Chapter 2743 2745 [Smart plan to choose a son-in-law]
"Your Majesty, your servant Adute is here at the order 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 taken aback, and then his face sank, "No nonsense."
The woman did not obey, but got up and said directly, "I heard that the envoys from the Central Plains and Shuobo came to propose marriage at the same time, and the king was very embarrassed. The princess has a plan, and can help the king choose a candidate."
When the King of Xizhou saw what she said, he immediately became interested.
"You two noble envoys, the princess ordered me here to test which of the two is more sincere, so I specially asked the servant to prepare the blood of the five evils." The woman turned to look at Xiang Nan and Prince Lidun and said with a smile.
Immediately, two other court ladies stepped forward and presented two bowls of blood-red syrup to Xiang Nan and Prince Lidun.
"The blood of the five evils is made from the blood essence of the scarlet spider, poisonous lizard, blood toad, viper, and thousand-legged centipede. It is a great tonic, but ordinary people are not blessed to enjoy it." The woman explained with a smile, "Whoever can drink it and win the princess's heart will be able to marry the princess."
Prince Lidun muttered in his heart when he saw the blood-red unknown liquid. Hearing that it is made from the blood of the five poisons, it made me feel sick for a while, and I refused to drink it even if I was beaten to death.
"What does Princess Nine mean? Are you going to murder the envoy?" He asked coldly.
"It's fine if you don't dare to drink it, why are you slandering the princess?" The woman retorted displeased when she saw what he said.
"It's not that I don't dare to drink, but I don't want to drink it. I just don't drink it." Prince Lidun sternly refused.
He came to propose marriage only to destroy the marriage between Xizhou and Feng Dynasty, so he would not risk his own life for it.
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"What about this noble envoy, you don't dare to drink it." The woman looked at Xiang Nandao again.
Xiang Nan smiled slightly, "I came here on the emperor's order to marry the nine princesses of Xizhou. Life and death have long been out of the question. What's the point of drinking this'blood of the five evils'? I only hope that the nine princesses will do what they say, and keep their promises."
After finishing speaking, he picked up the blood red slurry and drank it down in one gulp.
Following that, a strong 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 thickly boiled grape puree.
"Hey, what is this, centipede leg?" Xiang Nan immediately picked up another foreign object from the bowl and said.
Seeing Xiang Nan drinking the "blood of the five evils", Prince Lidun has already committed crimes. Now seeing that there was really a foreign object in the bowl, I immediately ran to the side and retched.
Xiang Nan smiled slightly, threw the foreign object into his mouth, and started to chew 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 A'Du, I have drunk the 'blood of the five evils', does it mean that I have passed the test of the Nine Princesses?" Xiang Nan also looked at the woman and asked with a smile.
The woman was slightly taken aback, and suddenly panicked.
She didn't expect that someone would actually dare to drink the "blood of the five evils", so she hasn't considered what to do next.
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"Your Majesty, this is not fair. A marriage is a very important matter, how can it be such a trifle?" Prince Lidun had already finished vomiting at this time, straightened up and shouted.
"You don't think it's fair, so drink it too." The woman immediately handed the "blood of the five evils" to him.
This action made Prince Lidun retch again.
"Hmph, if you don't even dare to drink the 'blood of the five evils', how dare you say you are sincere?" The woman asked proudly.
"Enough, come, take this maidservant down and lock her up." The King of Xizhou ordered, "The two noble envoys were disturbed. Is it my king's fault? Please go back to the post house to rest for a while. The marriage will take place in three days." , the king will give you an answer."
Prince Lidun nodded.
Xiang Nan bowed and said, "Your Majesty, I heard that Aunt Mingyuan is in poor health. I want to visit her. Is it convenient?"
Afterwards, Xiang Nan was led by the maid to pay a visit to Princess Mingyuan.
After a while, they came to the palace of Princess Mingyuan, and heard someone playing the piano and singing from a distance.
"Mountains change, water changes, the mountains and rivers are far away to return to the old dream. In the dream, I suddenly hate the Bishan, and the Bishan is covered by the evening clouds. The wind and the snow, the wind and snow are desolate and hope to return. People say that the sun is far away. Looking far away, I can’t see home.”
The sound of the piano was choked up, and the singing was sad, which made Xiang Nan feel sour.
Since ancient times, getting married has been a miserable thing.
Firstly, the transportation was inconvenient in ancient times, and the communication technology was even more backward. Once you get married, you can no longer meet with your loved ones, leaving only infinite longing;
Secondly, people leave their hometowns and live far away from the border. The customs, basic necessities of life, housing and transportation are very different, so it is easy to cause acclimatization, illness and even death.
San Lai married relatives and also shouldered diplomatic missions. Neighboring countries in ancient times had constant friction, and they often conquered each other. People who were close to each other were caught in the middle, and the palms and backs of the hands were full of flesh. Naturally, they suffered a lot.
Therefore, since ancient times, the life span of those who are close to each other is not very long.
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Xiang Nan sighed, then walked into the palace.
I saw a beautiful woman in Xizhou costume, playing the piano and singing.
"Auntie, I'm Cheng Yin!" Xiang Nan shouted.
"Cheng Yin, in a blink of an eye, you've grown so big." Seeing Xiang Nan, the beauty was startled, and then happily came forward, it was Ming Yuan, Princess Feng Chao.
"Are the imperial grandmother and His Majesty okay?" She asked again with concern.
"Well, everything is fine." Xiang Nan nodded and said, "Grandma Tai and Emperor Father also miss you very much. I also brought a letter written by Grandma Tai."
As he spoke, he took out the letter written by the Empress Dowager for Aunt Mingyuan from his sleeve.
The beacon fire lasted for three months, and the family letter was worth ten thousand gold.
Mingyuan was overjoyed, took it immediately, opened it and looked at it.
In the letter, the Empress Dowager told her all about her lovesickness, and asked her to relax and take care of her illness. Ming Yuan's eyes were wet when he saw it.
"Auntie, I heard that you have been sick recently?" Xiang Nan asked again, "My nephew has also learned some medical skills, why don't you let me take a look for you."
"You?" Ming Yuan was taken aback.
"Just let me see, aunt, maybe I can cure it." Xiang Nan said with a smile.
Seeing this, Ming Yuan nodded, pulled Xiang Nan to sit down, and then stretched out his wrist.
Xiang Nan pressed his finger, and immediately understood.
Princess Mingyuan's tuberculosis is already at an advanced stage, so she has symptoms of coughing up blood. Even Xiang Nan's medical skills can't completely cure him, but there is no problem in prolonging his life by one or two years.
"Auntie, if I read correctly, what you have is tuberculosis..." Xiang Nan said after deliberation.
Ming Yuan was taken aback for a moment, then nodded sadly.
In ancient times, tuberculosis was a terminal disease, and there was no possibility of cure.
She also knew that she was going to die, so she wanted Xiaofeng to marry to Fengchao, so as to maintain the marriage relationship between Fengchao and Xizhou.
"I just brought some medicine, you take it first, it should relieve some symptoms." Xiang Nan said immediately.
Ming Yuan laughed when he heard this.
Actually, death is not terrible to her. To her, going to Xizhou with a kiss is already death once.
She just likes Xiang Nan's filial piety.
(end of this chapter)