"All four of your countries want to marry the princess, but there is only one princess in Daxia, and not everyone can get what they want."
Lord Wen's face looked a little ugly. Was he going to be rejected by the emperor?
Xia Zhiye said, "How about this, we will hold a competition in three days. Whichever country wins more will marry the princess."
The envoys from the four countries had different expressions.
The Xiongnu envoy was furious. He thought that something was a sure thing, but he was humiliated. How could he explain this to the Khan?
The Dayuan envoys were stunned. Apart from people who were good at negotiation and people responsible for protection, they did not bring any scholars with them this time.
The Wusun envoy remained calm and appeared confident among the other envoys.
The Loulan envoys who were on Lord Wen's side were overjoyed.
Loulan was not as strong as the other three countries, and its land was barren, so it was not of much value to Daxia. He never dreamed that it could compete fairly with other countries.
Lord Wen thought that he was a famous scholar in Loulan, and in terms of knowledge alone, he would not necessarily lose to other countries.
The Dayuan envoy asked, "Your Majesty, could you tell me what the competitions are?"
"Music, chess, arithmetic, astronomy, geography."
The four countries all looked unhappy. They did not advocate ritual and music education like Daxia did. Wasn't this making things difficult for people?
Xia Zhiye said lazily: "Of course, there are also horseback riding, archery, wrestling, Cuju and other sports that your country is good at. Let's compete fairly."
Everyone's faces looked a little better.
Whether it is the Xiongnu, Wusun, Dayuan or Loulan, they are all foreigners on the territory of Daxia. Let's compete with each other. Who is afraid of whom?
After the court meeting, Yun Yuan was stopped by a eunuch.
"Princess Jiayue, His Majesty invites you to come with us."
A gleam flashed in Lord Wen's eyes. Could it be that the King of Daxia has taken a fancy to Yun Yuan?
He threatened in a low voice: "In two days...you know what you should and shouldn't say."
Yun Yuan rolled her eyes. "Isn't it just an antidote? She threw the last antidote away to feed the dogs. Did he really think he could control her?"
She snorted coldly: "Don't worry, I won't tell anyone."
After saying this, he turned around and caught up with his father-in-law without caring about Lord Wen's expression.
Imperial study.
Xia Zhiye, dressed in a dragon robe, sat at the desk, his eyes as deep as the sea.
"Princess Jiayue, have you ever had any special dreams?"
Yun Yuan knew what he was testing and said calmly, "No."
Xia Zhiye was disappointed. He looked at Yun Yuan's eyes beyond her veil and remained speechless for a long time.
Is it really not her?
But this feeling of wanting to hug desperately...
Xia Zhiye decided to test it again: "Pour me a cup of tea."
"Yes." After knowing Xia Zhiye's identity, Yun Yuan was more relaxed. After she habitually touched the wall of the teapot with her fingers, her slender arm was grabbed.
Xia Zhiye looked excited, "You still say you are not her!"
Yun Yuan has a habit. She never drinks cold tea, nor does she pour cold tea to others. Before pouring tea, she will test the wall of the teapot with her hand, and if it feels cold, she will change the tea.
Even when immersed in the plane, this habit still exists, as if it is engraved into the soul, and it is done naturally.
Facing Xia Zhiye's burning and somewhat aggrieved gaze, Yun Yuan dodged: "Your Majesty, I don't understand what you are saying."
"How could you not understand, Zhao Qingxue!"
Yun Yuan trembled, and Xia Zhiye pulled her into an embrace filled with ambergris. He growled, "What Dongfang Huaijin could give you in your last life, I can give you in this life too."
"Tang Jingyao, don't do this." Yun Yuan struggled.
Xia Zhiye hugged him even tighter and started crying. It had been a long time since he heard anyone call him by this name.
After Zhao Qingxue died, he entered the imperial mausoleum to commit suicide for love. Who knew that after death he went to another world and became the fifth son of the Emperor of Daxia.
He firmly believed that she was here too, so he worked hard to ascend the throne. On the first day of his reign, he sent people to look for her all over the country, but they couldn't find her.
The world is too big, and there are other countries besides Daxia. Finding a person is undoubtedly like looking for a needle in a haystack. Thinking of his experiences in his previous life, he raised a group of sorcerers.
Unexpectedly, the sorcerer didn't work, but she appeared in front of him on her own as a princess married to a foreign country. He was glad that he was an emperor.
He hugged her tightly and said, "God wants us to be together, please don't reject me, okay?"
Yun Yuan remained silent. Considering his infatuation with her in his previous life, she was not rejecting him, but the original owner's wish was to make Xia Yanjin and Gu Xiao fall in love with her. She hadn't even met Gu Xiao yet. If she went straight into the palace, could she still win over Gu Xiao?
Seeing that she didn't speak for a long time, Xia Zhiye's face darkened: "Or do you already have a lover?"
"No." Yun Yuan shook her head: "I still have things to deal with."
That’s good, Xia Zhiye breathed a sigh of relief. He had waited for her for two lifetimes. If that was really the case, he didn’t know what he would do.
He kissed her carefully: "What is it? I can help you."
Yun Yuan told Xia Zhiye about the fake princess, but Xia Zhiye didn't care. "If you're gone, then go. I'll write a letter to the King of Loulan, and he'll be happy to give you the identity of a princess."
"Aren't you angry?"
Xia Zhiye carefully observed her expression and said, "Then I shall flatten Loulan?"
Yun Yuan chuckled. Loulan would be destroyed sooner or later, so there was no need to rush.
The original owner's mother, Yunmu, was bought by her father, Yunfu. After Yunmu gave birth to the original owner, she could not get pregnant. Yunfu often beat and scolded her. When the original owner was five years old, Yunmu died. She was sold to the palace by Yunfu and took the secret medicine of Loulan for more than ten years.
The original owner had complicated feelings towards Loulan. On one side was the place where she was born and raised, and on the other side was hatred and bad memories. The original owner knew that Loulan was destroyed but did not ask to save Loulan. Yun Yuan just needed to let nature take its course.
No matter how much Xia Zhiye kissed Yun Yuan, it was never enough. In fact, he wanted to do more, but it was not the right time yet.
"Qingxue, my parents are both dead in this life, and the ministers in the court are eager for me to get married and have children. No one will stop us."
"What's the matter with your madness?"
Xia Zhiye said: "I created this deliberately because I don't want other women to get close to me. I'm not sick, really."
The two of them stayed together for a while. Xia Zhiye wanted to keep Yun Yuan until the evening to attend the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet together, but Yun Yuan said she had to go back to get something.
Xia Zhiye said, "Just ask the palace maids to get it. It takes time to go back and forth. Don't tire yourself out."
"That's fine. I was originally going to give it to you, Da Xia." Yun Yuan said.
Xia Zhiye looked forward to it: "What is it?"
"These are a few poetry collections I accidentally obtained from a traveling merchant in the Western Regions. The people of Loulan can't understand them, so they can only be fully appreciated if presented to Daxia."
"It must be something good if Yun Yuan praised it so highly." Xia Zhiye said excitedly, "I'll ask the Imperial College to print a few more copies so that students across the country can study together."
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