Xiao Ling has been restless these days, and there is no way for the concubine to take her, so it will naturally not be good for Nanwu to send envoys to Jinling at this time.

Although it looked like a happy event, Xiao Ling looked reluctant, and Princess Qi looked at her, her four eyes looked at each other, and no one wanted to speak.

Imperial Concubine Qi didn't think about tea and food because of the eldest prince's affairs, and she hadn't slept well for a long time.

If Master Wu hadn't prescribed her some soothing decoction, she wouldn't even have the strength to sit.

After she finished the battle to choose a concubine and fight the harem, she was finally the only one left in the harem, and the position of the crown prince was naturally her prince Xiao Yu, how could she disappear from the world after the battle of Lingyun.

There were a lot of people sent to Houshu, and none of them brought back any news.

How could a prince of Great Qi suddenly disappear?

It was rumored in the palace that the eldest prince had actually died in Lingyun Mountain a long time ago, but it was the prince of Qin who was afraid that he would lose the battle and kill the eldest prince.

Concubine Qi frowned, holding her head, her green clothes were bright on weekdays, with a light fragrance, but now she looked like a leaf in autumn, and she was lifeless.

"Queen Mother, how can Nan Wu beat the idea of the third brother at this time. It's just shameless, who doesn't know that Li Wenhuo's sister Li Wenshuang is ugly and rude, and her personality is comparable to that of the peach concubine in the palace back then. ”

"Shut up, you dare to mention Concubine Tao, a slut, you think that if your father favors you, I can't beat you, do you?"

"The queen mother is angry, then you also persuade your father, you can't let this Nanwu princess marry the third brother, the third brother is so honest, this Nanwu Duke is mainly bullying the third brother, how many more years can he live, he is already weak and sickly, I am afraid that he will soon be angry with the princess Wenshuang." ”

"What are you anxious about, it's not your own brother, you don't worry about your eldest brother's life and death, that Xiao Jin is just marrying a princess, what's the fuss. Why does the emperor want to have children, partly for the sake of marriage, to avoid fighting each other, this is your duty as a prince and princess, can you afford the glory and wealth on weekdays, and the slightest indifference and rudeness in the boudoir can not be endured? How can there be such a cheap thing in this world?

As far as the situation outside, Lingyun lost 100,000 troops in the first battle of your father, and now if the Southern Wu Xing army attacks our southern cities, what can we do to stop them, even if the soldiers and horses are finished, Hou Shu is afraid that he will ride to Jinling on horseback.

So you usually know how to fool around, and the key time is that girls are careful and don't become a climate.

What's the use?"

"I don't care, the third brother is not in the palace now, and the father and the emperor always have to ask the third brother to make a decision, besides, the third brother will be the prince soon, I heard that several ministers in the court have asked the emperor to consider the selection of the prince. ”

"Nonsense, the emperor is still young, there is no need to rush the matter of establishing a prince, and it is not too late to establish it in a few years. However, I think the marriage between the third prince and the princess of Nanwu is as soon as possible. It's best to send Xiao Jin directly to Southern Wu. ”

The more Concubine Qi couldn't get used to Xiao Jin, the more Xiao Ling felt that her third brother was wronged, and the more she felt that she should take care of him.

"What do you know, don't think about big things, worry about that kid's business, I'm really full, I'll let your father marry you to Houshu another day, and you will be careful to be taken to sacrifice."

More than half a year ago, Li Wenhuo, the prince of Southern Wu, married the princess Fanli of Yanguo, and after the princess Fanli married the prince, the two had a harmonious relationship, and the contacts between Nanwu and Dayan became more and more frequent.

In the case of heavy rains, the epidemic situation in Qi country continues. The red rain in Suishan is not stopped, and the Dongting area is flooded with flukes. The people complained of hardship, and many families who had lived in Daqi for two generations also fled to Nanwu with their families, and the people of Nanwu treated them as if they were their own, and more and more people ran away from Dongting Lake to the south.

The Southern Wu court had coveted several cities in the south, but now the people are aspiring, and the officials are trying their best to encourage the prince to persuade the emperor to take the opportunity to raise troops.

Nanwu had this plan, and the princess Fanli naturally tried her best to help her husband, so she wrote a letter to inform the Empress of Yan about raising troops, and the Emperor of Yan listened to Empress Lin in everything, and Empress Lin favored this princess, and agreed to join forces to send troops the next morning.

That's the way it is. Although the harem should not be in charge of the affairs of the court, after all, these things are all family affairs of the Xiao family in the final analysis, and the Xiao family must stand up and take care of them. Your father is not confused, he has been very sober, he has been too lazy to take care of a lot of things over the years, the Xiao family's country is not difficult, but the people have not suffered less, now, what your father and emperor can't see the most is that the people suffer and suffer, you don't want to get involved in the affairs of your third brother, don't say that you can't manage it, it's useless for me to say it.

You persuaded me today, and I can't persuade your father tomorrow. That's the thing, as a member of the Xiao family, even if he is not favored on weekdays, he must do his part.

Those who should marry must marry happily, and those who should endure must endure with peace of mind. When it's your turn, you can't hide from it, and your father will send you out. ”

Xiao Ling was unconvinced and said: "No, my father loves me the most, so he won't marry me to a wild place like Houshu." How much more about me, I ......"

"What are you?" Concubine Qi noticed Xiao Ling's strangeness, there has been intrigue in the palace for many years, and no matter how much a woman thinks, she can't escape her eyes at all.

"Nothing. ”

"You have a secret promise, there are no outsiders in this palace except for the palace people and guards, could it be the old monster of the Heavenless Master?"

"What, the concubine is talking nonsense about me again, there is nothing to do. ”

Xiao Ling had peach blossoms on her face, and her eyes were shy.

"Don't hide it from me, your marriage is not for you. ”

"Why can't I be helped? If I don't want to get married, my father can't do anything to me? Can my father still force me to marry?"

Concubine Qi took a sip of tea and said calmly: "Your life is not up to you, Xiao Jin's life is not up to him, even my life and your father's life are not up to us, you had better figure it out as soon as possible, if you like whoever you like, I don't care about you, but if you go against our will, no one can help you, you can die, but you can't do anything against the Xiao family." You have to be worthy of your people, and for the sake of the people, you have to do things you don't like, including marrying people you don't want to marry. ”

Xiao Ling shook her head, unwilling to believe that this was the words of her mother, who loved her, "No, I won't marry to Houshu, no, the third brother can't just marry a woman he doesn't love as a princess." ”