Feng Yuheng had received a secret letter from Yao Shu before, so she naturally understood what this person meant by cooperation. But now Xuan Tiange was present, how should she discuss this deal with him? Although she could see that Xuan Tiange and this person had known each other for a long time and had some friendship, it did not mean that she was willing to exchange Xuan Tiange's lifelong happiness, even if it was to save Emperor Tianwu from danger, or even to exchange for the future of Dashun.
"No hurry." She smiled faintly, "I'm just a woman. If the king of ancient Shu wants to discuss cooperation, he should talk to my ninth prince. He hasn't come back from the court yet, so the king might as well wait. It won't be too late to talk to him after he comes back. Now I'm very curious, how did the king and our Princess Wuyang know each other? I don't think you two met by chance, right?"
Xuan Tiange hurriedly explained: "We met halfway. He was standing on the second floor of the teahouse, hitting my driver with a date pit, and also hitting me." After saying that, he handed the back of his beaten hand to Feng Yuheng to see, but while handing it over, he thought of the scene when he was gently rubbed by that man in the teahouse, and his cheeks couldn't help but blush, and he quickly took his hand back.
The King of Ancient Shu laughed heartily, looking at Xuan Tiange with a doting look on his face. He told Feng Yuheng: "Your Highness the Princess once went to the desert to attend the wedding of the Princess and the Ninth Prince. I happened to be seriously injured at that time, and it was Your Highness the Princess who saved me. This time I came to Dashun, just to thank Your Highness the Princess in person."
Feng Yuheng smiled at the two of them, and suddenly felt that if this marriage really happened, it wouldn't be a bad thing for Xuan Tiange to marry this king. This man is handsome! He also has a sense of exoticism. To be honest, Xuan Tiange's appearance can't compare to him. Her gossiping mind came up again, and she actually asked: "What's your name? How old are you this year?" This didn't sound like a conversation between the Princess of Dashun and the King of Gu Shu. The tone was not formal at all, just like ordinary people chatting.
Xuan Tiange was completely bewildered when he heard Feng Yuheng suddenly say this.
But the king of Ancient Shu was not confused. He even understood what Feng Yuheng meant. After all, it was normal to get to know the man before marrying a girl. So he introduced himself: "My name is Fan Tianli. I am twenty-six years old this year. I ascended the throne of Ancient Shu a few months ago, but I still don't have a queen. There are only three beauties in the harem. They were concubines in the palace before. So far, I have no children. It's because there is a rule in Ancient Shu that if you want to be a king, then his first child must be born by the queen and be made a prince in the future to avoid disputes over the throne in the future."
"Oh." Feng Yuheng nodded, and then said: "But you are not the first child of the ancient Shu monarch, but you also got the throne. How should you say this?"
"That's because the crown prince died of illness many years ago, and the queen was injured after giving birth to the crown prince and could not have any more children, so the ancient Shu Kingdom had a dispute over the throne. And Duo was seriously injured before, and it was the princess who saved him that time, because there were some accidents in the dispute over the throne."
"But it succeeded in the end, so it's all worth it, isn't it?" Feng Yuheng looked at him with a smile, but then slowly shook his head and said, "What a pity, there are three beauties in the harem. Just from this point of view, I don't think it's appropriate!"
Fan Tianli frowned, "It is very common for an emperor to have three palaces and six courtyards. Even in the past, I only had three concubines in my palace, the fewest among all my brothers. Why do you say that the princess is not suitable?"
Feng Yuheng spread his hands, "The Ninth Prince of Dashun is also a prince, and a prince, but before his wedding, he didn't have a single concubine in his mansion."
Fan Tianli smiled bitterly, "If the princess compares like this, then I have indeed lost to His Royal Highness the Prince. I just don't know if His Royal Highness the Prince will be able to maintain a harem with only the princess when he inherits the throne in the future?"
"What are you talking about?" Xuan Tiange was confused. How could this be related to having several wives? How many women did the king of the ancient Shu have? What did it have to do with Feng Yuheng?
"We are talking about a very serious matter." Fan Tianli said to Xuan Tiange, "Princess Yu seems to be dissatisfied with the three beauties in my harem, but it doesn't matter. As long as the matter is done, the three beauties will be at the disposal of the queen. Whether to keep them, kill them, or send them to the cold palace is up to the queen. Princess Yu, what do you think?"
Feng Yuheng thought about it and nodded, "Yes, if she can't handle even this little thing, she won't be able to sit firmly on the throne. But after all, this is still a matter for the future. Right now, I want to hear what the ancient Shu monarch's exchange conditions are."
Fan Tianli didn't keep the secret, he looked at Feng Yuheng and said two words very seriously - "Fighting Gu."
"Fighting Gu?" The two of them expressed their doubts at the same time, and Feng Yuheng asked again: "How did you get this?"
Fan Tianli said: "To be honest, as a vassal state of Dashun, Gushu naturally needs to know more about Dashun's situation. It is impossible for Gushu to know nothing about the host country. That would be too passive. Moreover, I am the new king, and the battle for exile has seriously damaged my vitality. I am even more eager to get the protection of Dashun. However, the distance between Dashun and Gushu is far. Even if we get some news, it is very likely that the news will be invalid when we pass it back to Gushu." He said helplessly, but also very sternly. Although it is to find out the national conditions of the other party, it is no longer a secret between countries. It is almost an open behavior. It is nothing more than seeing who can catch the spy of the other party. "The temperament of the Emperor of Dashun has changed drastically. I heard that he only listens to Concubine Yuan Shu and the Eighth Prince. And Concubine Yuan Shu's mother's family, the Liu family, has very close contacts with a century-old Gu Shu family. Based on this, the secret of the change of the temperament of the Emperor of Dashun is not difficult to guess."
