Chapter 125
He heard that the old emperor of the Qinglong Empire also dispatched troops to the Xuanwu Empire. Besides, the Zhuque Empire had troops as well, so the Xuanwu Empire had no choice but to retreat. What was more, he did that not to help the Zhuque Empire but because he couldn’t refuse Xuanyuan Mo’s request. Thinking of this, Xuanyuan Lie squinted at Xuanyuan Mo aside.
After understanding Xuanyuan Lie’s eyes, Xuanyuan Mo looked away.
When Duanmu Xi saw that Xuanyuan Lie didn’t intend to accept her Bodhi Elixir, she frowned slightly and looked seriously at him, “Perhaps you only made a slight effort in the Xuanwu Empire’s matter, but it was a great favor to our Zhuque Empire. We have no reason not to repay this great kindness, so please accept the trifling gift.”
Then she lifted the black wooden box in her hands again.
Hearing this, Xuanyuan Lie frowned. It wasn’t a trifling gift but an earthly-grade elixir that couldn’t be bought with money. Just because the gift was too precious, he couldn’t accept it.
Seeing the two of them pushing the gift politely, Xuanyuan Mo grabbed the black wooden box from Duanmu Xi’s hands. He stepped forward and directly shoved it into Xuanyuan Lie’s arms, “This is a token of Xi’s appreciation. Father, just take it! We’ll be a family, so don’t be so polite.”
Xuanyuan Lie was dumbfounded. He held the black wooden box as if it was a hot potato. People always said daughters tend to side with their husbands. Why was his son the same?! He glared helplessly at Xuanyuan Mo and thought to himself, “A family? I haven’t agreed to it yet.”
Duanmu Xi blushed and lowered her head.
Having glared at Xuanyuan Mo, Xuanyuan Lie looked at Duanmu Xi with embarrassment, “In that case, I’ll accept this gift. Crown Princess, thank your mother for me, please.”
Since Xuanyuan Mo shoved the gift into his hands, he couldn’t force it back.
Hearing this, Duanmu Xi bowed her head again, “Your Majesty, you are so polite. I’ll convey your words.”
After a silence, it seemed that she had no intention to say the other thing, so Xuanyuan Lie had to speak, “Crown Princess, you just mentioned that you came to the Baihu Empire for two things. May I ask what is the other thing?”
At the sound of this, Duanmu Xi glanced at Xuanyuan Mo and found that he was staring at her. With a blush, she took a deep breath and looked at Xuanyuan Lie, saying, “The other thing about my visit to the Baihu Empire is…”
“Your Majesty.” At this time, Eunuch Hu’s voice came from outside the imperial study and interrupted Duanmu Xi.
Xuanyuan Lie gave Duanmu Xi an apologetic look and then said to Eunuch Hu outside the door, “Come in.”
Hearing it, Eunuch Hu walked in at once and reported to Xuanyuan Lie with a bow, “Your Majesty, the Xuanwu Empire’s emissary requests to meet you.”
Xuanyuan Lie frowned and wondered why the Xuanwu Empire’s emissary came to the Baihu Empire suddenly.
“Did the Xuanwu Empire’s emissary report his identity?”
Eunuch Hu bent down to answer, “That man claimed to be the prince regent of Xuanwu Empire.”
The visitor was Zhuge Weiming! Xuanyuan Lie was a little surprised. Zhuge Weiming’s status was almost equal to that of the young emperor in the Xuanwu Empire. What was the purpose of his visit to the Baihu Empire this time?
Xuanyuan Lie couldn’t figure it out and instructed Eunuch Hu, “Let him in.”
“Yes.” Eunuch Hu bowed out of the imperial study.
Xuanyuan Mo made eye contact with Duanmu Xi and then looked at Xuanyuan Lie, “Father, now that you have a guest, we won’t bother you.”
Xuanyuan Lie nodded at the two and then said to Duanmu Xi, “I’ll host a banquet at the Huwei Hall tonight. Please do me the honor of attending it, Crown Princess.”
“Your Majesty, you’re so polite. I’ll leave first.” Duanmu Xi made a junior salute to Xuanyuan Lie again and walked out of the imperial study with Xuanyuan Mo.
At this moment, Zhuge Weiming happened to lead Xiahou Shan and Lian Zhengyu in and brushed past them.
Zhuge Weiming and Lian Zhengyu’s eyes fell on Duanmu Xi, while Xiahou Shan looked Xuanyuan Mo with infatuation.
Xuanyuan Mo and Duanmu Xi frowned at the same time. Duanmu Xi gave a quick glance at the three of them, while Xuanyuan Mo treated them as nothing. Without even looking at Xiahou Shan, he directly led Duanmu Xi out of the imperial study.
