Chapter XVII. Refusal of Marriage
After General Lin left, the Emperor of Qingguo quickly summoned the officials to discuss this time. One? Reading the book w?w?w?・1?k?a?n?s?hu There is also Duan Zhirong in it, and it is still embarrassing to stand there as a military general and half of the parties involved in the incident.
"In other words, Northern Qi wants us to marry the eighth princess now, otherwise they will start a war against us?"
Although General Duan had tried his best to avoid making people think that 'as long as the princess is married, they will be fine', someone still pointed it out sharply.
"It can't be said that the Northern Qi Kingdom and their emperor are here with great ambitions this time, and it is just an excuse for us to hand over the princess. No matter what, the Northern Qi State will start a war against us, and the other party will either discuss at all, or come to find a gap and make trouble. ”
There are also officials who have expressed their different opinions, and everyone is noisy and shouting. This is something that Qingguo has not encountered in the country for many years, and there are many ministers who have experienced two dynasties, but it is also the first time to encounter such a situation where soldiers are in the city.
"Hmph, are we afraid that our Qingguo will not succeed in the Northern Qi Kingdom, now that our country is strong, we are not afraid to fight them, why should we hand over the princess."
"The people have just had a good life for a few days, can't they just think about the princess for the sake of the people?"
"Why are you so shameless, why don't you send your own daughter over!"
"No matter what you say, you can't send the princess out, it's hard to succumb to the Northern Qi Kingdom!"
“……”
Everyone has their own words, but in Duan Zhirong's opinion, there is no useful word???? To see? Shu w shu w?w ・ 1ka?nshu He would never agree to hand over the princess, and his father thought so too. Although the emperor has not yet stated his intentions, everyone knows that it is the emperor who really has the final say.
The country is his, and his daughter is also his, it depends on what he wants.
"Alright, shut up."
The emperor shouted, and the ministers were shocked. On weekdays, the emperor is kind and kind. Never had a temper like this. Immediately afterwards, everyone knelt on the ground and went up to ask the emperor for their guilt.
The emperor looked at General Duan and Duan Zhirong, who were closest to him,
"I ask you two if I don't hand over the princess. Do you two have what it takes to protect the princess and Qingguo? ”
General Duan raised his head,
"Your Majesty, the old minister has already said: the ministers will definitely protect the safety of the princess and the Qingguo."
General Duan knew that the emperor had already made up his mind, and now he asked him like this in front of all the officials. One?? Reading w?w?w?1?k, an?s, h?u?c?c, just to establish prestige in the hearts of others.
The emperor looked at the Duan family father and son and nodded, stood up, and said to the kneeling officials,
"I have been sitting on the throne for ten years, and in the past ten years, I have really worked hard to make Qingguo a better place and make the people of Qingguo live a happier life. Now the Northern Qi Kingdom is sending troops to us in a vain attempt to invade our country on the pretext of marrying a princess, which is something I will never allow. Our Qingguo is so strong, why should we be so afraid of a small Northern Qi! Come on, repair a letter of state to Northern Qi. Sue them, I really won't marry any of my daughters to Northern Qi. If he wants to call, I'll do it, I'm not afraid! ”
"My Emperor is mighty! My Emperor is mighty! ”
The letter of state was issued as quickly as possible, and the people were ordered to send it to the border as soon as possible. The people in the harem also knew about it, and everyone got together to talk about it.
Unlike the officials in the court, the women in the harem saw a different place.
Several small palace daughters got together, chattering about the news they heard from everywhere and attaching their own thoughts.
"I heard that the Northern Qi Kingdom wants Princess Qixin, and the emperor himself wants to marry the seventh princess. People don't want it, and the emperor has to marry. ”
"That's right. That's why people sent troops, just for Princess Qixin. ”
The other smaller maid scratched her head and asked,
"Aren't Princess Qixin and Princess Seven both princesses, why do people have to ask Princess Qixin not to Princess Seven."
"Hmph. Needless to say. Who in this world doesn't know that Princess Qixin is like a fairy and smart and wise, and there are more people who want to marry her, otherwise there is a reason why the emperor feels so sorry for her. The seventh princess is born to the queen, and there is nothing else. ”
"Bold."
As soon as the palace maid who spoke last finished speaking, she was slapped to the ground. One person turned his head to see that it was the queen's personal aunt, looking at it. The Queen Mother was standing in the back.
"Niangniang spare your life, Niangniang spare your life."
"Niangniang spare your life, Niangniang spare your life."
The three palace maids knelt on the ground and kowtowed and begged for mercy, and their foreheads were already bleeding. The queen mother, who used to be charitable and generous, did not forgive them quickly today, but looked at them with a cold face and said nothing, until the youngest palace maid could no longer support it and fell to the ground.
The queen waved her hand, called the aunt who had slapped her over, whispered a few words in her ear, and left.
After the queen left, the aunt faced the third brother and the palace maid,
"The queen has an order, and the harem will strictly investigate the people who spread rumors, and in order to serve as a warning, these three people will be caned to death."
The people around were very surprised, and the three palace maids didn't expect the queen to be so ruthless, grabbing the aunt's trouser leg and begging for mercy. But that aunt didn't care about them at all, didn't sneer, just looked coldly at the others around her. The people she saw all bowed their heads and walked away.
The fainted little palace maid and the other two palace maids who were crying wolves were dragged away, and now everyone really knows that the queen mother is ruthless. Also, who can tolerate their daughter being gossiped about, not to mention, even if they are favored when it comes to Qixin, they are just concubines.
The queen is the mother of a country, and the queen's daughter is the princess of this country, the daughter of a concubine who has no name at all, what is it!
The queen thought all the way back to her palace, asked the people around her, and was a little relieved to learn that the seventh princess did not go to work. I wanted to deal with the next thing directly, but in the end, I still felt uneasy and went to the seventh princess to take a look.
The seventh princess is making a female celebrity with peace of mind, and she is doing every stitch and thread very carefully. When the queen mother looked at her like this, she felt a little relieved, closed the door, and left without disturbing the seventh princess. When the queen closed the door, the seventh princess's needle and thread stopped in the air, and then stabbed it fiercely into her arm.
The harem is actually a small place, and what kind of crazy words can be known to everyone in a short time, and even if the seventh princess just locks herself in the room, she can hear what she should hear.
The place where the needle was pricked was already bleeding, but the seventh princess stubbornly refused to shed a single tear, raised her neck to look at the sky outside, and forced herself to laugh. (To be continued.) )