However, due to the reputation of the fifth princess, everyone didn't pay much attention to it, anyway, she had a lot of jokes.

The birthday after that went on was quite smooth, and this time there was no Cheng Shaoshang and Ling Budo, and the fifth princess and Luo Jitong naturally didn't make any moths.

It's just that at the end of her birthday, after the fifth princess returned to her mansion, she ushered in a burst of bad news. It turned out that during the time she entered the palace, Ling Budo was already arranging people to act, and when her birthday had passed, she began to liquidate.

This time, the fields, manors and even money that the five princesses worked hard to plan were all confiscated by His Majesty. After several years of hard work, it was all in vain, and as for the several disciples who had convicted her of committing the crime of greed, they had all been captured and executed.

And with this plan, Ling Budo successfully hid himself in the shadows, anyway, the fifth princess's violation of the law was already dissatisfied with the courtiers, so he simply pushed the boat down the river and secretly notified the matter to Tingwei Ji Zun, Zuo Yushi and others.

They also knew that Emperor Wen would not be able to punish his daughter multiple times, but this matter always had to be explained, so they pointed the finger at the chief staff of the princess.

For this reason, he admonished and gave the heads of the first evil to the five princesses as a small punishment and a big warning. However, Emperor Wen cared about the queen, so he left the whole corpse, so after the fifth princess returned to her mansion, she saw that the corpses of her former favored guests were stacked in a row and placed in the main hall of the house, waiting for her to return home.

This move immediately frightened the fifth princess and collapsed directly to the ground, although she didn't take the lives of ordinary people in her eyes, but she really saw someone close to her die in front of her, and the impact was still too strong.

Especially with the death of these people, the fifth princess also realized that Emperor Wen was no longer willing to indulge her, she was originally a person who was afraid of softness and hardness, and then she began to be honest.

But Ling Budo's plan did not end here, as the group of staff of the five princesses were carried out from the princess's mansion, rumors began to circulate in the capital that the five princesses were raising their heads.

And the royal anecdotes have always been the most interesting to the people, so once they were circulated, they spread extremely quickly, and soon spread throughout the capital.

Naturally, Xiao Yuehou will definitely not hear it, so Xiao Yuehou really almost blew up his lungs.

The family actually wanted to marry such a shameless prodigal girl, but they lost all the face of the Yue family.

happened to be provoked by Tian Shuo again, and Xiao Yuehou's dissatisfaction with the prince deepened, in his mind, as long as the prince could be overthrown, so that the third prince could inherit the throne.

When the Xuan family is lonely and the Yue family rises, maybe this marriage will have a turnaround, and he can really become the uncle of the country.

It's just that before dealing with the crown prince, Xiao Yuehou first came to Li Hao's appointment and visited Yuan's mansion in person.

Originally, Li Hao had some guesses about the reason why he came today, and it was estimated that he wanted to express his position, after all, he was now more and more comfortable in the East Palace, so that the prince was rarely scolded recently.

In addition, he was about to marry Wang Ji again, and half of his feet had already stepped on the Xuan warship, and Xiao Yuehou must have been a little uneasy in his heart.

And then Xiao Yuehou's words also confirmed that what Li Hao thought was right, because the first sentence after this guy came in and sat down was: "Has Ziyang made a choice now, to assist the prince to ascend the throne smoothly, so as to be a hero from the dragon." If that is the case, I will not come here in the future, so as not to make it difficult for you. Li Hao smiled when he heard this: "What does Yue Hou mean by this, how did I get this official position, you should be very clear, I just obeyed His Majesty's arrangement, where is the so-called who stepped on whose ship." As for this marriage, if I say that it was not intentional on my part, I don't know if you believe it. Xiao Yuehou naturally didn't believe it, after all, in his opinion, if it wasn't for Li Hao's intentional planning, who would be willing to let his daughter marry in and be a flat wife.

Although Emperor Wen issued an edict saying that the two wives should stand side by side, in the eyes of the world, those who enter later will be inferior after all.

Especially now that Qu Lengjun is pregnant, once this fetus is born as a baby boy, the name of the eldest son will be decided.

In the future, it will be his business to inherit the family business, which is not good for Wang Ji. Facing Xiao Yuehou's silence, Li Hao explained again: "I'll tell you the truth, this matter was definitely not what I intended, it was just a coincidence. Of course, in all fairness, the Wang family's family background is not weak, and it would be a lie to say how unhappy I am. After explaining, Li Hao also fell silent, anyway, Li Hao and Xiao Yuehou are cooperative relations, and the explanation just now can be regarded as a face for the tacit understanding of cooperation in the past.

