Hu Liwei was so frightened by Emperor Xingyuan's observation that in order to prevent the other party from seeing the clues, he calmed down and kept his appearance as usual.
At the same time, in order to prevent Emperor Xingyuan from worrying too much, he explained in a panic, "Your Majesty, the eldest prince will definitely not have such an idea."
"No?" Emperor Xingyuan stared at him, his eyes full of doubt, obviously not believing his explanation.
Hu Liwei thought for a moment and said, "Your Majesty, I am going to Daqian as a hostage for three years. The journey must be extremely dangerous. The eldest prince is doing this for peace of mind... I hereby sincerely ask the emperor to grant your permission!"
"Peace of mind?" Emperor Xingyuan murmured to himself in a low voice.
Admittedly, Emperor Xingyuan did not believe this explanation at all.
Agreeing to go to Daqian as a pledge, the condition is that he will issue an imperial edict.
Are you doing this for peace of mind?
On the contrary, it seemed to be putting pressure on him and forcing him.
If he disagrees, what will the eldest prince do?
Is it because he doesn’t agree to go to Daqian?
Even though Hu Liwei lowered his head, he could still feel that Emperor Xingyuan's anger was about to explode.
Hu Liwei did not provide any further explanation.
This is a game.
If Hu Liwei wins, it means that the eldest prince wins.
In this case, Emperor Xingyuan will issue an edict to confirm that the eldest prince will become the prince of Xixia when he returns from Daqian in three years.
And once this imperial edict is issued, it will go to Daqian with the eldest prince.
This was Hu Liwei's plan for the eldest prince before he left, and it was also for the eldest prince's worries.
Emperor Xingyuan was considering whether he should agree, or perhaps he was weighing whether he should hand over Xixia to the eldest prince.
After receiving the imperial edict, the eldest prince felt at ease and went to Daqian.
If he doesn't give it, it will definitely arouse the suspicion of the eldest prince. After all, he has made a promise before that, as long as the eldest prince is willing to go to Daqian as a pledge, he will become the crown prince of Xixia when he returns.
If what he said before was true, then the imperial decree that the eldest prince requested was just a guarantee.
Emperor Xingyuan originally just wanted to appease the eldest prince and let him go to Daqian first as a pledge to meet the conditions for Daqian to withdraw his troops. As for whether to make the eldest prince the prince of Xixia, this is still open to question.
After all, this is an important national responsibility and requires repeated inspection and discussion.
Who would have thought that the eldest prince would make such a request.
This request made Emperor Xingyuan speechless.
There are only two situations at the moment, agreeing and disagreeing.
Apart from that, there is nothing else.
After a long pause, Emperor Xingyuan finally let go.
"Hahaha..." But seeing him burst into laughter, he took two steps and continued, "Okay, okay, Ji'er has grown up, and now he has learned to make requests from me."
"It's incredible, it's really incredible!"
When these words fell into Hu Liwei's ears, they had another meaning.
Obviously Emperor Xingyuan had realized that the idea of requesting the imperial decree was proposed by him. Otherwise, how could the eldest prince think so carefully?
"The Emperor has agreed?" Hu Liwei suppressed the panic and excitement in his heart and spoke in a questioning tone.
"Promise, why not?"
"I have promised before that as long as the eldest prince is willing to sacrifice for me and Xixia, he will be the crown prince of Xixia when he returns in three years."
"How could I be lying about what I said?" Emperor Xingyuan suddenly changed the subject, turned to look at Hu Liwei, and said with sadness.
Hu Liwei was frightened, knowing full well that Emperor Xingyuan's words of warning were spoken specifically to him.
"The emperor always means what he says, and the eldest prince is a little too worried." Hu Liwei began to talk about the eldest prince's faults, hoping to ease the current tense atmosphere.
"Huh!" Seeing Hu Liwei lowering his head, Emperor Xingyuan snorted coldly and stopped attacking.
"Come here and prepare a decree for me..." Emperor Xingyuan said loudly, and it was with this sound that Hu Liwei's request was achieved.
Three days later, the First Prince's Mansion.
"Your Highness..." The eldest princess looked at the eldest prince who was ready to set off, with tears streaming down his face and reluctant to leave.
"Xue'er, wait for me!" The eldest prince gritted his teeth, left a word and got on the carriage.
"Your Highness~" The eldest princess burst into tears, and she chased after the carriage reluctantly.
"Princess..." A group of slaves behind him quickly came up and helped the staggering eldest princess.
"Quick, help me, follow me quickly..." The eldest princess pointed her finger at the advancing carriage and said the words she was talking about.
"Okay, don't be sad..." Hu Liwei walked out at the critical moment and stopped the princess.
"Dad~" The princess heard the voice and looked at Hu Liwei in shock.
"Dad, go and beg the emperor to let His Highness stay..." The eldest princess walked up to Hu Liwei and wanted Hu Liwei to ask Emperor Xingyuan to issue an order to cancel the eldest prince's decree to go to Daqian as a pledge.
It can be seen from this that the eldest princess did not know the truth about the eldest prince going to Daqian as a hostage. She imagined that Hu Liwei could make Emperor Xingyuan change his mind. However, she did not know that Emperor Xingyuan had already made up his mind and it was impossible to change his mind, let alone
It says the following is an imperial edict and cannot be changed...
"The imperial edict has been issued, and no one can change it..." Hu Liwei did not explain the specific truth, but just shook his head and said no.
"No...how is this possible? How is it impossible?"
"Dad, you must be lying to me!"
"daughter."
"Dad, why do you think your Highness is going to die?" The eldest princess was already crying, her tears falling like rain. At the same time, she knelt in front of Hu Liwei and kept begging Hu Liwei to beg Emperor Xing Yuan.
Unfortunately, no matter how much she begged, the result could not be changed.
"What are you doing standing still?" Hu Liwei shouted.
"Why don't you help the princess back to the mansion quickly?"
"Yes, sir!"
When the surrounding servants heard this, they quickly helped the eldest princess back to the eldest prince's mansion.
"Dad, you must save His Highness!" The eldest princess still shouted without giving up.
"Hey~" Hu Liwei let out a long sigh and looked at the carriage that was going further and further away, feeling helpless and powerless.
Could it be that he didn't want to save him? If there was a glimmer of hope, he wouldn't let the eldest prince go to Daqian as a hostage. However, in order to negotiate a peace, Emperor Xingyuan had no choice but to meet all the demands made by Daqian.
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The carriage drove slowly on the official road, with soldiers on both sides guarding the carriage, gradually moving away from the Xingqing Mansion in the Western Xia Kyoto.
Ten days later, the carriage appeared near Lanzhou.
"Your Highness, Lanzhou City is ahead." Wang Ang, the commander of the guards, came to the carriage window and whispered.
Not long after saying these words, I saw the curtains of the carriage begin to move.
Li Renji opened the curtains and looked forward.
"Your Highness, Lanzhou City is ahead." Wang Ang saw Li Renji looking forward, so he quickly introduced him.
"Hmm~" He never thought that Li Renji would react extremely coldly, he just nodded and closed the curtain.
Inside Lanzhou City.
"Shuai Ling, the eldest prince of Xixia has arrived."
"oh?"
"Xi Xia really agreed?" Ling Yun was shocked after hearing this, his eyes flashed with a hint of disbelief, and he laughed, "Ha ha... It seems that this Xi Xia is not beyond blackmail."