Chapter 801: Granted Marriage (2)
This thought lasted only a moment before Emperor Wenhui came to his senses. He looked at Prince Rui with a smile and said, "I've been very busy these days and haven't asked Prince Rui if he's used to living here."
There was a hint of intimacy in these words. Qin was currently treating Ming Qi harshly. If Daliang had second thoughts, Ming Qi would be in a real predicament. Therefore, Emperor Wenhui didn't want to embarrass Daliang too much. Whether it meant surrendering or bowing, he simply needed to get through this difficult situation first and deal with any further issues later.
That was why he was so eager to curry favor with Prince Rui. If the people of Mingqi saw Emperor Wenhui like this, they would probably sneer at him.
Prince Rui smiled lazily and said, "Thanks to Your Majesty, I am doing well. However, I heard that Your Majesty has not been well these past few days."
Emperor Wenhui's heart skipped a beat, but he showed nothing on his face. He just shook his head and smiled bitterly, saying, "I'm sorry to have embarrassed Prince Rui by not teaching my son well."
"Your Majesty can't be blamed," Prince Rui said. "After all, Your Majesty has nine sons." His tone was indistinct. "But the Emperor of Qin is truly pitiful. He came to Ming Qi to pay tribute, and the Crown Prince and Princess perished here. What a sudden disaster."
Emperor Wenhui's smile became a little awkward.
Prince Rui was right. The Qin Emperor had been demanding the Crown Prince's life, certainly out of a desire for balance, but there was another reason. The two nations had come to pay tribute, and Prince Rui of Daliang had survived unharmed, while the Crown Prince and Princess of Qin had perished. What was going on? Was Ming Qi specifically targeting Qin? Or was it a sign of Qin's weakness, unable to even protect its own Crown Prince and Princess?
Regardless, this was a matter of great humiliation for the Qin State, and the Qin Emperor was most infuriated by it. So even if the Crown Prince paid with his life, the vanity of a superior would still make the Qin Emperor dislike Ming Qi for a while.
He said, "I am also dealing with this matter as quickly as possible."
Prince Rui smiled and said, "The Emperor Qin will not give up easily."
Emperor Wenhui was filled with a choking feeling. He spoke tactfully, trying not to delve into the subject, but Prince Rui, perhaps because he didn't understand or what, chose to use this incident to upset him, and his words were merciless. Emperor Wenhui certainly didn't think Prince Rui was too stupid to understand his intentions, and that he was doing it on purpose to disgust him.
Emperor Wenhui really wanted to walk away or get furious as he did to his disobedient courtiers, but unfortunately Prince Rui was not one of his courtiers. Although he was a prince, in some ways, he was even more ferocious than he, the emperor.
Emperor Wenhui could only stiffly change the subject and ask, "But I wonder why Prince Rui came to see me today?"
Prince Rui did not speak, but bent a finger and tapped it intermittently on the table. In the silence, Emperor Wenhui's heart was also gripped by the finger tapping the table. It suddenly occurred to him that Prince Rui chose to come at this time today, perhaps to tell him something very important.
If Prince Rui mentioned the city at the border between Daliang and Mingqi at this time... How would Emperor Wenhui refuse?
His back went from being stiff to being covered in cold sweat. The other party was silent, but it made him feel extremely heavy.
After a moment, Prince Rui paused tapping his fingers on the table and said casually, "It's for this prince's lifelong event."
"What?" Emperor Wenhui was instinctively stunned when he heard this. Before he could figure it out, he heard Prince Rui's calm voice.
"My royal brother has always hoped that I would get married soon. This time when he came to Mingqi, he told me to bring my princess back with me. This is exactly what I wanted."
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