao's attention.
It was obvious that Situ Yao's only purpose was to find out where the dispute had occurred, and he probably didn't hear what had been said between him and the envoys from the Western Regions.
An Lirong breathed a sigh of relief.
"Oh, so the Western Regions are not peaceful. Your casualties are heavy. Do you need some assistance from me?" Situ Yao asked.
He had no good intentions at all. He just heard that there was unrest in the Western Regions and wanted to get a piece of the pie.
You have to know that when a country has civil unrest, other countries will rise up to attack it. Now that he knows the news, how can he just ignore it?
Therefore, he tentatively asked the envoys from the Western Regions whether he wanted to send his own troops to help. In fact, as long as his troops went there, he would have a place to stand in the land of the Western Regions.
The envoys from the Western Regions are not fools. Although the purpose of their visit is to make friends with their country, it does not mean that they have no intention of annexing them.
What Situ Yao said further proved his ambition and he wanted to take advantage of the opportunity to help his country to annex his land.
"Thank you, Your Majesty. However, this matter is ultimately a matter between our tribes, so Your Majesty does not need to worry about it." The Western Region envoy said to Situ Yao with gratitude. What he meant was that they could solve their own problems, and Situ Yao should not dream of interfering.
However, faced with the opportunity to share the land of the Western Regions, how could Situ Yao retreat because of a word from the Western Regions envoy?
Situ Yao smiled, patted the Western Regions envoy on the shoulder, and said to him, "Although this is an internal matter within your country, our two countries are friendly. If there are any difficulties, I will certainly not refuse. Now that other tribes want to devour your country, I will definitely help."
Seeing that Situ Yao not only failed to understand the times but also wanted to annex their country, the envoys from the Western Regions had to change their attitude.
He then said with a cold face, "Your Majesty, you may not know that although our country is experiencing some internal turmoil, we are united externally. If your troops were to go, they would probably be mistaken for invaders and besieged by all the tribes, which would be detrimental and useless. We appreciate your kindness, Your Majesty. I will report this to the King upon my return."
After hearing the words of the Western Regions envoy, Situ Yao fell silent. If there was civil unrest in their country, he could still get a share of the pie, but if all their people gathered together to deal with him, he would definitely not get any benefit from them.
At this moment, my father-in-law suddenly came over.
"Your Majesty, the Prime Minister requests an audience."
In the Imperial Study, the Prime Minister said to Situ Yao, "Your Majesty, I heard that General Xu Mao was arrested by Your Majesty. General Xu is a pillar of the country, no matter what. Therefore, I think it would be best for Your Majesty to release General Xu."
So that's how it is. After hearing what the prime minister said, Situ Yao realized that the prime minister came to plead for Xu Mao.
At that moment, Situ Yao's lips curled up with a hint of sarcasm, and he looked at the Prime Minister with a look of deep sorrow: "Prime Minister, why do you think I arrested Xu Mao? If he hadn't been so ignorant and secretly detained the Western Regions envoy, why would I have touched him?"
What this means is that what Xu Mao did was no ordinary matter. He privately detained the envoys from the Western Regions. To put it bluntly, it was a matter between two countries and could not be resolved with just a few words.
How could the Prime Minister not know this? That's why he didn't want to come over. However, thinking of Madam Xu threatening to commit suicide, the Prime Minister had no choice.
"Your Majesty, this matter is all a misunderstanding. Xu Mao was ignorant and offended the envoy from the Western Regions. When Xu Mao comes out, let him apologize to the envoy. I believe the envoy is magnanimous and will not care about such a small matter." The prime minister was based on the idea of making a big thing small and a small matter nothing.
First, it was said that Xu Mao was ignorant, and then it was said that he had only offended the envoy. In this way, the matter would not be so serious. Finally, Xu Mao was asked to apologize, which gave the envoy a magnanimous look. If the envoy did not forgive Xu Mao, it would mean that he was petty.
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