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Chapter 41

In the back garden, the stars and moons made of green jade bamboo are fresh and elegant, standing on the Qinghu Lake. The surrounding scenery is like a fairy garden, with red flowers, lush trees, and birds and bees appearing among the flowers and plants. It is a small paradise.

Xingyue lives in the room, Sangsang and the princess sit around the table on the ground. While looking around, a few koi are occasionally emerging from the lake.

A maid in a flower-clothed dress was steaming and cooking tea, and would add some new tea to the two ladies from time to time.

"Sangsang, if your cousin knew that I was running away from marriage, would he send me back to the capital?" The princess shook Sangsang's arm, and a trace of worry flashed in her beautiful eyes.

"I don't know this, but now we have no other place to go, but please rest assured that my cousin has loved me since childhood. As long as I ask him for help, he has never refused to agree." Sangsang said.

"What are you asking me to do?" Not far away, Nangong Yue, wearing a blue shirt and an ancient jade hanging around her waist, passed by the bamboo and stone bridge and entered Xingyue's farewell.

She glanced at the princess, then sat on the ground at the table, took the teacup handed over by the maid, and took a sip.

"What's the trouble you caused when you went to the capital?" Nangong Yue looked at Sangsang, as if she had become accustomed to the trouble she had caused.

"Hello General Nangong Yue!" The princess asked Nangong Yue gently.

Nangong Yue nodded slightly in response.

"Cousin, let me introduce you to Princess Mingyue." Sang Sang Luoluo introduced generously.

Nangong Yuefeng raised her eyebrows slightly, looked at the princess, then stood up and saluted, "I am the queen of Nangong Yue, come to see His Highness the Princess."

"General Nangong, there is no need to be too polite." The princess stood up and wanted to come forward to support Nangong Yue.

"Your Highness Princess Thank you." Nangong Yue stood up first, then took a step back, just avoiding His Highness Princess who wanted to help her get up.

The princess sat back shyly, picked up a cup of tea, and took a sip absent-mindedly.

"I wonder what happened to your princess and her sister come to Xuancheng this time?" Nangong Yue stood beside him and said respectfully.

"General Nangong, please sit down." The princess stretched out her hand to signal.

"Your Highness Princess Xie." Nangong Yue stepped forward and sat back on her original position.

"I'm not hiding General Nangong, my father wanted to marry me to the Emperor of Zhao to marry him. I came out secretly. This time I came to Licheng to ask General Nangong to send someone to send me to Han to hide." The princess said the truth.

Nangong Yue frowned, glared at Sangsang fiercely, then looked at the princess again, and said, "Your Highness, this matter is a state affairs of Chu State and has a great relationship. I am afraid that I can do nothing. I will send someone to send you back to the capital later."

"Cousin, just help Your Highness the Princess! I heard that the Emperor of Zhao is an old man in his sixties. If the princess gets married, she will not be alone for the rest of her life? Do you just have the heart to let a girl like a flower and spend her whole life alone?" Sangsang said anxiously.

"Nonsense! Marriage is a state affairs between Chu and Zhao. How can you play like you?" Nangong Yue said with a solemn expression. Then, he shouted outside the door: "Come!"

After a while, a servant trotted in: "General!"

"Go and prepare a carriage, and then select some capable soldiers and send His Royal Highness the Princess back to the capital later." Nangong Yue ordered.

"No!" The servant stepped out.

"Cousin, why are you..."

Before Sangsang finished speaking, Nangong Yue interrupted: "Wait a minute, I will send someone to send you back to Shangjing."

Then, she glanced at the princess and said, "Your Highness, the State of Chu is about to go to war with the State of Han. It is not safe to leave the city now, so it is better for you and your sister to go back to the capital."

"What? The Chu and Han started a war?" the princess and Sangsang exclaimed.

