He could even understand it.
Sui Heng was simply shocked.
His Royal Highness, the Crown Prince of Sui, had no other advantages but thick skin and the ability to adapt to circumstances.
Sui Heng touched his nose and took out a red mechanism bird from his pocket, saying, “Look at what you say, how can you call it stole? Gu was only worried that he might break it, just temporarily keep it for him.”
As soon as these words were spoken, Jiang Nuo furrowed his small face and shed more and more tears.
Jiang Yun naturally didn’t believe his lies. He took the mechanism bird, handed it back to the little dumpling, bent down to wipe his tears, and patiently comforted him. Jiang Nuo held the mechanism bird and still secretly looked at Sui Heng with the corner of his eyes, crying with tearful eyes.
Sui Heng cleared his throat and reminded the little thing to stop.
Unexpectedly, Jiang Yun looked up at him and said, “You go out first; otherwise, you’ll scare the little boy.”
Sui Heng: “……”
Sui Heng’s face turned black again, and he glanced at the little brat, who was still secretly accusing him. He could only reluctantly leave.
Jiang Nuo secretly glanced and confirmed that Sui Heng was no longer in the room, then gradually stopped crying and began to act coquettishly with Jiang Yun.
“Tie~”
“Tie~”
The little dumpling made fuzzy syllables and arched his head, rubbing and rubbing, and after rubbing for a while, he revealed half of his face, his eyes bright, and he looked at his little father expectantly.
Jiang Yun’s eyes curled, he lowered his head, and he kissed the little boy’s fair and tender cheek.
The little dumpling giggled and laughed.
Sui Heng stood outside, folding his arms and looking through the window. His face turned even darker.
The little thing is not even one year old, yet he has learned to play tricks and compete for favor with him!
If this continues, then it will be terrible!
Important generals and advisors from both countries have come one after another. Xu Qiao saw Sui Heng standing outside with a gloomy face and leaned in to look inside. He was shocked and said, “Your Highness has been kicked out?”
Sui Heng gave him a chilly glance.
“Gu is happy to stand here and enjoy the breeze, can’t?”
These two are reincarnations of roundworms.
Xu Qiao chuckled and said, “Can, of course can.”
After speaking, he whispered again, “Did Xiao Huangsun tell on Your Highness in front of His Highness Rongyu?”
Sui Heng’s expression froze for a moment, and he gave him a ghostly look again.
Then he waved and asked Xu Qiao to get closer, pointing inside and asking, “How is it? Isn’t he cute?”
Inside, the little dumpling happily played with the mechanism bird, rolling on the couch like a snowball.
“Cute.”
Xu Qiao sincerely said.
Only a few little kids at this age are so intelligent and robust.
Sui Heng gritted his teeth. “But now this little brat is not at all close to Gu. He looks at Gu like an enemy, and he even accuses Gu in a different way. What do you think Gu should do?”
“……”
Xu Qiao thinks, based on your behavior, the accusations made by the little boy may also not be entirely false.
But as a subordinate, his first responsibility is to naturally relieve the commander’s worries. Xu Qiao hurriedly said, “As far as the general can see, Xiao Huangsun is intelligent and clever, he can tell the truth and the falsehood. As long as Your Highness is twice as good to Xiao Huangsun in the future and buys more toys and food that Xiao Huangsun likes, Xiao Huangsun will naturally like Your Highness, this father.”
“Gu feels the same way.”
“But a man as brave and graceful as Gu, why does he disdain Gu?”
His Royal Highness, the Crown Prince, suddenly became restless again.
Jiang Yun asked Gongsun Yang and his guards to look after Jiang Nuo and come out to meet Sui Heng.
Sui Heng still had a gloomy face.
Jiang Yun couldn’t help but smile and say, “Our little boy is very clever. How dare you think of such clumsy tactics?”
Sui Heng was quite depressed. “He just learned a couple of bird chirps. How do you know that Gu took his mechanism bird and threatened him?”
Jiang Yun said, “I won’t tell you.”
“……”
Sui Heng raised his eyebrows, “I still know even if you don’t say it.”
Jiang Yun looked at him curiously, waiting for his answer.
Sui Heng said, “There must be some secret code between you that Gu doesn’t know.”
Jiang Yun thought he could come up with some kind of truth, but when he heard this, the corner of his lips lit slightly and he said, “You’re right. We have a lot of secret codes, and the little boy just told me a lot of things. Do you want to listen?”
Sui Heng inexplicably felt a little guilty and said seriously, “Don’t listen to him talk nonsense. A little toddler who doesn’t even have all his teeth and can’t even speak, what can he understand? Gu praises you in front of him everyday, praising you to the sky. Did he tell you?”
“Is there?”
“Of course.”
Jiang Yun was too lazy to expose him, so he took out a piece of paper from his sleeve and handed it to Sui Heng, saying, “This is all the food and toys that the little boy likes in his daily life. You can buy more for him, and when you see him later, apologize to him properly. He will naturally forgive your childish behavior.”
This coincided with what Xu Qiao said, and Sui Heng immediately accepted it.
While the two of them were talking, Jimo Qingyu also arrived.
The peace negotiation have officially begun, and the specific terms have already been negotiated by both parties once before. Any disputes have also been properly modified, so the entire negotiation process has been very smooth.
One is well aware that the north-south exchange is only the beginning, and in the future, the great unification of the south and north will be the trend. As long as it benefits the people of both sides, both sides can make some small concessions at their discretion without being as petty as the two hostile countries that are fighting over every single cent.
**
The day after the peace negotiation ended, Emperor Sui asked the Left Prime Minister, Jimo Qingyu, to personally bring the dowry to propose marriage at Muyun Pass.
