Chapter 533 A Heavy Responsibility Lies on Your Shoulders

Princess Ankang took the job of being the spokesperson for the nobles, and the four dukes also achieved their goal.

From the current point of view, Princess Ankang is very trusted by Emperor Yongyuan.

In terms of future risks, Princess Ankang is indeed a more suitable candidate than the third and eighth princes.

"This position that has been vacant for a long time has finally been filled."

"Ankang, you should communicate more with the dukes in the future, clarify the needs of the noble families, speak for them when they dare not, and do a good job of this spokesperson."

Emperor Yongyuan encouraged her, and then asked Princess Ankang to listen on the side.

After the four dukes congratulated Princess Ankang, they immediately discussed the previous business with Emperor Yongyuan.

It turned out that the desert side had already made a request for negotiation, and the words were also trying to make a big deal small and a small matter nothing.

It was believed that the fierce reaction of Emperor Yongyuan and Daxing must be caused by some misunderstanding, and begged for an opportunity for the two countries to talk.

Emperor Yongyuan was determined to suppress the matter.

Emperor Yongyuan had prepared for this conflict for so long, and had such a stalemate with the civil officials. He finally assembled the advance troops to go to the front line. Naturally, he could not take back the order just because of a few words from the desert.

Even if the two countries negotiate in the future, it will never be now.

Emperor Yongyuan made this point clear.

In response, the four dukes all nodded in agreement.

"We have delayed preparing for war for too long, and we no longer have the ability to catch the enemy by surprise."

"But even so, in a head-on confrontation, Daxing will never be at a disadvantage!"

Zhao Dinghai said with conviction.

Although he spoke politely, the momentum was not just as simple as not being at a disadvantage.

"If this battle is successful, it can buy a few years of rest for the frontline soldiers."

"We have been in constant conflict with the desert over the years. Even if we have been rotating, the soldiers have accumulated a lot of fatigue."

Su Dingan twirled his beard and pondered.

The conflict on the front line is not as simple as fighting to the death. What is more important is that we must be vigilant at all times.

Otherwise, a slight omission could very well lead to the destruction of a village or a town.

Such things happen frequently on the front line. Daxing and Damao have been retaliating against each other constantly, and it has long been a mess that cannot be settled.

"It depends on whether Duke Hu is fast enough!"

Guo Xiaolai's words made the hall silent for a while.

This is indeed the case.

Emperor Yongyuan can suppress Damao's intention to seek peace for a while, but not forever.

As time continues to stretch, the civil officials will certainly not sit idly by. If they fail to achieve any results at that time, the pressure on them, the war faction, will increase.

In the end, the possibility of this conflict developing into a war of annihilation is not great, and peace talks are still needed.

But before sitting at the negotiating table, how many chips they can grab depends on their own abilities.

"Duke Hu's military has always been aggressive and is the best candidate to lead the advance army."

"I believe he will not let us down!"

Emperor Yongyuan said firmly.

This time, Emperor Yongyuan insisted on pushing Qin Zongyong to the post of the commander of the advance army.

Daxing rarely has a chance to start a war, so the nobles are naturally jealous.

But what Emperor Yongyuan said makes sense. Duke Hu is not necessarily the best in fighting among the nine generals of the pillar country, but he is definitely the most aggressive in his tactics.

If you want to open up the situation for Daxing in a short time, there is no more suitable candidate among the dukes in the capital except Qin Zongyong.

But Qin Zongyong is the commander, so he naturally has to use his own soldiers.

Therefore, the main generals of the advance army are all direct descendants of the Qin family.

The other families can only pray that Qin Zongyong will be successful, otherwise they will not have the opportunity to appear later.

Of course, the most important children of each family are actually training on the front line.

As long as this conflict expands, the nobles will naturally get a lot of military exploits.

However, if Qin Zongyong is powerful, they can get several times more military exploits.

After discussing some specific matters to deal with civil officials, the four dukes immediately left.

Emperor Yongyuan kept Princess Ankang and explained to her what she needed to do as a spokesperson for the nobles.

"Ankang, I didn't expect them to find you."

"Originally, the position of spokesperson has been entangled between the third and the eighth."

"Your Cuju exchange match also meant to resolve this matter."

"I just don't know why they changed their minds and finally chose you."

Emperor Yongyuan took a deep look at Princess Ankang and found that she was also confused, so he retracted his gaze.

Princess Ankang thought about it, but she didn't expect anything special to happen in the past two days.

Except that the dukes were relatively friendly and kind to her, Princess Ankang didn't feel anything unusual at all.

Emperor Yongyuan thought for a while and said to Princess Ankang:

"They should also be afraid of being seen as a threat in the future."

