Chapter 146: Marriage
Yan Chi carried the wine jug to the roof and poured the wine directly into his mouth without using a wine cup.
After taking two sips, I was puzzled.
"How is it sour? It's obviously very sweet."
Zhuying snatched the pot away.
"It's like the wine isn't sour, but the people themselves are sour."
Yan Chi: “???”
"What's the meaning?"
"There's something wrong with our master's sense of taste."
“…”
Princess Yongning really has a problem with her sense of taste.
After being bitten on the head and face by ants, not only did her head and face become severely swollen, but her tongue also became swollen and numb. Even after the swelling subsided, the food she ate tasted like chewing wax.
“Bang—bang!”
She overturned the dishes and the table to the ground.
The palace servants had long been accustomed to this scene. They squatted on the ground silently and picked up the food and broken porcelain.
Princess Yongning punched and kicked them, "Get out! Get out of here!"
The palace maids endured the pain and bowed to take their leave.
The Queen walked in with lotus steps, not even glancing at the mess on the floor. She walked over and hugged her daughter, "If you don't like these, just ask the Imperial Kitchen to change some. Why are you angry?"
Princess Yongning burst into tears: "My tongue is broken, my face is rotten, how can I live in the future?"
The Queen patted her back gently to comfort her: "It will be fine. The imperial physician said that these ant scars will disappear in a few months. As long as you keep applying the scar removal cream, there will be no trace left."
“Who knows whether what they say is true or not!”
Princess Yongning screamed at the top of her lungs.
She hadn't had a full night's sleep in the past few days. No matter how sleepy she was, as soon as she closed her eyes, she would wake up in pain and couldn't fall asleep at all.
Even after drinking the tranquilizing soup, I could only sleep for half an hour.
That bitch Feng clearly wanted to make her die in pain.
"Mother, you said you would find someone to kill her. How's the killing going?"
The queen paused in her movements.
"The Queen Mother found someone, but unfortunately it didn't work out."
She originally wanted to keep Qi Yuwan as a chess piece to control Wen Jiming. Wen Jiming was young and promising, and he would be able to take over once the Minister of War retired.
If he is won over, the Third Prince will lose another source of support.
Unfortunately, Qi Yuwan was a hopeless case. When asked to kill Feng, she actually threatened her half-sister to do it. Her half-sister turned against her and sent her to the guillotine instead.
Princess Yongning gritted her teeth and said, "Mother, just have the secret guards kill her. I don't believe that dozens of people can't kill her!"
The Queen sighed, "The secret guards are Mother's eyes, ears, and hands and feet outside the palace. If they fail, Mother will be completely reduced to a piece of fish on the chopping board, at the mercy of others."
Princess Yongning suddenly pushed her away.
"Have all these sins I have endured been in vain?"
The Queen said: "Be patient for a while. Once the Northern Expedition delegation arrives in Beijing, it will be her turn to suffer."
"Do the people of Beituo have a grudge against her?"
"No."
The queen pulled her to sit on the Arhat couch.
"Beituo sent their second prince this time. He is notoriously cruel. A woman who falls into his hands will not survive more than a month at most."
"As long as he sets his sights on the Feng family, bad luck will come to the Feng family."
She told Princess Yongning her plan in detail.
After hearing this, Princess Yongning's irritability finally dissipated.
"Okay, mother, I'll wait for your good news. Come, serve the meal!"
She had an appetite again.
Now it was the Sixth Princess' turn to be unable to eat anymore.
"Mother, I heard that Beituo came to Daxi this time to form an alliance with Daxi to deal with the State of Cai. Is the two countries planning a marriage for this purpose?"
As soon as she received the news, she came to the Imperial Concubine's Palace to inquire.
The imperial concubine nodded: "Indeed."
The Sixth Princess panicked, "Doesn't that mean I have to marry the King of Beituo? He's even older than my father! I don't want a marriage alliance. Mother, please think of a solution!"
The imperial concubine soothed him, "Why are you in such a hurry? You still have two older sisters who haven't gotten married yet."
"But their status is not as noble as mine!"
The Sixth Princess choked up.
"You are the Imperial Concubine, I am the most beloved daughter of our father, and my third brother is the most likely to inherit the throne. The Second Prince of Beituo will definitely ask for my hand in marriage on behalf of his father."
The imperial concubine glared at her.
"Since you know that you are your father's favorite daughter, what are you afraid of? Could your father be willing to let you marry? If he dares to issue such an order, mother will definitely stop him."
The Sixth Princess was unsure.
She felt that her father's love for her was similar to his love for cats and dogs. When people's interests were at stake, they would not care about the feelings of their pets and would just throw them away.
She turned to her royal brother for advice.
The emperor comforted her: "Don't let your imagination run wild. Usually, someone from the royal family will be chosen as the princess to marry into the alliance."
This made her feel a little relieved.
It seems that this is what the previous dynasties did.
However, to be on the safe side, she still sent snacks to her father every day to make him happy, so that he would not give his caring daughter away in marriage.
When she heard her father say, "Xiao Liu, don't look for a husband so early. Stay in the palace and accompany me for a few more years," she felt as if she had taken a reassurance pill.
I think this time it should be a sure thing.
It is not her turn to marry anyone.
Unexpectedly, when the Beituo delegation came to Beijing to meet the emperor, they asked the emperor to marry her right after they presented the celestial horse. The emperor declined on the grounds that she was still young, but the second prince of Beituo still insisted on asking for her in marriage for his father.
Although the emperor changed the subject, he asked them to rest for a while and talk about it later.
But she was sure that the Second Prince of Beituo would never give up.
"Mother, what should we do now?"
She rushed into her mother's palace, feeling utterly bewildered.
The Imperial Concubine sighed, "Beituo's persistence is simply a desire to gain the upper hand in the peace talks. They're probably trying to use this as a condition to get your father to agree to more requests, such as opening up a few more items for trade."
The Sixth Princess's eyes filled with tears: "What if Father doesn't agree?"
The imperial concubine pondered for a moment.
"We can let your third brother first test the waters with the Second Prince of Beituo to see what he really wants, and then see if we can persuade your father to do so."
The Sixth Princess nodded hopefully: "I'll go find my Third Brother right away."
Since this concerns his sister's lifelong happiness, the third prince is naturally doubly cautious.
He was in charge of hosting the Beituo delegation, so after they had eaten and drunk their fill, he asked Qi Zhou, the Second Prince of Beituo: "Second Prince, do you wish to trade with Daxi during this peace negotiation?"
Qi Zhou hugged her left and right, and said lazily: "Of course."
"I wonder what supplies Beituo wants to trade with Daxi?"
Qi Zhou laughed heartily.
"But your father asked you to talk to me?"
The third prince's face darkened.
The second prince of Beituo drank so much wine, but he was not drunk at all and was still so cunning and difficult to deal with.
"I'm just curious," he said calmly, "If it's not convenient for the Second Prince, we can discuss it when we get to the court."
Qi Zhou picked up the wine cup and clinked it with his.
"Beituo doesn't have anything to show for itself except BMWs. We don't have any use for your Daxi silk and porcelain, so all we can exchange for them is salt and tea."
"Of course, if you are willing to exchange iron, I don't have to ask for your sister's hand in marriage on behalf of my father."
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