The emperor fell silent, and what he had been deliberately forgetting for the past few days was finally turned out of his memory.

Zhongli came to the rescue, but he didn't say a word about it.

One is angry that Zhongli wanted to save Zhao Yiyan before, and the other is because he is anxious now and has not taken this matter to heart.

He lowered his eyes and looked at his little daughter, who had been pampered since childhood, and had indeed grown up a lot more than before.

The child is not by the mother, nor by the father!

Thinking of Concubine Qi who died for herself, the emperor sighed softly and beckoned to Zhao Shan'er to let her pass.

"Father?"

Zhao Shan'er sobbed, but looking at the emperor's gaze was full of curiosity.

"Since you like Zhongli, I gave you to Zhongli, no, is it okay to let Princess Zhongli Shang?"

Zhao Shan'er didn't expect the emperor to say her thoughts so happily, but the joy in her eyes quickly retreated, and she knelt down directly towards the emperor.

"Back to my father's words, Zhongli Zhong Lingyu is beautiful, Shan'er will naturally be attracted, but now that the queen mother has just died, Shan'er doesn't dare to have this idea."

Even if ordinary people have to keep filial piety for three years, not to mention that she is still a princess?

And for the filial piety of the queen mother, she is willing.

The emperor listened to her shouting "Queen Mother", and there was still some melancholy in his heart, the woman died after all, but as the king of a country, he quickly cheered up, smiled at Zhao Shan'er, and asked her to get up.

"I promised you to keep filial piety for your mother, but you can also give marriage first, otherwise wouldn't it be difficult for Zhongli to marry a wife and have children?"

Zhao Shan'er bit her lip, but leaned towards the emperor, reached out to hold his arm, shook her head with red eyes and choked.

"Father, if your daughter doesn't want to get married, she wants to accompany you. The daughter has no mother, and the daughter is reluctant to ......"

How could the emperor be reluctant?

But now the situation is not good, so he naturally has to prepare for his daughter.

And Zhongli, who had been waiting for news from Zhao Shan'er in the mansion, did not wait for what he wanted, but waited for the father-in-law of Xuanzhi who came with the emperor's holy decree.

"Zhongli, take the order."

Everyone in Zhongli's mansion came out and knelt down towards the father-in-law.

Zhongli knelt at the front, his eyes down, his brows furrowed, and he guessed in his heart what was inside the holy decree.

But before she could think too much, the sudden singing of the father-in-law of the proclamation was already echoing in her ears.

"Fengtian carrier, the emperor said, the grass people Zhongli is in the ...... Zhongli is the Marquis of Changle, and the seventh princess of me will get married after the three-year filial piety period, Qin this! ”

Zhongli's face changed greatly, his originally straight back fell in an instant, he looked at the father-in-law of the decree with a smile and a smile and handed the things in his hand to himself, but Zhongli looked at the bright yellow decree like a flood beast, and avoided it.

"Zhong Gongzi? You're not going to be happy, are you? Hurry up and take the order, right? Is this the emperor's special treatment for you? ”

Preferential treatment?

Zhongli's mouth is bitter, this is poison or not, and it is still preferential?

And the many family members behind him looked at Zhongli happily, they can finally become members of the official family one day, Master Hou! This is not something that ordinary people can do.

The "steward" who had been kneeling behind Zhongli and had been lowering his eyes looked at Zhongli in front of him with some anxiety.

Should he ......

Before his thoughts could be formed, he saw Zhongli suddenly raise his head, looking at the man opposite him with blazing eyes, and Chen Sheng spoke.

"I'm sorry, forgive Zhongli for not being able to take the order."

What the?

Everyone looked at Zhongli like a madman, they hadn't had this kind of prince of the opposite sex for a long time, and finally he was rewarded by the emperor with the light of the seventh princess, but he refused to accept it?

The smile on the face of the father-in-law disappeared suddenly at this time, and he frowned, lowered his voice, and spoke coldly to Zhongli.

"Zhong Gongzi, our family heard you right, right? Refuse to accept it? Do you know what this is in our hands? It's a holy decree! Does the Divine Decree know? If you disobey the commandment, you will be beheaded. ”

Zhongli took a deep breath and slowly exhaled it.

He has used Zhao Shan'er so many times, and he is already very guilty in his heart, and now he shouldn't accept this will, otherwise when the seventh princess marries his widow, how can it be good?

It's okay that the seventh princess can endure it, but what if she can't? What to do? After being exposed, does the seventh princess still want to be a person?

Marrying a woman, how will she live in the next life?

What about the happiness of a princess who has been loved by thousands since she was a child?

So, she couldn't accept it.

Concealing her identity and concealing her gender is already a crime of deception, if she makes mistakes again and again, she will delay the happiness of another person's life.

"Forgive me, Zhongli, I don't dare to accept the order. But he didn't dare to embarrass his father-in-law, so Zhongli entered the palace with his father-in-law to explain to the emperor? ”

The father-in-law originally planned to ask for a reward, but who knew that Zhongli was so unbearable, so he shoved the holy decree in his hand into Zhongli's hand.

