Li Yongning has been in the court of the Xuanwu Empire for so long.

Although he is now the prime minister of the Xuanwu Empire, he also knows that he cannot be the family's backer forever.

After all, his Li family is just an aristocratic family.

Once he fell or he grew old, he would have to withdraw from the court.

Then the Li family's status in Xuanwu City will plummet, and their former opponents will certainly not let the Li family go.

Therefore, Li Yongning must consider the Li family, or his own future.

His daughter will be the Crown Princess and Queen Mother of the Xuanwu Empire in the future.

It can be said that the future of the Li family actually depends on his daughter.

And now, Emperor Wu actually wants to marry his daughter to Jun Lintian as a concubine.

Jun Lintian is just a scion of a noble family from another country. Once Emperor Wu marries Li Yunxin to Jun Lintian, the relationship between their Li family and the imperial court will be severed.

How could Li Yongning agree to this marriage?

Even though the Jun family was very powerful in the Great Zhou Dynasty, that was only in the Great Zhou Dynasty.

As the prime minister of the Xuanwu Empire, it was naturally impossible for Li Yongning to move his family to the Great Zhou Dynasty.

Not to mention whether Emperor Wu would let them go, even if they did, it would probably arouse the suspicion of the Emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty.

Which emperor would like to see the ministers of the enemy country coming to his own country?
Li Yongning stood out of the queue and said to Emperor Wu: "Your Majesty, I do not agree with this marriage."

"My daughter, Li Yunxin, is from our Xuanwu Empire. How can she marry the son of a noble family from an enemy country?"

"Besides, the eldest prince has always had a crush on my daughter. Why would Your Majesty want to take someone else's love away?"

The eldest prince Xuan Fei, who was standing by, heard Li Yongning's words and couldn't help but look at Li Yongning with gratitude.

At this time, Prime Minister Li was actually willing to speak for him and consider the situation from the perspective of the Xuanwu Empire, which made him feel extremely proud.

After all, Jun Haotian’s 100,000 troops are still in the important border town of the Xuanwu Empire.

Once they offended Jun Lintian, Jun Lintian's father Jun Haotian would definitely not let them go.

The eldest prince also felt that his current father was indeed a little weak.

Although the troops of the Great Zhou Dynasty were already at the gates of the city, the worst outcome would be mutual destruction.

At worst, we can just fight!
This is what Xuan Fei thought in his mind. There are so many iron-blooded men in the Xuanwu Empire who are willing to serve the country. Why should a woman be sacrificed?
Besides, a scum like Jun Lintian is a sex demon.

Once Li Yunxin falls into his hands, his fate will definitely not be good.

More importantly, Xuan Fei didn't want to see his beloved woman jump into the fire pit like this.

Although he was choked by his father just now, Xuan Fei still gritted his teeth and said to Emperor Wu: "Father, I agree with Prime Minister Li's point of view!"

"I have long had a crush on Li Yunxin. If your father feels that the generals of the Xuanwu Empire are unable to resist the attack of the Great Zhou Dynasty."

"Then I am willing to volunteer. As long as your father gives me 200,000 elite soldiers, I will definitely drive back the troops of the Great Zhou Dynasty!"

When he said this, Xuan Fei looked at Jun Lintian coldly.

He will not give Jun Lintian any face.

Things have come to this point, and Jun Lintian just slapped him in the face, so how could Xuan Fei swallow this?

Jun Lintian couldn't help but glance at Xuan Fei.

To be honest, at this moment, he felt like laughing.

Xuan Fei was really lacking in confidence. He asked Emperor Wu for 200,000 elite soldiers right away. The key point was that he did not say that he would annihilate Jun Haotian's army. He only said that he would drive Jun Haotian's army back.

Two hundred thousand versus one hundred thousand, the huge advantage in numbers could already give people great confidence, but Xuan Fei only dared to say that he had repelled the troops of the Great Zhou Dynasty.

It really makes people laugh out loud.

Even the military generals in the court couldn't help but feel embarrassed when they heard Xuan Fei's words.

The most important thing in war is momentum!
Even if they really cannot win, they will definitely boast before going out, saying that they can annihilate the enemy.

This not only gives himself confidence, but also gives confidence to the court and the soldiers under his command.

If we just try to delay the enemy's attack from the very beginning, we will have already lost a lot in terms of momentum.

The advantages and confidence brought by 200,000 elite troops will be gone.

However, those civil officials would not think so much, now that Xuan Fei and Prime Minister Li had spoken together.

They also voiced their opposition to Li Yunxin's marriage.

"Your Majesty, this is not possible! The young master of the Jun family came to our Xuanwu Empire for the purpose of peace talks, but we haven't even talked yet, so why should we show our sincerity first?"

"Besides, when two countries are at war, they should show their own strength first. But Your Majesty is doing this to boost the others' strength and destroy your own prestige."

"Besides, this young master of the Jun family is insidious and cunning... oh no, he is extremely cunning. Even if we really marry Prime Minister Li's daughter to the young master of the Jun family, it may not be of any help to the war."

"As the saying goes, a gentleman does not take away what others like. Since the eldest prince has already had feelings for Li Yunxin, and Your Majesty insists on marrying Li Yunxin to the young master of the Jun family, what does the eldest prince think?"

"Yes, Li Yunxin is also the most beautiful woman in our Xuanwu Empire. If we send her away directly, wouldn't it make our Xuanwu Empire look cowardly?"

These civil officials all knew that the eldest prince Xuan Fei had a crush on Li Yunxin.

So he also wanted to please the future crown prince and Prime Minister Li Yongning at this time.

Just now, they had almost thought about it.

Although this war may break out, even if it does, the Xuanwu Empire will not be destroyed.

After all, judging from Emperor Wu's intention, the worst that could happen would be compensation or ceding territory.

In this way, although they suffered a great loss of face, at least they could still maintain the continuation of their country.

As long as the Xuanwu Empire still exists, these civil servants will not lose their official positions.

Therefore, it is quite necessary to please Xuan Fei, the future crown prince.

Everyone is not a fool.

Since Emperor Wu has made such a decision, it means that he has lost the original high spirits in his heart.

Such an emperor would definitely not be able to rule for long. On the contrary, even the eldest prince is more courageous than Emperor Wu.

Even these civil officials and military generals had the thought in their minds that Your Majesty was surrendering first when we were ready to fight to the death.

Since you want to please the eldest prince Xuan Fei, you can also please Prime Minister Li Yongning at the same time.

The royal family will also be completely on the same side.

These civil servants must please both sides in order to ensure their future prospects.

Originally, most people were still a little afraid of Jun Lintian.

But now seeing so many people not giving Jun Lintian face, everyone became more confident. (End of this chapter)