Chapter 430 Soft Knife
Queen Qin watched the two men leave, her face darkening little by little.
Although the prince seemed more submissive than before, she could clearly feel that he was becoming increasingly difficult to control.
He now not only has reputation among the people, but also has Chenliu County in his hands.
He was no longer the Third Prince who was unable to protect himself and could only depend on her.
The Pepper Room was extremely quiet, and no one dared to make a sound, for fear of disturbing Queen Qin's deep thought.
At this time, Quartz walked in quickly and knelt down to salute.
"Your Majesty, the Prince of Xiling has entered the palace, and the Emperor is meeting him."
Queen Qin's expression changed slightly, but soon returned to normal.
She responded calmly, "Yeah."
He didn't say much, as if he didn't take it to heart.
…
After leaving the Pepper Room, Luo Yechen immediately breathed a sigh of relief, feeling as if a heavy burden had been lifted from his shoulders.
The depressing atmosphere just now almost suffocated him to death.
He turned his head to look at the prince beside him and asked in a deliberately sarcastic tone, "Don't you have a good relationship with the queen? Why didn't you give her any face just now? Aren't you afraid of angering her?"
Luo Qinghan asked back: "Haven't I always been agreeing with her? When have I ever failed to give her face?"
Luo Yechen choked.
Yes, the prince did behave very respectfully just now, and showed no signs of contradicting the queen.
But he gave people the feeling that he didn't take the queen's words to heart at all.
Compared to confronting someone face to face, this kind of soft knife is more heartbreaking!
Luo Yechen really didn't know how to comment, so he simply stopped talking. These things had nothing to do with him anyway. He wished the prince and the queen would have a complete falling out!
The two parted ways.
Luo Qinghan returned to the East Palace.
Luo Yechen went to Yaohua Palace where Concubine Hui was.
Concubine Hui had just learned that her beloved son had been crowned King of England. She was feeling very happy, and when she saw her son coming, she immediately burst into smiles.
"Son, come here quickly so I can take a good look at you."
Luo Yechen said awkwardly: "What's so good about it? It's not like I haven't seen it before."
Concubine Hui: "You have been away for such a long time, I have been thinking about you all the time, worried that you are not well fed and clothed outside. I have finally waited for you to come back, so of course I have to take a good look at you."
She pulled her son up and down and looked him up and down, her heart full of love and care.
In the emperor's view, the eldest prince had gained a lot of experience outside, but in Concubine Hui's view, her son had suffered a lot outside.
"Look at you, you've lost a lot of weight and become darker. I'll have someone send you some supplements later so you can take care of yourself. I heard that the prince was almost killed in Chenliu County. Were you implicated? Did those rebels do anything to you?"
Luo Yechen held his head high and said, "I am the great prince, how dare those villains lay hands on me?!"
Concubine Hui liked to see her son so confident and calm.
People like her son will definitely achieve great things in the future!
Luo Yechen talked about the purpose of his visit.
"Mother, I have something very important to tell you."
Concubine Hui: "What's the matter?"
Luo Yechen: "I want to marry Xie Chuxue as my principal wife."
Concubine Hui quickly went through the list in her mind, but did not find a person named Xie Chuxue among the noble ladies in the capital.
She couldn't help but get nervous: "Son, you didn't fall in love with a commoner girl outside, did you? This is not okay. You are the eldest prince, your status is extremely noble, how can you marry a commoner girl of low birth?!"
Luo Yechen: "Xie Chuxue is not a commoner, she is the adopted daughter of the King of Xiling. She was originally the niece of the Princess of Xiling, and was later adopted by the King of Xiling. She is a real noble lady from an aristocratic family."
When Concubine Hui heard what he said, she immediately felt relieved, and then began to think about it in her mind.
Judging from their family background alone, Xie Chuxue and Luo Yechen are quite a good match.
But Concubine Hui has a three-meter-thick filter for her own son. In her opinion, her son is perfect in every way. Even if Xie Chuxue comes from a good family, it does not mean that Xie Chuxue is worthy of her son.
Concubine Hui said, "Don't worry, I know what's going on with this matter, and I will definitely help you get it done."
She planned to first ask someone to inquire about Xie Chuxue and Xiling Palace, and then invite Xie Chuxue into the palace to see it in person.
She had to investigate thoroughly and make sure that Xie Chuxue was indeed excellent in all aspects before she would agree to the marriage between her son and Xie Chuxue.
Concubine Hui’s background was actually not very good.
She was originally a merchant's daughter, and was selected to serve as a maid in the palace. Later, she was noticed by the emperor because of her outstanding appearance.
At that time, the emperor was just an ordinary sixth prince. Concubine Hui was also lucky. After following him, she soon became pregnant and successfully gave birth to Luo Yechen, the eldest son.
Later, when the emperor ascended the throne, Huifei was canonized as a concubine for her contribution in giving birth to the eldest son.
Even though she is old now and her complexion is not as bright as those of the new young concubines who have entered the palace, the emperor still cares about her and spends one or two days every month at Huifei's place.
Concubine Hui also helped her natal family get the lucrative job of imperial merchants. Now, with the title of imperial merchants, her natal family's business is booming and they have so much money that they cannot spend it in several lifetimes.
It was precisely because Concubine Hui's family was wealthy that Luo Yechen developed such a wealthy and arrogant character.
After Luo Yechen finished talking about his marriage, he also received a box full of banknotes from Concubine Hui.
Money diluted Luo Yechen's unhappiness.
He left the palace, summoned his friends, and continued to eat, drink and have fun.
Luo Yechen was not a man who could keep secrets in his heart. After drinking a few more glasses with his friends, he took advantage of the alcohol and started bragging to his friends about how brave he was in Chenliu County, how he fought against a thousand enemies alone and made them flee in terror, making them terrified of him!
Later he talked about Xie Chuxue again.
He first praised Xie Chuxue heavily, saying that she was the most beautiful fairy in the world!
He also announced publicly that he was going to marry this fairy home soon!
After he finished speaking, he forgot about it and fell asleep when he got home.
But he didn't know that those bad friends would spread what he said.
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The concubines in the Eastern Palace were very excited when they learned that the prince had returned.
They haven't seen the prince for half a year and they miss him terribly.
The concubines dressed themselves up carefully from head to toe, and rushed to the Minguang Palace under the pretext of delivering soup, pastries, copied scriptures, or copied scrolls, etc.
The prince is handling official business at the moment.
He had been away from Shengjing for too long, and the Ministry of Justice had a huge backlog of files. He could not read them all in a short time, so he could only select some relatively important files for review.
Upon learning that the concubines had arrived, the prince spoke coldly without even raising his head.
"I'm busy. See you later."
(End of this chapter)
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