After leaving Kunzhou, Li Xiang did not waste any time and took Princess Yongning straight to the Nanzhao Royal City.
Princess Yongning was extremely excited as she was getting closer and closer to home. She had already been walking for more than a year.
Although the entire Nanzhao has changed dramatically now, Princess Yongning does not care about the politics in the court. What she cares about is that this is her hometown.
What's more, after staying in Fuso for a while, looking at the outcome of the Fuso Emperor, and then thinking about the outcome of his family, there was already a world of difference. At least his father did not go to Chang'an to study Buddhism.
Of course, all this was because of Li Xiang. If Li Xiang had not done this, I am afraid that the King of Nanzhao would not have had a good outcome.
Passing by some towns along the way, the little princess looked at the familiar street scenes and tears flowed unnaturally. After all, she was still young.
In the past, I always wanted to see what was happening outside, but after seeing enough, I realized how good my hometown is.
The common people along the way also spontaneously sent some things. They also knew that the little princess was going home today. The reason why Nanzhao was different from other places was that the little princess could be said to have made great contributions. If it were not for the previous marriage with Li Xiang, no one would dare to imagine what the situation of Nanzhao would be like now.
During the process of dynasty change, although there were bloody incidents in Nanzhao, compared with other places, the bloody incidents here were really pitifully small.
Only less than 2% of the people in the entire country were implicated. If it were in Fusang, this proportion would be increased 15 times. Thinking of the corpses floating in the sea of Fusang, the little princess felt that it was worth it for her to marry Li Xiang, as it was also a sacrifice for the country.
What's more, with the occupation of the Tang Dynasty, the economy of the entire Nanzhao began to take off. Many goods here were transported to various parts of the Tang Dynasty, and some goods from the northern part of the Tang Dynasty were also transported here, enriching the people's living market.
The most important thing is that there are still many people without property. They have now boarded the ship in Jiaozhou. Just like what he saw in Fuso, these people can go to Fuso and Goguryeo to divide a piece of land, and thus live the life of property owners.
Riding at full speed, they finally arrived at the Nanzhao Royal City within three days. Looking at the city in the distance, Li Xiang felt a lot of emotion in his heart. The last time he came here, he was still thinking about how to get it, but he didn't expect that it had already belonged to the Tang Dynasty.
All the members of the Nanzhao royal family were waiting to welcome him ten miles outside the city, including his father-in-law and mother-in-law, and they all knelt down obediently to salute Li Xiang.
Although Princess Yongning felt a little uncomfortable, she also knew that this was a state ceremony. If a girl from Chang'an City wanted to marry a member of the royal family, then their family members should first perform the state ceremony and then the family ceremony.
Li Xiang saw that his father-in-law, the king, had become much thinner than before, and he must have suffered a huge blow. Although he won the fight with his brother, he eventually lost the entire country. He might be cursing himself in his heart, but of course the smile on his face had to appear quite sincere.
"Meet my father-in-law and mother-in-law...Grandmother..."
Li Xiang also had to go down and pay his respects at this moment. The Tang Dynasty was a place that paid attention to etiquette. At the beginning, the elders had already paid their respects to you, so now you had to pay your respects to them as well.
"Your Highness, please get up quickly..."
The saying that the more a mother-in-law looks at her son-in-law, the more she likes him is absolutely true. When the Princess of Nanzhao saw Li Xiang bending down, her eyes were smiling like crescent moons. However, the king next to her seemed a little dull and didn't know how to get along with his son-in-law.
Before, Li Xiang was someone he looked up to, but he didn't expect that Li Xiang had ulterior motives all along. Now he has figured out what Li Xiang was thinking at that time. Unfortunately, there is no regret now. If he could go back, he really wanted to join forces with his brother to resist. No matter who gets the throne, at least it is still theirs now, instead of being a puppet king.
As for the Queen Mother next to him, she had an expression on her face that was uglier than crying, and then nodded to Li Xiang. Li Xiang had been at odds with the Queen Mother before, and now she was able to come out of the city to greet her, and at such an old age, it was already quite difficult. Li Xiang treated it as respect for his elders and did not bother with the Queen Mother.
Huo Qubing next to him was also observing Li Xiang's expression. If Li Xiang frowned, then the Queen Mother would definitely have been captured. He was even more hot-tempered than Su Dingfang.
"These are some of Fusang's specialties. Yongning always missed you when he was in Fusang, so he bought a lot of them."
Li Xiang dodged and let the young eunuch behind him pass. The items on the bag were indeed specialties of Fuso.
The people of the Nanzhao royal family naturally nodded and thanked them. Then the King of Nanzhao accompanied Li Xiang, and the Queen naturally took her daughter away to have a private talk.
As for the Queen Mother, she simply said that she was not feeling well and went back to the palace to rest. Li Xiang did not care about this. For Li Xiang, the Nanzhao Royal City was like revisiting an old place. If the Queen Mother had followed him, with a gloomy face throughout the whole process, Li Xiang would probably not have had a good time.
The King of Nanzhao didn't know that his two daughters were with Li Xiang. Because Princess Yongping had not returned, when the King of Nanzhao talked about Princess Yongping, he hoped that Li Xiang could take better care of her in Chang'an City. Li Xiang's answer was very good at that time, but he felt different in his heart. I took care of you even to the point of taking care of you in bed. Isn't that responsible enough?
During this visit to the Nanzhao Royal City, Li Xiang discovered that there were many merchants from the Tang Dynasty on both sides of the road. From the decoration style of their shops, it can be seen that these shops are similar to many shops in Chang'an City, and they should be branches of Chang'an City.
Of course, the biggest thing in the city center is naturally the treasure. When passing by his own shop, Li Xiang asked someone to stop the carriage, and then he and Huo Qubing went in to take a look, and told the King of Nanzhao that they could do what they should do and there was no need to stay here with him.
"Greetings, Your Highness. I am Zhao Huaiji, the shopkeeper of the treasure-holding Nanzhao Royal City."
When Li Xiang got off the car, they knew that Li Xiang was going to inspect the treasure. Dozens of people under the shopkeeper Zhao were already prepared. After receiving the news that Li Xiang was coming here, they had already predicted that Li Xiang was going to inspect the treasure.
