Princess Pija, the most beautiful princess among the thirty-six kingdoms of the Western Regions, and the fates of three thousand young girls in the Uyghur capital of Harabalegas, were decided by the old prime minister Has in just a few words.
At this moment, Princess Bhikkhu was completely unaware that she was about to be sent to the fiefdom of the Prince of Jin for a marriage alliance.
On the training ground outside the palace, Princess Bhikkhu was riding a horse and shooting arrows, aiming her bow and arrows at the circular target on the training ground.
She wore a fiery red riding outfit, her clothes fluttering freely in the wind. Bathed in the warm spring sun, she resembled a phoenix in flames, both beautiful and domineering.
Her face, the most beautiful in the thirty-six kingdoms of the Western Regions, was like a finely carved piece of jade, with a heroic air between her brows.
Princess Pijia, whose real name was Yue Qiluo, was in the prime of her life, the most beautiful age in a woman's life in the Western Regions.
In terms of appearance, Yue Qiluo perfectly inherited her mother's beauty and elegance;
In terms of personality, he also inherited the heroic and decisive qualities of the men of the Yaoluoge clan.
In today's terms, it's called "loving red dresses and also loving military uniforms"!
Whoosh!
Whoosh!
Whoosh!
In a short while, Yue Qiluo, riding on horseback, fired three arrows in quick succession, all hitting the bullseye, drawing cheers from the onlookers.
"Qiluo, well done!"
At this moment, the valiant Khan Moyanchuo, who had rushed from the Uyghur palace to the training ground, happened to see his daughter's heroic figure as she fired three arrows simultaneously, and couldn't help but praise her:
"As expected of the apple of the eye of the Yaoluoge family, her horsemanship and archery skills are comparable to my father's! Haha!"
As they were talking, Princess Bhikkhu Yueqiluo also noticed her father, Khan Moyanchuo, appearing in the training ground. She immediately tightened the reins, turned her horse around, and rode towards him.
She gracefully and skillfully dismounted, walked to Mo Yanchuo's side, and asked playfully and proudly, "Father Khan, how is my riding and archery skill?"
Mo Yanchuo replied in a serious tone, "Hmm, not bad, you already have quite the demeanor of a Uyghur cavalry warrior!"
"real?"
Yue Qiluo blinked her large, bright, and expressive eyes and continued to ask, "Father Khan didn't lie to me, did he?"
Mo Yanchuo nodded and said, "Of course, Father Khan would never lie!"
Upon hearing this, Yue Qiluo immediately beamed with joy. Two shallow dimples appeared on her fair, jade-like face as she playfully asked, "Then, Father, can your daughter go to the battlefield to fight the enemy?"
As she spoke, she looked at Mo Yanchuo with longing eyes and said, "I have already heard that the Han scoundrel Chen Huai'an led a large army to invade our Uyghur territory and slaughter our Uyghur people;"
"The vanguard of the Han cavalry will soon arrive at the walls of Harabalgas!"
Yue Qiluo straightened her chest, raised her head, and adopted a haughty expression, ready to die for her cause, as she said, word by word, "I am a descendant of the Yaoluoge clan, and moreover, Princess Bilge of the Uyghur Khanate;"
"At this time of invasion by a powerful enemy, it is my responsibility and my duty to stand up and stand with the people of the Uyghur Khanate to resist the invasion of the Han cavalry."
"Even if we die on the battlefield, we must never allow the honor of the Yaoluoge family to be tarnished or disgraced!"
Yue Qiluo spoke these words with great passion and fervor, moving even the royal servants watching in the martial arts arena to tears.
Not to mention Mo Yanchuo, who is also a father.
Although Princess Bilge was a woman, she was in no way inferior to the Uyghur men when it came to matters of national righteousness.
Hearing his daughter Yue Qiluo's words, the valiant Khan couldn't help but feel ashamed when he recalled the decision he had made in court to arrange a marriage alliance.
"Father, please grant your daughter's request to go to the battlefield and fight the enemy!"
Seeing that her father, Han Moyanchuo, remained silent, Yue Qiluo said anxiously, "I promise I will not hold back the Uyghur army on the battlefield!"
"Moreover, the maids in the palace have been learning martial arts from her since childhood. They are proficient in both horseback archery and swordsmanship."
"If Father Khan agrees, I can lead the palace maids and guards, disguised, to infiltrate the Han army camp and assassinate the Han traitor Chen Huai'an!"
At this point, a fierce look appeared on Yue Qiluo's beautiful face, and in front of her father, Mo Yanchuo, she made a throat-slitting gesture.
He added, "Father Khan, don't you always say, 'To catch a thief, first catch the king'?"
"This time, let my daughter assassinate Chen Huai'an, the leader of the Han army, for the sake of the people of the Uyghur Khanate!"
At that moment, Mo Yanchuo, as a father, felt as if something had stabbed the softest part of his heart.
However, as the valiant Khan of the Uyghur Khanate, Moyanchuo also bore the weight of the life and death of millions of Uyghur subjects on his shoulders.
Even though he couldn't bear it, he had to make a choice at this critical moment when his country was on the verge of collapse.
Mo Yanchuo took a few deep breaths and finally spoke, "Qiluo, Father Khan has come to see you today to discuss how to save the millions of Uyghur people."
Um?
Yue Qiluo tilted her head and nodded heavily, saying, "Father, you speak!"
Mo Yanchuo said solemnly, "Qiluo, today in the court, civil and military officials discussed how to resist the Han army and prevent the Uyghurs from destroying the country;"
"The old Prime Minister Has proposed that you go to Han territory to marry Prince Chen Huai'an of Jin in exchange for the Han army ceasing its war and saving the Uyghur Khanate from destruction!"
"What?"
Upon hearing the news that she was to be sent for a political marriage, Yue Qiluo turned pale and hurriedly asked, "Father Khan, then, then you agreed to Prime Minister Has's proposal?"
Um!
Mo Yanchuo nodded with a pained expression but a firm resolve, saying, "That's right, Father Khan has agreed to the marriage proposal put forward by Prime Minister Has."
"Furthermore, in front of both civil and military officials, they promised to personally persuade you to go and arrange a marriage alliance!"
At this point, tears welled up in Mo Yanchuo's blue eyes.
But he still suppressed his guilt towards his daughter and continued, "Qiluo, being born into an imperial family already means we can't control our own destiny. For the sake of saving the million Uyghur people in Harabalgas from slaughter; for the sake of—"
"Father Khan, please stop!"
Before Mo Yanchuo could finish his persuasion, he was interrupted by Yue Qiluo, who had a wry smile on her face.
Her deep, bright blue eyes shone with a firm and resolute light as she replied, word by word, "Father Khan, your daughter is willing to go to Han territory for a marriage alliance!"
"For the safety of the Uyghur people, my daughter is willing to marry the Han scoundrel Chen Huai'an!"
"Father, you should begin preparing for the marriage alliance. I have other matters to attend to, so I'll be leaving now!"
After saying that, Yue Qiluo ignored her father, Han Moyanchuo, who was still standing there in a daze, immediately mounted her horse, straddled the snow-white Akhal-Teke steed, and rode away like the wind.
No one noticed that as Yue Qiluo mounted her horse, hot tears welled up in her eyes and slid down her delicate, fair cheeks.
All that remained for everyone was a fiery red afterimage running wildly under the warm spring sun.
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