Eunuch Mo subconsciously touched his lower back, gritted his teeth, and simply took the imperial edict to guard the palace gate. He stayed there for most of the night, waiting for the palace gate to open and was the first to rush out. He happened to bump into Duke Zhongguo.
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"Ouch!"
"Who is it? You are so short-sighted!" Duke Zhongguo stepped back and was hit like a dog. When he touched the wound, he couldn't help but gasped and cursed. When he saw the person clearly, Duke Zhongguo calmed down.
: "Isn't this Eunuch Mo? Why is it so early?"
Eunuch Mo was also hit badly, with a smile on his face: "Oh, Mr. Zhongguo, it's not yet morning time, why do you..."
Before he finished speaking, Eunuch Mo probably guessed that Duke Zhongguo was most likely here to break off the engagement, so Eunuch Mo said quickly: "Gong Zhongguo, this servant was ordered to visit you. What happened last night has been reported to
The emperor has heard it."
"Really? The emperor must be very angry, right?"
"No, the emperor was so angry that he didn't sleep all night. Even the imperial doctor said that no one is allowed to disturb him, otherwise he will be punished by military law." After Mo Gonggong's words reached this point, Zhongguo Gong couldn't move forward anymore and asked again.
: "Is your Majesty okay?"
"Hey, Your Majesty..." Eunuch Mo cleared his throat, raised the edict, and said in a voice as sharp as a duck: "Gong Zhongguo accepts the edict!"
Duke Zhongguo was stunned for a moment, then he knelt on the ground and raised his hands high: "I accept the order."
"By God's blessing, the emperor issued an edict... to give Princess Yu'an of Yunlan Kingdom to the crown prince of Zhongguo as his wife, and ordered the Ministry of Internal Affairs to choose a good and auspicious day to get married. I hereby express my gratitude!"
Before Duke Zhongguo could react, Eunuch Mo directly grabbed the imperial edict and stuffed it into Duke Zhongguo's raised hand.
"This..." Duke Zhongguo was extremely angry and stood up directly; "What is going on? How could the emperor issue a decree to grant a marriage?"
He waited at the palace gate for several hours, his back aching and his arms aching, just hoping that Emperor Mingwen would take back his decree and that Duke Zhongguo no longer wanted to marry Princess Yu'an.
That is a troublemaker, and sooner or later he will harm the Duke of Zhongguo.
"My lord, have you forgotten that it was you who urgently requested the emperor to grant a marriage to the prince and the princess? In order to make up for the eldest son's palace, the emperor asked the Ministry of Internal Affairs to hold the wedding as soon as possible. Why do you blame the emperor instead?
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Eunuch Mo deliberately kept a straight face, but a big stone fell to the ground in his heart. His waist was saved. The imperial edict was given, and there was absolutely no reason to take it back casually.
Duke Zhongguo said with a cold face: "The child is ignorant and confused for a moment. Besides, Yunlan Kingdom wants to make peace with the emperor. As for the child, the emperor can beat or punish him as he pleases."
The worst he could do was to be punished, but it was better to have no peace in the backyard of the Zhongguo Duke's mansion. After returning to the mansion last night, the old concubine gave him a powerful analysis and firmly refused to let Princess Yu'an enter the mansion.
In the words of the old concubine, marrying Princess Yu'an would bring unrest to the Duke's family and even worry about annihilation of the family.
"I want to see the emperor." Duke Zhongguo insisted on going to see Emperor Mingwen despite Eunuch Mo's obstruction, but Eunuch Mo couldn't stop him.
Inside the political hall
Emperor Mingwen rubbed his brows. Outside the palace, Duke Zhongguo knelt at the foot of the steps and raised the imperial edict, begging him to withdraw it.
After a while, the young father-in-law came to report: "Princess Yunlan wants to see you."
He could not see Duke Zhongguo, but he could not turn away guests from afar, so Emperor Mingwen could only see her.
Princess Yu'an changed from her arrogant and domineering behavior yesterday, and weakly bowed to Emperor Mingwen and saluted: "Yu'an greets the emperor, may the emperor be blessed with peace."
"Princess, there is no need to be polite, just give me a seat."
"Thank you, Your Majesty." Princess Yu'an sat on a small stool nearby, her eyes slightly red. Emperor Mingwen pretended not to notice and drank tea lightly, as if he had forgotten that she was a living person.
Princess Yu'an couldn't hold it in any longer, and said softly: "Your Majesty, there are many things I don't understand when I first come here. Because I like the prosperity of Kyoto very much, I feel itchy and unbearable, so I ride my horse on the street, and I am frightened and hit several people on the way.
