Chapter 1174: It’s almost time
After Prince Mingxuan finished speaking, he took out a small pottery figurine from his sleeve pocket.
Then, he looked at Princess Huaning with affection and said incoherently, "Your Highness, I carry this pottery figurine with me every day to comfort my longing for you."
As soon as Prince Mingxuan finished speaking, there was an uproar.
What does this mean?
Potter?
Lovesickness?
Following Prince Mingxuan's words, everyone looked at the pottery figure in his hand.
Then, it was discovered that the pottery figure was a small statue of a woman.
Those who had seen Princess Huaning quickly discerned some traces of her figure from the pottery figurine.
He couldn't help but look at Princess Huaning with a look of surprise and doubt.
Could it be that... there has been an affair between Her Royal Highness the Princess and the Crown Prince of Western Qin?
If that were the case, it would be no wonder that the Crown Prince of Western Qin insisted on marrying Princess Huaning.
Thinking of this, the looks many people gave Princess Huaning had several more layers of meaning.
Then, he thought of the benefits of a marriage between the two countries, and his thoughts, which had just been extinguished, became active again.
Princess Huaning was both ashamed and angry.
She naturally recognized it. This pottery figure was made by the old man who sold pottery figures when she was in Qingzhou Prefecture.
What she didn't expect was that the Prince of Western Qin was so despicable that he actually got such a pottery figure.
Moreover, he took it out in front of so many people.
Isn't this a deliberate attempt to ruin her reputation?
What's more, he said something that seemed to make sense but was not.
Princess Huaning was almost crying with anger.
Su Laowu stood up directly from the ground and rushed towards Prince Mingxuan with fire in his eyes.
"You bastard!"
"Stop him!" Prince Mingxuan was startled and subconsciously took a step back.
Several Western Qin envoys immediately stood in front of Prince Mingxuan.
Xuanyuan Jin looked at Su Laowu and said, "Fifth brother, please be patient."
After saying this, he looked at Emperor Tianxi and said, "Father, when I was in Qingzhou Prefecture, I met an old man who made pottery figurines. I asked him to make a few for me. My sister was there at the time..."
Xuanyuan Jin simply recounted what had happened.
Finally, he said, "Words are not enough. The old man is waiting outside the enclosure now. Father, please summon him in and we'll know the answer once we ask him."
Emperor Tianxi said with a cold face: "Announce!"
But he felt relieved and couldn't help but glance at Xuanyuan Jin.
The witnesses were brought here from far away, which shows that they were well prepared.
Humph! Brat! It seems you're determined to ruin this marriage!
Prince Mingxuan was a little dumbfounded.
He originally wanted to create misunderstandings about his relationship with Princess Huaning.
Anyway, the women of Dayan value their reputation the most.
At the same time, he also tried to sow discord between Su Laowu and Princess Huaning.
Unexpectedly, Xuanyuan Jin actually brought the old man who sells pottery here.
Prince Mingxuan had no idea that Xuanyuan Jin and Tang Bao had been on guard against this move of his.
Soon, the old man who sold the pottery figures came in trembling.
"I, a humble commoner, kowtow to the Emperor!"
The old man trembled and fell to his knees with a thud.
He had never met a big shot in his life.
What's more, the person I'm meeting now is the emperor.
My calves have already gone weak.
Emperor Tianxi asked with dignity, "Who is this person? Where are you from? What do you do for a living?"
"In reply to the emperor, my surname is Liu, I am from Qingzhou, and I make a living selling pottery..."
The old man spoke haltingly and was sweating profusely.
Fortunately, with the questioning of Emperor Tianxi, it was finally made clear that Prince Mingxuan had privately given him a gold ingot and bought a small ceramic statue of Princess Huaning.
"I, I deserve to die. I shouldn't have been greedy and sold the customer's statue without permission... I beg you, Your Majesty, to forgive me..."
After the old man finished speaking, he tremblingly took out a gold ingot and put it on the ground.
Then, he kowtowed "bang bang bang".
Although he didn't know Princess Huaning's identity, he knew that he must have made a big mistake.
Otherwise, that noble young master would not have allowed himself to be brought to the capital to meet the emperor.
Your Majesty...
He must have committed a heinous crime...
The old man felt that he might lose his head.
I couldn't help but regret for the thousandth time my money-hungry behavior.
The little girl had clearly warned him not to make their statues and sell them for money.
In the end, he still did it...
Emperor Tianxi breathed a sigh of relief after hearing the old man's words.
In short, my daughter's reputation was saved.
Then, he looked at Prince Mingxuan with some disgust.
The character of this prince is simply too despicable!
After doing such a shameful thing, he even tried to throw dirty water on his daughter!
It's really hopeless!
At this time, not only Emperor Tianxi thought so, but those ministers who supported the marriage between the two countries also looked down upon Prince Mingxuan more and more.
At the same time, they also understood that if they agreed to marry the princess to Xi Qin as a peace agreement, it would be a real loss of face.
I have to say, after all this commotion, no one can really agree with the princess's marriage.
Because whoever speaks out in agreement will be embarrassed.
"So that's what's going on!" Prince Cheng'en said gruffly. "It's truly eye-opening. How shameless one can be! If you hadn't taken out this pottery figure, it would have been considered that you admired Her Royal Highness the Princess. To actually want to use it to slander Her Royal Highness and ruin her reputation is truly despicable and shameless!"
Once again, King Cheng'en spoke for everyone.
We are not fools, and everyone can see Prince Mingxuan's purpose.
As a result, he naturally despised Prince Mingxuan even more.
Xuanyuan Jin strode towards Prince Mingxuan, stretched out his hand, and said in a cold voice: "Give it to me!"
Prince Mingxuan: "..."
His face flushed red, but in the end he had no choice but to give the pottery man to Xuanyuan Jin.
Xuanyuan Jinkan took the pottery and looked at Princess Huaning.
Princess Huaning immediately said, "Smash it!"
Although it was a small statue of herself, she still felt sick when she thought about having stayed with Prince Mingxuan for such a long time.
Moreover, she would never touch this pottery figure!
Xuanyuan Jin nodded, exerted a little force, and the pottery figure turned into powder in Xuanyuan Jin's hand.
Xuanyuan Jin loosened his grip, and the debris drifted away in the wind.
Prince Mingxuan couldn't help but widen his eyes and looked at Xuanyuan Jin's hand in shock.
Prince Xiao, who was not far away, also narrowed his eyes and showed a shocked expression on his face.
It seems that he underestimated the Third Prince of Dayan...
The old man selling pottery was taken away, and how he was punished is another matter.
However, there was no room for maneuver in the matter of Crown Prince Mingxuan's proposal to marry Princess Huaning.
If Dayan were to marry the princess there again, it would be a slap in the face.
Tang Bao felt that the time was almost right, and quickly winked at Princess Huaning.
Princess Huaning nodded, moved, walked in front of Emperor Tianxi, and knelt down.
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