Chapter 242: No one knows a son better than his father

Sitting on the ground, Xiao Qingwu frowned and moved her lips slightly.

Concubine Duan kept observing her from the corner of her eyes. Seeing that she wanted to speak again, she warned her with her eyes.

Xiao Qingwu closed her mouth in dismay.

Fu Ping looked at the earrings in his hand, sneered, put the earrings back in her hand, looked at Concubine Duan's frozen smile, and said softly: "I am just an eunuch. Your Majesty, there is no need to worry so much. Since the imperial edict has been passed on, I will go back to report."

He handed the imperial edict in his hand to the palace maid beside him and turned away.

After leaving the palace, the eunuch next to Fuping suddenly spat: "What are you talking about? Do you think she is the pampered princess? You are so outspoken, it's too late..."

"Tsk, shut up." Fuping said with a light click of his tongue, and said words of reprimand, but there was no reprimand in his tone: "She is a princess after all."

The eunuch looked at his face, not understanding what he meant.

Fuping looked at him with hatred: "No matter how unfavored she is, she is still of royal blood, and her status is higher than ours. You can scold her if you want, but now that she has lost the emperor's favor, I don't know how sad she will be when she gets married. If we want to ask for it, we can ask for it from others."

Others...

The eunuch suddenly understood.

"Okay, just know it in your heart, no need to say it out loud," Fuping turned his head to look at the magnificent palace, sneering: "Let's see how long she can be so proud!"

In Yilan Palace, Xiao Qingwu looked at Concubine Duan with dissatisfaction: "Mother, why didn't you let me continue just now? Father suddenly gave me a marriage, and it's just the son of a minister. Are you willing? No, I want to go to the Empress Dowager, I want the Empress Dowager to make the decision for me!"

"Enough!" Concubine Duan looked at her and said sharply.

Xiao Qingwu was stunned by her roar and looked at her in a daze.

"Everyone, go down, no one is allowed to come in without my permission!"

The palace maids serving in the palace filed out. After everyone had left, Concubine Duan walked up to Xiao Qingwu, looked at her obviously unconvinced eyes, raised her hand and slapped her.

The voice was crisp. Xiao Qingwu covered his face and looked at her stupidly. His eyes were already covered with mist.

"Mother..."

Concubine Duan's chest rose and fell, and she looked at her coldly: "What did you and your brother do?"

Xiao Qingwu: "!!!"

A trace of panic flashed in Xiao Qingwu's eyes, her heartbeat accelerated, and her breathing became rapid. She said in a way that

made it even more obvious: "What did you mention your brother for?" Concubine Duan looked at her guilty face and became even more angry: "You said I mentioned your brother for... What! Do you want me to repeat the dirty things you did to each other? ! "

As soon as she said this, the last bit of happiness in Xiao Qingwu's heart disappeared. She slowly knelt down, grabbed the corner of Concubine Duan's clothes, and tears burst out: "Mother, I know I was wrong, but my brother and I are truly in love..."

The heartache that Concubine Duan had originally felt was also dissipated without a trace by her words.

"You are unethical!" She pointed at Xiao Qingwu's head, and the long armor poked Xiao Qingwu's forehead and made it red.

"Tell me honestly, has the emperor also known about this?"

Xiao Qingwu bit his lip and nodded.

Concubine Duan took a deep breath and said, "You just stay here and don't go anywhere. When Qin Tianjian chooses a good day, we can get married!"

Hearing this, Xiao Qingwu suddenly raised his head and looked at her in disbelief.

Concubine Duan no longer looked at her, brushed her hand away, and walked straight out of the palace.

Xiao Qingwu heard her order: "Watch the princess carefully. She is not allowed to step out of the palace until the wedding. If I catch the princess going out, you will be held accountable!"

...

Compared to Xiao Qingwu's despair, when the Minister of Works received the order, except for the future son-in-law, everyone else had a happy look on their faces.

With their status, being able to marry the princess is a great honor!

Although being a son-in-law can only hold an honorary position in the court, the Minister of Works looked at his third son.

He has never had any ability and his temperament is too mild. At one time, he and the third daughter of the prime minister's family became the laughing stock of the capital.

But for some reason, since he came back from the hunting grounds, his personality has changed drastically. He stayed in the study all day, saying that he was preparing for the imperial examination.

The Minister of Works had no confidence that he could pass the exam. Now that the imperial edict has come, the Minister of Works has put the stone in his heart down.

As long as his son marries the princess, what else does he have to worry about?

Compared to them, the third minister was confused. Listening to the eunuch reading the imperial edict, he couldn't help but want to ask, is it talking about him?

Is it really not a mistake?

"My husband, accept the edict."

The eunuch looked at the confused third minister and smiled.

The Minister of Works saw that his son did not move, so he smiled and said, "Look at this kid, he is so happy that he is silly. Xingchun, receive the imperial edict!"

The third minister woke up as if from a dream, "Your Majesty, I am Qu Xingchun, receive the imperial edict, thank you for your grace, long live the emperor."

The others also shouted with him, and the eunuch smiled so much that wrinkles appeared on his face: "Congratulations, Prince Consort."

The Minister of Works did not expect his son to greet people, so he personally went to the front, which made the eunuch laugh.

After sending the eunuchs away and leaving only the two of them in the room, the third minister whispered, "Father, my heart belongs to someone."

The Minister of Works was stunned, and the third minister was ready for him to curse, but he heard him sigh for a long time: "I know."

The third minister raised his head.

"Is it the girl you sent to Red Fox, whose surname is Xu? But didn't she reject you? Besides, that girl is just a commoner. If you like her very much, then you can see the princess's temper. If the princess doesn't care, then you can take her in. If the princess cares... then you can secretly keep her as a concubine."

"How can you say that!" The Third Assistant Minister hurriedly said, "I like her and will marry her as my wife."

"Come on," the Assistant Minister of Works waved his hand, "Don't think I don't know. I've heard from Fengnian a long time ago that you are still fond of the third daughter of the Prime Minister's family. Work hard to take the imperial examinations. Who do you want to marry when you pass the exams in the future?"

The Third Assistant Minister: "..."

He bit his lip and didn't speak. After a while, he stammered, "The Third Miss and I are just friends."

"Oh," the Minister of Works said perfunctorily, "Okay, no one knows a son better than his father. Do you really think that the twists and turns in your heart can deceive your father? Not to mention your father, you can't even deceive the Third Miss."

The Third Minister looked up at him blankly. The Minister of Works sighed lightly, "Before, the Third Miss came to look for you every now and then, but after returning from the hunting grounds, it has been so long, has the Third Miss looked for you again?"