Chapter 230: Decree
"Your Majesty, Miss Meng, the Imperial Concubine and others have already gone to the prison." Eunuch Gui learned the news from the eunuch and hurriedly reported to the emperor.
"Oh?" The emperor put down the memorial and looked at Eunuch Gui with a look of joy, "Please tell me the details."
"Your Majesty, I heard that His Highness Prince Qi was tortured quite a lot." Eunuch Gui told the Emperor the whole story with a smile on his face, "His Royal Highness Prince Qi's ridiculous night was caught up in Miss Meng's way, and they The two had a big quarrel and then left in anger."
"Hahaha, not bad! Just as I expected!" The emperor was in a good mood, "What was the reaction of the imperial concubine?"
"The same is true for the Imperial Concubine, but..." Eunuch Gui showed hesitation.
"But what?" the emperor asked quickly.
"However, His Highness Prince Qi does not seem to be unhappy at all, but is actually enjoying it!"
"Well?" The emperor looked surprised and asked uncertainly: "Enjoying it? Is yours real?"
Eunuch Gui nodded affirmatively, "Yes, the Imperial Concubine almost made a move at that time, but was stopped by the maid next to His Highness Prince Qi. Then His Highness Prince Qi began to flirt with the maid, if it weren't for the wrong time and place. , I’m afraid they have to close the door and draw the curtains to pay homage to Duke Zhou.”
Hearing Eunuch Gui's report, the emperor frowned, "Then Xue Ruyue is not unhappy?"
"Your Majesty, Miss Xue did not go to visit His Highness King Qi!" Gui Gong said honestly.
"Huh?" This made the emperor even more surprised. Why is it so different from the script I thought about? Logically speaking, Bi Yuntao should be in dire straits now, but now not only has the expected effect not been achieved, it has even made his life even better than before!
"Your Majesty, I have one more thing to report."
"speak!"
Eunuch Gui glanced at the emperor with some embarrassment, then sorted out his vocabulary, and then said, "According to reports from below, Miss Meng wanted to break up with His Highness Prince Qi. The expression on her face was serious and determined, and then she howled loudly. He ran out crying, and almost everyone could hear the scene clearly."
This news was something the Emperor had not expected, causing his already frowning brows to furrow even deeper.
There was silence in the room for a while.
After a long time, the emperor finally said, "Guizi, go and call the left prime minister over to me."
"Yes!" Eunuch Gui responded quickly, then bowed and left.
"Kowtow to the emperor!" As soon as Zuo Xiang returned to the mansion, his buttocks were still hot when he was pulled over by Eunuch Gui.
"Without courtesy," the emperor said, "I just learned from Eunuch Gui that Meng Ruoxi wants to break up with King Qi. Is this true?"
"Go back to the emperor!" Zuo Xiang said respectfully: "Ruo Xi is indeed like this. She has made up her mind. From now on, she and His Highness Prince Qi will part ways and will no longer have any involvement."
"Bang!" The emperor clapped his palm on the dragon case and glared at Zuo Xiang, "What a nonsense! The parents ordered the matchmaker to say that the most important matter of getting married is child's play? You just cut it off in two, where do you put me? !”
"Your Majesty, calm down!" Zuo Lian hurriedly tried to appease him, but his voice was neither humble nor overbearing. "After observing His Highness King Qi these days, I believe that Ruo Xi and His Highness King Qi are not suitable for each other. It just so happens that Your Majesty's imperial edict has been delayed. Before the ceremony was over, she was persuaded by the old minister to say goodbye to the King of Qi."
"You old thing, are you blaming me?" The emperor looked at the left prime minister coldly.
Isn’t this nonsense! Prime Minister Zuo couldn't help but curse, if you had issued the imperial edict granting marriage earlier so that Ruoxi and King Qi could get married earlier, Ruoxi wouldn't be so heartbroken. Good thing now, Ruo Xi's innocence has been ruined by King Qi. Although Ruo Xi has lost contact with King Qi now, her heart is still with King Qi. If this continues, she is destined to be lonely in the future.
"I don't dare!"
"Hmph! Don't think that I don't know what you are thinking!" The emperor snorted coldly, and then said coldly, "Well, what is the reason why Ruoxi did this?"
The left prime minister also knew that he could hide his thoughts from others, but he could not hide his thoughts from the person in front of him, so he made his intentions clear.
"Your Majesty, to be honest, Ruoxi did this entirely for the sake of King Qi."
"For King Qi?" The emperor laughed angrily, "Why didn't I see that everything you did was for King Qi!"
"Your Majesty, you also know about Ruoxi's life experience. It was you who came up with the idea for me at that time. Over the years, Ruoxi has been investigating the matter of the second prince's murder of her family, and now she has some clues."
"Ruoxi didn't want to involve His Highness Prince Qi, so she had no choice but to make this move."
Looking at the proud Zuo Xiang, the emperor now wished he could drag this old thing down and bang him. If you really don't take action, it will be a disservice to you! All my plans were disrupted by you.
That's right, when Bi Yuntao was about to marry Meng Ruoxi, the emperor was making plans without even telling the left minister. Originally everything was going according to his script, but now he unexpectedly learned that Meng Ruoxi was going to part ways with Bi Yuntao, disrupting all his plans. How could he not be angry?
