Chapter 392: Shooting Yourself in the Foot
"Xiao Wu, I will give you Prime Minister Yan's daughter as a concubine. How about that?"
The emperor raised his eyes and glanced at his son.
There is no other way, I have to ask.
This kid has the same temperament as the queen, he is extremely stubborn and will not hesitate to do things he doesn't want to do and even disobey the imperial edict.
Nor can his nine clans be executed.
But after getting married, some things seem to have changed.
Know to give in.
But it was only for her precious princess.
He had no interest in state affairs and was only concerned about his princess. He stayed at home all day to guard his princess, protecting her like a chick protecting its chicks, fearing that someone would harm her.
Without the imperial decree allowing them to enter the palace, the couple would never take the initiative to set foot in the palace.
It’s as if there is a man-eating tiger in this palace.
He was absent-minded during the last morning court session, his mind was elsewhere, and he slipped away as soon as the court was over.
It's getting worse and worse.
Prince Jing knelt before Emperor Xuan and said, "Father, I do not want to marry a concubine. The princess is enough for me."
Emperor Xuan rolled his eyes at his disappointing son.
I used to think he was trying to compete with the fourth brother, but now that he got married, all his fighting spirit is gone.
"You're such a useless guy, you only know how to hang around women."
King Jing became angry when he heard this.
This is like allowing the officials to set fires but not allowing the people to light lamps.
"This son takes after his father. He always hangs around Lady Zhen all day long, and I am following his example."
"How dare you! Who gave you the courage to speak to me like that?" Emperor Xuan slapped the table, feeling slightly angry.
Of all his sons, only he dared to talk back to him.
If it weren't for Yuqing, I would really want to drag him out and beat him up.
This kid grew up with Yuqing since he was a child. Although he is the legitimate son, neither he nor the queen paid much attention to him.
The queen only has the second son, the prince, in her eyes and heart.
The crown prince is the heir apparent of a country. He is not only his son, but also the future of Daliang.
As the emperor, he naturally paid more attention to the prince.
As for other children, he had so many that he couldn't take care of them all. Some were born, and some died young.
Life and death, coming and going.
He couldn't remember who left and who stayed.
In fact, he didn't even know how many children he had.
Apart from the third son who had died in treason and the eldest daughter in front of him, he had never had much affection for his other children.
Mainly because I don’t have that much energy.
Taking the initiative to pay attention to them now is not to ease the relationship between father and son.
Instead, keep an eye on them to prevent them from having any bad intentions.
This is what happens when a son grows up, he gradually becomes ambitious.
Ordinary families fight for property and position of master.
The royal family members were fighting for the throne and the world, and even hoped that he would die early.
Seeing her father's bad face, Princess Yuqing rolled her eyes at her brother and quickly spoke to ease the atmosphere, "Father, calm down. Fifth brother didn't mean that. He meant that you, like him, value loyalty and friendship, and only love one person. Even Fourth brother is the same. It can be said that we are of the same lineage."
The emperor needs to be coaxed. If he is happy, everything will be easy to talk about.
If this gets you angry, a marriage decree will be issued without any explanation, and there will be no room for maneuver.
King Jing: ...
The imperial sister is still good at coaxing.
Loyalty and righteousness? A common heritage?
He couldn't say it.
After finally marrying Xue'er, the emperor was in a hurry to force another woman on him, not caring about the life and death of Xue'er and the child in her belly.
Thanks to Mu Yunji, he was still guarding Daliang for him at the border, protecting the people of Daliang, and devoting himself to the cause until his death.
Just thinking about it makes me feel that my father is cold-blooded and heartless, which is chilling.
If Xueer knew this.
The heart that was finally warmed up is probably going to get cold again.
Although King Jing was angry, he softened his attitude. "I know I was wrong. The main thing is that I took a concubine less than a year after my marriage. The Empress Dowager will be unhappy. And General Mu is fighting bloody battles far away on the frontier. He didn't even have time to attend his own sister's wedding. Now he has to eat at his brother-in-law's concubine's banquet. I'm afraid he will be heartbroken."
Emperor Xuan:......
This kid actually threatened him.
He also brought out the Queen Mother and Mu Yunji.
Success!
Fearing that her father would be embarrassed, Princess Yuqing quickly stepped out to smooth things over. "Father, Fifth Brother is newly married, and his wife is pregnant. If we take him a concubine now, what if the new wife causes them to separate? I'm afraid it will affect the heir in his wife's belly."
When the emperor heard this, he thought about it and agreed that the royal heir was more important.
He looked at King Jing and said, "Forget it. We can talk about taking a concubine later. Stand up and talk."
It’s just the emperor, but Princess Yuqing doesn’t want to give up.
She poured a cup of tea for her father and continued, "Father, I actually think it's not Fifth Brother who should take a concubine, but Fourth Brother who should take more concubines."
"What do you mean?" Emperor Xuan asked.
Before the fourth son volunteered to go to war, he had rarely paid attention to this son.
Even the princess was chosen by the queen. Although her family background was not high, she was a lady from a scholarly family.
It didn't insult him.
After all, his mother's background is there.
The Queen did a good job in this regard and he could not find any fault with her.
Princess Yuqing saw that her father was in high spirits and immediately opened up, "Father, my fourth brother has been married for four years, and my fifth brother already has a child, but he still has no children. Do you know why?"
"Why?"
"That's because my fourth brother doesn't like the princess our mother chose for him. He dislikes her because of her low social status and her dullness and lack of romantic charm. I've seen my fourth brother's wife, and she's quite gentle and virtuous, but in my fourth brother's eyes, she's worthless. Even the concubine who was born a dancer can bully her. She's not allowed to enter the palace gardens and has been driven away repeatedly. It seems that my fourth brother really hates my fourth brother's wife. If he dislikes her so much, when will she give birth to a young prince? What if that dancer gets there first..."
After Princess Yuqing finished speaking, she sighed deeply.
King Jing, who was sitting next to his sister, lowered his head and ate the melon silently without saying a word.
This is the unique tacit understanding between the brother and sister since childhood.
Listen quietly to the imperial sister bragging.
Emperor Xuan was a little surprised when he heard this, "What dancer?"
He only heard that when the fourth brother was in Yucheng, he was assassinated and was saved by an orphan girl, who even disfigured herself to save him.
Originally, this orphan girl could not become Prince Chen's concubine.
No matter how picky the prince is about his concubines, they must be young ladies from official families with clean family backgrounds.
This woman's origin is unknown and her status is humble.
Even though she was the fourth brother's savior, she could only be kept as a concubine and could not have any offspring.
I should have given him some money to send him away.
But the fourth brother actually used his military merits to ask for a status for her.
Let her be a concubine, after all, she has blocked the knife for the fourth prince.
It is a good thing to repay a favor, so he agreed.
But the fourth brother didn't say that the woman was a dancer and not a decent girl at all.
When the fourth brother returned triumphantly, he brought his wife to see him. At that time, the couple seemed very loving.
Are we falling out now?
Or is it because of a rift with an ugly girl whose face was disfigured?
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