After being silent for most of the incense in the field, Xiao Yuehou finally spoke: "What Ziyang said, I naturally believe it absolutely, I knew that it could be like this, and there are a few suitable people among the daughters of my Yue clan." I already knew that when it came to the virtuous and virtuous women in the clan, my Yue clan was much stronger than these Xuan women. Li Hao also agreed, at least in terms of external reputation, although the Yue women are not outstanding, at least they have a good reputation.

However, Li Hao also understood that Xiao Yuehou's words were not just a simple criticism of the Xuan family's daughter, but meant something, and he directly said the fifth princess, so he replied: "Yuehou just talk to me about this, don't say that outside." Now that the marriage between the two families of Xuanyue is a foregone conclusion, she wants to marry into the Yuehou family after coming to the fifth princess. Seeing that Li Hao had made the topic clear, Xiao Yuehou was still quite satisfied, if Li Hao was hesitant to open the topic at this time, then Xiao Yuehou would really doubt Li Hao's position.

Now that it is clear, Xiao Yuehou took the initiative to play the card to further let Li Hao prove his position, as long as Li Hao can deal with the five princesses, then Xiao Yuehou can think that he has not fallen to the prince.

"The matter of the fifth princess raising her face, I think you should also know, how can such a woman who does not abide by women's morals enter the gate of my Yue clan. You don't know how much headache I have for this, but I really can't think of a way for a while, I don't know what Ziyang can teach me. Li Hao shook his head and replied: "The marriage between the two clans of Xuanyue was decided by His Majesty in his early years, and now the third princess has already married into the Xuanhou family for many years, and now the marriage of the fifth princess is only afraid that it is difficult to shirk." Xiao Yuehou was not very satisfied with this, and immediately asked: "Oh, Ziyang has always been resourceful and decisive, is there nothing he can do about this matter." ”

"I'm ashamed to say that I don't really have any particularly good ideas, but it's not like there's no stupid way to do it." Xiao Yuehou still had an idea when he heard Li Hao, and even said: "I said that Ziyang is so smart, he will never be helpless directly." Regarding Xiao Yuehou's compliment, Li Hao didn't take it seriously, and said directly: "Actually, as far as I know, the fifth princess is also extremely reluctant to this marriage, and she even went to the queen to make a big fuss about it." Then why doesn't Yuehou want to think of a way to help strengthen the belief of the five princesses, if he can be firm enough that the five princesses vow not to marry, can His Majesty really watch his children go to a dead end? Sometimes you can't do things by yourself, and a different way of thinking may have a different effect, even if that person is something you don't like, and you still have plenty of time now, isn't it? Hearing this, Xiao Yuehou seemed to grasp a glimmer of inspiration in his heart, and felt that maybe this was really a way to go.

Originally, he was bent on resisting this marriage, only caring about making them obstructive, but he ignored that sometimes as long as he helped the enemy, maybe the result would be different.

After getting the idea, Xiao Yuehou was immediately happy, and he didn't doubt Li Hao's position too much.

After a follow-up greeting, he got up and said goodbye and went back to prepare, just now that the fifth princess is confined in the princess's mansion, she can take advantage of this time to make preparations.

Doesn't the fifth princess like to raise noodles, Xiao Yuehou prepared a perfect noodles for her, and tried to let the five princesses experience a life-and-death relationship.

Anyway, Xiao Yuehou thinks that he understands Emperor Wen's temper, although he gave the five princesses a warning, but the specific confinement will not be too long, and when the fifth princess comes out, he will be able to send people in.

It's just that what Xiao Yuehou didn't expect was that the fifth princess had not yet been released from the princess's mansion, and the palace summoned him to the palace for questioning.

When he arrived, he found that in addition to Emperor Wen's presence, the crown prince and Ling Budo also had to sit in the hall on the left and right, and suddenly had a bad premonition in his heart.

Sure enough, then I heard Emperor Wen say: "I want the fifth princess to marry your young son as soon as possible, are you willing?" Xiao Yuehou's first reaction after hearing this was to look at Ling Budo, and felt that Emperor Wen suddenly had this idea, and it must be inseparable from him.