The other party’s Left Prime Minister himself acted as a matchmaker, bringing a dowry of three hundred large carts, stretching from Muyun Pass to the beacon tower. It’s so grand that Fan Zhou was a little relieved. Things like proposing marriage are usually received by the elders, but Jiang Yun personally received Jimo Qingyu and agreed to the marriage.
Jimo Qingyu was an understanding person who did not delve into the reasons behind it. Instead, he solemnly said in front of the generals and advisors of the Jiang Empire, “I know what everyone is worried about, but please rest assured that we, men from the Great Sui, hold great love and promise. Once you are married, we will never let Rongyu down.”
What kind of person is the Left Prime Minister Jimo Qingyu? It’s not too much to say that the weight of these words is as heavy as a thousand pounds. What Fan Zhou has always been worried about is that his Highness has a gentle temperament and is not as strong as the Crown Prince of Sui in terms of physical and military strength, and he will be bullied by the Crown Prince of Sui. After hearing these words, the huge stone stuck in his chest slowly fell.
Fan Zhou was moved in his heart and said, “With the Left Prime Minister’s promise, I can rest assured now.”
After discussing marriage, Jimo Qingyu politely mentioned the matter of apprenticeship to Jiang Yun.
“Although you are the Crown Prince of Jiang, there is no emphasis on these matters between the master and disciple. As long as you are willing to worship this old man as a master, this old man will not accept other disciples in this life.”
Fan Zhou and others were extremely surprised.
Jimo Qingyu is a prominent figure in the world. He was famous for his aloofness and purity, and he was a famous pure minister in the Sui Empire. There are countless scholars who want to worship him as a master in the world, but only a few have caught his eye so far.
With his qualifications, it was more than enough to be an imperial tutor.
But this Left Prime Minister actually took the initiative to ask His Highness to be his disciple, not to mention that it was a personal disciple too.
At the critical moment of the north-south exchange, if other important officials of the Sui Empire wanted to accept His Highness as their disciple, they might be criticized for having impure thoughts, but if it was Jimo Qingyu, no one would say anything.
Because this Left Minister is really too pure and is notoriously at odds with the Crown Prince of Sui.
If His Highness truly worships the Left Prime Minister as his master, then this Left Prime Minister Mansion will be considered half of His Highness’s family. In the future, they will no longer need to worry about His Highness being bullied by the Crown Prince of Sui.
Jiang Yun only thought for a moment and immediately understood that this matter was likely fueled by Sui Heng in the middle.
That is to say, Jimo Qingyu loved and appreciated his talent. But as the Left Prime Minister, he would never rashly mention the matter of apprenticeship.
He knew that it was Sui Heng who wanted to reassure him and his advisors and generals, which was why he wanted to find a family in the Sui capital for him.
Also, for the wedding, his parents’ position will not be empty.
Even without parents, a divisional master can sit there.
Jimo Qingyu knew that he had a clear idea and said, “Rongyu, you don’t have to think much. No one can force this old man to do what I don’t want to do.”
“In this matter, in the final analysis, it is still this old man who has the advantage.”
“Besides, none of all the disciples under this old man enter the civil service, you do not have to worry about whether the master and disciple’s personal feelings will affect your official business.”
Jiang Yun naturally understood and performed the worship master’s ceremony, bowing towards Jimo Qingyu and saying, “It is Rongyu’s fortune to have the Left Minister as a Master.”
Jimo Qingyu has fulfilled the wish for which he yearned, so his eyes moved slightly. He helped the person up and said, “Get up, good child, don’t bother.”
The next day, Sui Heng took his fierce soldiers, went to the south of the Chen Kingdom to shoot a pair of geese, and gave them to Jiang Yun as betrothal gifts.
It’s not easy for the Chen Kingdom’s Guozhu to seize the opportunity to perform. He cleared the field and the mountain. If he was not physically weak in his old age, he would have gone to catch geese for Sui Heng himself.
Jiang Yun stood on the city gate building, his golden robe shining and the tails of his eyes smiling, and had people receive Sui Heng’s goose gift.
Thus, the marriage of the Crown Princes of the two countries was officially settled.
After Sui Heng returned to the Sui capital, he immediately looked for the Imperial Astronomical Bureau to predict an auspicious day. The Imperial Astronomical Bureau calculated two dates, one in March and the other in August.
Both are highly auspicious days.
March time is a little tight, but Sui Heng thinks March is even too late. How could he wait until August? He immediately made decisions for March. Emperor Sui naturally gave full support, he asked Han Xiao to temporarily put down his affairs and made every effort to help the Crown Prince prepare for the wedding.
The Imperial Astronomical Bureau encountered the first difficulty, which was the eight characters of the Crown Prince of the two countries.
According to the eight characters sent by their Highness, these two eight characters are not too matched. If it were anything else, they would naturally turn a blind eye and muddle through.
But the Crown Prince getting married is a big deal. If there is disaster because the eight characters don’t match, they will have to bear great responsibilities in the future.
Emperor Sui laid a heavy responsibility on them, and Han Xiao was so busy these days that he just set foot into the Imperial Astronomical Bureau, and he was already surrounded by the long-awaited imperial censors.
“Han daren, come and take a look.”
The imperial censor held the newly sent eight characters from His Highness the Crown Prince and showed them to Han Xiao, saying, “The eight characters of the Crown Prince of Jiang are exactly the same as those of his deceased noble concubine in the past.”
“At that time, the eight characters of that noble concubine didn’t match His Highness’s eight characters. Now, what to do?”
Han Xiao looked and asked, “Are you sure?”
The imperial censor was determined: “His Highness personally sent it!”
