The fifth prince also looked very unhappy. He had just received the news and rushed here as soon as possible.
When he saw the expressions on the mother and daughter's faces at this moment, his face darkened again.
"Fifth brother, fifth brother, save me!" Jiahe ran over almost immediately, tears and runny nose coming out all at once.
The fifth prince stood with his hands behind his hands, letting her hold on to the lapel of his clothes and cry bitterly. Concubine Xian was also crying sadly.
When the mother and daughter were almost done crying, he glanced coldly at the palace servants who were hanging around and did not dare to speak, and said in a cold voice: "Guard the palace gate, if anyone spreads any of today's words,
, all of you, get ready to go to the Clothing Bureau!"
"Yes!" The palace attendants around him responded immediately.
The fifth prince then ordered, "Everyone is guarding the courtyard and no one is allowed to come closer."
Then he took the mother and daughter to Concubine Xian's bedroom.
There was no one waiting in the room anymore. The fifth prince sat on the second seat beside him, poured himself a cup of tea, frowned and took a sip, then held the cup and stopped talking, with a stern expression on his face.
What are you looking at.
Concubine Xian glanced at her daughter and finally spoke first, "Huang'er, you should have heard about your sister. What should we do now? We just talked for a long time, but we couldn't come up with a solution.
Here comes a good idea, you have always been resourceful, and you know more about outside things than we do, so your sister...it all depends on you."
The fifth prince turned his stern eyes on the two of her, and after a long time he sighed helplessly and said: "When I just learned about this, I thought I heard wrong, but... this kind of thing actually happened!"
In fact, Jiahe is still somewhat afraid of his fifth brother. This is an instinct that has been born since childhood.
Because she knew that whether mother and daughter would be able to live happily ever after actually all depended on her fifth brother.
Even though I often complain about him and hate him for manipulating me, I still feel terrible.
When he heard what he said at this time, Jiahe's head was about to be buried in the ground, but he didn't dare to say a word.
"Hey, don't talk about you, I feel the same way," Concubine Xian glanced at her daughter and said, "But now that the matter has come to this point, it is useless to talk to her. The most important thing is that we have to find a way to deal with this matter quickly.
Just open the thing."
"Expose it?" the fifth prince asked, and then shook his head slightly, "How to expose it? To be honest, there is no other way to think of now. Jiahe must marry into the Wen family, marry that Wen Liang!
"
"What?!" Jiahe was taken aback, "Marry him? His slut! I can't wait to kill him!"
The fifth prince did not speak, but looked at her quietly, as if waiting for her to finish speaking, but under his gaze, Jiahe could not say more.
"If you want to listen to my opinion, then I will tell you. If you don't want to listen, then I will leave now."
"No!" Concubine Xian waved her hands quickly, "You say it, but you also have to explain to us clearly why and how to do it."
"No one can hide what happened between you and that Wen Liang. This is already an established fact. If you go and say that this matter is the Wen family's fault, then we are equivalent to offending the Wen family. What do you think?
Is this a good deal?”
"It's... a good deal?" When Jiahe heard this word, he couldn't help but repeat it and muttered it again.
"Don't think that Fifth Brother's words are unpleasant. It seems that if you don't marry Wen Liang, no matter who you marry in the future, it will inevitably make the other person feel uncomfortable. Even if you dare not say it out due to your status, you will definitely be complaining in your heart.
, your future marriage will not only bring no benefit to us, but will actually cause enmity. Adding to the enmity of the Wen family, we will offend both families. Now my father is old..."
He did not continue what he said, but Concubine Xian and Princess Jiahe both knew what it meant, which meant that the battle for the inheritance had reached a critical moment.
What their group lacks is the support of the aristocratic families in the capital. It's too late to win them over now, so how can they make enemies?
Seeing that the two of them were silent, the fifth prince continued his analysis: "If Jiahe admits that you did this...then I really don't know how you can explain it. I'm afraid my father will hate you to the core.
After all, you somewhat represent his face."
Jiahe pursed his lips, clenching and unclenching the fists at his side, and then clenching them again, without saying a single retort.
Concubine Xian said: "Then accept the marriage..."
"Yes!" The fifth prince nodded, "By accepting the marriage, you not only accept the marriage, but you also need to show that you and Wen Jiashi are in love with each other and can't help themselves for a while."
As he spoke, he looked at Concubine Xian seriously and said, "Concubine, you have to come forward in this matter."
"Okay!" Concubine Xian nodded immediately, "As long as we can overcome this difficulty, I will listen to you whatever you say."
"You take Jiahe, take off your hairpins and plain clothes and go to your father to confess your fault. Mother and concubine, you will take all the blame on yourself and say that you did not educate Jiahe well.
As for Jiahe, you only need to kneel aside, but this process may take a long time. If my father is blown away by the pillow wind, I'm afraid he may have to kneel for a whole day and a whole night.
But no matter what, my father hopes to resolve this matter as soon as possible, so he will definitely summon you. At that time, Jiahe, you must remember that you are my father's favorite daughter.
You are just a fool trapped in love. You thought that nothing would happen between you and that gentle man, so you came up with this last resort just to fulfill the relationship between you. You didn’t expect that it would be brought out. Anyway, you can say how stupid you are.
It’s so simple to just think of a way to talk things out!”
Jiahe thought for a while, and finally nodded heavily. Now she had no one to rely on, she could only rely on the brother in front of her.
If she, the fifth brother, wins on that battlefield, then all the dignity she lost will one day come back again.
Seeing that both of them were willing to cooperate with him, the fifth prince seemed to be relieved. He thought for a while and said: "Actually, not to mention the harm Jiahe suffered, this incident is not entirely without benefits for us."
Concubine Xian and her daughter were puzzled by these words, and they both looked at him in confusion.
The fifth prince thought for a while and sighed and explained: "Although the Wen family is not an established family, over the years, they have made marriages with various places, and their strength cannot be underestimated.
And because of Li’s concubine, their family has always preferred Qixiang Palace. After Jiahe married there, even if they don’t want to stand with us, they can’t.”
Concubine Xian thought for a while and nodded slightly, thinking that this was reasonable.
Jiahe just smiled miserably and said nothing.
The fifth prince added: "There is one more thing we have to guard against."