Shaojun riding the sea

Chapter 253: Entering the Palace to Make an Alliance
In Dongmu, the capital city of Shengdu, the spring breeze swept across the moat. The Gumo delegation finally arrived in a mighty procession. The news of the alliance spread throughout the imperial city, exciting the government and the people of Dongmu.

When he stepped into the palace again, looking at the familiar flying eaves with dragon patterns and the majestic palace, Yue Wujiu was overwhelmed with mixed emotions, and his state of mind seemed to be completely different, as if he were in another world.

Shi Xuanling stood beside him, and seeing that he was frowning, she thought he was worried about today's negotiations, so she quietly reached out a hand from her sleeve, hooked his finger, turned her head and whispered to him:
"Don't worry, Third Prince. No, the current Crown Prince is a wise ruler who understands the world and cares about the people. What we ask for will surely come true."

"I understand. I'm not worried." Yue Wujiu nodded slightly and said calmly, "I know my brother Lian Ya's character better than anyone else. Otherwise, I wouldn't have come here. I just stepped into this palace and thought of many old memories. I felt that everything has changed. I felt like... I was in another world."

When he was sent away from the sea, he was full of despair and thought that he would never be able to return to the imperial city to seek an answer. Who could have imagined that times have changed and he could change his appearance and identity today and step into the Dongmu Palace again, with powerful chips and fearlessness, to personally explore the truth and seek justice for the Yue family.

Compared to the time when he rashly entered the palace to question based on his courage, it seems that the current situation is more favorable to him. Somehow, the path chosen by his little bell for him is actually... not bad?
In the magnificent hall, Crown Prince Lian Ya had been waiting for a long time. When he saw the Dongmu envoys that he had been waiting for finally arrived, he saw the two figures in the front, one tall and handsome, and the other slender and graceful. He didn't need to think too much, they must be the two people he had been looking forward to the most. He couldn't help but stand up to greet them with excitement:

"General Yu, Goddess of the Divine Bow, I am so happy that you two have finally arrived..."

However, before he could finish his sentence, Prince Lian Ya's footsteps had already stopped, and the expression on his face instantly turned into disbelief, no, it should be said that he was extremely shocked -

"Wu, Brother Wujiu?"

In terms of blood relationship, Crown Prince Lian Ya can be regarded as Yue Wujiu's cousin. He is a few years younger than Yue Wujiu. Since he was young, he loved to go to Yue Hou Mansion to play with his brother Wujiu. Even his swordsmanship was taught by Yue Wujiu himself.

In Lian Ya's heart, his real brother was a grumpy and incompetent fool. On the contrary, his cousin was a brilliant young hero who was both talented in literature and martial arts. He admired his cousin so much that he had been his "little follower" for a while. He kept calling him "Brother Wujiu" and "Brother Wujiu" all the time and only regarded him as his role model.

Even though the Yue family encountered trouble later and his brother Wujiu fell from grace and was demoted from a prince to a jade-washing slave, it did not change his image in his mind. His brother Wujiu was always the shining legend, the most dazzling young man in Shengdu City.

So when the news came that Yue Wujiu had died at sea, Lian Ya was heartbroken and grief-stricken. It could be said that he was completely unable to accept it. He even went to the pagoda to visit Aunt Zhaoyin and chanted sutras with her in front of the Buddha to pray for his cousin's soul.

At that time, Princess Zhaoyin was turning her Buddhist beads, her face calm, neither sad nor happy, only with a sense of weariness and numbness that came from understanding the affairs of the world. Lian Ya felt even sadder, thinking that her aunt had suffered too much and was in a trance.

He said many words of comfort with tears in his eyes, but when he was about to leave, Aunt Zhaoyin suddenly said to him: "Don't be too sad, it's good that you have this heart, just think of your brother Wujiu as still alive in this world..."

His heart skipped a beat when he heard that, and he turned his head away immediately. However, Aunt Zhaoyin lowered her eyelashes and added lightly: "As long as you don't forget him, he will live in your heart forever."

Yes, of course his brother Wujiu lived in his heart, and he had never forgotten him for a single day. When the country of Gumo had a famous General Yu, he secretly compared them in his heart and thought that if his brother Wujiu were still alive, he would definitely be countless times better than General Yu!
But he could never have imagined that, after many twists and turns, the God of War General Yu was actually his brother Wujiu, and that he did not die at sea, and that Miss Shi San... no, her sister-in-law, did not commit suicide at sea with brother Wujiu either. One day, they would stand alive in front of him as envoys of Gumo!
"No wonder the Gumo Kingdom was able to withstand the attack of the Chi Nu people. It turns out that the General Yu, who was proficient in military tactics, brave and good at fighting, and was legendary on the sea, and the Goddess of the Divine Bow who broke the formation with one arrow and resisted the Shura army, were actually you two!"

