Chapter 78 This wave is worth it!
Xiao Yan's first reaction when he heard this was numbness.
It turns out that the tiger talisman has such little binding force. It is completely useless to the Marquis of Guanjun Mansion.
All they need to do is beat the war drums and light the beacon fires to gather their troops.
"Is your highness shocked?"
Xiao Yan nodded. This was indeed beyond his expectations.
No wonder the old emperor asked him to come, it’s not a big problem.
"In fact, Your Highness, there is no need to be shocked. This is the agreement between my Guanjun Marquis Mansion and the royal family."
"This is also why the military commanders in the court will not accept anyone's solicitation!"
"Because they only have one camp, and that is the Champion Marquisate!"
"And my Guanjun Marquisate will only obey the royal family, so in the final analysis, this army still belongs to the royal family."
"But it must be done under the command of my Champion Marquisate!"
"Does Your Highness understand now?"
Xiao Yan is not a fool. It is really unreasonable that he doesn't understand this.
"Then I wonder when Your Highness will gather the troops and what the movement will be?"
To be honest, if Xiao Yan had known at the beginning that the royal family had such power, he would have definitely mobilized a large army to wipe out the Hu Mansion.
But now I feel that doing so is meaningless.
"Then I don't know how my royal family will notify you that the Champion Marquis' Mansion will gather troops!"
Jia Fu took a sip of tea and said, "It's simple. I guess Your Highness knows that there is a beacon tower in Bianjing, right?"
"I guarantee that none of the civil servants know what it is used for."
"As long as Your Highness lights it, our Champion Marquisate will know and gather our troops at any time."
"There is a beacon tower like this every ten miles. Most people think it is used to transmit military intelligence."
"Actually, that's not the case. It's just a cover for the royal family to gather the army. It's just a cover for transmitting military intelligence. Do you understand now, Your Highness?"
Xiao Yan finally understood why the old emperor dared to let him be regent. It turned out that he had always been fearless from the beginning.
"But, it will be different if Your Highness uses that badge. After the army is assembled and commanded, our Guanjun Marquisate will only obey Your Highness and no one else, including the current emperor!"
Now Xiao Yan finally understood how great a gift his stepfather had given him.
"Besides, this is conditional!"
Xiao Yan was stunned. He was already obeying the royal family, so what other conditions were there?
"But you can tell me!"
Jia Fu said, "Our ancestors taught us that if one day the royal family holds a badge to demand the return of a favor, the Champion Marquisate must not deny it and must marry into the royal family."
"As far as I know, there is only one little princess in the royal family, and she is very young. Besides, my Guanjun Marquis Mansion is a single-line family, so it is impossible for her to be a prince consort."
"But I have a daughter who has reached the age of marriage, so the Marquis of Guanjun's Mansion can only marry her off."
"And this waist badge was brought by His Highness, so my daughter can only marry His Highness!"
When Xiao Yan heard this, he was stunned, and the words "Marry you, marry you" kept echoing in his mind.
"Your Highness, have you thought it through now?"
Xiao Yan looked at Jia Fu's burly appearance and began to imagine what his daughter looked like. Suddenly, the image of Barbie Doll appeared in his mind.
"Your Highness, what are you looking at me for?"
But Jia Fu immediately understood what Xiao Yan meant.
"Your Highness, why do you have to treat me like this? My daughter is naturally beautiful, not like me, but like her mother."
When Xiao Yan heard this, his eyes still looked like he was asking, "Guess whether I believe it or not."
"To be honest, I would also like to see my daughter marry His Highness. I really admire the series of methods His Highness has used to govern the country during this period."
"The people are living a better life. Even I have deposited my silver in the Bank of Great Zhou."
"So, Your Highness is a talented person, and I am marrying above my station."
"Of course, if Your Highness is unwilling, I will not force you, but I am still willing to help Your Highness. We must repay this favor from our ancestors."
Xiao Yan was deeply moved when he heard this, and he had to consider this matter.
Putting Ye Youyue aside, Xiao Yan actually still wants a monogamous life deep down in his heart.
"Ahem, Your Highness, can I say something?"
Duan Tianya rarely interrupted.
Xiao Yan was not angry, he looked at Duan Tianya in confusion: "You say!"
Duan Tianya still said with a cold face: "Your Highness, the Marquis is willing to keep his promise to help you. This shows his integrity."
"If you break your promise just to get the help of the Marquis , you will be laughed at by the world."
"Of course, you are the prince, no one dares to say it openly, but it will make people feel uncomfortable after all."
Xiao Yan frowned even more when he heard this, but Jia Fu was quite happy.
"Hahaha, Lord Duan is right. Let's not talk about others first. I definitely look down on Your Highness, but I will definitely help Your Highness with all my strength."
Xiao Yan felt a little uncomfortable and felt that he was being morally kidnapped, but he couldn't say anything because that was the fact.
"My Lord, to be honest, I don't like to marry into the Jia family in this way. This will only make people think that I am unscrupulous."
"If you are at ease, you can let your daughter and I get to know each other. If we both have this intention, then there is no problem for us to be together."
"If neither of us is willing, I'm sure the Marquis would not want to see his daughter unhappy."
As soon as he finished speaking, he heard a voice coming from the back hall.
"I have heard of your talents. I would not have been willing to do it before, but now I am willing."
"You are a wise and kind person. I dare to love and hate. Even if I lose, I have no regrets."
Xiao Yan looked in the direction of the sound and saw a slim woman appear in front of him.
This woman's face is surprisingly similar to Ye Youyue's, but they are of different types, and both are equally beautiful.
"I am Jia Lingyao, and I am here to see His Highness!"
Seeing this, Jia Fu quickly said: "Ling Yao, you..."
Upon hearing this, Jia Lingyao interrupted Jia Fu.
"Father, there is no need to say more. The two daughters of our Guanjun Marquis's Mansion dare to love and hate. If they like someone, then they like him. There is no need to be pretentious."
"The decision now rests with Your Highness!"
Compared to Ye Youyue's shyness, Jia Lingyao is more graceful and generous, which makes people's heart move.
"Your Highness, I have also expressed my attitude. Look..."
Xiao Yan knew that no matter what choice he made now, he would be criticized.
If I marry her, some people will say that I am unscrupulous in pursuit of power. If I don't marry her, some people will say that I look down on the Marquis of Guanjun Mansion.
Whatever he did now was useless, especially the latter, which would definitely offend the Marquis' Mansion.
"Why not? Miss Lingyao is so generous. If I disagree, I will seem petty."
After thinking it over again and again, Xiao Yan felt that it would be a good idea to agree. After all, he would not lose out!
