Chapter 468 Please forgive me for not being able to obey your command!
Lin Zhiqing paused and looked suddenly at Princess Pingning who was sitting not far from Concubine Rong.
Princess Pingning raised her eyebrows, raised her chin slightly, and even smiled friendly when she saw Lin Zhiqing looking at her.
Amidst her smile, Rongpin spoke:
"Miss Lin from the Changning Marquisate won first prize at the Spring Banquet. I believe she will be able to showcase the elegance of a Dasheng woman this time."
Lin Zhiqing's expression remained unchanged. If she could speak now, she would definitely call him an idiot.
You could hear a pin drop in the hall, and everyone looked at Rongpin in surprise.
No one expected that Concubine Rong would speak at this time, which was equivalent to directly agreeing to the request of the Daliang envoy.
Isn't this an act of boosting others' morale and destroying one's own prestige?
What's more, everyone knows that Marquis Changning and Marquis Wangshu have been guarding the border for many years, and it is no exaggeration to say that they have a blood feud with Daliang.
Rongpin's words deeply offended the Changning Marquisate.
"Your Highness, please think twice. The women in the palace are all from wealthy families. Miss Lin Er's father, Marquis Wangshu, died in the frontier. This is particularly inappropriate." Lu Huai stood up and rejected Rongpin's opinion.
Lin Qingshan followed closely behind:
"Your Highness, please reconsider. Marquis Wangshu and I have guarded the border for many years. We absolutely cannot tolerate this humiliation!"
As he said this, he kowtowed heavily without getting up.
Lin Shian also kowtowed heavily without standing up.
Rongpin looked at her nail polish-coated fingers and said nonchalantly:
"It's been many years since we last met. Marquis Changning seems to be getting stronger and stronger."
"Lin Zhiqing is undoubtedly the daughter of Marquis Wangshu, but she is also a citizen of Dasheng."
"If you accept the people's support but are unwilling to consider the people and the prosperity of the country, wouldn't that be a disgrace to Marquis Wangshu's reputation?"
"Your Highness, I have something to say." Lin Zhiqing did not look at Concubine Rong, but looked at the prince.
Seeing the prince nod, she stood up and walked to Lin Qingshan's side, also kneeling on the ground:
"Your Highness, ever since I can remember, I have only had a very vague impression of my father and grandfather."
"When I came of age, my father and grandfather were away at war and didn't even have time to attend my coming-of-age ceremony."
"Three thousand miles south of the military camp, every inch of land is stained with the blood of my father and grandfather, as well as the blood of countless soldiers."
"Some of those soldiers are still sitting here, while others have already returned home."
"But they all have wives and daughters, and the Marquis of Anping also sacrificed his life on the scene."
"May I ask, Rongpin, if I propose today that Princess Pingning be compared with that dancer, would you expect her to stun the audience, or would you feel ashamed?"
Upon hearing this, Concubine Rong immediately looked at her father, Marquis Anping.
Marquis Anping glared at him without a trace of smile on his face.
Rongpin was a little flustered. Before she could speak, Lin Zhiqing said loudly again:
"Empress Rong, please forgive me for not being able to obey your order!"
"If Your Majesty insists on asking this subject to save face for Dasheng, then this subject would rather die."
She performed a standard salute and also knelt on the ground, refusing to get up.
Lin Yangyang and Lu Nanyue also stood up and knelt on the ground:
"I beg Her Majesty Rongpin to revoke your order!"
After a few words, a large group of people knelt on the ground.
Lin Zhiqing's words were so powerful that they struck like thunder.
Her shoulders remained motionless, and her whole body exuded an air of fearlessness in the face of death.
Everyone knew that Concubine Rong had angered the people in Marquis Changning's Mansion.
This is not surprising.
Rongpin's recommendation of Lin Zhiqing to compete with the dancer is no different from asking someone to recognize a thief as their father.
This is an insult, a blatant insult.
No one in the hall dared to speak.
Rongpin also felt scared at this moment. She looked at Anping Hou with a pleading look, and then looked at the prince.
The prince had no expression on his face and spoke softly:
"Eunuch Wang, help the Marquis of Changning up."
He gave orders to Eunuch Wang, who had just returned to the hall.
Eunuch Wang hurried forward to support Lin Qingshan.
But Lin Qingshan didn't move.
Upon seeing this, the prince looked at the Daliang envoy and spoke again:
"Marquis Wangshu and Marquis Changning are the pillars of our Great Sheng. Lin Zhiqing is from the Lin family. No one can ask her to compete with others."
This statement has already expressed his attitude.
Marquis Changning closed his eyes, without losing face for the Crown Prince, and stood up with the help of Eunuch Wang.
When he stood up, Lin Shian, Lin Zhiqing and others also stood up and returned to their original positions.
Princess Pingning looked at Lin Zhiqing and almost couldn't maintain the smile on her face.
The Daliang envoy shook his head:
"The way Dasheng entertains guests is truly bizarre. Something as simple as singing a little song and dancing can actually lead to a battlefield."
"Why, can the Lin family's words override the Crown Prince? Don't we in Daliang have warriors who are willing to sacrifice their lives?"
His tone was grave, and the atmosphere in the hall became tense.
After Jiang Yunhe's death, there was no decent general guarding the border, and the few experienced and capable generals had either died or retreated.
Like Daliang, Dasheng valued military generals over civil officials.
Ever since Lin Qingshan and his son Lin Congrong went into battle and defeated Daliang many years ago, Daliang was severely damaged and had to recuperate for a long time.
Instead, the military generals of Dasheng died one by one.
Daliang has become active now, and there are occasional unusual movements on the border.
In a sense, the attitude of this envoy represents the attitude of Dasheng.
Everyone had previously thought that Daliang had ill intentions, and everything that had happened now had proven their thinking.
But the problem is that given Dasheng's current situation, if it goes head-to-head with Daliang, it will definitely suffer.
If he is unwilling to let the ladies take the stage, he will definitely anger Daliang.
But if we let them play, how will Dasheng save face?
Everyone understood this and of course their faces looked unhappy.
"Why do you say that, envoy?" the prince said, "I have heard that your country has a princess with a voice, appearance and smile of the most beautiful character."
"Why didn't the princess come to this palace banquet to spar with my sisters?"
This move to change the subject was obvious, but it quickly sparked discussion.
"I heard that Daliang has only one princess, and she's not only dark-skinned, but also very vulgar and clumsy."
"Your Highness the Crown Prince is still concerned about the dignity between the two countries. If the princess doesn't come, he will definitely not dare to come."
"My noble ladies in Dasheng are all well-educated and well-mannered, each with their own strengths and weaknesses in music, chess, calligraphy and painting. How can we be compared with a group of barbarians?"
"If we must compete, then let Princess Pingning take the lead. Who asked her to start this fight?"
Some people began to blame Princess Pingning.
If Princess Pingning had not instigated Concubine Rong to speak, the matter could have been easily dismissed by simply interrupting her, and the atmosphere would never have become so serious.
The noble ladies did not dare to talk about Concubine Rong and could only blame Princess Pingning.
The Daliang envoy glanced at the ladies, paused when he saw Lin Zhiqing, then looked away, looking somewhat unwilling:
"Since His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has said so, then this matter ends here."
Give up so easily?
wrong!
Lin Zhiqing had a hunch that something was wrong.
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