"Since the Queen Mother is determined to protect Miss Hanyu, Wei Chen thought of someone who is more suitable to marry into the Ninth Prince's Palace."
"who?"
Marquis Chongyang smiled coldly.
"Prince An's Mansion, Princess Mingxin."
"Lu Mingxin?"
The Queen Mother's eyebrows gradually relaxed, and her eyes were kind.
"If you didn't remind me, the Ai family would have forgotten this hidden gem."
Chongyang Hou said:
"Then Lu Mingxin is also a princess, and she has admired the Ninth Prince for many years. She has paid off all her debts and suffered what she deserves. The Ninth Prince delayed a good girl because of his power and oppression.
, naturally you have to take responsibility."
"Besides, since it is a big day, why not celebrate double happiness and marry Princess Mingxin to him?"
"Marriage?"
The Queen Mother's eyes were dark.
"Exactly, Princess Mingxin is still innocent now. Isn't she born in a more noble family than Luo Jiuli? The Queen Mother only needs a decree to let the nine princes and their concubines marry together. How dare the nine princes dare to do so in front of all the ministers?
His face openly resisted the decree."
When the Queen Mother heard this, she leaned on the couch, closed her eyes and took a sip of tea. Thinking of the two previous incidents of the Nine Kings resisting Yizhi and disrespecting her, her relaxed brows slowly tightened again, and she shook her head slowly.
"You think things too simply."
"The Nine Kings have left the palace since childhood and have been stationed in the border areas since they reached adulthood. They have just returned to Beijing for two years and have no family ties with the Ai family. I am afraid that he is not capable of resisting the imperial decree."
"Besides, you don't know why Lu Mingxin went to a nunnery to practice on behalf of the Qingdeng Ancient Buddha."
"With a personality like the Nine Kings, who don't even bother to pretend, how could he willingly marry a woman who had drugged him?"
Marquis Chongyang narrowed his eyes and knew that the Queen Mother had deeper thoughts and more tricks than any other woman in the harem.
"But, Queen Mother, letting the legitimate daughter of the Duke of Guo marry the Ninth Prince will only do a lot of harm and no good."
"Besides, if you don't try, how can you know whether it will succeed? To put it bluntly, the Ninth Prince is ignorant and openly resists the decree. How can Prince An let him go so easily, deepening the relationship between the Ninth Prince's Palace and Prince An's Palace?
The hatred between them made Prince An even more determined to follow Lord Sima, so wouldn’t this decree also play its due role?”
It must be said that Marquis Chongyang is a vicious person.
Listening to his analysis, the Queen Mother slowly relaxed her frown, obviously she was also tempted.
If Lu Mingxin could really be inserted into the Ninth Prince's Mansion, then every move of the Ninth Prince from now on would be under her supervision.
"Princess Mingxin was banished from the nunnery by the Emperor's personal decree. If you want her to come back, you need to think of a perfect strategy."
Seeing that the Queen Mother did not reject his proposal, Chongyang Hou understood that the Queen Mother agreed and smiled sadly.
"Your Majesty, I have a way to get Princess Mingxin back to the capital without hurting the Emperor's face."
"Oh! What can I do?"
The Marquis of Chongyang slowly bent over and whispered a few words into the Queen Mother's ear.
quite a while.
"Yes, yes, this method can indeed not hurt the emperor's face, but also force the Nine Kings to accept the fact that Mingxin returns to Beijing."
"You are interested."
The Queen Mother covered Chongyang Hou's hand.
Marquis Chongyang's eyes darkened, he grabbed the Queen Mother's finger with his backhand and put it on the stove.
"The Queen Mother has been sitting for a long time, and Weichen gave her a squeeze on her legs."
The Queen Mother smiled.
"That's fine."
After saying that, he was supported by Marquis Chongyang and lay down on the soft bed.
Chongyang Hou calmly stretched out his hand to relieve the Queen Mother's muscles and bones.
The Queen Mother closed her eyes, enjoying Marquis Chongyang's service, and her voice was soft and undisciplined.
"Has there been any other unusual activity in the Ninth Prince's Mansion in the past two days?"
Marquis Chongyang shook his head.
"There are no other changes. The nine kings are either in the palace or in the army, or at the restaurant opened by Luo Jiuli. There is not much news about anything else."
"No news? Something is wrong."
The Queen Mother frowned.
"Li Wu."
At the door of the bedroom, Eunuch Li heard the Queen Mother's call and walked in hurriedly.
"The Queen Mother."
"Personally select two beautiful and charming palace maids and send them to the Ninth Prince's Mansion."
Eunuch Li was startled. He sent instructions to the Ninth Prince to attract the maids. This was a fatal job.
"The Queen Mother, Ruruo, Ruruo, the Nine Kings want to make excuses, this slave—"
"waste."
The Queen Mother's voice was cold.
Eunuch Li fell to his knees with a thud in fright.
"Queen Mother, getting angry will harm your body."
Marquis Chongyang’s voice was calm and calm.
"Eunuch Li, since you are sending a message to the palace maid, you don't have to do it in front of the Nine Princes. As long as the person enters the Nine Princes' Mansion, you can return to the palace and resume your life."
Kneeling on the ground, Eunuch Li's cloudy eyes rolled around, and he immediately understood what Marquis Chongyang meant.
"Yes, I will do it immediately."
Eunuch Li accepted the order, stood up and left the dormitory.
At the door of the bedroom, Eunuch Li raised his hand to summon a young eunuch.
After giving a few instructions in the little eunuch's ear, the little eunuch nodded hurriedly in agreement, then turned around and ran out of the Changchun Palace quickly.
——
At this time, Jiu Wang was accompanying Luo Jiuli in the store. Opposite him were Butler Zhang, who was holding a roster, and his son, Zhang Wen, the shopkeeper of the best pot in the world.
Next to the doorway not far behind the father and son, four men in coarse linen clothes stood.
"Second Miss, this is the roster. There are 19 people in total. They are all former members of the Duke's army."
Luo Jiuli took the roster and looked at the door.
"Who are those people?"
"In reply to the Second Miss, they were elected from among the nineteen people and came to thank the Second Miss."
"They are all my father's old troops. They are soldiers who have retired from the battlefield. There is no need to thank them."
Luo Jiuli unfolded the roster, which contained the names, ages, places of origin, reasons for retirement, etc. The records were very detailed.
Opposite them, Butler Zhang and his son looked at each other with troubled expressions.
"Second Miss, it's better to meet them. Although they are poor, they have their own principles. Miss Second Miss' absence may make them feel uneasy."
Luo Jiuli was shocked when he heard this. He looked outside the door and then looked back at Xiao Mingxuan.
Xiao Mingxuan nodded towards her.
"Let's meet. The soldiers who came off the battlefield are all pure-minded people. They just want to say thank you."
"Since the prince said to meet, then let's meet."
Luo Jiuli looked at Butler Zhang.
Butler Zhang nodded hurriedly.
"Hey! Hey! My subordinates will call them in right away."
With that said, he turned around and walked out the door.
After a while, Butler Zhang led four people into the house.
These four people are all in their forties. They are not tall, but they stand upright. Because they were injured on the battlefield, they all have disabilities to some extent.
One wears an eye patch made of coarse cloth, obviously one eye is blind.
The sleeve on one arm is empty, indicating that an arm was lost on the battlefield.
One had lost all four fingers on his right hand, and half of his face still had scars that could not be removed as densely packed as centipedes.