There were no casualties among the vendors, but Chu Shanggong was aggressive and deliberately forced me to apologize and insulted the face of Yunlan Kingdom."
Even Eunuch Mo couldn't help but curl his lips when he said this. He was really able to put on a show and confuse right and wrong.
Emperor Mingwen didn't speak for a long time and just listened quietly. He didn't say a word until Princess Yu'an made a rake and finished her report.
After not waiting for a response for a long time, Princess Yu'an couldn't help but look up, only to find that Emperor Mingwen was drowsy, looking as if he was about to fall asleep.
"emperor?"
Emperor Mingwen raised his head and looked at Princess Yu'an with a confused expression. He coughed twice from time to time and vomited half a mouthful of blood while holding a handkerchief. Princess Yu'an's face changed slightly in fright. Could it be that Emperor Mingwen's body was really what the rumors said?
Difference?
"Your Majesty, please change it to a new one." Eunuch Mo skillfully took out the handkerchief from his arms and handed it to Emperor Mingwen.
Emperor Mingwen took it and wiped the corner of his mouth. He held his chin with one hand and narrowed his eyes again. Eunuch Mo whispered in his ear: "Your Majesty, wake up. The princess is reporting to you."
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Emperor Mingwen yawned and hummed slowly: "Princess, if you have anything to say, it's okay to say it. You are a guest from afar, and I want to treat you well..." He yawned again while speaking, and looked at Princess Yu'an with dull eyes.
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Princess Yu'an was so angry that she had nowhere to vent her anger. At this moment, she was like a mute eating Coptis chinensis and could only swallow it bitterly.
But she was unwilling to give in, so she took a step forward, her voice rose unconsciously, and she repeated what she had just said.
Emperor Mingwen yawned again and again, and there were tears in the corners of his eyes. He quickly wiped them with a handkerchief and said to Princess Yu'an: "Just now, the princess said that letting the horse hurt people is not allowed. This is not Yunlan Country. It must not be allowed."
Let’s tolerate this.”
"Your Majesty, what I mean is that Chu Shanggong and others offended me yesterday, causing me to hurt someone."
"Princess, how many people did you hurt by riding your horse?"
"Your Majesty, it was Chu Shanggong who hurt someone.
"Princess, tell me again, how seriously injured are those people?"
The two people answered different questions and struggled for a long time. Eunuch Mo almost couldn't help but laugh, secretly thinking that Emperor Mingwen was really clever in pretending to be confused.
Princess Yu'an stomped her feet angrily: "This princess has never hurt anyone, why is the emperor so old and confused!"
"You are so bold, you actually dare to insult the emperor!" Eunuch Mo scolded with a cold face, which made Princess Yu'an tremble with fright and became angry and anxious: "Your Majesty, Chu Shang Palace deliberately framed me, you have to make the decision for me."
The two argued for a long time, and Princess Yu'an's patience gradually ran out. At this time, the Prime Minister and Jing Zhaoyin asked for a meeting together.
Emperor Mingwen yawned heavily: "What's going on today? People come one after another to announce it!"
After a while, the Prime Minister and Jing Zhaoyin came one after another and saluted Emperor Mingwen. Princess Yu'an said to the Prime Minister: "Prime Minister, did Chu Shanggong make me frightened yesterday?"
, killed a dozen of my guards."
The Prime Minister was pointed at his nose and spoke, frowning, very unhappy: "What did the princess say? I haven't seen the overall situation, and I don't know the cause and effect, so I can't evaluate it."
If he spoke for Princess Yu'an, he would be slapping Emperor Mingwen in the face. Which emperor would be willing to see envoys from neighboring countries look down on his own country.
No matter how much the Prime Minister wants to punish Chu Yunning, he can still tell the difference between the inside and the outside.
"Prime Minister, you are protecting Chu Shanggong!" Princess Yu'an said angrily: "I didn't expect that your officials protect each other and do not distinguish between right and wrong."
The Prime Minister was not happy to hear this and asked: "It is true that the princess hurt others, what is wrong with asking the princess to apologize?"
"I did not do it on purpose."
"Then Chu Shang Palace asked the princess to apologize. Why has the princess refused to apologize and insulted the people as a mean life?" the Prime Minister said calmly.
Princess Yu'an denied it flatly: "Then the Prime Minister must have heard wrongly. This princess has never said this."
