Chapter 117 The Prince Consort Seeking Death
The Wen sisters debated with Princess Jiayao and won a great victory.
Next, there was a peaceful scene in the Queen's Fengyi Palace. The officials and their families were unusually gentle and well-behaved, and they greeted Wen Yuyan one by one and said auspicious words.
"Your Majesty, the Chaohui Palace is ready for the banquet, and the Emperor has already gone there with his ministers," Yuan An reported.
Wen Yuyan smiled: "In that case, let's move to the Zhaohui Palace."
"yes."
Wen Yingxue secretly complained to Zisu: "Oh! Why is it so troublesome to pay New Year's greetings? I really want to go back and catch up on some sleep."
Shisu nodded and yawned.
The officials and their families soon followed the queen to the Chaohui Palace, where the emperor and ministers had already taken their seats.
After paying her respects, Wen Yingxue finally breathed a sigh of relief and sat down next to Nie Chubai.
"What's wrong?" Nie Chubai asked with a smile, seeing that Wen Yingxue had been staring at him since she sat down.
Wen Yingxue curled her lips: "You'd better stop laughing."
Nie Chubai raised his eyebrows: "Why?"
"You used to attract so many girls even with a stern face, what would happen if you smiled every day?"
Nie Chubai didn't know whether to laugh or cry after hearing what Wen Yingxue said: "What's going on? Who is giving you a hard time?"
Wen Yingxue snorted coldly: "You guessed it right, it's Princess Jiayao. I heard that her daughter tried to commit suicide twice because of you."
Hearing Princess Jiayao's name, Nie Chubai suddenly frowned.
"What's wrong?" Wen Yingxue asked when she saw that Nie Chubai looked unwell.
"Just now, the prince consort asked the emperor for permission to take his niece as his concubine, but he was scolded by the emperor and An Wenyuan. He also said, um..." Nie Chubai was halfway through his words when his expression suddenly turned cold and he stopped talking.
"What else?" Wen Yingxue asked.
Before Nie Chubai could say anything, a male voice suddenly rang out from the hall: "Your Majesty, have you and Marquis Dingyuan considered what I'm proposing?"
Wen Yingxue turned her head and saw an elegant middle-aged man in his thirties standing up to salute. Sitting next to him was Princess Jiayao.
"Is this Princess Jiayao's consort? What did he say?" Wen Yingxue asked, tugging at Nie Chubai's clothes.
Nie Chubai grabbed Wen Yingxue's hand and looked at Prince Consort Li with a cold gaze and murderous intent.
Seeing Nie Chubai like this, Wen Yingxue became even more curious about what Prince Consort Li was talking about. She hadn't seen Nie Chubai so angry for a long time.
Qi Xun had no good feelings towards Princess Jiayao and her husband, but the fact that these two people were taking advantage of their seniority and wanted to ride on his neck was really annoying.
"Uncle, I have no intention of taking a concubine yet. Let's wait until the three-year mourning period is over."
Prince Consort Li wanted to say more, but Princess Jiayao tugged at his clothes, and Prince Consort Li immediately changed the subject, saying, "Marquis Dingyuan, what about you?"
Nie Chubai lowered his head and picked up a piece of fish for Wen Yingxue. He was slowly picking out the fish bones without even looking at Prince Consort Li.
"Marquis Dingyuan is worthy of being a great meritorious official who served the emperor. He is really arrogant. He even pretended not to hear what I said. He is so arrogant!" Prince Consort Li said gritting his teeth as he looked at Nie Chubai's expression.
Nie Chubai's hands kept moving as he said calmly, "If Prince Consort Li wants to discuss national affairs with me, I will tell him everything I know. As for my personal affairs, Prince Consort Li is not qualified to ask about them."
A private matter? Wen Yingxue touched her chin. Could it be that Prince Consort Li wanted to force Nie Chubai to marry his daughter? This was too shameless, wasn't it?
Prince Consort Li said with a gloomy face, "Marquis Dingyuan, this Prince Consort is also thinking about you. Wen has been driven out by her family. To put it bluntly, she is just a commoner. Asking her to share a husband with my daughter is too easy for her."
Princess Jiayao also spoke up: "Yes, my daughter is of royal blood, and is more than qualified to be your wife. It is already very cheap for Wen Shi to be a concubine."
Wen Yingxue listened to the couple singing in unison in a very good mood, holding her chin and looking at them with a smile.
Everyone was stunned by Wen Yingxue's expression. Was the wife of Dingyuan Marquis furious? How could she still laugh at this moment?
Nie Chubai personally fed the fish meat with the bones removed to Wen Yingxue, and then helped her wipe the corners of her mouth.
After doing all this, Nie Chubai looked at Prince Consort Li and Princess Jiayao with a condescending look: "My wife will only be Wen Yingxue, no matter what her status is, it will not change."
Just as Prince Consort Li was about to speak, Wen Yuyan interrupted him: "Prince Consort Li, who do you call a commoner? Her surname is Wen, and she shares the same blood as me. She is my biological sister."
After hearing what Wen Yuyan said, Wen Ze frowned, glanced at Wen Yingxue, and said nothing.
Prince Consort Li paused for a moment, then said, "Empress, this Wen family first killed my mother, then fled with her concubine. How can she be worthy of being your sister in this state?"
Prince Consort Li was about to continue preaching when suddenly a chopstick was stuck into the table in front of him, almost piercing his hand.
The sudden change scared everyone.
On the other side, Nie Chubai withdrew his hand and continued to pick out the fish meat and bones with Wen Yingxue's chopsticks.
"Prince Consort Li, sometimes you can live longer by keeping your mouth shut."
"Treason! Treason! You actually dared to murder my consort in public. Your Majesty, you must punish him severely."
Qi Xun picked up the wine glass and took a sip. He said, "Aunt, isn't my uncle sitting here peacefully? When did Marquis Dingyuan plot to murder him?"
Princess Jiayao pointed at the chopsticks on the table and said, "Your Majesty, can't you see? This is the murder weapon!"
An Wenyuan suddenly interrupted, "Isn't it just a pair of chopsticks? How did it become a weapon? We all use chopsticks to eat. Marquis Dingyuan saw that the prince consort was talking instead of eating, so he was just reminding him to eat."
"Prime Minister An is right. That's exactly what I meant."
Seeing An Wenyuan and Nie Chubai singing the same tune, Princess Jiayao and Prince Consort Li both stood up with gloomy faces.
"Your Majesty, Nie Chubai has repeatedly offended me. Won't Your Majesty punish him?" Princess Jiayao spoke up and began to use her status as an elder to pressure others.
Qi Xun asked, "What does aunt mean? How do you want to punish him?"
"Of course, kill him. The royal dignity cannot be violated." said Prince Consort Li.
After hearing what Prince Consort Li said, Qi Xun actually nodded and said, "My aunt and uncle are right. Marquis Dingyuan has committed such a serious mistake and he deserves to be severely punished.
He violated the royal dignity and should be killed."
As soon as these words were spoken, the expressions of the ministers in the court changed several times, and they all stared at Qi Xun nervously.
Princess Jiayao and Prince Consort Li smiled triumphantly, glanced at Nie Chubai, and found that he was still leisurely picking fish bones for Wen Yingxue.
"In that case, come here, drag Marquis Dingyuan out and behead him in public." Qi Xun, who was sitting at the top, spoke.
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