in2ebook Chapter 118 The Unlucky Maid Who Was Married Instead of the Princess (1)
Chapter 118 The Unlucky Maid Who Was Married Instead of the Princess (1)
"Did you hear that?
I heard that there is one most important item in this peace talk.
It was the Northern Desert Khan who demanded that our Daqing Kingdom send a real princess to be his great consort."
"Ah! And it has to be a real princess! Then it has to be..."
The voice stopped abruptly, and a young girl of about fifteen or sixteen was covering her mouth with her hands, her eyes full of panic.
The woman from before nodded secretly at her, her eyes full of worry.
Immediately afterwards, a middle-aged woman who looked very serious sternly interrupted their conversation!
"You don't want to live anymore, and you still say such nonsense here!
Remember them all!
These are all decisions made by the higher-ups and have nothing to do with us!
You'd better keep your mouth shut, say less and make fewer mistakes, or you'll get into trouble!"
"Yes, yes, thank you for your teachings, auntie!"
The girl who covered her mouth quickly stood up and respectfully bowed to the serious middle-aged woman to express her gratitude.
But the first person who started gossiping was obviously not that afraid of her.
She wasn't angry at being scolded, she just pursed her lips and continued speaking.
"I really don't know what those court officials were thinking. Marquis Weiyuan clearly won the battle, so why did they agree to the marriage?"
As soon as this topic was brought up, it immediately received responses from the other girls in the room.
They were no longer so cautious and started to speak freely.
“Yes, I also heard that those generals all petitioned.
I would rather go to the battlefield and fight those Northern Desert barbarians for three hundred rounds.
I'm not willing to use a woman to buy a short-lived peace!"
“I’ve heard this too. The generals also said that since ancient times, the defeated country has given away princesses.
Therefore, even if a marriage alliance is to be formed, the princess must be sent from Beimo.
Instead of our Daqing Kingdom sending the princess over!
But the ministers still disagreed, saying that the two countries hadn't even won, and that peace was the most important thing.
"Hey!
I also hope that our emperor can be tougher this time!
Let those Northern Desert barbarians send a princess over here, so we can escape this disaster."
Someone immediately sighed.
"Yes, I heard that Beimo is not only poor, but most importantly, the people there are rude and uncultured, and have no moral principles."
"That's right, I heard that the young princess An Ning from Prince Zheng's palace last time.
She married the old Khan who had ruled before them, but the old Khan died within a year.
Unexpectedly, those hateful Northern Desert barbarians actually forced her to marry the old Khan’s son.”
"Ah, is it still possible?"
“Of course, otherwise why would they be called barbarians?
Isn't it because they are an uncivilized place?"
“Yeah, I’ve heard of that too.
Because there are very few women there.
It’s not so bad for the rich and powerful, as long as they have money they can always marry a woman.
But if it is a common family, there are many who marry one daughter-in-law."
"Oh, what should I do?
If we really want to marry a foreign princess, I'm afraid we can't escape the fate of having to bear the dowry!
God, please bless us, our emperor must be able to stand firm this time!"
Shuangshuang looked at these panicked women through Xiaojuzi's perspective and shook her head secretly in her heart.
It is sad to rely on others to survive at any time.
"Little Orange, next time we come over, let's find a quieter time, okay?"
"Well, Your Highness, I'm sorry! Sometimes it's just a matter of breathing faster or slower, and that can make a huge difference."
"I'd bet against you!
Just put the energy you spend reading the storybook into my work.
Then you can’t go wrong!”
Then he angrily opened the original owner's memory ball.
In the 13th year of Shenglong in the Daqing Kingdom, the Khan of the Northern Desert Kingdom, Burigude, suddenly led his troops south.
In just half a month, they captured five cities in Daqing.
As soon as the 800-li express arrived in the capital, it shocked the court and the public.
Emperor Shenglong issued an edict to appoint Marquis Weiyuan as commander-in-chief, leading 100,000 elite troops to fight the enemy!
Lord Weiyuan was given the task of leading a group of soldiers to stop the Northern Desert Army at the sixth city wall.
After learning from their mistakes, they quickly recaptured the two cities.
Weiyuan Hou originally wanted to make a decisive move and fight the Northern Desert Army to recapture the remaining three cities.
But the Northern Desert Khan Burigude is so cunning!
When he learned that the leading general this time was Weiyuan Hou, he immediately announced a ceasefire.
He also adopted a generous and conciliatory attitude and demanded peace talks with Daqing.
When the news reached the court, the military officers were naturally unhappy!
They just wanted to attack the Northern Desert Royal Court in one fell swoop and defeat those Northern Desert barbarians!
So that he won’t come here and disgust me from time to time in the future.
However, some civil servants in the court who were just sitting there doing nothing but eating and drinking were secretly making their own plans.
They were worried that the victory of the military generals would force the civil officials to have no say in the future.
I was just thinking of a good way to suppress the generals.
Just then, I heard that Northern Desert Khan Burigude had sent a letter expressing his willingness to negotiate.
Suddenly, they were like chickens with their blood pumped up, and they all spoke eloquently in the court.
And listed one by one the harms of war to the people, to the country, etc.
A group of military generals started scolding the civil officials in the Golden Palace!
Some of those with hot tempers even showed their fists, wanting to knock these disgusting things down first!
Emperor Shenglong had always been incompetent and ruthless, and he actually believed the slander of these civil servants.
And Buzhigude was very generous and was willing to return the three cities he had captured to the Kingdom of Qing.
This made the Dog Emperor even more determined to negotiate peace with Beimo.
However, what no one expected was that when the two sides held formal peace talks, the Northern Desert Kingdom actually put forward several incredibly harsh conditions.
The Kingdom of Qing must compensate the Kingdom of Mo for all its war expenses, a total of 50,000 taels of gold, 500,000 taels of silver, and 5,000 beauties!
More importantly, Nabujigude specifically requested that the Daqing Kingdom must send a real princess over for marriage!
Such incredible conditions were clearly proposed by the victorious country to the defeated country.
However, the foolish dog emperor, flattered by a group of treacherous ministers, agreed to all the conditions before the generals could object.
However, this was discovered only after the agreement was signed.
The only princess of the right age now is the fifth princess born to the imperial concubine.