Fan Tianli pointed at a plate of fruit on the table and said to Xuan Tiange, "The fruits in the desert are much more delicious than the ones here. They are hundreds of times sweeter. Do you know why? Because the desert is hot and dry, so the fruits are sweet. Once you taste the fruits in the desert, you will definitely look down on the fruits in Dashun."
When he talked about the specialties of his hometown, his expression was somewhat proud. Xuan Tiange frowned and looked at him, and asked in return: "Just because the fruits of Gushu are delicious, do I look down on my hometown? Then we in Dashun also have many things that are hundreds of times better than Gushu. Would you despise your country for these?"
"Of course not." Fan Tianli spread his hands. "You misunderstood. That's not what I meant. I have no motive to make you despise me. I just want to tell you that ancient Shu is not as poor as the outside world imagines. You won't suffer if you marry there. In fact, apart from the climate, geographical location and some special scenery, there is not much difference between the life of ancient Shu and Dashun people. What's more, ancient Shu has always been a vassal state of Dashun. Although we have our own writing and language, people have been advocating Sinology as early as a hundred years ago. Now people speak and write based on Dashun. You can understand it and you won't have any obstacles in life."
"I see, you are trying to convince me." Xuan Tiange laughed, "Why bother with this effort? If you can cure the poison of Uncle Huang, I will naturally marry you. This is what we agreed on at the beginning. Don't worry, my father, mother and concubine will not have any doubts about my decision, and this will be accomplished."
"I know it can work." Fan Tianli said to her seriously, "But I hope you are willing to do it, and not just as a condition for exchange. Our marriage should be based on feelings, so that it can last long, rather than a simple marriage."
"But I don't have any feelings for you." Xuan Tiange stared at him and told the truth. Although the two of them knew each other, they didn't fall in love so quickly. Although she didn't hate Fan Tianli, it was still too exaggerated to say that she liked him or was in love with him. She told Fan Tianli: "I used to think that I would eventually marry a foreign country, and I also thought about marrying a foreign country to any country, including ancient Shu. But that was just a simple political act, and I thought I didn't need to invest my emotions. If you can accept it, that would be the best. But if you must force me to marry you and have my heart in you, I'm afraid I can't do it... at least in the short term."
"Then let's slowly cultivate our relationship." Fan Tianli was not in a hurry. He said, "I will stay in Dashun for a while. I see that Your Highness Princess is in a bad mood recently. If you don't mind, I can accompany you everywhere. Until one day you nod and say yes, we can talk about marriage. How about it?"
He spoke sincerely, especially the sincerity that came from those evil eyes. Xuan Tiange was inexplicably moved. This man is the king of a country after all! Even if he has just ascended the throne, he was a prince before. He should have never been so humble to any woman, right? His pride emanated from his bones. She understood it, but he could just let go of his pride in front of her. This was extremely rare for a king.
She was a little scared and wanted to say, "You don't have to be so nice to me. It was just a piece of cake for me to save your life." But she swallowed the words back when they came to her lips. Suddenly, she felt that the man in front of her was very similar to her ninth brother, who also had an evil aura and even a sinister smile. When facing his beloved woman, his pride turned into tenderness and affection, which made her envious.
"Okay." Xuan Tiange uncontrollably agreed to Fan Tianli's suggestion. She didn't know that as she said the word "Okay", her eyes were filled with longing.
That night, all the Eighth Prince's followers in the capital suffered from insomnia. They spent the most anxious night. Some people were even on the verge of collapse under such mental torture and attempted suicide several times. Fortunately, they were rescued by their families. Some people wanted to escape, but the gates of the capital were closed. Wang Zhuo, under the order of the regent prince Xuan Tianfeng, led the 30,000 Northeast Army to surround the capital. Not even a fly could fly out. Those Eighth Prince's followers knew that this was a time for reckoning. They had been arrogant with the Eighth Prince for so many months, and it was time to pay back. They thought that the Eighth Prince would be able to hold on to the end and lead them to the peak of their lives, but they didn't expect that the light was right in front of them, but in the end they still couldn't beat the Nine Hades.
Some people suffer from insomnia while others have a deep sleep. Compared with the nightmares of the Eighth Prince's party, the people of the Ninth Prince's party had the best sleep in the past few months. Emperor Tianwu returned to normal, the Eighth Prince and Concubine Yuan were thrown into death row, and people finally breathed a sigh of relief.
The next day, Feng Yuheng and Yao Xian entered the palace at the same time to treat Emperor Tianwu's injuries.
Emperor Tianwu insisted not to let Feng Yuheng intervene in the injured part, as he felt it was too embarrassing. Fortunately, Yao Xian was there, so Feng Yuheng did not force him. She gave the acupuncture and medicine to Yao Xian, and asked Zhang Yuan to move a chair and sit in the shade outside Zhaohe Hall to chat with the young eunuch. She asked Zhang Yuan, "Did your father sleep well last night?"
Zhang Yuan said: "Not good, I hardly slept, I was thinking about things the whole time."
"What did he think? Did he tell you?"
