Chapter 270 Resistance

There was a huge uproar in the court meeting. Everyone thought this matter was outrageous. It was common knowledge that Lu Jing married the Princess of Southwest. Moreover, the late emperor had granted the marriage, and you rejected the marriage before the late emperor's body was cold. Do you still respect the late emperor?

The civil and military officials seized on this point to attack Lu Jing. The military officials were fine. Most of them had feelings for the King of Huainan. They also thought that the Princess of Huainan had no one to rely on in the capital, so it would be a good idea for her to marry the Regent. They were going to marry anyway, so why couldn't they find someone with the highest position and power?

Lu Jing is the best choice.

The civil officials were much more hostile. They quoted scriptures and criticized them verbally and pensively, just like the coffin lid of the late emperor could not hold down the emperor. Lu Jing was too lazy to pay attention to them and left a sentence, "Princess Huainan, you can only marry me!"

Anyway, he is the regent, second only to the king, and the eldest princess has tacitly agreed to this matter. She will only try to persuade the court officials.

The eldest princess was really having a headache. Although she was happy to see the marriage, she had originally wanted to wait until after the national mourning period before announcing it. Now that the late emperor's body was still warm, it was too hasty to announce it.

So annoying!

It was her turn to clean up the mess again. The eldest princess could only appease the court officials. Xinan also agreed to cancel the marriage. The same would apply to Huainan. Anyway, it would make no difference whoever the two princesses married.

The civil servants were devastated, how could this be the same? Marriage is a serious matter, it's the parents' orders and the matchmaker's words, how can it be the same no matter who you marry? Moreover, the marriage between the Regent and the Princess of Southwest was granted by the late emperor, this is a blatant disobedience of the order!

The princess took a deep breath. She knew that this was a blatant disobedience to the emperor's order, but the late emperor had passed away, and she couldn't jump up and hit him. If the late emperor really knew that the Princess of Southwest was the Princess of Huainan, the coffin lid might not be able to hold her down. He could allow Nianqing to be of Huainan's blood, but he might not be able to accept that Huainan had a direct blood relative.

"You are arguing so fiercely that I am helpless. How about... who will go and make a last-ditch appeal?" The eldest princess was also not used to these old ministers.

All the court officials had been cleansed by Lu Jing. They were all young men promoted by Lu Jing. The Imperial Guards and the Embroidered Uniform Guards were all under his control. No matter what he wanted to do, there were few people in the capital who could suppress him. Even she felt a little overwhelmed. The eldest princess was not sure whether letting Su Qingwan marry Lu Jing was a good move or a bad move. There were too many variables.

It is the job of civil servants to make death-defying remonstrations, but they have all become quails.

It wasn't a government mistake, so there was no need to die for the remonstrance. Although they openly disobeyed the order and cancelled the marriage, the princess was right in one thing: the Princess of Southwest and the Princess of Huainan were the same. No matter who they were, they were all hostages, and they wished that both princesses were in the capital.

But they didn't understand why the Princess of Southwest suddenly became the Princess of Huainan.

Southwest agreed to this?

Lu Shaoqing was surrounded by several officials, all of whom were old ministers whom Lu Shaoqing could not afford to offend. They were all asking why Lu Jing gave up the Princess of Southwest and married the Princess of Huainan.

Even if he is the regent, he is still your nephew. You are his elder. I have informed you about this matter. What's going on? Tell me quickly!

Lu Shaoqing wiped his sweat helplessly. He really had a lot of grievances. After Lu Jing became the regent, he seldom returned to the Lu family. He was in Huainan all this time and he couldn't see him. He didn't even know why Lu Jing changed his marriage.

He couldn't afford to offend any of these old men, but to be honest, he felt it was embarrassing that he couldn't even control his own nephew, and it would not sound good to tell others about it.

Lu Shaoqing could only say, "This is a secret, you will know it after a while."

That was the only way he could get away with it.