Taking a closer look, the scimitar was actually stabbing His Royal Highness in the chest...
Everyone was stunned. Princess Wulie was at a loss when she saw the broken knife that was out of control, and the envoys were even more shocked and frightened.
Amid everyone's panic, only Gong Yun'ao looked calm and unmoving. He watched expressionlessly as the scimitar stabbed his chest...
At the critical moment, Shu Yao rose into the air. The silver whip in his hand was like a dragon rising out of the sea, and he swung it towards the broken knife. With a "ping" sound, the broken knife fell down.
Everyone breathed a sigh of relief at this moment, and the hearts in their throats returned to their chests.
This scene was extremely thrilling, and Liang Jinghuan was so angry that he walked out from the crowd, pointed at Princess Wulie, and shouted angrily: "Princess Wulie, you are so brave, how dare you attack my Crown Prince Daqing."
Upon hearing this, Princess Wulie came to Gong Yun'ao anxiously and knelt on the ground with a plop, "Your Highness, please forgive Qingqing. How dare Qingqing be disrespectful to Crown Prince Daqing? It was a complete accident just now. Please be aware of it."
What should we do? She came to submit. Before leaving, she not only failed to complete the things her father asked her to do, but now her mistakes have affected the diplomatic relations between the two countries.
General Xiao He was horrified when he saw this. If he didn't stop it in time, the consequences would be disastrous.
If things go wrong at once and the friendship between the two countries is destroyed, can this marriage be accomplished? At this time, the Northern Zhou Dynasty could no longer withstand any war.
He hurriedly bent over and knelt down, changed from his arrogance and domineering attitude before, and said in a panic: "Your Highness, the sword has no eyes. This was an accident. Princess Wulie did not mean it. Please forgive the princess's youth and ignorance. I am very grateful."
All."
Princess Wulie fell to the ground in fear, not daring to look directly into Gong Yun'ao's sharp eyes.
His Highness the Crown Prince remained silent and looked at the envoys present indifferently. Princess Wulie had cold sweat on her forehead, her face was pale, and her lips had lost all color, and she just lowered her body to apologize.
Gong Yun stood proudly with his hands behind his back, exuding a solemn majesty that could not be ignored. His eyes were cold and could not see any fluctuations.
Seeing that Gong Yun'ao didn't say anything, Princess Wulie and General Xiao became even more anxious and anxious, and the situation remained in a stalemate.
At this time, Shu Yao walked over in time, and the officials standing beside Gong Yun'ao wisely made way for her.
When he was three or five steps away from Gong Yun'ao, Shu Yao stopped. He glanced at Princess Wu Lie who was lying on the ground, and smiled:
"Third brother, seeing that you scared the princess so much, this Northern Zhou must have no disobedience. The swords in the school field competition are blind. This must be the princess's unintentional mistake!"
As she said that, she looked down at Princess Wulie on the ground and asked aloof: "Princess, do you think so?"
When Princess Wulie heard this, although she was angry at her pretentiousness, she couldn't do it again, so she could only hold her resentment and gritted her teeth and said: "Yes, what Xiang Jun said is absolutely true. Northern Zhou Dynasty can only surrender to Da Qing."
heart."
Shu Yao blinked at Gong Yun'ao and smiled slyly, "In that case, third brother, for the sake of Northern Zhou's sincere submission and Yao Yao's plea for the princess, please forgive Princess Wu Lie's fault!"
As wise as Gong Yunao, how could he not guess Yaoyao's little thoughts?
She was giving the two countries a step down. Rather than saying that it was Shu Yao who wanted to establish diplomatic relations between the two countries, it was more that Shu Yao understood Gong Yun'ao's heart and understood what he was thinking.
If the stalemate continues like this, no one will look good.
In addition, Xiao Jiujiu was in Yaoyao's heart. She wanted to make it clear to Princess Wulie in front of Princess Wulie that it was her Shu Yao who solved the siege for the Northern Zhou Dynasty, and it was she Shu Yao who begged His Highness for forgiveness.
How about it? Regardless of whether you appreciate it or not, she, Shu Yao, is your savior in Northern Zhou Dynasty. Otherwise, Northern Zhou Dynasty would not be able to withstand the thunder and wrath.
Hearing this, Shu Shihuai, Ling Hanjing and others all gave thumbs up to Shu Yao's performance. It was Shu Yao's wisdom that relieved the crisis and embarrassment of the scene.
Shu Yao's few words instantly caused Gong Yun'ao to lose his aura of coldness, "Since Yao Yao intercedes for the princess, this palace will forgive the princess's unintentional mistake."
When the envoys of the Northern Zhou Dynasty heard this, they bowed their heads in gratitude and said, "Thank you, Your Highness, Prince."
"Thank you, Your Highness, Prince." Princess Wulie knelt down and knelt down, her face buried in the face full of reluctance.
Then, Gong Yun'ao's distant and indifferent eyes turned to the kneeling envoys, and said calmly, "That's it for today. You are also tired. Go down and rest early!"
"Yes, Qingqing excuses himself." Princess Wulie looked up and saw Gong Yun proudly standing on the stone steps with a majestic dragon face.
It seemed that His Highness the Crown Prince did not blame her, which made her feel awe from the bottom of her heart.
Just at this time, Princess Wuyou smiled at her, showing a pair of beautiful little tiger teeth, and said without fear: "Princess Wulie, you have lost two games in a row, but you must remember your promise, go back to your Northern Zhou Dynasty to find someone."
