The State of Yan is too powerful; if we do not agree, we will be fighting against the State of Yan.
But in everyone's mind, their country's current struggle against the powerful Yan state would be like throwing an egg against a rock.
Even if they all feel aggrieved and their fates are manipulated by others, they have no choice but to agree.
Long Yuan was only a twelve or thirteen-year-old boy. If he were in the 21st century, he would still be a carefree elementary school student.
Although born into noble royalty, he could not enjoy any comfort.
On the contrary, because of the emperor's favor and his status as the crown prince, he would be persecuted and suffer pain that ordinary people could not bear.
If it weren't for her time travel and the presence of the spiritual spring, that little girl might have died long ago.
Shangguan Qing had been watching Su Muyao closely. When he saw her furrow her brows, he realized that the little girl was indeed as the investigation had said, with the little princess having a very good relationship with the crown prince.
Shangguan Qing said, "I heard from others that His Highness the Crown Prince and the young princess have a close relationship. On the way here, I also heard from a palace maid that the Empress intends to betroth the young princess to His Highness the Crown Prince as a concubine."
As soon as these words were spoken, some ministers' expressions changed. They also thought highly of the Crown Prince and had originally wanted to send their own daughters into the palace.
Even becoming just a concubine of the Crown Prince would be a great honor.
But if Su Muyao were to become the Crown Princess, given her fiery temper... everyone who heard this would have given up on the idea.
The emperor then spoke up, saying, "Leaving aside the fact that the young princess is still young, if the crown prince marries the imperial advisor, he certainly won't be able to go to your country as a hostage."
Shangguan Qing wanted the emperor to say this: "Your Majesty is mistaken. Since I have said so, of course I do not wish for the two of them to be separated."
These two are going to the State of Yan as guests. I believe His Highness the Crown Prince will also be reluctant to part with the young princess. In that case, they should thank me, shouldn't they?"
The Duke suddenly refused in a cold voice: "No! That brat Shangguan is quite the schemer, actually trying to take the Grand Preceptor of the Great Dynasty with him. He really doesn't respect our Great Dynasty at all!"
Su Muyao had already begun to worry about San Guanqing's life and the Yan Kingdom's treasury.
The Prime Minister then spoke up, saying, "The young princess is still young and her relationship with His Highness the Crown Prince is merely that of friends, unlike what you, Your Highness, have described."
The Prime Minister was mainly afraid that if these words got out today, and the Crown Prince really went to Yan as a hostage, he would never be able to return in this lifetime.
What will the young princess do when her reputation is ruined?
People say that children under three years old should not sit together, let alone when the Crown Prince used to frequently visit the young princess, who was already five years old at the time.
If others spread rumors, it could ruin the young princess's reputation.
In the Prime Minister's heart, he didn't care who the Crown Prince was. Although he was quite satisfied with the current Crown Prince, he was dispensable compared to this lovable little princess.
If Su Muyao knew what he was thinking, she would definitely call him an old bastard.
His dignified and respectable demeanor was merely due to the presence of the young princess, from whom he could benefit greatly.
After Shangguan Qing softly said "Oh", he said, "Why don't we have the Emperor bestow a marriage upon the young princess for me? Anyway, the Emperor is reluctant to send the Crown Prince. In that case, it would be good to send an outsider instead."
Su Muyao stared at the emperor with a half-smile, wanting to see what this old bastard had to say.
Regardless, firstly, I belong to the Great Dynasty, and secondly, I have made so many contributions to the Great Dynasty.
Now I just want to see if this emperor will easily sell me out.
The emperor's eyes turned slightly cold: "I told you yesterday that the little princess could never marry you, much less go to your country. Yao Yao is the lucky star of the entire dynasty, and no one can touch her."
The emperor's thought at this moment was that if he had to choose one of the two, he could only choose Longyuan.
Although Longyuan is also important to the Great Dynasty, Su Muyao is the hope of the Great Dynasty.
Now that I'm in this position, I should think about the people first. I just don't know if Long Yuan will hate me.
Su Muyao admired the emperor from the bottom of her heart, but she looked at Shangguan Qing and asked directly, "Besides these things, is there anything else?"
Shangguan Qing was taken aback by the question, then quickly replied, "That's all."
Then the little girl stood up from her small stool. "Since you have nothing else to say, let's talk about what's between us."
Shangguan Xue looked on with curiosity. This little girl said she wanted to talk about what happened between them without her knowledge.
The ministers, unaware of the situation, assumed that the young prince was about to betray his country and go directly to the State of Yan.
The prime minister, standing to the side, also looked at Su Muyao with a hurt expression. In his mind, this little dumpling would never be the kind of person who would easily betray the country and run away with someone else.
Su Muyao stood on a small stool and pointed at Shangguan Qing, questioning, "Yesterday, your men set fire to my workshops, and the men in black who attacked my residence last night were also sent by you."
Su Muyao spoke with certainty, while Shangguan Qing looked blank, as if he didn't understand.
"Princess, you've mistaken me for someone else! I stayed at the inn all day yesterday and didn't go anywhere else."
"Oh, really?" Su Muyao clapped her hands and called out as she came in.
Everyone looked and saw two eunuchs carrying a corpse as they walked in.
Su Muyao stepped forward and ripped off the black cloth covering the man's face.
"What? I was with you at the banquet just yesterday, how come you don't recognize me after just one night?"
Everyone craned their necks to look, and it really was the man who had followed Shangguan Qing at the banquet.
After reading it, Shangguan Qing just chuckled: "Little Princess, don't wrong me. Although he is my man, he was sold out by me yesterday because of his bad character."
It's possible that someone else bought it. But the person who bought this slave probably has some grudge against the young princess, otherwise they wouldn't have sent him to assassinate her.
Everyone could tell that Shangguan Qing's explanation was utterly shameless.
"There's more than just this one witness. I also found a token from your Yan royal family on one of them."
Now that you have both witnesses and physical evidence, are you still going to resort to sophistry and evasive arguments?
Upon hearing this, Shangguan Qing didn't want to explain any further. He simply asked coldly, "Putting aside whether this person was sent by me or not, even if the young princess is safe and sound, I wonder how she intends to make things difficult for me."
Su Muyao suddenly giggled: "Difficult? How could this princess possibly argue with a dead man?"
Immediately afterwards, Su Muyao jumped off the small stool and asked the emperor, "Uncle, is it true that princes are subject to the same laws as commoners?"
The emperor nodded upon hearing this: "Of course."
"In that case, Your Highness, please go back and explain to the Emperor of Yan that his son killed someone in our country."
Isn't it fair to say that murder should be punished with a life?
As he spoke, he raised the gun in his hand and pointed it at Shangguan Qing.
Upon seeing this, Shangguan Qing quickly pulled Shangguan Xue, who was standing next to him, in front of him.
Su Muyao gave Shangguan Xue a meaningful look. After all, she hadn't even fired a shot yet, and Shangguan Qing had already pulled his sister in front of him to shield her. Heh, how interesting.
Shangguan Xue's face darkened.
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