The Prime Minister of the Palace sneered: "Princess Jinguo said, and I am not the only one present. Just ask around and you will know that our country sincerely wants to get married, but the princess has slandered our country again and again. She clearly does not take our country seriously.
Chu Shanggong protects our country’s face, what’s wrong with that?”
"You!" Princess Yu'an didn't understand. Yesterday, the two people were very different from each other. Logically speaking, the Prime Minister should help her deal with Chu Yunning. How could she help Chu Yunning get away from it?
"Your Majesty, I think what Chu Shanggong did was right." After the Prime Minister finished speaking, Jing Zhaoyin also agreed like a man; "Your Majesty, what the Prime Minister said is absolutely true. It was indeed the princess who was at fault first. Chu Shanggong
It was just justice, nothing wrong."
"Jing Zhaoyin!" Princess Yu'an's beautiful eyes were about to burst into flames as she glared at Jing Zhaoyin fiercely.
Jing Zhaoyin frowned. He was not Princess Yu'an's subordinate. There was no need to listen to her orders. All fools knew that Chu Shanggong was trusted by the emperor and the queen mother. Chu Shanggong represented the emperor by taking action. He was full.
Only then can you speak for a powerless foreign princess.
What's more, this is not the first time that Princess Yu'an has gotten into trouble. Counting last night, it has happened three times. The first two times she hurt people, she just compensated and appeased those people, but this time it was Princess Yu'an who got into trouble herself.
The gun was on her, so she could only admit that she was unlucky.
Princess Yu'an cried aggrievedly: "You are all bullying me!"
A little girl cried loudly in the palace, and the others looked at each other in confusion, but no one could sympathize with Princess Yu'an, after all, her arrogant look yesterday was still fresh in everyone's memory.
"Ahem!" Emperor Mingwen continued to cough.
One was coughing and the other was crying. The discordant sounds were mixed together, making it a bit noisy. Prime Minister Gong and Jing Zhaoyin looked at each other, and finally frowned, daring to be angry and afraid to speak.
After a while, Duke Zhongguo's voice came from outside the palace: "Your Majesty, it's time for you to meet the old minister."
"Your Majesty, yesterday Chu Shang Palace not only beat me, but also beat Duke Zhongguo for no reason. He is a witness and can prove that Chu Shang Palace provoked me first." Princess Yu'an seemed to have grasped a life-saving straw.
How could you forget Duke Zhongguo?
Emperor Mingwen winked at Eunuch Mo, and Eunuch Mo immediately understood and went out to invite Duke Zhongguo.
"My lord, your Majesty, please come in immediately." Gonggong Mo helped Duke Zhong and lowered his voice and said, "It's a matter of the emperor's face. What happened yesterday has caused a storm in the city. Not only did the emperor not blame Chu Shang Palace,
He also privately rewarded me with a thousand acres of fertile land, so please respond carefully."
Upon hearing this, Duke Zhongguo looked at Eunuch Mo angrily, snorted and went straight in. He knelt on the ground and kowtowed to Emperor Mingwen: "I send my regards to the emperor, and I beg the emperor to make your decision."
"Get up and give me a seat." Emperor Mingwen raised his hand.
When Duke Zhongguo thought about being humiliated by Chu Yunning yesterday, he was so excited that he burst into tears.
"Dong Zhongguo?"
"I'm here." Duke Zhongguo raised his head and glanced at Emperor Mingwen, and was suddenly startled by the sharp look in Emperor Mingwen's eyes.
"Prime Minister, why don't you help Duke Zhong sit down quickly?"
The Prime Minister helped Duke Zhongguo sit down, and Duke Zhongguo thanked him tremblingly, but for some reason he couldn't say anything.
"Why can't the Duke say anything? Prime Minister, why don't you come and speak for the Duke?" Emperor Mingwen said calmly, slowly holding a cup of tea from the table to his mouth and taking a sip.
He looked at the Prime Minister very sharply.
"There is no need for the Prime Minister to ask, let me tell you." Princess Yu'an took a step forward and said to Duke Zhongguo: "Yesterday, I was riding a horse on the street and was startled by Chu Shang Palace. As a result, I accidentally bumped into several vendors. Is there any
This matter?"
Duke Zhongguo nodded without hesitation.
"My lord, you are confused. It was the princess who made trouble by riding a horse and bumped into the vendor. Chu Shang Palace asked the princess to apologize. The two parties were in a stalemate, so Chu Shan Palace took action to teach the princess a lesson." Jing Zhaoyin kindly reminded.
