Chapter 205: Pardon and Title of Yongning County Lady
In the twelfth month of the 27th year of Emperor Xuanwen's reign, the emperor fell seriously ill and announced that the crown prince would be regent.
In November of the same year, King Xi and Emperor Murong Fenghuang jointly launched an uprising in Pingyang and Yecheng.
Crown Prince Fu Hong was appointed to take charge of world affairs on behalf of the emperor in a time of crisis. Although he had not ascended the throne, he could basically make decisions on major matters.
The first thing was to pardon Xie Anfeng's branch.
"I want to pardon Xie Anfeng's family, because the rebels have already rebelled in Pingyang and Yecheng, and the court needs capable officials like Xie Anfeng and Xie Ning."
The prince said, "The court also needs to be grateful to meritorious officials like Xie Yanyan. She presented the curved plow to the people, which was a great contribution to future generations. She also contributed greatly to the locust eradication and disaster relief. My father originally intended to pardon Xie Anfeng's family, and I also have this intention."
The new censor stepped forward and said, "Your Highness, the Crown Prince, hasn't His Majesty already issued the imperial decree to pardon Xie Anfeng's family?"
The prince did not hide it: "Father ordered me to write a separate imperial edict. The pardon is the pardon, and my marriage is my marriage. They cannot be mixed up."
He rewrote the imperial edict, pardoned Xie Anfeng's family, and conferred the title of county lord on Xie Yanyan. He also granted the Yongning County of Kuaiji Prefecture, a piece of territory that the Former Qin once conquered in Lingnan, to Xie Yanyan.
The title he gave to Xie Yanyan was Yongning. Yongning, don't be displaced.
Xie Yanyan, Princess of Yongning County, was granted the title of Yongning County in Kuaiji Prefecture.
The censor again asked, pardoning a guilty daughter was already good enough, but why should she be conferred the title of county lady?
It's just a title of county lady, but also a fief of land?
Since ancient times, such commoner county princesses were just empty titles, honorary titles. How could they have real fiefdoms?
The prince had a young face, handsome and majestic: "Then you kill a locust for me to see? Oh, by the way, Miss Xie also invented white paper, you see - who has the ability, can also make paper for me?"
"To put it bluntly, there are wars on the border right now, and cities are being lost one after another. It's hard to say when the world will change hands. I'm granting the county lady a piece of land. Maybe it's the only piece of land that belongs to the Qin Dynasty."
The ministers shed tears and repeatedly expressed their incompetence.
The prince stopped scolding everyone and passed the white paper that Xie Yanyan gave him last time to everyone. The napkins had all been used by the emperor, so he couldn't get any more, but the white paper was enough to shock everyone.
"Is this paper? It's much better than silk."
"Why is it so white? What is it made of?"
The prince smiled gently and said, "This was made by the county lady, made of tree branches and grass stalks!"
The censor asked fearlessly: "Since she invented such white paper, why didn't she present it to Your Majesty?"
"Then why don't you think about why we have been dragging our feet until now since we could have pardoned her? Do you think you should be strict with others and lenient with yourself?"
"What is affection and righteousness? Of these two words, are we taking affection or righteousness?"
"I'm going to say something you don't want to hear. With Miss Xie's ability, does she have to recognize us as her master?"
The prince is not very old and has experienced a lot in the past few months. He once thought that the Former Qin was the leader of the Sixteen Kingdoms and would be passed down for thousands of generations.
He also thought that as long as he was kind enough, Prince Xi would sooner or later treat him as a brother.
He also once thought that his father was the most wise and powerful person in the world.
Neither.
Now he just wants to be nicer to the people he wants to protect and do more than he can.
The censor's eyes widened: "Your Highness, if she doesn't recognize His Majesty as her master, who does she want to recognize as her master? Does she want to rebel?"
"She doesn't need to rebel! There are many people who want to give her status now. Do you know the King of Song? According to the investigation of the Embroidered Uniform Guard, he not only wants to recruit Xie Anfeng's family to Song, but also wants to promise Miss Xie a lifetime of glory by making her the Queen. What do you think, if she really becomes the Queen Mother, what are our chances of winning against Song?"
A general stood up and said, "Song is just a tiny country. Why don't we destroy it before it can gain a firm foothold?"
"I'm not trying to destroy my own family's prestige. The King of Song, Chu Xiwang, is a great hero. His martial arts skills are even better than those of all the generals in our court put together."
"Also, I want to ask you, Miss Xie was able to kill the locusts that no one had been able to kill for thousands of years in just one day. Is it difficult for her to kill all of you here?"
"Stop making trouble. Let the people recuperate and save their strength. When there are no beggars on the streets, we can talk about expanding the territory."
"You have such great ambitions, why don't you think about how to resist the rebels Fu Rui and Murong Fenghuang, why don't you think about how to recover the lost cities, why don't you think about how to fill the empty treasury"
The prince shook his hand when he said this: "Stop talking, I have made up my mind. If you keep arguing, then you will be the regent?"
"I dare not."
"It's good that you don't dare. That's it!"
On December 1, the 27th year of Emperor Xuanwen's reign, the Crown Prince sent Dong Shiliu and Leng Luo, the deputy commander of the Embroidered Uniform Guard, to Lingnan at full speed to announce the decree.
"You must deliver the imperial edict to Miss Xie before the New Year." The prince specifically instructed Dong Shiliu before they set off, "Shiliu, tell Miss Xie that I am waiting for her in Yongning County to make the whitest and softest paper in the world for me."
"Tell Miss Xie that if she is willing, I am willing to spend my life with her as the Crown Princess. If she is not willing, I will recognize her as my sister and respect her for the rest of my life."
Dong Shiliu nodded silently: "I will remember this."
On the fifth day after the prince's imperial edict was issued, Qingxiu got the news and immediately reported it to Xie Yanyan.
"Miss, your whole family has been acquitted, and you have been named the Princess of Yongning County, and granted the fiefdom of Yongning County in Kuaiji Prefecture."
Xie Yanyan did not hide it and told Xie Anfeng the news.
The whole family was so excited that they cried.
The long-cherished wish of being acquitted came true before the New Year.
Yan'er was also conferred the title of county lord, with a title and her own fiefdom.
"Yan'er, tomorrow is your birthday, let's celebrate it properly."
The family was having a great time when suddenly someone shouted from outside the fence.
"Sister Yanyan."
It was Tiffany Hsieh, she came from nowhere.
Xie Yanyan looked at the one-meter-high fence of her house and thought that she should build the courtyard wall first.
"Sister Yanyan, why didn't you go down to the fields?" She lay outside the fence and continued to shout with a smile.
[Hurry up and agree, hurry up]
【Xie Xiangxiang sent someone to arrest me】
Xie Yanyan didn't want to pay attention to her at first, but after hearing her thoughts, he stopped what he was doing and looked at her: "What do you want?"
"Sister Yanyan, can I come in and talk?"
As she spoke, anxiety appeared on her face.
Xie Yong said unhappily: "What are you planning now?"
"Brother, open the door, I want to talk to my sister." Please, open the door quickly.
Xie Yanyan said to Xie Yong: "Ask her in."
Xie Yong opened the gate and Xie Tingting rushed in, followed by someone like a ghost.
Xie Yanyan brought her into the house.
"You can tell me, there's no one here now."
Tiffany Hsieh kept looking outside.
"Don't look at me. I have good hearing. I can hear someone approaching." Xie Yanyan dispelled her doubts, "Hurry up and tell me. Leave as soon as you tell me."
"Wow, Sister Yanyan." Tiffany Hsieh burst into tears.
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