Qin Wan frowned as she watched the mother and son arguing with her, her face flushing with anger. "You deserved to be beheaded in public in your previous life!" She glared at Xie Qing resentfully, "Your Highness, be careful with your words! Your reputation doesn't matter, but I still have dignity to maintain!"
Xie Qing rolled his eyes. Oh my god, isn't Qin Wan always obedient? Is this little cat getting angry and showing its claws? He looked at Qin Wan with interest: "Who would like to slander you? Are you a celestial being?"
The queen poked him on the back of the head, then had a comb brought over and combed his hair herself, acting like a good mother. "You're just making it up. You've been living a carefree life these past few years, scaring off many a noble lady. When the topic of your marriage comes up, people avoid you like crazy."
"Your father gave you a marriage but you refused. Who do you have your eyes on?"
The Queen looked at Qin Wan as she spoke, and her meaning was obvious.
Xie Qing bent his knees, resting his elbows on them and supporting his chin, and said lazily, "I don't fancy anyone, I just feel at ease on my own. Unlike Lord Lu, who has his cake and eats too. But I do think Lord Lu is quite strange. If I don't support your wife today, your wife will be disfigured at best, or fall to her death at worst. Does Lord Lu think a woman's reputation is more important than anything else?"
"Or has Marquis Lu forgotten his old lover? Marquis Lu's wife is dead, and you're so brazen about taking her dowry and giving it to your mistress? I remember when Marquis Lu's wife got married, she had at least hundreds of thousands of dollars in cash as a trophy, and countless other treasures and antiques."
"Don't even mention Marquis Lu, even I feel a little jealous. I understand that you have this idea, I understand." Xie Qing smiled slyly, and the emperor was so angry that he threw the chess piece at him.
Xie Qing's hair was grabbed by the Queen, and he couldn't dodge it. The chess piece hit his forehead, which hurt, but he playfully used his foot to push the fallen chess piece to his side and reached out to pick it up.
The emperor's behavior shocked Lu Yan. He didn't look like he didn't care about the prince at all. Instead, he looked like he was very disappointed in the prince.
Yes, no matter how unpopular the current Crown Prince is, he is still His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. As long as he is not deposed, he will be the future monarch. How dare I slander His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!
Realizing this, Lu Yan's chaotic mind instantly cleared up. His mind raced, fearing the emperor would bear a grudge against him, and he opened his mouth and said, "I didn't want to talk about this matter today, but Qin slandered me in front of Your Majesty, so I spoke without thinking. I hope Your Majesty will forgive me!"
Qin Wan found it amusing: "I slandered you? You know what I said to His Majesty? Could it be that Marquis Lu has spies in the palace?"
Trying to get away with it by speaking without thinking? What a joke!
The tragedy of the Qin family in the previous life was caused by Lu Yan's confusion! Even if I can't do anything to Lu Yan today, I must at least give him a lesson!
Sure enough, the emperor's eyes changed, and the look in his eyes when he looked at Lu Yan became more unfriendly.
Ever since Bai Wanyi met Xie Qing, his heart and eyes have been filled with him. The prince at this moment is different from the one he had seen before. The prince before was cold and charming, but now he is free and unrestrained, with a bit of rogue handsomeness. He is truly worthy of being the man Bai Wanyi has set his eyes on, so versatile.
Bai Wanyi had made up her mind to follow the Crown Prince and become his consort. Naturally, she didn't want Lu Yan to divorce Qin Wan. She quickly and gently spoke in Lu Yan's favor, "Madam Lu, you're worrying too much. We're not here for you today, but to present a good prescription, so that our Great Zhou will prosper."
"As for what Marquis Lu said just now, it was because he was angry about the rumors he heard on the way here. It was also because Marquis Lu loves and respects Madam Marquis, so he spoke so carelessly. Madam, please don't blame me."
Bai Wanyi didn't give them a chance to speak after he finished speaking, and directly took out the firearms recipe: "Your Majesty, this is a firearms recipe. If it is really made, its power cannot be underestimated."
The emperor's eyes lit up. With this prescription, he put everything else aside. Nothing was more important than the country!
On the roof of the house were not only secret recipes for ammunition preparation, but also drawings of firearms and various detailed data, which the emperor was fascinated by.
The Queen gritted her teeth, wondering if she had let the Crown Prince get away with it again. She lost focus and used a heavier hand, causing the hairpin on her crown to poke into Xie Qing's scalp.
Xie Qing frowned, looking impatiently at the three people kneeling on the ground. He waved his hand and asked the palace maids to bring over the embroidered cushions. "Kneeling is such an eyesore. Let me sit down."
"Thank you, Prince." Qin Wan rubbed her knees quietly, not caring about her sitting posture, and sat down firmly on the embroidered cushion, while secretly observing Xie Qing.
In her previous life, she didn't know much about Xie Qing. She only knew that this prince was very close to Bai Wanyi, who had become the wife of Pingyang Hou. However, when the prince later rebelled, Bai Wanyi cut off all ties with him.
Finally, finally... Qin Wan felt sad and didn't want to think about it anymore.
Bai Wanyi stood up delicately, but her knees hurt so much that she fell to the side. Lu Yan quickly supported her and held her in his arms: "Be careful."
"Thank you, my lord." Bai Wanyi quickly pushed Lu Yan away and bowed awkwardly, as if she was trying to draw a clear line between them.
Lu Yan's heart ached. Was she afraid that Qin Wan would be unhappy, or that she might anger the Emperor again? Why? This was the concubine she had earned through her military exploits!
Lu Yan knelt again and said, "Your Majesty, I have made great contributions to the Great Zhou. Now I only ask for the position of my wife. I hope Your Majesty will grant me this."
Tsk…
Xie Qing smacked his teeth. "Lu Yan is such a fool! Can't you see that your father is angry? Your woman has just been appeased, and you're going to offend her again?"
silence,
The hall was silent.
Qin Wan looked at the stupid Lu Yan and didn't want to talk anymore. She wanted a divorce but didn't want to be in trouble, and she didn't want to help Lu Yan share the firepower.
The emperor casually handed the prescription to Xie Qing and stared at Lu Yan with a sullen expression: "Are you truly deeply in love with the Bai family?"
Lu Yan nodded: "I and Bai have a son. We have been together for eight years at the border, and I will never let her down."
The emperor twirled his ring and looked at Yan Bai Wan Yi meaningfully. Did he think others couldn't see it? Ever since the prince came out, her eyes have been glued to him! Only Lu Yan, a fool, thought this woman was innocent and kind.
How dare such a woman set her sights on the prince!
If he wasn't still of some use, he would have been beaten to death.
Forget it, I'd better agree to Qin's request, so that that old man Qin won't come back to make trouble for him, and the Ministry of War won't just hold back on distributing rewards to the army, and I'll have to endure complaints from the soldiers again.
Despite this thought, the emperor still looked at Qin Wan and asked her again, "Qin, are you truly willing to divorce Marquis Lu? Do you know what kind of situation a woman who divorces and returns home will face? And today, if your affair with the Crown Prince gets out, the Crown Prince will be unharmed, while you will bear the infamy. Are you willing to do that?"
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