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The night was as cool as water. The light shone into a courtyard in the capital. It was destined to be a sleepless night. Be it the emperor, Mu Ying and the others, or Mu Zhuoshi, they all frowned.

They were either thinking under the moon, or reading at night with the lights on, or worrying over alcohol. Everyone was trying to find a solution to this matter. However, even until dawn, there was still no good solution.

"Have you all thought of a solution to yesterday's comfort emissary's request?"

As soon as the court rose, the emperor impatiently asked the officials, hoping to gather all the ideas.

However, the various officials looked at each other, seemingly at a loss of what to do. It seemed that there was no other way to resolve this issue.

After giving way for a long time, Mu Ying still walked up and was the first to speak: "Your majesty, this subject got a plan last night. Although I feel that it's still not right, and it's not thorough enough, but we can only say it first and discuss it to see if it can be perfected."

"I finally saw someone speak. I thought the entire imperial court was mute." Mu Zheng scolded angrily.

"Please calm your anger, your Imperial Majesty." When the crowd saw Long Yan's enraged expression, they were so frightened that they immediately kneeled on the ground and begged for mercy.

"What a bunch of useless trash." What a bunch of useless trash. Mu Zheng's face was ashen, and it took a long time for him to calm down.

"Mu Ying, go ahead and think of a good method." Only now did Mu Zheng manage to guess what he was thinking.

"Since you insist on giving me the erase, we might as well pretend to agree. Afterwards, we announced that you suddenly fell ill, and you died last night. At that time, you will be free of erasing the erasure." Mu Ying said.

Although this method was a little inappropriate and he had to curse Xue Moyun to death, he still felt uncomfortable inside. In order to prevent her from marrying too far away, he could only use this method.

"This can be considered a method, but I'm afraid the envoy won't believe that the sudden death of the wangfei." After Mu Zheng finished listening to Mu Ying's method, he frowned and said.

"That's easy, I know two genius doctors, Bian Xi. They gave me a pill, and after taking it, I can immediately close my breathing, and my pulse, breathing, and heartbeat will stop. It looks like I'm dead. " Mu Ying said with heartache.

"Is, is this medicine safe? Is there an antidote?" When Mu Zheng heard that this method was incredibly dangerous, he was still a little worried.

"I do have the antidote, but I have to take the antidote immediately after taking it for a day before I can wake up." "Otherwise, I will never wake up from my long slumber. But, this subject is worried that there might be any mishaps during this process …"

Mu Ying was still worried, after all this was related to Xue Moyun's life, he was afraid of the slightest mistake, if there was the slightest bit of error, then Xue Moyun would really be dead.

"This method is too risky." In his heart, he also cared about Xue Moyun, and he also said that he would protect her to the fullest extent of his abilities, so how could he let her take the risk?

"But I can't think of any other way." Mu Ying was helpless.

Many of the officials felt that Mu Zheng should pay more attention to them, so they could only ask the ministers.

"Royal father, although royal uncle's method is dangerous, there is no perfect method right now. It doesn't matter if you try it." Mu Zhuoshi stepped forward and said.

"Royal father, you can't do this, this is just an act of deceit. It would be better if we don't find out about this, but if we do, then wouldn't we be angered even more? Moreover, it would also cause my West Cold to fall into a situation of disbelief and be ridiculed by others." Mu Lingfeng immediately came out to object.

"Third brother said that this method isn't good, then have you come up with any other method?" Mu Zhuoshi asked.

"Even if we can't do anything at the moment, we can't do it this way. If we can't, we can still fight them." Mu Lingfeng finally revealed his purpose.

"In my opinion, why don't we just directly have the emperor grant us a marriage? Your highness can still take in concubines, as such, the West Cold will be safe." Lord Su, the Minister of Rites, also stepped forward.

"Do you think it's so easy to get rid of comfort bases? They already planned to start a war with the West Cold long ago, they just wanted to find an excuse. Now you are just waiting to anger us. " Mu Zhuoshi's uncle Li Weiquan also stood forward to argue.

"Rather than enduring like this over and over again, why don't you declare war and strengthen my military might!" Mu Lingfeng objected.

The ministers began to talk among themselves, fiercely arguing with each other. Mu Zheng felt a headache listening to their incessant quarrels. But they all had their own reasons, all for the West Cold, so they couldn't get angry.

One of them was the peace faction led by Mu Zhuoshi. They felt that the comfort barrier with the strong national strength was at its peak, and that the West Cold needed to develop greatly during this period of time, so it was not appropriate to fight against the comfort barrier. First, they had to endure for a period of time. By then, when they had enough forces, they could join forces with the other countries to deal with the comfort zone. The chances of victory would be much higher.

The other faction was the main fighting faction led by Mu Lingfeng. They felt that the comfort barrier had repeatedly attacked the borders of the West Cold, and was disturbing the peace of the people at the borders. This time, he had deliberately come to ask for his wife's hand in marriage to start trouble. He had gone too far. If West Cold endured it again and again, it would definitely lead to a decrease in morale.

Both sides had their own reasons, and it was difficult for Mu Zheng to make a choice between them. With one hand on his lap, he dragged his head. He was completely exhausted, and he felt a headache coming on.

