"I just saw a Central Plains man coming here, so I followed him all the way. Unexpectedly, he was stopped and harassed by your guards, and he was knocked to the ground. These guards pressed on me together, and you saw it with your own eyes. If If you hadn't come out in time, I don't think they would have stopped until they beat me to death." After hearing what Yang Qingyuan said, the guards seemed to feel that he was really reckless, and they were all wondering why they had surrounded him at that time. Just knock him to the ground?
Shangdu Khan looked angrily at the guards he had brought with him, all of them hanging their heads. They all looked like they had done something wrong before he was held accountable. He was even more angry in his heart. He was so angry that he was so stupid. . "You said that our guards pushed you to the ground alone, but I see that there is only a little dust on your body now, and your hair is not messy. Look at them again. They are disheveled and look embarrassed. These are the eight of them. Are you bullying me?" Prince Bayin on the side continued to argue without being humble or arrogant.
The wrinkles at the corners of Shangdu Khan's eyes rose slightly, and he looked at Yang Qingyun with a hint of pride. Yang Qingyuan patted the dust on himself and said disdainfully: "You saw me being crushed to the ground by them. As for how they did it like this Embarrassed, they should ask themselves this."
"Haha, okay, I think you have nothing to lose, so let's leave it as it is. I'll have someone take you back to rest, come here!" Yang Qingyuan was obviously mocking Huang Bei's guard for his poor martial arts skills, and Shangdu Khan didn't even think about it. After too much entanglement, he waved his hand and said.
"Wait a minute, Shangdu Khan. Based on your friendship with my father, I should respectfully call you Uncle Shangdu. When my nephew first came here, he originally wanted to visit you today. He left by mistake this morning. Come in and be beaten by your guards, shouldn't you make the decision for your nephew?" Yang Qingyuan interrupted Shangdu Khan and saluted with both hands without being humble or overbearing.
"Oh? How do you want me to make the decision? Should I beat these people up or leave it to you? Your father is in charge of criminal law in Dawei. If it were your father, how should I make the decision?" Shangdu Khan saw that although this man was young, , but he was not surprised when things happened, and he became interested in seeing how much his "best friend"'s son weighed.
"In Dawei, the behavior of these eight people was lawless, domineering, and contemptuous of the king's authority. The first was to insult foreign envoys and commit the crime of insult. The less serious ones were beaten with thirty boards, and the more serious ones were beheaded as a warning to others; secondly, they were guilty of insulting others. If you form a gang and punish yourself privately, without investigation or punishment, you are guilty of dereliction of duty and must be dismissed immediately and investigated and dealt with strictly." Yang Qingyuan held his head high and his chest high, his eyes like fire.
Shangdu Khan's face had darkened, and his dim yellow eyes revealed a murderous aura, but he was still low-pitched and hoarse, unhurried: "So, if these eight people follow Dawei's law, they will all be dragged out and chopped. ?”
As soon as Shangdu Khan finished speaking, the guards who didn't know what was going on panicked and all knelt on the ground begging for mercy: "Khan, please spare your life. We didn't mean to contradict him. We didn't know that he was Master Yang's son. We won't do it again next time." I don’t dare anymore!”
"What are you arguing about?" General Wei Xu shouted loudly, scaring the guards who were begging for mercy into silence. Wei Xu looked at Yang Qingyuan with his eyes raised like an eagle, shooting out bursts of cold light as if staring at prey.
"Hurry up and ask you to kneel down? Don't even look at where this is? This is not Dawei, and it is not the people of Dawei who have the final say on how to punish it!" Prince Bayin was furious, walked to the guard, and angrily He kicked and shouted with his feet.
"Young Master Yang is just using the Dawei Law as an example. Did my father say that I will punish you? Look, you are scared, why don't you get up quickly!" Princess Nata said, holding Shangdu Khan's hand.
The guards looked at Shangdu Khan cautiously, and the atmosphere became even colder - this was exactly the effect Yang Qingyuan wanted. The longer Shangdu Khan was held back, the more chance Yunchuan would have of getting the century-old snow lotus. The bigger it gets.
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At this time, Yunchuan had already sneaked into Khan's yurt. Following Mingcheng's instructions, he actually found a small box engraved with snow lotus on Khan's pillow. This small box was the same as the small box Shengze gave to her. The style is almost the same. When I opened the box, I felt a chill, but there was no snow lotus or flower petals in the box, only about a dozen white pills. The pills are crystal clear and exude the fragrance of snow lotus.
Yunchuan looked through Shangdu Khan's pillow again, and there was nothing else except this small box. "Could it be that the centuries-old snow lotus has been made into pills by them?" Yunchuan wondered. Yun Chuan looked at the pills in the box and was hesitating to take a few. He didn't notice Mingcheng who quietly opened the curtain and walked in.
