Rebirth: Marry a General instead of a Prince Chapter 252 Tribute 2

The hall was still silent.

After a long while, Emperor Renxiao turned his gaze to Xie Yunsong in the distance, "Ninth Prince, Rong An has already arranged a marriage with General Yunhui, and the wedding will be completed after the new year. I'm afraid she can't marry into the Nanman clan. If His Majesty Nanman has other candidates, please let me know, and I will fulfill your wishes."

But Heba Fei smiled and said, "Your Majesty, my brother is not familiar with the other ladies of Dali, so how can he take them as his concubines? My brother met Princess Rong'an once in the palace and fell in love with her at first sight. How about this, we add one more city, and exchange three cities for one Princess Rong'an, what do you think, Your Majesty?"

"Not appropriate!" A cold voice sounded from the men's seat.

Everyone looked and saw Xie Yunsong stand up from his seat, take a few steps with his long legs, walk to the center of the hall, and bow to the emperor and others.

He stared at Heba Fei coldly and said, "This time, the Nanman were defeated by General Weiyuan, but now they are asking to marry General Weiyuan's daughter. I wonder what your intention is? Dali and the Nanman have signed a ceasefire, but now you are making a big fuss and choosing my noble daughter in the palace of Dali. Do you really think that Dali is a place that can be bullied by anyone?"

Heba Fei didn't expect that the rumored General Yunhui would speak so harshly, and for a moment he didn't know how to respond.

Seeing this opportunity, Bai Tingxuan also stepped forward, clasped his fists and saluted, saying: "Your Majesty, I have fought with the Nanman for decades. Now that we have finally reached a truce, the Nanman actually came to ask for my daughter's hand in marriage. His wolfish ambition is obvious to everyone. He dared to ask for my daughter's hand in marriage with just three cities. If Your Majesty trusts me, I can fight again, and the three cities will surely be captured."

Everyone looked at each other in surprise, they had no idea that General Weiyuan loved his daughter so much.

Xie Yunsong met the eyes of Emperor Renxiao and said in a neither humble nor arrogant manner: "Your Majesty, if the stability of the southern border depends on the marriage of women, what is the use of us military generals? Isn't it a disgrace to our Dali?"

Bai Zhiyuan also stood up at this moment, walked slowly over, bowed down, and said, "Your Majesty, when I was in the northern border with General Yunhui, I heard that the southern border was in danger. I was worried about my father, so I also reported it to Your Majesty and got Your Majesty's order to rush to the southern border. When I arrived in the southern border, I found that my brother was poisoned and unconscious, and only Princess He Xiaowan in the Nanman Palace could detoxify. As a last resort, I sneaked into the Nanman Palace to get the antidote, but I never showed my true face to anyone from beginning to end, and no one knew my true identity. But I don't know, how did the Ninth Prince, the Emperor of Nanman, fall in love with me at first sight?"

When Heba Fei saw her coming out, he didn't take his eyes off her and smiled slightly, saying, "That day, He Xiaowan, the most favored princess of my Nanman, died at the hands of the county lord. As everyone knows, my royal brother and royal sister have always had the best relationship. He saw it with his own eyes."

Bai Zhiyuan curled his lips and smiled, saying mockingly: "Did you see it with your own eyes? When I sneaked into the Nanman Palace that day, I disguised myself as a Nanman palace maid and did not show my true face to anyone. Moreover, when the princess died that day, there were indeed only me, the princess and your country's emperor present. He said that I killed the princess, but I said that he killed his own sister with his own hands!"

"You're talking nonsense!" Heba Fei interrupted her angrily, "He Xiaowan is the emperor's biological sister, how could he kill her?"

Bai Zhiyuan increasingly suspected that the Heba Fei in front of her was Heba Yun, but she remained calm and said, "This is a secret of your Nanman Palace. How can I know it? Even if we take a step back, since your emperor has never seen my true face and insisted that I killed the princess, why did he take me as his concubine? Do you want to marry me and humiliate me, Dali?"

Bai Zhiyuan spoke the last sentence in a stern voice.

Heba Fei was stunned for a moment and didn't know how to refute.

As expected, she was a woman with sweet words and a charming manner. Heba Fei suddenly remembered her in the Nanman Palace. Although her appearance was completely different, the aura around her was indeed her.

