"My mother, you want to marry me to the Turkic King, I, I don't agree!"

As soon as he returned to the palace, he suddenly learned that he had become a marriage partner and was about to marry the Turkic king. He opened his mouth wide in shock.

Then he tried his best to object, but he didn't agree even if he died.

"Marriage events, parents' orders, and matchmaker's words, there is no room for you to oppose it! I have ordered someone to reply to the Turkic envoy and marry Princess Anping to the Turkic king. If you don't agree, the two countries will fight again. Ping'er, would you like to see hundreds of thousands of people die because of your opposition?"

Wu Mei uses both soft and hard skills.

Princess Anping shook her head desperately, cried and said, "No, Anping doesn't want to marry the Turkic King, Anping doesn't want to marry you!"

"Hmph! How can the country's major affairs be lost because of you? You can't do this marriage without going!"

"If so, Anping would rather commit suicide!" Princess Anping looked decisive.

"You commit suicide, I will pretend that I didn't give birth to you as my daughter!"

Wu Mei, who was as heart-warming as iron, ordered people to put Princess Anping under house arrest and monitor her and prevent her from committing suicide. Seven days later, she would let her follow the convoy of Turkic envoys to marry far away!

...

Two days have passed.

Princess Anping, who was confined to the palace, could not convey any news. She committed suicide several times, but was stopped by the maid who was surveillance of her and had to cry helplessly.

On the third day, under her begging, a maid who was monitoring her finally felt compassion and called Shangguan Yuer, the head of the female official in the inner court, over and said a few words to her.

Shangguan Yuer is the granddaughter of the prime minister Shangguan Yi who was convicted and killed in the "Praise and Deposed Queen" incident. She was assigned to the inner court with her mother Zheng as a maid. At the age of fourteen, she was discovered and appointed by Wu Mei because of her intelligence and good writing. She has been in charge of the imperial edicts in the palace for many years and is an important assistant and confidant of Wu Mei. She was born in the same year as Princess Anping, but a few days older, the two are very close friends in private and often called "sisters".

"Sister Yu'er, please help me. Now you can only help me. Please send me a message to my father or tell Mr. Zihua to let them save me! I don't want to marry the Turkic King!"

Princess Anping cried and said, for some reason, at this moment, in addition to her father, there is Mr. Zihua, whom she admires the most.

"Don't worry, Your Highness, Yu'er will do her best to help you!"

Shangguan Yuer nodded, changed into casual clothes that day, and hurried to Furong Garden.

When she arrived at Furong Garden, she had just reported to the eunuch Ma Dexi. When she wanted to see His Majesty Ming Emperor, she was told by the eunuch Ma Dexi: His Majesty Ming Emperor and Empress Tianhou were enjoying flowers in the garden, and the two were in great interest.

Shangguan Yu'er had to turn her head and leave, return to the palace and lead a horse, galloped north for two hours, and finally arrived at Fengyang Village a hundred miles away, reported her identity, reported to the doorman, and met Mr. Zihua.

"Is this really the case? Empress Tian, ​​put Princess Anping under house arrest and ordered her to marry the Turkic king thousands of miles away?"

Zhou Ming was shocked by this sudden news. The queen Wu Mei took the wrong medicine and wanted to push her biological daughter into the fire pit.

During his travels to the Western Regions, he learned that the current Turkic King Asunagu was an old man nearly 60 years old. If Princess Anping married him, according to the nomadic people's "son led the father's army and the son married the father's wife", Princess Anping would marry his son as his wife after Aunagu died. After his son died, she might also marry his grandson as his wife...

Anyway, as long as she is not dead, she will marry her generation after generation of Turkic kings, and may even marry her own son.

Because, in the grassland, women are just simple "property" and "fertility tools" for breeding the population, and are frigid, like animals, without any moral principles.

"Yes."

