The emperor curled his lips and had no choice but to say: "Okay, let's do it like this. All the dear princes in the court, go and ask the saint for her opinion. If she agrees, ask her to come up with a solution. Sun Aiqing will compete fairly with all the princes.
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So the matter was settled like this. Sun Changming secretly complained to the emperor: Are these princes your biological sons? Why do you feel that you are not in a hurry to find a daughter-in-law, but are more worried about my life-long affairs?
The ministers retreated, but the emperor stopped Sun Changming and called out: "Sun Aiqing, wait a moment, I have something to say to you." After everyone else left, the emperor came down, glared at him and said, "Why are you resisting such a good thing?
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"Your Majesty..." Sun Changming was searching for excuses. He couldn't just say that he didn't want to marry a fierce woman, right?
The emperor waved his hand to him and said: "Don't say so much! Let me tell you that the current Saintess of the North Ice has a very high degree of autonomy among the thirty-six tribes of Beiyuan. In her territory, there is the famous Beiyuan [
Wushan Tianchi], there is an arowana in it! Do you know what the arowana means?!"
Sun Changming was a bit unable to keep up with the emperor's thinking.
"My princes cannot subjugate the Saint of the North Ice, so I can only rely on you!" The emperor pressed Sun Changming's shoulders hard and said with great seriousness: "Can I realize my dream in this life and go fishing for dragon fish in Tianchi of Wushan Mountain?
, I leave everything to you, Sun Aiqing!"
Sun Changming: "..."
How ridiculous! You, the king of a country, want to go fishing in another country! Are you always so desperate when fishing?
Even if I can capture the Arctic Saint, if you go fishing in the hinterland of the Northern Plains... it will be difficult to guarantee your safety.
Lord Sun came out of the Flying Car Palace dejectedly, returned to Wangyunya Hundred Household House, and immediately ordered Yun Fan: "I want all the information on the Beiyuan Wilderness Clan, bring it all to me!"
Yun Fan turned around and went to do it, and soon a large number of jade slips were placed on Mr. Sun's head. The Beiyuan Wasteland tribe has always been a strong enemy of the Wu Dynasty, but the two sides were not always at war. During peacetime, the two sides traded goods with each other.
Win-win.
The Northern Plains of this world is different from the northern nomads in Master Sun's previous life. It is located in the central and eastern parts of the north of the Great Wu Dynasty, and the northwest is the territory of the Monster Clan. There are more wars between the Huang Clan and the Monster Clan.
There is indeed a large area of grassland near the border between Beiyuan and the Great Wu Dynasty, but more parts of Beiyuan are deserts covered with ice and snow, and underneath the wastelands is a thick layer of frozen soil.
Among the thirty-six tribes of the Desolate tribe, only three make a living by herding, and the rest live on the ice fields.
In fact, the population of the Desolate Tribe is quite large. There are many caves on the ice sheet. The Desolate Tribe grows edible moss and fungi in them. They have no shortage of food, and because they live in a severe cold climate, they are very brave and fierce.
The combat effectiveness is extremely high. The war with the demon clan is due to racial hatred, and the war with the Wu Dynasty is due to envy of the wealth of the Wu Dynasty and longing for the warm climate of the Wu Dynasty.
The most recent war between the Great Wu Dynasty and the Beiyuan Wilderness Tribe took place 140 years ago. Both sides invested a total of 570,000 troops. After a bloody battle, although the Great Wu Dynasty nominally won, the national strength of the Great Wu Dynasty at that time
It has begun to weaken and is unable to pursue deep into the ice field.
This was before His Majesty ascended the throne.
In the long period that followed, minor frictions between the two sides continued, but no real war broke out. For example, the data records that before the Arctic Saint Mission entered the border of the Wu Dynasty, there were still conflicts on the northeastern border between the two sides.
A small conflict broke out between three and four thousand people, each with hundreds of casualties.
After Mr. Sun read it carefully, he picked out the part about the Saint of the Arctic and read it again - the whole thing happened suddenly, Mr. Sun always felt a little uneasy, but he couldn't find what the problem was.
Then Mr. Sun took out a contact talisman and smeared honey on his mouth: "Sister Liang, my subordinate sends his regards."
"Giggle!" Liang Yuzhi burst into laughter: "How are you, the groom?"
