Chapter 149 Cang Qiao: Are You Still My Most Loyal Dog?
Prince Mourning Mansion
Ming Lanruo was looking around in front of the mirror at her concubine-colored double-breasted gown and light blue horse-faced lotus pattern skirt, and then she supported the delicate beaded lotus palace lantern between her bun and swayed it.
"Isn't it a bit too grand?" she muttered to herself.
Jing He covered his mouth and smiled softly: "It's not so grand. Today, Master Qiantose is out of seclusion. You should be dressed as a married woman to greet him."
"Humph, that's nonsense. The little girl is actually making fun of me." Ming Lanruo casually knocked on Jing He's forehead.
She thought for a while, then put a delicate emerald begonia in her hair, bent her bright eyes and hummed: "I'm not dressing up for him, I just saw the weather was nice and wanted to dress up myself!"
Seeing his master's arrogant look, Chunhe couldn't help but smile.
After packing everything up, Ming Lanruo led Chunhe out. Unexpectedly, as soon as he arrived at the gate, he saw a group of people carrying a box towards the palace, being carried to the palace with a lot of fanfare.
Ming Lanruo looked at the handsome man on the horse and frowned slightly.
Shangguan Hongye was riding on his horse and saw the graceful figure at the door of Prince Mou's Mansion.
He has always known that Ming Lanruo used to be the most beautiful woman in the capital, but since that incident five years ago, she no longer dresses brightly and prefers to dress plainly and low-key.
But today, she was dressed in a color as bright as the morning glow, with rare hairpins and pearls, all of which showed off her cool and gorgeous facial features and temperament.
As soon as Tingting stood there, the people around her became dim and dull, like a bright rose in the spring rain.
Shangguan Hongye felt his heart tremble slightly, and he suddenly understood why his father favored a woman like Chun Zhaoyi who had both the charm of a girl and a woman.
There is beauty in buds waiting to bloom, but there is no more beauty than flowers in full bloom.
Shangguan Hongye got off his horse and stepped forward with a smile: "Lan Ruo, today is extremely beautiful."
Did she dress like this to welcome him? What a duplicitous woman!
"What are you doing here, Your Highness?" Ming Lanruo asked coldly.
Shangguan Hongye didn't pay attention to her indifference, he just thought she was still awkward: "My father gave me a plaque for Concubine Ming's Mansion, and His Majesty also ordered the Inner Court Department and Prince Qin's Mansion to give you the remaining one hundred and fifty dowry gifts."
Send them over together."
Ming Lanruo was stunned for a moment and then understood: "Then please ask someone to carry it in, Your Highness."
She almost forgot and told Chun Zhaoyi to work hard on the emperor's side and ask the damn old man to send her the missing betrothal gift!
The old emperor tricked her into marrying the King of Qin. If she didn't trick him enough, how could she do it?
When Shangguan Hongye saw that her face looked better, he thought it was him who personally sent the betrothal gift to make Minglanruo happy, so he went to hold her hand with a smile——
"Let's go!"
Ming Lanruo turned around and avoided his hand neatly: "Just put it in. I have to go to Dongchang, so I won't accompany you."
Shangguan Hongye felt inexplicably uncomfortable and turned around to block her face: "Are you going to pick Jiu Qiansui out of seclusion?"
"That's right, my uncle came out of seclusion today, and everyone is going to congratulate him. Why don't you go?" Ming Lanruo raised her eyebrows, not hiding her provocation.
Shangguan Hongye suddenly turned cold and handsome: "Today, the king personally delivers the betrothal gift. As the head of Concubine Ming's Mansion, you have to count the boxes and then sign them. Otherwise, the king cannot deliver the betrothal gift casually."
She was not dressed for him, which made Shangguan Hongye feel extremely bad!
How could Cang Qiao, that dead eunuch, deserve to be dressed like this!
Ming Lanruo couldn't help but get angry: "You..."
This person must have deliberately prevented her from going to Dongchang!
