"Why did the princess say this? But because the king of Chu has not yet informed the princess of the prince who is willing to be married?"

After exchanging a look with Emperor Zhou suspiciously, Empress Zhao's eyes turned slightly, and she asked calmly in a tentative tone. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

"No, long before the courtier's daughter was married, the courtier's father had already informed the courtier's daughter in advance of the person she wanted to marry. Princess Yuanxi lowered her eyes and pondered for a moment, then said cautiously, "It's just... The prince mentioned by my father is not the same person as the queen mother. ”

"What?

Empress Zhao's eyebrows jumped, and she subconsciously looked at Emperor Zhou, wanting to seek a correct answer from him who had issued the holy decree at the beginning.

And hearing Princess Yuanxi's answer, the courtiers and royal relatives below also sighed for a while, and even Gao Xun, who was the party concerned, suddenly raised his head, as if he felt that this originally sure thing had taken a turn for the better.

And Cheng Jinzhi didn't show much surprise, but stood in place silently, looking sideways at Gao Heng, whose face was silent, accompanied by the strong uneasiness in her heart, which made her involuntarily grasp Gao Heng's hand.

Feeling the sudden temperature of someone else in his hand, Gao Heng turned his head to look at Cheng Jinzhi, seeing that her eyes were overflowing with a heavy look of worry, he just wanted to open his mouth to ask the reason, but he heard Empress Zhao on the phoenix throne ask for Emperor Zhou.

"Then the palace wants to know, which prince is the princess's father who tells the princess to be the one who wants to be close to him?" she said and moved her gaze to Gao Xun and raised her hand slightly, "Isn't it the sixth prince Jin Wang?"

"No, it's not His Royal Highness the King of Jin. ”

Princess Yuanxi looked up in the direction that Empress Zhao was pointing, shook her head regretfully and in surprise, and immediately raised her hand slightly shyly after a smile flashed quickly at the corner of her mouth.

And the person pointed to by the slender jade finger turned out to be Gao Heng beside Gao Xun.

At the same time, her clear and bright voice hovered above the main hall, which also stirred up a monstrous wave in Cheng Jinzhi's heart.

"It's... It is the third prince, King Yan. ”

As soon as Princess Yuanxi said this, a burst of surprise suddenly erupted in the crowd, and everyone's eyes were focused on Gao Heng, who had been silent, and they all showed an expression of disbelief.

As an envoy appointed by Emperor Zhou to welcome the princess into Beijing, Gao Heng really didn't expect that things would be so unexpected.

He frowned, looked at Princess Yuanxi with a serious face in front of him, as if he suddenly understood something, and when he went to shake Cheng Jinzhi's hand again, he found that her palm was already cold.

All this seems to happen unexpectedly, but it seems to be expected.

Cheng Jinzhi raised his head and took a deep breath, and could even feel that this Princess Yuanxi's feelings for Gao Heng did not seem to be as simple as a one-sided relationship.

"Jin Zhi, I heard you right, he said that the person his father pointed out to marry was the third brother, so is there nothing wrong with me?"

Seeing that he was temporarily able to "get out of the sea of suffering", Gao Xun didn't think about Cheng Jinzhi's feelings for a while and said casually, until he noticed her ugly face, and then realized what Princess Yuanxi's words meant to Cheng Jinzhi.

"My father would never make such a mistake, there must be something wrong, or it is simply a conspiracy of some people. ”

Gao Heng said with a cold expression, stretched out his hand and took Cheng Jinzhi to his side, his eyes became deep and sharp.

"Yes, Jin Zhi, don't you know the third brother's temperament? He has already married you, the princess, and it is impossible to marry a second woman. This princess of Nanchu, in the end, I still have to accept it. ”

Gao Xun said jokingly, and a complex and contradictory sense of oppression couldn't help but rise in his heart.

He really didn't want to marry Princess Yuanxi in every way, but he didn't want to see Cheng Jinzhi sad.

And in his opinion, even if Princess Yuanxi keeps saying that she has made the wrong person, the so-called Jun has no jokes, and Emperor Zhou should not easily change his decision for this.

What's more, Gao Heng already has a wife, if Princess Yuanxi marries into the Yanwang Mansion as a side concubine, her father King Chu will never agree.

"This is impossible, Your Majesty clearly asked His Royal Highness the King of Jin to marry Princess Nanchu, and every word is evidenced by a holy decree, how could it be wrong?"

"That's right, as we all know, His Royal Highness King Yan is a person with a wife, this princess of Nanchu is married, is it possible to be a side concubine? Even if Your Majesty doesn't like His Royal Highness King Jin, he will definitely choose His Royal Highness King Yan." ”

"That's right, but now she keeps saying that the person she wants to marry is His Royal Highness King Yan, what went wrong?"

“……”

The ministers were shocked to learn that there was a lot of discussion among themselves, until Emperor Zhou coughed very dissatisfied, which restored peace to the palace.

"Princess Yuanxi, could it be that you have a mistake in remembering this matter for a while?"

Emperor Zhou's eyebrows gathered slightly, although his eyes were a little sharp, but his tone was still very measured.

"The third prince Gao Heng is a person with a wife, even if I am confused, I must consider the name of the princess, and I will never let the princess suffer such grievances and go to the side room for others. ”

"Your Majesty said this, is it suspected that the courtiers are deliberately deceiving?" Princess Yuanxi pursed the corners of her lips when she heard this, looking very aggrieved, "Even if the courtiers really heard it wrong, but when His Majesty's holy decree arrived in Chudi, the courtier's brother was also present at the time, but he heard it with his own ears, could he have heard it wrong?"

"The princess has misunderstood, I have no intention of questioning the princess, but this matter is very important, and it must be confirmed. ”

Seeing Yuan Xi mention Yuan Peng, Emperor Zhou frowned, although his heart was full of surprise, but on the surface, he still looked at Yuan Peng calmly.

"Fourth prince, is what the princess said true?"

"Back to Your Majesty, what my sister said is true. Yuan Peng stepped forward firmly and replied, "Besides, I don't hide what Your Majesty said, when my sister was in Southern Chu, she had already admired the heroic deeds of His Royal Highness King Yan in the First Battle of the Western Jin Dynasty, and admired it in my heart, and because I got a portrait of His Highness by chance, I have been devoted to him since then." This time, it is precisely because I learned that the person I married is the person I love wholeheartedly, so I am willing to leave the homeland where I grew up since I was a child and come thousands of miles to make peace, otherwise according to the strong personality of my sister, I am afraid... I'm afraid I'd rather die generously than ......."

Yuan Peng's solemn words not only shocked the four again, but also stunned Cheng Jinzhi and Gao Heng.

"Brother Huang, in front of so many people, what are you talking about?"

Princess Yuanxi hooked the corners of her mouth lightly, and then glared at Yuan Peng beside her with pretense of reproach, and two blush flew on her cheeks, which especially showed the joy in her heart.

It wasn't until he saw Gao Heng's cold and indifferent expression that the look of expectation in his eyes lightened slightly.

Especially when his eyes came into contact with him holding Cheng Jinzhi with pity and ignoring him completely, he lowered the corners of his mouth in great disappointment, and a gloomy mist filled his eyes.