But unexpectedly, Su Qingyan stood up and said, "Since ancient times, alliances have required either marriage or hostages. This prince feels that Xiliang's sincerity is not enough. This prince is willing to go to Tiansheng as a hostage. This should be the greatest respect for Tiansheng."
"Qingyan, what nonsense are you talking about?" Emperor Xiang widened his eyes.
Many ministers were also dumbfounded.
Zhu Qingyan is the most outstanding prince of Xiliang.
Who wouldn't be sending an incompetent hostage? Sending the most outstanding prince to another country, his life and death are hard to control. Who knows if the other party will secretly kill him out of fear?
Yun Miao: “…”
But she felt that this was totally inconsistent with Qingyan's behavior.
He hates Tiansheng Country and Mulansheng so much, how could he suddenly choose to be humble?
"Prince Zhu, Tiansheng Kingdom didn't ask Xiliang to send a hostage. So you don't have to..." Yun Miao was interrupted by Zhu Qingyan before she could finish her words: "Immortal Lord, after Qingyan learned of the Four-Nation Alliance, the Immortal Lord will definitely return to Tiansheng. Qingyan feels unbearable pain at the thought of never seeing the Immortal Lord again, so he is willing to risk his life for the Immortal Lord, just to be with him day and night."
Everyone in the hall suddenly realized!
It turns out that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince did this for the Immortal Lord!
Everyone's eyes moved back and forth between Yun Miao and Su Qingyan, and the situation suddenly became more ambiguous.
Even Emperor Xiang of Lu had thought about this tens of thousands of times, and suddenly an idea came to him.
Yes! My son is so outstanding. If he can have a relationship with the Immortal Lord, wouldn’t it be more promising than being a prince?
He immediately changed the subject and said, "Since my son is so infatuated, I, as a father, can only reluctantly agree. I believe in the Immortal Lord's kindness and will definitely not put Qingyan's life in any danger."
As he said this, he took the calligraphy brush next to him, added a few strokes to the agreement, and quickly stamped it.
"Wait..." Yun Miao hurried down but failed to stop it.
He could only grit his teeth and look at the smugly grinning Su Qingyan beside him: "How could this Immortal Lord not know that Prince Su has suddenly developed such a deep affection for me?"
There was clearly no affection in Qingyan's eyes; instead, there was only a hint of malicious amusement: "This prince has spent so much time with the Immortal Lord, and over time, we've developed feelings for each other. Has the Immortal Lord not noticed anything? That's truly heartbreaking for Qingyan."
"Heh." Yun Miao immediately regained her composure. "This Immortal Lord thinks that a marriage is more suitable for Your Highness. The Eighth Princess of Tiansheng Kingdom is still unmarried. How about letting the Crown Prince become her consort?"
"That won't do. Not to mention that this prince is now deeply in love with the Immortal Lord, I will never marry anyone from the Tiansheng royal family under any circumstances." Su Qingyan's eagle eyes fell on Yun Miao like a hunter. He seemed respectful, but in fact, he was like a whirlpool in the dark that could swallow people up at any time.
Yun Miao was not surprised. Su Qingyan pretended to compromise with her because of her identity. Since the alliance was a foregone conclusion, he would never truly surrender.
However, Emperor Xiang had already happily handed over the agreement with his seal: "Immortal Master, thank you for your hard work. Qingyan will be in your care from now on."
"This Immortal Lord feels that with the strength of Prince Lu, he doesn't need anyone's care to thrive in Tiansheng Country and no one dares to mess with him." Yun Miao flicked his sleeves, turned his back and headed towards the high platform above.
However, as she sat on the high platform, she remembered something she had wanted to ask since the first day she entered the Western Liang Kingdom. Her expression became complicated as she asked, "Western Emperor, I heard that the Western Liang Kingdom is adept at using poison, and that it was thanks to this poison that it became a powerful nation that stood side by side with the other four kingdoms. Is this true?"
