Chapter 219: Requesting for Marriage
"Your Highness Prince Yong is wise and wise!"
All the officials knelt on the ground and shouted, submitting their heads in obedience.
Queen Qin looked around, and the coldness in her eyes could no longer be hidden. All these years of forbearance were finally coming to an end.
Fengyi Palace.
"Let's all sit down and have a cup of tea. We've been working hard all day."
Queen Qin sat at the top and nodded. Lu Yong and Qin Xiu sat at the top on both sides. He Ning sat below Lu Yong, and Jiang Qingning sat below Qin Xiu.
The five of them drank tea calmly, as if they had not experienced anything like the event that nearly brought about the change of dynasties.
"Princess Chenhua, do you think I can wait for the result?" Queen Qin looked at Jiang Qingning with inquiry in her phoenix eyes.
Jiang Qingning naturally understood the meaning of her words, so he stood up and saluted, saying, "Please rest assured, Queen, I will definitely capture the traitors on this trip."
Queen Qin nodded with satisfaction: "In that case, then wait."
Qin Xiu raised his eyes slightly and looked at He Ning who was sitting opposite Jiang Qingning, and the worry in his heart was relieved a little.
"Your Majesty, I have something else I would like to ask your Majesty for your decision."
Jiang Qingning noticed Qin Xiu's gaze, smiled knowingly, stood up and saluted.
"Oh? Princess, please feel free to speak." Queen Qin seemed to have sensed something and spoke.
Jiang Qingning said respectfully, "After spending a long time with Prince He, I've realized that perhaps we're not suitable for each other. Prince He thinks so too. Therefore, I beg the Empress to dissolve my engagement with Prince He."
Queen Qin looked aside and said, "Master He, do you think so too?"
He Ning was excited, but when he heard Queen Qin calling him, he quickly calmed down, stood up and knelt beside Jiang Qingning and said, "Your Majesty, I feel the same way. I beg Your Majesty to cancel my engagement with Princess Chenhua."
Queen Qin's eyes were filled with smiles. "Your Majesty ordered in the palace yesterday that Princess Yun Chenhua could cancel her marriage on her own. I agree to your request. From now on, your engagement is cancelled."
Jiang Qingning and He Ning said in unison: "Your Majesty, the Queen, thank you for your grace!"
Having said this, He Ning stood up and returned to his seat. Jiang Qingning was still kneeling there and said, "Your Majesty, I have something else that I would like to ask for your approval." After she finished speaking, she glanced at Qin Xiu with a doting look in her eyes.
Qin Xiu's breathing suddenly tightened, his eyes revealed a trace of nervousness, and his palms that were gripping the armrests of the armchair turned pale subconsciously.
"Go on." Queen Qin understood.
"I would like to ask the Queen to grant me a marriage with His Royal Highness Qin Xiu, the Crown Prince of the Duke of Qin's Mansion. I have long admired and cherished the memory of Lord Qin, and I wish to spend my life with him."
Before Jiang Qingning finished speaking, Qin Xiu had already stood up, lifted his robe, knelt beside her, and said with a bow, "Empress, I am willing!"
The next moment, the hall was filled with teasing laughter, and everyone had a playful smile on their face.
Queen Qin raised her hand and said, "Rise, both of you. Since you two have already agreed, why should I object? It just so happens that the Imperial Household Department has almost completed the wedding ceremony. Under the pretext of bringing good luck to His Majesty, we will choose an auspicious date nearby to hold the ceremony for you."
The originally scheduled auspicious date was the eighth day of the next month. What Queen Qin meant by this was to quickly make the wedding clothes for Qin Xiu and take the opportunity to ask the Imperial Astronomical Observatory to calculate the soonest date for the ceremony.
After all, the poison in Lu Bing's body was drawn out by the toxin on the dagger, and now it is just a sign of being strong on the outside but weak on the inside. Even if all the pills and medicines were taken, he would only be able to survive for another month at most.
Qin Xiu and Jiang Qingning exchanged a glance and said with a smile, "We will follow the Queen's instructions!"
Lu Yong stood up and said, "Then I, your nephew, would like to congratulate my uncle and aunt in advance."
The head nanny came in and said, "Your Majesty, Young General Jiang requests an audience."
The two of them quickly stood up and returned to their seats to make way.
"Please come in, Kua."
The door curtain was pulled open by the palace maid, and a tall and graceful figure walked into the hall.
