There was no joy on everyone's face, and Old Yan King even looked away, not daring to look at his daughter's expression. The child didn't know how to kowtow, and still held his neck straight. He felt that his legs were sore after kneeling for a long time, and he struggled to get up.
The female officials hurriedly held her down and whispered, "Kowtow, kowtow quickly..."
Xiao Fangfei felt that her waist was painful from being twisted, which was not unusual. The palace maids often "teached" her this way. She did not dare to say a word, so she had to kneel down and kowtow three times.
Luo Jia smiled and said: "Get up."
She finally got up and heard the sharp voice of the ceremony official: "Little princess, come forward and listen to the reward."
Fang Fei took a step forward at the signal of the female officer and raised her face, waiting for the gift from "Father". It was a very exquisite box with ancient patterns on it. Fang Fei suddenly remembered the two stones she had seen.
She thought it would be fun if it had those two stones.
Luojia smiled all over her face and stretched out the box containing the gift. She couldn't wait and was about to pick it up, but he retracted his hand.
She washed her nose and said in a crisp voice, "Father, won't you give me a gift?"
"No, little one, because you are too ugly to deserve a gift."
Fang Fei was puzzled, stretched out her long sleeves to wipe her nose again, and looked at the exquisite box eagerly.
The ceremony officer coughed, and Luo Jia suddenly realized: "Well, I have to give you a gift to complete the adoption ceremony. Come..." Luo Jia clapped his hands, and a eunuch stepped forward and handed over a small wooden stick.
Box. When Fang Fei looked at this small wooden box, her face suddenly became frightened.
Luojia paid attention to her expression and opened the box with his own hands. Everyone glanced over, and curiosity turned into surprise: the rough box was filled with all kinds of ugly dolls with broken limbs and broken arms, as well as broken little dolls.
stuff.
Luo Jia grabbed Fang Fei, who was shrinking back, and stuffed the small box into her hand: "Little thing, you don't have to bury it from now on. Your treasure will be yours for the rest of your life, and no one can take it away.
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As he spoke, he stood up, his enthusiasm waned, and turned around to leave.
The palace people filed out after him, and the old King Yan and the princess also bowed and followed behind. When passing by Xiao Fangfei, the old King Yan let out a long sigh and said in a low voice: "Nie Zhan, Nie Zhan, how pitiful you are to suffer such torture."
Fang Fei looked at him blankly, and saw that everyone was walking very fast, and Nuo Da's palace quickly became empty. She let go of her hand, and the small wooden box fell to the ground, and the little puppets were scattered on the ground. Suddenly
She realized that an endless emptiness and fear were spreading in her young heart. She opened her mouth, but without crying, a big teardrop fell on the marble floor, and a "bah" sound was heard, causing a burst of loneliness.
And long and miserable.
The "adopted daughter" incident was just a small episode caused by Luo Jiaxing. In the busy and tense negotiations that followed, he had long forgotten about it. The old King Yan had almost no room for bargaining and had to accept the Northern Kingdom.
The proposed tribute requirement is 300,000 taels of silver and 300,000 taels of silk each year.
These things are equivalent to 60% of Yan's annual GDP. If you accept it, the people will have no life. If you don't accept it, the throne will be difficult to protect. The old King of Yan knew very well that this was because Luo Jia had no intention of personally occupying this land, so he deliberately let himself go.
Compared with living as a prisoner, he would rather keep his throne first.
After achieving a complete victory, Luojia set off on another day and returned to Pingcheng, the capital of the Northern Kingdom. This time, more than 10,000 people were captured, all of whom were beauties, craftsmen, artists, monks, laymen, Buddhists, and Taoists plundered from Dayan.
Three thousand beauties from all walks of life were the first victims. As soon as they set off on the road, there were overwhelming cries. However, the escort team had no sympathy for them. On the contrary, looking at the cries of the beauties, they were frightened and moved.
There is an indescribable feeling of pleasure. It’s only the beginning of March.
, the climate gets colder as you go north, but the climate in Dayan is warm and spring-like all year round. The people in Jinzhiyuye were wearing thin clothes and huddled all the way. There were no horses, so they could only walk. After walking for half a month, they encountered continuous spring rain, and it was as cold as winter.
, but without enough clothing to keep out the cold, they suffered even more.
Several princesses had already been divided among important generals, and they were hugged by the generals and rode on horseback. But they could not withstand the cold, so they could only cry secretly. From now on, the homeland is three thousand miles away, and I don’t know when the fate of being a slave and a concubine will end.
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Only Fang Fei, because she was the new "adopted daughter" of His Majesty the Northern Emperor and had a higher status than the others, was able to ride in the carriage. However, in addition, she no longer received any preferential treatment or care, because everyone knew that she
It was nothing more than a "sacrifice" in the future. Her "father" Luojia had never even looked at her along the way and had almost forgotten about this victory gift.
On this day, it rained heavily, and the army had to stop along a leeward mountain range.