296, and I want to be a concubine
This made Emperor Qi Wen so angry that he immediately brushed his sleeves and said to retreat from the dynasty.
Since Emperor Qi Wen was reinstatedβ‘ his feelings have become a little irritable and suspicious, and Huo Chen is also self-respecting, and sometimes he will openly contradict Emperor Qi Wen above the court, although it is reasonable, but the king is always the king, how can Huo Chen be so presumptuous.
After Mu Qizhi retired from the position of prime minister, Emperor Qi Wen divided the power of the prime minister into two and sealed the left and right prime ministers respectively.
The three of them gathered together in the imperial study, and the atmosphere was very tense.
"Your Majesty, it seems that King Zhuang's military power must be weakened, otherwise it will be even more difficult to control in the future." Prime Minister Zuo spoke first, "If there is another forced abdication of the palace, it will be unimaginable." β
Emperor Qi Wen glanced at Prime Minister Zuo and said lightly: "If the emperor wanted this throne, he would not have supported me to re-ascend the throne, he would not have done such a thing, and the reason why he didn't want to marry was because someone was controlling him." β
Speaking of this, Emperor Qi Wen's eyes have shown a fierce light, and the right prime minister also quite agrees with Emperor Qi Wendi's opinion, he is an old man in the court, and naturally understands the cause of this matter, he said in a deep voice: "In this case, the emperor might as well give way and let the woman be the side concubine, so that she will have a name, so that King Zhuang will definitely understand the emperor." β
Emperor Qi Wen frowned deeply, he didn't want Mu Wanqing to be entangled by Huo Chen's side anymore. Although Yin Yue committed suicide, Huo Chen didn't break the words, but sometimes when Huo Chen said something, Emperor Qi Wen also heard the extraneous voice, but he didn't want him to interfere. Emperor Qi Wen felt more and more that Mu Wanqing's methods were really clever.
After a long time, Emperor Qi Wen bowed his head: "Okay, I can take a step, but Mu Wanqing's name can't be recorded in the royal family roster, and she can only be a concubine at most." β
Seeing that Emperor Qi Wen's mind had been decided, the two prime ministers didn't dare to say anything more.
The New Year is about to pass, but the marriage with the wolf country has been delayed, but this matter has spread all over the capital, and everyone knows that Huo Chen, the king of Zhuang, is about to marry a foreign woman as a princess.
But this is just a rumor, I heard that Huo Chen did not agree for a long time, and it is rumored that King Zhuang refused this family business because of a beautiful woman.
When the news reached the Hibiscus Garden, Mu Wanqing was doing some needlework.
She sat in the thin shadows, her eyelashes like butterfly wings covering most of her eyes, and she couldn't see the emotions inside. But her hand was stunned, and a small silver needle was inserted into her finger, overflowing a bead of blood the size of a bean, stained on the pale yellow cloth, like a bewitching plum blossom, dazzling.
"Miss, this seems to be true, so how can it be?" Zhi Ning was a little worried, in this way, didn't Mu Wanqing have no status?
Mu Wanqing's expression was faint, she sucked her fingers, and looked at the embroidery that could no longer be embroidered.
"What's this, it's normal for him to set up a concubine." Mu Wanqing didn't have any more thoughts, so she threw the embroidery in a corner.
"In this case, won't the young lady be wronged?" Zhi Ning's eyes were a little red, thinking of the hardships that Mu Wanqing had suffered before, that is, it was not sour, if the foreign princess was really like Mu Yirou, how would Mu Wanqing live in the future?
But Mu Wanqing doesn't seem to care about these things, she has already decided to distance herself from Huo Chen, and now this is even more in line with her heart, but does she really care? She didn't know it herself, but she was even more afraid that Huo Chen would be persistent, which would anger Emperor Qi Wen.
"What's there to be wronged about." Mu Wanqing's heart was empty, and after a while, she asked casually, "By the way, do you know which country the princess is?" β
She thought to herself that this might be the imminent war with the Wolf Country, so Emperor Qi Wen would try his best to win over other small countries, which was a common thing in the emperor's family.
Zhi Ning frowned, thought for a while, and then said: "Zhi Ning is not very clear, I heard that it seems to be ...... It seems to be a ...... called the Wolf Country."
Mu Wanqing raised her head in shock, her face was originally pale, but now her blood was gone. Her hands were trembling, and she felt as if her body had fallen into an ice cellar, and she asked in a trembling voice, "Wolf Country, are you sure you heard me right?" β
Zhi Ning shook her head: "No, Aunt Gui Xin said that day, I saw the envoys from the wolf country entering the palace on the street, and they were all so tall, as if they were not afraid of the cold, and they showed half of their arms." β
Mu Wanqing bit her lower lip and couldn't help but clench the corner of the table, since this is the case, I'm afraid this is really a wolf country!
It's clear that the war is about to start, why did you suddenly get married? Could it be that Huo Chen wanted to use such a method to try not to fight?
This is obviously a good thing, but Mu Wanqing's heart only feels empty, she smiled bitterly, born in the emperor's family, there is the helplessness of the emperor's family. But Tong Sudong is instigating the wolf country, and Wolf Ke seems to be determined to win the Great Qi, how can he say that he wants to marry? Is it just to stall for time?
The more she thought about it, the more frightened she felt, and she didn't know if Huo Chen was aware of this.
Mu Wanqing immediately stood up and walked outside, even if she and Huo Chen were angry and didn't see each other, but at this moment, she couldn't care about this little thing.
"Miss, where are you going?" Zhi Ning hurriedly followed, only to find that Mu Wanqing actually walked outside the Hibiscus Garden, Mu Wanqing had not stepped out of the Hibiscus Garden for a long time, and Zhi Ning was even more puzzled at this time, "Miss, do you want to leave the house?" β
Mu Wanqing couldn't answer anymore, because she was in a hurry to come out, and she didn't put on a cloak to block the wind, the cold wind blew on her face, and she only felt that it was difficult for her to make an expression Seeing that Tonghuaju was getting closer and closer, she was so anxious that she rushed straight in, and it was too late for the guard guarding the door to stop it.
A maidservant girl was also quite surprised when she saw Mu Wanqing: "Madam, are you looking for the prince?" β
Mu Wanqing nodded and asked urgently, "Is he here?" I have something I want to talk to him. β
The maid was a little embarrassed, Huo Chen's temper was not very good recently, and he ordered it just now not to let anyone in and disturb him.
"Madam, the prince seems to have something to worry about, and the slave and maid dare not rush in." The maid thought that Huo Chen's marriage to a foreign princess was inseparable, and her attitude towards Mu Wanqing became arrogant.
Mu Wanqing pursed her lips, and said after a while, "Since that's the case, I'll just wait." β
"Miss, this icy ......" Zhi Ning was a little, "or I'll come back later." β
"It's out of the way, I'll just wait." Mu Wanqing said lightly.