Chapter 136: King Bei Ming is not good enough
"Mother concubine."
Xiao Yetang turned around and was about to go to the imperial study.
Although her mother had no children, she was always favored by her father because she was her daughter.
As far as they could remember, they had never had a quarrel before. Now that my mother had been imprisoned, you could imagine how serious the matter was.
Her subconscious thought was that she should go to her father to plead for mercy.
Song Shiwei grabbed her and said, "Leyang, calm down first."
"How do you expect me to stay calm? That's my mother."
Xiao Yetang had never experienced such a thing before. After all, she was a pampered princess who grew up in heaven, so she would inevitably panic when something happened.
Song Shiwei held her hand and said, "If you think about it carefully, don't you think it's strange?
There was no news about the marriage beforehand. Who on earth passed the news to your mother?
Whether this matter is true or false, it is a matter of state, but someone told your mother about it.
Your mother went to ask His Majesty in desperation, and this fell right into the other party's trap.
As the saying goes, the harem is not allowed to interfere in government affairs, but such a secret matter was still leaked out. How can Your Majesty not be angry?
If you go to plead for your mother at this time, it will only add fuel to the fire, understand?"
Xiao Yetang gradually calmed down after listening to her analysis. She asked, "You mean, someone is using the marriage to plot against my mother?"
Song Shiwei said: "It's just a guess, but maybe the banquet today can't be held."
Sure enough, not long after, a palace servant came to say that the Queen was not feeling well, and today's Qushui Liushang Banquet was cancelled.
Xiao Yetang's face became paler and paler. She asked anxiously, "What should we do now?"
Song Shiwei thought for a moment and said, "You go back first. Remember not to go to His Majesty to plead for the Imperial Concubine. If His Majesty comes to see you, you will..."
She leaned over to whisper in Xiao Yetang's ear and taught her how to deal with His Majesty.
Xiao Yetang nodded. The only person she could trust now was Song Shiwei.
Regardless of whether the marriage was true or false, her mother had already angered her father, and she could no longer let her father dislike her.
Watching Xiao Yetang go away, Song Shiwei frowned and asked Qin Yueyao, "Sister Qin, who do you think did this?"
She initially suspected it was the queen, but after thinking about it, she felt that it was unlikely.
If the crown prince has the support of the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion, then the queen will not target Concubine Wen. After all, her son is going to marry a lady from the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion.
Qin Yueyao thought of something and said, "Do you know that today's banquet is not as simple as choosing a consort for the princess?"
Song Shiwei was stunned for a moment, she blinked and said: "Is there any other purpose for this banquet?"
Qin Yueyao replied: "I heard from several noble ladies that this banquet is also to select a concubine for His Royal Highness Prince Ling.
Wen Ruqing happened to be passing by and she heard it, and she got angry and reprimanded those noble ladies. "
She lowered her voice and said, "You guessed correctly before. Wen Ruqing doesn't want to marry the prince. The man she has in mind is your man."
"is her?"
Song Shiwei narrowed her eyes and said in disbelief: "Noble Concubine Wen is her aunt. In order to ruin this banquet, she even schemed against her own aunt?"
Qin Yueyao shrugged and said, "Just look at Princess Leyang's attitude towards Wen Ruqing.
The relationship between the Duke of Zhenguo and Concubine Wen is not very good, so how much affection can Wen Ruqing have for this aunt?"
Song Shiwei was so angry that she laughed: "She even used her own aunt for a man, she is really impressive.
With a father who is a Duke of Zhenguo and a fiancé who is the Crown Prince, it is normal for her to get the news of the marriage."
Qin Yueyao was a little worried: "I guess the marriage is not groundless.
Le Yang and my brother finally had some clues when this happened. What do you think will happen if His Majesty really sends the princess to marry?"
Song Shiwei frowned and said, "But this is not right, didn't we win the battle?
Why do we in Nanli have to send the princess to marry? Shouldn't they in Beiming send her?"
Qin Yueyao sighed and said, "That's because they don't have a princess in Beiming. I heard that the king of Beiming only has one son."
"Just one? It seems that King Bei Ming is not capable of this."
Song Shiwei clicked her tongue twice and shook her head.
Since ancient times, kings have had three palaces and six courtyards and countless children. Even the current emperor has three sons and a princess, and a concubine is pregnant.
For a man like King Bei Ming who only has one son, there must be something wrong.
When Xiao Jingheng walked over, he heard Qingqing say that King Bei Ming was not capable.
The corners of his lips twitched, and he smiled and said, "Only you dare to say that. In the eyes of the people of Bei Ming, their king is sacred and cannot be desecrated."
Song Shiwei saw his eyes light up, and asked calmly, "Is he very powerful?"
Xiao Jingheng had heard some stories about King Bei Ming in the Northern Territory. He said, "He ascended the throne at a young age and worked hard to govern the country.
It is said that he had a deep affection for his queen, but more than ten years ago, his queen died of complications during childbirth, and he has been vacant of the throne since then.
Song Shiwei had indeed rarely seen in history books an emperor who could do this.
The throne has been vacant for more than ten years. I don't know what kind of pressure she has to bear.
But he has only one son, and if he is not careful, the kingdom of Beiming will fall into the hands of others.
She asked: "Is the marriage really true? Bei Ming really wants our Nan Li to marry a princess to him?"
Xiao Jingheng said: "Father also received the letter from the country this morning. Bei Ming does have plans for marriage and said that they will send an envoy to discuss in detail.
This letter was sent by the Secretariat, and I think someone passed the news on before it was presented to the emperor."
He said: "Don't worry, Concubine Wen's house arrest is just for show, and as for the marriage, it is even more impossible."
If a woman has to be sacrificed to maintain peace between the two countries, then what is the use of these passionate men?
In short, he would not allow such a thing to happen.
Song Shiwei smiled, she knew that Jamel Xiao would not let her down.
She said, "Then I will go and tell Princess Leyang a message. She must be terrified."
Jamel Xiao grabbed her arm and said, “Don’t worry.”
He raised his lips and said, "Let's go, I'll take you to see a good show."
Hearing that there was a good show to watch, Qin Yueyao asked excitedly: "Then Prince, please take me with you. I also want to watch the show."
Based on her understanding of Jamel Xiao, this man must be planning something bad again, and she also wanted to join in the fun.
However, ever since he caught Prince Ling climbing over the wall, this man has disliked her and wishes she would stay away from his beloved.
Now she could only come up shamelessly, hoping that Jamel Xiao would be kind enough to show some mercy.
Xiao Jingheng glanced at her and suddenly asked, "What do you think of Mr. Cui?"
Hearing this, Qin Yueyao's pretty face froze, and she immediately reached out to stop him: "Just pretend I didn't say anything. I won't bother you anymore. Goodbye!"
After saying that, he ran away as fast as he could.