347 Chen Jie: Father-in-law, you are so nice to me
As soon as the three conditions were stated, Chen Jie agreed to all of them.
Including the most stringent third clause, which stated that Chen Jiusi would never rebel while Prince Ruyang was alive.
Chen answered this question.
In fact, he also had his own considerations. Chen Jie promised that he would not rebel while King Ruyang was alive, but that did not mean that he would not resist. If the imperial court sent a large army to suppress him, he would have no choice but to resist. Resistance is not called rebellion.
Secondly, it is also very simple not to rebel. As the saying goes, the first bird to stick its head out gets shot.
Chen Jie is not very powerful now, so his policy is to store up grain, build high walls, and slowly declare himself king.
This policy is Chen Jie's current basic principle. Chen Jie can take advantage of this period of time to improve himself and strengthen his abilities.
As for the future when their power grows and they have the strength to swallow up the world, Chen Jie will have a good talk with King Ruyang again.
Some people ask, how to expand territory without rebelling? This is also very simple. There are two solutions.
First, although Chen Jie cannot rebel, it does not mean that Ni Wenjun cannot rebel. Ni Wenjun should capture cities and territories. As for who will be in charge of the territory after it is conquered, that is Ni Wenjun's own business and has nothing to do with you, King Ruyang.
Anyway, it wasn't me, Chen Jiusi, who took this territory away.
Then there is a second method. Chen Da said that Prince Ruyang would not rebel and would not actively attack the court, but he did not say that he was not allowed to attack other rebels.
Other rebels occupied the imperial court's territory, and Chen Jiusi seized the territory and it became his. There is nothing wrong with that.
In response to this characteristic, Chen Jie was able to develop a method similar to raising bandits to protect himself, such as raising two big bandits, letting them attack the imperial court, and then taking the territory from them.
This is all feasible and achievable.
So Chen Jie agreed to what Prince Ruyang said, that Chen Jiusi would not rebel as long as he was alive.
After all, he does not have the strength to openly rebel now, and this condition is a long-term condition. If Chen Jie completes the first two conditions, then even if this condition is not completed, he can actually marry the princess.
Therefore, Chen Jie did not refuse and agreed directly.
As for the other two conditions, they were not harsh. The first one was to let Chen Jie marry her in a formal ceremony, with a sedan chair carried by eight men. This was the norm. Could he really let the princess be carried into the house through the back door like a concubine?
The princess agreed, but Chen Jiusi disagreed. People should have a conscience. It was not too much to say that the princess was marrying him.
They have made such a great sacrifice, why can't you give them a more splendid wedding?
Chen Jie agreed with this and thought it was right, and it only cost a little money and effort to do it, so why can't it be met?
Therefore, the first condition is basically not a condition, but an obligation that Chen Jie should do, and also an explanation to the princess.
The second condition is that he must reach the God-Melting Realm to be eligible to marry Zhao Ya.
This condition sounds a bit difficult, but Chen Jie is still very confident about it. First of all, it is his own qualifications. Entering the Furnace Realm, which is the middle realm of the Furnace, as long as he does not die, he will definitely become a master of the Melting God Realm.
Secondly, Chen Jie is quite satisfied with his advancement along the way, and he also has his own plans for his growth, so he is confident that he can enter the God Melting Realm.
Then there is the thought in King Ruyang's mind when he made this request. That's right, a man like King Ruyang would not let his daughter marry a good-for-nothing. Chen Jie's power is not strong now, and the only thing he can show off is his age and martial arts skills.
The masters of the Melting God Realm are already among the top people in the world. Although not as noble as the emperor, it is not a waste of time to bury his daughter. Therefore, Prince Ruyang put forward such a condition.
Only the best person is worthy of his daughter. This is the idea that every father has.
In addition, King Ruyang also needed time to calmly think about these things. It was impossible to let Chen Jiusi take his daughter away now, so he put forward a condition. According to his guess, with Chen Jiusi's qualifications, it would take five years to enter the God Melting Realm.
Five years is enough time to change a lot of things. What if Yaya no longer likes Chen Jiusi by then?