Seeing that Princess Ankang didn't understand, Emperor Yongyuan decided to make these things clear.

As Princess Ankang got more and more involved, she had no way back.

Therefore, Princess Ankang also has the right to know about some things.

"It is well known that Prince Zheng is close to civil officials."

"It is not that my uncle does not know the importance of the nobles, but he has been determined to carry out the principle of peaceful power transition from within for many years."

Hearing this, Princess Ankang and Li Xuan's expressions became a little strange.

Emperor Yongyuan looked at their expressions and couldn't help but smile:

"This is not because my uncle is so kind, but because this way is the most likely way for him to usurp the throne."

Li Xuan noticed the confident smile of Emperor Yongyuan.

Emperor Yongyuan dared to say such a thing, he must have a strong trump card in his hand.

Li Xuan was strange before, how could a rebellion not win over military power.

Prince Zheng only cared about getting close to those civil officials and completely ignored the nobles who held military power. It can be said that it was extremely abnormal.

But listening to what Emperor Yongyuan said, it seemed that Prince Zheng had reasons to do so.

The trump card in the hands of Emperor Yongyuan made Prince Zheng dare not easily try to overthrow Emperor Yongyuan by force and complete the rebellion.

"Is there an old monster in the palace?"

"No! If there is really a combat power far beyond the norm, just send it out to take the head of Prince Zheng. Why would Emperor Yongyuan have to be so frustrated for so many years?"

"Is it some outrageous protective magic weapon?"

Li Xuan guessed, but always felt that his guess was unreliable.

But no matter what, Emperor Yongyuan was so confident that it seemed that he really cut off the way for Prince Zheng to rebel.

"So you gathered the power of civil officials to undermine Emperor Yongyuan?"

After all, when there is no war, the role of the nobles is really not great. It can be said that these civil officials have mastered most of the power to control the dynasty.

Don't you see that Emperor Yongyuan, as an emperor, can't move without the cooperation of civil officials?

But Emperor Yongyuan stopped smiling after a while.

"Even so, Prince Zheng is not an easy man to deal with."

"In recent years, he has been very close to success."

"If it weren't for your second sister, that is, Yan Zhao, the throne would probably have been his."

Emperor Yongyuan did not hide the fact that he was at a disadvantage in front of Princess Ankang.

"Unfortunately, God does not help Prince Zheng."

"As Yan Zhao grows up, Prince Zheng becomes more and more impatient and is far less wise than before."

"Of course, it may be that he is simply old."

Emperor Yongyuan always put on airs in front of Princess Ankang before, but today he seemed to have opened up his chatterbox and talked endlessly.

It can be seen that Emperor Yongyuan is in a good mood now.

Princess Ankang listened silently and seriously.

She has been staying in Jingyang Palace for many years and has very limited knowledge of the outside world.

Although she has learned a lot about things inside and outside the palace in the past year, the secrets that Emperor Yongyuan said are not something that can be heard from anywhere.

"The nobles don't want to see the victory of Prince Zheng, because the already powerful civil officials will only suppress them more."

"Therefore, they can only accept the situation where I or Yan Zhao wins."

Hearing this, Princess Ankang frowned and asked Emperor Yongyuan:

"Does the second sister really want to fight?"

"I don't think anyone has asked her opinion."

Princess Ankang's question made Emperor Yongyuan stunned, and then he couldn't help laughing.

"Yes, I think the people of the Wu family have never asked Yan Zhao."

"But whether Yan Zhao wants to or not, she must fight."

"Ankang, many things are beyond your control, especially when you are born in the royal family."

"I was not the prince back then, but my brothers died one after another, and it was my turn."

As Emperor Yongyuan said this, he couldn't help but think of the situation when he was led to sit on the dragon throne that year.

He still remembers the fear and uneasiness of that day.

That's right, the Yongyuan Emperor who ascended the throne was extremely scared, fearing that he would follow in the footsteps of his brothers.

What about the prince?

Even the crown prince could be abolished or killed at will.

Emperor Yongyuan saw with his own eyes that his poor crown prince brother was killed for the sake of auspiciousness.

How ridiculous it is that a crown prince died for the sake of auspiciousness.

And the reason why the crown prince sacrificed his life for the sake of auspiciousness was simply because the new queen who had no blood relationship with him and even sent his mother to the cold palace with her own hands caught a cold for half a month.

Of course, more importantly, the new queen caught a cold after giving birth to the prince.

At that moment, Emperor Yongyuan deeply understood that even if he was born into the royal family, as long as he was not strong enough, he was just an ant that could be trampled on by others.

Since then, the young Emperor Yongyuan has been low-key and not fighting.

As a result, who would have thought that the prince who had the least sense of existence at the beginning would ascend to the throne instead.

