Chapter 188 Outer Room or Inner Room?

Yan Donghuang lived in Beiqi for more than half a month.

Her mother took her to several horse breeding bases to see war horses, briefly introduced her the horse breeding technology, as well as the weapon smelting furnace, and promised to build several granaries in various parts of Yong Dynasty after she returned to Yong Dynasty.

Yong Dynasty was responsible for sending troops, and other support was provided by Beiqi.

If Yan Donghuang still had some doubts in her heart before coming to Beiqi, then after staying in Beiqi for a few days and understanding her mother's plans, her doubts were all eliminated.

The two princes of Beiqi were indeed unable to become heirs to the throne, so the empress urgently needed to make long-term plans for Beiqi.

As a country split from Qi, the previous emperor was charged with treason, so once the orthodox Southern Qi launched a war against Beiqi and finally won - no matter when this unification came, the fate of the royal family and dignitaries of Beiqi could be imagined, and there would be no survivors.

As the emperor of Yong Dynasty who had no grudges against Northern Qi, Yan Donghuang was the daughter of the empress. Although they separated early, they did not have a deep mother-daughter relationship.

But the two had the same ideas about the country and the country, and they were not entangled in love and hate.

She believed that Yan Donghuang would treat Dong Bo and Qian Er well.

Therefore, the empress fully supported Yong Dynasty to seize the world, which was the greatest preservation of Northern Qi.

On the tenth day of March, the letter sent by Yan Donghuang to the border was successfully delivered to Feng Yaoguang.

After reading and burning the letter, Feng Yaoguang immediately summoned all his generals and made a plan to reorganize the army. Two days later, he officially launched an army against Southern Qi on the grounds that "Southern Qi had ulterior motives, increased troops without authorization, provoked, and deceived me."

Southern Qi was instantly caught in a situation of internal and external troubles.

The war lasted for half a month. The Yaoguang army was amazing in combat effectiveness. It actually directly captured the border city of Southern Qi. Southern Qi suffered heavy losses and had to retreat sixty miles.

When the war between the two countries was raging, the Emperor of Yong arrived at the Northern Qi imperial city at a leisurely pace. When he was thinking about how to enter the palace, the empress directly sent out guards to greet him.

After the Emperor entered the palace, he saw Yan Donghuang standing with the empress on the steps of the palace. His face changed and he almost thought he was dazzled: "Why are you here?"

Yan Donghuang looked calm: "I came to discuss the alliance between the two countries with the Queen of Northern Qi."

Alliance?

The Emperor's face darkened, displeased with her willfulness, but when he turned his head to look at the empress standing on the steps of the palace to welcome the distinguished guests... and her husband Yuan Xiumo beside her, his expression, which was originally just slightly angry, was instantly covered with a layer of frost.

At that moment, there seemed to be a silent lightning and thunder, crackling.

The Emperor pursed his lips, his expression stiff and cold: "Long time no see."

The Queen nodded calmly: "Long time no see."

Judging from the reaction, expression, and tone, it was normal.

Yan Donghuang wanted to smooth things over, so he took on the responsibility of turning the tables and said, "Let's sit down inside and talk."

The emperor turned his head and looked at her: "How many days have you been here?"

"Half a month."

"Has anyone bullied you?"

"No."

"What nonsense." The emperor frowned, "You are the king of a country. If you are trapped in the palace by someone's scheme, and someone wants to use you to control the Yong Dynasty, you will regret it too late."

Yan Donghuang was silent for a moment, and nodded slowly: "Father is right."

"Is the emperor implying something?" Her Majesty the Queen raised her eyebrows slightly, "Donghuang is my daughter. No matter how much I plot, I will not use my means on her. You worry too much."

The emperor sneered: "Daughter? A woman who abandoned her husband and daughter, do you have a daughter in your heart?"

As soon as these words came out, the air stagnated.

The scene suddenly became tense.

Yan Donghuang thought about who to persuade first.

Yuan Xiumo next to him smiled calmly: "The distinguished guest has come from afar, we should treat him well, please take a seat, Your Majesty."

"I am a distinguished guest?" The emperor stared at Jimo Xi with his eyes and sneered repeatedly, "Will you have a child with the distinguished guest?"

