Chapter 159 As Wish
The emperor almost thought he had heard it wrong.
"Are you talking about Yongning or Jianing?"
"Princess Yongning."
Qi Yu replied.
"The Queen's legitimate daughter, the eldest princess who just divorced her husband."
emperor:"……"
"Why do you want to marry Yongning?"
Qi Yu smiled and said, "Princess Yongning is the legitimate daughter of the Empress Dowager. She is of noble status and cannot be compared with ordinary royal daughters. We, the Northern Expedition admire the splendor of the Celestial Empire, so naturally we hope to marry a daughter of the highest rank and noblest status to highlight the importance of the marriage between our two countries."
"Furthermore, I have heard that the phoenix rises from the ashes, its glory ever greater. Princess Yongning has managed government affairs and experienced divorce, so she is calmer and more composed than other princesses. If she becomes the Queen of Beituo, she will surely further promote diplomatic relations between the two countries."
emperor:"……"
He was somewhat tempted by this reason.
The princess's marriage is of great importance to the diplomatic relations between the two countries, and she is not someone weak and frail in the inner palace who can handle this task.
Yongning has rich experience and is indeed more suitable for marriage than the fourth and fifth children who are inexperienced in the world.
Anyway, Beituo doesn't care whether she is married or not.
only……
"Does your father really not care that she was once married?"
Qi Yu said solemnly: "We at Beituo will marry Princess Yongning as our queen with the highest honors and will not treat her lightly."
The emperor was already somewhat tempted, but he still summoned his trusted ministers to discuss the matter.
Some ministers agreed, while others opposed.
Those who agree all agree with the reasons given by the Ninth Prince of Beituo.
Those who opposed it worried that this was the Ninth Prince of Beituo acting on his own initiative, and that the King of Beituo might be angered by Daxi's decision to marry off the second princess.
"What do you think, Mr. Ji?"
Seeing that Ji Changqing didn't speak, the emperor asked with a smile.
Ji Changqing: "I believe that Princess Yongning is a woman of strong character and indeed more suitable for a marriage than other princesses. I wonder what kind of treatment Beituo means by 'highest honors'?"
The emperor's eyes lit up. "Ji Qing is right. The specifications of the betrothal gifts do need to be carefully discussed. I think..."
Other ministers: “…”
Is Ji Changqing the worm in Your Majesty's stomach that has turned into a spirit?
Why is it that he always guesses the emperor's intention?
They were expressing their opinions seriously, but it turns out that His Majesty only cared about the betrothal gifts?
Ji Changqing faced their envious, jealous and hateful looks, and looked at his nose, mouth and heart.
When he returned home from the palace, he saw Feng Qingsui at the gate of his mother's courtyard. He smiled and said, "Congratulations on getting what you wished for. Princess Yongning is going to marry."
Feng Qingsui asked in return, "What wish do I have?"
It was obviously someone else who got what he wanted.
The Sixth Princess didn't want to marry, so she found a marriage partner for her to prevent it.
The prince of Wu'an wanted to be a prince consort, so she helped him marry the sixth princess.
Princess Yongning was easily bored with the old and loved the new, so she helped her divorce her husband and find a new one.
Other than that, she did nothing.
The Sixth Princess and her friends got what they wanted but still couldn't live a good life. It was purely their own problem and had nothing to do with her.
Ji Changqing looked at her cunning smile, and the corners of his lips curled up slightly.
"I'll make eel rice noodles later. Do you want some?"
Feng Qingsui nodded heavily.
How could you not eat Chef Ji’s dishes?
The crispy eel on the outside and tender on the inside, the fragrant and rich sauce soup, the smooth rice noodles, and the fragrant mint leaves all melt in your mouth and taste amazing.
Feng Qingsui ate two large bowls in one breath.
If my stomach was full, I would have had another bowl.
"Now I understand why there's a saying that goes, 'A prime minister's stomach can hold a boat.'"
She smiled as she put down her dishes.
