"Hurry up, something happened to the prince. When the prince comes back, all of us will lose our heads!"
In the southwest border of Dashang, horses galloped, and a group of cavalry galloped past. The general at the head looked solemn, and led his men to rush out of the country.
Princess Qingqing is missing, and the entire Southwest Palace is going crazy.
What's even more troublesome is that the Southwest King was recalled to the capital by the imperial court not long ago, and the Crown Prince also went with him. Now the entire Southwest Palace is leaderless, and only the princess is in charge. Faced with this unexpected situation, she has lost her usual calmness.
Previously, many people in the Southwest Palace had been rumoring that the Southwest King was summoned to the capital this time because the royal family intended to marry the palace to stabilize the relationship between the royal family and the Southwest Palace.
Outside the southwest border of Dashang, there is a Buddha from the West and a temple, which is almost equal to a country.
Buddhism, like the Heavenly Mandate Temple in the Western Regions, has won over too many believers with their faith. The Buddha from the West inside the Green Lantern Temple is one of the most powerful people in the world and is regarded as a human Buddha by believers in the world. .
Under the influence of the Buddha from the West, countless temples sprang up outside the Qingdeng Temple, with millions of Buddhists forming a self-contained Buddhist kingdom.
This is a huge threat to big merchants.
The existence of the Southwest Palace is shocking to this Buddhist country.
It is for this reason that the Southwest Palace is so valued by the imperial court.
It is said that the prince who marries the Southwest Palace this time will most likely be named a prince.
Outside the southwest border, King Wu's cavalry galloped past, causing dust and sand to fly. It can be seen that the disappearance of Princess Qingqing made these battle-experienced soldiers a little panicked.
After all, Princess Qingqing's safety now concerns more than just the Southwest Palace.
In Li Garden, the west wing of the Great Shang Capital City, Li Ziye was practicing his sword. Not long after, a young man walked over quickly and said respectfully, "Young master, we have found out."
Within the red line formation, Li Ziye stepped out, jumped out, and said, "What is your identity?"
That day, when he was rushing back from the birthday banquet of the Yin family, he was frightened by a group of cavalry. In this big commercial capital, there were not many people who could mobilize cavalry, so he wanted to know who was leading the cavalry. Who exactly is the young general?
"Prince Southwest, I wish you Qingge!" the boy replied.
"Prince Southwest?"
Hearing this, Li Ziye had a strange look on his face and said, "Aren't he and the Southwest King always guarding the southwest border? Why are they back in the capital?"
The Southwest King, like the Xuanwu King and the Rakshasa Girl, is among the Ten Martial Kings. However, the Southwest King is not in the capital all the year round. Instead, he guards the borders to deter the Buddhist kingdom, which is expanding at an ever-increasing speed.
"Reporting to the Young Master, the Southwest King has also returned to the capital."
The young man responded respectfully, "According to the spies, the Southwest King returned to Beijing this time to discuss the marriage between Princess Qingqing and the royal family."
"Marriage between the royal family and the Southwest Palace?"
Li Ziye was shocked after hearing this, and continued to ask, "Which prince is it? Have you found out?"
The influence of the Southwest Palace is not comparable to that of ordinary Wu Wang. If any prince can marry with the Southwest Palace, he may be directly named a prince.
"No."
The servant shook his head and said, "Everyone in the court supports which prince. For a while, it was difficult for Your Majesty to make a decision."
"I know, let's go down first. If you have any news, report it immediately!" Li Ziye suppressed the turmoil in his heart, waved his hand and said.
"Yes!" The boy accepted the order and left quickly.
"Brother Li is very concerned about this matter?" Bai Wangyu asked curiously.
"certainly."
Li Ziye grinned and said, "If you find out the news earlier, you will know which prince can be appointed as the crown prince, so I can hug him."
"..."
Bai Wangyu wanted to slap himself, why did he take what this fool said!
"To be honest, Lao Bai, which one of the four princes do you think is most likely to marry Princess Qingqing?"
Li Ziye took out a century-old "radish" from his arms, started to nibble on it, and asked with a gossipy look on his face.
"Not sure."
Bai Wangyu shook his head and said, "The Confucian sect rarely interferes with the affairs of the court. As for which prince will marry the Nengnan Palace in the end, this can only be decided by your Majesty."
"Boring."
Li Ziye took a bite of the carrot in his hand and said, "Of course I know that the emperor has to decide on this matter. I'm just curious, so I can just take a guess."
"Don't criticize the affairs of the imperial court." Bai Wangyu said.
"I bet the third prince to have 100 great medicinal plants!"
Li Ziye gestured with half of the "radish" in his hand and urged, "Hurry up and take a guess."
Bai Wangyu hesitated for a moment, but still said, "I think so, the eldest prince."
"The eldest prince?"
Hearing this, Li Ziye looked surprised, looked around, and whispered, "I'm not disrespecting the disabled. After all, the eldest prince's legs and feet are somewhat inconvenient. How could the Southwest King agree to this marriage? Lao Bai, you are not Do you want to lose to me on purpose?"
"It's just intuition."
Bai Wangyu smiled lightly and said, "Brother Li also said it was just a random guess."
"No, I want to raise the stakes."
Li Ziye immediately changed his mind and said, "Two hundred, two hundred great medicinal plants."
This is picking up money!
"Can."
Bai Wangyu nodded indifferently and responded.
"Sir, the eldest grandson is here."
At this time, another boy came quickly and reported.
"Changsun Nanqiao?"