Any fool can see that the emperor does not want to pursue this matter at all, and also wants to protect Chu Shanggong.
It depends on whether Duke Zhongguo's mind is bright or not.
"No, it was Chu Shanggong who scared me first!" Princess Yu'an retorted.
Upon hearing this, Duke Zhongguo followed Princess Yu'an's words and said, "Yes, the princess is right. It was Chu Shanggong who frightened the princess's horse first."
"Mr. Zhongguo, is this really the case?" Emperor Mingwen yawned and asked casually, but his eyes were as cold as a pool of water. He was so frightened that Gong Zhongguo immediately changed his words: "In response to the emperor's words, I don't know the specific situation."
"Why are you not willing to speak for me, Mr. Zhongguo!" Princess Yu'an glared at Mr. Zhongguo unhappily. If it hadn't been for the fact that Prince Li could coax people and was very handsome, she wouldn't have done it in the first place.
He promised to marry Prince Li.
After being glared at by Princess Yu'an, Duke Zhongguo suddenly felt unhappy. He dared to look at himself before he even entered the door. How could he do it after he entered the door later?
"Your Majesty, I came here halfway and didn't know about the conflict between the two before I left. Maybe it was what Jing Zhaoyin said."
After thinking about it, Duke Zhongguo still saved some face for Princess Yu'an and didn't say anything unpleasant. However, Princess Yu'an refused to buy it and directly passed the responsibility to Duke Zhongguo: "Mr. Zhongguo, it was you who was in the carriage at the beginning.
I have said that the capital city is prosperous and I can be allowed to be arrogant in the capital city. Who dares not to give face to the Duke of Zhongguo?
That’s why I had the guts to ride a horse on the street. It was not my intention to hurt anyone, not to mention that I have already paid compensation.”
As soon as he finished speaking, Duke Zhongguo was shocked: "Princess, please don't talk nonsense. Kyoto is strict. How could I let you be so arrogant in the capital!"
Duke Zhongguo did indeed say this, but the original meaning was to appease Princess Yu'an. No one in the capital would bully her. Everyone would give Duke Zhongguo some respect, but Princess Yu'an was not allowed to do whatever she wanted.
Princess Yu'an hummed: "If the Duke of the country hadn't encouraged me, how could I dare to ride a horse on the street?"
Seeing that the blame was put on Duke Zhongguo, even Emperor Mingwen's eyes changed when he looked at Duke Zhongguo. He was so frightened that Duke Zhongguo did not dare to sit down and knelt directly on the ground: "Your Majesty, I was wronged. I was ordered to pick up the princess.
When I entered the capital, in order to maintain the harmony between the two countries, I said something to the princess. The original intention was that the princess should not be cautious and fearful, and treat the capital as her home."
Duke Zhongguo remembered the imperial edict in his arms and kowtowed to Emperor Mingwen until his head almost broke: "I beg the emperor to take back the edict. The Duke's palace is really not worthy of the princess. I also ask the emperor to find another good match for the princess."
Princess Yu'an was furious: "Please understand, it's not that your family doesn't want to marry, it's that this princess is not happy to marry. Prince Li is a loser, not even comparable to a small bodyguard of Yunlan Kingdom."
Li Shizi's behavior yesterday really made her a little disdainful. How could a man with a majestic seven feet shrink back like this?
It's really inappropriate.
Princess Yu'an is arrogant and arrogant. The man she wants to marry must be a great hero, well-educated and capable, and have a graceful temperament. This is the most basic thing.
"You!" Duke Zhongguo listened to his son being humiliated again and again by Princess Yu'an, and his old face turned red with anger: "Princess, don't forget, it was you who first expressed your feelings to my son, and you were the one who was a deadbeat.
I asked my son to marry you, why don’t I look down on you now, that’s all, there is no room for your big Buddha in the temple of the Duke of Guo.”
Holding the bruise on his forehead, Duke Zhongguo suddenly felt that he should have let Chu Shang Palace kill Princess Yu'an last night.
This princess wife is outrageous.
"You are talking nonsense!" Princess Yu'an raised her foot and kicked Mr. Zhongguo in the heart. She rushed forward and beat and scolded him: "I asked you to talk nonsense. How can you care about this princess with her golden branches and jade leaves?"
If you still want to slander this princess’ innocence, I will beat you to death!”
Princess Yu'an was so angry that she was incoherent. She lost the softness she had when she first entered the house and became very arrogant. She beat Zhongguo Gong so hard that he couldn't even fight back.
