Chapter 713 That's Dong Qing's
"I can't marry her." An Nian said after a moment of silence.
"Why not? I have seen so many men in your capital city during this period of time, but I don't see any of them that I like. I can't go back, and you are the only one who is barely pleasing to my eye. Then I will marry you. Why not?"
Princess Nanci glared at An Nian, somewhat angry.
"Princess, I have explained it to you clearly. You know the reasons."
"I don't accept those reasons."
"It's not up to you to accept it or not. I can't marry her. I can't marry her."
Fu Zhaoning and Xiao Lanyuan looked at each other.
What's going on with these two?
Come to them early in the morning to argue?
"Anyway, I don't care. In the last three days, the emperor insists that I marry, so I have no choice but to marry you. If you don't, I will send someone to carry a sedan chair to carry me directly to the gate of your An Mansion tomorrow night." Princess Nanci sneered and continued, "I can also take off my clothes and enter your bedroom door by myself."
"Princess——" An Nian's mouth twitched and his face turned a little dark.
Fu Zhaoning opened his eyes wide.
Is Princess Nanci so powerful?
But, are they willing to listen to these words?
Xiao Lanyuan's aura turned cold, "If you want to quarrel, just get out."
Don't teach Ningning bad things here.
What are you talking about?
An Nian sighed and then turned to them.
"Your Highness, there was a tsunami in Nanci, and the disaster is said to be very serious. The ancient country of Nanci sent envoys here, hoping that Zhaoguo would lend a helping hand and provide assistance."
After hearing this, Fu Zhaoning and Xiao Lanyuan were stunned for a moment, and they looked at Princess Nanci.
So did Princess Nanci fall seriously ill because of this incident?
It was obvious from her appearance that she had suffered a serious illness and she hasn't fully recovered yet.
"How could the emperor agree?" Xiao Lanyuan sneered.
Emperor Zhao was extremely stingy, and he felt that Zhao was a big and powerful country, and did not need to have any diplomatic relations with small countries. He would never be willing to open the national treasury to help the ancient country of Nanci.
Emperor Zhao only wanted the surrounding countries to come and pay tribute.
Sure enough, after hearing his words, An Nian nodded and said, "The emperor said that he could send people over to help with the construction, but the ancient country of Nanci must send supplies such as marine products, pearls, and sea minerals."
Although in front of Princess Nanci, An Nian said it directly.
Princess Nanci bit her lower lip and said, "Not only that? Don't think I don't know that your emperor wants to take advantage of the situation and seize Xiyun Island."
Fu Zhaoning looked at Xiao Lanyuan.
Xiao Lanyuan understood her thoughts and explained to her, "Xiyun Island is located in the sea between Zhao Kingdom and Nanci. To go to Nanci Kingdom, you have to pass through Xiyun Island. It is also a supply transfer point for sea voyages, and there are rich marine minerals there."
"Originally, Xiyun Island did not belong to Nanci." An Nian said.
"You are talking nonsense!" Princess Nanci was furious and glared at him, "Xiyun Island is a part of my Nanci!"
"Does Xiyun Island belong to Zhao Kingdom?" Fu Zhaoning asked Xiao Lanyuan in a low voice.
Before Xiao Lanyuan could speak, An Nian continued, "Xiyun Island belongs to Dong Qing."
Fu Zhaoning was stunned.
"Dong Qing?"
She never expected that An Nian would suddenly say such an unexpected thing.
Princess Nanci was also stunned.
Xiao Lanyuan looked at An Nian steadily.
An Nian took out a parchment scroll that looked quite old from his arms. The parchment scroll had turned yellow and had some black stains.
Qing Yi stepped forward to take it and handed it to Xiao Lanyuan.
Xiao Lanyuan slowly opened the parchment scroll.
An Nian continued, "Your Majesty, the Emperor arranged a job for me some time ago."
"It's just that you have made the emperor angry and are no longer valued. The emperor is secretly punishing you and tempering your spirit. He has arranged a job for you as a cleaning servant." Princess Nanci sneered.
An Nian's mouth twitched again and he explained.
"The old books room in the palace has not been cleaned for many years. It is full of old official documents and books. The emperor asked me to sort them out."
Xiao Lanyuan glanced at him.
There should be no less than thousands of old case files and books piled up in that old book room. A palace maid once died tragically there. Later, people often heard strange noises there in the middle of the night, so people in the palace rumored that the ghost of the palace maid had never left.
He had heard this story when he was six or seven years old.
Anyway, later on there was another place to collect the files and so on, and some of the useless ones that were hard to throw away were sent there. Over time, a lot of things piled up there, and it was dirty and gloomy, and most of the time no one was there.
An Nian was assigned to clean up the old books office. He must have done something again to make the emperor so angry that he actually thought of such a task to punish An Nian.
"I found this parchment scroll when I was sorting out old books." An Nian explained calmly, as if he didn't care at all about being assigned to do that tough job.
Xiao Lanyuan opened the parchment scroll and found that it was actually a sea area demarcation map of Nanci, Dongqing, and Zhao Kingdom.
The coastline of Zhaoguo is quite long, but there is a big bend at that place and there is a big strait. Beyond the strait is the territory of Dongqing. There is an island across the strait which is Xiyun Island. It is incorporated into Dongqing, and further away is Nanci.
There is a long and narrow sea area to the east of Xiyun Island, connected to a river. The river is winding and there are mountains on both sides. So the only way is to take the winding waterway, pass Yuheng Mountain, and then go around behind Yuheng Mountain.
When Xiao Lanyuan saw this, he suddenly clenched his fingers and looked at An Nian.
Because when you go around to the back of Yuheng Mountain, the words "Dongqing Kingdom" are clearly written on that mountain range!
This was the first time he saw clearly where Dong Qing was!
Dongqing actually has a waterway leading to Xiyun Island, and Xiyun Island and that waterway both belong to Dongqing!
This parchment scroll is a map of the border between the Three Kingdoms.
But where did this come from?
Why did An Nian bring this out and give it to him?
Xiao Lanyuan's eyes narrowed slightly.
Everyone present seemed to feel a sudden drop in air pressure, and their hearts felt heavy.
An Nian took a step back, gritted his teeth and stood firm.
He looked at Xiao Lanyuan, "Your Majesty, let me continue."
Xiao Lanyuan looked at him for a moment, then let go of his pressure. "Speak."
An Nian looked at Princess Nanci.
Princess Nanci sneered, "You don't have to avoid me. I know that your emperor is eyeing Xiyun Island! He wants my father to give up Xiyun Island."
"I said, Xiyun Island belongs to Dong Qing."
An Nian pointed at the parchment scroll and said, "It contains the national records of Dongqing, Zhaoguo and Nanci. This shows that the emperors of the three kingdoms agreed to this division."
Xiao Lanyuan did see the three national records covered on it.
The one from Zhaoguo was in his hands, so of course he could tell it was real.
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