I want to be innocent, but they don't allow me

Chapter 694: King of Zhennan.

main hall.

"Chief Bai, could you represent the entire Wu Clan?"

The queen leaned forward and almost fell off the phoenix couch beside the dragon throne.

Bai A Niang bowed and looked at the man and woman in front of her and said,

"These two are Patriarch Duan of the Manwu clan, and Patriarch Shang of the Yuwu clan. Queen, don't you believe this?"

"No, I was wrong. Please give the three of you a seat!"

The queen waved her hand and quickly asked the eunuch to bring chairs for the three people.

The Southern Territory’s willingness to surrender at this time can be regarded as timely assistance.

Although the Queen's goal is to sow discord between the Hundred Families and the Royal Family, if the Witch Clan helps in the subsequent negotiations, she will be able to get a much smaller share of the profits.

Now, only if the Hundred Families and the Royal Family check and balance each other will Guicheng have an opportunity to take advantage of. A one-sided situation is not what she wants to see.

"I don't know, what are the conditions in the South Region?"

The queen knew the behavior of the people in the Southern Region, so she simply got straight to the point.

The other two clan leaders looked at Bai A Niang at the same time.

The queen understood immediately and knew that the witch doctor clan was still the one in charge of the Southern Region, so she turned her attention to Bai A Niang.

"Be crowned king."

Bai A Niang uttered two words lightly.

In fact, before coming here, she just wanted to include the Southern Region into the fiefdom of King Yan.

The King of Yan has an excellent reputation, and there is no need to say more about the people under his rule.

Compared with the officials sent by the royal family, this condition is more likely to convince the patriarchs of the other two tribes.

Of course, the more important condition is that two plants grow together every year.

She had already written to Bai Luofu to discuss this matter, and the reply she received was,

"Mother, my brother said that Fu Fu is my baby, and 20 plants a year is not a problem."

Just like all letters from home when one is away from home, they only report good news and not bad news.

Li Mu's original words were, "As many as you want, as many as you want."

In order not to worry her mother who was far away in the southern region, and also to prevent her mother from asking for too much, Bai Luofu simply compromised with an amount that she felt was about right.

It’s just a pity for the Manwu and Yuwu families, who thought they were getting a great deal by getting two plants every year.

When the queen heard these two words, her expression changed again and again, and she hesitated and said,

"Chief Bai, this condition..."

"This is the bottom line. The Queen should know the rules of the Southern Territory."

Bai A Niang interrupted directly, and it seemed that there was no room for negotiation.

The other two clan leaders looked at Bai A Niang in surprise. This was obviously different from what they had discussed before.

But they don't care.

Over the years, the Southern Region has always been governed by the Yiwu Clan.

As long as the two are in place, they don't care what Bai A Niang says.

After all, it is the people of the Southern Region who want to trade and gain mutual benefits with other states. For the Wu Clan, it doesn’t matter who the emperor is.

Many people of the Wu Clan still don’t know that the emperor of Jiuzhou has been changed.

The Queen frowned and asked after a long while,

"What the royal family can get."

"The medical skills of the Yiwu clan are not inferior to those of the medical family, the forging and refining skills of the Yuwu clan are not inferior to those of the Mohist family, and the Manwu clan..."

As Bai A Niang was speaking, she gradually frowned, and suddenly she could not think of any advantages of this group of barbarians.

The head of the Duan clan was a plump and beautiful woman who looked about the same age as Bai A Niang. Seeing that Bai A Niang was speechless, she rolled her eyes and continued,

"Now the main grain of Xing Dynasty is grown in Qiuzhou. My Manwu clan has high-yield grain varieties that can be grown in Zhongzhou, Jinzhou and even Yanshan. We can even continue to improve them in the future."

Hearing this, the queen's eyes suddenly lit up.

Farmers have struggled for several generations to find high-yield grain varieties from overseas, but this Barbarian Wu clan can actually improve them on her own. If this is true, this alone will be enough to help her win the hearts of the people when she returns to the Li Dynasty in the future.

"Okay! Have the three clan leaders reached an agreement?"

The queen agreed without even thinking, as she was very familiar with the behavior of the people in the Southern Territory. Since it was the bottom line, they would not lie.

Just now we just didn't have enough chips, but there is no need to drag it out any longer now.

If it were any other state, it would be almost impossible to be crowned king, but if it were the Southern Region, such a condition had been proposed in the early days of the founding of the Xing Dynasty, but the Wu Clan at that time simply did not agree to it.

The other two clan leaders were obviously not very interested in this matter and their eyes turned to Bai A Niang.

Seeing this, the queen's eyes flashed with joy, "Empress, Princess, this is simply a godsend."

