After Zi'an left the palace, he was at a loss.
Su Qingzong realized the problem only later.
"If he wants to marry Miss Lin, there must be something fishy going on." Su Qing said coldly.
"It must be the Queen's coercion, but from what I know about Prince Liang, he won't give in easily." Zi'an suddenly thought of a question, "Does the Queen know Yi'er?"
"I don't know if the Queen knows about this," Su Qing said, feeling that her words were a little awkward. "The Queen shouldn't know, right?"
Zi'an always felt that things were too strange. Prince Liang only entered the palace once, and when he came out he gave up treatment and said he wanted to marry Miss Lin.
She suddenly remembered the first time she entered the palace. The Seventh Brother was also present. From listening to their conversation, it seemed that the Seventh Brother had the power to interfere in Prince Liang's marriage.
Thinking of this, she forgot about Liu Liu and immediately ordered Boss Dao to return home.
When I returned to the mansion, Murong Jie happened to be at home.
She asked Su Qing to go in and close the door, then asked Murong Jie, "Can you make the decision on Prince Liang's marriage?"
Murong Jie nodded, "Yeah, what's wrong with you? You're so reckless."
Zi'an breathed a sigh of relief, "He said he didn't want to treat his leg anymore, and he wanted to marry Miss Lin."
"Miss Lin? Which Miss Lin?" Murong Jie frowned, "I don't know about this."
"She's the young lady from the Lin family that Xia Huaijun was going to marry before." Zi'an said.
Murong Jie said angrily: "Ridiculous!"
"Really? He said it himself when he came back." Su Qing said.
Murong Jie sat down and looked at Zi'an, "Tell me slowly what happened."
Zi'an then went to Prince Liang's mansion and waited for half a day, and then Prince Liang came out of the palace and said he would give up treatment and marry Miss Lin.
Murong Jie thought for a moment, "I don't agree with what Miss Lin said. Minister Lin is a mean man who doesn't do anything but take advantage of opportunities. He wanted to marry his granddaughter to Xia Huaijun just to curry favor with Xia Huaijun so that he could rise to the top."
"Then let's go into the palace to find the queen." Zi'an urged hurriedly.
Murong Jie looked at her and said, "You don't have to go. I can go."
Zi'an thought about it and agreed. Her status was not suitable and going would only make the queen angry.
"Okay, then hurry up and go." Zi'an said.
Murong Jie also felt that there was no time to lose, and immediately ordered Ni Rong to prepare a carriage to enter the palace.
The queen seemed to have anticipated his arrival and had already prepared snacks for him.
"Your Highness, you must be very busy with government affairs lately!" said the Queen with a smile.
Murong Jie sat down and said, "Not bad."
"Have some tea. Today I have prepared the red date cake that the prince likes. It is sweet but not greasy. The new imperial chef has good skills." The queen was in a very good mood and had a lot of smiles on her face.
Murong Jie took a look and said with some disgust: "This prince has never liked sweets. The queen remembered it wrongly."
"Oh!" The Queen was somewhat surprised. "I remembered it wrongly. It's Prince Li who loves sweets."
Prince Li doesn’t like sweets at all!
She raised her head and looked at Murong Jie leisurely, "Isn't it that Your Majesty came to the palace this time just to pay his respects to me?"
Murong Jie went straight to the point, "I heard that you found a marriage for Axin, with the eldest daughter of the Lin family, is that right?"
"Your Highness is well-informed. He knew about the decision made today before it was announced to the public." The Queen said with a smile, "Good news spreads quickly indeed!"
Murong Jie said calmly: "This prince has reservations about the character of this Miss Lin. This prince does not approve of this marriage."
The queen laughed and poured tea for Murong Jie herself, "Your Highness, I'm afraid you can't make the decision on this matter. This marriage was proposed by Axin himself."
"He proposed it?" Murong Jie raised his eyebrows and said mercilessly: "Does the Queen think I'm a fool?"
"Why don't you go and ask him, Your Majesty? I said I disagree, but he was still unwilling. He came to the palace today and was determined to marry the eldest daughter of the Lin family." The queen sighed softly.
"Ah Xin wouldn't do that. The Queen threatened him, right? After he left the palace, he gave up on treating his leg and said he wanted to marry the eldest daughter of the Lin family..."
Murong Jie's words were interrupted by the Queen coldly, "Your Majesty, please be careful with your words. Although you are the regent, you cannot be arrogant. I hope you still remember that I am the Queen and will not allow you to attack me so recklessly."
"Falling out?" Murong Jie laughed coldly, "You summoned Zi'an to the palace yesterday and told her what you meant. You know it in your heart. I hope the queen can treat her equally and I hope you have some confidence in your son. If he wanted to fight for it, he would have fought for it long ago. Do you think he doesn't have the ability? With my support, ten Murong Qiaos are no match for him."
Murong Jie's words were so clear that the queen was shocked. She looked at Murong Jie coldly, "Prince, you are really crazy. This is not the court, not the place for you to be overbearing. The Murong Qiao you mentioned is the current crown prince. If you say this about him and it gets out, aren't you afraid of ruining his reputation?"
Murong Jie didn't give the Queen any face today, and said sternly: "You are so worried about the reputation of the prince, what about Ah Xin's reputation? What have been spread about him in the past few years? Doesn't the Queen know? Who did all this? You pretend to be ignorant when you know the truth, but why should you feel sorry for others if you don't feel sorry for your own son? However, in order to protect Murong Qiao from being threatened, you asked him to give up the treatment of his leg injury and let him marry a woman he doesn't like. I can't just sit back and watch."
The Queen said coldly: "What can the prince do if he can't just sit back and watch? He wanted to marry her himself, I didn't force him to do that."
Murong Jie stared at her, "Queen, since you have threatened Axin, then I might as well threaten you. If Axin marries Miss Lin, I will definitely dethrone Murong Qiao as the crown prince."
The Queen slammed the table and stood up, "Murong Jie, how dare you? You dare to say such treasonous words. Aren't you afraid that I will report you to the Emperor?"
"You can go ahead!" Murong Jie's eyes were red, "You can also try, do I dare to do it?"
After saying that, he swept the red date cake off the queen's desk and left.
The Queen was so angry that she was shaking all over. "How dare you, Murong Jie, be so insolent to me? I will report you to the Queen Mother and accuse you of disrespecting the Queen."
Although the Queen was furious, she also knew that she had to meet the Queen Mother this time. The Queen Mother would always know about this matter, so she had to be the first to clarify with her.
The Queen Mother was talking to Concubine Cui at the time. The Queen came into the palace and started crying, "Mother, you have to make the decision for me. I, the Queen, have been bullied to death."
The Queen Mother frowned, "Why are you crying? Who dared to bully you?"
Concubine Cui asked curiously, "Yes, who dares to bully you?"
The queen cried, "Mother, it is absolutely true. Just now, the prince came to the palace to pay his respects to me and said many outrageous words. He even said that he wanted to remove Qiao'er from the position of crown prince."
Concubine Cui was shocked. "How could he say that? How could he say that? Isn't this treasonous? Ah Jie is not such a tactless person. Could he have misheard?"
(End of this chapter)