female concubine

In the study room of the Earl's Mansion, Li Xiaoyi's young daughter brought a bowl of soup, and saw her father's brows were a little worried, "Today Weng Weng resumed his title, and I think he went to Da Nei to thank you. Why is Daddy still so sad?"

Seeing his daughter, who is now grown up and quite attractive, Li Xiaoyi's eyes lit up, "Does Xuan'er still remember Yun Yan?"

The name that has not been mentioned for many years, now when it is mentioned again, it still affects the girl's heart, "Today is the coronation ceremony of cousin Yunyan, of course my daughter remembers it, it's just..."

"The mansion report has been spread. Cousin is called Wei Huan now, and he is the king of Chu. Daddy asked?"

"Xuan'er, Daddy asks you, do you like your cousin?"

The girl immediately lowered her head shyly, "Weng Weng said that my cousin saved my daughter's life, and our family still owes my cousin a kindness."

Looking at his daughter who bowed her head and swayed, he understood, "Then Daddy promised you to the King of Chu, how about it?"

She naturally liked it in her heart, but she was also a little worried, and said in a eclipsed voice: "Cousin is the prince, and I..."

"It's true that he is a prince, but he is also your cousin. Now that your title has been restored, Weng Weng has always loved you. He will wait for your return...as long as he agrees, he will ask Sister De Concubine..." Li Xiaoyi's voice became more and more serious. The lower you are, "Now the crown prince and King Zhao are fighting each other hard, and the official family only has three sons, maybe in the future..."

"What will Daddy say?"

Li Xiaoyi came back to his senses and patted the back of his daughter's hand, "It's okay, it's going to be sunset soon, you Weng Weng should be back, go pick you Weng Weng."

"it is good."

Uncle Shanyin got off the carriage, his expression was not very good, and when he got home, he saw a lot of boxes on the table.

"what is this?"

"Reporting to Ah Lang, after you left, many people came to visit, and this is a gift from them."

Uncle Shanyin squinted his eyes and snorted shamelessly, "This man really...returns these things according to the list."

"Yes."

"Weng Weng."

"father."

"It's Linxuan." Uncle Shanyin only glanced at his son, then waved to his granddaughter.

"You all go down."

"Yes."

"Weng Weng is this?"

Shan Yin Bo pulled his granddaughter to sit down, "Weng Weng will ask you, if you are allowed to marry into the heavenly family..."

"Father, do you mean sister?"

"you shut up!"

"Marry into a heavenly family?"

Uncle Shan Yin nodded, "The noble concubine told me that although the king of Chu has favor now, it is still on the edge of a sword. The official made the daughters of the ministers and workers to participate in the crowning ceremony of the king of Chu in order to choose a concubine for the king of Chu. You also know the nature of the King of Chu. The imperial concubine wants you to marry into the Prince of Chu’s mansion and become the Princess of Chu. No matter what kind of person the King of Chu becomes in the future, you must always stand by his side. Otherwise, our Li family ..." Uncle Shanyin shook his head, "Can you do it?"

"I…"

"If you can, the noble concubine has also guaranteed to me that the king of Chu will only have you, the princess of Chu, in this life, and will never take concubines. If not, then another..."

"I can!"

"Good boy, although the King of Chu has played around a bit, he is still a well-behaved boy and treats others with courtesy."

"My grandson knows what kind of person my cousin is."

"Okay, I'll write a letter right now to respond to the imperial concubine, she will ask the government for a marriage order."

Li Linxuan knelt down with a plop, "Grandson thanked Weng Weng for success."

"Father, my sister has become a noble concubine, and now the post is vacant. If I can go one step further, then the King of Chu..."

Uncle Shanyin slapped the table angrily, "You are presumptuous!"

"How can you make unreasonable arguments about the affairs of the heavenly family?"

Li Xiaoyi was very dissatisfied with his father's shrinking, "A man is alive, he should make contributions and have high aspirations. Now I live here, like a useless person."

Uncle Shanyin got up, and looked down at him, "Aspirations are high, it's just you? Hmph!"

"Xuan'er."

"Weng Weng."

"Come with me."

His father's disbelief and contempt made him feel unwilling, and his eyes were flushed, "You have been partial to elder brother in everything since you were a child, but now that elder brother is dead, you still refuse to look me in the eye!"

Uncle Shanyin had gone far away, so naturally he couldn't hear his complaints.

