The palace, decorated with lights and festoons, is very lively. Emperor Lintian rewarded the three armies outside the Qiankun Palace, and all meritorious men were rewarded for their meritorious deeds, but King Li had not yet arrived.
Near dusk, a gorgeous carriage, covered with the afterglow of the setting sun, slowly drove through several palace gates and entered the inner city of the palace without anyone blocking it. Man Yao looked at the handsome man sitting opposite him speechlessly, from morning to dusk, this is what he said... speed? It seems that Zongzheng Wuyou hates entering the palace more than she does!
"Woo—" The carriage drove to a secluded palace road in the inner city, and suddenly a man in black appeared, knelt down to stop the carriage, and said anxiously, "My lord, I have something important to report!"
When Zongzheng Wuyou in the car heard the voice, he knew it was Leng Han, the Ninth Prince's personal bodyguard, and couldn't help frowning, "Speak."
Leng Han hastily said: "My lord, the Ninth Highness offended Long Yan because of his rejection of His Majesty's marriage offer. He was punished a hundred times and imprisoned in the Yousi Palace." The Yousi Palace is specially used to confine princes or princesses who have made serious mistakes Usually, people who enter there will only have half their lives left even if they can come out alive.
Zongzheng Wuyou's complexion changed slightly, and he said, "When did it happen?"
Leng Han replied: "Half an hour ago."
Zongzheng Wuyou asked again: "He... where is His Majesty now?"
"Go back to the prince, your majesty is in the imperial study."
Marriage? Man Yao was startled, the Ninth Prince was on her list, if a marriage was granted, it must be related to her! Emperor Lintian is the king of a country. Since he has agreed to the half-year deadline, even if he doesn't want to keep it, he probably won't break the promise so openly. After promising her to choose a husband in person, he decides to marry him without authorization! Could it be... something has happened to this matter? She expected that the time of freedom would not last half a year, but she did not expect it to be so fast, less than three months. Could it be that she is really going to get married so soon? Unknowingly raising his eyes to look at Zongzheng Wuyou, he saw his sword eyebrows furrowed slightly, and happened to look over, Man Yao knew that not everyone could enter the Yu study, so he got up and said: "You go, I want to go down for a walk."
Zongzheng Wuyou nodded after thinking for a while, took out an exquisite jade token from his pocket and handed it to her, saying: "The dinner will be held in Yiqing Hall, you can use this token to ask someone to take you there first."
Manyao took the jade token, the jade body was green and translucent, cold and moist, one could tell at a glance that it was the best jade, with the word "Li" engraved on it, she held it in the palm of her hand, nodded and got off the car with a smile. Zongzheng Wuyou had been looking at her, his eyes were deep and endless, and he couldn't see his thoughts. The curtain of the carriage was lowered, and the carriage went straight to the direction of the imperial study.
This tunnel is remote, but the scenery is excellent and very quiet. Man Yao clenched the jade token in her hand, seeing the carriage and the man inside the carriage disappearing from her sight together, she felt a sudden sense of loss in her heart. She stood there quietly for a while, and then walked slowly along the palace road alone. Thinking of the gift of marriage, I feel a little irritable, and I am no longer as indifferent as when I first entered the capital.
She didn't know how long she had walked, but it seemed that she was getting more and more remote. She wanted to ask someone for directions, but there was no one around, so she had to go further. At this time, there was a faint voice of conversation coming from a palace wall on the right. She stopped and listened carefully.
A man said: "Wuxiaomen is destroyed, I am afraid that no matter how much money we pay in the future, no one will dare to accept this business."
This voice... is the prince of Lintian Kingdom! Those men in black were indeed sent by him.
Another person said: "Yes, I didn't expect that King Li's power in the dark is so powerful! Prince, there is one thing that I don't know. Since King Li knew that the prince did it, why did he suppress it so easily? "
The prince said: "Your Majesty Yu doesn't know. Concubine Yun Gui was the only favorite in the harem back then. Countless people wanted her life. She was assassinated during her pregnancy. The Crown Prince's mother and concubine lost her life trying to save her. Before my concubine died, I promised my concubine mother that she would take good care of me and keep me safe for the rest of my life."
Darren Yu said: "So that's it! According to this, if King Li wants to follow his mother's wishes, he should not compete with the Crown Prince for the throne."
The prince said: "Lao Qi has no intention of taking over the throne, but my father wants Lao Qi to take over the imperial power. If he does not die, sooner or later, my father will cut off his position as a prince, demote him to a commoner, and even lose his life. So , Lao Qi must die!"
Darren Yu said: "Early this morning, Your Majesty received the letter of credence sent by Emperor Qiyun. The Qiyun Kingdom is very dissatisfied with the rejection of the marriage princess, and asks our country to give a reasonable explanation and implement this matter as soon as possible. Your Majesty therefore It's already a dead end, and I will definitely find a way to force Wang Li to marry the eldest princess Rong Le. If this marriage really happens, it will be a great disadvantage to you, the prince!"
"There's no need to worry about this. With Lao Qi's temperament, it's useless for Father to do anything he doesn't want to. Hmph, Father wants to help Lao Qi cultivate power, but he doesn't appreciate it at all."
"Then the prince thinks, who will His Majesty bestow Princess Rong Le this time?"
"Father naturally wants to give it to Lao Jiu. Lao Jiu belongs to Lao Qi. He married the princess and gained the powerful backing of Qiyun Kingdom, which is of course beneficial to Lao Qi. However, according to Prince Ben's estimate, Emperor Qiyun should be more inclined The famous general Fu Choi who returned from the victory over the Beiyi Kingdom this time."
"The prince's analysis is very good! Fu Zhao has been named the 'Great General of the State of Wei'. If we can win him over, your position will be more stable."
"Well, this matter is up to you to arrange..."
Man Yao was startled when she heard that, it turned out that the emperor had already learned about this matter and sent him a letter of credence, but she didn't know about it at all. She has been staying in Li Wang's Mansion these days and knows nothing about the outside world! The prince of Lintian Kingdom is right, if he can't get married with Li Wang, the imperial brother will definitely choose Fu Tzu, that rumored young general who is full of evil spirits, is extremely brave, and has a deep scheming heart! And she has no choice, unless... Zongzheng Wuyou changes her mind. Thinking of this, Man Yao's heart was shocked. What was she thinking? She actually hoped that Zongzheng Wuyou would marry her! Why is there such hope? It's because I'm familiar with it, so I feel relieved. She laughed at herself and was about to leave when she accidentally kicked a gravel and made a slight noise, which alarmed the people inside.
"Who?" The two princes inside the palace wall stood up in shock, and immediately jumped out of the wall to check, but they didn't see anyone.
In another palace wall next to it, on a tall tree trunk covered by dense branches and leaves, Man Yao, who was brought here before he realized it, was covered with his hand and his eyes widened. She couldn't see the person behind her, but she could feel that the person was not malicious.
"Strange, I heard a voice just now."
The prince said: "This place is so remote, there should be no one there, maybe... we heard it wrong. Let's go, the dinner will start soon."
Man Yao listened to the heavy steps drifting away, but remained motionless, staying quietly on the tree trunk, while the man behind him slowly lowered his hand without making any movement. After a while, a voice came from outside the palace wall again: "Prince, it seems that we really got it wrong."
"Well. Let's go."
Man Yao shallowly pursed her lips, until she was sure that the two princes had really left this time, then she turned her head to look at the person behind her, and said in surprise, "It's you?!"