The Eldest Daughter Is Beautiful and Saucy
Chapter 994: neither male nor female
Chapter 994: Neither Male nor Female
No matter what, the Queen of Xiliang could not believe that her only sister, the person she was most willing to trust in the world, would join forces with the eight major families to dethrone her.
She turned her head and stared at the quilt that was half-opened by Li Tianfu, and whispered Li Tianfu’s nickname: “Jiaojiao, sister has something to ask you…”
Li Tianfu tightened her grip and responded briskly, “Just ask whatever you want to ask, sister!”
The Xiliang Empress smiled, stretched out her hand to uncover the quilt and took a look. Seeing Lu Tianzhuo’s old clothes, she closed her eyes and put the quilt down again, as if she hadn’t seen anything. She turned to look at Li Tianfu, whose smile was not as natural as before, and tried to make her tone sound calm: “Jiaojiao, do you want this throne?”
When Li Tianfu heard the empress say this, the smile on his face gradually faded: “Sister, you know everything…”
As expected, the Queen of Xiliang felt a lot gloomy in her heart. Bai Qingqi, the envoy of the Great Zhou Dynasty, was indeed not shooting without purpose.
“Since you were little, whatever Jiaojiao wanted, I would do my best to satisfy her, because you are my only sister. This throne… if you want it, I can give it to you! But now in Xiliang, the internal… political situation is unstable, and externally… there are wolves all around. If the throne is given to you, Jiaojiao, are you confident that you can control the situation? And what means will you use to control the situation?” The Queen of Xiliang asked slowly.
Li Tianfu chuckled, “Sister, what you said… is as if if I can tell you how to control the situation, you will willingly give up the throne to me.”
“Yes, as long as you can control the situation, as long as you have the means to resolve the crisis in Xiliang, as long as you do not let yourself become a puppet of the eight major families, you are better than my sister. You can take the throne, and my sister has no complaints.” The Queen of Xiliang spoke frankly, all from the bottom of her heart.
Li Tianfu’s smile froze. “It’s easier said than done, sister. Even if it’s sister… do you have any means to solve the crisis in Xiliang now? Sister, you are just a hypocrite with beautiful words.”
“Do you really think that my sister is willing to sit on the throne?” The Xiliang Empress showed a tired look. “It feels good to hold power, but the responsibility that comes with it is as heavy as a mountain. Think about my father-in-law… Before he ascended the throne, although he was tired, he could still smile on his face most of the time. But later…”
Later, she could no longer see a smile on Aye’s face. Whenever she was with Aye, she could only hear his heavy sighs. Even when the family got together, Aye would have a brief smile on his face, but it would soon be replaced by a sigh and a frown.
Aye is worried about the eight major families that are clinging to the towering tree of Xiliang like vines. The vines of the eight major families are tightly entangled on the trunk of Xiliang and cannot be easily removed!
Aye was also worried about the lack of arable land in Xiliang and his desire to expand the territory and strengthen the country, and he was also worried about not being able to compete with Jin, which had the most fertile arable land.
Later… Aye’s smile only existed in her memory. Now Aye is gone, but the only image of Aye left in her heart is his frowning brows.
From the very beginning, she believed that the throne… would take away people’s happiness, so she was unwilling to accept it. But A’niang said that it was her responsibility as the legitimate princess of Xiliang, and that she was the eldest daughter of the emperor who was held in Aye’s arms and was enlightened by memorials since childhood, so she should take up the burden on Aye’s shoulders and support Xiliang.
Only if she sits in this position can she protect A Niang and Jiao Jiao from being bullied.
So she sat on the throne.
But now, the eight major families are overgrown with weeds, and she is under pressure from powerful countries and foreign invasions. But what makes her most heartbroken… is that her only sister is actually trying to team up with the eight major families of Xiliang to pull her down from the throne. They are sisters!
“If you want this throne in order to hold on to the supreme power, let me tell you…once you sit on this position, you will experience the hardships involved. You will be constrained and restricted everywhere, and you won’t even have freedom…” The Queen of Xiliang spoke slowly, hoping to persuade her sister.
“Jiaojiao has never sat in this position. How do you know if sister is lying to Jiaojiao?” Li Tianfu straightened his back, as if he was no longer afraid of the Queen of Xiliang.
She and the eight major families have been prepared until today, and all that’s left is the final blow. Will she still be afraid?
“Sister, you showed weakness today. You must have known that there is no way to save the situation!” Li Tianfu’s lips curled up into a smile, as beautiful as a peony blooming for the first time in the morning light. “If sister hadn’t insisted on implementing the new policy and made things difficult for the eight major families… causing civil unrest in Xiliang, Jiaojiao wouldn’t have had the chance to see sister showing weakness to Jiaojiao.”
The Queen of Xiliang closed her eyes and asked again: “Answer me honestly, do you want this throne… because you are dissatisfied with my new policies, or… or do you want to send troops to fight to the death with the Great Zhou and avenge this eunuch?”
As soon as she finished speaking, the Queen of Xiliang pulled back the quilt, swept Lu Tianzhuo’s old clothes to the ground, and spoke angrily.
When Li Tianfu saw Lu Tianzhuo’s clothes being swept off, her smile faded. She bent down to pick up Lu Tianzhuo’s clothes and held them in her arms, looking at the Queen of Xiliang with hatred in her eyes: “I just want to avenge Lu Tianzhuo! If you and the Queen Mother hadn’t insisted on me marrying to Jin, how could Lu Tianzhuo go to Jin with me?! How could he die! I want the whole of Xiliang to help me avenge Lu Tianzhuo!”
The Queen of Xiliang was enraged by Li Tianfu’s words. She stood up and slapped Li Tianfu in the face, causing him to fall to the ground with a burning pain on his face.
“Li Tianfu! You are the princess of Xiliang! The people have given you a life of luxury since childhood! Even if you want to rebel against me, for the sake of the people and the stability of the government! Aye and I will be relieved! At least… you are taking on your responsibilities!” The Xiliang Empress stared at the clothes in Li Tianfu’s arms with red eyes, “But you… actually did it for a eunuch! For a dead eunuch, you disregarded the foundation of your ancestors and even the people of Xiliang! Are you worthy of being the princess of Xiliang?”
Li Tianfu tasted the fishy smell on the corner of her mouth. She chuckled softly, turned her head to look at the furious Xiliang Empress, and wiped the blood from the corner of her lips with the back of her hand: “What people, what government! What responsibility! What responsibility! Sister… that was all said by our mother to coax us into being her pawn! She asked me to marry to Jin… and said that if I gave birth to the future crown prince of Jin, Jin would have half of our Xiliang!”
Li Tianfu held Lu Tianzhuo’s clothes, staring directly at the Xiliang Empress, supporting himself with his slender arms. His gaze was as ruthless as a venomous snake, with a creepy malice, and he sneered and said loudly: “Look at you again… Listen to your mother and dress like a man, neither male nor female!”
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