Mr. Sun suffered a critical blow and said with a wry smile: "Sister, please stop teasing me. I don't want to."
"Why don't you want to? The mission of the Holy Lady of the North Ice passed by my jurisdiction. Sister, I saw the real person. Tsk tsk, she is such a beautiful and fragrant country. I feel pity for her. If you marry her, you can laugh out of your dreams."
"I want to devote my limited life to the great cause of reviving Dawu! How can I start a family without establishing a career?"
"Bah!" Liang Yu pointed out her attitude clearly.
Master Sun touched his nose and stopped talking nonsense: "Sister Liang, can you tell me the truth? If anything happens to Master Liu Zhi in the future, I promise to inform you as soon as possible."
"Tch, what does his matter have to do with me?" Liang Yuzhi said hard, but her attitude changed obviously: "There are some things that are not included in the information of the General Secretary Yamen. Sister, I also spent a lot of money to find out."
"Sister's great kindness and kindness will be engraved in my heart!"
"Do you know whose disciple the Saint of the North Ice is?"
"Whose?" Sun Changming really didn't know much about the Beiyuan Wasteland Clan.
"National Master of Mulberry Island!"
Sun Changming slapped his thigh hard: "That's it!"
Liang Yuzhi explained in detail: "There is a complete mechanism for the selection of saints in the Thirty-Six Divisions of Beiyuan. They will go through three competitions, and the final winner will be the Saint of the North Ice.
When the current saint was six years old, she faced the first competition. At that time, the National Master of Kuwadao traveled to Beiyuan and selected her as a disciple. This is how she stood out. After three competitions, she stood out from the crowd and overwhelmed other candidates.
Finally, she became a new generation of saints at the age of twelve."
Speaking of this, Liang Yuzhi paused for a moment before saying: "And it is said that at this time, the Sangdao Imperial Master once again secretly entered Beiyuan and met with the Saint. Then within the next two years, the Saint was killed along the way.
He won over all the young geniuses in the thirty-six films and won for himself the right to freely choose his son-in-law!"
Sun Changming said: "The Imperial Master planned this in advance, and it has not been launched until now."
Mr. Sun felt that something was wrong: the Imperial Master had suffered a secret loss in the matter of the piano shop, and Rensi was soon defeated in the Wu Dynasty. How could she not respond with her character? It turned out that she had suppressed such a big move.
One woman disrupted the court - the Imperial Preceptor herself was a stunningly beautiful and powerful woman, and she knew all too well how destructive such a woman could be.
Sun Changming had a headache, and his recent focus must be on the Nanni Kingdom, but at this time, the Imperial Master gave him a cold blow again!
"How can the Thirty-sixth Division of Beiyuan endure the disciples of Kuangdao Guoshi and become their own saints?" Sun Changming asked.
"Think about it, if the Imperial Master of Sangdao suddenly came to our court more than ten years ago and chose a prince to be his registered disciple, do you think we would refuse?" Liang Yuzhi asked rhetorically.
Sun Changming shook his head: "Of course not."
Sangdao can also be regarded as a vassal state of the Great Wu Dynasty. When Sangdao does not reveal its ambitions, neither the Great Wu Dynasty nor the selected prince will refuse. This in itself is a means to strengthen the relationship between the two parties. And for that
For a prince, the benefits are greater. He will have a strong support in the future fight for the throne.
But all this is based on the strong self-confidence of the Wu Dynasty. The size of the Wu Dynasty is hundreds of times that of Sang Island. If the national strength of the Wu Dynasty and Sang Island were equal, this situation would not happen.
Sun Changming asked: "You mean, the thirty-six tribes of Beiyuan think too highly of themselves, and they think they can compare with me, Da Wu?"
"Their overall strength is not weaker than ours, otherwise the Wu Dynasty would have conquered Beiyuan over the years."
Sun Changming nodded. He thanked Liang Yuzhi and said that he would definitely fulfill his promise - Liang Yuzhi's Beiyuan Town Fusi District borders Beiyuan. These confidential information may not be available among the thirty-six departments of Beiyuan.
How many people knew that Liang Yuzhi didn't tell him, Master Sun would never have thought of it.