In the carriage, Duanmu Xi looked at Xuanyuan Mo with some worry.
Xuanyuan Mo knew what was on her mind and took her into his arms, “Don’t worry. My father will not agree to a marriage union at will. He will respect my opinion on my marriage.”
Xuanyuan Mo’s comfort didn’t get Duanmu Xi to loosen her frown. She could see that Xuanyuan Lie loved Snow very much, so she was afraid that she would have to go through a lot of hardships to marry Snow. She didn’t want the tragedy of her father and grandfather to repeat itself on Snow and his father. She wanted to get Snow’s father’s approval and even blessing.
In the imperial study, Zhuge Weiming bowed to Xuanyuan Lie, “Your Majesty, greetings.”
Xuanyuan Lie looked at Zhuge Weiming and waved his hand, “Prince Regent, please drop the formalities. Offer seats for my guests.”
“Thanks, Your Majesty.”
After the three of them sat down and made a few polite remarks, Xuanyuan Lie finally got to the point, “Prince Regent, may I ask what brought you to our Empire?”
Seeing that Xuanyuan Lie came straight to the point, Zhuge Weiming explained his intention to him without detour.
After hearing his words, Xuanyuan Lie frowned and looked at Zhuge Weiming, “Prince Regent, you mean you want to have a marriage union with our Baihu Empire?”
“Yes. You should know there is a marriage union between the Qinglong Empire and the Zhuque Empire. Now the emperor of the Qinglong Empire intends to pass the throne to the crown princess of the Zhuque Empire. Once the two empires merge, it will no longer be a four-empire confrontation. Our Xuanwu Empire and your Baihu Empire will be in danger by then, so I want to make a marriage union with your empire to achieve the purpose of our alliance. ”
After Xuanyuan Lie heard that, his frown tightened. He had never thought about an alliance. After all, the four empires had always lived in peace with few wars. In his view, even if the Qinglong Empire and the Zhuque Empire merged into one empire later, they wouldn’t necessarily annex the Baihu Empire. Moreover, Xuanyuan Mo had a complicated relationship with Crown Princess of Zhuque. If the two became a real couple in the future, he couldn’t agree to this alliance even more.
“Prince Regent, I see what you mean, but I need more time to consider the matter.”
Hearing this, Zhuge Weiming blinked his black eyes, “You are right. This is a matter of safety and security for our two empires. It indeed has to be considered in the long run.”
In the evening, it was brightly lit and lively in the Huwei Hall of the Baihu Empire. All the civil and military officials of the Baihu Empire came here one after another with their families. Tonight, their emperor would host a banquet for the crown princess of the Zhuque Empire and the prince regent of the Xuanwu Empire in the Huwei Hall.
A few ministers arrived early and got together to chat in a low voice.
“Why do you think Crown Princess of Zhuque and Prince Regent of Xuanwu came to our Baihu Empire at this time?”
“Yeah. Nothing special has happened in our empire recently. What’s the purpose of their visit at this time?”
“Alas, who knows what’s in the minds of those big shots?”
“I heard that Prince Regent of Xuanwu Empire has great means and almost controls the entire imperial government. That young emperor can’t decide anything.”
“I’ve also heard officials of the Xuanwu Empire talk about this. It is said that his chair is next to the young emperor’s.”
“Alas, the young emperor of the Xuanwu Empire is so pitiful. If it weren’t for those old ministers guarding for him, his throne would have been seized by Prince Regent long ago.”
“I’m more interested in Crown Princess of Zhuque than Prince Regent of Xuanwu…”
“What’s about her? She’s just a mediocrity!”
“Hey, that’s history. Now, she has been no longer like that. I heard that she had a high cultivation level. In addition to that, it is said that she was granted the title of the crown princess by the old emperor of the Qinglong Empire.”
“Oh, is it true? So isn’t she the crown princess of two empires?”
“Yes, the Zhuque Empire and the Qinglong Empire will belong to her. Now she is the noblest girl in the Hantian Continent and the dream girl of all men.”
“Here come His Majesty the Emperor, Her Majesty the Empress, Her Highness Consort Hui, His Highness Eldest Prince, and His Highness Second Prince.”
When all the ministers heard the eunuchs’ voice, they stopped talking at once and knelt to greet, “Long live Your Majesty the Emperor! Long live Your Majesty the Empress! Wish Your Highness Consort Hui luck and peace.”
Xuanyuan Lie wore a bright-yellow imperial robe and came at a slow pace with a dignified face. The empress and Consort Hui stood on either side of him, followed by Xuanyuan She and Xuanyuan Hao.
