Su Ruojin discovered this problem when she examined Takahashi Akira's pulse, but there were too many sordid things in the royal family, so it wasn't surprising. She wouldn't just jump out and talk about it.
"Are your father and mother cousins?" Su Ruojin asked again.
Long Shengxiu nodded. "Yes, my father is my mother's cousin. They grew up together."
Just as I expected.
It seems that, like Japan, the royal family in Japan arranges marriages within the family to ensure the purity of their bloodline.
It is common for cousins to get married, and for uncles to marry their nieces.
This is also why Long Shengxiujun's older brothers and sisters did not live long.
The medical standards of this era were already low, and coupled with consanguineous marriages, the mortality rate was naturally high.
Long Shengxiujun's survival and normal condition are truly a blessing from heaven.
"Why does the Princess Consort of Great Chu ask this?" Long Shengxiu asked with some curiosity.
"It's nothing, I was just asking casually, you can continue." Su Ruojin didn't say anything more.
Long Shengxiu didn't think much of it and continued, "That day I went out to the seaside to relax, and I happened to see the Xiaohai ship had just arrived in Yamato and had a conflict with Deyi Kangren's people."
I was quite surprised that you managed to take down Deyi Kangren's men so quickly.
Seeing your ships, your weapons, and your skills, I realize that you will be a formidable opponent for Deyi Kangren, and perhaps my chance has come.
Later, I disguised myself as Riko Asakawa and followed you around, observing everything you did.
When you saved people, I saw your superb medical skills and character. In addition, you never suffered a loss when facing Deyi Kangren. Only then did I realize that you are the people I need.
"Your Highness and Princess Consort of Great Chu, I am no match for you in strategy, nor can I claim to have used you. I merely made the situation more favorable to me at the opportune moment."
Su Ruojin understood Long Shengxiujun's meaning. With her status as the emperor, arranging a "grandfather" and then arranging for her to coincidentally "save" her second brother would be an extremely simple matter for her to get close to them.
When they were forcibly imprisoned in the shogunate by Tokugi Yasuhito, Takamori Hidetoshi even sent people to rescue them, so he really didn't have any ill intentions towards them.
"Over the years, I have often come into contact with the people of Akagami under the identity of Asakawa Riko. I have seen with my own eyes how hard the people of Yamato live. Sometimes, after a year of hard work, they can't even get a full meal and have to sell their children."
As the emperor, besides avenging my father and mother, I also bear the responsibility of enabling the people of Yamato to live a good life and making Yamato stronger.
Although I have never been to the Great Chu, I know that a country capable of developing a cure for terrible epidemics must be much larger and more powerful than mine. Especially considering that you have also developed a formula to counteract the poison of tick-borne parasites.
Princess Consort of Great Chu, with a physician like you, how could the medical skills of Great Chu be lacking?
If you can bring this medical knowledge to Yamato, the people of Yamato will be lessened from their suffering.
Later, when I spent time with you, I saw what you wore, what you used, and your weapons and explosives. None of them could compare to mine.
Therefore, my decision to make Yamato a vassal state of Chu is not a spur-of-the-moment impulse, but a well-considered one.
Only in this way can Yamato improve as quickly as possible and allow its people to live a good life.
After Long Shengxiu finished speaking, he looked intently at Su Ruojin and Xiao Yanchu, his eyes shining with hope.
Su Ruojin and Xiao Yanchu exchanged a glance, and Xiao Yanchu nodded. "Since the Emperor is so sincere, then on behalf of Great Chu, I accept that Dahe will become a vassal state of Great Chu. We will discuss the specifics in detail later."
At that moment, a voice came from outside the palace gate: "Your Majesty, the Regent and the Imperial Guard have arrived."
Long Shengxiu glanced at Su Ruojin and Xiao Yanchu, and seeing that they had no other objections, he said, "Let them in."
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