King Liang's face suddenly fell. This was really beyond his expectations.
My heart suddenly started to panic, and I turned around and looked at Zi'an and Murong Jie nervously, "What should I do?"
Zi'an also felt that this was very sudden. Seeing the King of Liang's expression, he felt a little uncomfortable and said softly, "Let's go back first."
The group returned to the palace listlessly.
After returning to the palace, Prince An explained the specific situation. He said that the old emperor was old and had various health problems. He was afraid that he could not live for too long. He wanted to keep Princess Yi'er by his side for another year or two. He also felt that although Song Ruiyang had always said how good Prince Liang was, he had never seen him with his own eyes. Therefore, his final message was that if Prince Liang really wanted to marry the princess, it would be best for him to go to Daliang himself.
To put it bluntly, the old emperor wants to personally choose a husband for his granddaughter.
After listening to Prince An's account of the situation, Prince Liang looked at Murong Jie eagerly.
Murong Jie remained silent the entire time. In fact, this also surprised him. Besides, there was a reason why he was so eager to make this marriage happen.
Ah Xin has always been close to him. After the emperor recovered and came to power, he must have suppressed and made things difficult for Prince Liang. Only when he became the Marquis of Daliang would the emperor take the Song Dynasty's reputation into consideration and not dare to treat him too harshly.
If the marriage fails, he and Zi'an will flee to the south in the future, and Axin will not have a good life in Beijing.
"Uncle, please give me some advice." Prince Liang was as anxious as an ant on a hot pan, scratching his head. He had been looking forward to Prince An bringing back good news day and night, but this was the news. No wonder Yi'er didn't mention the marriage in the letter, but only talked about daily life.
Murong Jie thought for a moment and said, "How about this, you go to Daliang yourself and impress the old emperor with your sincerity."
Prince An said, "How can a groom go to ask for marriage on his own? If the Third Brother knew about this, he would definitely stop him."
Murong Jie said, "Just don't let Third Brother know."
Prince An nodded, "Well, that's fine. You have to fight for it yourself. At the beginning, I was too resigned to fate. If I had known how to fight for it earlier, I wouldn't have ended up like this... That's all. It's good now."
He should have proposed marriage before going to the war, so that Xia Huaijun would not have got there first.
The matter of going to Liang State was finalized. The King of Liang's heart had already flown to Daliang, and he immediately went back to pack up his things.
After King Liang left, Zi'an asked Prince An with a heavy heart, "Now everyone in the court knows that you went to Daliang to discuss marriage. How do you explain this?"
Prince An also thought hard, "I have been thinking about this issue since I returned to the capital. I can't just say that they don't agree, right? Originally, when I went to discuss marriage this time, I encountered opposition from many ministers. In the end, the discussion failed. I don't know how to put my face and Ah Xin's face in it?"
Murong Jie thought for a moment and said, "At the court tomorrow morning, just tell them that the emperor of Daliang has agreed to the marriage, but he wants to see Axin. Just let Axin go."
"Well, that's fine. Since the marriage has been agreed upon, it will be legitimate for Xin to go, and the third brother won't say anything." Prince An nodded.
Part of the problem was solved smoothly. The next part would depend on King Liang's performance in Daliang State... or his acting.
Zhuangzhuang urgently assembled everyone and called Rouyao, Liuliu, Huanxi, and A'man to the princess's residence to discuss the plan, so as to capture Princess Yi'er.
The person involved, King Liang, naturally had to be present and listen devoutly to the teachings of these successful people in love.
You say one thing, I say another, from sincere confession to throwing a tantrum, all kinds of methods are used by King Liang. Anyway, we will not give up until we achieve our goal.
After King Liang got the "good plan", he set out in a grand manner the next morning with everyone's expectations.
The emperor has been very silent since he saw Murong Jie's policy guidelines. This silence was reflected when Zi'an entered the palace for acupuncture treatment. Apart from Zi'an asking about his condition, he did not say a word and just actively cooperated with the treatment.
More and more ministers came to the palace to visit. Whether Zi'an was present or not, he had nothing extra to say. He just asked everyone to cooperate with Murong Jie to govern the Great Zhou properly.
There was some speculation from outside that the emperor and the regent had reconciled.
On the second day of the second month, the dragon raises its head.
The emperor finally went to the imperial study while his ministers were discussing state affairs.
Lord Sun, along with a group of royalist ministers, wept bitterly.
The emperor just looked at Murong Jie and said softly, "Seventh brother, you have worked hard these days."
His tone was gentle and his face was kind, just as if he was still the emperor brother.
Murong Jie said: "This is what I should do."
The emperor's call of "seventh brother" did not earn him the call of "royal brother".
The sentence "a minister should" is very clear.
The emperor asked about everyone's topic, then did not participate. He just said, "I am just out for a walk, so I won't bother you."
Then he got up and left.
The emperor was in a good mood. After sitting in the pavilion of the imperial garden for a while, he saw Lord Sun coming to pay him a visit.
"Your Majesty, I pay my respects to you!" Lord Sun knelt down and kowtowed, with tears still lingering on his face. It seemed as if Lord Sun had graduated from a drama academy and was good at crying scenes.
As soon as he said "greeting", tears started falling again.
The emperor hummed and glanced at him, "How is it going?"
Lord Sun was a little depressed and said, "Your Majesty, since you said that everyone should assist the Regent in governing the Great Zhou, many of you have changed your tune and have been closely associated with the Regent's party. In fact, I even didn't come to the meeting several times. Your Majesty, you shouldn't have said that."
The emperor sneered, "How can I not say it? Ever since Murong Jie went to Xiwei Palace to talk to me, all the people in my Xiwei Palace have been replaced. If I show the slightest dissatisfaction with him, I am afraid I will lose my life."
"Murong Jie has evil ambitions, and he shall not die a good death!" Lord Sun said hatefully.
"Have you found out where Prince Nan Huai is imprisoned?"
"Your Majesty, when Prince Nan Huai was escorted back to the capital, he was imprisoned in the prison of the prince's mansion. Later, he was transferred to the Ministry of Justice. Now he is no longer in the Ministry of Justice. I have not yet found out his whereabouts."
"Keep asking." The emperor said calmly.
"Yes." Lord Sun secretly glanced at the emperor and found that his expression was as calm as a sculpture.
However, beneath this calmness, one always feels that there is endless murderous intent.
Spring is here, and the Imperial Garden is full of spring. The sun is bright and the spring breeze is gentle. Eunuch Lu felt a chill rising from his back.
The emperor's voice sounded slowly, "Do something for me."
"Your Majesty, please give your orders!" Lord Sun bowed.
"Kill the bastard who lives with the deposed crown prince, then drag out the body of that bitch, Concubine Yi, and whip her corpse three thousand times."
The emperor's voice was neither hurried nor slow, with a hint of hoarseness as if he had just woken up, but his eyes were suddenly filled with hatred and rage.
(End of this chapter)