Tang Miaoxin cried even harder when she heard this. Tang Jiuge said nothing and allowed her to vent her emotions.
She usually looks like she's laughing and joking, and doesn't seem to take anything to heart. In fact, she hides all her emotions in her heart.
It's okay to cry now.
When Tang Miaoxin's mood calmed down, the attendant walked in and said: "Your Majesty, the three young masters of the Su family have arrived."
Tang Jiuge nodded: "Invite them in."
When Tang Miaoxin heard that her cousins were coming, she quickly wiped her tears.
When the three Su Letian brothers saw Tang Jiuge, they collectively sighed in their hearts:
Tang Jiuge is really the fucking emperor of Guiqian!
My cousin seems to be very close to Tang Jiuge!
Tang Jiuge, a cunning old man, wants to steal his sister from them, but he still can't win the key!
Several attendants brought chairs and motioned for Su Letian and others to sit down.
Su Letian did not sit down, but looked straight at Tang Jiuge and asked, "Since you are the ruler of Guiqian, why couldn't you protect your aunt back then?"
"Are you, like Ning Guzhou, abandoning your aunt for the sake of the country?"
Yu Han said from the side: "Be brave! Don't be rude to the king!"
Tang Jiuge waved his hand lightly and said, "I was not the leader of the Qian Kingdom back then."
Su Letian: "..."
Tang Jiuge continued: "But I am indeed sorry for Ling'er. I owe you the First City for this matter."
When Su Letian heard what he said, he remembered another thing: "A few years ago, Feng Qi deliberately provoked and attacked the first city. In the end, Feng Qi gave up the attack because his food and grass were burned."
"Afterwards, we found out that the burning of Fengqi's food and grass was related to Gui Qian. Was it your instruction?"
Tang Jiuge nodded: "Yes."
Su Letian asked again: "There has been a serious iron shortage in the First City in recent years. The State of Zhao is unwilling to sell iron ore to the First City, but there are always businessmen who send the iron ore to the First City for sale."
"Those businessmen have been verified to be divers. Is this also your order?"
Tang Jiuge sighed softly: "The strongest thing about the First City is its weapons. It is difficult for the First City to exist among the six countries without iron, so I asked someone to give some away."
Su Letian closed his eyes slightly: "Gui Qian's help to the First City over the years is probably all related to you, right?"
Tang Jiuge shook his head: "Not entirely, I just promoted the progress of a few things."
"I promised Ling'er that I would take care of her family. I will always keep my promise. It doesn't matter what I think of the First City."
Su Letian felt a little uncomfortable.
Although the First City is not weak, it is affected by the region after all, and sometimes it is controlled by others.
Over the years, the First City has developed well and is powerful, but it is only because of Gui Qian's help.
The ancestral motto of the First City is that a direct-line woman should not marry into the royal family of another country if she does not get married, but Su Ling'er gave birth to Tang Miaoxin with Tang Jiuge, which is no different from marrying him.
Su Xiaotian said from the side: "Even if you helped us, you betrayed your aunt and killed her. You can no longer force your cousin to stay in Guiqian!"
Tang Jiuge smiled lightly: "Miaoxin is my daughter. I will give her the greatest freedom. No matter what she wants to do or where she goes, I will not stop her."
Su Wenbai said coldly: "You may sound nice, but you are actually the best at scheming. You said you would give your cousin freedom, but you tied her up with family affection!"
Tang Jiuge sighed quietly: "I can't refute this. Before I was the leader of Gui Qian, I was Miao Xin's father."
"Is it wrong for a father to want to keep his daughter by his side?"
There was silence in the hall.
Tang Jiuge added: "I'm actually somewhat glad that I am the leader of the Guiqian Kingdom, so that I can protect the people I care about."
"I know you are very dissatisfied with me. In the final analysis, it is just because of family affection. Instead of being angry, I am very envious."
"Miaoxin has brothers like you, who care and protect her in every way. I am very grateful."
"My daughter, I wish that everyone in the world would pamper her so that she could live a happy life."
Tang Miaoxin was listening to their conversation, and her heart was filled with huge waves. She really didn't expect that Tang Jiuge had been helping First City all these years.
Unexpectedly, Tang Jiuge has kept his promise to Su Ling'er to this day.
Su Wenbai snorted softly and said: "Who cares about your gratitude? If you have the ability, just return our aunt to us!"
Tang Jiuge's eyes dimmed: "This is the first city I owe you."
Su Wenbai wanted to say something else, but Su Letian stopped him: "You don't owe the First City anything. It was your aunt who chose you in the first place."
"Although I dislike you very much, I still want to thank you for your help to the First City over the years."
The conversation this time was not too pleasant, but it did not embarrass the other party.
When the three brothers of the Su family left, they were not in a high mood.
When Jiang Huatong saw them leaving, she felt relieved and turned around to leave with her, but Tang Jiuge stopped her and called out, "Are you Jiang Huatong?"
Jiang Huatong nodded, and Tang Jiuge smiled lightly: "You are a good girl. If you are willing to stay in Guiqian to accompany Miao Xin, I will very much welcome you."
Because of their relationship with Emperor Cheng Ming, Jiang Huatong was always afraid of the emperor, but Tang Jiuge looked obviously different from Emperor Cheng Ming.
She asked softly: "Can I stay?"
Tang Jiuge nodded: "Of course, you are Miaoxin's friend, and you can decisively help her for her, and then follow her thousands of miles away. It is really rare."
"I thought you were a little weak before, and I was afraid it would bring trouble to Miao Xin."
"Now I feel that I underestimated you before. You are kind, smart and courageous. If I give you some time to grow, you will become very good."
Tang Jiuge smiled and said, "My vision has always been very accurate."
Jiang Huatong laughed: "I will work hard to become excellent!"
After she finished speaking, she left happily.
Tang Miaoxin clasped her hands in front of her chest and said, "Dad, you are amazing!"
"With such little effort, you have trained the three brothers to be obedient, and Huatong has become confident because of you."
Tang Jiuge looked at Tang Miaoxin and said, "The greatest skill in getting along with people in this world is to treat each other with sincerity. I didn't use any skills."
"The same goes for governing a country. It doesn't require any fancy means, it just requires hard work."
Tang Miaoxin covered her ears and said: "I am an ignorant person and cannot learn these methods."
She said as she walked out: "Dad, I don't think you should teach me these things."
"After I give birth to the child in my belly, you can teach me carefully. Education should start from the baby! I'm so old, forget it!"
She ran away immediately after saying that.
Tang Jiuge laughed when he saw her look.
Yu Han also laughed: "Princess, she is very smart, but she doesn't like to be restrained. My lord, please don't embarrass her."
Tang Jiuge said softly: "Don't look at her unconventional look. She can pick it up when things happen. My daughter is the best in the world!"