Hearing this, the two children felt a little relieved, but the older one clung tightly to Doctor Wang's sleeve.
"Grandpa, thank you, thank you."
Looking at the child's hoarse voice from crying for so long, Su Muyao thought to herself that the prince of Yan Kingdom truly deserved to die.
Her small hand was placed in the cloth bag, but in reality, she took out a small bottle of diluted spiritual water from her spatial storage.
Then, ignoring what others thought, he went to the person lying down and poured the small bottle of water down their throat.
"This water was obtained from the Fairy Temple. Many people say it's very effective, so give it a try."
"Xia gives them the money, let's go to the next shop."
Xia then took out a silver note from her cloth bag and handed it to the older child.
He then hurriedly ran in the direction his little princess had gone.
After reviewing the conditions of all the injured, it was found that there was basically nothing that the Spirit Spring Water couldn't cure.
The first old man was already dead, and there was nothing that could be done to save him; even the best spring water couldn't bring him back to life.
Inside the palace
The prince of Yan, accompanied by his eldest princess, came to the palace and forced the emperor to give a portion of each type of seed to the Great Yan Kingdom.
When Su Muyao arrived, she heard Shangguan Qing's voice: "Over the years, several small countries have been constantly at odds, with wars raging, causing many people to be displaced and starving, suffering unspeakably."
To avoid further wars, after unanimous discussion among the Emperor and his ministers, a very good solution was proposed, and it is hoped that the Emperor of the Great Dynasty will cooperate.
Su Muyao swaggered in, carrying something in her hand.
Shangguan Qing was extremely curious about this thing, thinking it must be the treasure the guard had mentioned.
The ministers were all invigorated upon hearing this. If the Great Yan Kingdom truly intended to stop the wars instigated by the surrounding smaller states, that would be a good thing.
After all, if the Yan state were willing to mediate and stop the war, it would only take a few words.
Although their great dynasty was slightly stronger than other small countries, it was still far inferior to the Great Yan Kingdom.
Just as everyone was looking at Shangguan Qing with expectant eyes.
He suddenly grinned and said, "To prevent some people from disobeying and launching wars in secret."
Therefore, each country must send a prince to my Yan state as a hostage.
"this…"
The ministers looked at each other, feeling somewhat disappointed.
However, a few people felt that if peace could be achieved by exchanging a proton for peace, it would be a good solution.
The truth is that their great dynasty has only just begun to show signs of improvement. If they were to offend the Great Yan Kingdom again and start another war, the consequences would be unimaginable.
In particular, domestic consumption has been very high in recent years, coupled with successive droughts.
The surrounding small countries have repeatedly provoked us, but thanks to Su Muyao's high grain yield, the great dynasty has gone from being on the verge of collapse to now being able to feed itself mostly thanks to its high grain production.
Immediately afterwards, Shangguan Qing took out a draft agreement and said, "Your Majesty, what do you think? As long as this agreement is signed, our Great Yan Kingdom can guarantee that no one will dare to attack the Great Dynasty again."
The Duke approached Shangguan Qing, took the agreement, and found it to be extremely thick.
But the Duke examined it with exceptional care.
The hall fell silent again, everyone hoping that there were no unfair clauses in the agreement.
Su Muyao then ran outside the hall and brought in her little stool, placed it on the ground, and sat down on it.
Everyone who saw this scene twitched at the corner of their mouth.
The little milk group didn't care what they were thinking; their original purpose was to deal with Shangguan Qing.
But now that there's a good show to watch, we'll watch it all before we kill.
As the Duke turned the pages of the agreement, the ministers grew increasingly tense with each turn.
The Duke had only flipped through half of the book when he roared, "What?! They actually sent the Crown Prince, and they want the Great Dynasty to pay tribute of 20,000 pigs and cattle, and 100,000 chickens and ducks every year...!"
Before the Duke could finish speaking, everyone was furious.
With a loud "bang!", the emperor's teacup was crushed in his hand.
Seeing the emperor on the high throne become angry, Shangguan Qing couldn't help but laugh.
"This is the demand of the Yan Kingdom. They only need to give up His Highness the Crown Prince to bring peace to the Great Dynasty."
Moreover, this is also for the peaceful coexistence of the two countries and to open up trade between them.
The Prime Minister couldn't help but speak up at this point: "That sounds nice, but isn't it just that you want my Great Dynasty to become a vassal state of your Yan Kingdom? You're dreaming!"
Some of the ministers realized, "Is the Yan state going to start a war? They're making so many unreasonable demands, and they claim it's for the benefit of both countries. It's utterly ridiculous."
Shangguan Xue then spoke up, saying, "Ministers, there's no need to be so agitated. War is inherently cruel. Isn't it worth sacrificing one person for the peace of a nation?"
Besides, the annual tribute isn't much at all. You should think about how the Yan Kingdom is supposed to protect so many of you. Why are you so stingy with such a small amount?"
The emperor on his high throne said coldly, "You should take back the agreement! I cannot agree to such an unreasonable request."
After saying that, he waved his hand and had Xiao Dezi hand the agreement back to Shangguan Qing.
Shangguan Xue replied calmly, "This princess thinks you should reconsider, after all, this concerns the lives of the entire Great Dynasty's people."
I believe the emperor wouldn't abandon the plight of countless ordinary people just to protect the crown prince for his own selfish reasons.
Everyone understood the implication in those words.
As soon as these words were spoken, everyone, led by the Grand Tutor and Lord Wang, walked to the center of the hall and knelt down in unison.
The Grand Tutor spoke tremblingly, "Your Majesty, for the sake of peace throughout the land, and to spare the people from the suffering of war, this old minister humbly requests that His Majesty of Yan's conditions be granted."
"We, your humble servants, reiterate our opinion."
More than a dozen senior officials behind him also spoke up in agreement, and some centrist officials also stood up, pleading with the emperor to agree to the Yan Kingdom's conditions.
These people didn't care what the adults in their party thought. They only felt that the great dynasty was already struggling to deal with the surrounding small countries, and if they angered the Yan state, they would not be far from the destruction of their country.
The emperor remained silent, simply gazing at the kneeling ministers.
Then he thought of his most beloved son, who was far away on the border, guarding the entire great dynasty behind him.
Su Muyao, standing to the side, finally understood that this was not only a conspiracy against the Great Dynasty.
If Longyuan were to go to the Yan Kingdom as a hostage, his life and death would be completely controlled by the Yan Kingdom, and he would never be able to return to the Great Dynasty in this lifetime.
Suddenly I feel sorry for Long Yuan; he was poisoned when he was young.
Having just recovered from the poison, he was already donning armor and going into battle to fight the enemy. This little boy was only a little over ten years old.
The emperor of Yan might have been afraid of such a powerful figure growing up, and could only feel at ease if he kept him under his watchful eye.
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