Hu Yafei finally realized that this was the Hongmen Banquet.
When Xiao Chengye asked her this, he was forcing her to make a choice.
If she chooses today, there will be no turning back.
In fact, she and the King of Southern Xinjiang had already signed a letter and agreed on the most suitable candidate, which was the fourth prince Xiao Yao.
But when Xiao Chengye asked her which one she liked, Hu Yafei only had Zhao Qing in her mind.
She couldn't help but raise her hand and touch the silver hair in her hair, and said nothing for a while.
Xiao Chengye waited for a while and then asked: "Why, my two sons can't fall in your eyes?"
Hu Yafei quickly shook her head: "Your Majesty's two sons are naturally the best among men, and I am the only one who is not worthy of them."
Xiao Chengye: "Then why don't you speak?"
Hu Yafei smiled bitterly and said, "I didn't know what to say for a moment."
Xiao Chengye said considerately: "It doesn't matter, you can say whatever you want."
Hu Yafei's eyes turned between Xiao Yao and Lou Yan, then he sighed longly and said: "When I was in southern Xinjiang, I admired the prince very much. When I came to the capital, I also cherished the prince in my heart. Longing. But the prince’s heart is iron-clad, and he only has the princess in his heart. I can’t get into the prince’s eyes even if I try hard. I am not an ignorant person, so I have no choice but to fulfill them.”
Xiao Chengye glanced at Lou Yan, and then said calmly: "The third child, it's just the love between children."
Hu Yafei smiled and said: "Your Majesty is deeply affectionate, which is rare."
Xiao Chengye: "Then you are attracted to the fourth child?"
Hu Yafei glanced at Xiao Yao, with a somewhat embarrassed look on her face, and said softly: "His Royal Highness is charming, humorous, and talkative. We get along very well. It's just..."
Xiao Chengye: "Just?"
"It's just that the Fourth Highness already has a good match!" Hu Yafei pursed her lips and said softly, "Although I am not a good person, I have Southern Xinjiang behind me. Being a concubine will probably bring shame to my father."
Xiao Yao's face was very serious and he looked at Hu Yafei intently.
He had been aware of it before and knew that Hu Yafei was wavering, but he did not expect that she could really make a fuss about this matter in front of Xiao Chengye.
Xiao Chengye looked at Hu Yafei, then at Xiao Yao, sneered in his heart, and said to himself: The fourth child has been busy for a long time, but he failed to capture her heart.
He sighed and asked Xiao Yao: "Fourth, what did you say?"
Xiao Yao took a deep breath, walked up to Hu Yafei, and said affectionately: "This matter... is indeed what I did wrong. I met you too late, which led to today's situation."
After saying that, he turned around and knelt down and said to Xiao Chengye: "Father, my son truly loves the little princess and is willing to treat her as an equal wife. I also ask my father to make the decision for me."
Xiao Chengye's eyes were a little cold. He did not immediately answer Xiao Yao's words, but looked at Hu Yafei and asked: "What about you, are you willing?"
Hu Yafei lowered her head, her temples swaying slightly, and each beat affected her heartbeat.
In fact, this is the best outcome. She will marry and be on an equal footing with the fourth prince's concubine. In the future, when the fourth prince ascends to the throne with her help from Southern Xinjiang, she will be the queen.
However, rationally, this is the best outcome, but emotionally they refuse to compromise.
As long as she nodded, she would never go back on her word.
The second time she raised her hand and touched Bu Yao on her temples, her fingertips were trembling unconsciously.
She should agree that this is the education she has received since childhood, to maximize benefits.
However, she was unwilling to do so.
She remembered the way Zhao Qing gave her a walking stick.
That fool, how much is the annual salary of a small Forbidden Army? If you buy this step, you will probably have to put all your wealth into it.
If the money is gone, how will he live? I don’t know if he will have money to eat.
Hu Yafei's long silence made Xiao Yao's expression darken and darken as he knelt on the ground.
He didn't expect Hu Yafei to be so disrespectful.
Xiao Chengye took his time and waited for Hu Yafei to think for a long time before he said slowly: "Have you thought about it?"
Hu Yafei woke up from a dream and looked up at Xiao Chengye. Then she heard herself say: "I...I want to think about it again. After all, it is a major matter of marriage, and I don't want to be so hasty."
Xiao Yao's heart sank to the bottom.
Xiao Chengye was open-minded and said: "You are right, after all, it is a lifelong matter, so don't be careless. You should go back and think about it carefully. It is best to discuss it with your father."
Hu Yafei whispered: "Thank you, Your Majesty."
Xiao Chengye waved his hand and asked Hu Yafei to leave.
After they left, Xiao Chengye looked at Xiao Yao who was kneeling on the ground, and his tone was much lighter than before: "Fourth, it's not that I don't want to help you, it's that this girl doesn't want to."
Xiao Yao pursed his lips and said nothing.
"Tell me about you. You hang around people all day long, but in the end you don't take them down. When did you become so useless?" Xiao Chengye frowned, "A dignified prince was actually disliked by the daughter of a vassal prince.
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Behind his words, he actually felt that Xiao Yao was a little embarrassed.
There was already sweat on Xiao Yao's forehead. Hearing this, he said quickly: "Father, I am a useless minister. But I promise that I will definitely handle this matter."
Xiao Chengye sneered: "How long do you want to deal with it? The King of Southern Xinjiang is still waiting for my reply."
"Ten days," Xiao Yao gritted his teeth and said, "Give me ten days, and I will definitely handle this matter well."
Xiao Chengye didn't feel embarrassed and let him go.
Lou Yan was the only one left in the whole house.
From beginning to end, it seemed like it had nothing to do with him, and he didn't say a word.
Xiao Chengye looked at him and asked, "What do you think?"
Lou Yan said calmly: "It has nothing to do with me."
Xiao Chengye: "..."
Every time he talked to the third child, he felt choked and panicked.
"The fourth child is your brother after all, so you don't have any affection at all?" Xiao Chengye started to make trouble unreasonably.
Lou Yan frowned: "What does it mean to have family ties? Help him fall in love with a woman? Then you are his father, and you are closer to him. Can you do it for him?"
Xiao Chengye grabbed the folder on the desk and threw it at Lou Yan, angrily yelling: "Get out of here!"
Lou Yan slowly picked up the folders on the ground and laid them out for Xiao Chengye before rolling away gracefully.
Gao Cheng huddled in the corner, not daring to express his anger.
After a while, Xiao Chengye said sternly: "This third child is so presumptuous just because I dote on him and can't bear to blame him!"
Gao Cheng: "...That's because His Majesty is willing to pamper you, isn't it?"
Xiao Chengye: "Are you still mine?"
"No, no, no, of course not, it must be the prince's fault." Gao Cheng said leisurely, "But having said that, after getting married, the prince seems much more humane than before. He also regards your majesty as his father, so he dares to
If you are so arrogant in front of His Majesty, it will be difficult for others to say a word to him outside."