As the Emperor Tianwu and the other two left, the crowd began to discuss again. This discussion mainly came from the officials of the Eighth Prince's party. They were anxious, wondering what disease the Eighth Prince had suddenly developed, and why it was so serious? So sudden? It caught people off guard at all!
Some people began to speculate: "Could it be that he was really cursed by the daughter of the Right Prime Minister? I think what Princess Yu said makes sense! As soon as the Emperor came up with the idea of granting the marriage, the Eighth Prince suddenly fell ill. If this is a coincidence, it's too much of a coincidence."
"That makes sense. If that woman is really unlucky in marriage, we must not let the Eighth Prince get close to her."
"What if it wasn't her fault?"
"No chance of that happening! Our responsibility is to ensure that the Eighth Prince can safely succeed to the throne. Before that, all things that are unfavorable to him must be isolated from him. Regardless of whether the daughter of the Right Prime Minister is unlucky in marriage or not, she must not be allowed to have any contact with the Eighth Prince again!"
This person's words were unanimously agreed by the Eighth Prince's party. While they were talking, they even looked towards Feng Tianyu. Their eyes were vicious and full of resentment.
But Feng Tianyu was so happy! She was so happy that she wanted to leave the palace and set off firecrackers. She didn't care about being a husband killer at all. If she really had the ability, she could commit herself to him. Just to kill the old eighth prince, her life would be worth it. Now that the eighth prince and his party had put this hat on her, she didn't have to worry about being promised in marriage. She was just a little worried that her father had offended the emperor today. She didn't know what tricks the emperor would use to save face.
Her concerns were also the concerns of the Ninth Prince's party. The Left Prime Minister Lu Song whispered to Feng Qing: "We can no longer understand the current emperor, and the right to speak is no longer on our side. Prime Minister Feng should be careful."
Feng Qing snorted and said, "When will we figure out this emperor? Well, let's take it one step at a time. Anyway, I have done nothing to regret. Even if I die in this conspiracy, I will have no regrets!"
The right prime minister's words could not help but cause many people to sigh and lament. In this conspiracy and power politics, who will survive to the end? Everything is a mystery.
Feng Yuheng walked to the center of the hall and helped Xiangrong up. When Xiangrong stood up, she swayed a few times. Xuan Tianyi, who was standing by the side, wanted to help her, but Xiangrong dodged. She said, "Whether it's the Eighth Prince or you, neither of them is the person I want to marry. Thank you for protecting me, but if there is a next time, don't take this risk with your status and position. Maybe you used your position as a prince to buy me freedom, and I will marry you out of gratitude, but I must tell you that I will never be happy in my life, you will never see my smile again, and you will never get my true heart."
Xuan Tianyi was stunned on the spot, his hand still stretched out in the air to help Xiangrong, but he no longer had the courage to grab it. Suddenly he felt a little tired, and suddenly he couldn't figure out what he had done all these years. A grown man went to learn embroidery, and the prince who was originally looked down upon by everyone fell in love with a little concubine's daughter. He thought that if he worked hard and gave his heart, she would become his woman, but he was wrong. Women are not appendages of the family, nor are they victims of imperial power. They have their own thoughts and their own persistence. When a woman is determined to love the one she loves, no matter how hard he tries, it will be in vain, and it is impossible for him to enter her heart. But if he doesn't have her heart, what's the use of him having her?
"Forget it." Xuan Tianyi sighed lightly and said to Xiangrong, "Go and do what you want to do, and fight for the person you love! From now on, our relationship will be severed." After he said that, he flicked his sleeves and left.
Xiangrong looked at the back, her nose slightly sour, there was a kind of pain that could not shed tears hidden in her heart, she asked Feng Yuheng: "Second sister, am I too much? He is actually very good, but the better he is, the more I can't bear to let myself who doesn't love him stay by his side, because it is too unfair to him. He deserves to be loved sincerely by a really good woman, my heart can't be divided into two parts, so all these years, I... feel sorry for him."
Feng Yuheng was helpless. Although she sympathized with Xuan Tianyi and was optimistic about Xiangrong being with Xuan Tianyi, she had to admit that Xiangrong was right to do so. Women, don't think that you can compromise and marry whoever treats you well. It's okay if you don't have anyone else in your heart, but once you have someone else in your heart, you will hurt the person who treats you well. Just like Xiangrong said, it's too unfair to others.
She patted Xiangrong's hand and comforted him in a low voice: "Don't think too much, you did the right thing. No matter what choice you make, Second Sister will stand by you." When she raised her eyes, she saw Xuan Tianming and Xuan Tianhua walking towards this side, so she said to Xiangrong: "The Seventh Prince is coming."
Xiangrong looked up at Xuan Tianhua, feeling a little comforted. Just now, the emperor granted her marriage, and at the critical moment, it was Xuan Tianhua who came up with a great idea to save her, and it was also so many ministers who put pressure on Emperor Tianwu, which saved her from the hardship. She was grateful to these people from the bottom of her heart, but she was also a little disappointed. Although Xuan Tianyi rushed out and knelt down to propose marriage at the first time, and promised her the position of the fourth prince's wife, this method was a bit radical and aroused the rebellious emotions of Emperor Tianwu. But Xiangrong thought, if the seventh prince also used this method to help her out, even if it didn't work out in the end, even if she was forced to marry the eighth prince in the end, she would be happy in her heart, right?
