He Ji's brows twitched, and he looked fixedly at the man, his eyes met, his lips parted slightly, "I'm just afraid that I won't be good enough for the princess."
"Yes, Your Majesty, how can a dog be worthy of a princess like golden branches and jade leaves? I'm afraid that the princess will be wronged, and that will be the dog's fault." King Zhennan raised his voice and said righteously.
The emperor just squinted his eyes and looked at the people below meaningfully. The atmosphere in the hall was instantly condensed, and everyone dared not even breathe. Naturally, they could hear the refusal in the words of Zhennan Wang and his son.
"As long as the son is sincere, how can Mingyue be wronged?" Qin Yan said casually.
When the words fell, He Ji frowned again, but Zhennan Wang's eyes changed, and he stopped what his son wanted to say, and suddenly agreed with joy, "Thanks to the emperor's love, the dog will treat the princess with all his heart .”
Hearing this, He Ji couldn't help but take a deep look at his father, and tightened his palms, the latter just gave him a warning look, a concubine, there is no such thing as a woman in this world, why bother to arouse the emperor's suspicion for a vain position.
"Okay, as for whether the marriage will be held in Beijing, it depends on your own wishes. Although Mingyue is a bit willful, she still knows the general situation." The emperor immediately laughed with satisfaction.
Seeing this, King Zhennan naturally hurriedly thanked him, "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your kindness."
The corner of He Ji's lips pursed for a while, before he lowered his head, "Thank you, Your Majesty."
Princess Mingyue's brows in the women's quarters were full of shyness. From time to time, she secretly raised her eyes to look at the handsome man in front of the hall, her heartbeat quickened a lot, and she felt like she was dreaming.
The banquet was still going on, and all the ministers toasted and drank with different thoughts. Now they couldn't understand the emperor's thoughts even more. Is the eldest princess willing to marry Princess Mingyue
Liu Yin found out that the emperor clearly had plans today and was just waiting for others to set him off, but judging from the prince's reaction, he clearly knew that the emperor knew that King Zhennan was going to rebel and wanted to marry her. The royal family is indeed ruthless. They used to look like they loved their niece, but now they are about to marry someone off, and their face changes faster than the sky.
But it's none of her business, she and this Zhuang Mingyue were enemies to begin with, and the other party tried to harm her more than once, she remembered all of this.
"Cousin, that Zhuang Mingyue must be extremely proud now." The sixth princess suddenly leaned her head and whispered.
Liu Yin glanced at her and smiled meaningfully, "It's not the end yet, who knows?"
Not understanding what she meant by this, the sixth princess didn't ask any more questions, but when she thought about her marriage, her cheeks felt hot unknowingly.
It was already half an hour after the gift list was read. The dancers re-entered the hall, twisting their bodies enchantingly. The officials were chatting endlessly, especially Liu Guozheng. , even the prince's attitude towards him has improved, and he heard that his daughter has never been wronged, how can he be unhappy.
The other officials are also flattering. The recent trend of the Liu family, they naturally have to hurry to curry favor. Thinking about the case of private salt last time, His Royal Highness clearly let Liu Lixing go on purpose, otherwise, as Jing Zhaoyin, why would he not send someone to patrol On the other side of Huafang, if His Royal Highness didn't want to get to the bottom of it, then Liu Lixing's black gauze hat would definitely fall off.
"It seems that General Liu has returned to Beijing for the first time in the past two years."
A kind voice suddenly came from above, Liu Lin got up immediately, and replied respectfully: "It is indeed the first time to return to Beijing, but the emperor let me guard the border, which is the greatest trust in me, I am grateful. "
Hearing this, the emperor put one hand on the chair, looked deeply at the people below, and suddenly smiled, "Of course I am worried about you, but you are still young, and it is time for you to start a family. Your aunt has been whispering in my ear." Finding a marriage for you, I think it should be the same, so I thought of marrying the fifth princess to you, what do you think?"
In an instant, everyone in the hall was thinking about it, Liu Guozheng frowned instantly, and Liu Lin's face changed slightly, and he said directly, "Thank you for the emperor's kindness, but I don't have any information yet. The plan of getting married is afraid that I will disappoint the emperor's great love."
At this moment, Liu Yin's heart tightened gradually. He never thought that the emperor would want to marry the fifth princess to her eldest brother. That fifth princess is not much better than Zhuang Mingyue, so how could she marry her eldest brother.
"Naturally, a man's family has to start a family, or do you despise my princess?" The emperor's tone suddenly sank.
"I don't dare." Liu Lin immediately lowered his head and clenched his fists.
Seeing this, the queen also hurriedly looked at the people beside her, "To tell you the truth, this concubine has already shown Lin'er a fancy to a girl, and she is thinking of talking to the emperor."
Hearing this, the emperor just glanced at her coldly, "Which other woman can compare to my princess."
The atmosphere in the hall was suddenly tense, and regardless of the empress's hesitant expression, the emperor said directly: "This matter is settled like this, let Qin Tianjian find a day to deal with Tong'er's matter together, and since General Liu If you want to get married, Guan Zhen will send others to guard over there, so Liu Aiqing doesn't have to worry about it."
When the words fell, it was tantamount to casting a shock in the crowd. Everyone looked at each other and held their breath, and there was no need to go to the border. Isn't this just taking back the Liu family's military power in disguise
Liu Guozheng's expression was extremely calm, and he didn't show a trace of panic. He just glared at his son, and signaled him to sit down first with his eyes. One, they are afraid that their Liu family will marry other aristocratic families through marriage, and then continue to grow.