Li Ziye suddenly became energetic and said, "My Medicine King has arrived!"
After saying that, Li Ziye didn't care about the bet with Little Red Riding Hood and walked quickly out of the west wing.
In the front hall, the eldest grandson Nanqiao was sitting on his seat drinking tea. There was a wooden box on the table, and the fragrance of medicine was faintly visible.
As soon as Li Ziye entered the hall, he couldn't take his eyes away. He was even more excited than the girl who saw Chi Guoguo.
Finally, finally got it!
Li Ziye burst into tears, it was so difficult.
"Master Li, I haven't seen you for a few days, do you miss me so much?"
The eldest grandson Nanqiao looked at the young man with blazing eyes in the hall and said with a half-smile.
Li Ziye came back to his senses, looked at the troubled woman in front of him, grinned and said, "One day is like three autumns after not seeing her for a long time. I was really excited when I heard that Sister Nan Qiao was coming."
"I think it's not me you want to see, is it?"
The eldest grandson Nanqiao picked up the wooden box on the table, shook it, and said with a soft smile, "Young Master Li, I have broken my legs when I ran away. In order to get this medicine king, the queen alone has to go to the hospital." I don’t know how many trips I made.”
"how come!"
Li Ziye smiled and said, "Sister Nan Qiao and the Empress are sisters from the same mother. If Sister Nan Qiao wants, the Empress will definitely not refuse."
"Ah."
The eldest grandson, Nanqiao, smiled softly and said, "As expected, you plotted against your sister. Li Ziye, you are so brave. You even dare to plot against the empress of the dynasty."
"Sister Nan Qiao, don't talk nonsense."
Li Ziye said righteously, "From the beginning to the end, I was just doing business with Sister Nan Qiao, so how can I get involved with the Queen?"
"Forget it, I can't beat you."
The eldest grandson, Nanqiao, rolled his eyes at the former, threw the wooden box in his hand over, and said, "The things have been brought to you. When will the cooperation between our two families begin?"
"Didn't it already start?"
Li Ziye took the wooden box and put it on the table beside him, and said with a smile, "I have a hundred and twenty confidence in my sister. I have already made preparations to cooperate with the eldest grandson's family."
"Little guy, why don't you just hand over the rest of the Li family's business to my eldest grandson's family."
Changsun Nanqiao took the opportunity to say, "The business alliance has just lost a batch of goods, and its vitality has been severely damaged. What happened to the Yin family again, and now they are very busy. There are constant frictions between the two families. If the Li family hands over the business, If you give it to them, you will avoid a lot of trouble."
"What Sister Nan Qiao said is reasonable, but."
Li Ziye said something, changed the topic, and said with a grin, "After all, I have some friendship with His Highness the Third Prince. His Highness has recommended these two companies to me again and again, so I can't deny His Highness's face too much."
"Third Prince? Ha."
Upon hearing this, the eldest grandson Nanqiao smiled calmly, picked up the tea on the table, took a sip, and said, "Don't you know, Mr. Li, that the Southwest King came to Beijing to discuss marriage with the royal family?"
"I just heard, what, is there any result yet?" Li Ziye asked.
"The result has not been announced yet, but it is almost certain."
The eldest grandson Nan Qiao put down his teacup and said, "The Queen intends for my nephew Mubai to marry Princess Qingqing, the daughter of the Southwest King, and Your Majesty did not refuse."
"Fourth Prince?"
When Li Ziye heard this, he almost choked on the tea he drank in his mouth. How could he be the fourth prince?
In his bet with Little Red Riding Hood, there was no fourth prince.
So how do you calculate it, lose the game?
The main reason is that the fourth prince is a martial arts fanatic. It is said that Emperor Shang and the Queen wanted to marry him more than once, but they were rejected.
That's why he simply ignored the fourth prince.
"Master Li, you are a smart man. You should know what it means if my nephew Mubai marries the Southwest Palace."
The eldest grandson Nanqiao smiled and said, "If the Li family's business wants to go further, it must have the support of the imperial court. Mr. Li should know the difference between providing help in times of need and adding icing on the cake."
Li Ziye listened to the words of the woman in front of him with a thoughtful look in his eyes.
What a difficult choice!
Now, it is difficult for him to judge whether the words of the eldest grandson Nanqiao are true or false. Could it be that the person who wants to marry Princess Qingqing is really the fourth prince?
Just when Li Ziye was undecided about the future of the Li family, the cavalry of the Southwest King of Dashan Dynasty rushed out of the border and searched for the whereabouts of Princess Qingqing like crazy.
And in a small mountain village like a paradise under the Green Lantern Pagoda far away from the border, Sanzang, the Buddha, went down the mountain to slay the demon, rescued the girl in green clothes, and entered the village to beg for alms.
In the dilapidated house, Sanzang was holding a purple-gold bowl. In the bowl, there was cooked rice.
The girl woke up, her beautiful big eyes full of nervousness.
"Don't be afraid of the female donor."
A gentle smile appeared on Sanzang's fair face, and he said, "You must be hungry after being comatose for so long. The little monk has transformed into some vegetarian food. You can eat some first."
Hearing this, the girl looked at the purple golden bowl in the hands of the little monk in front of her, and subconsciously stepped back a little, with panic in her eyes.
"There, the witch is in that broken house. I saw a monk carrying her in with my own eyes!"
At this moment, there was a loud noise outside. The next moment, a man led a group of villagers to kick open the wooden house, pointed at the girl inside, and said angrily, "Look, everyone, the witch is here!"