Bai Zhiyuan looked at Heba Fei again and said tentatively: "The Ninth Prince does look a lot like the emperor of your country. When I was in the Nanman Palace, I never saw the Ninth Prince, and I had never even heard of the Ninth Prince's name."

Heba Fei's heart was filled with alarm. Could it be that she had discovered his identity? He thought for a moment and said, "I am away from home all year round and rarely appear in the palace. It is normal that the county lady has never seen me. Moreover, the county lady has not been in Nanman for a long time, so it is normal that she does not recognize me."

Bai Zhiyuan chuckled and said, "That's true. But when the Ninth Prince came in just now, I thought it was the Emperor of the Southern Barbarians who came to pay tribute to Dali in person!"

Heba Fei was speechless and could only laugh dryly.

Emperor Renxiao watched them go back and forth, and he was quite displeased with the Ninth Prince, especially when Bai Zhiyuan said that the Southern Barbarian Emperor married her to humiliate Dali. As an emperor, how could he allow such a thing to happen under his nose?

He immediately said in a deep voice, "Rong'an, your marriage with Yunsong will be scheduled after the New Year. During this time, you should stay at home and wait for your marriage. As for the Emperor of the Southern Barbarians' wish to marry my daughter, the noble lady of Dali, I don't think there is anyone who is particularly suitable. I can only trouble the Ninth Prince to make a wasted trip."

The implication is that Dali women will not be married to the Nanman. But it is also true that Dali has a strong army and two generals, General Yunhui and General Weiyuan, are in charge. Who dares to invade?

Having said this, it was futile for Heba Fei to say more, so he had to shut up reluctantly.

Emperor Renxiao said some irrelevant words and asked about the customs of the Southern Barbarians. He himself was ill and he had forced himself to be alert to deal with the Southern Barbarian envoys tonight, but now he was actually very sleepy.

Seeing that Emperor Renxiao was in low spirits, Concubine Xian whispered softly in his ear, "Your Majesty is tired. Why don't you let me help you go back and rest?"

Emperor Renxiao nodded and said, "It's getting late today, and it's the Lantern Festival. Let's end today's palace banquet. All the ministers may go away! As for the Ninth Prince and the people you brought with you, I have accepted the things you brought. When you leave Dali, I will prepare gifts for you to take back to Nanman to show the peaceful and friendly relations between the two countries."

Heba Fei's face was a little gloomy at this time, but now he was in Dali's territory, so he couldn't say much. Emperor Renxiao's words clearly meant to drive them away, but he had no choice. He glanced at Bai Zhiyuan again, but saw that Bai Zhiyuan was drinking tea by himself and didn't even look at him. He had no choice but to respond to Emperor Renxiao a few times.

After the palace banquet was over, Bai Zhiyuan walked out accompanied by Princess Duanhui and Qi Shuyue.

As soon as he walked out of the hall, he was blocked by Heba Fei.

"Princess Rong'an, may I have a word with you?"

Bai Zhiyuan said coldly: "Ninth Prince, what can we talk about? Now that the Ninth Prince's tribute is over, you should set off to return to Nanman as soon as possible!"

After saying this, she didn't even look at Heba Fei again and strode out of the palace.

Xie Yunsong, who had just come out of the palace, happened to run into him. Xie Yunsong looked at him coldly. Heba Fei's heart couldn't help but feel a little numb. Even though he was in Nanman, he had heard a lot about the deeds of General Yunhui. What's more, the last time Bai Zhiyuan sneaked into the Nanman palace, there must be someone who helped him. He always suspected that the person who helped was General Yunhui in front of him.

Xie Yunsong just glanced at him coldly for a few times, and when he passed by him, he paused and said, "Go back and tell your brother Wang that if you dare to have ideas about Bai Zhiyuan again, don't blame me, Dali, for being rude to you!"

Heba Yun was stunned. He never expected that Bai Zhiyuan was so important in Xie Yunsong's heart that he actually threatened him so righteously.

Before he could react, Xie Yunsong had already walked a long way away.

Heba Yun clenched his fists, but had to suppress the anger in his eyes. After a pause, he took his men and left the palace.