He really wanted to be an ordinary citizen, enjoy a dull life every day, experience the human nature and so on. At this time, he thought of Zheng Ziyi, the person who had given her warmth, and wanted to avoid him. Forget these worries for a while.

"Oh, by the way, why not?" When Mu Zheng thought about Zheng Ziyi, he couldn't help but think of the method she mentioned before.

Mu Zheng thought about it, then coughed and stood up.

Hearing Mu Zheng's soft voice, the officials who were arguing previously immediately quietened down and returned to their seats, waiting for the Emperor to speak.

"Mu Ying rubbed his head, sat up straight, and then spoke:" Everyone's words have their own reasons. Right now, the most important thing is to calm the comfort emissary down.

"The comfort base deliberately asked for the princess' hand in marriage because it was expected that we would not agree to it and would like to declare war on her. Right now, I will do the opposite. I will first agree to their request and grant them marriage. "Let's see how they react." When Mu Zheng said this, he deliberately glanced at Mu Ying, worrying that he might have some thoughts.

Sure enough, after hearing Mu Zheng say this, Mu Ying immediately came out to object, "Your majesty, you can't. Lou Yun is my concubine, you can't marry anyone else!"

Mu Ying had always been calm and collected, but when it came to this matter regarding Xue Moyun, he could not calm down for even a moment.

"I understand what you mean. Let me finish." Mu Zheng comforted her.

"What I said just now was just a temporary measure. I want to find out just what intentions this masturbating barrier has. If I grant them marriage, they will go back on their word. That would be their credit problem. At that time, if they were to choose someone else, things would be much easier. "If they give up and accept the marriage, then I shall use the method that my royal brother has just told me and lie about the sudden death of my royal concubine …"

This was the only viable method that Mu Zheng could think of.

After hearing what Mu Zheng had to say, Mu Ying became silent for a moment. He understood that Mu Zheng's painstaking efforts were also for his and Xue Moyun's sake. Otherwise, there was no need to beat around the bush and just agree to the marriage.

Right now, on one side was brotherhood, and on the other one the enemy nations were eyeing him covetously, causing Mu Zheng to be extremely anxious. Although this method was a bit dangerous, he had no choice but to do so. Mu Ying nodded in agreement.

Although the other ministers that were led by Mu Lingfeng did have some objections, they could only do this. They agreed to announce this decision to the comfort emissary tomorrow.

After his rejection of the idea was futile, Mu Lingfeng immediately retreated back to the Duke Mansion. He entered the secret room, wrote a letter and sent someone to deliver the matter to Minhan Changyang.

As for Mu Ying, he returned with a heavy heart, his mind was constantly thinking of ways to tell Xue Moyun this matter.

As soon as he arrived at the door, he saw Xue Shaoli walking out of the Duke Palace.

"Why is she here?" Mu Ying was a little suspicious, but quickly returned to the small courtyard.

"You're back." Seeing that Mu Ying had returned, Xue Moyun hurried over and helped him change out of his official uniform.

"I saw Xue Shaoli at the door just now, why is she here? This person is very cunning, the most cunning of them all. Mu Ying said to Xue Moyun as she changed into casual clothes.

"I know, I've seen through her heart. She came to me on her first day in the capital to tell me about her sisterhood. I thought she was up to something. " Xue Moyun folded the clothes that he changed and passed a towel to Mu Ying.

"Then why are you still here?" Mu Ying did not understand, afraid that Xue Moyun would be soft-hearted once again.

"She has always regarded me as a thorn in her side. She wanted to plot against me, pretend to teach her well, relax her guard, and be on her guard. "Also, I want to find out the relationship behind her. I want to see what kind of background she has in the capital and why she's doing what she does." Xue Moyun sat down and said.

"Since you have your own plans, I won't stop you. But you must remember, you must never be tricked by her, and don't be soft-hearted. " Mu Ying couldn't help but exclaim at Xue Moyun.

"Un, I understand." "How is the court doing today? Has the method I discussed last night been accepted by the emperor?" Xue Moyun asked.

Hearing this, Mu Ying's expression sunk, and he wanted to say something but stopped himself.

"What? The Emperor didn't agree?" Xue Moyun asked anxiously, looking at Mu Ying's expression, Xue Moyun felt that it was not good. She walked to Mu Ying's side and gently covered his hands with her hands, giving him warmth and peace.

"His Majesty agreed … But I don't want you to take the risk. "Luyun, you know how scared I am to lose you." Mu Ying suddenly lost control of his emotions and pulled Xue Moyun out of his embrace, as if he was afraid of losing the treasure in his heart.

"I won't." Xue Moyun turned around and hugged Mu Ying's waist, "Bian Xi, the two genius doctors, are extremely skilled. You and I have been saved at the brink of death many times, do you still not trust their medicine?"

Xue Moyun patted Mu Ying's back and comforted him softly, as if he was comforting a child. In front of the woman she loved, every strong man had a weak side.

"I'm not afraid of ten thousand, just in case. I'm worried that I might miss the timing. Other than accidents, perhaps." Mu Ying's mood calmed down and his voice trembled slightly.