Looking at Xiao Chengye's expression, Qin Zhen knew that the father did not take an unfavored daughter to his heart.
Qin Zhen mentioned it at the right time: "She seems to be the daughter of Concubine Yan."
As soon as Qin Zhen said these words, Xiao Chengye frowned.
He remembered that it was this daughter who came to Lou Shulan's palace to cause trouble for Lou Shulan.
Xiao Chengye's unhappiness was written on his face: "How did you become friends with her? I remember that you had a fight with her back then."
Qin Zhen raised her hand and touched her nose, feeling a little uncomfortable, and said, "Actually, there is some misunderstanding."
"Oh?" Xiao Chengye said coldly, "Is there any misunderstanding?"
"I fought with her because she bullied Concubine Shu." Qin Zhen glanced at Xiao Chengye and continued, "But later I realized that she didn't mean to bully others on purpose. She was also very pitiful."
Xiao Chengye frowned: "She bullies others and is she pitiful?"
"She was also forced by her mother!" Qin Zhen's tone became angry when she talked about this, "Just because she was jealous of Your Majesty, you were kind to Empress Shu, so she forced her daughter to find trouble with Empress Shu.
, I hid behind my back and pretended to be a good person. When the matter was exposed, I blamed my daughter for not handling the matter well. She was reprimanded by you and tried every means to get revenge on her daughter."
"Father, you don't know that her mother-in-law actually wants to marry her to a man whose first wife is dead and is also a big gambler." Qin Zhen snorted, "After all, Xiao Yu is also your daughter.
How could she be so trampled?"
Xiao Chengye never knew this, and when he heard Qin Zhen say this, he couldn't believe it was true.
Qin Zhen was still chattering: "I have inquired, and the man's status is also very low. He is just a branch of the Liu family. Moreover, his original wife was beaten to death by him. You said our princess married her,
Will he be beaten to death?"
When Xiao Chengye heard this, his original doubts disappeared instantly.
He slapped his palm on the table and said angrily: "Nonsense!"
After all, Xiao Yu is also his daughter and represents the royal family's dignity. How could she be so casually promised to such a person?
Qin Zhen sighed and said: "That's why I said that Xiao Yu is also very pitiful. She is not bad in nature, but it is a pity..."
Xiao Chengye raised his hand and rubbed the center of his brow, and after a while he said: "I know about this matter, and Concubine Yan will take care of it."
Qin Zhen looked at Xiao Chengye's face and suddenly said tentatively: "Father, I am only such a friend."
Xiao Chengye looked up at her and asked suspiciously, "What?"
"I don't want her to be wronged," Qin Zhen curled her lips and added, "Besides, it's too troublesome for me to run to the palace every day. I want to see her from time to time and let her play with me."
Xiao Chengye raised his eyebrows, relaxed and leaned back, and asked her: "What do you want me to do when you say that?"
Qin Zhen coughed lightly and said, "Father, please give me the princess."
Xiao Chengye was stunned for a moment, and then he laughed out loud: "This is my daughter, a living person. You can't just give it away."
Qin Zhen tugged on Xiao Chengye's sleeve and whispered coquettishly: "But I only have this one friend... Without her, I would be alone, and I wouldn't even have anyone to talk to. It's very pitiful."
Seeing her like this, Xiao Chengye felt a rare pang in his conscience.
After all, Qin Zhen has her own reasons for not having friends.
He looked at Qin Zhen: "Then you should tell me how I want to give this person to you?"
Qin Zhen opened her mouth and said: "Marry her to me."
Xiao Chengye was stunned for a moment, and then said: "Nonsense, where can a woman marry a woman, how can she be decent?"
"Then marry a man," Qin Zhen said without thinking at all, as if she said it casually, "Isn't my eldest brother unmarried? If you let the princess marry him, then she will be my sister-in-law. I will protect her from being bullied by others.
She, she can still talk to me."
Xiao Chengye: "..."
Xiao Chengye's originally casual expression gradually became serious.
Seeing his silence, Qin Zhen slowly let go of Xiao Chengye's sleeves, her voice a little disappointed: "No, can't you?"
He pursed his lips and said tentatively: "My eldest brother is different from us. He didn't grow up in the mountains. He is a gentle scholar. He also has no bad habits. He has been so clean and self-sufficient for so many years that he doesn't even have a girl by his side. Princess.
If you marry him, he will definitely be very kind to the princess."
Xiao Chengye gradually came back to his senses and asked, "Are you here specially to be your elder brother's matchmaker?"
"Oh, my eldest brother is already a grown-up. When other people's families are this old, their children can already take care of themselves. We don't have a mother, and our father is just a decoration. I, the younger sister, can't help him keep an eye on it? If we continue to delay, he will
He’s going to turn into a bad old man.”
"It happened to be at this time that Xiao Yu and I became friends. I thought, isn't this just right? It not only solves my brother's problem, but also solves my problem. It's the best of both worlds."
Xiao Chengye was about to get angry at Qin Zhen and laughed: "Your wishful thinking is quite loud."
Qin Zhen looked at him: "Does the father agree?"
Xiao Chengye did not answer directly, only said: "Do your father and eldest brother know about this?"
"My father? He doesn't need to know. Anyway, he doesn't go home all year round. It's the same with or without him." Qin Zhen said directly, "As for my eldest brother...if I find him a wife, he won't be grateful and will burst into tears. He still wants someone else."
Opinions?”
Xiao Chengye: "..."
Xiao Chengye smiled again and said, "This matter can't be such a child's play."
Qin Zhen was silent for a while, and finally muttered: "I finally have a friend..."
He said with some reluctance, "Okay, okay, I won't embarrass my father anymore. I just mentioned casually, if my father doesn't agree, forget it. At worst, I will come to the palace to play with her every day."
"But Father, even if you don't give her to me, don't let her marry that gambler who killed my wife!"
"Don't worry, it won't happen." Xiao Chengye said, "She is my daughter, can I harm her?"
Qin Zhen felt relieved now.
After chatting with Xiao Chengye for a while, Qin Zhen got up and left.
After Qin Zhen left, the smile on Xiao Chengye's face gradually disappeared.
After sitting in silence for a while, Xiao Chengye looked at Gao Cheng next to him and said calmly: "Concubine Yan has been reduced to a concubine, and I will spend half a year behind closed doors."
Gao Cheng immediately said: "Yes, I will ask someone to draw up the decree right now."
After a while, Xiao Chengye said again: "What do you think of what Qin Zhen mentioned?"
Gao Cheng thought for a while and said cautiously: "The Qin family are pure ministers and are loyal to His Majesty wholeheartedly. If we are related by marriage to Your Majesty, then we are one family with Your Majesty. Naturally, we will be more devoted to Your Majesty, and we will definitely do things well."