The hall was empty. All the other people had been dismissed, leaving only Crown Prince Lian Ya, Yue Wujiu and Shi Xuanling.

Lian Ya was excited and delighted. He threw away the majestic demeanor of a prince and acted like a child in front of Yue Wujiu. "Brother Wujiu, what exactly is going on? Did you fall into the sea and were rescued by the people of Gumo Country?"

"It's a long story. In addition to why we didn't die at sea, we have many things to tell you when we enter the palace today." Yue Wujiu turned his head and looked at Shi Xuanling. Shi Xuanling understood what he meant, took out something from his arms, and solemnly handed it to Lian Ya with both hands.

"Your Highness, this is half of the red-lettered iron certificate forged by Kuang Heng, the founding monarch of Dongmu in the past. The other half is kept in this palace. You can ask someone to bring it to match it. Everything starts with this red-lettered iron certificate, including the war that is spreading now, why Concubine Rou and Pei Shixi rebelled, and why they went to Youzhou to build a small Tonglu court. They did not rebel for themselves, but because of the grievances and disputes between the four major families hundreds of years ago..."

The two pieces of the separated red-lettered iron certificate were put together again after a hundred years, and appeared in front of the three people. They fit together so perfectly and seemed to be one. No, they were originally one, and only today could they finally reveal their true appearance in its entirety.

In the hall, Crown Prince Lian Ya, who knew all the truth, had been staring at the intact red-lettered iron certificate, shocked beyond words.

Yue Wujiu stood beside Lian Ya and said solemnly: "We are willing to come here today and agree to form an alliance with Dongmu, not to protect the kingdom of the Kuang royal family, but to quell the war and save more innocent lives."

Shi Xuanling also nodded: "That's right, Prince Lian Ya, you must know that this world does not belong to the Kuang family, the Yue family, the Zhongli family, or the Feng family, but to everyone in the world."

The war must not spread any further. Xi Yuehan is a madman. His Shura army will destroy everything. We must unite all forces to fight against him and the Chi Nu tribe!
The grudges and misunderstandings among the four major families hundreds of years ago should be resolved at this point. Shi Xuanling only wants to bring his clansmen back home, not only those who guard the Qing faction headed by the clan leader, but also the crazy restoration faction headed by Pei Shixi.

They are all her people, and she is unwilling to give up any of them!

The only thing to do now is to persuade them to turn back and fight against the Chi Nu people together, instead of making the same mistake over and over again and being used by Xi Yuehan, and eventually letting his Chi Nu tribe be swallowed up and nothing left!
"I, I understand, I know what to do..." Prince Lian Ya looked deeply, quickly judged the current situation, and nodded with determination. He was indeed as smart and wise as Shi Xuanling said, and as You Ming predicted, he would definitely be a wise ruler in the future.

He took a deep breath and said firmly to Yue Wujiu and Shi Xuanling, "Here is the red seal and iron certificate. A hundred years of grudges will be wiped out. As long as you can really make the rebels in Youzhou surrender, I promise you as the Crown Prince of the Eastern Palace that I will ask my father for a pardon, let them atone for their sins, fight against the Red Slaves together with us, and return to their hometown as the Feng family in the future!"

"No, it's not surrender." Shi Xuanling immediately refuted. She looked at Lian Ya's slightly surprised eyes and said word by word: "The Feng family will not submit to the Kuang royal family. They will just return to their respective positions and sign an alliance, just like hundreds of years ago. Let the Feng family return to Yunzhou Island and live freely. Like the Zhongli family, they will not be subject to the control of the Dongmu Dynasty. They will look at each other across the sea, live in peace, never fight, and live in peace forever."

This was what Feng Qiyun had hoped for. Now Shi Xuanling had realized it for him in a different way. Crown Prince Lian Ya heard it clearly. After thinking for a long time, he looked up at Yue Wujiu and Shi Xuanling and said decisively:

"Okay, this covenant can be signed, and let everything go back to square one!"

Shi Xuanling's eyes lit up, and she was about to show joy, but then she thought of something, and held Yue Wujiu's hand beside her, and continued with a burning gaze: "Your Highness, if you want to form an alliance, there is one more condition."

She and Yue Wujiu exchanged glances, and they both said in unison: "Rehabilitate the Yue family."

Lian Ya was startled, somewhat unexpectedly: "Rehabilitate the Yue family?"

Yue Wujiu took a step forward, held his shoulder, and said in a deep voice: "Lian Ya, I want to see your father and ask him for an answer in person, an answer that is crucial to me, my father, and the entire Yue family..."