Xie Yang was afraid that Qin Rushuang would say something like requesting Xie Xun to be crown prince, so he quickly interrupted, "Princess Huai must not push her too far!"
Qin Rushuang said calmly, "What are the four princes so anxious about? I promise my father and all the ministers that the matter I am requesting does not involve my country, the country of Daqi, nor does it involve the treasury, money, or anything like that, nor does it involve His Majesty's work.
The basic principle is just a private matter of mine."
Emperor Qi breathed a sigh of relief.
What he fears most is that after a great victory, Qin Rushuang will use this as a threat to ask for military pay from him.
Since it's just a private matter...
He recalled the mess that had happened in the back house of Prince Huai's Mansion, and Qin Rushuang stepped forward when Xie Xun was in danger, and thought about it...
Qin Rushuang still has feelings for Xie Xun in her heart.
Maybe it's something as trivial as when she asked Xie Xun to stop taking concubines in the future, like when she asked to marry into Prince Huai's palace?
He has so many sons, so he won’t lose his incest, and if he doesn’t take concubines, he won’t take them!
After all, if it is a private matter, it is nothing more than a small matter of affection between children...
Just make money and not lose money!
After thinking about it, Emperor Qi agreed.
"As long as the matter you mentioned does not involve the country, the country's treasury, or money, and does not allow me to do anything that goes against my conscience, then I will agree to you! The courtiers present can also testify that I will never go back on my words!"
So he knelt down gratefully and said: "In this case, I would like to thank my father very much."
She talked too much in the court, and her throat was a little dry, so she said to Emperor Qi: "I will not delay the ministers discussing business. I have some personal things to say to my mother and concubine.
I wonder if I can visit my mother-in-law in the harem?"
Emperor Qi nodded. It was shameful for a woman to be in the court, so he said: "What happened with your second son... is over. You are still my daughter-in-law. Just live a good life in the future. If I miss you,
I’m the concubine, so go ahead.”
After hearing this, Qin Rushuang bowed and left.
After Qin Rushuang left, Emperor Qi was in a good mood.
The more he thought about it, the more he felt that he had made a hugely profitable deal.
Let the Du family contribute people, strength, and money. If the frontier really wins in the end, he will have a good reputation as a wise king. It will not be a loss at all!
At the same time, he also protected Qin Rushuang a lot.
He said to the ministers, "My dear friends, what Princess White just said is right. Every man is responsible for the rise and fall of a country! The enemy is facing us, regardless of gender! Since she has made an oath, your lords must not cause more trouble in the future.
!”
When Emperor Qi spoke, the ministers did not dare to have any objections and all agreed.
When Qin Rushuang left the main hall, she saw Taoist Yiqing waiting for her.
Taoist Yiqing is still the same as when we first met him, with fair hair and a childlike face, and kind eyes.
Before Qin Rushuang opened her mouth, Taoist Yiqing came over first.
"Thank you for your hard work, son. As my junior brother said, you are a person who can take on big responsibilities. I originally thought that if you couldn't handle the courtier, I would go in and help you. I didn't expect that I was overly worried. You
well-done."
"Thank you, uncle. I have to pay a visit to the imperial concubine. I am in a hurry today. I will visit the uncle at his residence another day."
Taoist Yiqing nodded and said, "Just go ahead."
Qin Rushuang was led to the harem by the palace servants.
Before entering the imperial concubine's palace, she could already see the imperial concubine standing at the entrance of the palace waiting for her anxiously.
"You kid! You didn't know to send someone to notify you when you were out of danger, which made your mother and I sad for a long time!"
Qin Rushuang looked at the imperial concubine with mixed feelings in her heart.
She expressed gratitude to the imperial concubine, but also complained about her.
But the relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law may soon come to an end...
Thinking like this, Qin Rushuang suppressed the complaints in her heart towards the imperial concubine.
"It's my fault, my concubine, my son is back."
The two of them were reminiscing about old times and had almost finished drinking tea. The imperial concubine's face was uneasy, as if she had something to say that she couldn't express.
"If you have something to do, mother-in-law, you might as well tell me directly."
"You...I got some news, saying that your mother has been living in Shen Mansion these days, and she has brought a...child?"
Qin Rushuang smiled faintly, knowing that what was supposed to come would still come, so she nodded, "Yes, it is the child that I gave birth to."
"Isn't that...isn't that Xun'er's..."
"It's the prince's child." Qin Rushuang confirmed.
The imperial concubine patted her chest excitedly, clasped her hands together, and said with excitement, "God has eyes! God has eyes! Finally, there is no danger, you and the child are fine!"
"Let mother and concubine worry about it. By the way, I am about to go to the border. I wonder if mother and concubine has got the news?"
The imperial concubine sighed, "I won't hide it from you. These concubines in our harem... say they don't care about the affairs of the court at all, but that's a lie. Each of them also has more or less eyes and ears... As soon as you came down from the court
, the news has already reached me."
The imperial concubine looked at Qin Rushuang with complicated eyes, "Nowadays, everyone is insulting Xun'er. I never thought that the person who risked his life to help him in the end would be you who was let down."
Qin Rushuang patted the imperial concubine's hand in a comforting manner: "Just think of it for the sake of the child."
The imperial concubine wiped away her tears and said excitedly: "Yes! Yes! Just think of it for the sake of the child! Xun'er already knows that he was wrong! I won't go into details about the ridiculous things he did after you left. You only need to know that Xun'er
My son, he hates it so much, feels so painful, and regrets it so much!"
"Now that you have Lin'er, please support each other in the days to come! Don't worry, after he comes back from the border, the first thing his mother will do is ask him to clean up the back house! There will only be two people in Prince Huai's Mansion from now on.
I have a woman like you! Even if His Majesty imposes it on me, it won’t do.”
Qin Rushuang did not correct the concubine's misunderstanding.
She really does it for the children.
only……
Not to restore old friendship with Xie Xun and raise children together, but to...
Let her and the baby be free!
However, there is no need to talk to the imperial concubine about this beautiful misunderstanding...