"If you are seriously poisoned, just take one pill in the first five days; two pills in five to seven days. If you are old or seriously ill, take three pills to extend your life." Mingcheng stood at the door of the yurt and said softly.
Yunchuan was startled, looked behind Mingcheng, and breathed a sigh of relief. She took one and put it in her little box. After thinking about it, she took another one. "Sister Mingcheng, I believe in you!" Yun Chuan said gratefully.
Mingcheng looked at the box in Yunchuan's hand and asked in surprise: "Why do you have this box? Is Shengze poisoned?"
Yunchuan put Shangdu Khan's box back to its original place, and a big stone finally fell to the ground in his heart. He said easily: "Sheng Zefu has a great destiny. Don't worry, he is fine. But why do you think this is the relationship between Sheng Zefu and this person?" What does the box have to do with it?"
"Hmph, you just like to be mysterious. It has nothing to do with me whether he has something wrong with you! You just took two pills to detoxify. Aren't there just a few people around you who are worth taking such a risk?" Mingcheng came over and picked up Shang. Du Khan checked the box and said.
"Oh~ Thank you, sister Mingcheng." Yunchuan didn't know what Yang Qingyuan's situation was outside, so he thought he should get out quickly. But he was stopped by Mingcheng: "Why, are you leaving now?"
Yun Chuan looked at Mingcheng warily: "That's not it?"
"You and I broke off our relationship a year ago. Why do you think I told you the secret of the century-old snow lotus?" Mingcheng stared at Yunchuan and threatened.
"Then what do you want?" Yun Chuan asked puzzledly.
"What I think is very simple, 'Huangbei Centennial Snow Lotus, I have taken it and eaten it myself' - help me spread the word about this tonight!" Mingcheng pointed to the small box and said.
"Sister Mingcheng, what exactly do you want to do?" Yunchuan looked at Mingcheng in confusion.
"You don't need to worry about the reason, but I know you will do it because you don't know how to take this pill yet?" Mingcheng glanced lightly, while Yunchuan's face turned from confusion to anger. Before Yunchuan could fight back, Mingcheng continued, "I remind you, if you don't know this method, the pills in your hands will be useless! However, if you spread any bad news about me, I will not I will tell you how to take it.”
Yun Chuan sighed. Sure enough, there was really no friendship left between her and Mingcheng. "Then what if I tell you that it was Shengze who wanted these pills?" Yunchuan's eyes flickered and he looked at Mingcheng expectantly, hoping to see some tenderness in Mingcheng's eyes.
Mingcheng was stunned for a moment, looked at Yun Chuan expressionlessly, and said with a smile: "Then you should do as I said, don't you think?"
Yun Chuan glanced at Mingcheng angrily. He was originally taking a chance, but he didn't expect that the only value left with Mingcheng was to use and be used. And Mingcheng seemed to have no weakness, and even Shengze couldn't cause the slightest ripple in her. Yun Chuan couldn't help but suspect that from looking for a century-old snow lotus, to threatening with pearl earrings, and now getting the snow lotus, he seemed to have stepped into Mingcheng's trap step by step.
"By the way, your friend's trick to hold them back is, well, not very clever. If you don't want him to get into trouble, you'd better think of a way to make up for the missing two." Mingcheng sat on the side of the case. He drank tea leisurely and said to Yun Chuan who was about to lift the curtain.
"Can't you say you took two pills yourself?" Yunchuan said angrily.
"Of course not." Mingcheng put down the tea cup and replied indifferently, "I have helped you enough."
Yun Chuan had no choice but to leave the yurt. Seeing that Yang Qingyuan, Shangdu Khan and others were still standing there, he quietly returned to his residence.
After waiting for a while, a guard finally reported that Yang Qingyuan was looking for her. Yang Qingyuan walked in, and Yun Chuan asked quickly: "You were surrounded by them just now, were you not injured?"
"No, I wanted to get hurt but didn't find the opportunity." Yang Qingyuan waved his hand and said, "But their emotions towards Dawei are very complicated."
"We all have quite complicated emotions towards Dawei, and your arrogance is really irritating!" Yunchuan said with a smile.
Yang Qingyuan was stunned for a moment before he realized where Yunchuan said his "arrogance" came from. He was a little embarrassed and asked quickly: "How is it? Have you found it?"
Yun Chuan looked at Yang Qingyun's slightly red ears, pursed his lips and smiled, quickly took out the small box and said: "This is the century-old snow lotus. You can eat one within five days after being poisoned, and two within five to seven days. I Just to be on the safe side, I took two.”
"Is this pill a hundred-year snow lotus?" Yang Qingyuan asked in surprise, "Doesn't it mean that Shangdu Khan regards the hundred-year snow lotus as a sacred object and would rather die than take the hundred-year snow lotus. Why is this happening now?"