What if Chen Jiusi dies in battle by then?
Does that mean there is no need to marry Yaya to him?
Of course, if he really reaches the Melting God Realm five years later, he would be willing to marry Yaya.
After all, five years is enough time to test a person's heart.
In general, Prince Ruyang deliberately raised the conditions so that Chen Jie could not take Yaya away just like that.
As a man, Prince Ruyang knew very well that things that were easily obtained would often not be cherished.
Now the princess is deeply in love with Chen Jiusi, and he can't break them up, but he doesn't want Chen Jiusi to think that Zhao Ya is cheap.
Zhao Ya was blinded by love, but he was not.
Therefore, he must keep a close eye on this and not let his daughter fall into the abyss.
Everyone said that Chagan Temur was cold-blooded and ruthless, but as a father, he could only do this much.
Maybe Yaya doesn't understand her father's good intentions now, but one day, she will understand her father's good intentions.
Thinking of this, Chagan Temur looked at Chen Jie and said, "Okay, Chen Jiusi, I have said what I need to say. Now you can go."
Chen Jie heard this and said, "Your Majesty, can I have a few words with Yaya alone?"
Prince Ruyang looked at Chen Jie and said, "Well, go ahead."
Prince Ruyang closed his eyes and said nothing, with no intention of leaving. Chen Jie looked at Zhao Ya at this time, and Zhao Ya also looked at him.
Their eyes met, and Chen Jie said, "Yaya, wait for me. I will soon come to marry you with a sedan chair carried by eight men."
Hearing this, Zhao Ya wiped her tears and nodded slightly.
"Jiu Si, I'll wait for you."
Zhao Ya didn't have any touching words, just a simple "I'll wait for you."
But it has explained everything. The last time Zhao Ya said she would wait for him, she was still sending him out of Longxing Mansion. At that time, their love was secretive, and Prince Ruyang even sent a shadow assassin to assassinate Chen Jie.
And now they can talk about love openly in front of King Ruyang.
This is progress. Chen Jie also feels that the future is brighter than ever before.
As long as people are making progress, they will not feel fear.
Chen Jie and Zhao Ya exchanged a few simple words. Although they had endless sweet words to say to each other, King Ruyang was listening with a gloomy face. To be honest, it was quite a downer, so they had no choice but to make their conversation short.
Soon the two finished talking, and Chen Jie clasped his fists and said to the prince: "Prince, please take good care of Yaya."
Prince Ruyang glanced at Chen Jie and said, "Why would you describe my own daughter?"
Chen Jie didn't say much, but clasped his fists and said, "Thank you, Your Highness. Don't worry, I will definitely marry Yaya in a sedan chair carried by eight men."
King Ruyang said: "First, find a way to improve your martial arts to the Melting God Realm. You only have half a year at most."
Chen Jie was stunned when he heard this. King Ruyang said, "You don't think that this matter of yours can be easily forgotten. You have robbed the queen of the imperial court. If the imperial court didn't have important matters to deal with, the army would have arrived soon."
"I don't know what luck you have, kid. It just so happens that the court has no time to pay attention to you now, so you can escape this hardship."
"But it will only take half a year at most. After half a year, you will have to consider the crisis of a large army approaching your border."
"Do you know why I can't let Yaya go with you now?"
King Ruyang looked at Chen Jie, who looked at him puzzledly. King Ruyang said, "I don't want my daughter to become a widow."
Chen Jie smiled bitterly and said, "Does the prince really not think highly of me?"
King Ruyang said, "If you offend the royal family, it should be the Baoxiang Army that will take action. Although I don't want to admit it, the Baoxiang Army is the strongest of the three major armies of the imperial court. The strength of Baoxiang Army leader Bolo Timur is even greater than mine. Even your eldest brother, Peng Yingyu, is probably not his opponent. So do you think you can survive?"
Chen Jie was silent after hearing this, and then he said, "Everything depends on human effort. Maybe I will win?"
Upon hearing this, Prince Ruyang smiled and said, "I hope so. But you are lucky to have happened to catch up with the Baoxiang Army when it was in trouble. Otherwise, you would have been doomed."
