Chapter 77: Taking the Wife
Feng Moheng was in the towering hall, the golden bricks under his feet were cold and hard. It seemed as if a chill went straight into my heart.
He clenched his fists tightly, his knuckles turned white and trembled slightly from the effort.
With his head lowered, his hair was scattered messily in front of his forehead, obscuring his eyes that were filled with shock and unwillingness.
He really didn't expect that His Majesty would suddenly issue an order to send him to Haiyu City.
"Pirates are rampant in Haiyu City right now, and the people are suffering. I have named you the Prince of Lingyang, but you have not achieved any outstanding achievements so far."
"Haiyu City is also a time of hardship and training for you."
Quan Minghe sat upright on the dragon throne, his voice majestic and unquestionable.
Feng Moheng pursed his lips tightly, and the redness of his lips gradually faded.
Have I offended Your Majesty in some way? !
Although your majesty's words are magnificent,...
There are countless officials in the court who are eager to go to Haiyu City to achieve success and realize their ambitions. Why was he chosen alone?
and......
His Majesty didn't even say when he should come back!
Haiyu City is located in a remote area, close to the edge of the capital. The residence of the city lord may not even be as good as the humble room of ordinary people in the capital.
Feng Moheng was reluctant, but he also knew the consequences of disobeying the order.
I had to suppress the anger in my heart.
"Yes, I will obey your command."
His voice was slightly hoarse.
After Quan Minghe hit Feng Moheng, he was ready to say something that was even more unacceptable to him.
"One more thing."
"The Princess is the only daughter of the Shen family. I marry her to you to contain Shen Yuan."
"She can't leave Ganjing."
Quan Minghe's words were like a heavy hammer, hitting Feng Moheng's heart hard.
Feng Moheng's body trembled, and his face showed panic.
"Your Majesty, she is my first wife and should accompany me! I beg Your Majesty to show mercy and allow this."
His knees went weak and he fell to the ground, his forehead hitting the ground heavily with a dull sound.
"I heard that you have a deep affection for the concubine in your mansion. Recently, you have been treating Miss Shen harshly because the concubine is pregnant. You have even never slept with Miss Shen."
Quan Minghe leaned forward slightly, staring directly at Feng Moheng with sharp eyes.
"Shen Yuan is a great general of our dynasty. If you are unable to properly protect his only daughter, I will do so."
Quan Minghe's face was stern and without any ripples, and he calmly stated his arrangements.
But every word and sentence was like a sharp blade, cutting Feng Moheng's heart.
"Your Majesty, what does this mean?"
Feng Moheng's face turned pale.
There was panic in his voice. It was not what he thought. It was impossible!
"Three months ago, I was suddenly assassinated. Fortunately, Concubine Shen sacrificed herself to save me, and I was able to survive."
"After careful investigation, I found that Concubine Shen is the long-lost second daughter of the Shen family, and she and Shen Yuling are twin sisters."
Quan Minghe sat upright on the dragon throne with a stern expression as he slowly explained the whole story.
"Concubine Shen was seriously injured while saving me, and she was recuperating in Yaohua Palace for many days. However, her injuries were too severe, and she unfortunately passed away yesterday."
Quan Minghe paused slightly, as if he was suppressing some of the emotions in his heart.
"Since you have failed to treat the eldest lady of the Shen family well, then let the eldest lady of the Shen family enter the palace as Concubine Shen, and the eldest lady of the Shen family, your Princess Consort, will die suddenly in the Prince's Mansion after you leave Qianjing."
Feng Moheng was struck by lightning.
His forehead hit the cold ground heavily, again and again, making a dull and desperate sound.
"Your Majesty, Shen Yuling is my first wife! I have never treated her harshly. She is the only one in my heart. I beg Your Majesty to revoke your order!"
There was blood on his forehead, but he didn't care.
Quan Minghe said in a flat voice: "I am informing you, not discussing with you."
He narrowed his eyes slightly.
"Miss Shen came to Qianjing. As the princess of a county, you were unable to protect her, causing her to fall into danger repeatedly."
"Even in your house, I was bullied by your concubines. How should I explain this to Grand Protector Shen?"
"Now, you have been ordered to go to Haiyu City. The environment there is harsh and life is difficult. Miss Shen cannot go with you to suffer."
Quan Minghe's words were like sharp blades, ruthlessly stabbing into Feng Moheng's heart.
Feng Moheng's pupils shrank rapidly, and the ink color became darker and richer, like an endless night.
He seemed to be deaf and turned a deaf ear to the words of His Majesty. He just kowtowed mechanically, and the blood on his forehead slid down his cheeks.
It dripped onto the gold bricks, creating dazzling blood flowers.
Yuling was his beloved and his first wife, and they had deep affection for each other.
