"Your Majesty, your servant Adute is here on the orders of the Ninth Princess." The woman stepped forward alone and saluted the King of Xizhou.
When the King of Xizhou saw her, he was slightly startled, and then his face darkened, "Don't mess around."
However, the woman did not obey the order. Instead, she stood up and said directly, "I heard that envoys from Zhongyuan and Shuobo came to propose marriage at the same time. The king is in a dilemma. The princess has a plan that can help the king choose a candidate."
When the King of Xizhou saw what she said, he suddenly became interested.
"Two noble envoys, the princess specially ordered me to come here because she wanted to test which of the two is more sincere, so she specially asked the slave to prepare the blood of the five evil spirits." The woman turned to look at Xiang Nan and Prince Lidun and smiled.
Immediately, the other two maids came forward and presented two bowls of blood-red liquid to Prince Xiang Nan and Prince Lidun.
"The blood of the Five Evils is made from the essence and blood of red spiders, poisonous lizards, blood toads, vipers, and thousand-legged centipedes. It is a great tonic, but most people are not lucky enough to tolerate it." The woman explained with a smile, "Whoever can drink it and win the heart of the princess can marry her."
When Prince Lidun saw this unknown blood-red liquid, he felt guilty in his heart. When I heard that it was made from the blood of the Five Poisons, I felt so sick that I refused to drink it even to death.
"What does Ninth Princess mean? Do you want to murder the envoy?" he asked coldly.
"Forget it if you don't dare to drink, why are you slandering the princess?" Seeing what he said, the woman retorted unhappily.
"It's not that I don't dare to drink, it's that I don't want to drink. I just won't drink." Prince Lidun refused sternly.
He came to propose marriage only to destroy the marriage between Xizhou and Toyochao, so that he would not risk his own life.
…
"As for this noble envoy, don't you dare drink." The woman looked at Xiang Nan again.
Xiang Nan smiled slightly, "I came here on the emperor's order to marry the ninth princess of Xizhou. Life and death have long been ignored. Why drink the "blood of the five evils"?" I just hope that the Ninth Princess will keep her word and keep her promise. "
After saying that, he picked up the blood-red liquid and drank it in one gulp.
Then, a rich and sweet grape fruit aroma instantly filled the throat.
It turns out that this is not the [blood of the five evils] at all, but just thick boiled grape puree.
"Hey, what are these, centipede legs?" Xiang Nan then picked up another foreign object from the bowl and asked.
Seeing Xiang Nan drinking the "blood of five evils", Prince Lidun has already committed evil crimes. Now that he saw that there was a foreign object in the bowl, he immediately ran to the side and retched.
Xiang Nan smiled slightly, threw the foreign object into his mouth, and started chewing it.
If he read correctly, they should be grasshopper legs, which are edible.
Seeing Xiang Nan's courage, the woman couldn't help but look at him in surprise.
"Miss Adu, I have drank the "blood of the five evils". Does this mean that I have passed the test of the Ninth Princess?" Xiang Nan also looked at the woman and asked with a smile.
The woman was stunned for a moment and suddenly panicked.
She didn't expect that someone would actually dare to drink the "blood of the five evils", so she hadn't thought about what to do next.
…
"Your Majesty, this is unfair. The marriage is a very important matter, how can it be such a child's play?" Prince Lidun had finished vomiting at this time, straightened up and shouted.
"You think it's unfair, then you drink it too." Upon hearing this, the woman immediately handed the "Blood of the Five Evils" to him.
This action made Prince Lidun retching again.
"Hmph, you don't even dare to drink the "blood of the five evils", how dare you say that you are sincere? "The woman asked proudly.
"That's enough, come here, take this maid down and lock her up." King Xizhou ordered, "It's my fault that the two noble envoys were disturbed. Please go back to the posthouse to rest for now. The marriage will be held in three days. , I will give you an answer later.”
[In view of the general environment,
Prince Lidun nodded.
