The subtle fragrance of cotton needles

Chapter 223 Indecision is the choice of cowards

Mo Yuyang and Xu Zhongshi were outside the palace and had no idea that Mo Yuanyue had quarreled with the Queen. Mo Yuyang was now fully focused on how to find evidence against Xia Yanxiang and Mo Yufeng, and he hardly ever went into the palace.

After five or six days, the spies in Wei Palace still haven't obtained the evidence. Mo Yuyang was somewhat annoyed. But then he thought, if it was so easy to get it, he would be worried that Xia Yanxiang and Mo Yufeng were setting up a trap and waiting for him to jump in!

Mo Yuyang did doubt the possibility of Xia Yanxiang and Mo Yufeng joining forces, but he dismissed the suspicion almost immediately.

Xia Yanxiang is just a noble lady in the boudoir. Even if she has the support of Xia Zhibai and Tu Song, how can she have the opportunity to contact Mo Yufeng?

Even if she had an engagement with Mo Yuchen, it was only because Mo Yuchen used tricks to ask for a marriage from Mo Cheng, and the two of them had almost no contact.

However... Mo Yuyang knew that Mo Yuchen had always had other thoughts about Xia Yanxiang, but he didn't know how much of them were sincere.

Although it was difficult to obtain evidence in Wei Wang Mansion, the thing was finally obtained.

When Mo Yuyang got it, he snorted and laughed: "I didn't expect that this Third Miss is so bold that she dared to give such a thing to Prince Wei. If my Second Brother knew about it, I don't know what his expression would be, hahahaha!"

Mo Yuyang couldn't help but want to see Mo Yuchen's expression after he knew about this.

above the hall.

"Your Majesty, I have a report on the matter of the envoy from Yuan State asking to marry the princess." Xu Zhongshi stood up.

"Left Prime Minister, please continue." Mo Cheng has been bothered by this matter for a long time recently. If it is not resolved, the ceremony of offering sacrifices to the heaven will be coming, and he will be even busier then.

"I think that Yuan is just a small country. It is wishful thinking to ask for the princess to marry. Not to mention that there is only the Sixth Princess in the royal family who is a suitable candidate for marriage. Your Majesty might as well reject the proposal of the envoy from Yuan." Xu Zhongshi had also thought about this matter. It was obviously impossible to marry a princess. If he wanted to choose a minister's daughter to marry, it would be even more inappropriate.

First, if the Yuan Kingdom is not happy, they will also attack Dayong. Second, up to now, no minister is willing to offer his daughter.

To put it nicely, a princess married for a foreign country is to bring glory to the country. To put it bluntly, it means being married to a group of unrelated people in a foreign country where she will never return. Who would be willing to be a princess married for a foreign country?

"Just reject it directly?" Mo Cheng narrowed his eyes slightly, his expression did not change, and it was impossible to tell what his attitude towards this proposal was.

Mo Yuyang looked at Mo Cheng's expression and stood up: "Father, I second your proposal."

"Yuan is a small country, but it is relying on its border position to ask for a huge sum. If Dayong agrees to the marriage, how will the surrounding countries view Dayong?"

Even a small country dared to ask for the princess' hand in marriage, and Dayong agreed. Naturally, other countries would think that Dayong would be afraid of such a small country, and would make endless unreasonable demands in the future.

"It would be better to reject Yuanguo's request outright."

After Mo Yuyang finished speaking, he looked up at Mo Cheng's expression.

Mo Cheng looked at Mo Yuyang expressionlessly and said nothing.

Soon, the Minister of Industry also stood up and said, "I second the motion!"

"I second the motion!" Xia Liu also stood up.

As Xia Liu and the Minister of Works stood up, almost half of the ministers stood up.

Almost no one on Tu Song's side moved. Mo Cheng saw this and deliberately asked, "Right Prime Minister, do you have any other ideas?"

Tu Song has not expressed his opinion, as if he was following everyone's thoughts, but he did not stand up at this time. Mo Cheng certainly knew that Tu Song did not agree with Xu Zhongshi's opinion.

Since Mo Cheng has already pointed out Tu Song, Tu Song naturally cannot continue to stand there: "Your Majesty, I think that a direct refusal is not the best way."

"Oh? What do you mean?" Mo Cheng seemed to be more interested in Tu Song's ideas.

“Your Majesty, I think that although marrying the princess is a losing business for Darong, a direct refusal is tantamount to destroying the diplomatic relations between the two countries, which is inappropriate for the safety of our southwestern border.

Xia Zhibai had expressed his dissatisfaction with the marriage in front of Xia Yanxiang before, but he couldn't say it in the court, so he let Tu Song say it.

"Besides, the southwestern border is not in a war period right now. Marrying the princess there during peacetime would be tantamount to telling Yuan Kingdom that our dynasty is not strong enough, and the soldiers on the border would be disheartened."

Xu Zhongshi and Mo Yuyang looked at each other and said nothing, but there was obvious disdain in their eyes.

Those who achieve great things do not care about small details! Only thunderous measures can truly bring stability to the surrounding area. Indecision is the choice of cowards.

But Mo Cheng seemed to be more satisfied with Tu Song's opinion: "Continue."

"I think that marrying a princess is indeed inappropriate, but we should not reject it outright. Instead, we should take it step by step, using both soft and hard tactics. We should inform Yuan that our dynasty has no princess to marry, and we should also tell Yuan not to try to use this as an excuse to attack our dynasty."

Mo Cheng nodded, expressing his approval of Tu Song, and asked, "My dear ministers, what do you think of the Right Prime Minister's method?"

Xia Zhibai and Wu'an Hou were the first to stand up: "I second the motion!"

Li Lang was not in the court. The others looked at each other in bewilderment. Soon someone stood up. It was Yang Fan: "I second the motion!"

Then the remaining half of the ministers stood up and said, "I second the motion!"

Mo Yuyang and Xu Zhongshi looked at each other, both of them had dissatisfaction in their eyes.

After the court session, Mo Yuyang followed Xu Zhongshi to the Left Prime Minister's residence: "Uncle, what does Yang Fan mean? He actually stands on the side of the Right Prime Minister!"

Xu Zhongshi's face was also very ugly: "It seems that this Minister of Works is hiding his incompetence! When you go back, give the Minister of Works a heads up. The people in the Ministry of Works are all holding on to their own opinions, which may be detrimental to internal harmony."

"Yes." Mo Yuyang's face was very dark, but there was another thing, "Uncle, I got the evidence of Xia Yanxiang and Prince Wei's secret dealings."

"Okay, wait until the matter of Yuan State is settled, and then find a way to tell the emperor about this matter and break off this marriage." Everything is good now, just wait for the matter of Yuan State to be settled.

"It seems that the emperor will resort to the methods of the Right Prime Minister." Mo Yuyang was dissatisfied when he said this. "In this way, the Right Prime Minister will gain more face in front of the emperor."

Xu Zhongshi's face was grim because of this incident. He waved his hand and said, "Don't worry. It's just a moment of complacency. You have to look at the long term."

"Yes, I understand."

"By the way, how is Prince Yu doing these days? Ever since the Emperor handed over the Ministry of Revenue to Prince Wei, Prince Yu has not come to court again."

Mo Yuyang has been sending people to follow Mo Yuxuan: "Don't worry, uncle, Prince Yu is very dissatisfied with father's decision. He has been staying in Prince Yu's mansion recently and occasionally goes to the palace."

"That's good. Now the only people helping King Luo outside are these few people. We just need to watch carefully and get rid of King Luo in one fell swoop."