Today the empress Guo Hui’er wore formal phoenix clothes, who looked noble. On the contrary, Consort Hui looked fresh and elegant in her sky-blue palace suit. It was hard to tell that she was actually in her forties. Even her claim to be in her 20s could be credible.
Xuanyuan She wore a dark red robe with a worried and haunted face, while Xuanyuan Hao was dressed in a purple robe with a warm smile on his face, looking very approachable.
Shortly after they sat down, a eunuch’s voice sounded outside the hall, “Here arrive Prince Regent, Eldest Princess, and Young General Lian of the Xuanwu Empire.”
Hearing this, everyone looked at the hall door and saw a young man in a bright-yellow embroidered robe come in. The young man was good-looking, but he had a sallow complexion with blue corners of his eyes and weak footsteps. It could be seen that he indulged in sensual pleasures all year round and was in poor health.
A man and a woman followed behind the young man. The man was dressed in black and had good looks with cold dark green eyes. The woman wore golden fancy clothes and had a golden eight-treasure bead hairpin on her head. With a big bright pearl between her forehead, she looked more charming.
The three of them came up to Xuanyuan Lie and bent down, “Greetings to Your Majesty the Emperor of the Baihu Empire.”
Xuanyuan Lie waved at them slightly, “Prince Regent, don’t be so polite. Sit down, please. ”
Zhuge Weiming was arranged to sit in the first seat below Xuanyuan Lie’s right, while no one was now sitting in the first seat below Xuanyuan Lie’s left. Everyone knew that it was left for Crown Princess of Zhuque.
Just when the crowd was extremely expectant, a eunuch’s voice sounded outside, “Here arrive Prince Zhan and Crown Princess of Zhuque.”
Under their expectant gazes, Duanmu Xi and Xuanyuan Mo ambled inside at a slow pace.
They saw two white figures moving forward slowly. The man wore white clothes with black hair. His clothes and hair were flowing and not tied up. He exuded a cold temperament, and even his amber eyes were also indifferent as if he were shrouded in the frost all over with an air of detachment.
Likewise, the girl was dressed in white, and her hair was simply tied with a white ribbon. On her beautiful face, a pair of purple eyes were so fascinating. When she moved her steps lightly, the hem of her skirt fluttered gently as if she was a fairy maiden coming from a dream. Her beautiful face, delicate figure, fairylike temperament, and noble elegance enchanted them.
The moment the crowd saw Duanmu Xi, they felt as if a fairy maiden in white was coming towards them at a slow pace.
After understanding Xuanyuan Lie’s eyes, Xuanyuan Mo looked away.
When Duanmu Xi saw that Xuanyuan Lie didn’t intend to accept her Bodhi Elixir, she frowned slightly and looked seriously at him, “Perhaps you only made a slight effort in the Xuanwu Empire’s matter, but it was a great favor to our Zhuque Empire. We have no reason not to repay this great kindness, so please accept the trifling gift.”
Then she lifted the black wooden box in her hands again.
Hearing this, Xuanyuan Lie frowned. It wasn’t a trifling gift but an earthly-grade elixir that couldn’t be bought with money. Just because the gift was too precious, he couldn’t accept it.
Seeing the two of them pushing the gift politely, Xuanyuan Mo grabbed the black wooden box from Duanmu Xi’s hands. He stepped forward and directly shoved it into Xuanyuan Lie’s arms, “This is a token of Xi’s appreciation. Father, just take it! We’ll be a family, so don’t be so polite.”
Xuanyuan Lie was dumbfounded. He held the black wooden box as if it was a hot potato. People always said daughters tend to side with their husbands. Why was his son the same?! He glared helplessly at Xuanyuan Mo and thought to himself, “A family? I haven’t agreed to it yet.”
Duanmu Xi blushed and lowered her head.
Having glared at Xuanyuan Mo, Xuanyuan Lie looked at Duanmu Xi with embarrassment, “In that case, I’ll accept this gift. Crown Princess, thank your mother for me, please.”
Since Xuanyuan Mo shoved the gift into his hands, he couldn’t force it back.
Hearing this, Duanmu Xi bowed her head again, “Your Majesty, you are so polite. I’ll convey your words.”
After a silence, it seemed that she had no intention to say the other thing, so Xuanyuan Lie had to speak, “Crown Princess, you just mentioned that you came to the Baihu Empire for two things. May I ask what is the other thing?”
At the sound of this, Duanmu Xi glanced at Xuanyuan Mo and found that he was staring at her. With a blush, she took a deep breath and looked at Xuanyuan Lie, saying, “The other thing about my visit to the Baihu Empire is…”
“Your Majesty.” At this time, Eunuch Hu’s voice came from outside the imperial study and interrupted Duanmu Xi.