Jiang Qinghuai saluted and said, "Your Majesty, I, Jiang Qinghuai, greet the Empress. I have the following to report: the traitorous minister, the treacherous Consort Xian, and the Third Prince Lu Qi have all been apprehended. The traitors Wei Zhai, Fu Boqian, and the rest have all been executed!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the five people present immediately put on relaxed smiles.
Queen Qin said, "Marquis Jingbei is truly a loyal minister of our dynasty. His Excellency is a man of extraordinary talent and brilliance, and he is our most formidable general. If Marquis Jingbei can eliminate the traitors and rebellious officials for our dynasty, I will personally report this to Your Majesty and reward him handsomely."
Jiang Qinghuai said respectfully: "Thank you, Queen!"
late at night.
Sky Prison.
"Princess Chenhua!"
"Princess Chenhua is well!"
"Your humble servant greets Princess Chenhua!"
Voices of respectful greetings and salutes rang out one after another.
Jiang Qingning, dressed in gorgeous palace attire, walked through the gloomy prison. Facing the greetings from the crowd, she nodded indifferently, "No need for formalities. I'm here to see an old friend."
The jailer naturally knew who Jiang Qingning was talking about. He rushed to the front and said with a nod and a bow, "The criminal Xun Chen is imprisoned here. Princess, please come in."
Xun Chen was wearing prison clothes and leaning against the prison in tattered clothes. Hearing the noise outside, he raised his head, and his messy hair covered half of his bloody face.
With a "crunch".
The cell door was opened.
"It's you." Xun Chen sneered, leaning against the wall with a sinister look on his face.
"It seems that Wei Zhai and Fu Boqian have been defeated, and you have become the Princess of Chenhua. Jiang Qingning, you really have a good plan. You deceived all of us."
Jiang Qingning stood in front of him, his expression showing no sign of sadness or joy: "Xun Chen, you have brought all this upon yourself."
"You can't blame others."
"You can't blame others? Ha! Who insisted on marrying me in the first place? And who was the one who decided the marriage between the Xun and Jiang families?" Xun Chen supported himself against the wall and staggered to his feet. "Jiang Qingning, you are so selfish. You don't want your husband of eight years, you don't want your own children, you only want your parents and family!"
"What on earth did they give you to allow you to go this far, even at the cost of destroying everything?"
“Bang!”
A loud slap hit Xun Chen's face hard, making his distorted face freeze instantly.
"Eight years in the cold courtyard don't count. My father and brother have been in the Lingnan wind and frost for ten years. My mother and little sister haven't returned to the capital for ten years. Our family has been separated for ten years. Xun Chen, all of this is because of your evil deeds. Everything now is your retribution."
Jiang Qingning sneered and said, "I have good news for you. I'm going to marry Qin Xiu."
Xun Chen was furious: "Jiang Qingning, you fickle bitch! As expected, you hooked up with He Ning and Qin Xiu. You are the one who deserves death! You are the one who deserves death. I still wanted to reconcile with you!"
“Bang!”
“Bang!”
“Bang!”
“Bang!”
After a few loud slaps, Jiang Qingning shook his hands and sneered, "Incompetent men will only bark like mad dogs in the end."
"Xun Chen, you will lose everything in the end."
"Your mother taught me since I was young that I was born to be a qualified wife of the Xun family. I, Jiang Qingning, believe I have achieved the ultimate, but how have you treated me?"
"Your indifference over the years, the bullying by your mother and Bai Qingyi, Xun Moli's abandonment and transformation into a playboy, all that my Jiang family's eldest branch has endured, are all caused by you, the culprit. How dare you accuse me?"
Jiang Qingning looked at Xun Chen's swollen face and felt a little relieved.
"Don't worry, I won't kill you, but I will make you, the proud Earl of Anping, lose everything, and make your mother beg for food every day with you."
"You will be despised by others all day long, and I will have people follow you around every day, watching you beg with a broken bowl, starving and thirsty when you can't get anything, and you won't even be able to decide to commit suicide on your own."
"Xun Chen, you will be unable to live or die."
"As for your children, there will naturally be civilians who will adopt them. I, Jiang Qingning, am not like you, Xun Chen. I cannot turn a blind eye to the innocent and weak."
After he finished speaking, Jiang Qingning turned and left.
Behind him, Xun Chen shouted in disbelief: "Jiang Qingning! You killed me! You killed me!"
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