Chapter 33: Painstaking Calculation
Emperor Hua sighed, quite a bit of hatred for iron not being steel, "Heng'er, you are still not decisive enough!" ”
If Long Yiheng didn't ask Shi Yuqi's opinion and didn't worry so much about asking for marriage directly, even though Shi Yuqi would be annoyed with him, resentful of him, and even hated him, but in order to protect the Shi family and avenge his parents, Shi Yuqi would definitely marry Long Yiheng.
Although the means are despicable, they are useful. But Long Yiheng didn't, he chose to watch.
Shi Yuqi was glad that Long Yiheng respected her at the beginning and did not reduce the relationship between them to a negative number.
"Father, I don't want to force her." Long Yiheng turned his face away, unwilling to think about the possibility that Emperor Vantage said. He admitted that he also wanted to force her to comply, but he couldn't stand Shi Yuqi looking at him with indifference and hatred in his eyes.
"You don't want to push her, but what the result?" Emperor Hua sneered, "As a prince, why can't you even make this decision?" People get it, are they still afraid that they won't get their hearts? "Emperor Vantage can't understand Long Yiheng's thoughts, because Emperor Vantage, in the entire imperial family, is the most ruthless person.
Long Yiheng was noncommittal, because if he really did that, even if Shi Yuqi really endured the humiliation and endured until everything was over, then after the end, she would definitely rather be broken than broken.
She was so arrogant, how could she fall in love with her enemy.
Prime Minister's Mansion......
"Master, that girl refuses to come to the Prime Minister's Mansion, seeing that she is about to get married, what can I do? In case we can't get what she has in hand......" Zhao Hongmei was anxious while studying the ink. I wondered if there was any way to get Shi Yuqi to come to the Prime Minister's Mansion.
Shi Qing put down the brush and blew on the ink that had not dried, "What are you panicking about?" Shi Qing looked at Zhao Hongmei indifferently, as if everything was already in hand.
"If she doesn't come, how are we going to get those things? Yan'er is already in time, and if she can't get Xiang Wanyi's dowry, what should she do with the one hundred and eight dowry when Yan'er gets married! I promised her! and Sakura ......" It's ridiculous to say that the dowry of the prime minister's concubine has to be filled by calculating her cousin's dowry.
What is this called, slapping a swollen face and making a fat man? When encountering this kind of person, the Shi family is also sad enough.
"Ignorant woman!" Shi Qing snorted coldly, "Is what you did glorious?" What nonsense! You have to hold your face and step on it for others to be comfortable, aren't you? Hum! Shi Qing said, snorting coldly angrily, as if he wanted to spill all the anger he received from Shi Yuqi. But it's also difficult for the prime minister to know that these things are disgraceful.
"Sir!" Zhao Hongmei couldn't help but raise her voice and shouted, "You agree to all those things I do!" Zhao Hongmei's eyes widened, she didn't expect Shi Qing to push everything on her head.
"I agree? You never told me what you did, and if I knew, how would I allow you to do it! Shi Qing said it in a high-sounding manner, and Zhao Hongmei's heart was cold when she heard it. Shi Qing has always disliked his original wife, that is, Zhao Hongmei. Because he felt that Zhao Hongmei was hindering his future. If he marries a noble woman, he may be a marquis. Although he is already the prime minister, Shi Qing feels that with his ability, he is enough to take on the title of Hou Ye or even the grandfather of the country.
At the beginning, the Shi family was very prosperous, and Shi Qing thought that the Shi family should temporarily avoid the edge and not be too ostentatious, so he married Zhao Hongmei, who was born in a merchant family. He thought that for the sake of his family's safety, he gave up asking to marry a noble girl, and General Shi would help him in the officialdom no matter what.
It's a pity that General Shi pursued a free-range policy, and he didn't care about Shi Qing for half a minute. Only that money bag, the Zhao family has been paying to help Shi Qing with something. Moreover, Shi Qing didn't know the secret relationship between the Shi family and the royal family at all, and everything he did that he thought was great was actually useless.
Then, there is no then. General Shi Lao died on the battlefield, and all the family property was divided according to the will, and he did not give Shi Qing half a cent.
This is also why Shi Qing has always been resentful and wants to pull Shi Ting's things into his hands.
But in the final analysis, Shi Qing is just the adopted son of the Shi family, and the things of the Shi family have nothing to do with him, let alone half, even if he only gives him a sum of silver, so that he can have no worries about food and clothing for the rest of his life, he is benevolent and righteous. Not to mention that Shi Qing is still the prime minister of a country and has his own financial resources. Compared with Shi Ting, Shi Qing's life is stable. At the same level, Shi Qing only needs to help the emperor in Beijing to give advice, but Shi Ting has to fight on the battlefield. Moreover, in this era of peace, the status of a military general is not as good as that of a minister.
And even if Shi Qing didn't do anything, what the Shi family gave him was enough to ensure their glory for eight lifetimes.
But Shi Qing's mind is that kind of thing, you have given me so much but refuse to give me all of them, that is your fault, you are sorry for me, and I should do everything to you!
In the final analysis, it was years of pampering that magnified Shi Qing's inferiority complex as a street child and the greed in his nature. He desperately thirsted for money and power to proclaim to everyone that he was noble and honorable!
