Chapter 95 The Life of the Disliked Emperor

This incident dealt a heavy blow to Duke Jing and his wife, especially his wife. She had been in poor health to begin with, and now her condition became even worse. It was said that she had been bedridden for several days and even the imperial physician was sent from the palace.

The Duke Jing's Mansion also sent many people to Mingzhou, hoping to find their real daughter, but there was no clue at all. After so many years, they didn't know where to start even if they wanted to find her.

According to Aunt Xu, the kidnappers were from other places. She didn't know where they came from, nor where they would sell the children.

There is another rumor in the capital today, saying that the girl who was just brought back to the Jingguo Mansion not long ago still cannot adapt to the capital, and has no choice but to send her back to the south to recuperate.

The news was kept secret at the Duke Jing's Mansion, and people outside didn't know what was going on. At most, they muttered a few words, saying that they hadn't seen that Miss Qin was in poor health.

However, she had only been back for a short time, so her departure naturally did not cause much discussion.

"It was not obvious that she was in poor health in the past. Fortunately, the emperor did not agree to let her become Yang'er's imperial concubine."

The queen didn't realize it when she said this, but after she finished speaking, she seemed to remember something and her face became a little embarrassed. Now her son's marriage was not going well either.

She really didn't know which of the two was worse...

"Maybe it's because the weather is cold now. Many diseases cannot stand the cold."

Princess Kangle said this calmly, pretending she didn't hear the Queen's next words.

She came to the palace today to see the emperor. It has been more than a month since she went to Qingzhou, but there is still no news of her return. She was a little worried, so she thought about going to the palace again to ask the emperor.

But when she arrived, the Emperor was discussing matters with his ministers, so she simply went to wait for the Empress.

"Yes, you are right." The Queen smiled and changed the subject, "I heard from the Emperor that he has a crush on someone recently? I heard that it is the daughter of Lord Shen, the Minister of the Dali Temple."

Hearing this, Princess Kangle's smile deepened a little, "Yes, she is a very good girl. Didn't you see her last time in the palace? Not only did you like her for a while, I like her too."

The queen originally wanted to say that the Shen family was of low status, had little foundation, and was a motherless man, so a girl like this was not worthy of having a son.

But when she observed the girl's expression and saw the smile on Princess Kangle's face, she knew that she quite liked this girl, so she swallowed back the unpleasant words.

"I remember that you took a painting from that girl. It seems that you liked her at that time. However, she does look like a smart girl. The emperor also said that this Mr. Shen is a good person and is not young anymore. I think we should just ask the emperor to grant us marriage and set the marriage."

"It's just her birthday, she's only 21, why are you in such a hurry? Besides, she's still young, I want to marry her off as soon as possible so I can have more girls to love her, but the Shen family won't let them marry off so early."

Princess Kang Le touched her face and said, "Besides, I'm still so young, how can I become a mother-in-law?"

Princess Kangle thought that, given the way the Shen family loved their daughters, her son would be able to find a wife in three years.

"Look, you've already protected your daughter-in-law before she even got married. I'm afraid there's no other mother-in-law as good as you in this world."

After saying this, the queen sighed. She was jealous that Kang Le would be able to live in harmony with her mother-in-law in the future, unlike her.

"Now when I think about Yang'er's marriage, I still feel anxious. When I think about Consort Xian Gui's niece calling me mother in the future, I feel terrified."

"Why think so much? The princes have to leave the palace and start their own households after they get married. You are in the palace, so if you don't want to see them, then don't see them."

"It's not a matter of seeing or not." Even though she was forced to accept this marriage, the queen still blamed the emperor for giving her such a lousy marriage.

As the two were talking, a young eunuch came in and said that the emperor had finished his discussion and was calling her over.

Princess Kang Le stood up after hearing this and said, "Sister-in-law, I'll go over first."

"Okay, go ahead, and don't worry too much. If there's no news, it means everything is fine."

"What the Empress said is true."

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"Kangle is here, please sit down."

There was a chair in front of the table, but Princess Kangle did not sit down. She bowed and asked the emperor:

"Brother, what's going on over there? It's been over a month, why hasn't he returned yet? Not even a letter."

The emperor was greatly shocked when Princess Kangle called him "Royal Brother". He had never heard his cousin call him "Royal Brother" many times since he was a child. When she was a child, she always called him by his name.

When he became the emperor, she would no longer call him by his name, but she would always call him Emperor. When had she ever called him Brother Emperor? However, it could be seen from this that she was really anxious.

"Kang Le, don't worry. Youqi is fine, but the matter in Qingzhou is over, and I let him go somewhere else. Those who are capable should do more work! I love Youqi, too, so how can I let him get into trouble?"

"The more capable you are, the more work you will do. That's a nice saying." Princess Kangle sat down on the chair. "He didn't get to spend his birthday at home this year. He was in the border army on his birthday the past two years, and this year he finally came back, but you sent him out again."

"I remember all the birthdays that are coming up. I've prepared the birthday gifts. I'm sure they'll be great."

"Is nothing wrong?" Princess Kangle was still a little worried. When her son was at the border, he would send her a letter every month. Although sometimes he could only write a few words, at least the family would know the news. But this time, he only sent her a letter.

"Of course not. How can I lie to you? To tell you the truth, the Xiaoyaowan in the capital has been completely wiped out, but the situation in many prefectures outside is serious. The court is indeed short of manpower. I have sent a team of guards there to accompany him, so he will be fine."

Princess Kangle felt relieved when she saw that the emperor's expression did not seem fake.

"That's good. I'll go back now."

Princess Kang Le stood up and was about to leave. She still couldn't get used to the palace.

"Wait." The emperor stopped the man and took out an imperial edict. "This is a marriage decree, but Youqi said no. What do you think? I thought if it's possible, I could just let Youqi get married like his three brothers after a year."

Princess Kangle naturally refused without a second thought, and she refused very rudely.

"No need, keep it for yourself. Who wants to marry a woman like you who is a complete idiot?"

After saying this, he bowed as a greeting and left.

"Hey, is my marriage decree something disgusting? Why do both of you dislike it so much? Deqing, tell me, didn't I write this marriage decree for a date?"

"Your Majesty, hasn't Princess Kangle always been like this? When she was with the Duke, she didn't ask you to grant her marriage."

"Is it because she won't let me? It's because I don't want to! What's so good about Xie Boyuan? He's just good-looking and has no ambition. How can he be worthy of Kang Le?"

As the emperor was talking, he started to get angry with himself again. Deqing was not surprised at all. From childhood to adulthood, after so many years, the emperor still could not get the upper hand over the princess.