Zhang Yuan told Emperor Tianwu about Xuan Tiange's agreement to marry the king of ancient Shu. Feng Yuheng told him this and asked him to find a chance to infiltrate Emperor Tianwu and see how he would react.
Facts have proved that Emperor Tianwu is really sober. When he heard that his most beloved niece was going to marry far away in Gu Gu because of him, he was furious on the spot, "No! Absolutely not! She must not marry!"
Zhang Yuan spread his hands: "But Princess Wuyang agreed."
"That won't work either!" The old emperor came back to life in a domineering tone, "Tian Ge was coerced! She was forced by that ancient Shu villain. That child has been filial since she was young, and knows how to please me the most, much better than those brats. She agreed to it in order to save me, this is taking advantage of someone's misfortune, how can it count?"
"But they have already rescued you. You regret it now. How can you be a king?" Although Zhang Yuan was reluctant to let Xuan Tiange get married, he got angry when he saw the unreasonable look of the old emperor. When he was angry, he could easily think of his most miserable days. So he said unwillingly, "Look at you now. It was like this at the beginning. When you heard that Liu was hanged in the Cunshan Palace, you ran over to see it. As a result, you believed a few lies made up by others, and beat me with dozens of big boards and threw me into the Criminal Slave Department. If it weren't for the secret help of Princess Yu, and the pressure of the Queen to take me out of the Criminal Slave Department, I'm afraid I would have died there long ago."
The young eunuch got angry when he talked about that period. "You were unreasonable at the beginning, and you are still unreasonable now. I saw the new king of the ancient Shu Kingdom the night before last. He is also a handsome man. He looks a bit like our ninth prince! Apart from the exchange conditions, if he can really capture the heart of Princess Wuyang, it will be a good thing. Why do you say it's not possible without even asking a few more questions?"
Emperor Tianwu's eyes were still red from crying just now. Now because of this matter, he held back his tears, but his anger rose again. He stared at Zhang Yuan and gritted his teeth and said, "You damn eunuch, you dare to challenge me now? You want to go to heaven just because I'm lying here unable to get off the ground, right?"
Zhang Yuan answered very honestly: "I have dared to challenge you before. It has nothing to do with whether you are lying on the bed or not. If you don't like me, there is nothing I can do. Anyway, don't think of sending me back to the Criminal Slave Division, otherwise I will hang myself. If you don't like me, if you are really angry, then take good care of your injuries. When you are well and can get out of bed, kick me again, and I promise I won't run away."
Emperor Tianwu stared at the young eunuch in a daze, and life seemed to have returned to the past. Just as Zhang Yuan said, the young eunuch had never been afraid of him before, and dared to say anything and do anything. He was always disrespectful in front of him, and he was used to it. But thinking back to the past few months, he was confused all day long because of the witchcraft, and he could not tell right from wrong, good from bad, and he almost tortured the young eunuch to death. Now he finally woke up, and the young eunuch was still alive... It was great.
"You said..." Emperor Tianwu was silent for a long while, and finally asked: "The new ruler of ancient Shu looks a lot like my Ming'er?"
"Yeah." Zhang Yuan nodded. "A bit like her. She looks to be in her twenties. Her eyes are as evil as the Ninth Prince's. She is very pretty. To be honest, she is prettier than Princess Wuyang."
"Hmph!" Emperor Tianwu groaned again. He was a little unhappy about Zhang Yuan saying that Fan Tianli was better looking than Xuan Tiange. After thinking about it again, he shook his head and said, "No, no, it's not good to be like Ming'er. I know Ming'er's personality too well. If there is no such a powerful Ah Heng to control him, I'm afraid he won't take any woman in the world seriously. In addition, he is so good-looking. What if Tiange finds out that he is fickle after marrying him, or there are too many concubines in the harem, and then they unite to deal with Tiange, an outsider, then my Tiange will suffer! No, it's still not possible."
"Our Princess Wuyang is not bad either!" Zhang Yuan said, "I think she is pretty powerful, how come she can't control that guy? Besides, he is just the king of a foreign country, and your remaining sons are all like him. No matter who comes to power in the future, will they not stand up for their sister? If the ancient Shu people dare to bully their sister, they will have to send troops to destroy ancient Shu! How can they be bullied?"
"What do you know!" The old emperor rolled his eyes. "How can two countries go to war simply because of a woman? War means death, and the lives of soldiers are also lives. They can go to the battlefield to defend their country, but they can never go to war just because a princess was bullied by her husband's family." The old emperor said helplessly, "Everyone says that the royal family is good, but what's so good about it? Look, among the children born in the royal family, which one can decide their own destiny? Just like the sixth son's regent, I can clearly see that he is not happy at all, but he still bites the bullet and accepts the order. Why? Because he is a child of the Xuan family, because he has responsibilities on his shoulders."
Emperor Tianwu sighed again, then waved his hand, signaling Zhang Yuan to go away, and stopped talking. He closed his eyes and soon fell into a deep sleep.
