Tuoba Xuan was taken aback for a moment, then smiled and said, "So, do you think I'm suitable?"
Fu Xiaoyu's eyes turned cold: "I think you still want to experience the pain of having your collarbones locked, don't you?"
"Haha, I don't want to think about it anymore. But whether it's you or Han Yu'an, as long as my sister is happy, I'll support you. She's happy with you now, so I'm on your side. If she's not happy with you, I'll naturally take her away to a place where none of you can find her."
Tuoba Xuan's expression was unusually serious at this moment; he was serious this time.
"Fine, I won't let you succeed."
The two reached a consensus to live happily here, keeping it a secret from Cui Yulu. However, the ship of fate does not easily sail according to their course; it always takes a turn in an unexpected place, catching them off guard.
Before they knew it, it was midsummer. Han Yu'an had gained the emperor's favor and had overcome many obstacles. His status and identity had risen higher and higher. With the help of his uncle, he had risen rapidly and had become the emperor's most favored minister. However, Han Yu'an was still determined to pass the imperial examination with top honors.
He always wanted to do one thing for Cui Yulu: to make her the top scholar in the imperial examination here.
"Yu'an, I'm about to be selecting my concubines, but I can't seem to forget one particular woman. I don't know which family she comes from, or if she's eligible to participate in the palace selection."
Fu Xiaofan treated him like a good brother and was willing to share everything with him.
This suddenly reminded Han Yu'an of his own situation, and he wondered if Cui Yulu was still alive.
"Brother Yu'an, are you thinking of Miss Yulu again? I also miss my sixth brother. I hope they can be an ordinary couple in the underworld."
Han Yu'an's face darkened; this was not the comfort he wanted to hear.
"You don't want to hear this, but I'm telling you the truth. Half a year has passed since they went down there, and no one has been able to find them. It's probably hopeless. People always have to look forward. With your current status, there are plenty of good women out there. How about I give you a girl who looks just like Miss Yulu after this concubine selection is over?"
This emperor is really good at it, he even personally selects wives for his ministers.
"Your Majesty appreciates your kindness, but I would rather not. I will wait a little longer; perhaps they are still alive."
"Even if you were alive, you'd probably be my sixth sister-in-law by now. You should look forward."
Fu Xiaofan was confident in his sixth brother's charm; no matter what kind of woman she was, it would be hard for her to escape his sixth brother's allure.
Moreover, that girl Yulu wasn't without feelings for her sixth brother; otherwise, she wouldn't have risked her life to rescue them from the dungeon.
"Brother Yu'an, to say something you may not like to hear, you and that Yu Lu girl have nothing to do with each other anymore. You should let go. You've even given her the divorce papers. How can you two still be together? If I were Yu Lu girl, I wouldn't be with you anymore either. I hope you're not angry when I say this?"
He was angry, but how could he dare to be angry with the emperor?
"Don't be angry, just tell me. But weren't we supposed to be talking about your business? How did it get involved with me?"
"Yes, I don't know if my Butterfly Girl will be able to come. You don't know how I saw her covered in butterflies in the suburbs the other day. She was like a fairy descended from heaven. She was so beautiful that she was beyond description."
Fu Xiaofan was still captivated by the scene of seeing the butterflies that day. Countless butterflies fluttered around the slender girl, accompanied by a shower of colorful petals. This scene was one that Fu Xiaofan would remember for a lifetime.
Unfortunately, he didn't go up and ask the girl's name. If he had known which family she belonged to, he could have arranged for her to enter the palace to participate in the imperial concubine selection.
"Your Majesty should not think too much. The world is peaceful and the people are living in peace and contentment. What we should be thinking about most right now is Your Majesty's marriage. A stable harem is also a blessing for our Great Yuan Dynasty."
While the two were chatting, a palace attendant suddenly came in to report something.
"Your Majesty, the envoy from the barbarian kingdom has brought the princess to pay his respects."
"Tell the envoy that I have official business to attend to and do not have time. Tell them to wait."
Upon hearing that this barbarian kingdom had suffered severe damage and now wanted to establish friendly relations with the Great Yuan Dynasty, and that they were sending a princess just in time for the emperor's selection of empresses, Han Yu'an realized that their intention to establish a marriage alliance was obvious.
"Your Majesty, we must still meet with this envoy. They are taking advantage of this opportunity to send the princess here, and their intention to arrange a marriage is obvious. Even if Your Majesty is busy, you must still meet with him. We must not delay the princess's arrival."
Fu Xiaofan nodded, agreeing with Han Yu'an: "Then let's meet."
At that moment, another eunuch hurriedly walked in.
After whispering a few words in the Emperor's ear, Fu Xiaofan's face revealed an unprecedented joy.
"Is this for real? That's wonderful! I'm coming right now."
"Yu'an, you will go and receive that barbarian princess in my stead. Don't worry, you were personally appointed by me, so I guarantee no one will dare to make things difficult for you. I have other matters to attend to and cannot stay with you for the time being."
After saying this, Fu Xiao left with a smile, leaving Han Yu'an and the eunuch looking completely bewildered.
"Let Han Hanlin come with me. We can't treat him poorly."
Han Yu'an looked helpless. He had no experience in receiving guests, and he was worried about making a mistake.
But by then Fu Xiaofan had already vanished without a trace, so he had no choice but to bite the bullet and head over.
Inside the Qinghe Hall, the barbarian envoy An Jiancheng was pacing back and forth, glancing outside every now and then.
"Uncle, please stop walking back and forth. It's giving me a headache."
Wen Yu sat upright in a mahogany chair, looking at her uncle An Jiancheng, whose face was full of anxiety. She really didn't know what her uncle was so anxious about.
"You don't understand. We offended the emperor of the Great Yuan Dynasty before. This time, we have no choice but to come here for a marriage alliance. If he doesn't accept you, we barbarians will be in trouble."
"Hmph, what if Father has no daughters and only sons? What will you do then? Why sacrifice my happiness to please the Emperor of the Great Yuan?"
"You child, you're talking nonsense! We're already here, why are you saying these things?"
An Jiancheng glared at her angrily; this child was being spoiled by his younger sister to an increasingly outrageous degree.
If they dare to say such outrageous things now, who knows what kind of trouble they'll cause in the future.
"Uncle, why are you so afraid of this little emperor? I don't like staying here, and I don't want to be your pawn. Isn't there any other solution?"
"No, there is only this one way. Do you know that the Yuan Dynasty's army, led by Cui Tianqi, has already reached our heartland? If we don't sue for peace, we will have no country left. Without the barbarians, do you think you can still be a princess?"
It turned out that after resolving the siege of Kyoto, Cui Tianqi led his elite troops and drove the barbarian soldiers out of Kyoto, advancing triumphantly all the way to their central city.
The barbarian king had no choice but to yield and send his beloved princess to marry him.
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