Liao.
Yacheng.
Nalanyan's room.
Recently, Nalanyan has been very annoyed.
She and Nalanjie's father, the current emperor of the Liao Kingdom, is seriously ill in bed and may soon follow in the footsteps of Emperor Chen.
Of course, this is not the main reason for Nalanyan's irritability.
What bothered her was that Emperor Liao had known that he was about to die soon, and in front of her and her brother Nalanjie, he expressed two wishes that Emperor Liao could not let go of for a long time.
The first one is about Nalanjie. Emperor Liao wanted to see Nalanjie give birth to a grandson before he died.
Second, regarding Nalan Yan, Emperor Liao wanted to see Nalan Yan get married in a glorious manner before he died.
The Liao Emperor was a bit complicated, at least in Su Xian's view, with mixed reputations and reputations. Last time Su Xian went to Liao, he almost couldn't come back.
At the same time, Emperor Liao was also a father. Before he died, he wanted to hug his grandson and see Nalan Yan get married in glory. This is human nature.
However, for Nalan Yan, this kind of "forced marriage" behavior was difficult for her to accept.
But there was no other way. In order to let Emperor Liao die peacefully, the two brothers and sisters had to show something.
As the eldest son and elder brother, Nalanjie set an example by marrying more than a dozen concubines, but he didn't believe it. Could it be that he couldn't even produce a child?
After ten months of pregnancy, even if she is pregnant with a child, she will not give birth so quickly. However, the Liao Emperor's requirements can be relaxed appropriately. As long as he is pregnant, he will be happy.
As for Nalanyan's marriage, as Nalanjie's elder brother, it was naturally his duty to forcefully arrange it for her.
The heirs of civil and military officials, the young people of the eight major tribes, and even the princes and princes of Daliang, Nanchen, Nanchu, Shu, and other countries in the Western Regions were all painted into portraits by Nalanjie and sent to Nalanjie. Lan Yan's boudoir, let her choose carefully.
Today is the day when Nalanyan gives out the results.
Nalanjie will personally come to the door to finalize the candidate for his sister-in-law, and then make intensive preparations.
After all, Emperor Liao really can't survive for long. It's best to get Nalanyan's marriage done before Emperor Liao wakes up!
Nalanjie was thinking about this in his mind. He had already reached the door of Nalanyan's boudoir. He paused, stretched out his hand and knocked on the door gently, making a "dongdongdong" sound.
"No one is in the house, go to other rooms and knock."
Nalan Yan's voice came from inside, very harsh, with a stubborn meaning of "I just won't cooperate."
"Yan'er, today is the day to confirm your husband. Hurry up and open the door to let me in." Nalanjie pushed the door open and found that it didn't move at all. It was obviously locked from the inside.
"I'm changing clothes. Brother, please come in if you want." Nalan Yan said in an indifferent tone.
"You..." Nalanjie took half a step back. He was a scholar and had been influenced by sages. How could he withstand such a joke? Normally, he would have turned around and walked away with a flick of his sleeves.
But today's situation is different. Emperor Liao cannot last long. He must finalize the candidate for his sister-in-law today and cannot delay it any longer.
Nalanjie took two deep breaths and continued to knock on the door:
"Yan'er, have you forgotten what you said before my father's bedside? You said you would cooperate as a brother. Open the door quickly."
There was no movement in the house.
Nalanjie frowned.
After a while, there were finally footsteps approaching the door. Nalanjie felt happy, thinking that this girl should have come to open the door for him.
However, with a creaking sound, it was not the door that opened, but... the window on the side!
Nalan Jie looked confused. He turned around and saw Nalan Yan's expressionless face, with a strong sense of resistance in his eyes:
"The door is open. Brother, please come in."
After saying that, Nalanyan turned around and left, returned to the room, sat down at the round table, and turned away.
"Uh, this..."
Nalanjie walked to the window, the window sill half a person's height, and asked him to climb in from here? It is simply insulting to gentlemen! Is this something a modest gentleman can do?
Well, in order to get Nalan Yan, he decided to fight...
After finally entering the house, Nalan Jie tidied up his slightly messy gown, walked up to Nalan Yan, held his head high and asked:
"Yan'er, it's been several days since those portraits were sent to you. Have you chosen the one you like?"
Nalanyan pulled a plate from the table, which contained half a plate of melon seeds. She casually ate the melon seeds and said casually:
"No, none of them were selected. Brother, where did you find these weirdos? They are either too fat or too thin, either too tall or too short. None of them are pleasing to the eye!"
