The Peerless Demon of Martial Arts

Chapter 713
On that day, the lanterns and festoons were decorated, and it was eight years ago that the royal family of the grassland, Sarna, came to court last time.At that time, he married his daughter to Emperor Daxing, also for the sake of peace between the two countries.This kind of foreign king's entry to Beijing has become a practice in this dynasty, and everyone knows that it is for the emperor to choose a beautiful woman.

There are more than 200 members of the grassland royal family, and only a dozen people pass through the Meridian Gate to the front of the palace. The leader is the grassland king Sarna, and his youngest daughter is beside him.This daughter was originally his brother's daughter, but after his brother passed away, he adopted her to her.Some court officials said that this princess is just a decoration, a gift specially used by Sarna to please the emperor.

The appearance is not particularly outstanding, but the makeup effect is good, and the clothes of grassland women are also a rarity here.The shyness of covering her face with a handkerchief is probably comparable only to the women in the Mingyue Palace back then.

"Stop." The eunuch shouted: "The Sarna Dynasty sees my emperor!"

Sarna's hand touched his chest, and he lowered his head: "Prairie King Sarna, I wish His Majesty the Emperor a long life."

Li Tianxing went over to support him: "Your Majesty has come a long way, it's been hard work. I'll prepare thin wine, please come with me to the palace to have a drink together."

Only Sarna and his daughter entered the palace without any attendants, which was the rule of the imperial court.This kind of foreign country on the grassland has no status in front of the Celestial Dynasty, and at most it is only a province of the Celestial Dynasty.

Indoor singing and dancing to promote peace, cooking cattle and slaughtering sheep, full of joy and laughter.

Li Tianxing made a special toast to him: "Sarna, is this the first time we've met?"

"Yes." Sarna said: "His Majesty the emperor is the sun on the grassland, the god of Aksalo revered by the herdsmen. I came here this time to present the most precious treasure on our grassland...my daughter Princess Baori, Xie Keqi."

Li Tianxing smiled and said, "I appreciate your kindness. But I am not a womanizer, nor a troublemaker. As long as our two families live in peace, there is no need to give my daughter to me as my wife."

Sarna was a little confused when he heard this: "Your Majesty, marriage is a long-standing tradition between the two countries. It has continued since Emperor Gaozu and has continued to the present. Please don't be humble, Your Majesty, only the emperor is worthy of my grassland. The most precious treasure. Xie Keqi, meet the emperor soon."

The princess stood up, walked to the middle, and saluted Li Tianxing: "I pay my respects to the emperor."

Women are good women, but Li Tianxing has already given his heart to the two dead women, and he can't pretend to be another woman: "Xie Keqi, there are many men on the grassland, why do you have to find me? There are so many men here. Play for a few days, and then go back with your father."

Sarna felt scared: "Your Majesty, please be sure to accept the gift from the minister."

That's right, this kind of father who came here to see off his daughter just wanted to keep the two families safe and secure for decades.He regarded Li Tianxing as a greedy member of the royal family. If he kept this woman, it would be tantamount to ruining his life.However, for the sake of the other party's embarrassment, Li Tianxing let them rest here first, and then called Tian Haofeng to the inner room.

Tian Haofeng had a firm attitude: "Your Majesty, this woman must be accepted. This is a political marriage, not a child's play. If the Emperor does not accept it, Sarna will think that the relationship between the Celestial Dynasty and them has been shattered, and will find other tribes to marry. If The alliance of several tribes on the periphery of our dynasty will pose a great threat to our dynasty, please think twice, Your Majesty."

That being said, I can't let go.

Li Tianxing invited Princess Baori to the back garden alone, and clarified the matter with her: "Do you know what your father means by marrying you to me?"

"Yes, father wants Bao Ri to serve His Majesty well."

Li Tianxing snickered and said, "This is just one layer of meaning. There is another layer. He wants our two families to have no war."

Princess Baori replied: "Peace is a good thing, doesn't the Emperor think so?"

"No." Li Tianxing asked her to sit down: "You misunderstood. I never thought of going to war with the people on the grassland. I haven't been the emperor for many days. I also want peace. But I already have someone in my heart. You Marrying me is tantamount to ruining your whole life, even so, are you willing to marry me?"

The princess thought for a while, then asked: "Your Majesty is saying...Bao Ri is just a vase, so the Majesty will never touch me?"

"That's what it means."

"That Baori is also willing. This is my father's long-cherished wish, and it is also the long-cherished wish of the grassland people."

Speaking of this, it is impossible not to accept it.This is true of ancient aristocratic marriages. None of them were truly willing. They were just for peace, or a hidden war that overrides peace.

That night, the eunuch went to Sarna's palace, read out the imperial decree, and conferred the title of Princess Baori Xie Keqi as Concubine Qi, and also as Imperial Concubine, in charge of the affairs of the Six Palaces.Sarna is satisfied, this is equivalent to the queen's treatment, so he doesn't expect anything extravagantly.For two consecutive nights, Li Tianxing did not go to the harem to meet the princess, and Xie Keqi did not complain at all.

This is just an article on the surface. In fact, the princess has another purpose.

In Concubine Qi's palace, a man wearing eunuch's clothes stood in front of her: "Master, it is really incompetent of my subordinates to ask you to take risks yourself and commit yourself to Li Tianxing."

Concubine Qi said: "This is all Tian Haofeng's fault, and has nothing to do with you. You send a few people to execute the Prairie King Sarna and his party to prevent him from discovering anything."

The man said: "The subordinates are worried...will it arouse Li Tianxing's suspicion?"

"I just want to make him burn out." Concubine Qi said, "Do it beautifully, just keep a living."

As soon as Sarkie's convoy left the capital, it was blocked by soldiers and horses. There were about a dozen of them, all wearing the clothes of big insiders and yellow jackets, they looked like they were sent by the imperial court.

"Excuse me, did the emperor ask you to come to me?"

The man on the horse drew out the steel knife: "The emperor asked me to greet you, thank you for your gift."

As he said that, he killed King Sarna with one blow!

The people in the convoy shouted, using the language of the prairie, they couldn't understand what they were saying, they seemed to be calling for help, and they also seemed to be complaining.However, in just a few minutes, these people were almost dead.One of them, a close vassal of Sarna, only wounded his leg.

The killers speak to each other:

"Have they all been killed?"

"If you go back to the adults, you will kill them all."

"Okay, the emperor said that Sarna is a small foreign country, and he is not worthy of being with the Celestial Dynasty, but the princess is still good, beautiful and delicious, so I stayed."

The murder case happened in the suburbs.It was not discovered until noon on the third day, and then the government was notified, and later it was notified to the palace.This incident made many people anxious. Sarna died near the capital. If those tribes in the grassland knew about it, they would definitely think that the imperial court did it, and it was impossible to let it go.

Tian Haofeng hurried to the palace: "Your Majesty...something is wrong, the Prairie King Sarna was killed!"

(End of this chapter)