Chapter 28 The Love-Hate Relationship of Three Madmen
Upon hearing this, Song Yunchu quickly responded, "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your trust." At the same time, he secretly complained in his heart -
[The dog emperor still loves to say polite words. ]
[He will probably still send someone to investigate secretly. The reason he asked me in person was probably to see my reaction. Even if I had no guilty conscience, he might not necessarily dispel his suspicion.]
"Yun Chu, you haven't answered my first question yet." Jun Li Luo asked again, "Do you know the identity of the woman who fell from the building?"
"I have never met her before." Song Yunchu paused and said, "Judging from her extraordinary appearance, she must be a lady from a noble family."
When the envoys entered the imperial city, Shangguan Yun did not show up. It was not a lie when she said that she had never met him before. After all, she only saw what Shangguan Yun looked like after she saved him.
She saved people purely out of kindness. Jun Tianyi and the Dali Temple Minister teamed up to kill the thief, most likely to trick her and make the dog emperor believe that she was the one who designed his first acquaintance with the princess of the neighboring country and that the thief was hired by her. Once she became the princess's savior, the thief would be silenced as he was no longer of any value.
Given the Dog Emperor's suspicion and caution, even without solid evidence, he would still have more grudges against her. After all, the original intention of Beichen Kingdom to send the princess here was to hope that the princess would become the emperor's person. Even if the Dog Emperor did not like the princess, he would not allow his subjects to covet her, as that would be an offense to his majesty.
Jun Tianyi's trick of provoking others is really unethical.
"She is not an ordinary noble lady." Jun Liluo looked at Song Yunchu and smiled faintly, "She is the fifth princess of Beichen Kingdom who came to marry our dynasty this time. Yunchu, you saved her and it is a great deed. If anything happens to her, it will be detrimental to the alliance between the two countries."
"She is the princess of a neighboring country?" Song Yunchu pretended to be surprised, and then suddenly realized, "No wonder she has such an extraordinary demeanor, she is a royal family. When I went to greet the envoys, I only saw the second prince of the neighboring country. The princess did not show up due to fatigue from the journey, so even if she stood in front of me, I would not recognize her."
Jun Liluo had been observing Song Yunchu's expression, and at this moment he really wanted to laugh.
This guy always says that his acting is good, but obviously his acting skills are not bad either, and he looks quite natural pretending not to recognize the princess of a neighboring country.
Fortunately, he has the ability to hear Song Yunchu's inner voice. As long as they are face to face, Song Yunchu's thoughts cannot be hidden at all.
This would avoid many misunderstandings, at least the king and his ministers would not be easily provoked by outsiders.
However, Song Yunchu's nature of being sympathetic to women seems to be becoming more and more obvious. Because he has the ability to predict the future, he either pities this woman or wants to save that woman. From Jiang Rumin to Concubine Li to the Fifth Princess, they all have good looks. It can be seen that Song Yunchu is not only sympathetic to women, but also judges people by their appearance.
"I believe that your rescue of the princess was just a coincidence." Jun Liluo said, "Beichen Country is prosperous because they produce a lot of good horses. Their horses have amazing endurance and are a top-notch breed of war horses. But in terms of national strength, our territory is larger and our military strength is better than theirs, so what they ask for is not excessive. They hope that I can give the princess the position of imperial concubine. What do you think, Yunchu?"
Jun Liluo asked casually, but it really stumped Song Yunchu.
[According to the original setting, if Shangguan Yun had not fallen in love with Jun Tianyi, she should have been the dog emperor's concubine. However, the dog emperor was cruel and ruthless, and he was most likely to hurt women's hearts. In the original novel, he was only a little nice to Jiang Rumin, but now he doesn't even like Jiang Rumin. He is busy with government affairs all day and neglects the harem. Even if Shangguan Yun becomes a concubine, it will only make the harem have one more widow. ]
[Besides, Concubine Li and Shangguan Yun are both vicious female supporting roles in the middle and late stages of the original novel. They both hurt others and themselves because they could not get the love they wanted. If these two people were put on the same turf to fight, both would inevitably suffer.]
[These two people plus the dog emperor, the love-hate entanglement of these three crazy people is impossible to sort out. ]
[If Shangguan Yun doesn't want to be the emperor's consort, she can still choose to be a princess. However, the dog emperor has no brothers of this generation, and the remaining princes are all uncles of the emperor. Apart from that bastard Jun Tianyi, are there any princes who have a vacant princess position? ]
Jun Liluo listened to Song Yunchu's thoughts and found it funny and unbelievable.
He just asked casually, but Song Yunchu actually thought about it carefully.
However, Song Yunchu's consideration was not unreasonable. If Shangguan Yun and Concubine Li were really as belligerent as he predicted and prone to extreme behavior, then he could not give the two of them a chance to fight, so as to avoid unrest in the palace.
"Your Majesty's marriage to a concubine is not something I can say much about."
Song Yunchu thought for a moment and said, "If Your Majesty likes the princess, just marry her. If not, Your Majesty can choose a prince to marry the princess. Beichen Country is not as strong as our Tianqi Country. I believe that they are willing to make concessions for the sake of an alliance. It would not be unfair for the princess to become a princess consort."
Anyway, she couldn't say what was in her heart. As a minister, she had to try her best to answer perfectly and tell the dog emperor what he would like to hear.
"What Yunchu said is very true." Jun Liluo agreed. "I really don't need to consider the attitude of Beichen Kingdom. I don't have much affinity with this princess. I will think about it later and think about how to properly place her."
Song Yunchu smiled but said nothing, feeling vaguely that something was strange.
Today's conversation went unexpectedly smoothly. Although there were some factors that were unfavorable to her, the Dog Emperor did not make things difficult for her at all.
Sometimes, even without her expressing her thoughts, the Dog Emperor seemed to share the same ideas with her.
She and the dog emperor seem to have a tacit understanding recently? They don't seem like a pair of monarchs and ministers with their own ulterior motives.
Jun Li Luo picked up the tea beside him and took a sip, hiding the faint smile on his lips.
In the future, perhaps there will be times when we can have even better understanding of each other.
After Song Yunchu left the emperor's bedroom, he walked out of the palace.
What she didn't know was that when she passed by the Imperial Garden, two figures appeared from the rockery behind her.
"Princess, didn't you say you wanted to return the banknote to Mr. Song? You can call him now."
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