In just a short time, Duke Zhongguo's face was filled with color, and the traces of being scratched by fingernails were very obvious.
"Your Majesty, you must make the decision for me." Duke Zhongguo was furious. If the other party hadn't been a woman, he would have swung his fists.
Duke Zhongguo refused to let his son marry the princess no matter what. He banged his head on the ground as if it didn't hurt. He was afraid that the missing one would make Emperor Mingwen change his mind. After a while, blood started to flow from Duke Zhongguo's forehead.
, looks a little pitiful.
Emperor Mingwen couldn't bear it anymore and winked at Jing Zhaoyin. Jing Zhaoyin immediately supported Duke Zhong: "Master Guo, please calm down. The emperor has his own sense of proportion."
Duke Zhongguo was so angry that he blew his beard and glared. When had he ever suffered such injustice? It was so outrageous!
"Your Majesty, I am from the Yunlan Kingdom. For the sake of the relationship between the two countries, you must give me an explanation for this matter!" Princess Yu'an put her hands on her hips, looking like a shrew.
Eunuch Mo stepped forward and said, "Princess, you are really unreasonable. You have so many sharp eyes. You dare to beat the Duke in front of the emperor. That means you won't put the people at all."
In my eyes."
"Shut up, it's not my princess's turn to speak to a eunuch like you." Princess Yu'an said.
Eunuch Mo's face changed slightly, and he murmured a few words before swallowing them. Princess Yu'an now felt that everyone was bullying her, so she became even crazier. She believed that only in this way could Emperor Mingwen be afraid and would not easily convict her.
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Once you show weakness, the other party will only bully you more.
Emperor Mingwen stared at the changes in Princess Yu'an's expression calmly, as if he had read her emotions. The corners of his mouth curved down, revealing an expression that didn't know whether to cry or laugh.
I really don’t know what the emperor of Yunlan Kingdom was thinking, why he sent such a fool to come for marriage. He is so brainless.
"It is true that Chu Shanggong beat me, and it is also true that he beat the guards around me to death with sticks. Your Majesty, the evidence is irrefutable. You should arrest Chu Shanggong."
Princess Yu'an couldn't count on anyone else and could only rely on herself. She evaded the important and said that she would not let go of Chu Yunning's fault.
Emperor Mingwen yawned and said: "Princess Yu'an, if I remember correctly, you are here to get married and not to sow relations between the two countries. You punched, kicked and insulted the Duke in front of me.
Do you take me seriously?"
"Your Majesty..." Princess Yu'an choked.
"Come here, drag Princess Yu'an down to me and beat her hard." After Emperor Mingwen said this, Princess Yu'an turned pale with fright and kept retreating.
But Eunuch Mo said: "Your Majesty, no, Princess Yu'an is here to get married. Even if she has a temper, she won't be killed. Just a small punishment or a big warning."
Emperor Mingwen showed a nonchalant look.
When the atmosphere reached this point, both the Prime Minister and Jing Zhaoyin guessed Emperor Mingwen's intentions and wanted to intimidate Princess Yu'an, so they stood up and advised the emperor to think again.
"Your Majesty, no."
Princess Yu'an's heart was beating fast, and she asked reluctantly: "Isn't the emperor afraid of a war between the two countries?"
"Isn't it normal for the two countries to have wars since ancient times?" Emperor Mingwen asked.
At this time, Princess Yu'an finally accepted her fate. They were not afraid of war at all, and their attitude toward the marriage was dispensable.
In this way, Princess Yu'an had to lower her head: "It was Yu'an who offended the emperor in a moment of confusion, and I asked the emperor to forgive Yu'an this time because Yu'an is young and ignorant."
Emperor Mingwen sneered coldly.
"Your Majesty, for the sake of peace between the two countries, let's spare Princess Yu'an this time." The Prime Minister said appropriately, giving Emperor Mingwen a chance to step down.
So Emperor Mingwen waved his hand: "That's all, I will give the Prime Minister some face today and spare the princess for now. As for the princess's marriage..."
At the mention of marriage, Duke Zhongguo's heart almost rose to his throat, and he quickly said: "Your Majesty, I beg you to withdraw your decree and let the princess marry someone else."
Princess Yu'an was not happy when she saw that she was repeatedly disliked by Duke Zhongguo: "Your Majesty, I don't want to marry that wimp Prince Li."
"Okay, since the princess doesn't have this intention, the emperor might as well let it go. After all, it's not sweet to force yourself."
Duke Zhongguo hurriedly followed what the other party said, fearing that the other party would come to the Duke's mansion.