Shangguan Yuer nodded and said anxiously: "Mr. Zihua, find a way to save Princess Anping. If you delay a few more days and get on the marriage convoy, Princess Anping will have to marry far away from the Turks and die in a foreign land. It will be difficult for you to return to the Central Plains for the rest of your life!"

"Don't panic, don't panic in this matter! Miss Yu'er, let me think of a solution, I will definitely come up with a proper way to rescue Princess Anping!"

First, he gave Shangguan Yu'er a reassurance, and Zhou Ming started to think hard about ways.

The simplest and most rude way is to lead people to intercept and kill the Turkic chariot convoys and kill all the Turkic envoys! Retake Princess Anping back!

But the hidden danger of doing so is that it will trigger a full-scale war between the two countries and the anger of the queen Wu Mei, which will expose herself.

Zhongce is to come to Beijing to meet the saint and express his support and urge him.

However, the supreme ruler of this era has always been arbitrarily and it is extremely difficult to pull back. To put it nicely, it is "the words are in the mouth, and the words are in the words". To put it bluntly, it is "not to accept advice and be stubborn and self-willed." Zhou Ming estimated that with Wu Mei's personality, once she decided on something, she would definitely do it by any means. The above urges her not only will it not be effective, but it will make her even more angry.

Moreover, Zhou Ming vaguely guessed that this matter should have something to do with him. If he persuaded him, he would only achieve the exact opposite result.

What should I do? While rescuing Princess Anping, I will not arouse the resentment of the queen Wu Mei, so as to avoid becoming a thorn in her side.

"Have it!"

Suddenly, Zhou Ming thought of a good idea and immediately ordered his servant to take a pen, ink, paper and inkstone. After a little thought, he wrote an article like a dragon.

This article is called "On Great Powers".

The main theme of the content is: What kind of country can be considered a great country.

Judging from the title, it has no connection with the rescue of Princess Anping, and the content does not seem to be a franchise.

In fact, Zhou Ming adopted the strategy of "indirectly leading, throwing bricks and jade", and in this article, he discussed three dynasties that have existed in history: Shang, Wei, and Shun, which one is considered a real "big power".

In the early days, the Shang Dynasty had a strong military force, beating all directions, annexing six countries, with the same tracks, the same writings, unified weights and measures, and established the first unified dynasty. However, in the later period, due to the corruption and degeneration of the top leaders, the combat effectiveness of the army deteriorated and weakened, and lost the ability to attack externally. They could only rely on the construction of the Great Wall to resist border troubles. In the end, due to the abuse of people's power, a peasant uprising broke out and died in three lifetimes.

Wei controlled the territory larger than Shang. In the early days of the founding of the country, he was repeatedly beaten by nomadic peoples and relied on offering annual monies to seek peace. After more than 30 years of rest and recuperation, Emperor Wu of Wei, who was the "Great Revengeism", beat the Huns to cry for their parents. At the same time, Wei was also the first dynasty to conquer the Western Regions, open up the Silk Road, and make the famous all over the world.

However, although the Wei State was strong, it only suppressed the Huns for a hundred years. When the Wei State was weak, the grassland nation was revived again. In order to avoid war, Emperor Xuan of Wei set a precedent for marriage with foreign races, and ordered Zhaojun to go out to fight for peace with beauty. After thousands of years, there were basically no marriage between different ethnic groups in the Central Plains dynasties after Wei, with only one exception.

This exception is a country called "Shun" established by the Wudao Heavenly King Ran Shun during the century-long war, under the iron hoof of the alien race.

This country called "Shun" has only existed for more than a hundred years and has a small territory. It only occupies some areas between Yanshan and Taiyan Mountain in Youqing Prefectures, with a population of no more than one million.

It was this country that was dominated by merchants. Since its birth, it issued the "Hu Slaughter Order" and vowed to kill all the Hu people and Hu races that were rampant in the Central Plains. During the "Nine Hus Chaos Shang" period, Shun Kingdom did not have a day in the war with foreign races. 33 kings were killed in battle, and countless troops and subjects were killed in battle, which was difficult to count. In the end, due to too few records in literature, it gradually disappeared into the dust of history.

