Yongping looked at Leng Yu and Luo Lan with an apologetic look and a helpless smile.
"Don't mind her, she just likes to nag. Maybe it's because she often misses her hometown during these years away. She actually has a kind heart."
Luo Lan could only smile awkwardly at her, while Leng Yu looked at Yongning with a serious expression, waiting for her to speak.
Seeing that everyone was looking at her, Yongning said coldly:
"When I entered the palace today, I heard from the palace servants that the selected beauties from various places will be arriving in the next few days. As your eldest sister, you are my mother, my eldest sister and I will select a few suitable ones for you to keep. If you don't give birth to a few daughters, how will you marry into other countries in the future? How will you maintain friendly relations between our two countries in the future?"
After saying this, without waiting for Leng Yu to respond, she looked at Leng Ming again.
"Ming'er, choose a few of these beautiful ladies to be your concubines. If Xi'er doesn't come, choose a few for her as well. The Leng family must have many people so that it can become powerful in the future."
Her arrangement made everyone present stunned. Princess Xingnan looked at her in surprise.
"Little sister-in-law, what's wrong with you today? What you said is so strange."
"I'm thinking about the Daning Kingdom and worrying about the Leng family. There's not even an elder in the harem, and the queen is still young. If she were in charge, there would definitely be many things she wouldn't have considered carefully. Since my elder sister and I have caught up, we should help out."
Luo Lan couldn't help but think to herself, how could she be helping? She was clearly here to sabotage them.
She looked at Leng Yu with a helpless look, and Leng Yu shrugged at her, indicating that she should not take it to heart.
Luo Xue looked at her with some dissatisfaction.
"Don't worry about my family's affairs, Second Princess. If Leng Ming wanted to marry a concubine, I would have arranged it for him long ago. Second Princess, it's not easy for you to come back, so you should stay here for a few days. Before you leave, let me know in advance, and I'll ask Leng Ming to prepare some more specialties from the Daning Kingdom for you. Don't worry about anything else."
"Whether he takes a concubine or not isn't his decision; it's determined by our ancestral laws. Since the founding of Daning, no emperor or prince has ever taken only one concubine. How come in your generation, you've all only married one woman and had one child? Is this a change of dynasty?"
Her words were so sharp that everyone present was speechless.
Seeing this, Leng Yu spoke frankly again,
"Second sister, I have already discussed the matter of the concubines entering the palace with the Queen. You don't need to worry about it."
"Yu'er, what do you mean by that? You don't need my control? I am your sister after all. I married you far away for the sake of peace between Daning and Nanning. I also have a share in the world of Daning. Why can't I control it?"
Everyone present felt that her words were too self-righteous. Luo Xue couldn't help but retort:
"Second sister, what you said is not true. A daughter who is married off is like spilled water. It is true that Daning Kingdom is your natal home, but you have no right to return and take charge of your natal family's affairs. So, please do not come here and act like your eldest sister is like a mother to you."
"you……"
Yongning stared at Luo Xue,
"The life you have today is all thanks to my elder sister and I going to marry into the alliance. Otherwise, Nanping would have sent troops to plunder Daning long ago."
As soon as she finished speaking, she heard a "bang" sound, and Leng Yu suddenly slammed the table with a deafening noise.
"Yongning, if you have any dissatisfaction or feel you have been wronged, I can tolerate you. But if you say such words in public, I will definitely not tolerate you anymore. When the emperor asked you and your elder sister to marry, it was indeed for the sake of peace between the two countries. But this cannot be a reason for you to be arrogant when you return home to visit your relatives. A few years ago, Daning State repelled Chu State and now we are a friendly neighbor. A few days ago, we defeated the people of Beihai State and made them flee in panic. How come you say that Daning State has become a tiny country that can be bullied at will?"
Having said this, Leng Yu still felt angry and continued:
"You must return to Nanning State now and have Nanning State send out its troops. Daning State will not retreat a single step. I want to see who will be the final king."
Seeing the two people arguing with each other, Princess Yongping was busy trying to smooth things over.
"Yu'er, your second sister is outspoken. Don't be like her. Besides, Nanping and Daning have always been friendly neighbors. The little prince and princess of Nanping are here to play. How could there be a war?"
After explaining to Leng Yu, she turned back to look at Yong Ning.
"Yongning, don't you know how much you've suffered in Nanning Kingdom because of your outspokenness? Now that you're back in Daning Kingdom, if you continue to talk nonsense like this, don't blame your elder sister for not being able to protect you."
Yongping's words made Yongning bite his lips, his face flushed and he closed his mouth.
Prince Daji looked at them awkwardly, swallowing hard, not knowing what to do.
Xingnan grinned and forced a smile.
Luo Lan was busy greeting people.
"The food is getting cold, let's eat quickly."
“Bang!”
Yongning suddenly dropped the chopsticks in his hand and stood up with a sullen face.
"I'm full, please enjoy your meal!"
After leaving these words, she shook her handkerchief and walked away without looking back.
Looking at her back, Yongping sighed helplessly.
"She's been like this since she was a child, too willful. She's suffered a lot because of this. Yu'er, please don't take it personally. I'll have a good talk with her later."
Leng Yu's face also looked very ugly, but because there were so many people present, he did not lose his temper.
He nodded and reminded:
"Big Sister, I can understand everything she said, but her statement about Nanping coming to crush Daning is jarring to me. Daning is a powerful nation, not just anyone who wants to crush it."
As he said this, he deliberately raised his voice and glanced at Prince Daji.
Prince Daji is not very old, and this trip to Daning Kingdom is his first time traveling far away, so he is a little nervous at this time.
Seeing Leng Yu looking at him, he hurriedly replied hesitantly:
"No... no, my brother has never coveted the Daning Kingdom, and... and the two countries have always been friendly. Your Majesty, please don't listen to the nonsense of the little sister-in-law."
Xingnan also nodded in agreement.
"Yes, yes, if my royal brother had that intention, he wouldn't have let us siblings come to Daning Kingdom."
Leng Yu nodded calmly. He knew that Yongning was just being eloquent for a moment and she had no ability to provoke a war between the two countries.
But what she had just said really touched his heart, and he felt very bad until the end of the dinner.
In the evening, Yongping pulled Luo Lan to chat, and Leng Yu returned to the Yangxin Palace alone. He felt that he needed to calm down his anger.
Yongping followed Luo Lan back to her Fengyi Palace. After Ah Hong served them tea, she retreated.
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