If I were born again, I would marry a strong but short-lived husband.

This time it was the envoy from the Southern Dynasty who almost burst into cursing.

Your widowed princess wants to marry their precious Crown Prince?

Nonsence!

Our Crown Prince is a fairy-like person. He can marry any girl from a noble family he wants. Does he need to sell himself to marry a widowed princess?

It’s really...it really makes them mad.

Lord Zhuo scolded the Minister of Rites and gasped for breath.

"You princess want to be our crown princess? Dream on!"

"If you really can't get married and want to marry a foreign prince, then be a beauty to our emperor."

Maybe even the emperor would dislike it a little.

The Minister of Rites was scolded so much that his face was covered with saliva. His face turned ashen and he took out a silk handkerchief to wipe it.

"Can't we just talk nicely? I'm just making a suggestion, discussing something. If you disagree, just put forward other suggestions. What's the point of personal attacks?"

He actually didn't want to be involved in this bad luck.

But it was the Queen Mother who asked him to ask. Before, she had refused to marry the Crown Prince, but this time, when she saw that the Crown Prince was young and handsome, she actually set her sights on him.

Lord Zhuo's ferocious expression slowly returned to calm.

"We rarely lose our composure, please forgive us, Lord Shangshu." The other party's request for marriage was really too infuriating.

The Minister of Rites said: "Your Crown Prince...is now old enough to get engaged. Even if it's not the Crown Princess, then a concubine..."

Master Zhuo said expressionlessly: "Absolutely not!"

"Okay, okay." The Minister of Rites was afraid that if he continued talking, the other party would hit him.

He had no choice but to go to the palace to find the emperor and report the reply from the Southern Dynasty envoy.

The emperor's face darkened and he looked at him sternly, "Who said I want Yongning to marry the Southern Dynasty? Princesses of our dynasty never marry. As the Minister of Rites, don't you know this?"

“……”The Minister of Rites was dumbfounded.

He knelt hurriedly and said, "Your Majesty, I misunderstood the Queen's intention. I deserve death."

The emperor's face was filled with dark clouds. "The queen wants you to ask the envoy of the Southern Dynasty for a marriage?"

He would never understand what was going on in Queen Qu's mind.

Since she had agreed to Yongning's marriage, when the news of the marriage came out from the palace last time, she looked as if she would rather die than live, as if she would die in front of him as soon as he nodded in agreement.

"You go down." The emperor waved his hand.

"Send the Queen over."

"No need, I'm going to Kunning Palace."

The Emperor has not stayed in Queen Qu's palace for many years. At first, he would come here on the first and fifteenth of every month according to the ancestral custom.

Later, every time Queen Qu saw him, she would put on a cold face, saying that he doted on Concubine Yao too much, and implying that Concubine Yao was a witch, which made the Emperor very annoyed.

I'm simply too lazy to come to Kunning Palace again.

When Queen Qu heard the news that the Emperor had arrived, she was still a little dazed.

Only after the palace maid carefully reminded her did she suddenly stand up, unable to hide the joy on her face.

"Look quickly, how am I doing with my makeup? My clothes today are half-worn. If I had known this, I would not have worn this." Queen Qu was a little incoherent.

The palace maid hurriedly said, "Your Majesty is still beautiful and dignified."

Queen Qu took a deep breath, smiled and walked out to greet the emperor.

The Emperor walked in with a swagger, his face still brimming with anger.

The look in his eyes when he looked at Queen Qu was frighteningly cold.

"..." The smile on Queen Qu's face froze, and she followed the emperor with some trepidation.

"Everyone, step back." The emperor slammed the table.

The originally delighted palace maids were frightened so much that their faces turned pale and they hurriedly filed out.

Queen Qu's heart seemed to be poured with a bucket of ice water.

"What did you ask the Minister of Rites to say to the envoys from the Southern Dynasty? You want Yongning to marry a foreign princess, but last time you made up some rumors about it and it didn't happen. You were so nervous, fearing that I would let Yongning marry a foreign princess. What do you want to do now?" The emperor asked Queen Qu with a cold look in his eyes.

It turned out to be because of this.

As long as it has nothing to do with the Fifth Prince.

Queen Qu heaved a sigh of relief, "Last time, I was afraid that Yongning would go to the Western Frontier, which is a wild place."

"The Southern Dynasty is different. The Crown Prince of the Southern Dynasty is very handsome and talented. I think he is very good."

"Your Majesty, if Yongning marries the crown prince of the Southern Dynasty, it will only benefit our Yong Dynasty."

Listening to the Queen's confident attitude, as if she did nothing wrong, the Emperor was so angry that his head started throbbing.

She really thought that he couldn't see through her little plan, and thought that marrying Yongning to the Southern Dynasty would help the Fifth Prince.

The Southern Dynasty itself had a lot of messes.

How could he possibly take the Yong Dynasty into consideration?

Besides, the prince looks much younger than Yongning. Will the Southern Dynasty agree?

You are bringing shame upon yourself, making yourself a laughing stock and bringing disgrace upon yourself!

He was so angry!

"Have you asked Yongning? Her husband just died, and you can't wait to have her marry!" the emperor asked angrily.

Yongning is his eldest daughter, and his feelings for Yongning are different from those for other princesses.

"Why wouldn't she agree?" Queen Qu frowned. "Yongning is already a widow. If she can still marry the prince, she will definitely agree."

"I put you under house arrest that day. If it weren't for Yongning, I would not have let you out." The emperor said in a low voice.

"You are so cruel as to plot against your own daughter."

Queen Qu sneered, "Your Majesty, ask yourself, have you ever thought of letting Yongning marry?"

"You said that I was just imagining things last time. There is no smoke without fire. If you hadn't mentioned it to Concubine Yao, how could there be such rumors in the palace?"

"Your good concubine controls the harem. If anything happened to her daughter, the news could be kept secret. How come the news of Yongning's marriage could not be kept secret?"

"You just want to let me hear it so that I can make a fuss."

The emperor said, "This matter has nothing to do with Concubine Yao."

Queen Qu laughed out loud upon hearing this, "Yes, in the eyes of the emperor, Imperial Concubine Yao is truly a kind and generous person."

"I tell you, it is impossible for you to marry Yongning to the prince of the Southern Dynasty. The envoy of the Southern Dynasty has already refused." The emperor was angrily.

"If I can't marry the prince, then I'll marry their emperor." Queen Qu suddenly became stubborn and insisted on going to the end.

She had originally thought that if the Crown Prince of the Southern Dynasty was unwilling, then the matter would be dropped.

But the emperor insisted on blaming her, so she was determined to go against the emperor.

"You...you are so stupid! Do you think Yongning's marriage to the Southern Dynasty can change anything!" the emperor scolded.

Queen Qu: "You treat me like this because my last name is Qu. But if it weren't for the Qu family and the Queen Mother, the Emperor wouldn't be here now."

"I think you have gone mad." The emperor was so angry that he stormed out of Kunning Palace. He hated the fact that the queen was using the queen dowager's kindness in adopting him to force him.

When he returned to the Palace of Tranquil Longevity, he was still furious.

"Go, summon Princess Yongning to the palace."

Eunuch Fu'an quickly agreed in a low voice.

The emperor's chest heaved violently. He was angry at Queen Qu for acting on her own, and he also hated her for not giving up on the position of crown prince.

If she was willing to be obedient and let the fifth prince be a leisurely prince, she would become the queen mother in the future.

Could it be possible that the new emperor would still disrespect her in the future?