Zhang Yuan looked at the Emperor Tianwu who was getting older day by day, and his heart was filled with sorrow. He didn't know how long the old emperor could hold on. He wanted to ask Feng Yuheng, but he didn't dare to ask. Fortunately, he could stay by his side again. No matter how long it took, he would serve him wholeheartedly. If one day the old emperor couldn't hold on anymore and passed away, he would accompany him. Anyway, he was a broken man, and he had long thought about sharing life and death with the old emperor.
Everything was calm in the palace. Except for the wailing coming from the death row, other corners had returned to their former tranquility.
Outside the palace, in Prince Chun's mansion, Xuan Tianming also brought Feng Yuheng to have dinner with Concubine Yun.
Concubine Yun already knew that Emperor Tianwu was awake, but she kept silent about it, pretending that nothing had happened and that person had not existed. She still wanted to stay in Prince Chun's Mansion to live her life, and the Seventh Prince Xuan Tianhua did not want to drive her back to Yuehan Palace. If there were no such mess, at this moment, the family would be reunited, a mother with two sons, a daughter-in-law, and a future daughter-in-law whom she thought of herself, this would be an extremely harmonious picture.
Xiangrong has lived in Prince Chun's Mansion for a long time. She is no longer as timid as when she first came. She has become familiar with the servants in Prince Chun's Mansion, especially Concubine Yun. Because they accompany each other every day, the two are like good sisters. Xiangrong's personality is a little rebellious and lively, but she was suppressed by the Feng family for too long in the past, so she herself doesn't know what kind of personality she has. Later, when she arrived in Ji'an County, she became more cheerful. Now that she has come to Prince Chun's Mansion and hangs out with Concubine Yun every day, she has taken it a step further. Even Feng Yuheng sighed: "Our third sister is different from before. If Madam An saw her, she would be surprised, right?"
Xiangrong covered her mouth and laughed, saying as she laughed: "Second sister, what you said is so weird! How can it be so exaggerated?"
"That's right." Concubine Yun also said, "This is just the beginning. In my opinion, she still needs to continue to be transformed. For example, if I asked her to sneak into Hua'er's room at night, she would never dare to do so."
"Oh, Madam!" Xiangrong's face flushed immediately, "How can you say anything?" As she spoke, she glanced at Xuan Tianhua, feeling very nervous. "Seventh Prince, don't misunderstand. Madam was just joking. You must not misunderstand!"
"What are you kidding? What are you talking about?" Concubine Yun was not happy. "I'm serious. You two have hugged each other and held hands, but what happened next? Forget it? Hua'er, if you don't have that kind of feelings for a girl, don't give her so much hope. You said you were so active and proactive during the Chinese New Year, why did you stop doing anything after that?" As she was talking, she saw Xuan Tianhua was about to explain, so she interrupted him, "Alright! Don't tell me that the capital has been too busy and chaotic these past few months. I don't like to hear that. I just want to ask you, when are you going to finalize the engagement with the third girl? The third girl is fourteen this year and will be a 15-year-old next year. It will be a bit late if you delay any further. This engagement is not a trivial matter. We have to exchange engagement letters, go through matchmakers and betrothal gifts, and do the three letters and six ceremonies. We are busy! The third girl's mother is in Ji'an County. In my opinion, we, as the man, should be sincere and go there in person. As your mother, I will naturally go to propose the engagement in person. I..."
"You want to take this opportunity to sneak away, right?" Xuan Tianming revealed Yun Fei's thoughts. "Take this opportunity to leave the capital and run around outside. It would be fun, right?"
Yun Fei was a little embarrassed, "No, that's not what I meant. This is for your seventh brother!"
"Then you can bring Mrs. An back."
“That would seem insincere.” Concubine Yun said earnestly, and even threatened Xuan Tianming: “The third girl is Ah Heng’s sister, how can you be so disrespectful to her? We have been very polite, and this is also for Ah Heng’s face. Don’t you care about your wife?”》≠》≠》≠》≠,
This hat was a bit too big, Xuan Tianming quickly said: "I definitely didn't mean that."
"Then it's settled! Let's pick a good day and go to Ji'an County together, bringing the engagement letter and the betrothal gifts. Well, there are still a lot of good things in the Yuehan Palace storehouse. You can go in and search and take out everything you can. The betrothal gift for the third girl can't be shabby."
She had already started to calculate the betrothal gifts, but the two parties were unable to get a word in. They were so shocked that their mouths opened wide, and they were a little shy. Xuan Tianhua was calm, and he didn't say no, nor did he say yes. He just smiled at Yun Fei, watching her counting the so-called betrothal gifts one by one on her fingers.
Feng Yuheng couldn't help it, and said, "Mother, I haven't asked Seventh Brother and Xiangrong what they think."
"Hmm?" Concubine Yun was stunned. "Do you still need to ask, Third Girl? I already knew what she was thinking. She even called Hua'er's name when she went to sleep at night!"
Xiangrong's cheeks flushed. Concubine Yun would always invite her to sleep with her from time to time. Once, she called out Xuan Tianhua's name in her dream, but Concubine Yun heard it clearly and made fun of it for many days. She didn't expect that it would be brought up again at this time, which made her feel ashamed.
"What about Seventh Brother?" Feng Yuheng looked at Xuan Tianhua, "Does Seventh Brother agree to this marriage?"
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