Liu Yin also thought of this, and felt that this should be the real reason why the emperor called her brother back to the capital. As for the military power, the other party might have wanted to take it back a long time ago. Now that she is married to the prince, it means that she cannot marry the king of Zhennan. There is no need to be afraid that the Liu family will unite with King Zhennan, which is why they dare to take back the military power so openly.
Today is to take back the military power, so what will be tomorrow
The day finally came.
After this incident, the atmosphere in the hall seemed to be filled with a touch of weirdness, and the voice became much quieter. After the banquet was over, Liu Yin saw her mother following the queen's footsteps, but she did not follow, and walked along the east palace. way to go.
After all the way back to Changchun Palace, the queen's complexion gradually sank, she slapped the table suddenly, her phoenix eyes were full of anger, "Lin'er has guarded the border all these years, even if he has no credit, he has worked hard, the emperor is Such a way to kill a donkey!"
"Shh, empress be careful!"
Mrs. Zhang immediately looked back and saw someone guarding outside, so she took a step forward and said in a low voice: "The emperor's thoughts are not a day or two, it is not unusual to have such a move, so we will put Hope is pinned on His Highness the Crown Prince, but I don't know what the Crown Prince is thinking now, if it goes on for a long time, judging by the trend of the Emperor, he will definitely suppress the Liu family vigorously."
Without military power, they are like fish on the chopping board, ready to be slaughtered.
Suddenly sitting on the soft couch, under the faint candlelight, the queen's beautiful face was gloomy, and after a while it turned into worry, "Sister-in-law, don't forget, the prince will also ascend the throne in the future, how can he tolerate the Liu family sitting on the throne?" , but I see that his attitude towards the Liu family seems to have improved these days, and he has not done everything, so it can be seen that there is still room for it, but the emperor is hard to say."
Speaking of this, Mrs. Zhang also sighed, her face was full of worry, and now she was neither retreating nor advancing, so she could only pin all her hopes on the prince.
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The moon was as cool as water, and the evening breeze was slightly cool. When Liu Yin returned to the East Palace, she couldn't help but tell Mama Liu about this matter.
In fact, Liu Yin felt that it would be a matter of time before the military power was taken back. No emperor would tolerate his relatives being the big ones. The Liu family already had prestige in the court, and it would definitely not work to let them gain military power. They are all lonely, or they are from poor families, and they are definitely not the children of aristocratic families, so the emperor will reuse Zhang Mo who has no background.
Presumably the emperor didn't expect that her brother, a son of a family, would be so hard-working at the beginning, and he didn't feel tired after years of scrambling in the border.
But what Liu Yin can't accept the most is asking her brother to marry the fifth princess. You must know that the fifth princess and Princess Mingyue set snakes to bite her at the beginning, and she has a rough and tricky temper. Come on, anyway, she absolutely cannot accept her brother marrying the fifth princess.
After taking a bath, she asked the kitchen to cook something to eat. After waiting for a long time, she heard that the prince had returned in the middle of the night, so Liu Yin hurried to the study. No matter what, she had to try it, and she must not just sit and watch. Let her brother marry the fifth princess.
Different from the past, now that Xiao Luzi sees the concubine coming over, Xiao Luzi doesn't even need to pass it on. This time, he let her in directly, trying to be a slave who "knows the current affairs".
Quietly opening the door, Liu Yin poked her head inside, and saw a man with a cold temperament sitting in front of the desk, she immediately closed the door, and walked over.
Hearing the sound of footsteps, the man did not raise his head, and continued to write with a pen, without any emotion on the sharp-edged outline.
"Brother Prince..."
Liu Yin called softly, then came behind the man, leaned his head over, "Cousin?"
The other party still didn't respond, Liu Yin felt that he might have guessed the purpose of his coming, so he could only curl his lips and speak directly.
"Auntie has already found a marriage for eldest brother today, why does the emperor suddenly want to marry eldest brother and the fifth princess?"
She wrinkled her small face, walked around there alone, and kept mumbling, "Anyway, I don't like that fifth princess, and she once set a snake to bite me with that Princess Mingyue, it's so vicious, She often trips me up, I don't want such a sister-in-law, and my brother definitely doesn't want to marry her either!"
There were bursts of her chattering complaints in the room, and Qin Yan continued to write, as if he didn't hear her words, and didn't respond.
"The more I think about it, the more panic I feel. If my brother really marries her, our family will definitely have a hard time. If we treat her badly, then Concubine Li will definitely make trouble again. Wouldn't it be a mess. "
The more Liu Yin thought about it, the more he vomited blood in his heart. After talking for a long time, seeing that the other party still didn't respond, he walked over and squatted in front of him, pulling his robe with one hand and whispering: "I know that the prince's brother must have a way, cousin..."
As she said that, she couldn't help but pinched her thigh, tears didn't come out, but her eyes were red.
The man didn't lift his head, his thin lips parted slightly, "You are the only one who is restless."
She leaned over and put her head on the opponent's lap, blinking her eyes pitifully, "I know the prince's brother is the best, and I definitely can't bear to see my brother marry that fifth princess, right?"
The candle was dimly lit, the man paused between his pens, his deep eyes suddenly fell on the pleading little face, and his voice was light, "Why do you think Gu wants to help you?"
Looking at each other, Liu Yin slowly lowered his head, slowly loosened his dark robe with his fingertips, rested his chin on his lap, and his ears gradually turned red, "Because Your Highness is my husband."
Hearing that soft voice, Qin Yan glanced away from the corner of his eye, the corners of his lips pursed slightly, and the tip of the pen tapped her forehead, "Slick."