Chapter 398: His Royal Highness Questioned
Danqing just shook his head, and a soft voice came from outside the hall: "Auntie." β
Danqing went out immediately, Concubine Yuan Defei stood at the window and looked out, and after a while, Danqing came back with a small purse in his hand.
"Niangniang, this was sent by Zhao Gong, and he didn't say anything."
Concubine Yuan Defei reached out and grabbed the purse, looked at its appearance and saw that it was not unusual, before opening it, and it turned out that the purse contained an old silver lock.
Concubine Yuan Defei stared at the silver lock in a daze, but in a few breaths, her eyes were red, and a teardrop came out of her eyes.
"Mother?" Danqing was frightened by this scene, she stared at the silver lock in Concubine Yuan Defei's hand, guessing why this thing made Concubine Yuan Defei so out of shape.
Concubine Yuan De's face was painful, she clenched the silver lock tightly in her palm, gritted her teeth and whispered: "Bastard! β
"...... It's ......"
Concubine Yuan looked at Danqing with tears in her eyes, and her tone was sad and helpless: "This is my ...... Seven inches. β
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"King, there have been frequent wars in the north recently, and many displaced people have gathered around our borders, I wonder if the king will allow displaced people to enter the country and set up a household?"
Although it was surprising with the previous one, the affairs of the court meeting could not be delayed.
"What do you think?" Ma Xisheng threw the question to the ministers, and the courtiers immediately discussed it one after another.
The four clan relatives looked ugly at this time because of what happened before, and they took the opportunity to get together, guessing how the conversation was about why the daughter of the Liu Mansion suddenly occupied the position of the concubine.
"Didn't you hear? People accompany the king to fight crickets! β
"Hmph, it's really well-intentioned, and I don't spare myself to fall off!"
"Fall? If people want face, they won't snatch a concubine, it's still a concubine! I'm afraid that last night was more than just fighting crickets! β
"Tsk, regardless of etiquette, righteousness and shame, she is also a daughter of a general, how can she be like a flower sister in the teaching workshop!"
"Hey, there's nothing to say about this, you think about it carefully, this foreign army has won His Majesty's favor, is it going to move us!"
"No, we are clan relatives, we are his backing, he moves us, is it stupid? If you want me to say that the prodigal woman hooked her soul, now one of the four of us is also out, who will come out? β
The four of them talked softly, glancing at Liu Yanyan from time to time, some glaring angrily, and some with gloomy expressions.
And Liu Yanyu stood alone among the ministers, not talking to anyone, just clasping his hands and turning his two thumbs in turn, as if thinking about something.
Xu Dexun, the right minister, saw those clan relatives gathered together, thought about the headache he had to deal with, and hurriedly moved over and lowered his voice: "The king said that there are only three concubines, and you still have to make a decision, which three are the specifics." β
"A foreign minister still wants to overpower his clansmen?"
"The daughter of a foreign minister is actually a concubine? Ridiculous. β
The two clan relatives couldn't suppress the anger of the fire, Xu Dexun reminded with a sad face: "Hey, now is not the time to say this, the king has already made up his mind, and it is irretrievable!" β
"Not necessarily!" Qian Du pouted at this time, causing the other clan relatives and Xu Dexun to look at him expectantly.
At this time, Ma Xi cleared his throat, Zhao Jichang hurriedly high-fived, and the courtiers hurriedly stopped talking and returned to their respective positions.
"You should have discussed about it, so let's talk about it!" As Ma Xisheng was talking, a eunuch ran in from the side corridor and ran to Zhao Jichang's side, muttering a few words in a low voice.
Zhao Jichang looked at Ma Xisheng with an embarrassed face.
Seeing this, Ma Xisheng asked with concern: "What's wrong?" β
Zhao Jichang was busy whispering beside Ma Xisheng, and immediately Ma Xisheng's face was pulled down, and he said unhappily: "Tell her to wait!" β
Zhao Jichang waved his hand at the little eunuch, and the little eunuch bowed his head and retreated.
Ma Xisheng leaned back with a posture of listening to the government, and Zhao Jichang said loudly: "My lords, please express your position!" β
Immediately, a minister stepped forward, and after saluting, he was about to speak, but ......