Xiang Nan bowed and said, "Your Majesty, I heard that Aunt Ming Yuan is ill. I would like to visit her. Is it convenient?"
"Convenient. Mingyuan will be very happy if he sees you." King Xizhou nodded.
Later, Xiang Nan was taken by the palace maid to visit Princess Mingyuan.
After a while, they arrived in front of the Mingyuan Princess Palace, and heard someone playing the piano and singing from a distance.
"Mountains are updated, water is updated, and the mountains and rivers are far away, but the old dream returns. In the dream, I suddenly hate the green mountains, and the green mountains are still covered by dusk clouds. The wind and the snow are coming, and the wind and snow are looking forward to returning home. People say that the setting sun is far away. I can't see my home anywhere in the world."
The sound of the piano was choked and the singing was sad, making Xiang Nan feel sad.
Since ancient times, marriage has been a very tragic event.
Firstly, transportation was inconvenient in ancient times, and communication technology was even more backward. Once you get married, you will never be able to see your loved ones again, leaving you with endless longing;
Secondly, when they leave their hometown and live far away from the border, the customs, customs, food, clothing, housing and transportation are very different, so it is easy to become unaccustomed to the climate, resulting in illness and even death.
Sanlai Heqin also shoulders a diplomatic mission. In ancient times, there were constant frictions between neighboring countries, and they often conquered each other. Those who were close to each other were caught in the middle, and the palms and backs of their hands were full of flesh. Naturally, they suffered a lot.
Therefore, since ancient times, people who get married have not lived very long.
…
Xiang Nan sighed and walked into the palace.
I saw a beautiful woman wearing Western costumes, playing the piano and singing.
"Auntie, I'm Cheng Yin!" Xiang Nan shouted.
"Cheng Yin, in a blink of an eye, you have grown so big." When she saw Xiang Nan, the beauty was startled, and then she happily came forward to meet her. It was Mingyuan, the eldest princess of the Toyo Dynasty.
"Are the Imperial Grandmother and Your Majesty okay?" She asked again with concern.
"Well, everything is fine." Xiang Nan nodded, "My great-grandmother and my father are also thinking about you very much. I also sent you a letter from my great-grandmother."
As he spoke, he took out the letter written by the Empress Dowager for Aunt Mingyuan from his sleeve.
The war rages on for three months, and a letter from home is worth ten thousand gold.
Mingyuan was immediately overjoyed. He immediately took it and opened it to read.
In the letter, the Empress Dowager also expressed her pain of missing her, and asked her to relax and take good care of her health. Mingyuan's eyes became wet when she saw it.
"Aunt, I heard that you have been ill recently?" Xiang Nan asked again, "My nephew has also learned some medical skills, why don't you let me take a look at it for you."
"You?" Mingyuan was stunned.
"Just let me take a look, aunt, maybe I can cure it." Xiang Nan said with a smile.
Mingjian looked like this, nodded, pulled Xiang Nan to sit down, and then stretched out his bright wrist.
Xiang Nan pressed his finger and suddenly understood.
Princess Mingyuan's tuberculosis is already in the advanced stage, so she has symptoms of coughing up blood. Even with Xiang Nan's medical skills, he couldn't completely cure it, but there was no problem in extending his life by one or two years.
"Aunt, if I'm not mistaken, you have tuberculosis..." Xiang Nan said carefully.
Mingyuan was stunned for a moment, then nodded secretly.
In ancient times, tuberculosis was a terminal disease with no cure.
She also knew that she would die, so she wanted Xiaofeng to marry Toyochao to maintain the marriage relationship between Toyochao and Xizhou.
"I just brought some medicine. You can take it first and see if it can alleviate some of the symptoms." Xiang Nan said immediately.
Mingyuan laughed when he heard it.
In fact, death is not scary to her. To her, getting married to Xizhou is already like death.
She just liked Xiang Nan's filial piety.
