Seeing that Qi Wang really didn't seem to be interested in Shang Wanqing, Qi Heng heaved a sigh of relief, he thought for a while, and said tactfully: "An'an, Minister of the Ministry of War has bad intentions, Chang'an is the one who placed you by your side, I I don’t think you should have anything to do with the merchants.”
Shang Bingjun obviously had bad intentions. Sending Chang'an to the palace was not an easy task. Since he placed someone beside Qi Wang, he must have a purpose, but he didn't want his daughter to marry him. Qi Wang, you must know that Shang Bingjun would rather let his daughter marry a seventh-rank official than Qi Wang, there must be some mystery in this.
Qi Heng was raised as the next emperor, and he has a much sharper sense of politics. If something goes wrong, there must be a monster. Shang Bingjun must have some ulterior motive.
The more crucial point is that Chang'an confessed after being severely tortured, saying that he was sent to Qi Wang's side just to find out about Qi Wang's preferences and to prepare for Shang Wanqing to marry into the royal family in the future.
However, the facts proved that Shang Bingjun did not want his daughter to marry Qi Wang. When he found out that Shang Wanqing might marry Qi Wang, his first reaction was to tell Shang Wanqing about a marriage.
It didn't make any sense to send Chang'an into the palace after a lot of effort, so that his daughter could marry into the royal family. At this time, Qi Heng had another kind of suspicion in his heart. He felt that behind Chang'an, or should be said, was Shang There are other people behind Byung Joon.
They sent Chang'an to Qi Wang's side, and they may have more plots than Qi Heng imagined.
Seeing that Qi Heng started to lose his mind while talking, Qi Wang could probably guess what he was thinking, he silently put a chestnut cake in his mouth, and after he finished eating, he said: "Brother, this year's Pearl Didn't Auntie give us a New Year gift?"
Qi Heng was thinking about something, when he heard him say this suddenly, his train of thought was interrupted instantly: "Why are you talking about this all of a sudden?"
Aunt Mingzhu is the younger sister of King Qi. She married the king of Chu and became a noble concubine. But perhaps because of her poor health, Aunt Mingzhu had only one daughter under her knees, and she had no other children. Weak and sickly, need careful care.
Princess Mingzhu and King Qi's younger sister, although they are not from the same mother, they have a very good relationship. Every year when the new year is approaching, the people sent by Princess Mingzhu to give gifts will come to this blue city early, but This year, I don't know what went wrong, and I haven't come here until now.
This incident should not be forgotten, but after Qi Wang disappeared, many things happened in Qinglan City, and then there was the incident of the harem concubine placing eyeliner around them, and there were many more things. Naturally, this matter was forgotten.
If Qi Wang didn't mention it, Qi Heng really couldn't think of the new year gift that Princess Pearl should bring.
However, it has been 20 years since Princess Mingzhu married to the state of Chu. In the past 20 years, except for the festivals and festivals, she would send people to send some gifts. At other times, she had no contact with them, so she didn't have any deep feelings. , haven't seen each other for many years, how much of those feelings can be left? What keeps them connected is the gifts that come and go.
"An'an, why do you suddenly think of Aunt Mingzhu's gift? You didn't care about these things in the past, why do you remember so clearly this year?"
Qi Huang smiled, and said with some embarrassment: "Aunt Mingzhu sends a special fruit every year in the New Year's gift, and the fruit tastes very good when made into cakes, so..."
Qi Huan: "..."
It turned out that I didn't remember Aunt Mingzhu's annual ceremony, but the pastries made from the unique fruits of Chu State.
Seeing that his younger brother was still heartless, Qi Heng couldn't help laughing. He raised his hand to touch Qi Wang's head, but then thought that Qi Wang would soon be an adult, and it would be a bit awkward to touch his head again. When it was right, he patted Qi Wang on the shoulder and said, "Okay, if you really want to eat, if there is a caravan going to Chu, how about I ask them to bring you some back? It's just It's a pity that those trees are difficult to adapt to the environment of Qi, or if some are transplanted here, it will save you from worrying about it."
Qi Wang tried to save himself: "I'm really only worried about those people who are sent by Aunt Mingzhu, in case something happens to them on the way..."
Look at Qi Heng's face and you continue, if I believe you a word, I am not your brother's expression, Qi Wang didn't say any more after that.
Okay, the character set he loves to eat has already been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. He obviously didn't act again, but the other party already believed that he was acting, and automatically made up some content that he didn't show. From a certain point of view, this is also a kind of progress.
His acting skills have reached the pinnacle to the point that it is not necessary to believe that he is right, and he will automatically complete the content according to his personality.
Well, he was quite successful as a salted fish.
Qi Heng didn't stay with Qi Wang for a long time, he was very busy, even though it was still in the first month of the month, he had already started to get busy early.
