"Yes, my son obeys." Qi Cheng'an nodded in agreement.

After saying this, the emperor lowered his head and continued to be busy with his own affairs, but he didn't hear Qi Cheng'an's footsteps leaving for a long time, he raised his head and saw that Qi Cheng'an was still standing there, and a trace of doubt slipped in his eyes: "Why doesn't the prince leave?" ”

"Enlighten my father, my sons have other things, and I just want to report to my father." Qi Cheng'an pondered for a few seconds, and finally spoke.

Outside the door of the imperial study, General Shangguan, who hurried over, was stopped by the eunuch at the door: "Lord Shangguan, Your Majesty is talking to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince inside." ”

General Shangguan, who was in a bit of a hurry, realized that he was a little out of shape, and quickly restrained his breath and said as smoothly as possible: "Oh, is it? I don't know, but I'm thinking about asking Your Majesty to report on my affairs. ”

"Adults are very important?" The eunuch looked at him anxiously and thought he was in a hurry.

"No, no." General Shangguan Zhengse said, "Since Your Majesty is talking to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince inside, then the old minister will stand outside and wait." ”

The eunuch nodded: "Your Highness has been in for a while, and it should be almost finished, so you can wait." ”

"Okay, okay." General Shangguan nodded in agreement, but under his feet he unconsciously approached the door, pricking up his ears and began to listen to the movement inside.

The eunuch thought that he was confirming that His Majesty and the Crown Prince had finished talking, and he would not have thought that General Shangguan was eavesdropping on His Majesty and the Prince's speech, so he glanced at him, and did not care about his behavior, and stood there quietly, and began to meditate on whether some of his errands were done well today.

If the chief administrator beside the emperor was here at this time, he would definitely be suspicious in his heart when he saw General Shangguan's behavior, and he would also be reminded to stay away from the palace gate and not to stand so close.

But General Shangguan is a military minister after all, and his robe is full of decisive killing aura, but the little eunuch next to him doesn't dare to care, so he can only follow him with one eye closed.

In the hall, the emperor heard that Qi Cheng'an had other things, and he was a little puzzled: "Oh? Let's hear what it is. ”

"The son wants to ask his father for something." Qi Chengan knelt down and said.

The emperor saw that the prince's face was a little serious, and he was also upright, put down the pen in his hand, looked at the prince and said, "You say." ”

"......" After groaning and organizing the language, Qi Chengan said solemnly, "Erchen wants to ask his father to marry Erchen!" ”

Outside the door, General Shangguan, who heard the word "marriage", suddenly stopped walking. He narrowed his eyes, no wonder he was a little uneasy in his heart today, he really let him guess, the prince came to His Majesty to ask for marriage!

In the hall, because of the prince's sudden words, the emperor's brows frowned tightly, his face was a little complicated, and he was even more shocked.

"What do you say? Marriage? ”

The emperor never imagined that his handsome son would one day run to him, his father, and kneel down to ask for marriage.

"Yes." Qi Cheng'an nodded.

The emperor's expression suddenly became curious: "Which one are you?" Which woman do you have a crush on? ”

The woman who can make such a handsome Prince Beiyan fall in love must not be an ordinary person. The emperor has a little gossip and curiosity about his son's peach blossoms.

Qi Cheng'an seemed to be able to guess the emperor's reaction, and nodded expressionlessly: "Yes, father." ”

"Oh?" The emperor raised his eyebrows and asked, "Then who is the other party?" Which girl? ”

"......" Qi Cheng'an glanced at the emperor's face, muttered for a few seconds, and said, "It's the princess that my grandmother just sealed a few days ago, and I cherish it." ”

"......" suddenly fell silent, and the atmosphere became silent for a while.

The Shangguan general outside the hall was shocked when he heard Qi Cheng'an's words, his eyes were about to fall, he knew that the prince was interested in that woman, but he never expected that he would be so infatuated that he would personally enter the palace to ask the emperor for marriage. Not to mention that woman's previous identity was complicated, just to say that now she has a child by her side, the prince actually doesn't dislike such a woman?

Suddenly thinking of the rumors on the streets and alleys before, General Shangguan narrowed his eyes, could it be that the child next to the woman was the illegitimate son of the prince as the rumors said?

Thinking of this layer, General Shangguan's heart suddenly tightened, if this is the case, if the emperor knows that the woman has given birth to a grandson for himself, even if he is unwilling, if the prince insists on marrying, I am afraid he will not be able to stop it.

The voice in the hall was gone, but General Shangguan suddenly became nervous, and he couldn't care about etiquette anymore, so he stood directly at the main door and shouted: "Old minister Shangguan Yun, please see Your Majesty!" ”

In the hall, the emperor's father and son were silent, and the emperor was about to speak, when Shangguan Yun's voice suddenly sounded outside the door.

Qi Cheng'an, who was kneeling, was stunned, frowned and looked in the direction of the door.

The eunuch standing outside the door was startled by General Shangguan's sudden voice, and was even more shocked after seeing that it was Shangguan Yun who shouted, and his legs were weak in fright, so he hurriedly walked over and said: "My lord, my lord, you should be quiet, if there is something that the slave goes to report first, don't shout." ”

Shangguan Yun was anxious, where would he take into account what the little eunuch said, and shouted inside again.

After a while, the emperor's voice came from inside: "Call him in." ”

The little eunuch was half frightened to death, and hurriedly led General Shangguan in.

"What's the matter with Aiqing, so anxious to report outside?" Entering the hall, the emperor looked at Shangguan Yun who was kneeling on the ground and asked coldly.

The request for marriage was suddenly interrupted, and Qi Chengan had to stand up and walk to the side to look coldly at Shangguan Yun who suddenly broke in, but wanted to see what important things he had.

Shangguan Yun knelt on the ground, and he had already thought of an excuse in his heart. All the courtiers have always tacitly acquiesced that the position of the crown princess of the East Palace belongs to his Shangguan's daughter's family, and he has already had a suitable candidate, how can the prince easily marry that nameless and pointless woman.

Naturally, Shangguan Yun raised his head and looked at the emperor and said, "Your Majesty, there was an urgent message from the border just now, saying that there was an abnormal movement around the southern border, and I am afraid that Darong is planning something." ”

This matter is really important, important enough to interrupt the prince's conversation.

Sure enough, as soon as the emperor heard that it was a border matter, he immediately put the prince's matter behind him and took the news seriously.

"What's going on? In detail. ”

So Shangguan Yun told the emperor some of the recent news on the border, and at the same time said: "I, Beiyan and Darong, have always been on their own guards, and now that Darong has moved, the minister wants to ask Your Majesty whether we should prepare for war in time to prevent a sudden attack by them." ”

Speaking of Darong, Qi Cheng'an thought of Feng Chengyi, who had recently come to Kyoto, and glanced at Shangguan Yun, and the expression in his eyes became complicated.

"Now that winter is about to begin, there is not enough food and grass, and it is not a good time to prepare for war." The Emperor pondered for a moment and said, "Inform the border guards and let them continue to observe, and try not to take the initiative to provoke a war." ”