"Take advantage of this six months to become stronger. If you don't reach the required strength, you might even lose your life, let alone marrying Yaya."
After hearing this, Chen Jie fell silent.
King Ruyang said: "Let's go, go back and think carefully about your future path. Don't be impulsive and ruin your future path."
After saying this, Chen Jie looked at Zhao Ya, who nodded with red eyes.
Chen Jie said: "Your Majesty, Yaya..."
King Ruyang said: "I can protect my daughter, so you don't have to worry about it."
Chen Jie nodded, then clasped his hands and left.
Watching Chen Jie leave, Zhao Ya looked a little depressed, and her eyes followed Chen Jie's back until Chen Jie completely disappeared into the darkness.
"Don't look at him. Even if you look at him, I won't let you go with him."
Prince Ruyang spoke, and as soon as he said this, Zhao Ya turned around and glanced at Prince Ruyang.
Prince Ruyang looked at him for a long time, and Zhao Ya said, "Father, thank you."
Prince Ruyang was stunned, looked at Zhao Ya and said, "Don't you hate your father?"
Zhao Ya said, "Father, I am not a child. I know how much pressure you must have endured to take the risk of keeping me and not handing me over to the court."
Zhao Ya knelt down slowly and kowtowed to King Ruyang, saying, "Yaya has caused trouble for my father."
Seeing Zhao Ya like this, Prince Ruyang sighed deeply: "Alas..."
As he spoke, he stood up and helped Zhao Ya up. Zhao Ya was already in tears. Prince Ruyang gently helped Zhao Ya wipe away the tears from her eyes and said, "Okay, don't cry, don't cry anymore."
"Father, am I really so ignorant?"
Zhao Ya said while sobbing.
Just like a child who has done something bad.
Prince Ruyang was heartbroken when he saw his daughter crying like this. He smiled bitterly and said, "Alas, it's father's fault. Father shouldn't have forced Yaya. Actually, Chen Jiusi is not bad."
Prince Ruyang looked at Zhao Ya and said.
Zhao Ya was stunned and looked at King Ruyang. King Ruyang said, "He has reached the Middle Furnace Realm at the age of twenty. Your father was only at the Long Rainbow Realm when he was twenty. In terms of talent, he is far superior to your father."
"Besides, he came all the way here to save you, Yaya, regardless of the danger. It can also be seen that he really likes you, Yaya."
"In addition, he would rather die than divorce his wife, which shows that he values love and friendship and is a person who can be trusted."
Zhao Ya heard this and said, "Father, are you threatening to kill him if he doesn't divorce his wife?"
King Ruyang said: "In fact, if he really said that he wanted to divorce his wife, he would have died. He would rather die than change his words. This is the reason why he is alive."
"Yaya, just as he said, if he really divorces his wife to save his life today, it proves that he is not trustworthy. He can divorce his wife to save his life today because of my pressure, but tomorrow he will divorce her because of the pressure from others, or even hurt you, Yaya. This is absolutely not allowed."
"He would rather die than divorce his wife today, proving that he is capable. This is why I, your father, am willing to give him a chance."
Prince Ruyang said, and after hearing this, Zhao Ya said, "Father, I didn't expect you to have so many considerations."
Upon hearing this, Prince Ruyang said, "Otherwise, do you really think that father wants to use you to exchange for wealth and glory? If that were true, father should have sent you to the palace ten years ago."
"Do you know what price the emperor offered at that time?"
Zhao Ya looked at King Ruyang when he heard this. King Ruyang said, "Control of 120 cities in the eight routes of Jiangnan, 100,000 White Deer Army quota, plus five Dao Fruits as a reward."
Zhao Ya looked at King Ruyang in confusion and asked, "Father, what is this fruit?"
King Ruyang said: "Dao fruit is an innate thing that can help the strong people in the Rongshen realm to improve."
"Below the Melting God Realm, you can use elixirs to improve your strength, but in the Melting God Realm, ordinary elixirs are no longer useful. Only Dao Fruits can improve your strength."
"But the Dao Fruits in the world are limited. Some are treasured by people, and some have been used by people."
