Regarding the marriage, among everyone in the capital, Li Xiangyang naturally has the position of being the most trustworthy person.
Now that he has obtained the position of crown prince, he is the master of this marriage. The princess of Japan not only has a stunning appearance, but also has the support and trust of the Eastern Emperor of Japan.
As long as he marries a Japanese princess, if the situation in Dahua changes in the future, Li Xiangyang can logically borrow help from Japan.
This is a very good thing, so Li Xiangyang absolutely does not want to see any problems with the marriage.
It's just that Li Xiangyang currently has relatively little information about the Japanese mission, and it's even less clear what the stakes were behind Wenhui's assassination.
Judging from the current situation, Li Xiangyang still overly trusts the Japanese mission and believes that the Japanese mission can handle everything well.
But he never thought that if the entire Japanese mission was untrustworthy, the safety of the Japanese princess would not be guaranteed.
After listening to what Xia Shang said, Li Xiangyang frowned as if he had gotten a possibility he had never thought of.
"Your Highness should also know what happened today. The internal affairs of Japan are not stable. There is a force in the capital that has been secretly waiting for an opportunity. On the surface, the Japanese mission relied on its own ability to destroy a den and killed many people.
Thief. But this also exposed a very serious problem, which at least proved that the safety of the Japanese princess was a big problem.
What I said about not trusting the Japanese mission is not that I don’t believe in their loyalty to the Japanese princess, but that I don’t believe in their ability. I think that letting them protect the Japanese princess will cause problems sooner or later. If something unexpected happens to the Japanese princess, not only the relationship between the two countries will be affected, but also the relationship between the two countries will be affected.
It will be affected. If the two countries go to war, the situation the prince will face will be much more complicated."
"Is this why you came so late to tell me this?"
"I just want to tell His Highness that this is not the time for Mingzhe to protect himself. No matter whether the Japanese princess is killed in her own mission or under the protection of Dahua, there will be an unhealable rift between the two countries. In this way, instead of controlling the destiny in
Why don’t you take the initiative yourself when it’s in the hands of others? Moreover, the Japanese mission doesn’t fully believe us. If His Highness paid a little attention, he would have noticed someone in the Japanese mission following me, right?”
Li Xiangyang nodded: "Those minions can only follow you outside the house."
"Your Highness can take the princess to your residence, and the prince will protect the safety of the Japanese princess. This makes people feel more at ease."
Xia Shang had already mentioned this proposal before, but this time Li Xiangyang was not so surprised after hearing it, and instead considered it seriously.
"What you said is just wishful thinking. Even if the prince is willing, it is impossible for the Japanese envoy to hand over his princess."
"If they don't hand it over, we can steal it!"
"Steal?" Li Xiangyang frowned more tightly, thinking that this was getting more and more nonsense, "Xia Shang, you don't have ulterior motives, do you?"
"Your Highness, you are too worried."
"What's the benefit of doing this?"
"Not everything needs benefits before doing it. What many people show are superficial. For example, Li Xin in the past. Who would have thought that a person with such a bad reputation would be stupid enough to go to the border alone to defend against foreign enemies? He said
To be honest, after that incident, I changed a lot about Li Xin. He gave up the throne for the sake of the stability of Dahua. I don’t want the rare peace to be broken because of a marriage. I just want stability. Looking at it now,
His Highness and I are definitely on the same side."
Xia Shang spoke very sincerely. Li Xiangyang frowned and stared at Xia Shang, as if he wanted to see some flaws in his mouth, but Xia Shang's expression did not change at all.
"Okay, let's just assume that everything you say is true. What's your plan?"
"Tomorrow it will be fine if Your Highness goes to the Japanese mission to ask for someone."
"That's all?"
"That's enough."
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"Your Highness, the one named Xia secretly went to the Prince Dahua's Mansion." A Japanese warrior appeared next to the Japanese prince and whispered.
The Japanese prince frowned and thought: "That's all?"
"There are many experts around the Prince's Mansion, so we don't dare to approach them easily."
"I wonder if the person named Xia came here with good intentions and sneaked into the Prince's Mansion. Could he be an undercover agent sent by Prince Dahua?"
"Should we inform the four major people about this matter?"
"Lingsi and the guy named Xia are angry at each other. Now you just keep a close eye on the guy named Xia."
After saying that, the Japanese prince sneered and looked at the moonlight above his head.
It was almost dawn, but the Japanese prince was rarely sleepy. After learning that Xia Shang had left the mansion, he wandered around the courtyard.
At this time, the Japanese prince finally waited for Xia Shang who had returned. His spirits were shaken and he walked up quickly: "Xia Shang, you are coming back from outside so late?"
Xia Shang bowed to the Japanese prince and said, "Your Highness, I just went out for a trip."
"Where?"
"There is no need to report to His Highness the official's whereabouts."
The prince frowned and wanted to say something else, but Xia Shang ignored him and walked away alone.
Xia Shang returned to his room and just squinted for a while before dawn.
Li Xiangyang's team arrived very early, and Xia Shang soon heard the noise outside, saying that the Crown Prince was here to ask for someone.
It was said that it was learned yesterday that a group of killers were hiding in the capital with evil intentions towards the princess of Japan. The prince was worried about the princess' safety and decided to transfer the princess to the prince's residence to ensure the safety of the princess.
This matter was not a trivial matter, and the prince himself came to the other party, so Ling Si and the Japanese prince had to negotiate in person.
Xia Shang knew that the time had come, so he came out of the room and went outside the main hall where the princess was.
There were many Japanese guards around, but Xia Shang was the reception minister, so it was only natural that he wanted to see the princess.
Entering the main hall, I found that the princess was lost in thought over a game of chess in the corner of the main hall by the window. Beside the princess, three personal maids stood, all of them silent.
Among the three maids, one was wearing a kimono and was obviously from Japan, while the other two maids were drawn from the imperial palace.
When the Japanese maid saw Xia Shang, she quickly stepped forward and asked, "Who are you?"
"Dahua received the minister, and he met the princess the day before yesterday."
"Sir, why are you looking for the princess?"
"As a receptionist, I have been here for three days with your delegation, but I only briefly met with Her Royal Highness the Princess. I have never cared about the Princess's food, clothing, housing and transportation. If the court finds out, I am afraid that I will blame the official for being alienated from duty. Today
I just came here to do some routine business and have a few words with Her Royal Highness the Princess."
The maid frowned slightly: "What kind of rule is this?"
"This is our rule in Dahua. Please don't be embarrassed, girl, just have a simple chat. Besides, Her Royal Highness the Princess must be bored after being locked up here all day. Wouldn't it be nice to have someone to talk to?"
The maid was still hesitating when a voice suddenly came from the princess in the corner: "Let Master Xia come over."
"Princess……"
"I'm really a little bored. It's nice to have someone to talk to."
The maid looked at Xia Shang twice and whispered: "Go."