His words made Feng Yuheng and Xuan Tiange silent for a while. Xuan Tiange had basically no doubts about this man's identity as the king of the ancient Shu Kingdom. It was not that she believed in that man, she just believed in Feng Yuheng. Feng Yuheng had never judged anyone before, and since she said it was, it must be true. Although she didn't quite understand the previous matter about how many concubines he had in the harem, she really took it to heart when it came to Emperor Tianwu.
"You mean, you have the ability to punish the Gu Clan that is close to the Liu family?" Xuan Tiange asked the other party, "Helping the emperor uncle regain his sanity, helping my ninth brother and his wife to drag down the eighth brother, as the king of the ancient Shu Kingdom, what exactly are you doing all this for?"
After all, she was the princess of Dashun. Xuan Tiange, no matter how carefree she was, could tell that something was wrong. There was no love without reason in the world. No one would treat you well without reason. Once the other party gave you a great benefit and temptation, the first thing to consider was what the other party wanted to get in return for this behavior.
She looked at Fan Tianli and suddenly thought of something - "Da Shun captured several cities when it attacked Gu Shu. You are here to negotiate now. Could it be that your purpose is to take those cities back? Those were the cities that Da Shun soldiers captured with their flesh and blood. What's more, you Gu Shu people and Lao Ba have formed an alliance first. If you want to exchange this for the cities, you are probably making a wrong calculation. No matter who is in power in Da Shun, that person is the son of the emperor's uncle. If you Gu Shu want to take back the cities, you should send troops to attack if you have the ability, but you should not use this method. Especially since you, the king of a country, come to negotiate in person, it is really a big joke."
Xuan Tiange's face was serious when he spoke. It was already a public conversation, no longer the atmosphere of hip-hop and banter from before.
Seeing her like this, Fan Tianli suddenly imagined that when this woman in front of him sat on the throne of the Queen of Gu Shu one day, she would also use such a cold face to handle official business. That would be very shocking, far beyond the reach of a woman in the small country of Gu Shu. Princess Dashun's momentum was there, and it could not be ignored.
He suddenly smiled with satisfaction and nodded meaningfully.
Xuan Tiange didn't understand what he meant, but Feng Yuheng could guess a little bit. She sighed in her heart, afraid that this marriage would be successful in nine out of ten cases, just because Xuan Tiange didn't show any real disgust towards this man, there should be a chance. However, if it was just a simple love between a man and a woman, she would be very happy to see Xuan Tiange win the heart of the king of Gu Shu, but now there are other factors involved, it is no longer so pure, and when she thinks about it, she still feels a little bit alienated.
"Your Highness has misunderstood. Ancient Shu does not want cities." Fan Tianli said, "The battle for cities is a battle of strength. Dashun has the ability to go deep into the desert and take down the ancient Shu city. That is the might of Dashun. Just as Your Highness said, if I want to take back the city, I will definitely send troops to fight with Dashun on the battlefield openly, and I will not use such a method. But I have said before that the new king does not like to start a war. What I want is the stable development of Ancient Shu, not the expansion of territory. The reason why I proposed to cooperate with the Ninth Prince and his wife is..."
"I will discuss this matter with His Majesty the Ninth Prince. If the King of Ancient Shu has nothing else to do today, please go back first!" Feng Yuheng suddenly ordered him to leave. She said, "I still say that political affairs should be discussed between men. Moreover, we still want to consider the King's ability before we continue. Your Majesty, go back first and come back tomorrow night at midnight. His Majesty the Ninth Prince will give you a reply."
Fan Tianli agreed with Feng Yuheng's arrangement. After all, it was a big deal, and he couldn't just talk to a woman and then decide it. Even if the woman was Princess Yu, it was still a bit too hasty.
He stood up and bowed to Feng Yuheng. Feng Yuheng also stood up to return the greeting. Then Fan Tianli said, "Then I will go back first. We will see each other tomorrow night." After that, he looked at Xuan Tiange and asked, "Shall we go together?"
Xuan Tiange rolled her eyes at him and said, "No, I have to stay in Prince Yu's Mansion for a while longer. By the way, remember to take those things away from Prince Wenxuan's Mansion. I don't want them."
"How can I take back something I gave away?" Fan Tianli smiled bitterly, "If you don't like it, just throw it away. I'll find something new and interesting to send to you later."
"I don't want anything!" Xuan Tiange glared at the other party, "Don't you understand? I just don't want your things, no matter whether they are good or bad. If you really want to thank me, just return me twenty taels of silver, and at most add some money to help you find a doctor for your legs and feet, and I don't want anything else. Do you understand? Okay, go back!" She waved her hands and put on the princess's posture again, "Go away, go away! This princess is upset to see you."
Fan Tianli bowed again, said nothing, and quietly left the main hall, and left the Prince Yu's Mansion under the guidance of the servants. At this time, Xuan Tiange said something to Feng Yuheng, "Ah Heng, you don't have to hide it from me, I guessed what kind of cooperation that person is seeking..."
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