"Your Majesty, there is no need to be so angry." Yuan Xiumo's attitude was gentle and he didn't take it as an offense at all, "Your Majesty is not the Majesty of just one person. It was not that Your Majesty was cruel to abandon your daughter back then, but that he was burdened and could not take care of family affection. I hope Your Majesty can be calm and rational and consider the overall situation."

"It's not your turn to interrupt what's going on between me and her." The emperor's face was as gloomy as water. Seeing Yuan Xiumo's calm and handsome appearance, he was very annoyed, "According to the rule of coming first and coming later, you are at best a second wife."

Yan Donghuang's mouth twitched, his expression was subtle.

"What the emperor said is not appropriate." Yuan Xiumo smiled nonchalantly, not knowing whether his fighting spirit was aroused. "Historically, only the original wife died would the emperor marry a second wife. Isn't the emperor still alive? And the emperor is not the original wife. I heard that your majesty only had a fleeting relationship with you for a few months, and you didn't even have a formal status. So the emperor is at best your majesty's 'concubine', and I am the original wife."

After the voice fell, the temperature in the air dropped sharply.

The face of the retired emperor turned as black as coal in an instant: "How dare you!"

Yuan Xiumo said: "This is Northern Qi, not Yong Dynasty, the prestige of the retired emperor does not work here."

The retired emperor sneered: "Do you believe that I can mobilize troops and crush Northern Qi?"

"I don't believe it." Yuan Xiumo shook his head slowly and spoke slowly, "First, you are not the emperor now, and you may not have the right to mobilize the troops of Yong Dynasty; second, you are in Northern Qi now, if you really turn against it, you can't protect yourself, and you won't even have the opportunity to go back to mobilize troops; third, Your Majesty and I have a plan to unify the world with Donghuang, so your threats will not work for us."

The emperor frowned. Even though he tried his best to make an unfathomable expression, he still felt that Yuan Xiumo's words were nonsense.

Let Donghuang unify the world?

He meant that they were going to hand over their country to others?

No one with a normal mind could do such a thing.

Yan Donghuang said: "What he said is true, because the two princes of Northern Qi are not qualified heirs, and your majesty is also thinking about the long-term interests of Northern Qi."

The emperor was silent for a moment, and suddenly turned to look at the empress: "Jimo Xi, do you think I am a concubine?"

Empress: "..."

Yan Donghuang: "..."

She felt that this kind of occasion was not something she could handle, and she even felt that sitting here was a torture.

The father who conquered the world on horseback has always been a majestic and domineering image. When his face turned cold, it could make people tremble.

When have you ever been so childish?

Is it true that men always look like this when they are jealous?

Yuan Xiumo, who looked calm and gentle, was not only not inferior to the emperor, but also could criticize him directly and hit the nail on the head. He was obviously a master of white and black.

"Your Majesty." A palace maid came in, bowed her head, and knelt down to salute, "The prince said that he had something to discuss with Miss Yan, and asked me to come and ask Miss Yan to come over."

Yan Donghuang hesitated slightly.

She felt that she should not abandon her father at this time, after all, he looked a little weak...

"Go." The emperor said lightly, "Your staying here will not help at all."

Yan Donghuang pursed her lips, stood up and left.

Jimo Xi tried to explain: "What happened back then was a last resort-"

The emperor interrupted her: "I just ask you, am I a concubine?"

Her Majesty was speechless.

If it's not a concubine, then is it an inner chamber?

Their relationship is indeed a mess.

Because if her experience were to happen to an ordinary woman, it would be an unmediated adultery, and she would be thrown into the pond... Well, having an affair with the king of a country, even if she was a woman of ordinary family, probably no one would dare to throw her into the pond.

But because she was the daughter of the Emperor of Northern Qi, and the other party was the Emperor of Yong.

There was no way to investigate this matter.

Apart from a few months of flirting, what else could it be?

You can't say they are husband and wife.

Jimo Xi noticed that her hand was being held tightly, and turned to look at Yuan Xiumo, meeting his gentle and tolerant eyes...

Well, a bit of dissatisfaction and tolerance was faintly revealed.

"Our meeting was actually a coincidence, not destiny." She looked at the emperor and explained seriously, "My identity is destined to prevent me from staying in Yong, and I didn't intend to get close to you, so there is no need to pursue the past."