Before Xiao Jiyuan and his men could understand what was happening, the four killers disappeared without a trace.
Except for Xiao Qingran, everyone looked confused.
"What's going on?"
The guards around Xiao Jiyuan looked around, fearing that the four killers would suddenly come back again.
Just when everyone was still on guard, Xiao Qingran suddenly said calmly, "Let's go. Those four killers probably won't come back."
When Xiao Jiyuan saw the strange look in Xiao Qingran's eyes, his heart moved slightly, and he immediately asked everyone to return to the prince's mansion.
When they returned to the mansion, even Xiao Jiyuan, who was calm and composed, couldn't wait to ask Xiao Qingran, "Aunt, what happened to those four assassins?"
Why did my aunt know that they wouldn’t come again?
What did the killer mean when he mentioned that woman before leaving?
The only woman present was his aunt.
Could it be that those killers knew my aunt?
"As you guessed, I do know them. But I didn't expect that I had such a connection with them."
Xiao Qingran really didn't expect that after she let the four killers leave, they actually came to the Great Xiao Kingdom and continued to do their old business.
It would have been fine if he had just been doing his old job, but he actually received the mission to assassinate her.
Perhaps, this time the target is not to assassinate her, but Xiao Jiyuan.
Xiao Qingran believed that the other party couldn't possibly not know her name. Her coming to the Great Xiao Kingdom must have been widely spread.
So, the four killers were not coming for her.
After seeing her, he fled.
That’s a bit…
"This should be the work of the eldest prince."
When Xiao Qingran said that she knew the other person, Xiao Jiyuan guessed that the killer's target was him.
The only person who could hire a master of Nascent Soul cultivation was none other than the eldest prince.
"It seems that they are even more afraid of me because of my aunt's excellence, and they can't sit still anymore."
Xiao Qingran patted Xiao Jiyuan's shoulder: "It's okay. I have already checked the faces of everyone in the hall tonight for you. The eldest prince is short-lived and not worth mentioning. Even if you don't do anything, he won't survive next winter. As for the queen, the fourth princess's mother will deal with her, and you just sit back and reap the benefits. Although the third princess is strong-willed, she is a love-brained person. She will eventually lose everything because of a man. As for the other princes who compete with you, they will all recognize their own shortcomings as time goes by. You don't have to do anything and you can win. Of course, what my aunt wants to tell you is that if you only want to be the emperor of the Great Xiao Kingdom, you can just lie down. If you want to unify the entire continent, don't focus on the Great Xiao Kingdom. Your father will not be a stumbling block in your way, but will instead be your helper. You should focus all your attention on the other three kingdoms."
Xiao Jiyuan was shocked again.
This was truly outrageous. Could he even see something like this?
If someone else said something like this, he would definitely doubt the significance of it. But when his aunt said it, he believed it 100%.
Therefore, in the future, he would no longer place his important confidants in the palace of the Great Xiao Kingdom to monitor the officials, but would place them in the other three kingdoms.
"Aunt, it's great to have you."
Xiao Jiyuan sighed sincerely!
Although he had been an emperor in his previous life and eventually became the patriarch of a large family, and the memories of his past life made him more efficient, he had never before attempted to unify a country. Without anyone to guide him, he had to grope his way forward.
Now with Xiao Qingran's hint, he felt that he would take fewer detours.
"Tell me about the fiefdom of Nanyang!"
There must be a different meaning behind Xiao Zun giving her this land.
Normally, an emperor would not grant fiefdom to a princess, even if the princess had made great contributions to the country.
The main reason is that the princess will get married in the future, and the fiefdom will become the prince consort's family.
In order to prevent such things from happening, princesses rarely had fiefs, and even if they did, they were some insignificant and not wealthy places.
"Nanyang's prosperity is comparable to that of the imperial capital."
Xiao Jiyuan only used a few simple words to make Xiao Qingran understand one thing.
That is, although it seemed that Xiao Zun gave the fiefdom to her, the actual intention behind it was that this land was indirectly given to Xiao Jiyuan through her.
"Your father has good intentions for you."
Xiao Qingran smiled faintly: "Young man, feel free to do whatever you want. The Great Xiao Kingdom will not be a burden to you."
Xiao Jiyuan was delighted: "Thank you, aunt, for your advice."
"Okay, I'm going to rest. The coronation will be brought forward, and things will get busy starting tomorrow."
Xiao Jiyuan nodded and personally sent Xiao Qingran to her residence. After returning, he immediately summoned his subordinates to conspire.
The next day, the palace indeed sent many palace servants over. Some were there to teach Xiao Qingran the etiquette for the day of enthronement, and some were there to tailor clothes for her, along with all sorts of red tape.
In fact, these etiquettes were not much different from those Xiao Qingran had learned in her previous life. Even if no one taught her, she would not make any mistakes.
However, in order to cover up her tracks, she naturally had to do it all over again.
Of course, she learned everything after only doing it once, which made the palace maids who originally wanted to build a relationship with her fail to show anything and had to go back to report to the queen in frustration.
Three days passed in a flash. On the day of Xiao Qingran's enthronement, the other three countries sent their most handsome and brave princes to watch the ceremony.
The intentions of these emperors are self-evident.
Xiao Zun was worried that Xiao Qingran was young and didn't know the evil ambitions of the other three kingdoms. He was afraid that she would be deceived by a man, so he specially summoned Xiao Jiyuan into the palace and gave him some instructions.
On the day of the enthronement, after a series of tedious formalities, Xiao Qingran, wearing a ten-pound headdress and a yellow palace robe, was officially enthroned as Princess Shi Ran.
Not long after the banquet began, the princes of the other three kingdoms took turns toasting Xiao Qingran.
These princes were all handsome, even more handsome than modern celebrities. They were also well-spoken and of high quality.
Xiao Qingran chatted with each of them for a few words, and treated them equally with a lukewarm attitude.
This dealt a heavy blow to the three princes who were originally very confident in themselves.
Xiao Zun, who had always been worried that Xiao Qingran would be bewitched by the prince of another country, finally felt relieved when he saw that Xiao Qingran handled it well.
He didn't want Xiao Qingran to marry into another country just after he gave Nanyang to Xiao Qingran as a fiefdom.
He was extremely satisfied with Xiao Qingran's current performance.
The banquet was very grand. In addition to people from the other three countries, many immortal sects that were on good terms with the Great Xiao Kingdom also sent representatives to congratulate.
As the main character of this event, Xiao Qingran received a flood of gifts. Of course, handling guests is a skill. Fortunately, as an emperor in her previous life, she had experience dealing with all kinds of people. Even though the guests were a mixed bag, Xiao Qingran handled them with ease.
Upon seeing this, Xiao Zun privately said to his trusted eunuch Wang Quan, "As expected of a member of the royal family, not everyone can match your bearing."
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