The Eldest Daughter Is Beautiful and Saucy
Chapter 474: favor
Chapter 474 Joy
“Besides… my son only knocked the King of Liang unconscious, and used incense that makes people sleep!” The prince was also confused, his face was pale, “King of Liang… how could he do anything to the princess! Impossible!”
The emperor’s temples were throbbing. How could he not understand the twists and turns in the prince’s mind?!
Of course the prince didn’t want Prince Liang to marry Liu Ruofu. Behind Liu Ruofu was Prince Xian, who was his only daughter and held a large army!
The emperor closed his eyes. The reason why he looked up to Prince Xian over the years and allowed Prince Xian to control the military power without any doubt was because Prince Xian once risked his own life to save the emperor’s life, but as a result, he had no descendants and only had one daughter, Liu Ruofu!
The emperor felt deeply that he owed Prince Xian, which was why the emperor had always favored Prince Xian and treated Liu Ruofu as his own daughter.
Prince Xian has not received the news from Nandu yet. If he gets the news, he will probably be so angry that he will vomit blood. Prince Xian only has this one daughter in his life, and he loves her like the apple of his eye. Now that her reputation is damaged, he will definitely not be able to bear it.
But how did the news spread so quickly?
Could it be… King Liang? !
The emperor could not help but begin to doubt his cowardly and incompetent son. If this matter spread… it would only benefit Prince Liang.
At this point, Daliang would definitely not bring back a princess with a damaged reputation for their Fourth Prince. In order to appease Prince Xian, the only option was to let Prince Liang marry Liu Ruofu.
But the emperor was somewhat unwilling to give up and still wanted to test Prince Liang to see whether he was really being framed by the prince or just wanted to take advantage of the situation to marry Prince Xian’s only daughter.
The emperor narrowed his eyes and said to Gao Demao, “Go and call Prince Liang!”
After washing his face and changing his clothes, Prince Liang was brought into the hall by Gao Demao and bowed respectfully to the emperor and the prince.
The prince was about to speak, but the emperor stopped him and looked at the kneeling Prince Liang and said, “Just now, the Minister of Rites, Mr. Wang, came into the palace and said that your affair with Princess Liu Ruofu of Nandu is already known to everyone. Even the envoys from Daliang who came to negotiate peace have come to ask for an audience. What do you think…how should this matter be handled?”
Prince Liang didn’t dare to look up, and his palms couldn’t help but tighten. This was his chance to… ask for Prince Xian’s daughter Liu Ruofu’s hand in marriage.
He looked up at the emperor with a shocked expression: “How could it be? How could it be known to everyone?”
Prince Liang’s eyes fell on the prince: “Prince… Prince brother? Could it be…”
“The prince must be crazy to spread this matter!” The emperor tried his best to restrain his anger and said through gritted teeth, “Tell me, how should this matter be handled?”
“Father, I…I…” Prince Liang lowered his head dejectedly and said in a very low voice, “Is Ting Zhen aware of this too? If she knew, she would hate me so much…”
The prince almost couldn’t help but scold King Liang in front of the emperor for pretending to be pitiful, but he heard King Liang choking and saying: “But… Princess Nandu is also innocent. Since I have ruined Princess Nandu’s reputation, I am willing to take this responsibility!”
As soon as Prince Liang finished speaking, the emperor threw his teacup at Prince Liang fiercely: “I really didn’t expect this! My son actually has such a broad mind, actually trying every means to marry the daughter of a powerful official who holds a large number of troops. What do you want to do? Do you want to force the emperor to abdicate?!”
The blood drained from the Prince of Liang’s face in an instant: “I don’t dare! I don’t dare, father! I definitely don’t have this intention. Father, you know me well. I am timid and cowardly, but I am a man! Father, you said that everyone knows it. What can I do?”
The emperor looked at the King of Liang who kept kowtowing and whose forehead was bleeding from hitting the bluestone floor. He clenched his fist and said impatiently, “Alright! Stop kowtowing!”
King Liang was so frightened that he trembled and almost fell to the ground. He was shaking all over and sobbing softly.
“Now that things have come to this, I can only let you marry Liu Ruofu, but you must remember that this is the last time I will tolerate you! Do you understand?” the emperor said.
King Liang just kept kowtowing and couldn’t even utter a complete sentence.
The prince was extremely angry. After returning to the prince’s mansion, he heard that the assassins that Mr. Fang had sent out to keep an eye on King Liang had disappeared completely, most of them were probably dead. He felt extremely wary of King Liang.
He didn’t expect that King Liang still had someone available!
There is no doubt that the matter between Liu Ruofu and King Liang must have been spread by King Liang.
But the prince would be worried again. If he went to the palace and mentioned the matter to the emperor again and the emperor investigated it carefully… then the fact that he had kept a assassin in his house would no longer be concealed.
When the prince admitted today that he had sent someone to frame Prince Liang, he was worried that the emperor would investigate the matter. Fortunately, the emperor did not investigate it in detail, so he breathed a sigh of relief. If he brought up the matter again, wouldn’t he be courting death?
Based on the prince’s understanding of the emperor, the emperor summoned Prince Liang to ask how to deal with Liu Ruofu, but it was just a test. If Prince Liang said he wanted to marry Liu Ruofu, the emperor would definitely be wary of Prince Liang!
“Send someone to keep an eye on Prince Liang’s mansion! A fox will always show its tail!” The prince said gloomily, “What’s more… Princess Liu Ruofu of Nandu has always been proud and arrogant. Now that she has been defiled by Prince Liang and has to marry him, she must be angry! Oh right… call the Crown Princess! I have to tell her to go and visit Liu Ruofu!”
Quan Yuying said yes and went out in small steps to send someone to invite the Crown Princess.
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Bai Qingyan and his group, because they brought Dong Tingzhen, who seldom traveled far, they stopped and walked frequently, and it was already July 18th when they arrived in Shuoyang.
This time, Bai Qingyan and Bai Jinzhi made military achievements in the Northern Frontier, and one was promoted to a princess and the other was promoted to a county lady. In the eyes of ordinary people and clan members, Bai Qingyan and Bai Jinzhi were favored.
Although Bai Qingyan only sent someone to inform the Bai Mansion in Shuoyang when he would return before returning to Shuoyang, Dong did not inform anyone in the clan.
Bai Qihe was honest and thought that if Bai Qingyan had never said it, then he shouldn’t ask, otherwise it would only make Bai Qingyan unhappy.
But Bai Qihe’s wife Fang was very bold. She sent someone to inquire about Bai Qingyan’s whereabouts without Bai Qihe’s knowledge. Bai Qihe found out about it, and they had a big fight. This morning, Fang packed her bags and went back to her parents’ home.
The governor and Magistrate Zhou met again at the city gate. They were not surprised. Magistrate Zhou raised his hand and bowed to him, saying with a smile, “I heard that your youngest son is following the princess and is now helping with military training at the martial arts arena. He is very much loved by the princess! I would like to congratulate you!”
The governor was still sitting calmly under the tarpaulin tent, drinking tea from a cup in his hand, and said slowly, “Has Lord Zhou finished the trial of the Bai family’s case?”
“Of course. That’s right… I heard that Princess Zhenguo is returning to Shuoyang today, so I came here to report to her. Those who deserve it should be exiled, and those who deserve it should be forced to do hard labor! They should be severely punished according to the law!” County Magistrate Zhou smiled.
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