Chapter 257 Sweet and a bit charming!

"you!"

Ashinaye had never expected that after not seeing her for such a long time, the Princess Huiyang, who was originally gentle and spoke slowly, had become so sharp-tongued, and the arrogance between her brows was shocking.

Although Xu Yanyi was beautiful, Ashinaye was not someone who had never seen a beautiful woman, and he did not necessarily want to marry Xu Yanyi.

Even if he wanted to marry Xu Yanyi at first, it was only because Xu Yanyi was the eldest princess. This precious identity was of great benefit to him. However, he did not expect that Xu Yanyi was already engaged to Mu Nanzhou.

And now he wants to marry Xu Yanyi, more because of interests and another purpose.

However, Xu Yanyi now inexplicably has a kind of arrogant beauty, which makes her even more dazzling.

Xu Yanyi lazily held Mu Nanzhou's arm and said coquettishly: "My Lord, everyone thinks that our relationship is broken, and even the Khan of Xiedan has misunderstood. This is all your fault."

No one has ever heard a voice like Xu Yanyi's, sweet and a bit charming and seductive.

Mu Nanzhou was stunned for a moment, then curled his lips slightly: "Since it's all a misunderstanding, just clarify it. The Khan has come from afar and brought such a generous gift. Even if the marriage cannot be concluded, I believe that the Queen Mother and the Emperor will let the Khan return with a great success."

The implication was obvious. If the Queen Mother and the Emperor forced his wife, Prince Nanling, to marry off, it would be a spine-chilling matter and Mu Nanzhou would not agree to it.

The empress dowager's expression changed slightly. The little emperor remained silent as usual, but his acting skills improved a lot. At least he looked at Xu Yanyi with pitiful eyes. He probably wanted to express that he felt sorry for his elder sister but was powerless to do anything.

In that case, let's find the Queen Mother to blame.

Just as Xu Yanyi was about to speak, the eunuch behind her reported in a shrill voice: "The Lord of Qingyi County has arrived!"

Good fellow.

There are quite a lot of people here today.

The Qingyi County Lady was dressed very elegantly today. Compared with Xu Yanyi's plain dress, if one didn't see her face, one would have thought that the Qingyi County Lady was the noble eldest princess.

With this look, are you going for the glamorous look?

Xu Yanyi raised her eyebrows leisurely.

The head of Qingyi County bowed to them one by one and said to the Queen Mother: "Queen Mother, when I was outside the palace before, I helped the eldest princess to read the fortune. The fortune said that the eldest princess would have a new marriage today. Since it is a new marriage, it naturally cannot be the Prince of Nanling. Moreover, the divorce letter has been written. Even if the golden seal has not been stamped, it is an established fact. In my opinion, it is better to help Ashinaye get married."

Oh, are you here to cause trouble?

Xu Yanyi's eyes turned slightly cold. Mu Nanzhou wanted to speak, but Xu Yanyi was faster: "Qingyi County Lord came here today just to force this princess and her husband to separate? Who gave you the courage?!"

This, this crime is quite serious.

The face of the Lord of Qingyi County changed slightly, but Mu Nanzhou silently recalled the word "son-in-law" several times in his heart. Everyone called him Prince Nanling, but the title of "son-in-law" seemed to have not been heard for a long time. Maybe it was deliberately ignored.

The Queen Mother waved her hands and said, "We can discuss this later. Today we have to welcome the Khan and clean up the mess. There is no need to rush for anything else. Qingyi, you have nothing to do here. Leave."

The Lord of Qingyi County was obviously unconvinced, but he had no choice but to swallow his anger and bow before leaving.

Ashinaye observed Xu Yanyi for a moment before speaking: "Since the Queen Mother has said so, I am not in a hurry."

The Queen Mother said to her trusted eunuch, "Prepare a banquet!"

"yes!"

"yes!"

The eunuchs and palace maids poured out one after another.

The Queen Mother and the little emperor walked in front, and Xu Yanyi and Mu Nanzhou followed them out.

After waiting for the people in front to leave, Xu Yanyi stopped and Mu Nanzhou looked at her: "What's wrong?"

"It seems that this Ashinaye doesn't really like me, but why is he so determined to marry me and even offer a city as a betrothal gift? Such a big fuss is not normal."

Xu Yanyi slowly searched the original owner's memory, but there was not much information about Ashinaye.

Mu Nanzhou's eyes were somewhat deep, and he spoke after a long while: "I have also heard about this, but I don't know if it is true. The god that Xie Dan believes in is a two-headed snake god. Every three years, he must offer sacrifices to someone that the snake god likes, so that the snake god will protect Xie Dan.

If not, everyone in Xiedan would be sick, and no one would be able to cure it. None of the princesses that Xiedan Khan married survived over the years. They were all said to have died of illness, but there are also reports that Xiedan Khan's princesses were sacrificed to the two-headed snake god as soon as they gave birth to children. As for whether this is true or not, I don't know."

"So, he traveled thousands of miles to marry me, and even exchanged a city for me, just to sacrifice to me?"

Xu Yanyi frowned. This sounded so absurd. "Do you think the two-headed snake god would choose the object of sacrifice by itself?"

"According to the news, the two-headed snake god protected the ancestor Xiedan, so the ancestor Xiedan was able to expand the territory and have descendants. It's not that the snake god took a fancy to him, but they have always had this tradition. They worship the two-headed snake god as the true god of their tribe and treat him with the same noble courtesy as the ancestor Xiedan, so the person who is sent must also be noble. In this case, it is natural to send the princess of King Xiedan to offer sacrifices."

Mu Nanzhou looked at her and said, "But I always feel that there is something else behind this sacrifice."

"No matter what, it's definitely not a good thing for this Xiedan Khan to come to Northern Qin."

Xu Yanyi said coldly.

Mu Nanzhou suddenly looked at her seriously and said, "Don't worry, I'm here and nothing will happen to you."

"You..." Xu Yanyi stared at his absolutely beautiful face and asked suddenly, "Have you ever been to Wuyi Palace?"

Mu Nanzhou's heart tightened, and he curled his lips slightly: "No, why do you think of asking this?"

Xu Yanyi was just thinking about how to start talking when a palace maid came over in a hurry: "Prince, Princess, the Queen Mother wants you to attend the banquet."

"knew."

Mu Nanzhou nodded slightly, took Xu Yanyi and followed the palace maid.

banquet.

As soon as Mu Nanzhou and Xu Yanyi walked in, they saw a group of dancers dancing in front of them, with their sleeves waving and flower petals falling. The scene was so beautiful that everyone present applauded.

Ashinaye, on the other hand, put down his teacup with a bang in annoyance: "Empress Dowager, Your Majesty, the dance these girls are doing is so soft and slender, how can it be beautiful? Are you just trying to please me? Xiedan conquered the world on horseback, and even the women were like Steel Roses. What are you doing? It's so ugly!"

The Queen Mother was startled and waved her hand to let the dancers leave: "What does the Khan want to see?"

Ashinaye snorted coldly: "Let's do a sword dance, something more masculine."

Hearing this, the Queen Mother was about to order a change of people, but Ashinaye suddenly looked at Mu Nanzhou and Xu Yanyi and said, "How about letting the Prince of Nanling and the Princess do a double sword dance?"