latelenovela Chapter 513 The Purpose of the Marriage
Chapter 513 The Purpose of the Marriage
Chapter 513 The Purpose of the Marriage
Su Nuan noticed that although Mu Yunting was sitting at the table, he hadn't eaten a single bite, so she put a piece of bamboo shoots into his bowl and asked, "What are you going to do with Princess Wangyue?"
Mu Yunting looked at the bowl of dried bamboo shoots, hesitated for a moment, and then picked up some and put them into his mouth.
After finishing his meal, he replied, "Send her back to Fanli after the New Year."
"No more marriage?"
"Discord."
"What about the relationship between the two countries...?"
Su Nuan suddenly remembered what her elder brother had told her, that Princess Fanli came to Nanzhao Kingdom to marry a foreign princess because there were constant rebellions in Fanli Kingdom, and King Fanli wanted to use the power of Nanzhao Kingdom to help him quell the rebellion.
In other words, the marriage between the two countries would bring trouble to Nanzhao, but even I could understand this clearly, so why did the emperor still try so hard to match his son with Princess Fanli?
Su Nuan has always been good at asking questions when she has no idea, so Mu Yunting answered her questions for her.
This has to start with the relationship between the two countries. More than a hundred years ago, Fanli was still a territory of Nanzhao. Later, a remarkable prince emerged in Nanzhao. He had made great military achievements and had a very high prestige. He was feared by the monarch at that time and was exiled to Fanli, where he was granted the title of king.
The prince had no intention of rebelling, and lived a comfortable life in the vassal state with his wife and daughter. However, one of his generals had the ambition to become king, and he schemed carefully and worked hard, and eventually he managed to control the prince by some unknown means.
Later, Nanzhao fought a war with its neighboring country and suffered from natural disasters for years. When the country was at its weakest, Fanli rebelled and proclaimed himself king under the banner of that prince. Nanzhao at that time did not have the spare capacity to recover Fanli, and the king of Fanli at that time was the prestigious prince. The prince also kept a low profile. Although he was a king on his own, he was willing to be a vassal of Nanzhao.
Just like that, Fan Li was torn out from Nanzhao's territory.
At first, the prince was the King of Fanli, and the people of Nanzhao were quite happy with it. But a few years later, the prince died of illness, leaving behind only a daughter, who was revered as the Saint of Fanli. In the end, the throne fell into the hands of that general.
From then on, Fanli became a concern for every ruler of Nanzhao, and they were obsessed with taking Fanli back.
This time Fanli took the initiative to ask for a marriage alliance, and the emperor also had this in mind. After the marriage alliance, he took over Fanli on the pretext of helping him to quell the rebellion.
After Su Nuan heard these words, a thought flashed through her mind. She felt that it was a very important matter, but it was too late to grasp that thought.
After a meal and listening to such a wonderful story, Su Nuan was extremely satisfied.
She noticed that Mu Yunting only took a bite of the dried bamboo shoots she picked for him, then put down his chopsticks and didn't eat anything else. It was obvious that he had no appetite.
"How many meals did you eat today?"
Su Nuan asked Mu Yunting.
I didn't expect her to ask such a question. Mu Yunting was a little surprised, but he still answered truthfully: "Including this meal, it's two meals."
Su Nuan heard from Chunliu that Mu Yunting had breakfast at Duiyueju in the morning before leaving.
In other words, Mu Yunting didn't have lunch and only ate one bite of food for dinner.
She couldn't stand being hungry herself, so she couldn't bear to see Mu Yunting not eating, so she selected a few dishes that Mu Yunting liked and put some into his bowl.
Mu Yunting looked at the food in his bowl, seeming to want to say something but stopping himself.
Seeing that he was still not picking up his chopsticks, Su Nuan asked, "Are you still thinking about what Princess Wangyue did to you?"
Mu Yunting did not answer but asked: "Don't you feel disgusted when eating in front of my face?"
To be honest, it did have some effect on the face of rashes, but how could Su Nuan tell the truth? She smiled sweetly at Mu Yunting and replied: "You saw how much food I ate, do you look like I lost my appetite?"
Mu Yunting looked at the plate of fish bones, pork bones and chicken bones in front of Su Nuan. It did not look disgusting, so he smiled a little.
Then, under Su Nuan's gaze, Mu Yunting ate something hastily, and the meal was over.
Su Nuan moved closer to Mu Yunting and looked at his face carefully. She felt upset and distressed. Her curiosity also grew stronger, and her eyes unconsciously looked into Mu Yunting's collar.
Mu Yunting felt uncomfortable being looked at by her, so he stepped back silently, then said softly: "Let Chunliu and Meixiang accompany you back. I will pick you up to enter the palace tomorrow."
Su Nuan moved closer to Mu Yunting again and said in a tender voice, "I won't go back. I'll stay here with you tonight."
"But, I am like this..."
"It's not like you haven't seen it before, are you still shy?"
Mu Yunting was naturally not shy, but in the past even his father and mother would avoid him when they saw him like this, but now there are people who don't despise him.
My mood suddenly improved.
The two of them sat on the couch hand in hand, Su Nuan applied ointment to Mu Yunting while chatting.
"If you don't marry Princess Mochizuki, the Emperor's plan to retake Fanli won't be realized. Will he blame you?"
"Recovering the vassal states does not necessarily require marriage. Father knows this well."
"So he insisted on your marriage just to give you a woman?"
Su Nuan was so angry that she laughed. This old emperor was truly the dream father of all men in the world. He was obsessed with finding a woman for his son.
But when Su Nuan thought of the scene of the old emperor hugging the beauty and leaving last night, her heart sank again. Mu Yunting was going to be the emperor's man, and he was going to have three palaces and six courtyards in the future. It was normal for the emperor to stuff women into his arms now!
I am so worried. How should I face his women in the future? Should I teach them how to play mahjong?
Ugh!
Perhaps it was too heartbreaking, the sigh sounded a little loud.
Mu Yunting gently held Su Nuan's hand and asked her, "What's wrong?"
Su Nuan forced out a smile that was uglier than crying, and said, "Ask Imperial Doctor Yao to prepare some more ointment tomorrow and leave it with me. If you get a rash next time, come to me and apply the ointment."
One cannot have everything to oneself, so at least she should be the most virtuous one by his side and pave the way for the child in her belly. In case the child wants to compete for the throne in the future, she, as his mother, should also be his helper.
Thinking of this, she couldn't help but touch her belly with her hand.
It was originally a helpless excuse, but unexpectedly, the next moment Mu Yunting hugged her tightly in his arms and refused to let go for a long time.
Su Nuan felt even gloomier. What should she do? She was so moved by just one sentence. If she met someone who could coax people in the future, she would be coaxed away in just a few words.
Mu Yunting, who had no idea of her little thoughts, was swearing in his heart that he would never let a woman with "evil intentions" get close to him again.