Xuanyuan Lie gave Duanmu Xi an apologetic look and then said to Eunuch Hu outside the door, “Come in.”
Hearing it, Eunuch Hu walked in at once and reported to Xuanyuan Lie with a bow, “Your Majesty, the Xuanwu Empire’s emissary requests to meet you.”
Xuanyuan Lie frowned and wondered why the Xuanwu Empire’s emissary came to the Baihu Empire suddenly.
“Did the Xuanwu Empire’s emissary report his identity?”
Eunuch Hu bent down to answer, “That man claimed to be the prince regent of Xuanwu Empire.”
The visitor was Zhuge Weiming! Xuanyuan Lie was a little surprised. Zhuge Weiming’s status was almost equal to that of the young emperor in the Xuanwu Empire. What was the purpose of his visit to the Baihu Empire this time?
Xuanyuan Lie couldn’t figure it out and instructed Eunuch Hu, “Let him in.”
“Yes.” Eunuch Hu bowed out of the imperial study.
Xuanyuan Mo made eye contact with Duanmu Xi and then looked at Xuanyuan Lie, “Father, now that you have a guest, we won’t bother you.”
Xuanyuan Lie nodded at the two and then said to Duanmu Xi, “I’ll host a banquet at the Huwei Hall tonight. Please do me the honor of attending it, Crown Princess.”
“Your Majesty, you’re so polite. I’ll leave first.” Duanmu Xi made a junior salute to Xuanyuan Lie again and walked out of the imperial study with Xuanyuan Mo.
At this moment, Zhuge Weiming happened to lead Xiahou Shan and Lian Zhengyu in and brushed past them.
Zhuge Weiming and Lian Zhengyu’s eyes fell on Duanmu Xi, while Xiahou Shan looked Xuanyuan Mo with infatuation.
Xuanyuan Mo and Duanmu Xi frowned at the same time. Duanmu Xi gave a quick glance at the three of them, while Xuanyuan Mo treated them as nothing. Without even looking at Xiahou Shan, he directly led Duanmu Xi out of the imperial study.
In the carriage, Duanmu Xi looked at Xuanyuan Mo with some worry.
Xuanyuan Mo knew what was on her mind and took her into his arms, “Don’t worry. My father will not agree to a marriage union at will. He will respect my opinion on my marriage.”
Xuanyuan Mo’s comfort didn’t get Duanmu Xi to loosen her frown. She could see that Xuanyuan Lie loved Snow very much, so she was afraid that she would have to go through a lot of hardships to marry Snow. She didn’t want the tragedy of her father and grandfather to repeat itself on Snow and his father. She wanted to get Snow’s father’s approval and even blessing.
In the imperial study, Zhuge Weiming bowed to Xuanyuan Lie, “Your Majesty, greetings.”
Xuanyuan Lie looked at Zhuge Weiming and waved his hand, “Prince Regent, please drop the formalities. Offer seats for my guests.”
“Thanks, Your Majesty.”
After the three of them sat down and made a few polite remarks, Xuanyuan Lie finally got to the point, “Prince Regent, may I ask what brought you to our Empire?”
Seeing that Xuanyuan Lie came straight to the point, Zhuge Weiming explained his intention to him without detour.
After hearing his words, Xuanyuan Lie frowned and looked at Zhuge Weiming, “Prince Regent, you mean you want to have a marriage union with our Baihu Empire?”
“Yes. You should know there is a marriage union between the Qinglong Empire and the Zhuque Empire. Now the emperor of the Qinglong Empire intends to pass the throne to the crown princess of the Zhuque Empire. Once the two empires merge, it will no longer be a four-empire confrontation. Our Xuanwu Empire and your Baihu Empire will be in danger by then, so I want to make a marriage union with your empire to achieve the purpose of our alliance. ”
After Xuanyuan Lie heard that, his frown tightened. He had never thought about an alliance. After all, the four empires had always lived in peace with few wars. In his view, even if the Qinglong Empire and the Zhuque Empire merged into one empire later, they wouldn’t necessarily annex the Baihu Empire. Moreover, Xuanyuan Mo had a complicated relationship with Crown Princess of Zhuque. If the two became a real couple in the future, he couldn’t agree to this alliance even more.
“Prince Regent, I see what you mean, but I need more time to consider the matter.”
Hearing this, Zhuge Weiming blinked his black eyes, “You are right. This is a matter of safety and security for our two empires. It indeed has to be considered in the long run.”