On the next day, before Shanyin Bo's letter arrived in Da Nei, the emperor's decree of marriage came down.

As soon as the servants from the Ministry of Internal Affairs left Chu Palace, Wei Huan raised his teacup, wanting to smash it to discourage him, but he looked at the female officials and internal servants who had followed her since childhood, and put the teacup back with hidden worry on his face. .

This made them breathe a sigh of relief. The master was angry and smashed things to vent his anger. Not only could he not relieve his anger, but these servants would suffer continuously.

"Ah Lang, calm down quickly, your anger will hurt you." After the little six calmed the master, he turned around again, "You guys go down first."

"Yes."

Wei Huan sat slumped on the chair, his face ashen, and immediately laughed, "Hehehe, it turned out that when he asked me to play chess that night, he already regarded me as a fish."

"The crowning ceremony and the three imperial edicts that were just done yesterday, these people's movements are really fast." Wei Huan's mind kept flashing childhood memories, and the fate of the second brother's death made her suddenly shocked, "No, I can't sit still!"

She got up from her seat, "I can't accept this decree!"

"Where are you going, Aaron?"

"Enter the palace."

"Ah Lang, you are the prince now!" The little six shouted loudly, seeing the master stopped, he said again: "You can't enter the palace without a summons, and now it's almost sunset, the palace gate is about to be unlocked."

"No, before it is announced to the world, His Majesty can still withdraw his will. If it is too late..." Xiao Liuzi failed to dissuade her, because he didn't know what a big marriage meant to Wei Huan.

Forbidden, Funing Palace.

"The decree has been issued."

"After stamping the seals from the three provinces, it will be sent out."

"It's finally settled." The emperor leaned his head back on the chair.

"My maidservant heard that after the coronation ceremony ended yesterday, all the ministers were talking about it, saying that King Chu looks very much like His Majesty."

Hearing the eunuch's words, the emperor, who was always stern, raised his lips slightly, "It's not a bad treatment to marry the Xiao family's daughter for him, but I don't know what he wants."

"The founder of the country fought with the late emperor, and Princess Chu is his grandson. I think the king of Chu has accepted His Majesty's will, and I will come to thank you later."

The emperor glanced at the eunuch who had been with him for more than forty years, "You..."

"Your Majesty, King Zhao asks to see you."

Wei Huan rode his horse and galloped all the way from Chu Palace to Xuande Gate. The palace gate hadn't been released yet, and he looked at the sunset in the sky, and it was almost time to release the key.

"My lord, you can't go in!"

The door was right in front of him, but was blocked by the imperial guards.

"Let me in, I want to see His Majesty."

"My lord, you can't enter the palace without a will!"

"General, please let me in!"

"The emperor's safety is related to the country, please report to His Majesty first."

Wei Huan looked at the sky, "The gate of the palace is about to be closed, it's too late."

"What's the noise?"

"His Royal Highness." All the generals saluted.

"My palace is here to greet His Majesty, what are you?"

"It's the king of Chu who wants to force his way into the palace."

"Your Highness, let me enter the palace!"

The prince looked at the red light in the west, and then looked into the eyes of the king of Chu, "The laws of the Song Dynasty are strict, and the sixth brother just crowned the ceremony yesterday. Don't mess around. The gate of the palace will be closed soon. Go back to the mansion quickly."

"His Royal Highness, I have something important to see His Majesty!"

The prince just shook his head, refused to agree, and turned to the palace.

"elder brother!"

The sound was so loud that the prince stopped, turned around and said, "It's been five years since Liulang left the palace and he hasn't called me like that." Before the King of Chu could explain himself, he said again, "But it's true. I have been in Sichuan for three years, and your sister-in-law often asked me about you, but I haven’t seen you for three years, so I thought you forgot about the brotherhood.”

"Let him in."

"Your Highness, but Your Majesty has not summoned the King of Chu."

"This time when Liu Lang came back from Sichuan, His Majesty valued him very much and did not love him very much. How could he not want to see him?"

"But…"

"There's nothing wrong, something happened, I'm sorry." The prince's face was gloomy, "Could it be that the Imperial City Secretary's surname is really Xiao?"

The guard was startled, and immediately waved his hand to let the imperial army release King Chu, "Yes."

"Thank you," Wei Huan stepped forward and cupped his hands, "Brother."

"Go quickly, Dad should be in the Palace of Funing at this time."