"The king should listen to the opinion of this palace first!"
An angry shout from Concubine Yuan De made Ma Xisheng and the ministers stunned, and in a shock, Concubine Yuan Defei walked in with an angry face and a high spirit.
"Mother...... Mother ...... You ......" Ma Xisheng stood up in astonishment, dazedβhe really didn't expect her to dare to break into the palace!
Concubine Yuan De walked directly to the front of the ministers, stood under the throne, looked at Ma Xi with fierce eyes, and said, "Isn't the king going to appoint the daughters of the four clansmen as concubines?" Why did you suddenly change the position of this concubine? β
The hundred officials looked at each other, no one dared to speak, and Liu Yanyan frowned slightly when she heard this, and her heart was full of doubts.
Ma Xisheng is a king!
It was really embarrassing to be questioned by Concubine Yuan De like this in the palace, but he didn't dare to be disrespectful to her, so he could only suppress the fire and clear his throat unhappily: "Lonely...... There was a new decision this morning. β
Unexpectedly, Concubine Yuan Defei took a step forward: "Your lord, since you have made the edict of the right minister, you can't change it anymore." β
"The mother's words are wrong!" Ma Xisheng glared at Concubine Yuan Defei with displeasure: "The edict is just drafted, and it has not yet been read, of course it can be changed ......"
"King!" Concubine Yuan Defei interrupted loudly: "You have no jokes!" β
It's just six words, but Concubine Yuan De is very powerful, her eyes are sharp and aggressive, and this attitude can be said to not give Ma Xisheng a little royal face.
And Ma Xisheng was stunned by this shout and seemed to be so stunned that he didn't speak for a long time, which immediately provoked different reactions from his courtiers - some looked at Ma Xisheng in disdain, some showed disdain, and some looked like Li Duo and his ilk thoughtfully, as for Liu Yanyan, his eyes were staring at the ground angrily, his hands clenched and he couldn't bear it.
Seeing that Ma Xisheng didn't speak, Concubine Yuan De took another step forward: "For the promise of the king, how can you change the order every day!" β
Embarrass!
Extremely embarrassing!
Ma Xisheng was angry in his heart, he stared at Concubine Yuan De, clenched his fists with both hands and gritted his teeth: "Now that Gu has rewarded the position of concubine, he has promised her, and he can't change it!" Please also ask the mother to step back quickly, don't talk about political affairs! β
It is an absolute crime to talk about political affairs in vain, and ordinary people are so frightened when they hear these four words that they immediately retreat.
Unexpectedly, Concubine Yuan Defei not only did not retreat, but the anger on her face suddenly rose a lot, she rushed to the high platform with the hem of her skirt menacingly, Zhao Jichang saw this and hurriedly stepped forward to stop it, but was also pushed away by Concubine Yuan De!
What Zhao Jichang asked for was this trouble, and he deliberately took two steps backwards and fell to the ground by standing unsteadily with this push.
At this time, Concubine Yuan De also stood in front of Ma Xisheng, staring at Ma Xisheng with fire in her eyes, Ma Xisheng was nervous, her face trembled, embarrassed and angry, and frightened and helpless: "You...... You ......"
"Talking about political affairs? Since ancient times, the marriage of children has been decided by parents! If the king thinks that my mother is interfering in politics, please immediately issue an edict to give me death!" β
Death?
How dare he?
If he had given his mother to death, would he not have been spurned by the people unto death?
Ma Xisheng was immediately stunned, and hurriedly said: "Lonely has no such intention!" β
"It's good if you don't have it!" The angry Concubine Yuan De stared at Ma Xisheng's eyes: "Please also ask the king to immediately read out the edict that has been prepared." β
"You...... What are you...... Force...... Forcing Orphans ......"
Concubine Yuan suddenly smiled, stretched out her hands to tidy up Ma Xisheng's clothes, and said in a low voice: "King! This palace is your mother, and every wrong step you take forces this palace to pull you back to the right path! Otherwise...... How can you be worthy of your father's trust? β