"Yes! Now the Imperial Concubine Chu has been imprisoned in the cold palace by the Empress Dowager of Han. The second prince has also rushed to Shangjing today. I believe that the King of Chu will order an attack on Han. If I guess correctly, the King of Chu should have been prepared for a long time, so he married Zhao." Nangong Yue said.

"Auntie was sent to the cold palace?" the princess said with a serious expression.

"That's right." Nangong Yue nodded and said, "So please ask the princess to put state affairs first. Don't bring disaster to the State of Chu because of personal preferences."

"…………” The princess and Sangsang fell into silence. Unexpectedly, the marriage was involved so extensively and the situation was so serious.

Han Dynasty Imperial Palace!

Li Xiaoyao and Lin Zhiqing went to Chengming Palace early in the morning to invite the Empress Dowager.

Lin Zhiqing was kept by the Empress Dowager, while Li Xiaoyao went to the Golden Palace.

"If you have something to report, you will leave the court without anything to do." Li Dequan shouted routinely.

"I have a memorial to report." Prime Minister Liu Guodong said, "I went out to speak."

“Accepted.”

"I will give you a message to Your Majesty, the new emperor ascended the throne, and you will be happy to have a wedding with you. I will celebrate with the whole world. Therefore, I will ask Your Majesty to forgive the world." Liu Guodong said.

"Accurate!" Li Xiaoyao waved his sleeves and said majestic.

"Slow down!"

Lu Weizhi stood up and said, "Your Majesty, I have a memorial."

“Accepted.”

"The Prime Minister asked for an order to amnesty in the world, and the whole world celebrated together. I have no objection to this, but... some serious prisoners in custody cannot be released, especially the several serious prisoners in the prison. "Lu Weizhi said quite domineeringly.

"Your Majesty, the severely punished prisoners who were imprisoned in the Heaven Prison were originally officials of our Han Dynasty. They were arrested in the Heaven Prison because they stood in the wrong team during the party struggles. But now, the crown prince and the second prince are no longer there, and at this time, it is the time when the court is employed. Therefore, the old minister begs Your Majesty to pardon them for not guilty."

Liu Guodong knelt on his knees and said, and then four old officials knelt on the ground and agreed.

"Your Majesty, those people are old subordinates of the crown prince and the second prince. If they are not of our clan, their hearts will be different! Please think twice." Lu Weizhi said kneeling.

Immediately afterwards, most of the civil and military officials in the Golden Palace knelt on their feet and echoed.

Lin Shicang, Chen Guoliang and Wei Shifang looked at each other very tacitly, and then knelt down and said, "Please think twice."

Li Xiaoyao glanced at the ministers, then looked at Liu Guodong, and probably had some guesses in his mind.

The reason why Liu Guodong asked for an imperial edict to pardon the world was to save those princes and the second prince and the same party, and then take them for himself.

Only in this way can he accumulate strength and continue to compete with Lu Weizhi.

Li Xiaoyao said, "My dear friends, I have just ascended to the great treasure. This is one joy. I have married the queen again. This is two joys. It can be regarded as a double joy. Can't I pardon a few serious prisoners at such a festive moment?"

"Since the prince and the second prince are no longer there, they have no backing. Since they have no backing, they are just some people who cannot make a big fuss! I spare their lives and let them contribute to the country. I am also considering that the Han Dynasty urgently needs usable talents now!"

"I hope my dear friends can understand my good intentions. Everything I do is for the Han Dynasty."

"So, I decided to amnesty the world and celebrate the whole world together, and this matter will be fully responsible for the Prime Minister!"

"Your Majesty is wise." Liu Guodong shouted.

Officials of Lu Weizhi's party were still watching him.

At this time, Lin, Chen, Wei, and the three ministers of Shangshu shouted in unison for the first time: "Your Majesty is wise."

Immediately, a wave broke out in the hall, and all the officials knelt down and said, "Your Majesty is wise."

Lu Weizhi narrowed his eyes and turned around and glanced at the civil and military officials. Then, he stared at Li Xiaoyao with a fierce look.
Chapter completed!
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