"Today's holy decree, you have to accept it, and you have to accept it if you don't accept it. Our family will tell you, who is the seventh princess? That is the daughter of the emperor's heart, the pearl of the emperor's palm that he is afraid of melting in his mouth and afraid of falling in his hand! Hmph, you thing that doesn't know how to lift, who gave you the guts? Today's incident is as if it has never happened to our family, Changle Hou should prepare Princess Shang with peace of mind! ”

Zhongli watched the other party leave, grabbed the holy decree in his hand and rushed out with a ruthless heart.

The quick-eyed "steward" behind him quickly stopped him.

"Second son, are you crazy? Is this a holy decree? Think about your family, think about everything you've done over the years, do you want to let it fall short? ”

Zhongli suddenly turned his head to look at the other party, shook his head at the other party with a cold expression, and spoke categorically.

"It's because I don't want these achievements to fall short that I want to enter the palace. I've done so many things over the years, I've done right, I've sat up straight, I'm not sorry for anyone, so I'm still able to do things with my chest straight. But if someone sacrifices for me, I will lose myself. ”

What Changle Hou, can you still be happy then?

What has he done over the years besides deception?

Buying people to buy land, building bridges in every water, and saving in every disaster, he is worthy of heaven and earth, but if he accepts this will, it is different.

So, he had to say no.

"However, resisting the decree is a capital crime, and the father-in-law is not wrong."

Zhongli smiled and shook his head gently at the other party.

"What about capital offenses? People are inherently dead, or lighter than a feather, or heavier than Mount Tai, depending on how you choose. ”

"A good person is inherently dead!"

A clear voice suddenly came from the door, and everyone couldn't help but look over, and saw Zhao Zijian's figure appear here.

Zhongli frowned, his face changed, and he frowned in a cold voice.

"Fourth Prince, you shouldn't be here."

Zhao Zijian couldn't help but smile bitterly and touched his nose, and asked people to take the congratulatory gift he sent, but Zhongli refused.

"Since the fourth prince knows that I want to resist the decree, let's take my things and leave quickly! When it comes to me, the four princes may only be more unlucky. ”

Zhao Zijian was also a little helpless, he originally just got the news that Zhongli was named the Marquis of Changle by the emperor, so he came to congratulate him, but who knew that there was even a seventh sister!

Others don't know, doesn't he know why Zhongli refused?

Thinking of Zhongli's gender, his eyes deepened, but he still shook his head at Zhongli.

"This king is just here to thank Zhong Gongzi for saving his life on the night of the New Year's banquet, where is the time? However, if Zhong Gongzi wants to enter the palace now, this king can make it convenient for you. ”

Zhongli frowned, not understanding why King Qingyang was so kind now.

After all, now the position of the crown prince is tempting them, and one step away from that position may be missed.

"Do you really know what you're talking about?"

King Qingyang laughed, turned sideways towards Zhongli, and spoke loudly.

"Zhong Gongzi, please!"

Zhongli glanced at the other party deeply, didn't have time to think too much, and quickly clenched the holy decree and went out.

He kept this friendship in his heart, and in the future, he will inevitably reciprocate.

With King Qingyang by his side, Zhongli went all the way to the palace unimpeded and met the emperor.

The emperor looked at Zhongli with the holy decree and couldn't help but hook the corners of his lips.

"There's no need to be in such a hurry, thank you for your words tomorrow, didn't I already have someone send your court clothes? I'll be able to see me in the court tomorrow. ”

Zhongli smiled dryly.

In court?

If he sat like this in front of all the princes and ministers, he would not only slap the emperor in the face, but also slapped him in the face a few times, and stomped on the ground fiercely, and he was not allowed to turn over.

Zhongli knelt down towards the Emperor with a thud and raised the Holy Decree in his hand high in front of his forehead.

"Please the emperor, take back your fate."

The imperial study, which was originally relatively quiet, was even quieter at this time.

Everyone looked at Zhongli with different expressions.

Someone actually resisted the decree?

The emperor's face turned red, he had a calm old face, looked at Zhongli coldly, and spoke expressionlessly.

"Zhongli, do you know what you're doing?"

Zhongli closed his eyes, and a heart sank, and sank again.

"Back to Your Majesty, Zhongli knows what he's doing. The ancestors of the Zhong family are not allowed to enter the office. You can't have both fish and bear's paws, and the grass people can't agree. ”

He had no way to explain the reason for his resistance, so he had to take a detour.

didn't say that he couldn't marry the seventh princess, only that he couldn't enter the office.

He really didn't believe that the emperor would let the seventh princess marry a farmer, the emperor's family affairs were state affairs, and if this kind of thing happened, the emperor couldn't afford to lose that person.

But now, the emperor already feels ashamed.

He reached out and slapped the table hard, glaring at Zhongli in annoyance.

"Come on, put him in prison!"