Slaughtering and eating a sheep is just a meal.
The two of them raised sheep together, but they were together for a long time and had very few opportunities to meet.
That's a more favorable deal; anyone can do the math.
After obtaining Yu Xiangxiang's consent, Chu Yun led his men to build a sheep pen behind her tent.
He Yao, who came to find Yu Xiangxiang to cheer her up, saw this scene and couldn't help but remind her, "Don't pay any attention to him, okay? The whole camp has heard about how he used tricks that day just to win the competition and become the prince consort. Now that Fuya doesn't like him, he's trying to curry favor with you. Don't fall for it."
Yu Xiangxiang glanced at Chu Yun, who was rolling up his sleeves and building a sheep pen, and hesitated before saying, "Words are not enough. Perhaps Princess Fuya just doesn't want to marry him, so she's making up an excuse. Besides, we're related by marriage. If he's nice to me, it doesn't necessarily mean he has bad intentions."
"It's one thing if you can't see something so obvious, but when someone tells you, you still don't believe it."
He Yao thought Yu Xiangxiang was too stupid and didn't want to talk to her anymore. He walked away angrily and decided to go find Fuya.
Meanwhile, in Fuya's tent, she and Gesang and his sister were sitting around a low table.
"You've always been willful and reckless since you were little. We made plans with Mother before we came here, but now you've caused such a fuss, and we haven't even taken the first step. What are we going to do next?" Gesang wasn't really discussing the plans with her sister; she was just complaining about her.
Fuya, who never tolerated being bullied, retorted with a stiff neck, "It's so annoying! Who says that if you can't take the first step, you can't take the second? All I want is to find a girl of noble status and marry her off to the grasslands. Then, like my mother, she can give birth to children with Qi Kingdom blood, ensuring that the heirs of the Northern Frontier are related to Qi Kingdom for generations to come, thus avoiding the suffering of war again."
"So you did know that," Gesang said sarcastically. "I thought you'd lost your mind after seeing a pretty boy."
"Hmph, what's it to you? Tell me, which girl have you taken a fancy to these past few days?" Fuya retorted. "If you keep dragging your feet, I'm afraid I won't have enough time to figure out a way to make someone willingly marry into this family and suffer."
The brother and sister were bickering back and forth, completely unaware that He Yao's thoughtful face was revealed beneath a corner of the curtain.
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Unable to get the person she wanted, Fuya was naturally in a bad mood. She lay lazily on the wool blanket, stretching out her limbs. When she saw He Yao, she only gave him a perfunctory greeting and showed no awareness of getting up to greet him.
He Yao didn't take it seriously, knelt down beside her, and said softly, "I just overheard your conversation with Gesang..."
Before she could finish speaking, Fuya suddenly sat up, wary, and asked, "What did you hear? What do you want to do?"
He Yao said, "Don't rush. Your intention is to maintain the peaceful and stable status quo between the Northern Frontier and the Qi Kingdom. This will not do any harm to the Qi Kingdom, and I have no reason to go against you."
The Grand Princess was born and raised in the capital, and she bore the responsibility of helping the Qi Kingdom defeat the northern frontier and recover lost territory.
Fuya and Gesang are different. They are natives of the Northern Frontier, and their bloodline, half of which comes from the Qi Kingdom, is not enough to support them to think of the Qi Kingdom first in everything they do, just like their mother.
The reason for maintaining peace between the two countries is that, knowing that the Northern Frontier's current military strength is not what it used to be, and that there is almost no chance of victory against the Qi Kingdom, they simply recognized the reality and decided that rather than starting another war, it would be better to peacefully accept the aid that the Qi Kingdom provides every autumn and winter.
Although Fuya was willful, she wasn't stupid. She knew there was no need to explain things to He Yao, so she simply asked her, "So, not only will you not tell on us, you'll also help us?"
“Of course.” He Yao nodded.
"How can we help?" Fuya was skeptical. "The northern frontier is bitterly cold, and the girls from the capital are all so delicate. How could they possibly be willing to marry here?"
“That’s not how it works,” He Yao said in an official tone. “My aunt was the eldest daughter of the late emperor. How noble she was! Which girl in the capital could compare to her in status? Even she could marry into the Northern Frontier, so why couldn’t they?”
Fuya said, "Times have changed. Back then, the Northern Frontier was strong, and my maternal grandfather had to reluctantly allow my mother to marry into another state in order to seek peace. Now the situation is reversed, so how can they be compared?"
"I didn't expect you to see things so clearly." He Yao laughed, "However, for a girl to be willing to marry into a family, besides her own willingness to agree, there is also the situation where she is forced to marry out of necessity."
"But my brother hasn't even chosen the right person yet. Isn't it too early to talk about how to force someone?"
“Gesang didn’t make a good choice, but I’d like to recommend someone to you,” He Yao said.
Who is it?
"It's Jun Wushuang."
“Her?” Fuya shook her head. “Don’t joke around. With someone as outstanding as Chu Yao, and who is devoted to her fiancé, how could she possibly be willing to marry my brother?”
"Didn't we say that she was forced to marry due to circumstances?" He Yao, annoyed that Fuya's explanation was too vague, grew impatient and, unwilling to beat around the bush any longer, said directly, "If her marriage to Chu Yao falls through, wouldn't you have another chance to become Chu Yao's queen? At that time, you and Gesang would both be happy and get what you deserve. Wouldn't that be better?"
Fuya was overjoyed and said repeatedly, "You're absolutely right. So what should we do? Tell me quickly!"
He Yao leaned close and whispered the story to her.
Fuya became more and more delighted as she listened: "This plan is brilliant. You just go and make the arrangements. After it's done, I'll have my mother give you a generous reward."
Wu Hui yawned as he crawled out of the tent, stood in the sun, and stretched lazily when no one was around.
Wushuang and Wang Hongbo went hunting together. Even the usually timid Wuyou was willing to risk trying to ride a horse because Pang Yuan was with her. However, she was still shaken by the horse she had been frightened by last time and didn't want to touch a horse again for the time being, so she stayed in the tent and took a nap.
"There's so much time in the morning, what should we do?"
The three sisters kept each other company along the way. Having grown accustomed to the lively atmosphere, Wu Hui suddenly felt a bit bored being alone and muttered to herself.
"Fourth Miss, have some watermelon." Yuanxiao brought out a fruit platter.
Wu Hui used a wooden fork to cut a piece. The weather on the grassland was rather dry, and the watermelon was both sandy and sweet. She ate it while praising, "It tastes better than the watermelons in the capital. Did you leave some for Wu Shuang and the others?" After thinking for a moment, she added, "Remember to remind me to tell Father to take more with us when we leave."
Before Yuanxiao could even respond, He Yao emerged from behind the tent and said, "Hey, why are you all alone here? Where are all your dear sisters and cousins? You even remembered to save some fruit for them, but they went out to play without you. I feel so sorry for you."
On the surface, she seemed to be standing up for Wu Hui, but in reality, she was secretly sowing discord.
Fortunately, Wu Hui knew in her heart that it was she who didn't want to go, not that everyone didn't want to take her. Her attempts to sow discord were misguided and had no effect whatsoever.
"It's nothing serious," Wu Hui said. She was wary of He Yao now and wasn't as willing to confide in her as before. So she didn't explain the reason for the matter, but instead said lightly, "What brings you here? Want some watermelon?"
"It's scorching hot outside, let's go inside the tent and sit down."