Chapter 252 Finale
People didn't know that they died in a foreign land for the victory of the court, and they didn't know that there were people who changed their route to Lingnan for a crop called sweet potato vine and eventually died in the fire.
They knew that victory was hard-won, and they felt even more sad for the women who lost their lives, whose names were not even mentioned after the victory.
"Shen Wei, you are the only person I cannot see through in my life. I underestimated you in the past."
In the boudoir.
A woman murmured sadly to the longevity cake in front of her, her eyes moist and her heart full of admiration for Shen Wei and the three thousand women.
It was not just this person who felt guilty and belatedly apologized to Shen Wei.
When the vast majority of women from official and noble families learned that the news of Shen Wei had reached the capital, they were shocked and skeptical at first, but finally accepted the reality and came to their senses.
It turns out that Shen Wei's ideological level has always been higher than theirs. They used to look at Shen Wei only from the perspective of love, and thought that Shen Wei was an ungrateful woman.
Only now did I realize that Shen Wei had greater goals in his mind than love.
"Shen Wei, you are so smart, how could you die like this?"
"It must be fake."
"I have already found out. It was Master Dong who harmed you. It was the Dong family who suggested that you go to the land of the Xiongnu. A few days ago, the Dong family somehow went to slander the prince. The Dong family was exiled, and the entire clan was confiscated."
"If it weren't for you, I would have almost married such a husband, Shen Wei..."
Miss Lu burst into tears in the room.
She and Shen Wei had already become close friends. When she learned that Shen Wei had died by self-immolation, she was so angry that she wanted to rush to Lingnan immediately and kill those evil villagers.
After learning the news of Shen Wei and Xiaoman's death, Qin Shuyu was stunned for a while, and then she resolutely entered the palace.
She will do the next thing for Shen Wei!
This is what she promised Shen Wei...
Please ask the emperor to fulfill his promise!
At the same time, the prince was reporting the results of the handling of Lingnan to the emperor.
The evil villagers were all executed by slow slicing, and the bandits and bullies on the way to Lingnan were all suppressed.
After hearing this, the emperor just nodded calmly: "Well done."
The prince asked unwillingly. He thought of Shen Wei's almost impossible dream, for which Shen Wei even paid with his life.
He must ask for Shen Wei and cannot let Shen Wei die with regrets.
"Father, sweet potatoes have now multiplied in large quantities. It won't be long before the sweet potato vines are available to the people of each state."
"The Xiongnu have signed a brotherly covenant with our dynasty. Although it is not guaranteed to last for ten thousand years, the covenant cannot be torn up even if this great Chanyu is reborn."
"The four seas are peaceful and the world is at peace. Father, will you fulfill the promise you made to Shen Wei?"
For a moment, the atmosphere in the hall was extremely solemn, like a thick fog that made it hard to breathe.
The emperor took the teacup slowly and took a sip of tea, then glanced at the prince with a mysterious look.
"There is no rush for this matter. The situation with the Xiongnu is still not stable."
The prince felt ridiculous in his heart.
Sure enough, this matter was too forced.
Gender equality has never existed before, so how can it be achieved?
"The Great Khan of the Xiongnu asked our dynasty to take Zhao Xiangrong as his queen, and offered a thousand Ferghana horses and ten boxes of treasures."
"I intend to adopt Zhao Xiangrong as my adopted daughter and confer the title of Princess An Ning on her so that she can educate the Xiongnu and learn the etiquette of the Han Dynasty."
As the prince listened to the emperor's words, he remembered what Shen Wei had said to him, and he blurted out what he had said unconsciously.
"The Han ethnic group is the majority, autonomous regions for ethnic minorities, and the one country, two systems policy is being promoted."
The emperor's eyebrows moved: "Hmm?"
The prince suddenly came back to his senses and explained, "My father, if we want to maintain long-term peace, we need long-term education and integration."
"We can open up trade and marriage with the Xiongnu and vigorously support commerce at the border..."
The emperor listened quietly to the prince's series of policies towards the Huns. After the prince finished speaking, the emperor suddenly asked a question.
"Which of your staff members has these ideas?"
The prince's sad look was fleeting, but it did not escape the emperor's eyes.
"Replying to Father, it is Shen Wei."