The Eldest Daughter Is Beautiful and Saucy
Chapter 895: helpless
Chapter 895 No Help
Murong Yan looked at Murong Ping and Murong Li, who had serious expressions on their faces, and was amused by their childishness, with a faint smile in his eyes.
He shook his head and said to the two of them solemnly, “If we want to unify the world, we can’t just take it slow and gentle. We must use fierce and unconventional means to speed up the unification of the world. This needs someone to do it… but it can’t be the emperor who will rule the world after the unification! The world is unified and the world is peaceful. The king that the people expect is a wise ruler who is kind and serves the country and the people!”
Murong Ping and Murong Li, one big and one small, knelt quietly opposite Murong Yan, listening carefully to his teachings.
“Uncle Jiu… is willing to be the powerful minister of Yan State who does whatever it takes to cover the sky with one hand, and promote the pace of Yan State’s unification. And Yan State… must have a wise ruler who is kind and supported by the people!” Murong Yan looked at Murong Ping, then at Murong Li, and continued, “When the world is settled and Yan State is successful, a wise ruler will kill the powerful ministers and comfort the people with kindness and generosity. This will surely win the hearts of the people for Yan State and make the world submit to the wise ruler.”
“Uncle Jiu!” Murong Ping was shocked and straightened his back. “Uncle Jiu, what are you talking about? We are a family, how can we…”
Murong Yan waved his hand to signal Murong Ping not to worry: “It’s just a show for outsiders to see. By then… the world will be peaceful, and you will all grow up and become the pillars of the country. Uncle Jiu will be able to hand over the Yan Kingdom to you with confidence, and he also wants to live his own life.”
He looked at Murong Li and said, “Besides, as your second brother said, you are all young now… No one is suitable to be the one who can cover the sky with one hand.”
“Yan State has come to this point with great difficulty. Whether your father wants to hand over the throne to me or I want to hand over the throne to one of you two, it is all for the great cause of Yan State! It is not us who choose who sits on that position, but we all have to choose the best and safest path for Yan State.”
Murong Li understood what Murong Yan said, and Murong Ping also understood it, and the two of them remained silent.
“Uncle Jiu, I’m a military commander, not suitable to be an emperor!” Murong Ping turned to look at Murong Li, “Although A Li is young, he is the most outstanding among our brothers! At the beginning… I was supposed to go to Jin as a hostage, but A Li replaced me. It was precisely because A Li, the legitimate son, went to Jin that Jin was not so wary of our Yan State. A Li is much better than our brothers in terms of mind and wisdom. I think… A Li is the most suitable!”
Murong Ping’s ambition is to achieve great things on the battlefield, and he knows his own limitations… He may be a good general, but he is definitely not a good emperor.
But Ali was different. Not only was he born of a legitimate wife, he was also smart and farsighted, and he was courageous enough at a young age. These were the most basic qualities for an emperor, and Ali possessed them all.
“Ali, what do you think?” Murong Yan looked at Murong Li again and asked.
Behind Murong Yan, there were thirty-two lotus lanterns, their flames flickering in the summer breeze.
Murong Li has all the qualities of an emperor, but Murong Yan cannot see the ambition of an emperor, at least for now… so he has to ask…
If Murong Li did not have this intention, he would not force it and would rather choose Murong Ping.
After a long silence, the young Murong Li looked up at Murong Yan, his eyes were tough and firm, with a wet red look: “A Li is willing to become the king of Yan State. If Uncle Jiu dares to hand over Yan State to A Li, A Li will definitely work with Uncle Jiu and do his best to unify the world for Yan State, and work with Uncle Jiu and all the brothers to complete… the last wish of my father and grandmother!”
When Murong Yan heard Murong Li mention his mother and brother, his lips opened slightly, his eyes suddenly became sore, he pursed his lips for a long time and smiled, raised his hand and touched the top of Murong Li’s head, picked up the will, unfolded it and took a last look at it, turned his head to look at the flickering flame of the lotus lamp, and placed the will on the flame.
The flickering flames touched the will embroidered with the black bird and blue sparrow, making a very subtle sizzling sound, and the flames wrapped around the edge of the will…
Murong Yan’s deep black eyes reflected the dark blue flames that slowly ignited the edict, and they were bottomless.
Since he has already decided not to ascend the throne, leaving this will behind will only cause trouble. It would be better to burn it and keep the State of Yan safe.
“Uncle Jiu…” How could Murong Li not know the reason why Uncle Jiu burned the will with great pain? After all, it was the last thing left by his father before his death. But Uncle Jiu still burned it for the stability of Yan State and his throne.
“You can announce the death today and tell the public that… the will ordered Prince Li to ascend the throne. Because Prince Li is young, Ninth Prince Murong Yan is appointed as regent…” Muryan turned around and looked at Murong Li, “From now on, Uncle Nine will be a powerful official with great power in the court. Whatever he does… has nothing to do with you. You just need to wait… wait until the world is unified, then find a suitable opportunity to punish Prince Nine, and then show benevolence to the people.”
Murong Li’s eyes became hot and he couldn’t help but let his tears fall. He quickly wiped them with his sleeves so that Uncle Jiu wouldn’t see them. He remembered that Uncle Jiu hated to see nephews crying the most. A real man would rather bleed than cry.
Murong Yan held the burning edict in his hand. He lowered his wrist to ignite the flame and ignited half of the edict. The increasingly strong flames made Murong Yan’s cold and hard features look even darker. Even with the yellow light of the flames, Murong Yan’s face could not show any more warmth than usual, and it looked even more fierce and majestic.
Murong Ping was very tactful and stood up to get a copper basin, placed it beside Murong Yan’s legs, and then knelt down again in an orderly manner.
Only when the edict was almost completely consumed by the flames did Murong Yan throw it into the copper basin brought by Murong Ping.
“Uncle Nine…” Murong Li spoke in a hoarse voice.
“Originally, Yan State would have taken over Wei State and become the most powerful among all the nations. But Jin State acted too quickly. After Jin State took over Liang State… Yan State’s brief advantage ended. In order to get back the Yan soldiers detained by Rongdi, I signed a contract on behalf of Yan State with the Ghost-faced Prince of Rongdi that within three years, Yan State would not interfere in or help any war between Rongdi and Xiliang.” Murong Yan looked at Murong Li. “According to the date, the Yan envoy should have entered Xiliang, and the Queen of Xiliang should have known about the alliance signed between Yan State and Rongdi…”
Murong Yan sent an envoy to Xiliang to tell the Queen of Xiliang that Yan State had been forced to sign an agreement with Rongdi not to interfere with Rongdi’s attack on Xiliang for three years in order to rescue its soldiers who were detained by Rongdi. This was to let the Queen of Xiliang be on guard against the Northern Rong in advance.
“Uncle Jiu, will this push Xiliang to Jin State…” Murong Li remembered Bai Qingyan’s intention to become emperor, and changed his words, “Jin State is now the Great Zhou, will it push Xiliang to the side of the Great Zhou?”
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