How did a scumbag come about? That's it.
Zhao Hongmei knew that Shi Qing didn't like her, and he was good to her just because he needed money. Now that he is the prime minister, he doesn't need the help of her mother's family, and naturally he doesn't want to be nice to her. Zhao Hongmei felt that if it weren't for Shi Qing's bad reputation for abandoning his bad wife, Shi Qing would definitely marry another!
"The concubine body understands!" Zhao Hongmei gritted her teeth word by word.
Shi Qing hooked the corners of his lips in a chic manner, "It's good that you understand." promised Yan'er and Ying'er's dowry, and there will be no less. But the premise is that Qi Niang has to be willing to do it. ”
Although, her reluctance is of little practical significance.
The conversation in the Prime Minister's Mansion is not known to others. Shi Qing and Zhao Hongmei still maintained their apparent calm life, as if nothing had happened that day.
For some reason, this year's winter came very quickly, only at the end of August, and the temperature plummeted and the leaves fell sluggish.
I don't know if it's a coincidence or an accident, Shi Yuqi went out five times, and he was able to meet Long Yicheng three times.
Although Shi Yuqi can be sure that this is not a coincidence, the superficial work still has to be done. After all, the face of a prince is still very valuable.
"Second Emperor Brother." Shi Yuqi sat by the window of the teahouse, very conspicuous, as if he was waiting for someone.
"Protector? What a coincidence! The protector is waiting for someone! Long Yicheng smiled with a folding fan. Chic is chic, but on this cold day, I am not afraid of freezing to death.
Shi Yuqi made a gesture, "Brother Huang, sit down." With this attitude, Long Yicheng naturally knew that Shi Yuqi was waiting for him.
Long Yicheng never naively thought that Shi Yuqi was just a cruel and pampered little girl, at least not after the autumn hunt. He didn't know what kind of pampering little girl could kill dozens of his secret guards.
"That prince is disrespectful!" Long Yicheng sat down opposite Shi Yuqi, his eyes were full of tenderness, although he did not reach the bottom of his eyes, he was very confused.
However, for Shi Yuqi, who is about to see through the red dust and is used to seeing the looks of various handsome guys such as Gong Chenjiao and Long Yiheng, Long Yicheng's beauty is not tempting. Looking at Shi Yuqi's unmoved appearance, Long Yicheng was a little frustrated.
"The royal brother and this princess have 'met' so many times, can't you say what you are looking for this princess for?" Shi Yuqi poured a cup of tea for Long Yicheng with his own hands, and smiled and smiled.
Long Yicheng didn't sell Guanzi either, so he simply picked out and said: "The suggestion made by this prince before, has you considered it to protect the country?" "Frustration is frustration, and the business still has to be said.
Shi Yuqi knew it, but he still had to pretend not to know, if Long Yicheng knew each other, he should know that she was refusing in disguise.
"Proposal? What proposal? ”
"Protector, does it have to be like this? What is wrong with me, let's pick out and say it's good? Long Yicheng looked at Shi Yuqi with "heartache", and the pain in his eyes seemed to be overflowing. I don't know, I thought Shi Yuqi was what's wrong with him. Shi Yuqi had already seen that the eyes around him were somewhat wrong.
Sighing lightly, Shi Yuqi rubbed his eyebrows in embarrassment, "I didn't want to make it clear, but since the imperial brother insists, I'll talk to you." I wonder what I should say to the royal brother? For example, the attack on the autumn hunt? For example, the matter of Hanmei? Or is it something else? Does the royal brother still insist that I find out everything? Shi Yuqi said two things that seemed to be unrelated to each other in a soft tone, and her attitude of not caring made people confused about her thoughts.
Long Yicheng's face froze, and his face changed almost instantly, gloomy and terrifying. Shi Yuqi knew so much, if she had evidence, he would be in trouble, and he might be kicked out of the battle for the throne. He never doubted Long Yiheng's ability.
"Look, that's your true nature, isn't it?" Shi Yuqi smiled, "Brother Huang, the infatuation with deep love and unrepentance does not match your image. ”
"You know too much!" Long Yicheng squinted, the green tendons on his forehead burst out, and he secretly used his internal strength, as if he wanted to kill Shi Yuqi with one blow.
Shi Yuqi let out a "ha", and his eyes fell on Long Yicheng, as if he was looking at a poor worm, "Second Emperor Brother, do you think there are very few people who know?" ”
"You!" Almost instantly, Long Yicheng let out his strength, knowing that the identity of the person in front of him was different. She can die, but she must not die in her own hands!
"Second Emperor Brother, don't force me, I don't want to make everyone ugly." Shi Yuqi was secretly on guard, and the sweat in her palms told her how nervous she was just now. Long Yi gave up his strength, and Shi Yuqi still had lingering palpitations about the fleeting killing intent. She can only bluff Long Yicheng for the time being, and now Emperor Hua wants to balance the power of the princes, and cannot let one prince dominate.
As the only prince who can compete with Long Yiheng, Long Yicheng naturally can't have anything to do at this juncture. In other words, she has been deceiving Long Yicheng with unwarranted things.