"Oh, Yaya, I've told you before that after entering the God Melting Realm, your strength is divided into levels, five levels in total. Once you have reached five levels, you can try to become a Land God of Hedao."
"This Dao Fruit is used to help the Melting God Realm to increase its rotation speed. Back then, because I, your father, refused to send you to the palace, the royal family expressed their dissatisfaction by giving the five Dao Fruits to the leader of the Treasure Elephant Army, Borodimur."
"His strength surpassed mine and Li Siqi's."
"He made him the best army in the world."
Prince Ruyang was quite regretful when he said this. Zhao Ya heard it and said, "Father, Yaya has wronged you. Don't worry, Yaya will definitely help you find more Dao fruits and help you become the number one king of Daqian."
King Ruyang said: "Haha, Yaya, it's enough for you to have this intention. As for the Dao fruit, forget it. There is no Dao fruit in this world that can be easily found."
"Is this thing so hard to find?"
King Ruyang said: "Dao fruit is the spirit of heaven and earth, and it is also the foundation of the strong people destined by heaven. The preciousness of each Dao fruit is more than just priceless."
"This warrior has entered the Melting God Realm from the Furnace Realm. He can take drugs like the Melting God Pill to improve himself, but after the improvement, he is just a 0-turn Melting God warrior."
"For example, the Gu Mother of the Five Poison Sect is a Zero-turn Melting God Realm expert. Some people outside are saying that she is also a First-turn Melting God Realm expert, but that's nonsense."
"And taking one Dao Fruit will make you a powerful person in the first level of the Melting God Realm."
"Two of them are from the second level of the Melting God Realm."
"Four pieces can enter the third level, eight pieces can enter the fourth level, and sixteen pieces can enter the fifth level. After the fifth level, you will reach the realm of land immortals."
King Ruyang said: "There are many strong people in the Melting God Realm in the world, and everyone is looking for this fruit in order to improve themselves, but it is extremely difficult."
After hearing this, Zhao Ya frowned and said, "From what my father said, this fruit should be a consumable item. If the demand for it is so great, how can we satisfy everyone's needs for promotion?"
"This fruit will eventually run out."
King Ruyang said: "This is actually too much worry. This Dao Fruit can be regenerated. Every time a strong man in the Rong Shen Realm dies, a new Dao Fruit will appear on this land."
"The number of Dao Fruits in this world is constant; what changes is who uses them."
After hearing this, Zhao Ya was silent and said, "Father, if what you said is true, then doesn't it mean that someone can obtain the corresponding Dao Fruit by hunting down other strong men in the Rong Shen Realm?"
King Ruyang said: "It's not that simple. Someone has done this before, but Dao Fruit is randomly generated, not in the body of a Rong Shen Realm expert. Maybe a Rong Shen Realm expert died here today, and the corresponding Dao Fruit may be produced thousands of miles away tomorrow."
"Otherwise, the fourth and fifth level Melting God Realm masters in this world would go crazy and attack other low-level Melting God Realm masters."
After hearing what King Ruyang said, Zhao Ya also understood the value of this fruit.
Back then, my father actually gave up five Dao fruits to protect me, but I thought that my father was a selfish person who used me to gain benefits. Thinking of this, Zhao Ya felt that she was too hateful. How could she think of her father like this!
My father still loved me.
Only then did Zhao Ya realize that Prince Ruyang was not as he seemed, and it was just that she, as a daughter, did not understand her father.
Prince Ruyang looked at Zhao Ya and said, "You little girl."
Zhao Ya said: "Father, you said that you want Jiusi Rongshen Realm to marry me. You can't let him come after he enters the transformation, right? If so, your daughter may never get married in this life."
Upon hearing this, Prince Ruyang looked at Zhao Ya and smiled bitterly, "It's true that girls are hard to keep when they grow up. If you keep them, you'll end up making enemies."
"Okay, as long as he reaches the God Melting Realm."
Prince Ruyang shook his head helplessly. He also doted on his daughter. Since his daughter said so, what else could he do?
