Tricky?

Zong Zheng Xiaoting couldn't help but frown. She didn't know why, but her intuition told her that this meeting would bring too much shock and influence to her. As for her grandfather's attitude at the moment, it was so unclear that it made her feel an unconscious sense of danger.

Subconsciously, Zongzheng Xiaoting refused mercilessly, "It's not a problem for Xiaoting. The biggest problem is that Xiaoting doesn't care about being the Crown Princess. Xiaoting understands your father's misguided love, but she only wants to take care of her husband and children and doesn't want to be involved in the imperial power. What's more, marrying a daughter far away is not everything. Your father has better candidates."

Bai Yungang did not expect Zong Zheng Xiaoting to refuse. The drama he directed and acted himself was obviously unexpected. He was slightly stunned. Although it is rare to establish a crown princess, it is not unheard of. The former Tianxi Kingdom also established a crown princess when there was no successor. However, the crown princess later passed the throne to her son. That's all.

I originally thought that Zong Zheng Xiaoting should be happy about this. After all, marrying into another country is something that no woman wants to do. And she, as a princess of a country, naturally wants to return to her country. But why did she refuse so decisively at this moment? In my memory, Zong Zheng Xiaoting was always meek and yielding.

The more Bai Yungang thought about it, the more his brows furrowed. He immediately understood why the emperor had told him when he came that if the princess was unwilling, he could use threats or bribes to force her.

Zong Zheng Xiaoting just sat quietly, smiling, looking at the vast starry sky, waiting for her grandfather's next words. She stubbornly told herself that people who were related by blood would not hurt her, just like her two aunts. However, Bai Yungang's next words shattered her fantasy.

"Princess, you can only obey the emperor's will." Bai Yungang hesitated for a moment, and finally made up his mind, "Do you know that although the queen and your mother seem to be in great favor in the palace now, without the support of their children, they are in danger? Now, the emperor only wants you to be the crown princess, and he is making plans in secret. If you agree, he will naturally consider your future. Whether it is the queen or your mother, he will definitely honor you with the utmost favor. What's more, it is to give you a good foundation and expand the power of our Bai Mansion. If you insist on not obeying and anger the emperor, you should understand the consequences! Your father has never been a gentle king, let alone a king who can tolerate rejection!"

Zong Zheng Xiaoting looked at the starry sky with a dazed look in his eyes. After all, it was all for the Bai family's own future and power. No matter how nice the words sounded, they were just to cover up the desires behind them.

"Even if I agree, do you really think that everything will go smoothly?" Zong Zheng Xiaoting smiled bitterly.

"This is also the only thing the emperor is concerned about." Bai Yungang listened to Zong Zheng Xiaoting's airs and called herself "this palace". He naturally understood that at this moment, she was on guard and alienated from him. He could only suppress the bitterness in his heart and insist on his purpose. "The thorny issue I mentioned before was about the War King Situ Xunxiao and their Emperor Gong Yunyang."

Hearing Bai Yungang's words, Zong Zheng Xiaoting's brows furrowed even more. He was vaguely worried about what Zong Zheng Weimo had hinted in his mind before, that Gong Yunyang would like him.

"Father, are you worried that the emperor will get rid of me during this time and cut off Situ Xunxiao's wings?"

"The tricky thing is that the emperor's prediction is completely off track." Bai Yungang shook his head and stood with his hands behind his back. "Originally, the emperor thought that the War King should not be kept, and judging from the emperor of Yunguang Kingdom's favor for Concubine Yu Jing, if Situ Xunxiao fell in love with the princess, their emperor would definitely win her over. That's why the emperor didn't take any action after the princess arrived in Yunguang Kingdom and was trapped by the stars. After all, compared to the emperor of Yunguang Kingdom, the only one who can compete with Luozha Kingdom and should be wary of is Situ Xunxiao."

Zong Zheng Xiaoting sneered a few times, "Haha, I didn't expect that I was really smart in using this chess piece for my father."

"Princess, those who accomplish great things do not care about trivial matters. The emperor does this because he hopes that, with such an alliance, the Luozha and Yunguang kingdoms can be truly safe. Once the emperor passes away, the princess will be the emperor of Luozha. At that time, annexing other countries will be a piece of cake. The emperor of Yunguang kingdom will certainly be happy to see this. After all, the world is in your hands, so why not do it? And once the princess gives birth to a prince, the world will surely be unified." Bai Yungangsi did not care about Zongzheng Xiaoting's cold words, and gritted her teeth and told everything.

Zong Zheng Xiaoting glanced at Bai Yungang, no longer as gentle and soft as before, "Does the Prime Minister think that Gong Yunyang is a vegetarian? Or do you think that Situ Xunxiao will be fooled again so easily and experience the ugliness of having his wife stolen again? Moreover, you are too naive. How do you know that Gong Yunyang will destroy anything Situ Xunxiao likes? It's not that he really loves Concubine Jing and doesn't care about anything else?"

"Princess, you don't understand men, and you don't understand the mind of a king on the throne. What's more, with your current status, if the emperor of Yunguang Kingdom wants to covet it, if it is not the position of empress, how can he explain it to the emperor and make him think it is not a shame? Moreover, if Situ Xunxiao did not compete with the emperor, how could he be safe until now with the emperor's hatred of stealing his wife? In other words, if it really happens again, he will still just endure it." Bai Yungang looked at Zongzheng Xiaoting seriously, "Princess, no matter who you choose in the end, that person must absolutely support the princess's ideas and absolutely like them. Only in this way can the princess be guaranteed to return to Luozha Kingdom safely when the emperor dies. Both the God of War and the emperor have this ability, and no one else can do it except them."

"Prime Minister, do you think that Father only has me as a chess piece?" Zong Zheng Xiaoting said with a smile, "Even without me, Father will have a second way, right?"

Bai Yungang looked at Zongzheng Xiaoting, who had understood everything. His brows were furrowed. He knelt down slowly and said, "Since Princess understands everything, please save our Bai Mansion and your poor mother."

Although Zong Zheng Xiaoting had resentment in her heart, she was still panicked and couldn't bear to see her relatives kneeling in front of her. She bit her lip and softened her tone, "Grandfather, please stand up and talk. At this point, I have no other choice, right?"

With a long sigh, Zong Zheng Xiaoting helped Bai Yungang up, rubbed his brows tiredly, and waited for Bai Yungang's next words.