No matter from that perspective, "Shun" is a country that is completely unrelated to "big powers" in Zhou Ming's "On Great Powers", and he believes that the only country he can call it a great power!

because--

"Stand up to the end, standing for a hundred years without falling, never falling, never losing the Hu people around him, because they do not submit to the ministers, pay tribute, do not marry, do not cede land, the emperor guards the country, and the king dies in the country! The people of the country, from top to bottom, are all bloody and stubborn, and live strong and fiercely! Even if they die, they will not change their clothes and hairstyles, do not humiliate their ancestors, and do not bow to other races, how can they not be considered a great country?"

"Cai! Mr. Zihua's article is a great lottery!"

As soon as Zhou Ming finished writing this sentence, it attracted a burst of excitement from the side.

It turned out that Shangguan Yuer, who was grinding him on the side, saw the content of this article, she, who had always been quiet, was inspired by these majestic words and couldn't help but scream.

Zhou Ming turned his head and looked at her, and Shangguan Yu'er's pretty face turned red, lowered her head, and her heart began to beat faster.

She thought to herself: No wonder Princess Anping is full of admiration for him. She can write such words and have such talent. How many magnificent men can there be in the world?

Besides, he is heroic and handsome, and has a literary and martial arts mind. He has a heart of everything in the world. Not to mention a princess, no woman in love with her spring can refuse such a great husband.

Even she felt a little envious. Princess Anping had to meet such a man to save her. I don’t know how many lifetimes she had cultivated her blessing.

In contrast, she was lonely and miserable, and she didn't know if she could meet such a good man in her life, writing the same wonderful articles and majestic sentences for her...

"Miss Yu'er, you quickly bring this article back to the imperial capital and present it to His Majesty Ming and Empress Tianhou in the name of offering excellent works..."

He also ordered his servants to prepare horses, turned to Shangguan Yu'er and said, "Miss Yu'er, it's not too late, so I'll go back to the imperial capital now! Don't worry that it's too late and it's inconvenient to rush on the road. I personally escort you back to the imperial capital!"

Shangguan Yuer nodded, put the article in her sleeves, and after preparing, the gray horse that rode up and followed Zhou Ming, in the dim sky, he galloped south along the road that was not very clear.

However, after less than twenty miles of the journey, an unexpected situation occurred. Because it was dark and the vision was blurred and the road conditions were difficult to move, the horse riding by Shangguan Yuer accidentally sprained the horse's hooves with a "An Lu". With a cry, if Zhou Ming had not flew over and pulled her, she would have fallen off the horse's back.

Zhou Ming dismounted and checked the horse's injuries and found that the horse could no longer ride, but in order to rush, he had to pull Shangguan Yu'er on his red dragon horse's back, and the two of them rode together and continued on the road.

Originally, Zhou Ming, who was determined to travel, had no extra thoughts in his heart, and just wanted to reach the imperial capital sooner, but it might be because the speed was too fast and the horse's back was too bumpy. Shangguan Yuer in his arms hugged him tighter and closer, and his breath was messy and rapid. When his body reacted, he finally found something was wrong. The jade man in his arms had wrapped his arms around his neck and gently tapped his skin with his tongue.

"Miss Yu'er, what's wrong with you?"

Zhou Ming stopped the horse and asked by holding her shoulder.

In the faint moonlight, Shangguan Yu'er, whose eyes were confused, gently stroked the man's handsome face with his jade fingers. His long breath hit him on the face and said, "Mr. Zihua, the gate of the imperial capital will be closed at the You hour and will only open at the Chen hour. Even if we arrive at the imperial capital, we will not be able to enter the city for a while... Langjun, don't you think that this night was specially given to us by God?"

After saying that, the fragrant wind approached, and her soft lips were already printed on her lips.
Chapter completed!