"I'm also very strange. I think Shangdu Khan may have some hidden disease, so he has to take century-old snow lotus. It's just..." Yunchuan looked down at the snow lotus in the box, thinking of Mingcheng's exchange conditions, his thoughts were messy, and he didn't know what to do. Complete Ming Chengti's exchange conditions.
"Just what?" Yang Qingyuan looked at Yun Chuan who was hesitating and took a step forward to ask.
Yunchuan sighed and told Mingcheng's conditions. Before Yunchuan could finish speaking, Yang Qingyuan clenched his right hand into a fist and slammed it on the table, causing the cups on the table to shake.
Yun Chuan looked at Yang Qingyuan's red hand after beating it, and felt a little pain. He said hurriedly: "Don't worry, I will take care of this matter. If it doesn't work, if the soft one doesn't work, just hard one!" Yang Qingyuan looked at Yun Chuan. My heart is filled with gratitude. From yesterday to now, everything she did was taking risks, and she always protected his safety and was considerate for him.
"Princess Yunchuan, Princess Nata is here and she wants to see you." The guard reported from outside.
Yun Chuan quickly asked Yang Qingyuan to put the small box away and said, "Invite her in."
Princess Nata walked in wearing a pink dress, holding a blooming snowdrop in her hand, and her pink face was made even more rosy by the crystal white snowdrop. Nata was a little surprised when she saw Yang Qingyuan also in the room, but she was quickly covered up by the smile in her eyes and said crisply: "Sister Yunchuan, I brought you this snow lotus flower and put it in this bottle. Our unique nourishing water is added into it, so it will be fine if left for a month.”
Yun Chuan remembered the excuse he told Nata last night, and suddenly glanced at Yang Qingyuan shyly, took the vase, put it on the table, and said, "Thank you, sister Nata, for your thoughtfulness."
"Sister, why are you being polite to me? Although we have never met before, I have heard stories about you since I was a child. Everyone says that you are the elf on our grassland. You are smart, beautiful and kind. It is so wonderful to meet you this time. I'm happy. You don't know how disappointed I was when I heard you weren't coming when I first arrived." Nata took the initiative to hold Yunchuan's hand, with two blushes spreading across her face.
Yunchuan didn't feel comfortable being praised so much by a little girl he met for the first time, and Yang Qingyun was still there. "Two princesses, I have something else to do, so I'll take my leave first." Yang Qingyuan felt that she was a little redundant, so she bowed her hands and said.
"Ah, did I disturb you?" Nata said guiltily, but she held Yunchuan's hand tighter.
Yun Chuan said helplessly: "No, Qingyun...brother, I won't send it to you."
The two watched Yang Qingyuan leave. Nata looked at Yun Chuan, her youthful and smart eyes suddenly filled with tears, and big teardrops fell down. Yun Chuan panicked when he saw it, and quickly found a handkerchief and handed it over: "Sister Nata, why are you crying? Sit down quickly and talk about what you have to say."
"I, sister, I'm scared," Nata sobbed.
Yunchuan poured a glass of water and handed it to Nata: "What happened? Speak slowly."
Nata wiped her tears and slowly calmed down and said: "You know, my mother passed away when I was 9 years old. Although my brother treated me very well, he was a man after all, and I had no one to talk to about many things. My father has strictly forbidden me since I was a child. When I go out, I have followed the customs of Dawei to learn music, chess, calligraphy, painting, and female red embroidery since I could speak. I have no friends at all in the desert. Sister Yunchuan, although we have never met before, every time I hear others talk about you, Saying that you help the strong and the weak, and are philanthropic, I always feel that you are like my biological sister. I know it is a bit presumptuous of me to ask you, but I really don’t know who to talk to. "
Yun Chuan was a little confused. She had already heard about Nata. Although Nata stays at home, her reputation as a talented girl has long been known to everyone: not only is she beautiful, she is proficient in poetry and song, but she is also good at playing the pipa. Now that I have seen it with my own eyes, although her figure is not as slender and graceful as Yun Xi, a southern woman, she is still playful and charming. But Yunchuan had been used to hearing flattery since he was a child. Hearing such a naked "confession" from a fifteen-year-old girl, not only was he not moved, but he also became more wary.
"Uh, sister Nata, what trouble have you encountered?" Yun Chuan asked politely, looking at the red face of the little sister in front of him.
"Next spring, my father will send me to Dawei to get married." Nata said softly and sadly.
"Ah?" Only then did Yun Chuan understand that they were obviously a nation on horseback, so why should they be educated according to the customs of Dawei? Nata's marriage was probably set when she was born.
"Sister, do you know who the person I am marrying is the old emperor Dawei who is already over 60 years old." Nata's voice suddenly rose, and she could not hide her anger.