Even if Yuling is allowed to stay in Qianjing, she can never enter the palace and become your Majesty's woman!
Once this happens, there will be no possibility between them, and all their past love and affection will come to nothing.
His heart seemed to be torn apart by a pair of invisible hands. The little details of his time with Yu Ling kept emerging in his mind. Those sweet moments have now become the most painful torture.
"Your Majesty, you took my wife away from me, aren't you afraid of being criticized by the public?!"
Feng Moheng looked at the emperor with resentment.
"Threatening me?"
"You can try to see whether I will be condemned by the people first, or your Prince's Mansion will be confiscated and exterminated first."
Feng Moheng bit his back teeth hard.
"Your Majesty, please forgive me!"
"The reputation of Miss Shen represents the reputation of the Shen and Ye families and must not be tarnished. The prince should know what to say and what not to say."
Feng Moheng's heart sank to the bottom.
Your Majesty has definitely been planning this for a long time!
The threatening words just now were just blurted out. If the whole world really knew that Your Majesty had taken away his Princess, the one who would be condemned by thousands of people would not be Your Majesty, but Shen Yuling.
If his mother Princess Xihe knew that His Majesty had taken a fancy to his wife, she would probably be the first to present Yu Ling to His Majesty.
Feng Moheng sneered inwardly.
How pathetic he is!
"I beg Your Majesty to revoke your order, otherwise I will kneel down forever."
Feng Moheng's attitude was as firm as a rock. Even though his forehead was covered in blood and his body was shaking, he refused to waver in the slightest.
Quan Minghe snorted softly from his nose, with a bit of disdain and impatience.
I don’t understand where Feng Moheng’s deep affection comes from.
He immediately ignored Feng Moheng who was kneeling and begging, buried his head in the documents, and began to review the mountain of memorials.
Time flows quietly and silently.
Feng Moheng knelt on the ground with his legs already red, swollen, bruised and numb.
Quan Minghe raised his eyes and glanced at the hourglass, and saw that almost two hours had passed.
Quan Minghe was just venting his anger when Feng Moheng was forced to kneel today.
When he thought of what Feng Moheng had done during the time when Shen Yuling lost her memory, he became furious.
Today's kneeling punishment also relieved the depression in his heart.
"Tomorrow, I will send a carriage to the Prince's Mansion to pick up Miss Shen and bring her into the palace. For the next three months, you can just assume that Miss Shen is just staying at the Prince's Mansion."
Quan Minghe put down the red pen in his hand and said expressionlessly.
Feng Moheng raised his head suddenly.
"Your Majesty! Absolutely not!"
He shouted at the top of his lungs.
"The engagement between me and Yu Ling was arranged by your Majesty. Your Majesty has spoken your word. How can you act like this?"
"Does the prince intend to disobey the order?"
Quan Minghe's eyes suddenly darkened and his voice became more majestic.
"I will give you two choices. First, I will send a cup of poisoned wine to the Prince's Mansion tomorrow. If your concubine Liu Jingyi drinks this wine, Miss Shen can continue to be your Princess."
"Only in this way can I believe your sincerity towards Miss Shen."
"Second, I will send a carriage to the Prince's Mansion tomorrow, and you will personally send Miss Shen onto the carriage."
Feng Moheng's palms that were supporting the ground slowly curled up and finally clenched into fists.
He roared in grief and anger in his heart: Why? !
Uncle, why do you force me like this?
Since he was born, his mother had ignored him and had no love for him. He was even constantly assassinated by various parties because of his mother.
His uncle fought on the battlefield all his life, and was cold and ruthless, with his heart filled with concerns for his country and his family.
How could he know how important Liu Jingyi and Shen Yuling were in his heart?
These two women were both willing to sacrifice their lives for him, so why did they force him to make a choice so cruelly?
It was clearly his uncle who personally sent Shen Yuling to him. When he thought that he had finally found pure and sincere love and devoted his love to her, his uncle took it all away with his own hands!
He wanted to stay with Yuling forever, grow old together, and become a loving couple that the world envied.
Jingyi is gentle and quiet, and now that they have a child, their family of three can live in harmony.
Feng Moheng believed that he could properly balance the relationship between Jingyi and Yuling.
But he has been busy with official duties recently and has no time to take care of it.
I didn't know that Yuling was being bullied.
Is it because of these things that his uncle wants to take Yuling away from him?
Was it because the uncle couldn't bear to see Yuling living in hardship, or had he long coveted Yuling's beauty?
Feng Moheng lowered his head, his eyes filled with crazy and burning hatred.
But at this moment, he had no power to resist.
Seeing that he had been silent for a long time, Quan Minghe did not say anything more, but just waited quietly.
Because the final result was already expected.
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