The Golden Palace was shrouded in darkness as always, and it was as quiet as a land of the dead.
A beam of divine light penetrated the void, illuminating the dragon chair with splendor and splendor, exuding an aura of majesty and solemnity.
Emperor Chu held a volume of ancient books and sat casually on the dragon chair. He looked at the book intently, and when he saw something interesting, a smile appeared at the corner of his mouth from time to time.
After receiving the message, Pan Qing slowly entered the golden palace, walked out of the darkness, and stopped ten steps away from the dragon throne.
"I have met Your Majesty." Pan Qing bowed respectfully with his fists in hand.
"Forgive me." Emperor Chu responded casually without taking his eyes off the book.
Pan Qing straightened up and saw that Emperor Chu was reading a book. He didn't want to disturb him, so he stood quietly under the dragon chair.
In the golden palace, there was a strong dead silence again, and neither of them spoke first.
After Emperor Chu read this page, he raised his head and smiled at Pan Qing, "Pan Qing, according to your temperament, you must have something to do when you come to see me this time, right?"
Pan Qing spread his hands, with a speechless smile on his face, "Your Majesty, a man of plain knowledge does not speak secretly. I am here today to ask on behalf of the sect what your Majesty means?"
Emperor Chu frowned, "What do you mean?"
Pan Qing smiled bitterly, "Your Majesty, don't beat around the bush, what I'm talking about is... the marriage between Lin Bai and Miss Shen Xian."
"What do you think, Your Majesty?"
"Do you sincerely want to grant a marriage to Lin Bai and Miss Shen Xian, or are you just looking for an excuse because you don't want to see Lin Bai fall into the hands of the Third Prince and His Highness Prince Chen?"
"Your Majesty, please make it clear that if this happens, the sect and I must also be prepared to deal with it."
After hearing Pan Qing's intention, Emperor Chu smiled and said, "If it were another sect that could get such a huge advantage, they would probably be overjoyed. How come you, the Tianshui Sect, still want to know more about it?"
"Why."
"Pan Qing, you just don't know what it means to pretend to be confused while pretending to understand."
Emperor Chu said to Pan Qing with a slightly reproachful tone.
Pan Qing understood the meaning of Emperor Chu's words. If it were another sect, no matter whether Emperor Chu really wanted to grant the marriage or not, the other sects would treat it as a marriage contract.
Because in this way, you can establish a relationship with the royal family.
Emperor Chu looked slightly strange, "Is it possible...that your Tianshui Sect looks down on Miss Shen Xian? Look down on Prince Hong's Mansion?"
He smiled again and said, "Although Prince Hong's Mansion has been destroyed for many years, its old members have stayed together and are still one of the powerful forces in the imperial capital."
"In the past, when Prince Hong was still here, there were disciples and old officials all over the world. If the Tianshui Sect were to marry Prince Hong's house, it would be more promising for you to make a comeback."
Emperor Chu was right. Although Prince Hong's Mansion had been destroyed for many years, the power it had accumulated secretly was still impressive.
Moreover, Chao Yushi, as a cunning person in Prince Hong's Mansion, has been planning the comeback of Prince Hong's Mansion all year round.
They even seemed to want to become enemies of Prince Liang's Mansion.
Pan Qing smiled bitterly, "Your Majesty, Tianshui Sect is already in a state of sunset. How can we look down on Prince Hong's Mansion?"
"Actually, we are afraid that Prince Hong's Palace will look down on us."
Emperor Chu shook his head and said: "Even if the Tianshui Sect is in decline, one of the five seven sects, the Camel, is still dying. Isn't it a Camel?"
Pan Qing nodded, "Of course we understand that marrying Prince Hong's Mansion is a very clear choice, so today I came here specifically to ask His Majesty what he meant..."
"Please also ask Your Majesty to tell me clearly so that I can have peace of mind."
Emperor Chu took a deep breath and nodded imperceptibly, "Okay, then I will give you a guarantee."
"I... really want to grant a marriage to Lin Bai and Princess Shenxian."
"Even if there is no hunting at Nantian Hunting Garden, I will find other ways to arrange the marriage between Lin Bai and Princess Shenxian before my birthday."
Emperor Chu opened his mouth, his words were sonorous and powerful, and he gave Pan Qing an answer.
Pan Qing's eyes lit up. Although he had some expectations in his heart, the words spoken by Emperor Chu at this moment still made his blood boil.
Pan Qing naturally knew what the words "Prince Hong's Mansion" meant.
As Emperor Chu said, if a camel dies, doesn't it stop being a camel?
Prince Hong's Mansion was once a super military king that could compete with Prince Liang's Mansion. Even though it has been destroyed for many years, there are still many masters in the Prince's Mansion.
For Tianshui Sect, the marriage between Tianshui Sect and Prince Hong's Mansion has only advantages and no disadvantages.
And the benefits... Lin Bai has already begun to experience it.
Chao Yushi came up with a "clever plan" for Lin Bai, using Lin Bai as bait to lure the third prince into action.
This is not a good idea, but Lin Bai believes that this is one of the strategies that can be used at present.
Emperor Chu said quietly: "Princess Shenxian has suffered a lot in these years, and she is the only child in Prince Hong's mansion. Naturally, I want to find a good family for her."
"Looking at the five families and seven sects of Chu State as well as other families and sects today, Lin Bai is considered a relatively outstanding person."
He then said seriously to Pan Qing: "This hunting at Nantian Hunting Garden was originally a test for Lin Bai."
"Originally, as long as Lin Bai behaves well, I will announce the marriage in public!"
"But I didn't expect that King Liang would suddenly bring Chu Tinghan and Chu Tingxue to participate, disrupting my plan. "
"So...even if I knew that Lin Bai was pretending to be injured and didn't want to participate in the hunt, I didn't expose him."
"But Lin Bai definitely didn't expect that he didn't want to participate in this matter just because he didn't want to."
"The King of Liang secretly communicated with the Immortal Holy Cult, promised a large sum of money, and asked the Immortal Holy Cult to provoke Chu State and Lin Bai, forcing him to participate in the hunt!"
"Later... after the hunting was over, Prince Liang and the third prince both forced me to marry Lin Bai, and to marry their respective princesses and princesses to Lin Bai."
"I have no choice but to...transfer information to Miss Shen Xian and ask her to reveal that she and Lin Bai have already made a private life-long decision, so that we can break the situation one by one."
"And my goal has been achieved. I originally wanted to get Miss Shen Xian and Lin Bai engaged."
Emperor Chu told everything that happened during this period in one breath. His words were plain, but Pan Qing's whole body was filled with tremors.
In these short few words, Pan Qing heard many remarkable undercurrents.
Emperor Chu then said to Pan Qing: "The fact that I granted marriage to Lin Bai and Miss Shen Xian does not mean that I am optimistic about His Highness King Chen and want to support him on the throne of God!"
"My dragon chair can be passed on to His Highness Prince Chen, or to the third prince."
"Next, it depends on their respective abilities."
Pan Qing's face suddenly frowned. He remembered that in the Yuhuatian Palace, when King Liang forced Emperor Chu to grant marriage to Lin Bai and Chu Tingxue, one of Chu Tingxue's two daughters, the third prince helped His Highness King Chen intercede.
things.
It seemed that this incident moved Emperor Chu a little, allowing him to see that the third prince was not a cold-blooded and ruthless person, but also a person who understood righteousness and principles.
That's why Emperor Chu changed his mentality and thought that the throne could be passed on to King Chen and the third prince. Pan Qing took a deep breath... and felt that the wind direction in the imperial capital seemed to have changed again.