Chapter 313: It’s good to make fake play real
The eunuch shouted and opened the gift list in his hand.
But when he looked at the words on the gift list, he opened his mouth but no sound came out.
"Why don't you read it? Can't you recognize the big word Zhao?" Huai Shuang's dissatisfied voice sounded, and Rong Huan came out from the corridor surrounded by a group of Dongyue maids.
The corridor led out from the inner courtyard. When Rong Huan came out from inside, everyone's eyes met and they started to discuss silently.
The eunuch looked carefully at the list in his hand again, and then looked embarrassed and helpless.
This made everyone even more puzzled. What kind of gift was given that made the ceremonial officials and eunuchs from the palace afraid to say a word? Could it be that they came here on purpose to cause trouble today?
If Su Rui was the only one here today, it wouldn't be surprising for Rong Huan to find fault, but Yun Ji was here too. Didn't she favor Yun Ji? Why would she embarrass Yun Ji in public? Wouldn't that make everything she had done before go to waste?
"Read." Yun Ji said.
With Yun Ji's words, the eunuch swallowed his saliva and read out the words on the gift list: "Three cities inside and outside Xizhen City on the border of Dongyue, and three cities in Donglin on the border of Dongyue."
As soon as the thought fell, the banquet hall with nearly a thousand people fell silent. Even Yun Ji showed a hint of surprise, and Su Rui was even more shocked by Rong Huan's situation.
Giving the three inner and outer cities of Xizhen and the three cities of Donglin to the Gold and Silver Groups as a hundred-day gift is equivalent to giving half of Dongyue to these two little guys.
These two places are important entry points for Dongyue. Xizhen borders Huangjiang, and Sancheng is the most important port in Dongyue. All internal and external transportation of Dongyue depends on Xizhen.
Donglin is an existence that is opposed to Dazhao, similar to Changdu Pass. If Dazhao wants to enter Dongyue, the first step is to break the three cities of Donglin.
Now give it to the two little ones, and when they grow up, no, there is no need to wait until they grow up, Yun Ji as their father will be able to act on their behalf, blockade Xizhen, open the three gates of Donglin, and let the Great Zhao army march straight in.
Not to mention that they can directly capture Dongyue in this way, but they can also enter the hinterland without any effort and divide up half of Dongyue's land. The little emperor is no match for them at all.
Is Rong Huan crazy, or...
"The princess's gift is too expensive, and the two children cannot afford it." Su Rui refused on behalf of Jin Tuan and Yin Tuan.
"This is a token of my love. Why can't I afford it? I don't ask them to bear it now and wait until they reach the age of twenty to inherit it. Of course, as their biological mother, Concubine Su can also bear it for them. Is that okay?" Rong Huan smiled sincerely and was particularly friendly.
And her words did sound friendly, even humble.
The Gold Group and the Silver Group can inherit it only when they reach the age of twenty. So the difference between giving it as a gift and not giving it as a gift is not big. After all, who can tell what will happen in twenty years? But the last sentence, Su Rui can bear it for them, means that these six cities are not given to the two younger ones, but are actually delivered to Su Rui.
Su Rui is a woman and does not have the ability to capture cities and plunder territories, but let’s make it clear that if Yun Ji wants to attack Dongyue, he has to start with Su Rui and get her permission.
This gave Su Rui a guarantee. Even if Rong Huan became the principal wife of Prince Yong in the future and Yun Ji no longer favored her, she still had a foundation to rely on.
Everyone understood now that Rong Huan was willing to bow her head in order to marry Yun Ji and offer the two important places of Dongyue to Su Rui in exchange for the opportunity to enter Prince Yong's Mansion.
On the one hand, they felt that the princess attached too much importance to love, but on the other hand, they couldn't help but envy Yun Ji. He had such a good-looking face that the princess was completely fascinated by him. She even offered the country to help him rise to the top.
"The donation of the city requires the seals of the two countries. Come, give the gift list to Lord Wu of the Honglu Temple for progress." Yun Ji gave the order with an unchanged expression, neither agreeing nor disagreeing.
Rong Huan didn't say anything else. She just smiled at Yun Ji and walked to the round table at the head and sat down.
Su Rui looked at Yun Ji, but didn't ask anything in public.
The rest were gifts from elders like Old Master Wang. Yun Ji could not thank them personally for many of them, and they were all thanked in about a minute. Jin Tuan and Yin Tuan could not sit still and began to hum.
Su Rui asked the wet nurse to take the two little ones away first. As the biological mother of the two little ones, she also had the burden of receiving Rong Huan, so naturally she had to sit at the same table with Rong Huan on the side with the ladies.
"Concubine Su, don't you like today's gift?" Rong Huan asked, holding her chin.
"The princess's gift is too great, I am not worthy of it." Su Rui replied calmly. Seeing Rong Huan looking at her with amusement, which was the same as the look she had when she looked at Yun Ji outside the bamboo forest, Su Rui couldn't help but ask, "Princess, aren't you worried that Liucheng will bring danger to Dongyue?"
"Dongyue isn't that useless. Today's Great Zhao isn't much better than Dongyue. Sending troops isn't a good move for the country. There are also small countries around here who are eyeing us covetously. Besides..." Rong Huan approached Su Rui and lowered her voice, "After returning from Fahua Temple that day, this princess thought about it and decided that turning the fake into real wouldn't be a bad idea. You and I will be sisters in the future. How about we get along well and stand together against foreign enemies?"
"Does the prince agree?"
Rong Huan shook her head regretfully, "Not yet. However, I don't think it will be long. What do you think?"
Faced with Rong Huan's confidence of victory, and thinking that Yun Ji did not push her away outside the bamboo forest, and did not directly refuse her just now, it seemed that it would not take long.
The words of Old Master Wang are still ringing in my ears.
It seems that Rong Huan's target is indeed Yun Ji, and Old Master Wang and others have already considered Rong Huan as the Princess of Prince Yong, and Yun Ji... seems to be the same.
Su Rui wanted to answer that this was a good thing.
But the words seemed to have grown into thorns in his throat, stuck there and he couldn't utter a word. The harder he pushed, the deeper the thorns pierced, and the more blood flowed.
"Rui Rui! Eat! Together!" Tang Yuli ran over from his own table, sat down next to Su Rui, held her hand, and refused to let go.
Liuli looked at the eldest princess awkwardly and said, "I really can't stop you."
Su Rui could see that the master and servant were there to rescue her.
Although Tang Yuli's behavior now resembles that of a child, he has always been polite in his heart. Even after leaving last night, he waited in the outer courtyard until Su Rui arrived before looking for her. Even if he wanted to stay by her side now, he would not come rashly.
Not wanting to disappoint Tang Yuli's kindness, Su Rui spoke to Rong Huan on her behalf, "Second Miss Tang has been quite attached to me lately. If the Princess minds, I'll excuse myself for a moment."
"No need. This table is a bit too empty for just the two of us." Rong Huan's gaze fell on Tang Yuli. Seeing her close relationship with Su Rui, she asked suspiciously, "She seems to like you very much. So does Miss Yue. Concubine Su, you seem to have a magical power that makes people like you. It's amazing."
"You are so kind, Princess." Su Rui did not elaborate.
Rong Huan observed and said no more.
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