Moreover, as long as you enter the Soul-Melting Realm, you are actually stronger than most people in this world. As for snatching the Dao Fruit, you can plan slowly for that in the future.
It can be said that as long as you enter the God-Melting Realm, you have completely reached the top level in this world and have the right to share the fruits in this world.
Unless you reach the level of God Melting, you will ultimately be nothing more than a dish for the people of this world.
Once you enter the God-Melting Realm, you will be the one who gets a bigger share of the pie in this world. This is the admission ticket to become a strong person. Without this admission ticket, you are just a chess piece or a dish in the hands of others.
Prince Ruyang thought so and said nothing.
At this moment, the sound of horse hooves suddenly came from outside, and then Wang Baobao was seen running in hurriedly.
When he got closer and saw Zhao Ya, he looked at King Ruyang and said, "Father, what about Chen Jiusi? You didn't kill him, did you?"
Prince Ruyang narrowed his eyes and looked at Wang Baobao and asked, "What do you mean by coming to ask me this?"
After hearing this, Wang Baobao said, "Father, Chen Jiusi cannot be killed."
Prince Ruyang frowned and asked, "Is there anyone I cannot kill?"
Wang Baobao said: "Father, although Chen Jiusi is extremely evil, Yaya, Yaya will not marry anyone else but him, and Yaya cannot marry into the royal family now, otherwise she will be treated badly by the royal family, so I, your son, will not marry you."
Wang Baobao knelt on one knee and said, "I, your son, dare to ask you, father, to give Chen Jiusi a chance and let him marry Yaya."
"Kuokuo, do you know what you are talking about?"
Prince Ruyang had a dark face at this time and shouted angrily.
Wang Baobao was so scared that he knelt on the ground without saying a word, but he still said: "Father, please give Chen Jiusi a chance and let him marry Yaya."
Prince Ruyang looked at Wang Baobao who was kneeling on the ground without saying a word and said, "Kuokuo, you know that as a marching commander, this sentence of yours is enough to make you lose your power. You are the commander of the court, and you sympathize with a traitor and let him marry the queen?"
"If your words spread to the capital, you deserve to die!"
Wang Baobao lowered his head and said nothing, but he still clasped his fists and said, "Father is right, but Kuokuo is not only the commander of the court, but also Yaya's brother. As a brother, I can't bear to see Yaya live in pain from now on. Please understand, father!"
At this moment, the aura of King Ruyang suddenly pressed down on Wang Baobao, who suddenly felt as if he had fallen into an icy cave. King Ruyang said coldly, "Say it again?"
Feeling the anger that could explode at any time from Prince Ruyang, Wang Baobao's forehead was covered with cold sweat, but he still gritted his teeth and said, "Father, please marry Yaya to Chen Jiusi. If there are any challenges, I am willing to bear them for Yaya!"
"well!"
Prince Ruyang's voice was so cold that Wang Baobao almost couldn't breathe. Just when Wang Baobao thought he was going to suffer the wrath of thunder.
Then Zhao Ya said in a relaxed voice: "Father, please don't scare my third brother."
As soon as these words came out, Wang Baobao suddenly felt his body lighten. The feeling of oppression from King Ruyang just now disappeared instantly. Wang Baobao was confused, and then he saw King Ruyang laughing: "Hahaha... Good, good!"
Zhao Ya was also touched at this time and came to Wang Baobao, helped Wang Baobao up and said: "Third brother, thank you, in fact, father has agreed to let Jiu Si marry me."
Huh?
Wang Baobao was confused. What on earth was going on?
And Prince Ruyang was laughing happily. He was more and more satisfied with Wang Baobao's character. He was much better than his own prince who only cared about interests.
Chen Jie finally got out from King Ruyang, rescued Chen Xiaohu, Shi Gengming and others, and directly joined his own army.
Watching the army gather.
Xiao Hu said to Chen Jie: "Brother Jiu Si, what are we going to do next?"
Chen Jie said, "Let's go back to Huangzhou Prefecture first. It's been a while since we left. If we calculate the date, your sister-in-law should be giving birth soon."
After hearing this, everyone thought that the sister-in-law was about to give birth!
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