She still remembered what Wuji Gong had mentioned about the blood parasite.
It was from the Western Kingdom, that is, the Western Liang Kingdom.
But I also wonder, if the Western Liang Kingdom is really so powerful, why doesn't it spread the poison directly to Yicheng, but relies on the pharmacy to spread the plague?
Hearing Yun Miao's words, Emperor Xiangxiang looked troubled and said, "These are all rumors, rumors! Xiliang Kingdom has only used Gu once in a major war so far. Gu poison is difficult to control, and the royal family would never dare to provoke it, so how could they possibly use it on a large scale? Gu poison is used by the Gu Clan, and although the Gu Clan originated in the Western Kingdom, their existence is very mysterious. If Xiliang Kingdom had not suffered heavy losses in the war and was almost defeated, they would have gone to great lengths to seek the Gu Clan's help, and the Gu Clan would have only taken action once. But at the same time, the Xiliang royal family also paid a huge price."
"Oh? What's the price?" Yun Miao asked doubtfully.
Emperor Xiang sighed, and after all the other ministers had left, he said, "Since then, the Xiliang royal family has had no new descendants. Fortunately, Qingyan was born early, otherwise this emperor would have no descendants. Therefore... we dare not provoke the Gu Clan."
Yun Miao didn't expect the truth to be like this.
However, the royal family naturally has to maintain its dignity to the outside world.
Therefore, the Xiliang royal family, which used the poison, became famous that time, and since then it has indeed dominated the other three kingdoms for a long time.
As for the others who went to visit Xiliang and were poisoned, it might have been because they happened to encounter the Gu tribe.
Yun Miao is not a fool. If Xiliang really has the ability to control the poison infinitely, he would not be willing to sign the alliance or dare to seek protection from the poison. It seems that this mysterious tribe made Emperor Xiang dare not even die to provoke it.
I have to talk to Wuji Gong about it when I get back.
Although the agreement had been reached, an unexpected event occurred, involving Qingyan.
When Yun Miao handed the agreement to Mu Lansheng, she saw that he was staring at the extra agreement with a slightly dark expression.
"This Su Qingyan... is actually willing to volunteer as a hostage?" Mu Lengqi was shocked, but then became excited: "This Xiliang Kingdom is really a coward."
Mu Lansheng, however, felt that it was not simple: "This is not like Su Qingyan's character."
"He's just a troublemaker. He won't cause much trouble even if he enters Tiansheng Kingdom. Just ignore him." Yun Miao is still speechless when she thinks about it.
Unexpectedly, Mulansheng stared at her dangerously: "Hmm? Judging from Miao'er's tone, you seem quite familiar with Prince Lu."
Quite sour taste.
"Well... since the alliance agreement has been finalized, when will we return to Tiansheng?" Yun Miao laughed and passed it off.
Mu Lansheng leaned closer to Yun Miao's ear and said, "I'll listen to your excuses when we get back."
Then he stood up and looked at Mu Lengqi and Mu Linyuan across from him and said, "Now that the alliance has been finalized, does what Fifth Brother said before still count?"
"What...what's the matter?" Mulingqi started to act crazy and stupid.
Yun Miao crossed her arms, "It's a bit unfair for the Fifth Prince to acknowledge me as his elder brother. Although a gentleman's words must be kept, there were only three of us at the time and no one else knew about it. If the Fifth Prince doesn't keep his word, then so be it. Yun Miao will definitely not think that the Fifth Prince is untrustworthy and can't afford to lose..."
"Big Brother!" Who would have thought that Mu Lengqi would suddenly interrupt Yun Miao's words with the word "Big Brother", but his expression was extremely reluctant and vicious: "Big Brother, from now on you are my, Mu Lengqi's Big Brother. This prince will not be the kind of person who breaks his promise and can't afford to lose!"
Yun Miao looked at him and smiled strangely: "Okay, big brother got it."
Mu Lingqi: "..."
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