Chapter 56: Emperor Xuan's suspicions
As soon as King Cheyue said this, even if it was as smooth as the wind, he was choked for a while, and he laughed twice and glanced at Feng Huanling.
Do you think of her at this time? Are you counting on her to help persuade the prince to take a concubine?
"It seems that Uncle Huang is still the most concerned about me, but I naturally understand the meaning of the wind, just because I know that Aiqing is on good terms with Nangong Aiqing in addition to the Mo and Su families, so I am especially optimistic about Miss Nangong, and she can get along well with Princess Feng after marrying into the palace."
But it was Long Jingming who opened his mouth first with a smile, and the deep meaning in his words was so good that his back chilled when he heard it.
In addition to the ironclad evidence that the Yan clan was destroyed, Feng Wanquan knew the most important of them best, and Emperor Xuan had the intention to destroy the head of the five major families who had a high merit.
Because his wife Mo Yaqin and the side room Su Molan are from the Mo and Su families respectively, even if Su Fengchang has become increasingly estranged from him after Su Molan's death, and even tore his face in the court, but in the eyes of Emperor Xuan and the world, the two families have an in-law relationship after all, if he has a good reputation with the Nangong family, now that his Feng clan has just stood at the top of the major families, if Emperor Xuan thinks that he has the heart to unite the three major families of Mo, Su and Nangong, I am afraid that he will feel that he is ambitious and suspected of intentional rebellion, wouldn't he be going to follow in the footsteps of the Yan family?
Wrong!
His performance should not make the saint suspect that the Feng clan has a disobedient heart, but now he has married his fourth daughter to King Cheyue, and now he is "showing goodwill" to the Nangong clan, it is difficult to guarantee that Emperor Xuan will not suspect that he has the heart to support his master!
Thinking of this, Feng Wanquan was already shocked by the sweat and coldness on his back, and hurriedly planned how to resolve it, but the fourth daughter, who didn't want to turn a blind eye to him, spoke out at this time.
"As my father said, the courtiers also feel that what the saint said is very true, if Miss Nangong is really willing to marry into the Cheyue Palace, she will undoubtedly let us kiss and kiss."
Feng Huanling's understanding of Emperor Xuan is not to mention that she is the first in the world, and she boasts that she can at least rank second, so she has thought of everything that Feng Wanquan thought of in an instant, and immediately suppressed the little sourness in her heart and focused on the overall situation.
However, her overall situation is not to fulfill others, and at the moment it is definitely to divide the Feng and Mo families, so that Long Jingming's suspicion against Feng Wanquan's heart that has just sprouted a trace of suspicion will be planted in his heart and lay the foundation for his strong growth in the future!
Seeing that Long Yucang's face changed slightly, Feng Huanling suppressed a smile and spoke again: "However, I'm just afraid that the position of the side concubine will wronged Miss Nangong." I also forgive the courtiers for daring to say that according to the identity and qualifications of Miss Nangong, if she enters the palace to serve the saint, it is not impossible to take charge of the phoenix seal in the future. ”
The Nangong clan has already produced a queen in modern times, and now it is not as lonely as the Yan clan, so it is naturally possible to produce another one.
However, Feng Huanling deliberately mentioned such a sentence, in addition to reminding Lord Nangong that instead of wasting Nangong Ying's marriage with Long Yucang, who was already related by blood, it was better to send her to the palace to fight for a place, and it also implied that Feng Wanquan so strongly agreed with this matter, that is, after holding the only Miss Nangong family to become the side concubine of King Cheyue, the Nangong family had no chance to fight for the throne for at least ten years.
Sure enough, as soon as these words came out, Nangong Jingtai immediately glanced at Feng Wanquan, although he had been trained in officialdom for a long time and did not reveal too many emotions, his eyes still showed a trace of fierceness.
"Well, it seems that not only the imperial uncle cares about me, but even the princess is planning for me."
The smile on Long Jingming's handsome face was as warm as the warm sun, and even the eyes that looked at Feng Huanling were slightly bent, but the gaze became more and more dark and deep, as if he wanted to see through the soul of a person.
If someone dares to look at him, he will definitely feel cold in his heart, and Feng Huanling, who met Long Jingming's gaze, is like this. Even though she had already cultivated to the point where her heart was as solid as a rock, she was still a little uncomfortable at his gaze full of inquiry and deterrence.
"The saint is always thinking about the prince and the courtiers, and we naturally can't live up to the love of the saint, so we should care more about the saint."
Feng Huanling's words were double-minded, the gambling contract that no one knew about in Long'an Palace had made her relationship with Long Jingming have undergone extremely subtle changes, so many things that she didn't dare to say in the past now dare to say them.
Especially for a proud and suspicious person like Emperor Xuan, the more he can't see clearly and can't get him, the more interested he feels, and the more he doesn't dare to act rashly.
And in her previous life, she was too stupid, too deep and too devoted, and she hated to let him see everything she had clearly, and as a result, "Since Fengxiang and the princess have said so, what is Nangong Aiqing's opinion?" Do you think that Miss Nangong will be too aggrieved if she marries a side concubine? ”
Once again, he glanced at Feng Huanling as if he wanted to see through his soul, and Long Jingming turned to look at the seat of the Nangong family.
Although Nangong Ying's father, Nangong Anye, was also present, but since his father was here, it was naturally not his turn to respond to the saint. It's just that Nangong Jingtai didn't hesitate to speak, and someone took over the conversation.
"Thank you for the good intentions of the saints, but the minister had already made an oath when he proposed to marry Miss Fengsi, and he would only marry one wife in this life and never take concubines. Ruochen is not mistaken, the saint was also present at the time, thinking that the saint was busy with his business, and he forgot it for a while, right? ”
Speaking to Emperor Xuan, who was on the throne of the high seat, Long Yucang still maintained his due courtesy, but his voice sounded too cold.