"Why are you doing this? Are you still so young?" Yun Chuan thought of the years when Tusang and Dawei established diplomatic relations, and his father had never donated a woman. On the occasion of Emperor Dawei's sixtieth birthday last year, his uncle chose an orphan girl named "Lian Xin" and sent it to him. Looking at Nata's eyes that were red with tears, Yunchuan couldn't help but feel that he was lucky to be born in Tusang.
"Sister, you know that I have learned music, chess, calligraphy and painting since I was a child, and I have listened to the three obediences and the four virtues. I once naively thought that it was my father who cared about me and did not let me wield swords, guns, and work hard. But now I understand that this is not love. I I was born to make exchanges." Nata tried her best to suppress her emotions, with a trace of despair in her eyes.
"The emperor is already over sixty years old. How can Shangdu Khan bear the heart to let his only daughter marry him?" Yunchuan couldn't help but become angry.
"Originally, my father was hesitant, and Uncle Wei Xu strongly opposed it. But Mingcheng, that vicious woman, convinced my father. The Wei Dynasty will send the betrothal gift next month. Sister, what do you think I should do? ?" Nata sobbed again.
"You are marrying now. The Emperor of Wei Dynasty is already so old. What if in the future... what should you do?" Yunchuan asked puzzledly. I thought that even if Mingcheng had all the abilities, how could Shangdu Khan do such a loss-making business.
Nata pursed her lips and whispered: "Father hopes that I can give birth to a prince."
"Prince? He is so old? How is this possible?" Yun Chuan asked in surprise.
"Mingcheng was pregnant at the beginning of this year, but something unexpected happened later." Nata sighed helplessly.
"Ah?" Yun Chuan was even more surprised.
"Well, my father is taking a white pill now, which is said to have miraculous effects. Originally, Uncle Wei Xu was the most disapproving, but when they saw that Mingcheng was pregnant, they didn't say anything now. Although my brother All attempts to dissuade her are of no avail." Nata said softly, her eyes becoming more and more helpless.
Yun Chuan couldn't help but think of the white pills beside Shangdu Khan's bed, and took a breath of cold air, feeling uncomfortable in his heart. Looking at Nata's childish face, Yunchuan couldn't help but reach out and smooth her hair, not knowing what to say. If her sister Wan Li was forced to get married, she would definitely take her sister away and fly away, and she would never let her sister's life become a bargain. But what can she do when facing Nata? Although Yun Chuan is very vindictive, she knows this point of propriety. Princesses and princesses, sometimes their lives are no better than those of ordinary people.
But looking at Nata's longing eyes, Yun Chuan couldn't bear it: "Sister Nata, do you have someone you like?"
"Me?" Nata wiped the tears hanging from the corners of her eyes, and a touch of rosy color spread on her cheeks, "I, I don't know."
"Do you like Bai Ren?" Yun Chuan asked gently.
"Brother Bai Ren, I, I think he is pretty good." Nata slowly lowered her head.
"I know Bai Ren likes you. If you two are in love, with your identity and status in the desert, maybe there is room for change in this matter?" Yunchuan said thoughtfully.
"But, the Wei Dynasty has already prepared a betrothal gift, what should we do?" Nata asked eagerly with tears falling again.
"So we have to rush before the betrothal gift is given." Yunchuan blurted out, but she didn't know what to do next.
"Sister, you must help me. Apart from you, I can't think of anyone who can help me. I have met Brother Bai Ren no more than three times. I never dared to have any bad thoughts about him, but I know that he has a gentle personality. If he is willing to marry me, I will treat him well." Nata swore while wiping her tears.
"Let me think about this matter. I can't think of a good solution for a while. I'll try my best to help you." Yunchuan looked at Nata's pitiful appearance and sighed softly. This marriage is different from robbery. Many children of the royal family have embarked on this path. But Bai Ren is his younger brother, and his love is extraordinary. It seems that he must try his best to do this.
Nata called "Sister" repeatedly and thanked her again and again before walking out of the yurt. Not far from the yurt, a man waved to Nata. Nata hurried over and said calmly before she had time: "Brother, you are right. Princess Yunchuan promised to help me find Bai Ren."
"She will help Bai Ren. If we come to Bai Ren for this matter, if Bai Ren is motivated, you will be known as 'ignorant' and there will be no way out in the future. Princess Yunchuan, she is out of control. Not afraid of causing trouble, he is the best person to help you escape from the marriage." Bayin stroked Nata's hair lovingly.
"Brother, do I really want to marry Bai Ren?" Nata asked in a low voice.
"Isn't it bad to marry Bai Ren? He is the only Baylor of Tusang and the future King of Yelu. With the Khan of Tusang as his backer and the power of his three sisters as his support, this is an excellent destination." Ba Yin said firmly.