Sure enough, the greater the ability, the greater the responsibility. For a salted fish like him, he just needs to live a leisurely life.
On the sixth day of the lunar new year, Qi Huang sent someone to post a post to Annanhou's mansion, saying that the plum blossoms in the palace were in bloom, and invited Shang Wanqing to enter the palace to appreciate the plum blossoms.
The post was in the name of Qi Wang, but the person who accepted the post was Mrs. Hou. After accepting the post, she recruited Du Yueli and Shang Wanqing to tell about Qi Wang's invitation to Shang Wanqing to admire the plum blossoms in the palace. out.
Qi Wang once said that he would ask her to meet after the next year, but before that, Shang Wanqing had no confidence in her heart until she saw the post and heard her grandmother confirm it again. .
What Qi Wang said before was really not trying to deceive her.
A faint blush appeared on Shang Wanqing's fair face, and she was afraid that people would say that she was not reserved, so she lowered her head to hide her emotions, but the way she sat there with her head down, she was just like her little daughter Hanchun Seeing her shy look, Madam Hou and Du Yueli also smiled when they saw her like this.
"In the past, I never heard that your highness was close to any daughter. When our family Wanqing went to the New Year's Eve banquet, he was spotted by his little highness. After a few days, he eagerly invited our Wanqing to go to see her." Mei, I knew our family Wanqing was lucky."
Mrs. Hou is naturally happy that her granddaughter can marry into the royal family. The humble concubine before can enter the palace as a concubine. Madam Hou and Du Yueli were worried about this matter. Now that Shang Wanqing has the opportunity to be a prince and concubine, she will be a prince and concubine in the future. A favored princess and an unfavored nobleman can be distinguished. Won't you come out
Mrs. Hou and Du Yueli made fun of Shang Wanqing together, which made her blush. The room couldn't stay any longer, so she stomped her feet, turned and ran out.
Seeing the back of her daughter leaving in a hurry, Du Yueli couldn't help showing a big smile on her face, but thinking of the bad man at home, her mood couldn't help but sink.
That Shang Bingjun felt that he was very reasonable. He came twice, and after being scolded twice by Master Hou and Mrs. Hou, he refused to come again. He even sent someone to give her a message, saying that if she dared If Shang Wanqing had anything to do with His Highness, he would divorce his wife.
Because of this matter, Du Yueli was completely cold-hearted towards Shang Bingjun, a man. She was not afraid of Shang Bingjun divorcing his wife. Just because she kept filial piety for Shang Bingjun's parents, Shang Bingjun was not qualified to divorce She, not to mention that she is the second lady of Annanhou's Mansion, represents the face of Annanhou's Mansion. Unless Shang Bingjun is planning to completely turn against Annanhou's Mansion, otherwise he would not dare to divorce his wife at all.
Divorcing his wife was just a word used to threaten her.
However, even if it was a threat, it made Du Yueli very unhappy.
She couldn't figure it out, if the marriage between Shang Wanqing and His Royal Highness came to fruition, they would become relatives of the emperor, and His Royal Highness was favored, and he and His Royal Highness were brothers, and their relationship was very good. In the future, when His Royal Highness the Crown Prince ascends the throne, the status of the Little Highness will not be lowered.
Why is he so stubbornly refusing to agree to this marriage, as if he had been deceived by lard
Seeing that Du Yueli was not in a good mood, Madam Hou thought about it for a while, and guessed why she was in a bad mood.
"Remember Bingjun again?"
Du Yueli nodded. In front of her mother, she had nothing to hide, and she directly told Shang Bingjun about threatening her by divorcing his wife.
"Absurd, this Shang Bingjun has been Minister of the Ministry of War for a long time, has he broken his own head? Can this kind of thing be done? Yue'er, don't worry, as long as I am here, Wanqing's marriage It's not his turn to intervene, you can choose clothes and jewelry for Wanqing, I still want Wanqing to be the princess, I want to see if he dares to divorce you."
Seeing her mother's domineering appearance, the depression in Du Yueli's heart disappeared instantly.
"Mother, I'll go right away. I gave birth to the child so hard. Why should he let my daughter suffer? He chose the daughters-in-law carefully before, but when it was my daughter's turn, he just did it casually." sent it away? He was dreaming."
After briefly talking to Mrs. Hou, Du Yueli left in a hurry.
However, after Du Yueli left, the expression on Mrs. Hou's face became serious, not at all relaxed in front of Du Yueli.
This thing is so abnormal.
When Shang Bingjun was just a fifth-rank captain, he dared to provoke the lady of the Marquis of Annan. From this point, it can be seen that he is an ambitious person.
And the wives he married to his four sons were all the daughters of ministers in the court. For the sake of their children's relatives, those ministers also took good care of him. In order to have a relationship with the royal family, he even put himself The eldest daughter of the concubine was sent to the palace as a concubine.