Nalanjie frowned. He knew that this trip would not go well. Fortunately, he was also prepared for a protracted war and asked:
"Too fat, too thin, too tall, too short? Yan'er, have you looked at those portraits carefully? Brother, they all look pretty good. Why are they so miserable here?"
"I have read it carefully. I have read every picture very carefully. Besides, I am a person who loves painting. Even if the characters in the paintings are ugly, the paintings are innocent... Don't worry, I have read them all."
Nalanyan replied while smacking melon seeds.
Nalanjie was about to say something. At this time, he accidentally lowered his head and didn't know what he saw. His eyes changed on the spot, and the muscles at the corners of his mouth twitched violently:
"Yan'er, have you really seen those portraits? Are you really a person who loves painting?"
"Of course!"
"Then look, what is this?"
Nalanjie pointed under the table, then squatted down, took out a bunch of folded paper from under the table leg, and slowly unfolded it, revealing a portrait that had been mutilated beyond appearance.
He spread the painting on the table, looked at the imperial sister who was just eating melon seeds, and asked:
"Is this something that someone who loves painting can do? Yan'er, do you know how much money Brother Wei spent on these portraits? But you are lucky enough to use them... to prop up the table legs!"
"I think you are just lying. You haven't seen any of those paintings, have you?"
Facing her brother's questioning, Nalan Yan did not show any guilty expression. On the contrary, a glint of pride flashed deep in her eyes. Yes, she did it on purpose:
"I don't want to marry these people casually! How can a marriage be such a child's play?"
"Yan'er, that's not what you said in front of my father's bedside. You personally promised my father that you would get married as soon as possible!" Nalanjie frowned and had to invite the great killer of the Liao Emperor.
Just now, Nalanyan refused to open the door at all, and finally asked Emperor Liao to let her compromise, even though it was just a window.
I believe it will work this time too...
"Yes, I did personally promise my father, but brother, don't forget, you also promised my father to have a son as soon as possible. I dare to ask, brother, where is the son you gave birth to?"
Nalanyan countered.
A proud look on his face.
"You..." Nalanjie was speechless for a moment, but fortunately he was a smart man. In an instant, he thought of another way to say it, and said seriously:
"Yan'er, women have to get married after all. You see that you are quite old. What I want for my brother is to take this opportunity to take care of the big things in your life."
"In this way, my father can leave with peace of mind, and you can also find someone to rely on for the rest of your life. Isn't this the best of both worlds?"
"Yan'er, what my father and brother have done is not to force you to do anything, we are all thinking about your future!"
"We are all caring about you!"
Nalan Yan was quick-minded, and with a turn of her eyes, she found a loophole: "If you really care about me, you won't ignore my feelings!"
"Who said we didn't care about your feelings?" Nalan Jie glared.
"She said no. I don't like any of the portraits you sent, but you always force me to choose one from them. They are not the ones I like!" Nalanyan said.
After hearing this, Nalan Jie's eyes lit up slightly. He walked up to the imperial sister, looked into her eyes, and asked, "Yan'er, tell me honestly, do you already have someone you like?"
Nalan Yan said nothing, turned sideways, and the speed of eating melon seeds obviously slowed down.
"Yan'er, don't you usually look down on the women from the Central Plains and think they are coquettish? Why are you like this now? You are a child of the grassland, are you still shy?"
Nalanjie felt interested, moved his steps, walked to the opposite side of the imperial sister again, and looked into her eyes.
Nalan Yan remained silent and turned around. Although she held a handful of melon seeds in her little hand, she stopped eating them. She really looked like she was being talked about.
"Yan'er, tell me honestly, who is your crush?"
Nalanjie thought to himself that no matter who the emperor's sister was interested in, as long as she was willing to marry, it would be fine. However, he was still quite curious about the emperor's sister's lover, so he made a wild guess:
"Since the emperor's sister looks down on the sons of civil and military officials, the young people of the eight major tribes, and the princes and grandsons of all countries in the world, could it be that the person that the emperor's sister likes is a commoner?"
Nalan Yan remained silent.
"It doesn't matter if you are a commoner, as long as you have a decent character. As my brother and my father, I don't want you to get married. As long as you feel happy, that's all." Nalan Jie added.
Nalan Yan couldn't stand this noisy brother, so she finally said:
"As a princess of Daliao, how can I marry a commoner? My future husband must be a great hero in the world, at least not worse than me."
"big hero?"
