Wu Zhengqing and Wu Qingqing lowered their heads and clenched their fists tightly. It took a lot of effort to control the urge to leave the table, but they did not have the courage to look up again to meet those extremely embarrassing looks.
Wu Zhengqing's eyes were full of hatred, and his eyes were even red with anger. In his opinion, if the position of Prince An fell to him, he could also have such achievements, and he would definitely be able to do better. ! Wu Zechen's current strength is all due to inheriting the position of Prince An and having those soldiers work hard for him!
In Wu Zhengqing's eyes, he simply couldn't see the efforts Wu Zechen put in. These efforts even cost his life, and Wu Zechen's current achievements were also obtained with his life. He went to the battlefield in person in countless battles and sacrificed his life. Dangerous battles were the basis for his current prestige, and also the basis for the submission and loyalty of all the soldiers.
At this time, Princess Xu, mother and son, wished they had not come to attend the New Year's Eve banquet today. They originally thought it would be a majestic banquet, but now it has become a place of embarrassment for them.
The emperor knew that today's attempt to force people into Prince An's mansion would not be possible, so he could only try to do it slowly in the future.
He glanced at the unwilling empress beside him and sternly signaled her to stop pestering her. Then he smiled and said something about the situation: "What the emperor's nephew said is absolutely true. I just saw you working hard guarding the border. The emperor's brother is like this." I am really worried about the delay in my lineage, so I chose such a marriage for you. Now that I see you two living in such harmony, I feel relieved."
"Your Majesty, I'm worried." Wu Zechen cupped his hands and replied in a nonchalant manner. Then he turned back, holding Xia Luotong's hand and continuing to watch the performance, his expression as calm as if nothing happened just now. .
This conversation was only limited to this area, so not many people heard it. However, other people in the palace relaxed a little when they saw that the expressions of the emperor and Prince An returned to normal. The New Year's Eve palace banquet can continue today.
At this time, the person who felt the happiest in her heart was Xia Luotong. Although Wu Zechen's move seemed to worry her, it undoubtedly proved his attitude and determination, and also made her inner hesitation a lot less.
However, she was also inexplicably amused because of Wu Zechen's actions from time to time, in which he would bring up Concubine Xu, mother and son, and step on them violently. She didn't expect that he usually didn't like to talk much. , but if you want to criticize someone, you are really unambiguous.
It seems that he really hates Concubine Xu, mother and son, and Concubine Xu is so hated by him. There must be a reason that she doesn't know. Otherwise, with his temperament, if he is just a person he doesn't like, , then the most likely attitude is to ignore it, rather than belittle and humiliate with words like now.
"Why are you so happy? But because I just refused the emperor and the queen's request for me to take a concubine?" Wu Zechen chuckled and whispered into her ear.
"Well, there are some." Xia Luotong responded softly. Although he was a little embarrassed, he frankly did not deny it.
"Just a few? I thought Tong'er was so moved that she wanted to agree to be my wife right away." Wu Zechen's deep voice whispered in her ears, with a gentle but ubiquitous temptation.
"You're almost there! Where is the calm, self-possessed, unsmiling Prince An?" Xia Luotong glanced at him, raised his arm and pushed him, but it had no effect at all.
Nowadays, this man is becoming more and more blatant. He wants to show his affection wherever he goes and seduce her all the time. However, there is a touch of sweetness in her helplessness.
"Those are the people who treat others, how could they do this to you?" He said with a smile.
Xia Luotong was speechless, but she really couldn't refute. After all, she was neither stupid nor blind. She could see and feel how he treated her. At least she had known him for such a long time, and all the tenderness she had was given to her. I have never seen him treat others like this.
She bit her lip, feeling that she could no longer let him divert the topic, so she forcibly turned back: "The emperor and the queen obviously have not given up, and will definitely look for opportunities to give you women."
She said it very firmly, and Wu Zechen thought the same, but he didn't care too much about it: "Tong'er, don't worry, it's their business to fortify people, but it's up to me whether to accept it or not. Before that They have already used the imperial edict to marry you to me, there is absolutely no reason for them to forcefully issue an edict to give me a concubine, otherwise they will slap themselves in the face."
"What if they are really shameless and want to give a concubine?" Xia Luotong only felt that the two people above were very likely to do such a thing.
"If they are serious about this, then I will throw the woman who was inserted into..."
Wu Zechen suddenly froze and stopped talking. He did not dare to say any more and even looked at Xia Luotong with some anxiety.
His reaction made Xia Luotong puzzled for a moment, but soon she suddenly realized it, raised a meaningful smile, and followed his words: "Why don't you say it again? Do you want to do that too?" Are you going to throw this woman to Tingyuxuan?"
Ting Yuxuan was the courtyard where she lived when she first married into Prince An's Mansion. It was a dilapidated courtyard that was so remote that even the servants rarely passed by.
Wu Zechen panicked. Although he could see that she was joking to tease him, he was still extremely uneasy. He said with an apologetic look on his face: "I'm sorry. It's all my fault for making you suffer so much..."
"Okay! Just know you were wrong!" Xia Luotong looked at him funny. He couldn't say he was sorry, but he really didn't care too much about it.
In fact, she also knew that as a woman who was deliberately sneaked in by a political opponent, it was normal for him to behave like that. If it were her, she might do the same thing, but this did not mean that she would forgive him, but in view of the Since he had a good attitude in admitting his mistake, she would not torment him.
"Then Tong'er isn't angry with me anymore?" Wu Zechen looked at her carefully and held her little hand tightly, as if he was afraid that she would pull away.
"Let's see how you behave in the future." Xia Luotong said with a smile and pretended to be proud.
"My husband must behave well!" Wu Zechen breathed a sigh of relief, and there was a smile in his eyes again.
"Young Master, I don't agree with you using this title." Xia Luotong glared at him, and happened to see the Queen Mother sitting gracefully not far away. Her demeanor was truly unmatched by the Queen Mother. Although the Queen Mother was already in her late twilight years, , but she looks like the true master of the harem and the mother of a country.
Thinking of the look on the Queen Mother's face when Wu Zechen was talking to the Emperor and Queen just now, as well as what the Queen Mother had said to her in Cining Palace before, she couldn't help but wonder: "Why does the Queen Mother not seem to care whether you have a concubine? Don’t most elders hope that their children and grandchildren will have many wives and concubines and many children?”