Shang Bingjun's promotion to the position of Minister of the Ministry of War so quickly is inseparable from his ambition.
He is such a busy person, as long as the interests are sufficient, he is willing to do anything.
Shang Wanqing is the daughter of the prostitute, and His Royal Highness is looking for her. If there is no accident, there is an 80% chance that she will take the position of the princess.
If she really becomes a concubine, it will definitely be of great help to Shang Bingjun's official career given the degree to which His Royal Highness is favored.
He tried to prevent Shang Wanqing from getting involved with His Highness one after another, and even threatened to divorce his wife. Such behavior was completely contrary to his usual habits.
Is there really nothing wrong with this? Why was he so persistent and refused to let Shang Wanqing be with His Highness
Mrs. Hou vaguely sensed that something was wrong, but she was locked in the back house and couldn't learn more, so she had to come back and tell him about it.
As soon as Master Hou came back that night, Mrs. Hou sent someone to invite him over. She sent the left and right out, and ordered her servants to guard outside, and no one was allowed to approach this side.
Seeing Mrs. Hou's demeanor, Lord Hou was a little surprised, and couldn't help asking: "Madam, what are you doing?"
Mrs. Hou didn't waste any more words with Lord Hou, she directly told all kinds of inappropriate things about Shang Bingjun, and finally she said all about Shang Bingjun and even divorced his wife, trying her best to prevent Shang Wanqing from getting involved with His Highness relation.
"Master Hou, I'm just a woman in the inner house, and I don't know much about it, but Shang Bingjun's behavior on this matter is really strange. I think this matter is not that simple. Maybe he is hiding something. What do you think, Lord Hou?"
After listening to Mrs. Hou's words, Lord Hou fell into silence. He pondered for a long time, and finally said: "I know about this matter. You are right. Shang Bingjun's behavior is not right. I will go out for a while." Come on, ask him face to face, and see what he says..."
Hearing that Master Hou was going to find Shang Bingjun, Mrs. Hou became anxious. She stretched out her hand and grabbed Master Hou's arm, and said hastily, "Master Hou, if Shang Bingjun really has any problems, wouldn't you startle the snake by doing this?" ?”
Hou Ye shook his head and said: "Ma'am, what you said is wrong. We asked him face to face, which proved that we didn't have any defense against him. He didn't make so many excuses when he answered. Maybe I can ask why. .”
Mrs. Hou thought about it, and she also felt that this was the reason, so she found someone to prepare a carriage, and sent Lord Hou to the Minister's Mansion of the Ministry of War.
It took two hours for Hou Ye to go, and when he came back, it was almost time to go to bed.
He must have eaten at Shang Bingjun's, and he smelled strongly of alcohol. Although his eyes were clear and he didn't look like he was drunk, Mrs. Hou still asked the servants to cook it. Hangover soup, fed it to Lord Hou.
After the smell of alcohol dissipated for a while, Lord Hou sent someone out, and then motioned Mrs. Hou to sit down opposite him.
Seeing Master Hou's expression, Mrs. Hou's heart skipped a beat. An ominous premonition enveloped her heart. She pinched her palm and tried to calm herself down. Then she asked, "Master Hou , what did you ask?"
Lord Hou nodded, with a heavy tone: "Shang Bingjun said that he just didn't want Wanqing to marry into the royal family and suffer. The royal family has many rules, and Wanqing can't stand the rules the most. He just wants Wanqing to live an ordinary life."
Mrs. Hou: "..."
It's almost like lying to a child. Which normal person would believe his nonsense
If you marry into the East Palace and become the crown princess, then there must be more rules in the future, but Qi Wang is only the second prince. Who in the entire Qi Kingdom does not know that Qi Wang is the most favored? Both Queen Qi and the crown prince doted on Qi Huang and gave him the greatest freedom. To say something disrespectful, Qi Wang can be said to be the most unruly prince.
If Shang Wanqing can marry Qi Wang, what rules should she follow? As long as Qi Wang likes Shang Wanqing, Qi Wang and Queen will definitely love her.
This simply doesn't hold true.
But Shang Bingjun insisted that Shang Wanqing marry the editor of the Imperial Academy named Hu Ce, and even revealed that he was Shang Wanqing's father, saying that he should be the father of her marriage. call the shots.
Shang Bingjun said that there was no room for change, and he would not let go of his mouth to let Shang Wanqing have any contact with His Highness.
Who is Lord Hou? After so many years of ups and downs in the officialdom, he has developed a pair of eyes for seeing people - Shang Bingjun sincerely does not want Shang Wanqing to marry the young highness.
"Don't let Yue'er and Wanqing go back recently, I'll investigate after a while."
Madam Hou nodded, indicating that she understood.
"Don't worry, Lord Hou, I know what to do."