The eldest princess of the Great Jing Dynasty, although not a legitimate princess, was raised by the Empress and was very loved. Because of this love, the Empress was reluctant to let her marry early and kept her until now.
The new Emperor and Empress Dowager of the Great Jing Dynasty disagreed with sending the eldest princess to the Southern Dynasty for a marriage alliance, so there was no room for negotiation.
When the news came back, Rong Ning set up the newly made, still not very good, cannons of the Southern Dynasty on the banks of the Muyang River and bombarded them relentlessly.
When the elder sister went to marry a foreign ruler, she brought a group of skilled craftsmen with her. However, at that time, the Southern Dynasty did not have cannons, so the Great Jing Dynasty had never seen such a weapon.
Although the cannons didn't even cross the Muyang River, they still served as a strong deterrent, prompting Xuan Xunchuan to call a halt.
With the new emperor newly enthroned and the court instability, the Great Jing Dynasty did not want to fight this war and took the initiative to send envoys to the Southern Dynasty.
The envoys of the two countries held consultations in Kangye City, and the news was sent back and forth between the north and south every day by express courier. After half a month, the two sides reached a new agreement.
The Great Jing's bottom line is that the princess cannot be married off, and the territory it occupied from the Southern Dynasty ten years ago cannot be returned. If all else fails, the two countries will fight each other directly.
However, before the attack, they would hang the corpse of Princess Zhaoqing of the Southern Dynasty on the city wall for all to see.
Princess Zhaoqing was an open weakness, which the Jing people used very effectively, forcing the Southern Dynasty to concede.
Once the bottom line was made clear, the negotiations went much more smoothly, and after a period of time, all the details were finalized.
Rong Ning didn't care about anything else; she only cared about one thing: Da Jing would not send a princess to marry into the Southern Dynasty, but it must send Princess Zhaoqing of the Southern Dynasty back to the Southern Dynasty intact after ten years of marriage, and promise that the two countries would no longer need princesses for marriage in the future.
Only after seeing this clear and unambiguous clause did Rong Ning's heart truly settle down...
Her older sister... is really coming back!
After the peace talks ended, the emperor immediately dispatched Luo Chuan with two hundred elite imperial guards to the north. Upon reaching the northern border, Rong Ning gave three hundred more elite border troops to go to the capital of Da Jing to bring Rong Yang back.
Rong Ning didn't go this time; she had to stay and oversee the northern border.
A month later, Luo Chuan brought Rong Yang back, and Rong Ning waited for him on the banks of the Muyang River.
Back then, here, Rong Ning personally handed her elder sister over to the people of Dajing.
Today, right here, Rong Ning personally welcomed her elder sister home!
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