Chapter 279 No Regrets
But the smile did not reach his eyes, and the queen felt a little guilty, but when she remembered the other party's promise, she still said it.
"It's not hard. Your Majesty has been working hard these days. I can see it and it hurts my heart."
The emperor glanced at her but did not reach out to touch the bowl of ginseng soup. He said in a gentle tone, "Besides serving the soup, the Queen has something else to say."
The Queen nodded and said with a smile, "Your Majesty, the eldest princess brought the princess to my palace a few days ago and suddenly mentioned that the princess is not young anymore and it's time to choose a husband."
The emperor's eyes flickered, as if he was interested, and the corners of his mouth curled up, "Then according to your opinion, who should the princess marry?"
"Your Majesty should know that the princess has always been in love with Young Master Pei. As a young girl in love, she is too embarrassed to explain it herself. Isn't this asking us to make the decision?"
After he finished speaking, the imperial study became so quiet that you could hear a pin drop.
The chief eunuch glanced at the queen with an imperceptible expression and shook his head secretly. After all, the queen was too anxious.
How can I bring up these things with the Emperor at this critical juncture?
Isn't this telling the emperor clearly that the eldest princess has sided with the prince and is demanding the marriage between Pei Ji and the princess? This is really inappropriate.
The emperor spoke slowly after a while, "This is also what you meant."
Half questioning, half certainty.
After all, the tone is not as gentle as it was at the beginning.
The Queen was a little confused about what the Emperor meant, but she still replied, "The Princess is young, beautiful, and extremely intelligent. She is also the eldest princess's only daughter, whom she has cherished like the apple of her eye since she was a child. I think...they are a perfect match."
"The Queen really has a keen eye. The Princess and Pei Ji are a perfect match. Very good, very good."
The queen was so frightened that she fell to her knees with a plop. "Your Majesty, did I say something wrong? I just saw that the two children are not young anymore. If they could get married, it would be a good thing. The war has just ended at the border. If there is a wedding at this time, I think everyone will be happy."
"Who is happy, everyone, or are you, the Queen, and the eldest princess? A good match? How can they be a good match? The princess has behaved recklessly time and again, and her reputation is awful. Pei Ji just won a battle and made great contributions. Now if I order them to be together, people will point fingers at me and scold me for repaying kindness with enmity! Doesn't the Queen understand? Or does she not want to understand?"
The queen was sweating profusely. She racked her brains but couldn't come up with a good reason that could convince others. She hated the princess and the county lord for their exaggerated words, saying that as long as she mediated, the emperor would definitely agree.
If she knew what the emperor was thinking, she would never have spoken up even if she had been beaten to death.
It really hurt her.
At this time.
"Your Majesty, the Imperial Concubine has arrived."
The chief eunuch said respectfully.
The emperor rubbed his forehead, his brows full of impatience, "Since you are here, please come in."
After receiving the permission, the imperial concubine stepped into the study room and saw the empress kneeling on the ground. Her eyes moved slightly, and she turned her head away, pretending not to see it. She walked to the emperor with a smile and said softly, "Your Majesty, please don't read these memorials. I won't make cakes for you based on these memorials."
"Qier, bring up the milk pastry I made for the Emperor, along with the milk tea."
Upon hearing this, the eunuch looked at the queen with sympathy again.
The emperor's smile deepened, and he pulled the concubine's hand up, "You are so considerate of me. You remember what I like and make it for me with your own hands."
"I have nothing better to do, so I'm just doing this for fun, as long as Your Majesty doesn't mind. The palace is boring, and Your Majesty is busy with state affairs all day. These are the only little tricks I can do to please Your Majesty."
She spoke frankly and bluntly, expressing that she was there to please the emperor. The emperor seemed to fall for it and was grinning from ear to ear, while the queen kneeling on the ground was completely ignored.
She was angry in her heart, but she didn't dare show it on her face. She just cursed the imperial concubine over and over again in her heart.
Blame her for being a foxy woman who only knows how to seduce people with her beauty. But if she really seduce people with her beauty, isn't that smart? She herself is a little undecided.
After eating a piece of milk pastry, the emperor seemed to remember the queen and said lightly, "Queen, please go back first. The imperial concubine will serve you here."
She wanted to ask, is there really no hope for the marriage between the Pei family and the princess? But when she met the emperor's cold eyes, she was speechless and could only walk back with a depressed look on her face.
The matter went badly, and the princess cried and cried at home, but the princess said coldly, "I gave you the opportunity, since you are useless, go and marry the governor."
"Mother! He's already married, and he has a wife and two children."
"Shut up! Do you think you are the only famous person in the capital now and you can be picky? This is already the best choice. If the other party's wife had not died and he wanted to find a woman of noble status to go home and raise the children, it would not be your turn!" The princess scolded angrily.
"I won't marry! I won't marry even if I die."
"Then go to hell! I'm telling you, your father doesn't like us. If you don't behave and marry him, we'll have no way to survive!"
The princess was stunned for a moment, and finally burst into tears.
The princess gave her an impatient look and frowned.
This news naturally reached Pei Ji's ears. The next day, after the court was dismissed, he went to the imperial study and immediately knelt down, "Thank you, Your Majesty, for taking this decision for me."
After a long time, "Get up, don't kneel down if you don't understand."
"yes."
The emperor glanced at him and said, "Are you attracted to the daughter of the Song family? Otherwise, I will ask you for a reward. Ask me to make her a county lady."
"Yes." Pei Ji said firmly, "I like the third daughter of the Song family and want to marry her."
The emperor took a look at him with a complicated expression. "The Song family has no foundation, no one is an official, and they are only first-class merchants. If you marry such a person as your wife, do you know how people in the capital will look at you in the future?"
"I know, but I don't care."
"You're such a nonchalant person! I'm actually curious about what's so good about this woman that makes you so infatuated and unrepentant."
"She is, of course, excellent."
The emperor suddenly laughed out loud, "It's good to be young. You can still worry about your children's love affairs. Unlike me, I am already old."
"Your Majesty is not old." Pei Ji knelt slowly. "Your Majesty is in good health, which is a blessing for our Great Zhou."
"Alright, alright." The emperor waved his hand. "Don't I know whether I'm old or not? Haven't you seen my sons? Seeing my age, each of them has their own plans. You must make this knife for me. You must not let those with ulterior motives succeed. Do you understand?"
"I obey your command."
"Go, I have agreed to your marriage. Pick a good day and I will personally grant the marriage. But now that I have issued the decree, you must not regret it."
"I will never regret it, sir."
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