During the dinner, Lou Qingwu followed the wind of Lou Qu into the palace. Because today he was going to help the fifth prince of Xiliang Kingdom to choose a concubine for marriage, and choose a concubine for the third princess, so the official ladies who had not left the cabinet, the daughters of the princes, counties, and princes, as well as the princes all appeared at the banquet.
However, compared to marrying the prince of Dongyu Kingdom, most women are still unwilling to marry far away from Xiliang, so they should dress as low-key as possible.
Except for one person, Princess Zhaoxia.
Princess Zhaoxia wore a pink high-waist skirt with a hundred butterflies, as if a flower butterfly stood among the women, looking extraordinarily eye-catching. If she hadn't known her favorite person, senior brother Shi, she would have thought that Princess Zhaoxia was planning to marry far away. After all, it is impossible for Prince Zong not to tell her the purpose of holding the banquet today. Prince Zong only has such a woman, so naturally it is impossible to let her marry far away. But she is wearing such a dress today, either she is confident, or she knows... The candidate for the fifth prince concubine is not her.
Lou Qingwu was thinking about something, so her eyes kept falling on Princess Zhaoxia. Princess Zhaoxia raised her head, and when she saw Lou Qingwu, she laughed sinisterly, with complacency and mockery in her eyes.
proud? Then it's the latter.
Lou Qingwu lowered her beautiful eyes, and suddenly felt that she had lost one person. She asked Shu Yunyan to change her mind and would not let her marry far away, but there was one person who might not necessarily think so.
And that person...
Lou Qingwu raised her head and looked at Zongdi who was sitting on the main seat. He was talking to the queen. The queen seemed to be a little suspicious. She said something softly. Zongdi's face darkened. The queen stopped talking immediately and just looked at him casually. Lou Qingwu met her gaze, froze for a moment, then smiled, but there was a trace of apology in the smile. Lou Qingwu's pupils shrank quickly, as if she didn't see the apology in the queen's eyes, she smiled, her eyes were empty.
It's just that when she sat down, her eyes were sinking, and she suddenly remembered her identity, Princess Rende. At that time, Emperor Zong suddenly named her Princess Rende, probably he had already thought about this situation, combined with the time when the war between Xiliang and the barbarians started, danger flashed across Lou Qingwu's eyes. It seems that Emperor Zong had long thought about taking her as a sacrifice, and he probably never thought about being friendly and good-neighborly with Xiliang, but what did he mean by what he said that day? Lou Qingwu felt that she had never understood Emperor Zong in the two lifetimes.
Lou Qingwu paused in contemplation, and Emperor Zong stopped the luthier with a smile on his face.
"Tonight is the fourth day since the arrival of Xiliang's envoys, and it is also a great day for the peace between Xiliang and our country. In order to promote the friendship and cooperation between the two countries, after careful consideration, I have decided to choose a prince to marry the third princess of Xiliang. A princess married far away from Xiliang." As soon as Emperor Zong said this, the princes didn't care, but there was an extra beautiful woman in the mansion, although she was a princess of Xiliang, she definitely wouldn't be their official wife. Concubine, just a side concubine, they don't care at all.
However, the faces of the princesses who were named became very ugly, twisting their handkerchiefs and feeling restless, for fear that the unlucky princess would be them.
They would rather marry the sons of officials in the court than marry far away. After all, the situation in Xiliang Kingdom is uncertain, and the fifth prince is a lustful person.
When her name was called, Xiliang Feiyue, still wearing her veil, walked to the center, her beautiful eyes half closed, as gentle as water.
Emperor Zong nodded with satisfaction, and then continued: "I have selected two candidates, and my third prince is proficient in everything, so I want the third princess to marry my third prince; The lord also deserves her title 'Benevolence', so I want to point it out to the fifth prince of your country, what do you think about the third princess and Prime Minister Shu?" As soon as Emperor Zong finished speaking, not only did Lou Qingwu Xia Houqing, but even Xia Houqing kept silent. Xia Hourui, who was silent, suddenly raised his head. He never thought that the father would marry Miss Lou far away
He straightened up suddenly, but the Seventh Prince Xiahou Liuyun held down his arm in an instant.
"Second brother, don't be reckless!"
"Can… "
"You have to trust Miss Lou, she should be able to handle it."
Xia Hourui remained silent, looking at Lou Qingwu with a bit of bitterness, and after a long time, he closed his eyes and nodded. Only then did Xiahou Liuyun let go of his hand, but when he looked at Emperor Zong, his eyes were somewhat complicated, what was the emperor thinking? Why did you send Miss Lou away? !
Lou Qingwu's vermilion lips were tightly pursed, and the eyes of all the people present fell on her and Xia Houqing, some were congratulating, some were watching the show, and some were sarcastic like Princess Zhaoxia.
She looked at the table in front of her indifferently, and after a while, she raised her head, her eyes had recovered her composure, she slowly stood up, as if she couldn't see the eyes of all around her, she looked at Emperor Zong calmly, and then she walked out from the table, walked Arrived at the bottom right of Feiyue Xiliang, the third princess. Xia Houqing's eyes were in a daze, and he never thought that the result would be like this. He walked to the center of the banquet, frowning deeply, thinking about what to do next
Lou Qingwu's beautiful eyes were half closed, covering the flashing coldness in her eyes, Zongdi wanted her to marry willingly, so she had to be willing.
Just as I was about to speak, I only heard a report singing behind me—
"His Royal Highness is here!"
Following this sound, Feng Yege came at a leisurely pace wearing a crimson purple prince's uniform. His slender figure and handsome appearance made him even more graceful and phoenix-faced, but he walked straight with a chilly aura in his whole body. When they reached the center of the banquet, they raised their phoenix eyes and saluted: "I have seen the emperor at night!"
"Ye Wang, why are you here?" Emperor Zong's eyebrows jumped when he saw Feng Yege, and felt that this matter might not be able to go smoothly.
Sure enough, the next moment, I saw Feng Yege's low and cold voice with undeniable firmness: "Ye begs to marry Lou Qingwu, Zuoxiang's daughter-in-law, as his concubine!"
As soon as Feng Yege said this, everyone present froze in place.
Emperor Zong's face immediately sank three points, but the person under the stage couldn't move, and his brows were deeply frowned, wondering: "Ye Wang, I have already planned to give Princess Rende to the Fifth Prince of Xiliang Kingdom." , The Night King is like this, which makes me very embarrassed."
"Has the emperor issued an imperial decree?"
"Not really."
"Then I hope the emperor will think about it again, Ye must marry Miss Lou as his concubine!" Feng Yege's attitude was too tough, Emperor Zong frowned even tighter, what happened to King Ye today
This obviously made him unable to step down. But thinking of the queen mother, I really can't touch him for a while.
Rubbing between his brows, Xia Houqing, who was still thinking about what to do, couldn't help but knelt down on the ground with a plop, just as he was about to say something more, "Father, I also want to marry Miss Lou!"