Chapter 125: Watching the Show and Seeing Myself
"Empress Rong, please don't be so presumptuous. I am the eldest princess appointed by the emperor himself. According to the rules, you have no right to scold me." Zhao Lingmeng had never suffered any grievances in her previous life. She would usually take revenge on the spot if she had a grudge. What she had to wait for in the future would be a life-and-death grudge.
The emperor didn't think there was anything wrong with what Zhao Lingmeng said. After all, the old man Changyou had often nagged his daughter about her hot temper.
When Concubine Rong heard Zhao Lingmeng's rude words, she was so angry that she ignored her manners in front of everyone and pointed at her, "Your Majesty."
The delicate call of "Your Majesty" from Concubine Rong made not only Zhao Lingmeng and the people in the hall, but also the emperor himself get goosebumps.
The emperor could only cough solemnly, "Fei Rong, please be mindful of the impact in public."
The Third Prince saw that the situation was completely different from what he had imagined. He had no intention of making enemies with the Marquis of Wu'an and his family, so he immediately said, "Sister Funing, you misunderstood. That's not what I meant. I meant that since you are such a good person, your sister must be no less capable. I am attracted to her and would like Father to grant your blessing."
After the third prince finished speaking, he immediately knelt before the emperor and empress and kowtowed three times.
Zhao Lingmeng looked at the strength of the Third Prince's self-torture tactics and couldn't help but sigh that the Third Prince was truly fearless and a real man. Zhao Lingmeng thought that the Third Prince was trying to borrow her light, and although she didn't want him to, there was someone here who was even more anxious than Zhao Lingmeng!
She wasn't in a hurry; it was more relaxing to just watch the show. So, while peeling oranges for the two little ones, Zhao Lingmeng whispered to Princess Fushou beside her about whether this plan would work. Given their status, even if the people in the hall saw what they were saying, they wouldn't dare to object. This was why so many people loved the benefits of power.
However, the focus of the scene is now on the Third Prince and Zhao Lingyun. They are all curious about what kind of beauty can make the Third Prince speak before the audition.
Seeing the emperor's attitude, Concubine Rong was afraid that he would agree. She looked down on a concubine's daughter from a marquis's mansion, and she didn't bother to argue with Zhao Lingmeng. She immediately stepped out and knelt before the emperor and empress, rubbing her eyes with a handkerchief, tears streaming down her face.
"As expected of Concubine Rong, she cries beautifully."
Upon hearing this, Fu Shou followed Funing's gaze and saw Concubine Rong crying and talking about how difficult it was for her to raise the Third Prince over the years. She also repeatedly emphasized that Your Majesty had promised her that the Third Prince's marriage would be decided by her.
Fushou also imitated Zhao Lingmeng and leaned back in his chair, commenting seriously, "It's not bad. Lipin looks better when she cries."
Zhao Lingmeng secretly glanced at Concubine Li, imagined how she would look when she cried, and could only nod in agreement. Concubine Li's appearance was the most resistant in the harem.
The emperor frowned as he looked at the mother and son kneeling before him, wondering what these two idiots were trying to do by making a scene in such an occasion.
I could only say helplessly: "Changyou, what do you think?"
Marquis Wu'an's current situation was like a dead pig that was not afraid of boiling water. Of his three legitimate children, two sons were already married, and his eldest daughter was now the eldest princess. The others were all illegitimate children, and their requirements for marriage were not as high. He also did not want to climb the crooked tree of the Third Prince.
"I will obey the emperor, but my daughter will never have trouble finding a husband." What Marquis Wu'an meant was that our daughter doesn't have to marry you, the third prince.
When Zhao Lingyun heard his father say this, he became a little anxious. Without thinking, he reached out and tried to pull the sleeve of Marquis Wu'an, crossing the line between his wife and the Marquis Wu'an.
The wife of Marquis Wu'an reached out and hit her hand hard. Zhao Lingyun felt the pain and could only pull her hand back in disappointment.
Seeing this, the wife of the Marquis of Wu'an could only whisper a threat in Zhao Lingyun's ear: "You better behave yourself, otherwise I will ask the Marquis to find a nunnery when I go back. You can try." Seeing that she trembled, the wife of the Marquis of Wu'an thought she was frightened and looked away.
The situation in the center of the hall came to the emperor's side again. When he saw that Wu'an Hou did not respond, he knew that Wu'an Hou did not care about this concubine's daughter at all. It did not matter whether she married him down or up. He was not just pretending.
"Then..." The emperor was just about to give face to Marquis Wu'an and make her his principal wife. Whatever happens in the future will be because it was requested by the third prince himself.
Zhao Lingyun thought that the emperor was going to make her a concubine, and she couldn't control her impulse. She knelt down without the wife of Marquis Wu'an noticing.
"Your Majesty, please wait, I have something to say."
Everyone present was stunned, wondering why Zhao Lingyun had knelt down. Only Zhao Lingmeng became wary, thinking her half-sister might be plotting a trick on her.
"Go ahead!" The emperor was very impatient at this moment, so his tone was particularly bad. But since it was his own foolish son who started it, he could only listen to her.
Zhao Lingyun had originally rushed out on her own bravery, but now that the emperor's tone was harsh, she hesitated again. But out of the corner of her eye, she saw her father and mother looking at her calmly, and their nonchalant attitude once again aroused her courage.
She glanced at her high-ranking elder sister again, wondering why, "Your Majesty, my elder sister is willing to use her merits to exchange for my position as your wife."
After Zhao Lingyun finished speaking, he looked at Zhao Lingmeng with a look of help, thinking to himself that as long as you help me this time, I will repay you in the future.
As soon as Zhao Lingyun said this, everyone looked at Zhao Lingmeng who was sitting above as if she were a fool.
Zhao Lingmeng sneered in her heart. It turned out that the heroine was waiting for her here! Since her concubine sister dared to plot against her, she would have to bear the consequences herself. Zhao Lingmeng wiped her hands, then slowly stood up in full view of everyone, bowed to the emperor and the queen, and then spoke:
"Father, Your Majesty, Mother, please understand clearly that my mother only gave birth to me, a daughter, and no biological sister. Who knows who this person is talking about?"
"She is registered under the name of the wife of Marquis Wu'an, so how can she not be your biological sister?" The third prince also retorted anxiously.
"Oh, now that Third Prince mentioned that, I remember now. She registered it under my mother's name, and it was you, Third Prince, who threatened my father. So it was all for this moment!"
When Marquis Wu'an and his wife heard their daughter say this, they immediately stood up and knelt, confessing, "It is true. The Third Prince did hint to me, and I even told you, Your Majesty! Only after you agreed did I gather the elders to revise the family tree."
Marquis Wu'an didn't want to pay any attention to his brain-dead daughter at all. Her brain was not worthy of her ambition.
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