In the evening, it was brightly lit and lively in the Huwei Hall of the Baihu Empire. All the civil and military officials of the Baihu Empire came here one after another with their families. Tonight, their emperor would host a banquet for the crown princess of the Zhuque Empire and the prince regent of the Xuanwu Empire in the Huwei Hall.
A few ministers arrived early and got together to chat in a low voice.
“Why do you think Crown Princess of Zhuque and Prince Regent of Xuanwu came to our Baihu Empire at this time?”
“Yeah. Nothing special has happened in our empire recently. What’s the purpose of their visit at this time?”
“Alas, who knows what’s in the minds of those big shots?”
“I heard that Prince Regent of Xuanwu Empire has great means and almost controls the entire imperial government. That young emperor can’t decide anything.”
“I’ve also heard officials of the Xuanwu Empire talk about this. It is said that his chair is next to the young emperor’s.”
“Alas, the young emperor of the Xuanwu Empire is so pitiful. If it weren’t for those old ministers guarding for him, his throne would have been seized by Prince Regent long ago.”
“I’m more interested in Crown Princess of Zhuque than Prince Regent of Xuanwu…”
“What’s about her? She’s just a mediocrity!”
“Hey, that’s history. Now, she has been no longer like that. I heard that she had a high cultivation level. In addition to that, it is said that she was granted the title of the crown princess by the old emperor of the Qinglong Empire.”
“Oh, is it true? So isn’t she the crown princess of two empires?”
“Yes, the Zhuque Empire and the Qinglong Empire will belong to her. Now she is the noblest girl in the Hantian Continent and the dream girl of all men.”
“Here come His Majesty the Emperor, Her Majesty the Empress, Her Highness Consort Hui, His Highness Eldest Prince, and His Highness Second Prince.”
When all the ministers heard the eunuchs’ voice, they stopped talking at once and knelt to greet, “Long live Your Majesty the Emperor! Long live Your Majesty the Empress! Wish Your Highness Consort Hui luck and peace.”
Xuanyuan Lie wore a bright-yellow imperial robe and came at a slow pace with a dignified face. The empress and Consort Hui stood on either side of him, followed by Xuanyuan She and Xuanyuan Hao.
Today the empress Guo Hui’er wore formal phoenix clothes, who looked noble. On the contrary, Consort Hui looked fresh and elegant in her sky-blue palace suit. It was hard to tell that she was actually in her forties. Even her claim to be in her 20s could be credible.
Xuanyuan She wore a dark red robe with a worried and haunted face, while Xuanyuan Hao was dressed in a purple robe with a warm smile on his face, looking very approachable.
Shortly after they sat down, a eunuch’s voice sounded outside the hall, “Here arrive Prince Regent, Eldest Princess, and Young General Lian of the Xuanwu Empire.”
Hearing this, everyone looked at the hall door and saw a young man in a bright-yellow embroidered robe come in. The young man was good-looking, but he had a sallow complexion with blue corners of his eyes and weak footsteps. It could be seen that he indulged in sensual pleasures all year round and was in poor health.
A man and a woman followed behind the young man. The man was dressed in black and had good looks with cold dark green eyes. The woman wore golden fancy clothes and had a golden eight-treasure bead hairpin on her head. With a big bright pearl between her forehead, she looked more charming.
The three of them came up to Xuanyuan Lie and bent down, “Greetings to Your Majesty the Emperor of the Baihu Empire.”
Xuanyuan Lie waved at them slightly, “Prince Regent, don’t be so polite. Sit down, please. ”
Zhuge Weiming was arranged to sit in the first seat below Xuanyuan Lie’s right, while no one was now sitting in the first seat below Xuanyuan Lie’s left. Everyone knew that it was left for Crown Princess of Zhuque.
Just when the crowd was extremely expectant, a eunuch’s voice sounded outside, “Here arrive Prince Zhan and Crown Princess of Zhuque.”
Under their expectant gazes, Duanmu Xi and Xuanyuan Mo ambled inside at a slow pace.
They saw two white figures moving forward slowly. The man wore white clothes with black hair. His clothes and hair were flowing and not tied up. He exuded a cold temperament, and even his amber eyes were also indifferent as if he were shrouded in the frost all over with an air of detachment.
Likewise, the girl was dressed in white, and her hair was simply tied with a white ribbon. On her beautiful face, a pair of purple eyes were so fascinating. When she moved her steps lightly, the hem of her skirt fluttered gently as if she was a fairy maiden coming from a dream. Her beautiful face, delicate figure, fairylike temperament, and noble elegance enchanted them.
The moment the crowd saw Duanmu Xi, they felt as if a fairy maiden in white was coming towards them at a slow pace.
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