"Your Highness, as Su Shixuan said, Concubine Bai secretly had a portrait of the Fifth Princess prepared, intending to leak it to the Northern Liang envoys on the day they arrived."
Situ Yao stared at the book given by the emperor, pondering for a while before asking, "How is the Fifth Princess doing?"
"Although it took some effort, Madam Hu served the master faithfully and has accomplished the task. When the Northern Liang envoys arrive, they will surely see the Fifth Princess, who is terminally ill. However..."
The man in black hesitated, not knowing whether he should speak or not.
Situ Yao chuckled: "Feng Yi, what else can you not say in front of me?"
The man in black hurriedly said, "I took the initiative to investigate Su Shixuan and found that her brother recently owed a gambling debt..."
"Are you worried about Concubine Bai's people and using them to threaten Su Shixuan?" Situ Yao took over his words and asked.
Situ Yao pondered for a moment and said, "Save the person and find a place to lock him up. Maybe he will be useful in the future."
If killing is not appropriate, then lock him up.
Once Situ Yao made the decision, the men in black could go and do it.
A few days later, envoys from Northern Liang came to the capital, but no one in Da Qi knew about it. Along with them came the fourth prince of their country.
The only eligible princesses in the Great Qi Dynasty were the third and fifth princesses.
Of these two princesses, Beiliang naturally prefers the Fifth Princess, the Queen's biological daughter, but out of caution, the Fourth Prince still wants to come and see for himself.
The envoy went out shopping and ran into a painter.
The painter was employed by the imperial court. That day, he brought the princess's portrait into the palace for her to view.
The envoy was immediately interested when he saw the beautiful and charming woman in the portrait.
However, the painter refused to say which princess this was.
The envoy had no choice but to take the opportunity to enter the palace to inquire about the news. Coincidentally, the third princess rode past on horseback, dressed in red and looking heroic.
The flying hair touched the heartstrings of the Fourth Prince of Beiliang, but when he thought of the identity of the Fifth Princess, he became conflicted again.
As luck would have it, at this moment news came from the palace that the fifth princess was seriously ill.
"She didn't get sick earlier or later, but she got sick as soon as the envoy arrived! Did someone leak the news and she already knew our plan?" Concubine Bai sat in her bedroom, extremely anxious.
The friendly relations between Northern Liang and Great Qi this time were of great importance. Although the emperor doted on her and his third princess, they could never compare to the country and the people.
"Your Majesty, I have asked the imperial physician, and he said that the Fifth Princess's illness is a leftover from the past. It recurred when the Queen died. Now that Situ Yao has been sent to the imperial mausoleum, her mental illness has worsened, so it recurred." The senior palace maid reported cautiously.
"I don't care what the cause of her illness is. As long as she is not dead, she must marry to Beiliang. If she doesn't go, do you think my Yue'er will have to suffer in that desolate place?" Concubine Bai threw the teacup in anger, her eyes full of viciousness.
Thinking of this, she felt that she should not have stopped the emperor from choosing a husband for the third princess a few years ago. At that time, she kept saying that she was reluctant to let the third princess get married, but she forced the fourth princess to bypass the third princess and get engaged to the Duke of Chen.
In fact, she had already planned to marry her daughter to the Bai family to consolidate the Bai family's position.
However, her nephew was just a commoner at that time and had no right to marry the princess.
Now that she has finally become a Jinshi, she is just waiting to ask for the emperor's approval in some time.
Who knew that this kind of thing would happen again.
"Your Majesty, how about we arrange the marriage between the Third Princess and Young Master Bai in advance?" the head palace maid asked tentatively.
Of course Concubine Bai wanted to, but what was the difference between her doing so and slapping the emperor in the face?
The emperor is an arrogant person. He is the only one who lets down the people of the world, and no one in the world lets him down.
After being married for many years, she still understands the proper limits.
Concubine Bai pondered and said, "Send Doctor Zhang from the Imperial Hospital to take a look. Even if she is just hanging on by a thread... I will definitely send her to marry."
Concubine Bai had made a very good plan, but she never expected that within half a day, news would come from the Imperial Hospital that the Fifth Princess was seriously ill and in critical condition.
Ignoring the obstruction, Matron Hu insisted on going before the emperor and said that the master of Baochan Temple said that the fifth princess was in conflict with Tai Sui this year and it was not suitable for her to stay in the palace. If she wanted to survive, she had to go outside the palace to avoid disaster.
The emperor saw his daughter's sick appearance with his own eyes and finally nodded in agreement.
On the second day, a group of people took the princess out of the palace and went to Baochan Temple.
The prince of Northern Liang was suspicious, so he took people to visit Baochan Temple secretly. As a result, he saw the fifth princess with chickenpox all over her face. He was so scared that he fell off the wall on the spot. When he returned, he urged his ministers to go to the palace to ask for the third princess' hand in marriage on his behalf.
When Concubine Bai heard the news, she fainted from anger.
Although the emperor has not yet issued an edict of approval, if nothing unexpected happens, the third princess's marriage is confirmed.
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