In this way, the context of this matter is finally clear: in order to retaliate against himself, the Imperial Master secretly instigated the Northern Saint to enter the Great Wu Dynasty to choose a son-in-law; while Yan Jie forced himself out to compete with a group of princes, so as to drive a wedge between himself and the princes.
, the purpose is naturally to weaken Lu Guangxiao's power. After Baili Xuanguang's death, I thought that the cabinet was already under the control of Mr. Lu, but unexpectedly there was another disturbance.
But Mr. Sun still felt that something was wrong: the Imperial Master made a plan ten years ago to accept the disciple of the Holy Girl of the North Ice. He must have secretly spent a lot of training resources. Is it just to make Da Wu feel disgusted with him ten years later?
The disciple of the National Master should be of great use. He may be "just in time". With or without his appearance, the Saint of the North Ice should enter the Great Wu Dynasty. So what is the purpose of the Saint and the National Master?
?
Yan Jie pushed himself out. Was it his own intention and unintentionally helping the national master, or was it that he had colluded with Sangdao?
After Mr. Sun made some analysis, he felt that there was something complicated behind the scenes, and there seemed to be an undercurrent. So Mr. Sun went out and asked to see His Highness the Fifth Prince.
The fifth prince went fishing with the emperor, and it was said that his majesty discovered an excellent fishing spot.
It wasn't until evening that the fifth prince sent someone to invite him over. During this period, the fifth prince had lost some weight and tanned a bit. Lord Sun looked him up and down, nodded in approval and said: "Your Highness is very manly now.
Already."
The fifth prince suddenly became alert: "Are you trying to trick me again?"
Mr. Sun said righteously, "What are you saying, Your Highness? No one will trick you. Your Highness and I are close comrades-in-arms and political partners. Together we are invincible!"
The fifth prince hummed and condensed a whirlwind magic to cool himself down. After spending most of the day with the emperor in the sun, he was indeed tired and stuffy.
"Two bastards combined are invincible - just tell me, what are you asking your highness to do with you?"
Sun Changming raised his eyebrows and said with a smile: "Your Highness, that's a good thing. Do you want to marry the most beautiful woman in Beiyuan?" The fifth prince was surprised: "To be honest, I definitely want to, not to mention the beauty of the Saint of the North Ice is unparalleled, and Beiyuan women have always been
She is tall, has long legs, and has an impressive figure; the power she represents is a huge help to any prince."
He looked Sun Changming up and down and said sincerely: "Changming, His Highness treats you as a brother, so he said these things to you from the bottom of his heart. Do you know that there are rumors outside that you are inhumane and are a celestial eunuch?"
Sun Changming immediately laughed: "That's nonsense..."
The fifth prince looked at him seriously: "Think about your current status. In the entire Wu Dynasty, all men who have reached your status have many wives and concubines, and they also have several concubines. What about you? Since you debuted,
Until now, there is not even a truly ambiguous woman! Even Master Liu Zhi and Master Liang Yuzhi, their relationship is unclear.
You can't blame others for thinking this way - everyone looks around and you see that not only is there no woman around you, there is not even a prostitute around you. After all, you don't like women and you don't like men.
Is he an eunuch?"
Three blue veins popped up on Sun Changming's forehead: "Your Highness, you have a noble status and we are a close comrade. I can't hit you!"
The fifth prince spread his hands: "I didn't believe it at first, but look, you came and gave me the Saint of the North Ice again..."
Sun Changming covered his forehead, I have trapped myself in a cocoon, but I really can't admit it. I actually think that the Saint of the North Ice is a big hole, and I want to push you into it to help me fill it...
But then he thought about it, the matter of giving away a daughter was indeed a poisonous point.
The fifth prince looked at his speechless look and smiled: "Okay, I've told you this rumor, you can do it yourself. Now you can always tell me the truth, marry this Arctic Saint
Girl, what are the hidden dangers?"
Sun Changming turned around and left: "I originally wanted to help His Highness, but His Highness has always been suspicious of me. He even brought up such ridiculous rumors to humiliate me. That's all. I will marry this saint myself. Your Highness
Don’t regret it in the future.”
Sun Changming was about to walk out the door, but he didn't see the fifth prince calling him to stop him. He secretly thought that this fat man has grown so much that he can be so calm? But Mr. Sun's "ingenious trick" of playing hard to get has been used, so he can only bite the bullet and continue, with his head held high.
