Liang made a gaffe and regretted it.
Those words should not have been said by her, but they were all spoken out, and Shi Junhe was looking at her, obviously waiting for her next words.
She sighed heavily, "This matter is decided by the third princess."
Shi Junhe was stunned, "Why?"
Why did the third princess Mo Yuzhen, who had always ignored court affairs, get involved in the marriage between the Zhao family and the Shi family for no reason
Liang was also helpless, "There are no outsiders now, and I am not afraid to reveal everything to the Duke. It is not a secret that our master works with His Highness the Third Highness. Naturally, he has to obey that person's words. Even if there is any difficulty, he will I can only chew it myself.”
Shi Junhe nodded to express his understanding, "But His Highness the Third Highness has always understood the truth. Besides, if the reputation of the Zhao family is damaged, it will not benefit either you or him, right?"
Who has nothing left to do such a thing that harms others and does not benefit oneself
Mrs. Liang had no place to talk about her sufferings and was filled with resentment, "If your niece hadn't offended the third princess and made her so angry that she wanted to take action, how could she be in such embarrassment today?"
Shi Junhe was speechless for a moment. He knew very well Shi Baojin's temperament. He was arrogant and arrogant, unforgiving but not without mercy. How could he offend Mo Yuzhen
"I don't know about this!" Mrs. Liang said coldly, putting all the blame for this matter on Shi Baojin, "But the third princess came to ask the master in person, and that Highness is How dare I not respond to someone who dotes on his own sister?"
When Mo Yuzhen said he would postpone the marriage, he postponed the marriage. There was no ambiguity at all.
Shi Junhe grimaced and asked reluctantly: "Is there no room for tact at all? If it is really Bao Jin's fault, let the girl come to the house in person to apologize to the third princess, maybe... "
Mrs. Liang waved her hands quickly, "But don't! The third princess said that no one else should know that she had done this. I tell you that this matter is against the rules. If she still exposes the matter to the third princess, then she will still Don’t take off our master’s skin!”
Mrs. Liang secretly regretted that she had confessed to Shi Junhe. The latter raised his eyebrows slightly and suddenly smiled: "Look at what Madam said, since you have spread the word, naturally there is something that Shi can do to help, and Why bother to be secretive at this time?"
"..." Mrs. Liang smiled bitterly and secretly said that although Shi Junhe was a martial artist, he was not stupid, so he said flatteringly: "What the Duke said is that only you can really do something about this!"
Shi Junhe frowned, "How do you say this?"
Liang was pretending to be stupid at that time, "Who doesn't know that your little daughter is talented and lovable, and is the third princess's best friend. If she can say a few nice words in front of the third princess, it might be useful." Woolen cloth!"
Moreover, she also vaguely knew that Shi Baojin had a quarrel with Shi Qingxue at the outing banquet, and then the third princess came forward to comfort Shi Liu Niang, so she couldn't help but wonder why Mo Yuzhen suddenly turned against Shi Baojin.
Of course, she was not stupid enough to think that it was Shi Qingxue who encouraged the third princess to intervene in this matter. After all, once this matter came out, Zhao Shi's family would be embarrassed, and Shi Qingxue didn't seem to be that confused.
Shi Junhe suppressed his smile, and then said calmly: "Although my daughter Qingxue has some friendship with the third princess, we can have no say in the decision made by the noble lady."
When Ms. Liang heard that Shi Junhe was unwilling to help, she immediately became angry and sarcastically said: "I thought you were so important to your niece, but you really can't stand by and watch when things happen."
Shi Junhe was indifferent and was not aroused by these words at all. Liang did not want to really offend the former. After saying a few words, he shut up and said: "Since the Duke of the country can't do anything, then I won't bother you." Goodbye!"
After Mr. Liang left, Shi Junhe was still sitting in the hall, frowning in thought. After a long while, he suddenly said: "Everyone has left, but we haven't come out yet."
Shi Qingxue had been hiding behind the screen and had to come out obediently. When she saw Shi Junhe's face was gloomy and he was sticking out his tongue, he quickly defended: "Dad! I swear, this matter really has nothing to do with me. I definitely didn't ask Yu Zhen to do that. , I only found out about this after hearing Mrs. Zhao’s words!”
It's true that what you say is true.
Shi Junhe was angry and wanted to laugh. He looked at her and said, "So you don't know at all that the third princess plans to deal with Bao Jin for you?"
"... Uh." Shi Qingxue knew that she, the little white rabbit, could never escape the clutches of the old fox, so she obediently admitted, "During the outing party, Yuzhen saw me having a conflict with the third sister, so she insisted that it was the third sister. If you stir up trouble, just say that you want to treat Third Sister well."
She also expected that Mo Yuzhen would make some moves, but she didn't expect that the other party would be so fast. It simply exceeded her expectations!
Shi Junhe was helpless, "You clearly knew that the third princess was planning to take action, why didn't you persuade her?"
Shi Qingxue answered matter-of-factly, "What am I advising? Yuzhen is devoted to me, but the third sister wants to embarrass me again and again. Is it possible that I want to break the hearts of those who care and love me for an enemy? Sorry, so I can’t do such scumbag things.”
"Presumptuous! What did you say?" Shi Junhe frowned in displeasure, "That's your third sister, why have we become enemies?!"
Qingxue sneered and swallowed back her complaints.
It wasn't like she hadn't thought about telling Shi Junhe all the things Shi Baojin had done to her, but she still chose not to say anything when it came to it.
It's not because she's afraid that Shi Junhe won't believe her, but because she doesn't want Shi Junhe to be sad about it, knowing that there is a brother who is bent on murdering her and fighting for the title, and a niece who is so vicious that she wants her daughter to be ruined...
