The Queen Mother left. The original marriage proposal had to be abandoned. The emperor did not have to think about granting Su Yan a marriage. After all, there were differences in status between Su Yan and Jiang You. However, he did not expect...Nan Rongzhi to be so unwilling to give up.
The emperor's face also became grim, and he said: "Weiyang, even if you ask for a marriage, it will be your father who comes, not you. I have tolerated you again and again, and I have rejected you twice. You have to stop.
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Nan Rongzhi's eyes filled with tears: "But Your Majesty... Weiyang just likes someone. There is nothing wrong with liking someone..."
"That's wrong." Su Yan looked at her indifferently and said, "Su Yan can't bear the princess's liking."
Nan Rongzhi's movements of crying stopped.
She looked up at Su Yan. The indifference in Su Yan's eyes was so dazzling that it made her feel like her heart was being stabbed full of holes.
"Su Yan, why are you like this?" Nan Rongzhi stared at Su Yan with red eyes and said, "You know that I like you, but you still say this, and you have to make me sad to be satisfied?"
Su Yan didn't even look at Nan Rongzhi. He said towards the direction of the emperor: "Your Majesty, Su Yan was sent to the Zhenbei Army by his father since he was a child. He followed the army to guard the border for nearly ten years and never received any military merit. But Su Yan
The emperor knows very well whether Yan has meritorious service or not. Today, Su Yan only asks the emperor to grant Su Yan freedom of marriage, and Su Yan will never marry Princess Weiyang."
"Su Yan!" Nan Rongzhi was still kneeling on the ground, but now she stood up angrily and shouted at Su Yan, "It's your honor that the princess has taken a liking to you. Don't be disrespectful.
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"Forcing a marriage in front of so many people, the princess is really not afraid of embarrassment." Jiang You snorted coldly and ridiculed Nan Rongzhi.
Nan Rongzhi glared at Jiang You. If looks could kill, she would probably kill Jiang You many times.
"Okay!" The emperor felt a huge headache. He waved his hand and said, "You all should step aside. Today is the Queen Mother's birthday. I don't want to deal with such trivial matters for you. Please go back to your place and don't mention it again.
That’s it.”
The emperor rubbed his eyebrows and felt a headache just thinking about it.
After Jiang You heard the emperor's words, she knew that it would be impossible to discuss the marriage grant today. Moreover, today was originally about selecting concubines for the princes. The princes were the protagonists anyway. The emperor knew about Su Yan's marriage, and so
I didn't intend to say it in front of everyone under such circumstances.
When Jiang You returned to the banquet, Princess Zhenbei's heart dropped.
"It was really thrilling just now. I'm really afraid that the emperor will punish you in anger." Princess Zhenbei was extremely worried.
Jiang You shook her head and said, "We didn't offend Tianyan either, Princess, don't worry."
The main reason is that Nan Rongzhi was aggressive and took away all the emperor's dissatisfaction. In comparison, they were too worry-free. Nan Rongzhi was aggressive and kept asking the emperor to provide her with Su Yan's marriage. She had already asked the emperor to marry her.
It's almost unbearable.
Speaking of which, I have to thank Nan Rongzhi for working so hard to increase the hatred value.
By this time, all the shows that had been given to the courtiers and their families had finished, the banquet was officially opened, and various dishes began to be served. There was no idle time on the stage, and the actors from the Jiaofang Division came one after another.
Performance. Everyone was sipping fine wines while watching the moving performance. The atmosphere at the banquet slowly evaporated, and everyone seemed to have forgotten the previous unhappiness.
In the middle of the banquet, a palace servant came to Jiang You and whispered: "Miss Sixth, the Queen Mother has invited you."
Jiang You looked at Princess Zhenbei, who couldn't help but said with some worry: "I'll go with you."
"I'm sorry, Princess Zhenbei, the Queen Mother only sees Miss Sixth." The palace official declined.
Jiang You comforted Princess Zhenbei and said, "Don't worry, Princess. I'll be right back."
Jiang You stood up and left with the palace man.
Since it was the Queen Mother who wanted to see her, how could she refuse to meet her? She not only wanted to meet her, but also wanted to make the Queen Mother change her mind.
Jiang You followed the palace attendants all the way to Cining Palace. When they arrived outside the main hall, the palace attendants went in and communicated before letting Jiang You into the palace.
The Queen Mother was sitting on the throne, a palace maid was squeezing the Queen Mother's shoulders and beating her legs, and an old nun was standing aside waiting.
"Jiang You greets the Queen Mother, may the Queen Mother be blessed." Jiang You walked to the center of the hall and saluted the Queen Mother respectfully.
The Queen Mother raised her hand slightly and said: "Get up."
Jiangyou stood there, neither humble nor arrogant.
The Queen Mother smiled and said, "Do you know why the Ai family wants to see you alone?"
Jiang You's eyes were slightly lowered and she replied: "Jiang You doesn't know."
The Queen Mother sat upright and ordered the maid who was squeezing her shoulders and legs to leave. Only one nun was left present, and everyone else left and closed the door of the main hall.
The Queen Mother looked at Jiang You and said, "The Ai family wants to ask you, how did you learn about the relationship between the painting of colorful phoenixes playing with butterflies and the Ai family?"
There seemed to be a smile in the Queen Mother's tone, but more of it was cold. Although the Queen Mother and Wang Yun had a past, these were definitely her old things, secrets, and must not be known to outsiders. But Jiang You knew this.
, he also quietly sent the real painting to her, saying that it had no pictures, but she didn’t believe it.
Jiang You lowered her head, without moving her expression, and said respectfully: "Back to the Queen Mother, Jiang You knew all this from His Highness the Third Highness. The Third Highness also didn't know why, he approached Jiang You with ulterior motives, or even
Yu... dealt a cruel blow to Jiang You. Out of self-protection, Jiang You could only secretly find out why the Third Highness was dealing with Jiang You, but she didn't want to find out about it. Jiang You found out that the Third Highness was looking for this colorful phoenix.
The picture of Playing with Butterflies was also mentioned by His Highness the Third Prince about the relationship between this picture and the Queen Mother, so Jiang You boldly took the picture first and quietly presented it to the Queen Mother."
"Oh? So, you are here to deal with...the third prince?" the Queen Mother asked.
Jiang You responded: "Yes. His Highness the Third Highness repeatedly attacked Jiang You and Prince Su, and it was because of this that Jiang You and Prince Su had a deeper understanding."
"Do you know that if you tell the Ai family this, if the Ai family doesn't believe it, you can be punished for framing the prince?" the Queen Mother said with a smile.
"I know." Jiang You nodded. She looked up at the Queen Mother and said, "It's because I know that I dare to say it. Queen Mother, you are a person with courage, means and brains. If I play some little tricks, you will also look at me."
You can see that, so why should I waste that time making up lies? Everything Jiang You said today is true. If the Queen Mother really wants to punish me, I have nothing to say."
The Queen Mother looked at Jiang You and seemed to be thinking about the authenticity of Jiang You's words.
"You dedicated the painting to the Ai family, and you never thought of asking for a reward from the Ai family?" the Queen Mother asked.