He held his chest high and walked out, but the fifth prince never called him to stop him.
Mr. Sun waited until the evening of the next day when the fifth prince suddenly came to visit.
Marrying the Holy Lady of the North Ice, with the support of the Thirty-six Northern Plains tribes, was indeed an irresistible temptation for a prince who aspired to compete for the throne. The fifth prince had already calmed down, and within one day, he ordered his subordinates
The counselors and staff investigated and analyzed the thirty-six divisions of Beiyuan, and today they finally couldn't help but come to Sun Changming to find out more.
As soon as he came in, Lord Sun rolled his eyes and said, "What are you doing here, Your Highness? I don't dare to trick Your Highness."
The fifth prince smiled and handed over his hands to apologize: "Master Sun, please forgive me. Regarding the Saint of the North Ice, could you please tell me in detail? With your royal appearance, can the Saint be attracted to me?"
Sun Changming glared and said: "Your Highness has become much slimmer during this period, and his skin has become tanned. His whole body is full of masculine spirit. Beihara's daughter likes the type of His Highness."
The fifth prince was delighted: "Is this really true?"
After all, I was deceived.
"Besides, after the Northern Ice Saint has set the test, as long as His Highness can defeat all the competitors, she will have no choice but to not marry. Don't forget that this is our Dawu. It's not her Northern Plains Thirty-Six Division, how can we allow her to go back on her word?
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The fifth prince nodded: "That's true. But how can your highness stand out?"
Sun Changming patted his chest: "Leave it to me. When the time comes, I will help His Highness eliminate the main competitors. Then Your Highness will stand up and challenge me at the last moment. I will lose to His Highness on purpose. Doesn't everything just fall into place?"
The fifth prince's eyes lit up, but he quickly asked: "Why are you helping me so much?"
"I said, we are close comrades-in-arms and political partners. As long as we can marry the Saint of the North Ice, His Highness's fight for the throne will basically be guaranteed."
The fifth prince nodded vigorously: "His Royal Highness's previous promise can be taken a step further. If he can really take that position, Lord Sun will be one of the three cabinet ministers!"
Sun Changming said happily: "Thank you, Your Highness!"
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After today, the Saint of the Arctic informed Da Wu: The content of the assessment has been decided, but for the sake of fairness it will not be made public for the time being. There was an episode in the middle where Lu Guangxiao and Yan Jie competed for the position of "examiner" for this assessment.
The emperor naturally favored Sun Changming, so he decided on Lu Guangxiao.
For this "battle for choosing a son-in-law", Mr. Sun had to leave Mengjiang Dusi and rush to the capital. Before leaving, Mr. Sun arranged all the matters, especially reminding Hou Qianchen and Li Wuming to be careful in setting up their defenses.
Although there is no evidence that there is collusion between the Imperial Guard and Nanny, and they deliberately transferred Mr. Sun to the capital and took the opportunity to launch a counterattack, but they must be on guard.
Several princes had already rushed back to Beijing to make preparations. The fifth prince secretly probed the emperor, but the emperor refused to let him go. After all, the emperor would lose a lot of fun without his "fishing friends": My huge catch and
Who goes to show off?
The fifth prince chuckled secretly.
Sun Changming then set off - and then was entangled by Han Mei hugging his legs.
"Let go!" A group of subordinates came to see him off, and Mr. Sun was a little embarrassed in front of everyone. Sister, you are now more than ten years old, and your weight has caught up with your elder brother. You have already begun to catch up with your second brother. This is really not elegant.
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"I don't." Sun Changyan said confidently and with an endorsement: "You and me are the only ones left in the family. My eldest brother is going to the capital to marry a wife. I must go with him to see my future sister-in-law!"
Sun Changming glanced at Meng Yaya who was not far away: "She taught you to say it, right? You are obviously thinking about the delicious food in the capital!"
I can't say it, but my mouth starts to water when I say "silly girl".
Meng Yaya shrank her little neck, I also miss those delicacies in the capital. As long as the young lady is gone, I can also take advantage of it!
Sun Changming patted his sister on the head: "Okay, I'll take you with me and let go."
"Big brother is the best!" Sun Changyan was happy!
