Chapter 2743 2745【Smart plan to choose a son-in-law】
"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."
?The woman did not obey the order, but stood up and said directly, "I heard that envoys from Zhongyuan and Shuobo came to propose marriage at the same time, and 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 became interested.
"Two noble envoys, the princess specially ordered me to come here because she wants 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.
Then 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 princess''s heart can marry her."
?Prince Lidun felt guilty when he saw the blood-red unknown liquid. 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 do you mean, Ninth Princess? Do you want to murder the envoy?" he asked coldly.
"It''s okay 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 Fengchao, so he would not risk his own life for it.
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"As for this noble envoy, don''t you dare drink." The woman looked at Xiang Nan again.
Xiang Nan smiled slightly and said, "I came here on the emperor''s order to marry the Ninth Princess of Xizhou. I have already put my life and death aside. Why drink this ''blood of five evils''? What''s the big deal? 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.
Subsequently, 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 is this, a centipede leg?" Xiang Nan then picked up another foreign object from the bowl and asked.
?Seeing Xiang Nan drinking the "blood of the five evils", Prince Lidun was already committing 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 it correctly, it should be a grasshopper leg, which is 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 that mean I have passed the test of the Ninth Princess?" Xiang Nan also looked at the woman and asked with a smile.
?The woman was slightly startled 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.
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"Your Majesty, this is unfair. The marriage is a very important matter, how can it be such a trivial matter?" 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 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 the time being. The marriage will take place in three days. , I will give you an answer later.”
Prince Lidun nodded.
Xiang Nan bowed and said, "Your Majesty, I heard that Aunt 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.
Subsequently, Xiang Nan was taken by the palace maid to visit Princess Mingyuan. After a while, we arrived in front of the Princess Mingyuan Palace, and from a distance we heard someone playing the piano and singing.
"Mountains are changing, water is changing, 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 blows, the snow blows, and the wind and snow look 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.
First of all, transportation was inconvenient in ancient times, and communication technology was even more backward. Once you get married, you can no longer see your loved ones, and you can only miss them endlessly;
Secondly, when you leave your 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.
San Lai He Qin also shouldered 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, the life span of those who are married is not very long.
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Xiang Nan sighed and walked into the palace.
I saw a beautiful woman wearing Western costumes, playing the piano and singing.
“Auntie, I am 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 Feng Dynasty.
“Are your Majesty and Grandmother okay?” she asked with concern.
"Well, everything is fine." Xiang Nan nodded and said, "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.
When I saw the letter, the Empress Dowager also expressed her sorrow for missing her, and asked her to relax and take good care of her health. Mingyuan''s eyes became wet after reading this.
"Auntie, 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.
Ming Yuan nodded, pulled Xiang Nan to sit down, and then stretched out his wrist.
Xiang Nan clicked his finger, and he suddenly understood.
?Princess Mingyuan’s tuberculosis is in the advanced stage, so she has symptoms of coughing up blood. Even with Xiang Nan''s medical skills, he couldn''t completely cure the disease, but there was no problem in extending his life by one or two years.
"Auntie, if I read it correctly, you have tuberculosis..." Xiang Nan said carefully.
Mingyuan was stunned for a moment, then nodded sadly.
In ancient times, tuberculosis was a terminal disease with no possibility of 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. It should be able to alleviate some symptoms." Xiang Nan said immediately.
Mingyuan laughed when he heard this.
In fact, death is not scary to her. Going to Xizhou to get married is already like death for her.
She just liked Xiang Nan''s filial piety.
(End of this chapter)