"Chief Bai, I will draft an edict on behalf of His Majesty to confer upon you the title of... Prince of Zhennan, with the fiefdom of Yunzhou. You will be the first queen of our Xing Dynasty."

Unexpectedly, Bai A Niang smiled, and that smile looked a little strange.

"Queen, it's not me, it's my son-in-law."

"Son-in-law?" The queen was stunned and a little displeased.

She wanted to push Zhao Chuyi to the throne and become the first empress since the sixth generation of Jun, and Bai A Niang being able to become the first queen at this time would obviously become a good story.

Who knew that Bai A Niang would propose a son-in-law...

The queen recalled what the palace maid had reported before, saying that Bai A Niang had two daughters, the eldest daughter was a widow, and the second daughter was unmarried. Where would the son-in-law come from?

After thinking for a moment, he decided not to dwell on such a trivial matter. Just as he was about to nod, he heard the eunuch's shouting from outside the palace.

"Empress, His Royal Highness Yunhe requests an audience."

"pass!"

The queen nodded and looked outside the palace. The purpose of asking Zhao Chuyi to come here was naturally to make friends with the clan leaders of the Wu clan.

The people of Zhongzhou have been afraid of the mysterious Southern Region since ancient times. If Zhao Chuyi comes to power and supports the Southern Region, he will definitely be resisted by the people.

First, use the Southern Territory to balance the forces of the Hundred Families, and then use the people's natural fear of the Southern Territory people to stir up public resentment.

Jun Jiuling's original vision was not wrong. The Queen's imperial aspirations were indeed superior to those of Emperor Hongwen.

"My sons and ministers see their mother and queen."

Zhao Chuyi and Li Mu entered the hall one after another. Just as Li Mu was about to salute, he froze and stared in the direction of Bai A Niang without blinking.

Bai A Niang didn't know what she was thinking of. Her face flushed and she said angrily,

"You little brat, don't you recognize me?"

However, Li Mu was not looking at Bai A Niang, but at the head of the Duan clan beside her.

She had almond eyes, rosy cheeks, healthy wheat-colored skin, and especially that delicate oval face, which made Li Mu a little dazed for a moment.

This is simply the mature and beautiful version of Xiao Zhao.

Li Mu believed that in another twenty years, Xiao Zhao would look like this, and he would not be wrong.

Bai A Niang seemed to realize that Li Mu's eyes were not on her. She glanced at Duan Zheng beside her and coughed vigorously twice.

The Duan family was originally a big family of the Manwu clan, and was once very prosperous, but something unexpected happened more than ten years ago.

The Duan brothers and sisters fought fiercely for the lost barbarian witchcraft.

This gave the Miao family an opportunity to take advantage of the situation.

After the Miao family lost power, the original winner, the fourth sister of the Duan family, naturally became the new patriarch of the Manwu clan.

She obviously noticed Li Mu's gaze and looked over with a frown.

"Boy, my husband has been dead for more than ten years. You look at me like this. Do you want to make a fuss with me?"

"Huh?" This fierce remark instantly brought Li Mu back to his senses. Tie grass? Get a room!

Li Mu had been to the Southern Region and had watched the Bai family's mother and daughter in the thatched hut. Naturally, he knew the meaning of the knotted grass.

But I have to say that Manwu's way of dating is a bit like the one before he traveled through time.

"Fourth Sister Duan, this brat didn't mean that."

Bai A Niang hurried out to smooth things over, fearing that the fourth sister would say something harsh again.

Duan Zheng noticed Bai A Niang's choice of words, raised her eyebrows slightly, looked at Li Mu again, and said in a neutral tone,

"This is your little Afu's husband. They haven't had sex for such a long time. Is that possible?"

What she wanted to talk about was of course Mang Gu. If they had sex, Li Mu would definitely not look at other women like that. After all, the son-in-law of the Yiwu family was famous for his male virtues. As long as they entered the bridal chamber, a playboy could become a virtuous husband.

But when the Queen heard this, she frowned suddenly, looked at Bai A Niang, and confirmed in a deep voice,

"Patriarch Bai, the son-in-law you are talking about is Qing Yi?"

Bai A Niang walked to Li Mu's side and, out of sight of others, twisted Li Mu's waist with her fingers.

After he had vented his anger, he raised his chin slightly and said with a haughty look,

"That's right, I am the son-in-law of the Bai family of the Yiwu clan, the future King of Zhennan!"

Then he turned his head to look at Li Mu, with a proud look that was 70% similar to Bai Luofu, obviously saying,

"Do you like it? Are you surprised? If you get mad, it's me who should help you get back on your feet. Why don't you praise me now?"