King Tan left the emperor's study with a sigh, carrying a wound on his forehead and the royal steward holding the imperial edict of marriage.
The back view of Prince Nie, who was speechless by the chief steward, said: As expected, none of these princes is a fuel-efficient lamp.
I originally thought that Prince Xian was the most tiring and careless of all the princes.
But now looking at what they just did, it's obvious that they have a lot of scheming!
The eldest girl of the Lan family was already someone who was talked about by the emperor. As a result, before the emperor could decide what to do with the eldest girl, King Tan came out first and had her beard cut off.
Marry a wife, get a capable sister-in-law, and gain an additional fiefdom.
If anyone dares to say that King Xin is unkind in the future, the chief manager will be the first to spit in their face.
However, that fiefdom really left him speechless.
Because he was angry with King Yi for not marrying anyone other than Lan Ruyu, the emperor pointed out the worst fiefdom in the country to King Yi.
The fiefdom was extremely barren and close to the border town. There were many wars on weekdays, and the land produced very little.
Every winter, people go out to escape the famine, and then go back to continue farming in the spring. They use practical actions to explain what it means to be hard to leave their homeland.
Seeing that King Yin seemed to be very relaxed, the chief manager was a little worried. The people in that fiefdom were poor and scared, and even the local officials had changed several times. King Yin might not know what would happen to him in the past.
Although one cannot speculate casually, the emperor's meaning is also very clear: if he does not want to go to the fief to find trouble, then change the marriage partner. As long as the marriage partner is changed, the fiefdom matter can naturally be renegotiated.
The emperor didn't want to see King Xi because he was afraid of thinking of the imperial concubine.
But this King Xun chose to use the imperial concubine to talk things over, and of course he was sure of what he said.
I just don't know if King Xin will use the imperial concubine to ask for anything from the emperor again. The emperor's move can only be used once. If King Xin asks for too much, it will definitely annoy the emperor.
At that time, not only will the emperor's concubine's goodness not be remembered, it will also have the opposite effect.
I just hope that King Xi can be smarter for a while.
King Xi obviously did not understand the emperor's good intentions, and he did not know that the chief minister was worrying about him. He was walking out of the palace happily: next he had to marry a wife, go to a fiefdom, and give birth to a son. Time was running out, and he I don't want to waste a day.
Just as King Tan was planning a bright future for himself in his heart, someone suddenly ran over in a hurry from the Queen's palace.
After bending down to salute the Grand Steward, Xiao Luzi's eyes fell on King Xin: "Your Highness, the Queen would like to invite you and the Grand Steward to come over and talk."
King Xi was stunned: "..." He refused in his heart.
The queen mother rarely spoke to him once a year, so why did she suddenly think of him this time.
King Xin felt a little panicked. The housekeeper didn't teach him how to deal with this situation. That bastard was too careless in his work. I wonder if he was short-sighted...
Manman moved towards the queen's palace with difficulty. King Xi now really hoped that a great hero would come down from the sky to save him.
Where is his future sister-in-law? Why hasn't she shown up yet...
Seeing King Xi dilly-dallying, Xiaoluzi was afraid that the Queen would be anxious, so he quickly urged King Xi: "Your Majesty, we have to hurry up. I'm afraid the Queen is waiting in a hurry."
King Tan looked at Xiao Luzi with an angry look on his face: "Don't you see that my steps have already been very big? Or do you want me to run to my mother's side?"
Xiaoluzi looked at King Etan with a helpless expression, wanting very much to tell him that raising his feet didn't mean he was walking forward.
From the beginning to now, King Yin has only moved forward half an inch. If this continues, His Highness King Yin will probably not be able to reach the Queen's side by the time he falls into the palace.
The more Xiaoluzi looked at King Xi, the more angry he became. King Xi was a prince and he didn't have to worry about anything, but if he went back late, he would definitely be punished by the Queen.
Thinking of this, Xiaoluzi said to Prince Xin thoughtfully: "If the prince is tired, why don't you ask me to find a chariot to come over?"
King Tan: "..." It's not good at all.
Knowing that he could not escape after all, King Xi took a deep breath and followed Xiaoluzi to the Queen's palace.
The queen left the chief steward in the side hall to drink tea, while she herself left King Tan to talk in the main hall.
Talking about talking, since King Xi came in, the Queen has always lowered her head and drank tea without saying a word, as if she was holding fine wine and jade dew in her hands.
King Tan felt very uneasy about the queen's silent attitude.
He moved his feet, but found that the queen's movement of drinking tea had stopped for a moment. He was so frightened that he quickly maintained his motionless stance. Unexpectedly, the queen had been watching his movements.
The more the queen remained silent, the more frightened King Tao became. His own mother had always been like this, always needing others to guess her thoughts.
Use this know-it-all attitude to induce others to reveal their hidden secrets.
Just like the current King Tao, he was already thinking in his mind about what he had done that was discovered by the queen, and he must not say the wrong thing for a while.
King Xi lamented in his heart that he would rather go to the Huaiyin Marquis Mansion to help Jin Qing move the body than fight with the queen here.
Everyone thought that since he was the Queen's second son, he should have taken advantage of him, but who could have known that the Queen's mother could not treat him as well as the son of an ordinary concubine.
That tone sounded like he was just an outsider who was related to the queen!
Just when King Xiu wanted to pretend to be stunned and escape, the queen put down the teacup in her hand and gently stroked the armor on her hand: "Say it!"
King Tan replied cautiously: "What does the queen want her son to say?"
Seeing that King Xun was unwilling to speak, the Queen did not ask further questions, but put her hands on the armrests of the chair.
Seeing this, the maid behind her quickly gave her another cup of tea.
When the queen picked up the tea cup again, King Tao felt anxious. He was not the tapeworm in the queen's belly, so how could he know what the queen wanted to ask.
Seeing that the sky was getting darker and darker, King Xin was very anxious. If it was too late, the general manager would not have time to go to the Huaiyin Marquis Mansion to announce the decree.
Thinking of announcing the decree, King Tao had a flash of inspiration in his heart, and cautiously said to the queen: "Mother, my son wants to get married, and he has asked his father to issue an imperial decree granting marriage."
This must be what the Queen wanted him to say!
As if to confirm his thoughts, the Queen Qing sneered: "Your Majesty has really grown up. If you want to get married, you don't need to tell your mother. You can directly ask your father to grant a marriage. You are afraid that your mother will not be proud enough." What!"
As soon as King Tan heard this, he knew something was wrong, and immediately knelt down to the queen: "Mother, please don't think too much about it, I have no such intention!"
King Jiang was about to kowtow, but the queen immediately stopped him and said, "Okay, don't kowtow to me. The wound on your head is not healed yet. Don't let others think that I have treated you harshly."