So when he replied, he didn't answer directly, but asked, "Why did Your Majesty suddenly mention this?" But it was not Emperor Wen who was waiting for the Marquis of Xiao Yue to speak, but the prince answered: "My father made a marriage oath between the two clans of Xuanyue back then, the third sister has been married to the Xuan family for many years, and the fifth sister has also been engaged to the Marquis of Yue for many years, so it is time to fulfill the oath of the father." Hearing the prince say this, Xiao Yuehou was angry, and said directly: "My daughter of the Yue clan was well-behaved before she got married, gentle and virtuous, and you naturally have to fulfill the contract." But if you Xuan's daughter wants to marry into our Yue clan, you have to think clearly. Regarding these words, Ling Budo was worried that there would be a loophole in letting the prince answer, and it would be troublesome for Xiao Yuehou to catch up with him, so he replied first: "Think about what is going on." Seeing that Ling Budo asked knowingly, Xiao Yuehou came directly, "Think about it yourself?" "I want to use my own momentum and the moral high ground I occupy to suppress people, but Ling Bu doubts that this person is so easy to get along with.

doesn't answer the question directly at all, after all, the fifth princess is indeed flawed at the moral level, and if she really justifies this matter, she will fall behind.

Instead, he directly grasped the key point and asked: "Okay, I never thought that Marquis Xiaoyue would divide several princesses so clearly, in the eyes of the ministers, the princesses are all daughters of His Majesty, and dare to ask why Marquis Xiaoyue should be treated differently." Although in the palace, the heirs of Queen Xuan and Concubine Yue, except for the two princes of the crown prince and the third prince, the rest of the princesses are obviously opposed.

But this is obviously not suitable to say in front of Emperor Wen, otherwise a crime of dividing the royal family affection will be enough for Xiao Yuehou to endure.

And looking at Emperor Wen's appearance of smiling now, Xiao Yuehou didn't dare to hit the muzzle, and even changed the topic: "Your Majesty, now that the fifth princess has made a big disaster, it is rumoring in the city, if we marry the Yue family at this time, will it not be conducive to my ...... and the reputation of the fifth princess." As soon as these words came out, he fell into the arms of Emperor Wen, and when he got up and walked in front of Xiao Yuehou, he began the official harvest.

"Yue Qing, don't worry, don't worry, it's just to take care of the five princesses' reputation and reputation, early in the morning, the prince suggested that I want the five princesses to get married as soon as possible, the people don't know the truth, of course the rumors will spread more and more ugly, and now the Yue family has taken the initiative to marry the five princesses, doesn't it just prove that the five princesses have not done those romantic things before, so as to block the mouths of the people, it is very suitable." After finishing speaking, he looked at Xiao Yuehou's tangled appearance, and deliberately leaned forward, forcing his own sense of oppression, and asked, "Yue Qing, you don't want to?" The words have already been said here, where is there still room for Xiao Yuehou to be unwilling, he can only reluctantly say: "The minister doesn't dare, the minister ...... Thanksgiving. But after thanking him, Xiao Yuehou immediately looked at Ling Budo, because he knew that he was being calculated today.

As soon as he came in, all the replies were deliberately guided by them, although Emperor Wen said that this matter was started by the prince, but Xiao Yuehou understood very well that the prince did not have this brain.

So obviously, this matter was secretly manipulated by Ling Budo, but about Ling Budo's purpose for doing this, Xiao Yuehou was still unclear.

This meeting in the palace ended with the defeat of Xiao Yuehou, and at this time he also had doubts about Li Hao.

Because the idea given by Li Hao was completely opposite to Ling Budo's idea, he was caught off guard.

So when Li Hao came here to ask about the guilt, but after facing Xiao Yuehou's words, Li Hao said innocently: "I really don't know about this, I have been in the mansion all these days, taking care of the wedding banquet, and I don't have time to go to the East Palace." If you don't believe me, just ask someone to see if I'm lying. "Li Hao's acting skills are still good, otherwise a good actor may not be a good politician, but a good politician will definitely be a good actor.

In the end, Xiao Yuehou did not find a flaw in Li Hao, so he could only leave helplessly and was forced to accept this fact.

But in fact, Li Hao really knew about this a long time ago, after all, Li Hao has also brought people in the East Palace for so long, if he doesn't even have a confidant to spread the news, then he will inevitably be too bad.

As soon as this matter is over, Li Hao will have more time to prepare for marriage, first of all, to draw up an invitation list.

Because the two families intended to handle it simply this time, they didn't plan to hold a big banquet, but just invited their relatives and friends to participate, of course, the palace naturally did not forget.