Qi cooperated and asked, "Why?"
"Because the Prime Minister is such a good cook, he made his stomach bloated."
Qi burst into laughter.
Ji Changqing: “…”
He silently looked down at his abdomen.
It didn't expand, okay?
He practices martial arts for an hour every day.
But it is indeed less than before. I used to spend most of my time in the military camp, training for at least three hours a day.
A sense of crisis suddenly arose.
After returning to the hospital at night, he practiced for another half hour before going to wash up.
When I was showering, I saw that my abdominal muscles were as clear as usual, and I breathed a sigh of relief.
But when I think of the potbellied appearance of those middle-aged civil officials in the court, I still feel that it is necessary to exercise more, otherwise I will become like them sooner or later.
Court officials: (′ω`)
We didn't mess with you, okay?
After adding half an hour of exercise to his schedule, he fell into a deep sleep.
In the palace, there are people who can't sleep at night.
"Mother, I will never marry into a foreign alliance even if I die!"
Princess Yongning did not leave the palace and stayed overnight in the Queen's Fengyi Palace.
The Queen was so sleepy that she could barely open her eyes, but she still managed to cheer her up and comfort her: "Mother will find a way. Calm down first."
"The imperial decree has been issued, what else can we do?"
Princess Yongning roared.
"Even if I kill the Ninth Prince of Beituo, I will still have to go to Beituo to marry."
The Queen sighed, "Now that you understand, getting mad here won't help."
Princess Yongning kicked the table leg hard and sat down next to the queen.
"Mother, where is my brother?"
She lowered her voice.
"Or I'll go to my brother the emperor."
Queen: “!!!”
The sleepiness in my head was immediately dispelled by her words.
After dismissing the palace maids, she said in a deep voice, "Do you think your royal brother has an easy life? He now lives in the mountains, with countless mosquitoes. If you have the ability to go into the mountains, you might as well go to Beituo and become the queen."
When Princess Yongning heard the word "mosquitoes", she gave up.
She didn't want to be bitten to death by insects like the Sixth Princess.
"Then what should I do? King Beituo is almost dead. Should I marry him and take care of his shit and urine? Father didn't ask me to marry, he asked me to die."
The queen was silent for a while.
After a long while, she slowly said, "If you can hold your composure, this deadlock may not be impossible to break."
After saying that, he stood up and walked back to the inner room, and took out a white porcelain bottle.
"Do you know what this is?"
After removing the cork, she handed the bottle to Princess Yongning.
A sweet and exotic fragrance wafts out.
Princess Yongning felt disgusted.
"What the hell? It stinks."
The Queen corked the bottle.
"This is Xiaoyao ointment," she said calmly. "It can relieve pain, cough, and diarrhea. If used for a long time, people will become addicted and unable to extricate themselves."
Princess Yongning suddenly opened her eyes wide.
"The climate in Beituo is bad, and the King of Beituo has been at war for years. He must have been suffering from illness for a long time."
The Queen said, clutching the bottle.
"The Xiaoyao Cream can make him dependent on you and inseparable from you. If you have a son, it is not impossible for him to take over the throne of the Northern Expedition."
"Even if you have no children, if you can hold the King of Beituo in your hands, you can help your royal brother achieve success in the future. When you return to Daxi, you will be the well-deserved eldest princess."
"This is a thorny road, full of hardships and suffering. I wonder if you dare to walk it."
Princess Yongning imagined herself controlling the life and death of a country's ruler and having the entire royal court prostrate at her knees, and her breathing quickened.
But immediately she thought of the long journey, the bad weather, and the unknown dangers, and she felt afraid.
The Queen glanced at her and continued, "If you don't dare, your mother can help you escape. You can hide your identity and become a rich woman in the future."
Rich woman?
She has been high and mighty for so many years, and now you want her to be an unknown rich woman?
It would be better to kill her.
After struggling for a moment, she gritted her teeth and said, "Mother, I will go and marry you."
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