The man is married!"
When Princess Wulie heard this, her face turned green with anger, but the promise had already been made, and it was difficult to lie about it in the presence of everyone, so she arbitrarily retorted: "You don't need to remind me."
After the palace banquet was over, Shu Shihuai glanced at Shu Yao, who was slightly tipsy. The long-lost relationship between father and daughter suddenly emerged at this time, "Yao Yao, come back home with your father!"
Shu Yao didn't say much, but nodded, and was about to return home with the support of Pearl. At this time, Zimo hurried over and said to Shu Yao: "Xiangjun, please stay."
Shu Yao and Shu Shihuai turned around at the same time. Seeing that the person coming was Zimo, they hurriedly asked: "Master Commander, why did you call me to stop my daughter?"
Zimo cupped his hands and said, "Master Shu, His Highness would like to invite the country gentleman to Qiancheng Palace to discuss some important matters."
Shu Shihuai glanced at the darkening sky and said hesitantly: "But, it's so late..."
Seeing that Shu Shihuai was worried, Zimo hurriedly said, "Don't worry, Mr. Shu, it won't take long. I will personally escort the country gentleman back to his home in a while."
If he messes up, he will reap the rewards.
Seeing this, Shu Yao couldn't help but have some doubts. When did his father start to notice her and start caring about her? He also knew that it was getting late and it would damage her reputation.
After Shu Shihuai heard this, he could not refute His Highness's decree, so he looked at Shu Yao and gently asked, "Yao'er, since Your Highness has something to discuss with you, you should go there and come back soon."
"My daughter knows." Shu Yao nodded and followed Zimo into Qian Cheng Palace.
The candlelight flickered, and Gong Yunao was reading the memorial with a frown. At this time, Shu Yaozi came over, leaned forward and saluted, "Your Highness."
The word "Your Highness" made Gong Yun raise her eyes proudly. In the past, she would always talk and laugh unscrupulously, but at this time, the cheerful and enthusiastic smile on her face had completely disappeared, and was replaced by a respectful and light smile.
Gong Yun'ao stood up from the throne, came to her, grabbed her small white hand without any explanation, his eyes were cold, "Sister Yao, I don't allow you to call me like that, and call me third brother."
Shu Yao looked steadily at the big hands tightly wrapped around hers, and her heart moved, "Your Highness, these days are different from the past. In a few days, you will succeed to the throne and become the new emperor. You are the supreme emperor.
This is the palace, how can Yaoyao be so ignorant of etiquette?"
Gong Yun's proud face sank, "If that's the case, why did you call me Third Brother at the palace banquet? You should have called me Your Highness."
"I..." Being choked by Gong Yun'ao, she blushed in embarrassment for a moment. Isn't this a sign of pride? "Isn't that a deliberate attempt to annoy the arrogance and domineering behavior of the Northern Zhou Kingdom?"
"Are you angry with Northern Zhou or Wei Qingqing?" Gong Yun'ao's smile deepened, as if he had seen through everything, until Shu Yao felt uncomfortable all over.
Gong Yun'ao's words hit the nail on the head, and Shu Yao was speechless, "Wei Qingqing?!" Isn't this Princess Wulie's maiden name? He called her so kindly.
"What's the difference?" Shu Yao turned away to cover up her embarrassment at the moment.
"Then you have to ask sister Yao yourself. You know best in your heart." Gong Yunao put his hands behind his back, lowered his eyes and smiled softly.
Seeing that Shu Yao was silent, Gong Yunao walked up to her and said in a tone that could not be refused: "Sister Yao, even if I stand at the pinnacle of power, to you, I am still the third brother who was your childhood sweetheart.
The third brother who was rescued by you at the critical moment of life and death is no different..."
"You have to remember that from now on, you are not allowed to call me Your Highness, you can only call me Third Brother."
Shu Yao didn't know why, but at the end of the day, she felt in a daze and couldn't feel happy for some reason.
However, when she heard Gong Yun'ao's affection for her again, Huo Di's depressed heart became happy again, "Third brother."
"Be good!" Gong Yunao rubbed the top of her hair lovingly, and then said with a serious face: "Yao Yao, I'm calling you here so late. Third brother wants to ask you something."
Shu Yao responded obediently: "Yes! You tell me."
Gong Yun's proud eyes stared at her tenderly, and his voice was low and hoarse, "Do you still remember what I said to you that day on the top of the mountain?"
"What is it?" Shu Yao asked subconsciously, but then she subconsciously remembered...
That day, Gong Yun'ao's extremely serious words were still ringing in my ears, and it seemed that I could still feel his warm breath.
"Yaoyao, you understand my ambitions and every step of my planning; you have always known my feelings for you. I want this world, and you and I want it even more. Are you willing to let me just be you?"
One person’s world?”
Under the illumination of candlelight, his eyes were like black holes, bottomless, as if they could suck people in. Those words made Shu Yao's heart throb.
"Third brother, I will still say the same thing, I will wait for you... until you change your mind."
The sudden confession made Shu Yao feel that none of it was true. She was panic-stricken, and her heart was filled with unspeakable joy.
His hot eyes fell on Shu Yao's, making her nervous and embarrassed, "The third brother is the emperor, what kind of woman do you want? Is Yaoyao worth this for you?"
The affection in his slender, eagle-like eyes grew stronger, and his deep and magnetic voice sounded in his ears, "Yaoyao, do you know that you have already been deeply rooted in the heart of the third brother, and no one else can except you?"