Different from Feng Wanquan's strong approval, Feng Qingyuan initially felt very envious, jealous, and hated Emperor Xuan's proposal to let Nangong Ying marry into the Cheyue Palace's side concubine.
Obviously, it was she who performed best to win the full house, but it was Nangong Ying, who played a few wrong notes with fast and slow accompaniment, who was favored by Emperor Xuan, in addition to getting some rewards that were not too heavy, but in the end it was only for the foil of the spectators, who was as arrogant as her third Miss Fengsan, how could she not be angry?
Now seeing that Long Yucang dared to refuse bluntly, she was immediately overjoyed, and even her beautiful eyes were a little brighter, just waiting to see Nangong Ying embarrassed.
But Feng Huanling was shocked, she had thought that Long Yucang would not agree easily, but she didn't expect him to refuse bluntly!
Long Jingming's city mansion is extremely deep, everything he does and even every sentence he says is not simple, like Shicai seems to casually propose to let Nangong Ying marry into the Cheyue Palace's mansion as a side concubine, but in fact, he has calculated all the people who can get involved, and he basically wants to use this matter to test the most powerful families at the moment.
After hundreds of years of deep operation, the four major families seem to contain each other and form their own factions, but in fact, they are already intertwined and connected, and this must be the last thing that the emperor wants to see. But he can't find an excuse to destroy the family like he did with the Yan family, after all, he still needs the assistance of these forces, so it is the best policy to disrupt the relationship between the families.
Of course, King Cheyue, as the "master", is his main target of temptation, and Yi Long Jingming's insidious temperament is just expecting Long Yucang to refuse in public, right? In this way, it will be easier for him to find an opportunity to punish the crime and completely eradicate the thorn in his side.
It seems that it is just a palace banquet intended to reward, but in fact it is clearly a war without gunpowder, and the slightest mistake may be lost.
"Everyone in the world is Dao Cheyue King is dedicated to the Tao and even to the thin affection, today the mourning family looks, the prince is clearly the most affectionate and sexual person, and what he asks is single-minded."
When Empress Dowager Mo's voice sounded, even Emperor Xuan was slightly stunned, as if he didn't expect her to wade into this troubled water.
"But after all, you are the blood of the royal family, and although the love is precious, you can't forget the destined responsibility after all. It is also common for ordinary people to have three wives and four concubines, so why not marry more side concubines with rich incense? The mourning family thought that the princess had lost her temperament, but even the princess of the wind was willing to accept it, why did the prince refuse? ”
Mo Yuhuan, who is in her fifties, is no longer young but her bearing is more graceful and noble, and the grandeur of the world of motherhood has to be impressed, coupled with a sonorous and powerful speech, which immediately made the Taihe Hall solemn and silent.
Empress Dowager Mo is not Emperor Xuan's biological mother, so she must always stand in the emperor's camp, since Long Jingming intends to let Nangong Ying be the concubine of King Cheyue, she naturally has to make a statement.
For Feng Huanling, Empress Dowager Mo originally didn't take this girl in her eyes, and the last time she was announced to enter the palace for the snow disaster to discuss countermeasures, she didn't feel anything special.
But today's look at it made her quite surprised, and secretly said that her sister Yaqin said that this girl pretending to be a pig and eating a tiger is not an exaggeration, at least it is not as easy to deal with as it seems on the surface.
For Empress Dowager Mo's teachings, Feng Huanling naturally has to be humble and acceptable, in fact, when she was the queen in her previous life, she didn't get along badly with this mother-in-law, but she was not close. However, in this life, because Mo Yaqin and Empress Dowager Mo are sisters, she has to take more precautions.
"Holy Lord, Queen Mother."
Nangong Ying, who stood helplessly in the hall for a long time, broke the silence at this time and attracted all attention.
Long Jingming's gaze also fell to the hall, and his eyes were heavy for a moment before he spit out the word "speak".
"Not to mention that His Royal Highness King Cheyue is the elder of the courtiers, even if the difference in generations is not counted, the courtiers ...... The courtiers are also unwilling to marry the prince's side concubines. ”
Saying such words that violated her sincerity, Nangong Ying's eyes were already full of tears, but she knelt down to hide the strangeness.
I thought that Long Yucang might refuse, but Long Jingming never thought that Nangong Ying would refuse, could it be that he would also look away, this little girl is not in love with the immortal-like King Cheyue, but just a simple worship?
"The courtiers don't dare to deceive the saint and the queen mother, although the prince is a lover that all women in the world want to marry, but the courtiers already have another sweetheart, so ...... I also hope that the Holy Lord and the Queen Mother will be fulfilled. ”
The tears full of grievances finally burst out of her eyes in big drops, and they broke one by one on the shiny bluestone bricks that her forehead was but, but Nangong Ying didn't dare to choke out at all, and gritted her teeth and endured it.
If it hadn't been for the fact that her uncle's personal guard had secretly found her and told her to do so, she would have fainted with joy at the sudden marriage of the Holy One!
It's a pity that she cares about the person she is obsessed with day and night, but she doesn't want to marry her, not to mention the unexpected Long Jingming was a little dumbfounded, even Nangong Jingtai and Nangong Anye's father and son couldn't react for a while, their baby granddaughter, baby daughter, when did they have another sweetheart?
Hasn't she always secretly promised King Cheyue Fang? Could it be that they are all wrong?
Even if it was just a blink of an eye, Feng Huanling still noticed that Long Jingming's face changed a few times in an instant, and he was obviously very angry and depressed about Nangong Ying's unexpected performance.
But he naturally couldn't blame her for this, after all, the target of his calculation was not her, a little Nangong Ying, who was not even a chess piece.