"I carried it back without you counting it. As for when it was carried back, I don't know. After all, you are married, and the things are just the same in Prince Qin's Mansion. Why move them around!" He said coldly!
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Ming Lanruo took a deep breath and smiled: "I'll count!"
As a human being, you can't live with money!
Especially since she didn't want to bother going to Prince Qin's Mansion to argue with Zhou Changle!
As for the chief eunuch, she would just go there later. After counting the betrothal gifts, she didn't believe that Shangguan Hongye could still stop her!
She told Jing He: "Take the gifts to Dongchang first and tell uncle that I will be there later."
"Yes." Jinghe nodded immediately and got on the carriage holding the gift box obediently.
But when she rushed to Dongchang, she saw a large number of guests, all of whom came to give gifts to congratulate Master Qian Sui on his coming out of seclusion, but no one saw Jiu Qian Sui.
Because, he went to the palace.
"Master of our family, you should not go to see His Majesty again. You have persuaded Miss Ming to obey His Majesty's imperial edict. How come you have done something wrong yourself?" He and the father-in-law persuaded in a low voice all the way.
Cang Qiao said coldly: "I have my own sense of proportion."
Seeing him push open the door to the study room, his father-in-law could only sigh helplessly.
He didn't dare to go in, so he could only guard outside the door anxiously. But not long after, he heard the sound of breaking things coming from inside.
My father-in-law and I were so excited that our faces turned a little pale.
In the study room, there were broken vases on the floor.
Emperor Ming stared gloomily at Cang Qiao, who was half a head taller than him: "Don't say any more, dear, I have made up my mind. If Ming Lanruo cannot become a member of the royal family, then she will have no choice but to die. Do you understand?
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Cang Qiao looked at him coldly: "Your Majesty acted his own way because the prince deceived Shengting!"
Emperor Ming sneered, raised his hand, took the tea cup, and slammed it at Cang Qiao's feet with a bang.
He said almost angrily and ferociously: "No matter how stupid the prince is, he is still right. The most important thing in your heart right now is your niece who you can't beat with eight sticks!"
"Just think about the time when your mother, Xiao Guanyin, begged her master Cen Sanniang to take you in for you, teach you martial arts, and treat you well. You said that you felt guilty for Xiao Guanyin, so you had to take good care of her only daughter.
Woolen cloth!"
"But have you forgotten that when you were still a little eunuch who could be bullied by everyone in the palace, it was me who saved you? The grace of saving your life is greater than heaven!"
Cang Qiao lowered her eyes, covering up the dark and cruel light in her eyes, and said calmly: "I have not forgotten this."
Emperor Ming stared at him fiercely: "If I hadn't rescued you from those palace servants who bullied you, you would have been drowned by them. Where would you have the opportunity to learn martial arts? Without my appreciation, you would have been able to enter the East Factory.
, sit in the position of the great eunuch, the admiral of the palm?! Do you still remember what you promised!"
Cang Qiao narrowed her eyes and clenched her fists: "Your Majesty..."
Emperor Ming walked up to him with a sneer and stared at him: "When you were sixteen years old by my side, I liked your face that was more beautiful than anyone else, and you had a more loyal and exquisite mind than my concubines. But,
But you refused to go to bed again and again, what did you say?"
He held Cang Qiao's chin and looked at his handsome, pale and delicate face——
"You said that if you serve me, you will be greedy, jealous of the harem, and your loyalty will not be pure from now on. So you want to join the Dongchang. You want to be my sharpest knife, my eagle and dog, and conquer the world."
"Back then you said you would live and die for me, but now you are still my most loyal eagle dog, and am I still the most important person in your heart?"
Emperor Ming asked pressingly.
Cang Qiao lowered her long eyelashes, casting a cold and unpredictable shadow on his face.
He knelt down on one knee and said calmly: "Cang Qiao will always be His Majesty's eagle dog and sword, and you will always be the most important person in Cang Qiao's heart."
Emperor Ming looked at him and saw that his posture was as docile as ever, and he was finally satisfied: "My dear, as long as you behave well, you will always be my most beloved person."