Chapter 62 She is not worthy of being the Princess of Beining
The Queen Mother burst out laughing: "Haha... Nineteen, you are wrong, it's not him who seduced Yian, but... it's Yian who fell in love with him!"
"That's right," Xiao Mingjie said, "After discussing with my mother, we also felt that marrying into the Liaoyuan Marquisate would bring more benefits than disadvantages to us, so we didn't stop it."
Nowadays, the government affairs in Shangjing are mostly controlled by the Queen and the Yang family. After all, the Prince of Beining is a vassal king and may be reduced to a vassal state at any time. However, if they can form an alliance with the Liaoyuan Marquisate, the Shangjing court will not be able to deal with the forces of both the north and the south at once.
"You think too simply. You can think of marriage and alliance, but the emperor can't?" Xiao Mingzhe tapped the table lightly with his index finger, his brows tinged with scheming. "As long as you have the idea of marriage, the emperor will immediately reduce the power of the vassal. Moreover, even if Jiang Tianxing wants this, he will not agree to the marriage."
"This..." Xiao Mingjie rolled her eyes left and right, "I didn't expect this."
"Besides, Jiang Xu is a scoundrel who plays both sides. He deserves to be put to death," Xiao Mingzhe picked up the teacup on the table and drank it all in one gulp. "I just want to break his legs and teach him a lesson."
Empress Dowager Liu and Xiao Mingjie looked at each other with confusion on their faces.
"Playing both sides?" Xiao Mingjie asked, "Where did you hear that?"
Xiao Mingzhe didn't say anything.
Empress Dowager Liu said, "Nineteen, there are some rumors in the capital about Jiang Xu and your sister, but they are not true. I think this child... is quite decent."
"I'm not talking about him and the imperial sister, but him..." Xiao Mingzhe was about to say Fang Qianxue's name, but after thinking for a while, he swallowed the words back and said, "Forget it, let's not talk about that scum."
He hated Jiang Xu, but he still had to consider Fang Qianxue's reputation.
No matter who takes the initiative in this kind of matter between men and women, it will become a distorted matter once it is spread out.
Xiao Mingzhe was silent for a moment, and personally filled Empress Dowager Liu's cup with tea: "Mother, have you told Fang about what I told you?"
"What did you talk about with mother? Is it related to Qianxue?" Xiao Mingjie became alert.
"Nineteen said that he wants Fang Qianxue to be the Princess of Beining." Empress Dowager Liu had just finished speaking when Xiao Mingjie suddenly stood up and quickly made a soothing gesture with her palm down, "Don't get excited. There's nothing to say about this matter. It's likely that it will be left unresolved."
"Could it be that she is worried about me because of those rumors?" Xiao Mingzhe sneered.
This woman wants both appearance and substance, so vulgar.
If it weren't for that bald donkey Liaochen saying that the two of them had an unfinished marriage and that it would affect his ascension to the throne, he would not have bothered to pay attention to such a superficial woman.
"Ahem..." Empress Dowager Liu was so shocked by his words that she choked on her tea. "Stop talking nonsense! Why are you shouting about your affairs everywhere all day? Don't you think it's embarrassing enough?"
Over the years, she sent people to send Xiao Mingzhe various elixirs for strengthening the body, nourishing the yang and replenishing the qi, but they had no effect. The imperial physician said that Xiao Mingzhe was weak, but he was very brave on the battlefield and did not look weak at all.
Empress Dowager Liu was most afraid of people mentioning this matter.
"Then what else is she dissatisfied with me?" Xiao Mingzhe asked.
"I didn't mention you at all! I only said I would help her get a divorce, but Fang Qianxue insisted on taking the two children with her, which made it difficult. According to the laws of Dayong, no matter if the child is still in the womb or born, it will belong to the man during the divorce..."
"Wait!" Xiao Mingjie finally reacted and exclaimed, "Nineteen! How could you set your sights on Qianxue? She's your niece!"
"She's not your biological daughter," Xiao Mingzhe said disapprovingly, "I just like her."
However, he had not expected that Fang Qianxue would take the two children with her, and things became a little complicated.
"Xiao Mingzhe! Even rabbits don't eat grass near their burrows!" Xiao Mingjie pinched her waist with one hand and pointed at King Beining with the other. "Didn't you just meet Qianxue once and then be blinded by her? I warn you, if you dare to abandon her..."
"Who said I would abandon you after having sex with you? She didn't even give me the chance to do that," Xiao Mingzhe glanced at her coldly, not wanting to be outdone, "Besides, I'm not a rabbit."
"Alright, alright, stop arguing!" Empress Dowager Liu patted the table gently and said, "You're giving me a headache. In my opinion, let's forget about this matter. Fang is a remarried woman with two children. She is not qualified to be the Princess of Beining."
Xiao Mingzhe leaned back, leaning comfortably on the soft pillow, and said lazily: "Then your son is still a cripple."
"You...are you going to piss off your mother to death?" Empress Dowager Liu covered her chest with one hand and gasped, "What sin did I commit in my previous life!"
"Mother," Xiao Mingzhe suddenly held the old queen's hand and said softly, "Master Liaochen said that I have been plagued by karma in this life, and only the daughter of the Fang family can resolve it."
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