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Ruan Sansheng greeted him thirty miles outside the capital city. As soon as they met, he smiled and said, "Sir, can you ask for a wedding cake first?"
Sun Changming smiled bitterly and waved his hand: "Don't play around."
"It's not a joke." Ruan Sansheng said: "My lord, you are really beautiful and blessed. During the time when the Northern Saint came to the capital, her reputation became more and more famous, and she was vaguely known as the 'No. 1 Goddess in the Eastern Land'! Not only her appearance
She is unparalleled in the world, and her cultivation talent is far beyond ordinary people. The major cultivators in the capital commented that if she had participated in last year's Dragon and Snake Ranking, she would definitely be number one on the A Ranking!"
Sun Changming frowned: This foreign woman came to Dawu and gained such a great reputation. What was her purpose in doing this? The only talent cultivated by the entire Beiyuan Thirty-Six Divisions and the Sangdao Imperial Master would never be
Would he do such a thing out of simple vanity?
Ruan Sansheng continued: "During this period, Master Liu has been asking us to pay close attention to every move of the Saint of the Arctic, and specially compiled this most detailed information for you." Ruan Sansheng presented a jade slip: "Sir Liu said
Now, you are old enough, and it is time to think about your lifelong affairs. As long as you are interested, we at Chaotian Division will do our best to help you win your beauty back!"
Mr. Sun couldn't help complaining: "I thank Mr. Liu and his whole family! I am the eldest, and Mr. Liu Zhi is several times older than me. He should also think about his life-long affairs, right? Do you want me to help?
Is he proposing marriage to Mr. Liang Yuzhi?"
Ruan Sansheng trembled, dropped the jade slip and hid far away, covering his ears with his hands: "I didn't hear anything! Sir, you can't trick me. You are not afraid of Master Liu, but we don't have your confidence..."
Sun Changming laughed heartily.
This time when he came to the capital, he stayed in the same courtyard as last time. Sun Changming took a brief look at the contents of the jade slip. The mission of the Saint of the North Ice crossed the northern border between the two countries forty days ago and entered the territory of the Wu Dynasty.
It took twenty days to travel from the north to the capital, leaving many "legends" along the way.
For example, students in a certain city were having a gathering, and she happened to pass by and left a masterpiece that shocked everyone.
For example, when passing through a small mountain village, the village was being attacked by a powerful monster. The saint took action to kill the monster, saved the lives of the whole village, and kindly left money to treat the injured and rebuild the mountain village.
For example, when encountering an orphan and a widowed mother who were being hunted by their enemies, they acted righteously to deal with the pursuers and escorted them all the way to their relatives. Later, after discovering that the orphaned and widowed mother was Zhongliang, she helped Zhongliang clear his grievances and so on.
As the Saint of the North Ice entered the capital, various virtuous reputations followed. She had been in the capital for almost twenty days, during which time she appeared five times. The first time was the election of the Fengyue Society in the capital.
As an oiran, she disguised herself as a man to join in the fun, and accidentally lost her hair, which made the four selected oirans feel ashamed and did not dare to accept the title of oiran.
The second time she participated in a cultural gathering jointly organized by several well-known academies in the capital, she wrote a couplet that no one in the capital could replicate.
The third time, she participated in a monastery. The monastery was convened by a Sixth Realm Venerable. In order to jointly understand an ancient stone slab, it was unknown how many years ago it was. There were three cultivation questions engraved on it. The Sixth Realm was helpless.
She couldn't think of an answer. But after taking a look at the slate, she started to talk, and Da Xiu was very convinced.
The fourth time was an "accident". A certain young genius from the North followed her all the way into the capital and guarded her door every day. One night, he couldn't restrain his admiration and sneaked into the inn quietly, but...
She was able to subdue him and fly out of the capital with one move! This young genius is a master of five realms and four meals, and has a great reputation in the North. He didn't expect that he would not be the enemy of the Holy Maiden.
The fifth time was a meeting with the princes who had rushed back to the capital in advance. The specific process was unknown to outsiders, but each prince later declared to them: The saint is a good match for this life. If he cannot marry as a concubine, this life will be boring.
Mr. Sun scratched his chin: "It's a little deliberate."
Her reputation is so high in the capital that many people even speculate that the saint has reached the sixth realm!