Unfortunately, Xuan Tianhua is not Xuan Tianyi. Although he is his younger brother, Xuan Tianhua is more calm and considers things more carefully. Whatever he does must be successful and he will not take any risks.
Xiangrong's mood was very complicated, so much so that even when Xuan Tianhua stood in front of her, she was still lost in thought.
However, Xuan Tianming asked Feng Yuheng in a low voice: "Old Eight's disease..."
"Venereus!" The voice was very low, but it was loud enough for the four of them to hear. Xiang Rong was still in a trance, but she was also stunned when she heard this, and looked at her second sister in confusion. Then Feng Yuheng said again: "Didn't I arrange a person who knows about things for Zirui a few days ago? I threw that woman into Lao Ba's bed, and the two of them got venereal disease. This can't be blamed on me."
These words made several people smile bitterly. Xuan Tianming gave a thumbs up and praised: "My wife is wonderful!"
Xuan Tianhua said helplessly: "Only you can come up with this kind of trick."
"What trick?" Feng Yuheng's little head squeezed over and asked in confusion.
How could Feng Yuheng tell this to a child? So she took her brother in her arms and told him, "Evildoers will be punished. The Eighth Prince is not a good person. Now he has suffered retribution."
Feng Zirui nodded and said seriously: "One day, retribution will come to everyone who does bad things against their conscience. Just wait and see, God will take them away!"
The palace banquet ended so hastily, so suddenly that people were unable to recover. They walked out of the palace gate while still discussing the many things that happened at the banquet.
As for the concubines, those who were close to Imperial Concubine Yuan had already rushed to Cunshan Palace. Firstly, they were anxious to know what illness the Eighth Prince had and whether it was fatal. Secondly, they were also anxious to show off in front of the Emperor, at least to show goodwill to Imperial Concubine Yuan and let her know that they still cared about the Eighth Prince.
The queen quietly returned to the harem with a few concubines, as if all this had nothing to do with them. They just came here to sit for a while and watch the fun, that's all.
Feng Zhaolian did not go back to Jingci Palace. He chose to leave the palace with Feng Yuheng and the others. What happened to Dashun had nothing to do with him. He even said to Xiangrong with regret: "Alas, it was just a little bit short. If you were given to the Eighth Prince by the old emperor, wouldn't our Seventh Prince, who is as beautiful as a fairy, be mine?"
Xiangrong had always been speechless towards Feng Zhaolian, and now he was in a bad mood, so he simply ignored him. But Feng Zhaolian did not give up, and kept pestering Xiangrong with gossip.
The Sixth Prince Xuan Tianfeng was also among those who left the palace with Xuan Tianming and his group. He was talking to Xuan Tianming and Xuan Tianhua with his head down. Feng Yuheng heard their conversation. It was Xuan Tianfeng who said, "The incident happened suddenly today. If it had been delayed for a few more hours, I'm afraid that my father would have planned to take the military token in my hand." As he spoke, he looked up and looked around the palace, then pointed to a group of imperial guards who had passed by and said, "Those are not soldiers from the palace. They are from my Northeast Army. I can recognize them."
Xuan Tianhua said helplessly: "Sixth Brother handed the 30,000 troops to me, but I was unable to protect them to the end. In the end, they were taken away by Old Eighth, and I was caught off guard. Sixth Brother, I'm sorry."
Xuan Tianfeng waved his hand and said, "How can I blame you? None of us expected that our father would become like this. The only thing we can do now is to quickly find the person behind the bad things and let our father recover as soon as possible. Otherwise, once Concubine Yuan is pregnant, the eighth prince will become the legitimate prince, and my ninth brother will be too unlucky." As he spoke, he looked at Xuan Tianming and said apologetically, "Ninth brother, I have been looking for a chance to apologize to you for the matter in my mother's palace. Don't worry, I have been monitoring that side, and the same thing will never happen again. It's just that you know her temper. She has been nagging since she was a teenager, and sometimes I can't control her even if I want to. In addition, the palace has been really chaotic these days, and I can't use all my thoughts on her. If there are any omissions, I hope my ninth brother will bear it."
He was referring to the incident in the palace where Concubine Li was causing trouble for Xuan Tianming. Xuan Tianming didn't think much of it. He just said to Xuan Tianfeng, "I know Concubine Li is just emotionally disturbed. She did that just for show. It doesn't really have any effect. But I can ignore it, but it doesn't mean others don't care. To be honest, my father has become like this. His illness is related to witchcraft. If Concubine Li continues to do those things behind your back, she will be easily taken advantage of. When the time comes, you will be thrown a pot of dirty water and you won't be able to defend yourself."
Xuan Tianfeng also knew this truth, nodded and said: "Don't worry, I will definitely have someone watch her closely, even if I have to tie her up, I will never let her do anything wrong again."
Because the palace banquet ended suddenly and Emperor Tianwu was in a hurry to drive everyone out of the palace, there was no distinction between male and female guests, and everyone came out from Deyang Gate. When Feng Zhaolian was about to reach the palace gate, he rubbed against Xuan Tianhua and said to him, "You have already taken in Xiangrong, why don't you take me in as well? I will move to your house and live for a few days, okay?"
Before Xuan Tianhua could answer, he heard a woman's voice outside the palace gate calling out anxiously, "Husband, you are finally out of the palace!"
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