Chapter 726: There is Someone Else Who Has an Engagement with the Fourth Brother

Queen Nie was originally too lazy to mention the Fourth Prince, but she never expected that someone would be so stupid as to come in front of her!

——However, the one who came to her was not the Fourth Prince, but the Fifth Prince Wei Shiqi.

No one knew what he was thinking, but he chose a time when Emperor Jiazheng was not in Zhaoyang Palace, knelt in front of Empress Nie, and called her "Mother". What he said almost made Empress Nie laugh.

"Mother, have you heard about the latest rumors in the capital?"

Queen Nie remained calm: "What rumor?"

"That is... the eldest daughter of the Duke of Xin who is engaged to the Fourth Prince," Wei Shiqi said, "She is not actually of the Duke of Xin's bloodline. The eldest daughter of the Duke of Xin is someone else."

Queen Nie remained calm: "So?"

While gazing at Empress Nie's expression, Wei Shiqi pondered, "Since Yu Mingzhu is no longer the eldest daughter of the Duke of Xin's Mansion, then... does that mean that the person who was engaged to my fourth brother in the imperial decree issued by my father was someone else?"

Queen Nie's expression suddenly changed.

It was just that Wei Shiqi lowered his head and did not see the look in Queen Nie's eyes.

He only heard a smile in Queen Nie's voice, and asked, "Oh? What do you mean?"

Wei Shiqi seemed to be encouraged and smiled a little, still bowing his head to show respect: "In reply to your mother, I think the one who has a marriage contract with my fourth brother is the real eldest daughter of the Duke of Xin, that is, Princess Fusui!"

Queen Nie never expected that this fifth brother was so bold!

Queen Nie laughed in anger: "You have a very good idea!"

Queen Nie was so angry that she started coughing.

The female official next to her hurriedly helped Empress Nie to massage her back.

The fifth prince hurriedly said, "Take care of yourself, mother!"

Queen Nie became disgusted when she saw the Fifth Prince.

The fourth prince and the fifth prince both had biological mothers, and their birthdays were similar to her own, Ayu. At the time, she was thinking about her second son, Ayan, and she also had to distract herself to take care of Ayu, so she had no time to care about how the two high-ranking concubines educated their sons.

But no matter how she educated her son, Queen Nie was too lazy to care about it. She only had one thing in mind: no one could take away everything that belonged to her son!

Don’t even think about it!

Queen Nie stopped coughing for a while, and looked at the Fifth Prince Wei Shiqi with a bit of coldness.

Everyone was stunned at the critical moment.

What does Queen Nie mean?

"Rebellious son!"

However, before Empress Nie could say anything, Emperor Jiazheng had already strode in from outside.

When he passed by Wei Shiqi, he kicked Wei Shiqi.

Everyone was stunned at the moment of danger, but they still knelt down quickly: "Father, Mother, I don't know what I did wrong... Please tell me clearly, Father and Mother?"

Emperor Jiazheng first asked Empress Nie with concern: "How is your health? Do you want to summon the imperial physician?"

Queen Nie waved her hands and said, "It's just a few coughs out of anger. There's no need to call the imperial physician. It's no problem."

Emperor Jiazheng then glared at the fifth prince Wei Shiqi who was kneeling on the ground: "You rebellious son, your mother is in poor health, and you still bother her?!"

In a time of crisis, all the people of Qi were dumbfounded: "I don't have any."

In fact, Emperor Jiazheng did not hear what Wei Shiqi said. When he arrived, Wei Shiqi was standing there stupidly, shouting something like "Mother, take care of yourself." His queen was coughing violently, so she naturally thought that Wei Shiqi had angered her.

Emperor Jiazheng looked at Empress Nie with some inquiry: "Empress, what did the Fifth Master do to irritate you?"

Queen Nie said calmly, "Tell your father what you just said to me."

After Queen Nie said this, Wei Shiqi finally reacted to some extent. Could it be that his previous proposal had angered Queen Nie?

"..." Wei Shiqi was a little hesitant. He remembered that Princess Fusui had saved Queen Nie's life, and Queen Nie had always liked Princess Fusui. Could it be?

Emperor Jiazheng shouted impatiently: "Speak!"

Wei Shiqi panicked and kowtowed hurriedly, saying, "Your Highness, I have no other intentions. I just want to ask your Majesty, have you heard of the rumor... that Princess Fusui is the real daughter of the Duke of Xin. Your Highness also remembered that my fourth brother is engaged to the daughter of the Duke of Xin, so..."

Although Wei Shiqi's words were vague, Emperor Jiazheng immediately understood what Wei Shiqi meant!

This means that the marriage decree he issued was for the Fourth Prince Wei Shibu and the eldest daughter of the Duke of Xin. Now that the eldest daughter of the Duke of Xin has changed, the marriage contract must also be changed.

Emperor Jiazheng was so angry that he laughed!

Well, they really dared to think so!

Before, the fourth brother was fighting and struggling, hating that his fiancé was a bastard. Now the fifth brother comes up and wants to sleep with Xingxing!

How dare they!

Emperor Jiazheng was extremely angry!

With just these few tricks, he still dares to reveal his desire for the throne of the Eastern Palace!

Emperor Jiazheng stepped forward and put his foot on Wei Shiqi's shoulder.

Wei Shiqi was kicked by Emperor Jiazheng and fell backwards. He was in so much pain that he couldn't get up for a long time.

"What a jerk! Do you think my decree is a joke?!"

Emperor Jiazheng cursed angrily.

Wei Shiqi endured the pain in his shoulder and crawled back to kneel down, knelt down and explained: "I definitely don't have such intention. I am just concerned about my fourth brother's marriage, and I want to ask what mother thinks..."

"I didn't mean that. Why are you bothering your mother with these words?" Emperor Jiazheng was still not satisfied. He picked up the teacup at hand and smashed it directly at Wei Shiqi's feet. The broken porcelain exploded and scratched Wei Shiqi's brow bone. However, Wei Shiqi did not dare to wipe it with his hand and just let the blood flow down from his brow bone.

Wei Shiqi kowtowed vigorously: "I dare not!"

It was Queen Nie who spoke calmly, "Okay, Fifth Brother, go down and take care of your wound. It was your fourth brother who begged your father and made it clear that he wanted to marry Yu Mingzhu. That's when your father issued an imperial decree to marry Yu Mingzhu to him... If everyone is like you, treating the imperial decree as a joke and switching identities, wouldn't it turn the majesty of the royal family into a joke!"

Queen Nie didn't want to involve Xing Xing in this matter at all and didn't mention Xing Xing at all.

Wei Shiqi bowed his head heavily and said, "Yes, mother, you are absolutely right. I was mistaken. I understand."

Emperor Jiazheng said angrily: "Get out!"

Wei Shiqi bowed his head, then stood up and walked out backwards.

When Wei Shiqi withdrew, Emperor Jiazheng held Empress Nie's hand and said, "I'm afraid that the idiot Old Five has become Old Four's pawn again."

Empress Nie pulled her hand away and said calmly, "Your Majesty, Concubine De will come over to apologize soon. I am upset and don't want to see anyone. Your Majesty should go somewhere else."

How could Emperor Jiazheng not know that Empress Nie was angry? In his heart, he scolded the Fourth and Fifth Princes harshly again, and sighed, "Empress, don't worry, I will never let Xingxing have anything to do with the Fourth Prince."