"Yes." Zhang Yuan nodded, and then said: "Actually, it's nothing. He just listed more than a hundred ways that Liu could have died, and he was very confused and didn't know which one to use."
"Oh?" Feng Yuheng became interested, "Why don't you know which one to choose? Just choose the most ruthless one!"
"But that's too disgusting!" Zhang Yuan said bitterly, "The cruelest kind is to pull out the tendons, peel off the skin, boil the meat and stuff it with blood sausage. I want to vomit whenever I think of that scene. Princess, don't you think this is a bit disgusting?"
Feng Yuheng also felt that it was a bit too much, but Zhang Yuan added: "But the emperor felt that this was still not enough, and he still couldn't get rid of his anger, so he overturned the more than 100 ways of death and thought about it again!"
Feng Yuheng was speechless. Thinking about it again, the old emperor had nothing to do now. He was bored lying on the bed all day. It would be a good thing if he could find some fun for himself, so as to avoid depression. Her disability could be cured, but depression was a bit difficult.
The two chatted casually outside the hall. Inside the room, Yao Xian neatly changed the dressing for Emperor Tianwu, gave him an IV, and carefully checked the sutured wound. He told him, "You are recovering well. Keep it up."
Emperor Tianwu's face flushed red as he stared at the old man who looked at his body like a bug. He hummed sullenly and said unhappily, "I have lost all my face in front of you. You have looked at my body. Old Yao, you have taken advantage of me."
Yao Xian was unhappy. "You and I are both men. How can I take advantage of you just because I have been with you for so many years? It is me who used so many medicines and injections on you, and you took advantage of me and my granddaughter, and you didn't even pay me!"
"Money is not a big deal!" Emperor Tianwu roared, "Whatever you want, just go to the treasury. I have no problem giving the key to the treasury to Ah Heng." He talked to himself for a while, then turned his head to look outside the palace. Seeing that no one came in, he lowered his voice and asked Yao Xian in a low voice: "Old Yao, I want to ask you something. Have you heard any news about Yun Pianpian in the past few months? I was deranged by Liu, did she have any special reaction to this?"
Yao Xian asked in confusion: "How do you want her to react? Jealous? I don't know. I only know that she was taken out of the palace by your ninth son and now lives in Prince Chun's mansion."
"What?" Emperor Tianwu was angry, "She left the palace again? She is my concubine, how can she leave the palace so easily?"△≧.*(.*)△≧,
Yao Xian looked at the old emperor as if he was watching a joke. "You have spoiled Liu and the Eighth Prince to the skies, and promised them the title of Imperial Concubine. You also said at the New Year's Eve banquet that as long as Imperial Concubine Yuan gave birth to another heir, you would make the Eighth Prince the Crown Prince. The palace has become like this, and if Concubine Yun doesn't leave, are you waiting for her to be killed by Liu and her son?"
Emperor Tianwu was startled and finally thought of the key to the matter. "Yes! How could I forget that Liu and the others are so vicious that they dared to harm me. What if they accidentally harm Pian Pian? Old Nine did the right thing. Besides, she didn't go anywhere else after leaving the palace. She stayed at Old Seven's house. I'm relieved. Alas," he said, sighing, and his expression dimmed again. "It's good for her to leave. I originally said I would let her go free. I know what kind of life she has been living in the palace these years. She doesn't like this place, but she can't leave. She locks herself up in Yuehan Palace all day long. I'm afraid she's going crazy. Now I don't have the face to see her. If she wants to leave, let her go! I won't stop her."
After he said that, he turned his head away and no longer looked at Yao Xian.
Yao Xian could see tears in the old emperor's eyes from the side, but he didn't know how to persuade him, so he just shook his head and sat by the side to watch the infusion for a while, until the bag of medicine was finished, he pulled out the needle, and then left. Emperor Tianwu didn't say another word until Yao Xian left, but his body was twitching, and even a fool could see that he was crying.
Yao Xian and Feng Yuheng left the palace, and Zhang Yuan entered the inner hall. From a distance, he saw Emperor Tianwu wiping tears on the bed, and he felt bad. He walked up to the old emperor and advised him, "Think positively! Fortunately, the poison has been cured, and everything is going in a good direction. I heard that the Sixth Prince also presided over the court this morning, and the government was not in chaos. This is the blessing of Dashun. As for Concubine Yun, she has been like this for more than 20 years. You can just try again. I know you want to say that there may not be another 20 years, but at least there are two years, right? With the Sixth Prince as regent, the burden on your shoulders is much lighter, so take this opportunity to pursue Concubine Yun again, just to find the feeling of your youth. Whether it succeeds or not, at least you have tried, and don't have any regrets."
These words made Emperor Tianwu feel even more uncomfortable. He couldn't stop crying and couldn't hold it back. He cried and cried: "You dead eunuch, you are still sentimental at this time. Do you want to see me laugh at you? Are you happy that I cry?"
Zhang Yuan shook his hands repeatedly, "If you cry, I want to cry too, how can I be happy? Okay, okay, let's not talk about this, let's change the subject. Your Majesty already knows that it was the King of Ancient Shu who helped to remove the poison this time, right? Then there is one thing I have to tell you."
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