Such a disgusting thing, she would rather Shi Junhe think she is ignorant and Sanfang is angry!
"Dad, don't think about it. Not to mention that Yuzhen's stubborn temper cannot change her mind because of my few words. I will never come to plead for Third Sister. I am willing to call her Third Sister. As a sister, Adding makeup to her is for your sake!"
After expressing all her grievances in one breath, Shi Qingxue closed her eyes and shrank her neck, fearing that Shi Junhe would actually attack her in anger.
After all, these words do sound quite heartless to the uninformed!
"You!" Shi Junhe didn't do anything. He sighed helplessly, pulled the frightened little body into his arms, patted her back comfortingly, and his words of reproach were as light as comfort: "Words You didn’t realize you were scared until you finished talking? What did you do first?”
As soon as Shi Qingxue heard this, she knew that she had been 'pardoned', and she confessed her thoughts even more unscrupulously, "You are my father. I don't want to make you sad, and I can't bear to hide it from you. Even if I don't succeed, Don’t hide what you said, if you are really angry with me for this, then I will have no choice but to admit it!”
"Tsk, tsk! Listen to this tone, you are so submissive. People who don't know it would think that I bullied you!"
Qingxue bared her teeth, "That's right! You are my father. Even if your daughter is at fault, you should always help her. How can you scold your innocent baby daughter for the sake of an outsider!"
Shi Junhe: "..."
The Duke expressed his heartache, how could he raise such a "big-faced" daughter? What's even more amazing is that he actually found Shi Qingxue inexplicably cute when he spoke like this.
Hey, as expected, my daughter can only be pampered!
"Okay, okay, I never thought about asking you to go to the third princess to plead for mercy, otherwise I wouldn't have refuted Mrs. Zhao's face like that just now."
Shi Junhe also knew what to do in the best interests of the Shi family, but only when he actually tried to do it did he realize how difficult it was: there was no way he could let his precious daughter suffer any injustice, even if he was the head of the Shi family and shouldered the responsibility of the entire family. honor.
Shi Qingxue grinned brightly and said "good daddy" several times before being kicked out by Shi Junhe.
Shi Junhe didn't have anything to do. He thought deeply and went to the palace to ask for a marriage.
Logically speaking, ministers who receive some favors only need to have some privileges that are different from others, so that they can show their favor and specialness. And this request for marriage is one of them.
Shi Junhe didn't take this seriously at first. With his military exploits, asking for a marriage was just a show to make Shi Baoning and Wen Renchi's marriage look more glamorous.
However, when he presented Mo Shujun's intention to Mo Xiangbin, the emperor did not agree. Instead, he fell into deep thought. After a long while, he whispered: "I remember that Aiqing accepted General Wenren as his adopted son and asked him to In the Shi family, why are you asking him to marry Baoning now? Is it possible that you still want him to be your son-in-law? "
Home son-in-law.
These four words may seem like a joke, but they are actually heart-breaking.
Everyone knows that Duke Shi Guo adopted his friend's son as his adopted son because of his friend's life-saving grace, which is a lesson for him. But now that Mo Xiangbin said it, it has become Shi Junhe's failure to give birth to a son. With the idea of letting Wen Renchi knock on the door.
This has ended the bloodline of the Wenren family!
Shi Junhe frowned. Based on his understanding of Mo Xiangbin, he knew that the emperor was dissatisfied with the marriage he proposed and had no excuse to refuse.
"Your Majesty, Wen Renchi is the only heir of General Wen Renchi. If I have a relationship with him, his bloodline will not be cut off no matter what. Wen Renchi is married to my daughter, and Baoning is also a member of the Wen Ren family. , there is no such thing as a door-to-door son-in-law."
These words cleared up Mo Xiangbin's last excuse. Mo Xiangbin had no reason to reject Wen Renchi and Shi Baoning's marriage this time.
After pondering for a moment, Mo Xiangbin smiled again and said as if unintentionally: "It's a coincidence that not long ago, my mother told me that she loved Baoning's dignity and virtuousness very much. There are few women with such appearance in the world, but We can’t let her go to another home.”
The implication is very obvious that the royal family intends for Shi Baoning to marry into the royal family.
As for whose intention it was, the Emperor said it was the Queen Mother's intention, and that was the Queen Mother's intention.
Shi Junhe started to sweat on his head. He really didn't expect Mo Xiangbin to have such intention, but when he thought about it carefully, he became even more frightened: Mo Xiangbin didn't want Shi Baoning to marry into the royal family. Doubt his loyalty!
Thinking of this, even though the Duke had been on the battlefield for a long time, his back was so frightened that he felt chills, and he couldn't deal with Mo Xiangbin's words at all.
Fortunately, Mo Xiangbin took advantage of it and sighed: "Unfortunately, my beloved has already betrothed his daughter to General Wenren, and General Wenren is a loyal minister. No matter how much I like that girl Baoning, I won't. It’s so lovable!”
Shi Junhe had no choice but to say bitterly: "It's so shameful that bad women deserve so much love from the Emperor and the Queen Mother!"
Mo Xiangbin smiled even more kindly, and spoke very eloquently: "Don't worry, dear, although I am not a matchmaker, I still understand the principle of breaking up ten temples rather than breaking up a marriage. I heard about the marriage between General Wenren and Princess Baoning. I’ve written it down.”
Shi Junhe breathed a sigh of relief. Although the marriage was not granted immediately, it was considered a success with this guarantee.
Mo Xiangbin suddenly said calmly: "I remember that you have a little daughter who will be sixteen this year?"