Originally, according to the follow-up plan, Meng Ruoxi, with the help of Bi Yuntao, eradicated the second prince, and then the emperor took the opportunity to issue an imperial edict. In this way, Meng Ruoxi would also be confirmed as Princess Qi, and Bi Yuntao's image would also be known throughout the country. When the people become taller, they can accumulate more strength for inheriting the throne in the future. But now, everything has been ruined by this old man in front of me.
"You seem very proud!" The emperor said through gritted teeth, his voice seemed to be squeezed out from between his teeth, "What can you be proud of? All my plans have been disrupted by you! You are so smart!"
"Uh..." Being scolded by the emperor, the left prime minister immediately shrank, lowering his head and not daring to look at the emperor.
The emperor glared at Zuo Xiang, who lowered his head and felt the emperor's cold gaze. At this time, he was under great pressure and his whole body was soaked in cold sweat.
"My imperial edict has been drawn up! After my plan is successful, I will announce it to King Qi to marry Meng Ruoxi. Now that the plan has been ruined because of you, a smart fool, do you still want me to Can this imperial edict be destroyed?"
The emperor was so angry that he looked ferocious. He rolled up the imperial edict on the table and put it aside and threw it angrily at the left minister.
"Bang!" The imperial edict fell in front of the Prime Minister Zuo. It was impacted by the ground and spread out on the ground, revealing the contents inside.
Prime Minister Zuo stared blankly at the content written in the imperial edict. Just like the emperor, the imperial edict had already been drafted. But why does this ink reflect light?
After Zuo Xiang read the content carefully, a strange look appeared on Zuo Xiang's face, and he said tentatively, "Since the emperor has already drafted the imperial edict, why don't I go back now and let Ruo Xi go and talk to King Qi and Okay? She was just angry for a moment and expressed her feelings."
But looking at the emperor's livid face, he shrank his neck and said dejectedly, "I guess Ruo Xi can't keep that face off, so let's forget it!"
"You old thing, you are right anyway, right?" The emperor said sullenly, with a solemn tone, "Since Meng Ruoxi doesn't want to marry, then never marry her! I really don't care about your in-laws. !”
"Eunuch Gui! Prepare a decree for me!"
"yes!"
"Your Majesty, calm down! Please take back your life!" Zuo Xiang plopped on the ground, kowtowed repeatedly and begged the Emperor to take back his life. If I had known this would be the result, why would I be fooling around? In the end, the bamboo basket fetched water in vain, and the duck that reached its mouth flew away!
"Do you want me to take back your life? It's too late!" The emperor was already furious and ignored the left prime minister at all. He ordered Eunuch Gui, "While serving his sentence, King Qi made the prison of the Ministry of Punishment a mess. I was deeply angry after hearing this, so I hereby order the King of Qi to clean the prison until the hunting ceremony."
After the emperor finished, he paused, and then told Eunuch Gui, "You are adding, I will send people to supervise and inspect every time. If he cheats, he will be whipped directly!"
"Okay, you have nothing to do here. Hurry up and declare the decree to King Qi!"
"Yes!" Eunuch Gui nodded quickly. Holding the imperial edict, he respectfully exited the house.
"????" Zuo Xiang has lost the ability to think, and now his head is full of question marks. Isn't he going to issue a decree to Ruoxi? How could it be for King Qi? Am I really old? Are your ears not working?
"Hmph! What are you looking at? I'm doing this all for Ruoxi's sake!" After Eunuch Gui left, only the monarch and his ministers were left in the room. There were no outsiders, and the emperor no longer had any airs.
The emperor stood up and walked to Zuo Xiang, raised his foot and put it on Zuo Xiang's body, "If Tao'er hadn't taken away Ruoxi's innocence, you and Ruoxi would have disrupted my plan. I can take back my life for any matter. But the rice has already been cooked, and their incident has already spread. If I really take back my life, how can I ask Ruoxi to go out to meet people in the future?"
"?" Zuo Xiang knew that Lian didn't fully understand. He understood that the emperor was doing this for Ruoxi's sake, but he still didn't understand the purpose of the imperial edict just now.
"Old minister, I thanked the emperor for thinking about Ruoxi, but what was the purpose of getting the imperial edict just now?" Prime Minister Zuo looked at the emperor's face carefully. Seeing that the emperor's face was not serious, he put aside his doubts. Speak out.
"You don't need to worry about that imperial edict! It has nothing to do with Ruoxi anyway!" The emperor glanced at him, "Now that Ruoxi and King Qi are like this, then I will order this imperial edict to be destroyed."
"Your Majesty, please don't say goodbye!" When the Prime Minister heard that he wanted to destroy the imperial edict granting marriage, he rolled over and stuffed the imperial edict spread out on the ground into his arms, and said with a smile to the emperor, "Ruoxi It’s not like I want to live alone forever. After the second prince is eradicated, I will naturally find an opportunity to reconcile with King Qi. It’s better to let this imperial edict be kept by the old minister. I won’t bother you, Your Majesty.”