Nalanjie was in trouble for a moment, frowned and thought hard, looking at the world, who can be called a great hero?
Suddenly, he thought of a possibility, looked at the imperial sister and said hesitantly: "Yan'er, the person you like, could it be...Brother Su!?"
As soon as the words came out of his mouth, Nalanjie shook his head. He thought it was impossible. Although Su Xian was powerful, he didn't seem to be a "great hero".
Furthermore, in his knowledge, Su Xian had repaired Huang Mei more than once. Huang Mei was such a proud and arrogant person, how could she be tempted by Su Xian?
Also, Su Xian has already gotten married...
"Brother Emperor, you..." Nalan Yan turned to look at her brother, her beautiful eyebrows trembling slightly, looking a little tangled.
As expected... Nalanjie saw this and strengthened his suspicion. Didn't he see that Yan'er was about to go crazy? Also, to say that she likes her enemy, it would be strange if Nalanyan's character doesn't get angry.
"Brother Emperor...how do you know!"
After Nalan Yan hesitated for a while, she finally said the next words.
Yes, she admitted it directly and boldly. After all, she is a grassland woman who dares to love and hate. She does not have as many rules as women from the Central Plains.
"Yan'er, what did you say?"
Nalanjie was shocked and said in astonishment: "The person you like is really Brother Su! This is impossible! How is this possible? How could you like Brother Su?"
"Yes, I just like Su Xian, what's wrong? Could it be that Su Xian is not my lover?" Nalanyan thought to herself, since the words had been spoken, she might as well stop covering it up.
"Yan'er, although I have a good relationship with Brother Su, Brother Su is definitely not the candidate for my brother-in-law. Brother Su is not suitable for you, and you are not suitable for Brother Su. I do not agree with this marriage!"
"Why?"
"First of all, it's a matter of identity. You are the princess of our Liao Kingdom, and Brother Su is the Taiwei of Daliang. How can you combine?" Nalanjie shook his head.
"In my opinion, this is just right. Aren't Liang and Liao countries on good terms now? But it's not strong enough yet. I might as well marry to Daliang, which is considered a marriage. Liang and Liao will definitely be closer!"
Nalanjie was stunned, wondering when did Yan'er understand justice so well? He shook his head and said:
"Even if you put aside the issue of identity, you can't marry Brother Su, because Brother Su has already married and has three wives in the house, as well as a large group of concubines."
"How can my brother and father allow you to marry a married man? This is not okay!"
Nalan smiled sweetly and waved his little hand:
"This is not a problem. I am the Princess of Daliao, and my status is enough to overwhelm Su Xian's ladies. At worst, I am on an equal footing with that Tang Shuwan."
Nalanjie's face turned green and he said forcefully: "No! Brother Su has already married a wife, so he can't marry you again!"
Nalanyan responded tit-for-tat: "My father has a lot of concubines, and you, my brother, have a lot of concubines. You can do it. Why can't Su Xian? Brother, you only allow the state officials to set fires, and don't allow the people to light lamps." '!"
After hearing this, Nalanjie felt happy and forced a smile.
To my great relief, Nalanyan actually quoted an idiom, which was incredible and made him, a "Central Plains culture lover", overjoyed.
The wry smile was because Nalan Yan's fallacies made him speechless for a moment.
But he couldn't nod, so he had to repeat: "No, I don't agree to this marriage, and I believe my father will not agree either."
Nalan Yan rolled her eyes:
"Brother Huang just said that everything is for my consideration, everything is for my happiness, but Brother Huang restricts others everywhere... You don't care about my feelings at all!"
"Uh, this..."
Nalanjie had a headache for a moment and said speechlessly:
"Yan'er, how could you like Brother Su? Brother Wei remembers it very clearly. Didn't you have a lot of disputes between you? You should hate Brother Su, right?"
Nalan Yanrao was a forthright and generous prairie woman, but she actually blushed a little at this moment. She paused and replied:
"Yes, he has indeed bullied me many times...but, from another aspect, he is better than me. He is so much stronger that he is as strong as a mountain."
"His personal force is indeed not good and he can't beat me, but his talents in other areas are incredible. Sometimes no matter how strong his personal force is, it is useless."
"Besides, Su Xian is a talented person in this world. Even the imperial brother calls him brother."
"Brother, do you still remember what my father did after we and Su Xian defeated King Nantu a few months ago? My father used less bright methods to force Su Xian to stay and be my consort!"
"Brother, do you really think that my father will not agree to this marriage?"
