Chapter 383 I Want to Make a Deal with You
Ji Yunshu sighed: "At least you should tell me in advance so that everyone can be mentally prepared."
Wujina curled her lips and said, "Do you think I don't want to? But I don't have time at all. Who knows what your emperor is thinking? He actually asked me in front of so many people. What can I say?"
Ji Yunshu felt that she was making excuses: "Didn't you already know that the Third Prince had asked the Emperor for your marriage? Of course the Emperor would ask last night. Isn't that reasonable?"
Wujina said, "But I shouldn't know. In a hurry, I didn't know those people well. It makes sense to choose the emperor."
The emperor of Daxia is not too old and he is not ugly. If you have to choose someone to marry, any normal person would choose him.
Ji Yunshu didn't know why she was talking to her about all this. The courtyard where she lived was burned down, and she had a lot of things to deal with. She was about to say goodbye to Wujina when suddenly a young eunuch came over and said that the emperor had summoned them both.
Ji Yunshu looked at Wu Rina, then at the young eunuch: "Is there a mistake? What does the emperor want me to do?"
The young eunuch smiled and said, "To answer your question, Madam, the Emperor heard that you were with Princess Mobei, so he asked you to come along as well. Prince Zhao is also here."
Ji Yunshu didn't know what was wrong with the emperor, but since Zhao Shen was there, she had no scruples.
So he went to the imperial court with Wujina.
What surprised her was that not only Zhao Shen was there, but the Queen was also there.
As soon as she finished her greetings, the Empress pulled her up and said, "No need to be so polite, cousin. I wanted to talk to you. I heard that you were with Princess Wujina, so I invited you along. I hope you don't mind."
Ji Yunshu could guess what the emperor would say if he summoned Wujina, so she naturally didn't want to come.
But of course she couldn't say that. She smiled and said, "I haven't seen the queen for a long time. I miss her a little."
The queen laughed.
Emperor Jingming's originally tense expression softened a bit, but he still said, "You are quite talkative. Why didn't I see you go to the palace to see the empress a few days ago?"
Ji Yunshu couldn't help but complain in her heart, "Can't he hear the polite words? He's deliberately causing trouble for her."
He snorted and said, "Everyone knows that you were in a bad mood those days. Even the Queen was under house arrest. I know my own limitations, so how could I dare to come to the palace and show off?"
Emperor Jingming was very dissatisfied: "Are you still afraid of me? My mother treats you better than I do. With my mother's support, what can I do to you?"
Ji Yunshu said, "Your Majesty is wrong. The Empress Dowager loves me because she feels that my mother died young, my father and brother are no longer around, and she's the only relative I can rely on. Your Majesty, you are the ruler of a country and don't need the Empress Dowager's support. Why are you jealous of me?"
This was probably the first time the Empress heard someone speak to the Emperor in this way. She couldn't help but laugh, "My cousin is right. What's wrong with the Emperor today? You're deliberately picking on me. Be careful, or I'll tell Mother."
Seeing that the Queen was in a good mood, Emperor Jingming felt that summoning Ji Yunshu was absolutely the right decision.
"With you and the Queen Mother making the decision for her, how dare I find fault with her?"
From the moment they started talking, Wujina knew that this opening scene had nothing to do with her.
He found a place to sit down and listen to them. Only then did he say to Emperor Jingming, unable to bear it any longer, "I was wrong to suddenly propose a marriage with you yesterday. Now that your queen has been coaxed, we can talk business."
Emperor Jingming: "You are indeed very brave, but have you ever considered what would happen if I rejected you?"
Wujina held her chin in her hand and said innocently, "You are an emperor after all, and your brain is not a decoration. How could you possibly reject me directly?"
Just looking at how Emperor Jingming managed to sit firmly on the throne despite internal and external troubles over the years, we can tell that he is no fool.
Under such circumstances, she didn't think that the emperor would ignore the benefits of marrying her and directly refuse.
Emperor Jingming said, "You are right. I cannot reject you directly no matter what. But entering my harem is not a good choice."
Wujina glanced at the queen and saw that she was still calm and composed. She thought that the couple was quite interesting.
The emperor seemed afraid that the queen would misunderstand him, but the queen did not seem worried.
Yes, she was of noble birth in Mobei, but in Daxia, she was still a foreigner.
There will never be a chance for her to become queen, and she won't even have children.
There was no threat to the Queen at all.
She said bluntly: "You are right, so I want to make a deal with you."
Emperor Jingming looked at her in surprise: "I wonder what kind of deal the princess wants to make?"
This princess hides herself too deeply. Perhaps she is used to acting in front of the King of Mobei for so many years. She looks innocent and simple, and there is no sign of disguise at all.
But now, she sat there lazily, her expression completely different from before, and the gleam in her eyes revealed an ambition that should not belong to a woman.
Emperor Jingming finally believed Zhao Shen's words. This princess had never thought of entering his harem.
Wujina said solemnly: "If you help me sit on the throne of Mobei, I can sign an alliance with you and never invade Daxia in my lifetime."
Ji Yunshu looked at Wu Rina in shock.
She knew what Wujina would ask of the emperor, but she had not expected her exchange conditions to be so generous.
Invading Daxia is the goal of every Mobei king.
When Emperor Jingming first learned of Wujina's ambition, he did not take it seriously.
As a child of the royal family, he knew that this was the same thought that every royal family member would have.
Although Wujina is a woman, the princess of Mobei has the right to inherit the throne, so Wujina can certainly have such an idea.
But having ideas is one thing, and having the ability is another.
There are many people in the royal family who end up in a miserable situation because they do not have the ability to match their ambitions.
Not to mention the distant past, isn’t the third prince of Mobei a ready-made example?
But it was not until this moment that Emperor Jingming was forced to face Wujina.
"Daxia and Mobei have signed an alliance before, but the people of Mobei never keep their promises. How can I trust you?"
Mobei is composed of tribes of all sizes. Although the King of Mobei has unified these tribes on the surface, in reality, the population of Mobei is sparse, and most of them live a nomadic life and are not controlled by the Mobei people at all.
So really large-scale cavalry invasions were actually quite uncommon.
In most cases, small tribes would invade in small groups, burn, kill, and loot, and then leave.
Daxia often couldn't even figure out which tribe was invading, so naturally there was no way to hold them accountable.
The King of Mobei had plenty of excuses to shirk responsibility, and Daxia couldn't even get an explanation.
If such things continue to happen in the future, then the conditions proposed by Wujina will be meaningless.
After all, she could allow the Mobei people to plunder and then pretend to be unaware.
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