Others are fighting to the death, but they are actually making wedding clothes for Emperor Yongyuan.

The words of Emperor Yongyuan left Princess Ankang speechless.

After all, her current identity as the spokesperson for the nobles was also confusedly pinned on her.

"Ankang, you don't have to think too much now. In the future, you should interact more with the noble families."

"Some things are not easy for us to say directly. You should help them unify their thoughts first, and then pass them to me."

"Of course, there are times when it is not convenient for me to come forward in person, and I need you to pass the message in the middle."

"Spokespersons are very important. If you do it well, you will be in harmony with each other, and if you do it badly, you will be incompatible with each other."

The words of Emperor Yongyuan also made Princess Ankang realize the burden on her shoulders.

After all, she is on both sides of Emperor Yongyuan and the nobles, two forces that can influence the Daxing Dynasty.

After Emperor Yongyuan encouraged Princess Ankang, he let her go back.

Today's Emperor Yongyuan is more like a father who shows due concern for his daughter, unlike before where he always acted like an emperor.

On the way back to Jingyang Palace, Princess Ankang also seemed a little worried. She must be worried about the spokesperson of the honorable noble.

Even if she had been a royal money envoy before, she was only responsible for the royal treasury and Emperor Yongyuan.

Now that she is the spokesperson of noble families, she has many noble families on her shoulders, which really makes people feel a lot of pressure.

Back at Jingyang Palace, the three little ones hurriedly made up for their lunch.

However, during the meal, Princess Ankang was also a little absent-minded, and asked Li Xuan and Yu'er unconfidently:

"Axuan, sister Yu'er."

“Can I really be a good spokesperson?”

Yu'er naturally supported Princess Ankang unconditionally and immediately encouraged: "Your Highness, you can definitely do it!"

Yu'er was a little blind to Princess Ankang's confidence, which made Princess Ankang smile helplessly.

"Don't worry, meow!"

Li Xuan ate the fish on the table and patted Princess Ankang on the shoulder.

"You are so strong."

"After all, meow."

"The candidate is Meow."

Li Xuan was eating fish and struggled to speak, but he still managed to say the last sentence:

"Three-eight cats!"

Yu'er suddenly wondered: "Axuan, what is Sanba Miao?"

Princess Ankang smiled, touched Li Xuan and explained:

"Sister Yu'er, Ah Xuan is saying that I am better than Brother Sanhuang and Ba Ge, so there must be no problem."

When Yu'er heard this, she immediately understood: "Yes, His Highness has won so many times in competitions between His Highness the Third Prince and His Highness the Eighth Prince."

"Then this spokesperson must be able to do better than them."

Princess Ankang was relieved by Li Xuan, and the pressure in her heart suddenly eased a lot.

She was just thinking about how to be a good spokesperson and maintain the relationship between Emperor Yongyuan and Xungui. She forgot to think that the original candidates were only the third prince and the eighth prince.

Although Princess Ankang dare not say how outstanding she is, she should be no worse than these two royal brothers.

Since she had crushed these two people many times in the competition, Princess Ankang was very confident in front of these two people.

"Yes, A Xuan."

"I should at least be able to do better than the two royal brothers!"

Princess Ankang woke up from a dream and suddenly became confident again.

Li Xuan buried his head in eating the fish and was too lazy to say anything more.

Emperor Yongyuan and several princes are as smart as monkeys. The symbolic meaning of finding this spokesperson is greater than the effect. It is completely because Princess Ankang thinks too much.

Even if Princess Ankang is purely soy sauce, the situation will not be too bad, after all, both parties are understanding people.

Of course, if Princess Ankang can do well, it will also be a good opportunity.

Li Xuan has always adhered to the principle of "many friends, many paths", so he naturally hopes that Princess Ankang will have as many friends as possible. It is best if the world is filled with friends and no enemies.

Just when Li Xuan was seriously licking the remaining fish meat on the fish bones and thinking about how to make more noble friends, a voice suddenly came to his ears.

"Hey, have you just eaten?"

Li Xuan turned around and saw that Zhao Feng had come uninvited.

Zhao Feng used to be very well-behaved, but after getting to know the three little ones, the rules became weaker and weaker.

Zhao Feng bowed to Princess Ankang and asked kindly:

"Why did your Highness just have lunch?"

Zhao Feng has been in high spirits during happy events recently, and he looks much younger.

It's just that Li Xuan is a little strange. He has been shutting himself in the courtyard to familiarize himself with his "Tao" recently. He didn't even come to teach Yu'er martial arts in the morning. Why did he suddenly come to Jingyang Palace today?

Li Xuan was not polite and asked directly:

"What are you doing, meow?"