female concubine

"How did Your Highness know that the King of Chu would enter the palace at this time, so you can make a detour all the way here, so you won't be afraid of losing your mind?"

"Not only King Chu, but King Zhao is probably already in His Majesty's palace at this moment. They are all dissatisfied with His Majesty's gift of marriage, so they will naturally enter the palace to ask His Majesty to take back his will."

"Isn't it His Highness's intention to let the Xiao family marry the King of Chu, and now let the King of Chu enter the palace to see His Majesty..."

Crown Prince Wei Shu raised the corners of his mouth very proudly, "He has been kept outside the palace like an abandoned son these years, and he has no idea of ​​His Majesty's disposition. The more trouble he makes now, the less His Majesty will allow him!" Looking at the thin figure of his younger brother running towards the Chui Gong Palace, he sneered, "After all, they are all strong tempered!"

Wei Huan trotted all the way into the inner palace, panting heavily, "Zhao Duzhi."

"Prince Chu?" When Zhao Ci saw Wei Huan, who was sweating profusely, he thought he was right. "Why did the prince enter the palace?"

"I want to see His Majesty."

"Your Majesty, he is playing chess with King Zhao. You can come in later." Zhao Ci kindly reminded with a smile.

Wei Huan stretched his neck, and immediately went to the entrance of Funing Hall and knelt down, "Your Majesty!"

"Chen, Wei Huan, I beg Your Majesty to take back your will."

Zhao Ci originally thought that the king of Chu was here to thank him, but he never expected that he was here to annul the engagement.

"Your Majesty, I am afraid that I will lose the grace of God, and I hope that Your Majesty will take it back!"

The sound was enough to spread into the hall, but it was too late to wait for the emperor's summons.

Not long after, a young man in a purple official uniform walked out of the hall. His eyebrows and eyes seemed to be somewhat similar to the kneeling boy, but his eyes were a little more aggressive. "Isn't this Sixth Brother?"

"Prince Zhao, Your Majesty, he..."

Zhao Wang Wei Yunsheng ignored Zhao Ci, approached Wei Huan with a smile, and squatted beside him, "I heard that the third wife of the Xiao family is a tiger girl from the general family, not to mention ugly, fierce and powerful, six Brother can you..."

"If it's ugly, then why did King Zhao ask His Majesty to marry him?"

Zhao Wang frowned and glared, "Don't think that if you marry the Xiao family's daughter, I will be afraid of you and the prince!"

"Prince Chu, His Majesty has issued a summons."

Wei Yunsheng patted Wei Huan on the shoulder, "I'll do it for myself!" Then he got up, shook his sleeves and left.

The sound of the bell and drum tower closing the palace gate sounded, Wei Yunsheng glanced at his side, so he could only quicken his pace.

When the Xihua Gate was about to close, Wei Yunsheng's attendant shouted, "Wait a minute!"

"My lord." The goalkeeper let out a breath, but fortunately he stopped his hand.

"Hmph, even if you close the palace gate, this king can still go out!"

The general greeted him, "That's natural, the officials value Prince Zhao, and this big man allows you to come and go as you please."

After Zhao Wang left the palace, the palace gate was just closed.

"My lord, are we not going back to the palace?" The attendant saw that the direction of the master's horse riding was facing away from the palace.

"Go to the Xiao Mansion!"

The founding government.

In the late autumn, the flowers in the courtyard have withered, the ground is withered and yellow, and the autumn wind is rustling, and one can feel a little cold when it blows over the body.

Black boots trampled on dead leaves, standing behind a pair of light blue embroidered shoes.

The purple cuff is a clenched fist, "Why, you would rather choose a bastard than me?"

The slender and white hand lightly touched the withered petals, and they fell off immediately, "Did the prince forget, and you too?"

"No, he is the son of a criminal. One day, I will win the crown prince."

She just shook her head slightly.

Wei Yunsheng walked in front of her, grabbed her hand suddenly, his eyes were red with anger, "Qingqing, look at me!"

She hastily pulled her hand away, and took two steps back in shock, "Your Majesty has decreed the marriage, and my concubine is now Princess Chu, please respect yourself, King Zhao."

"Self-respect?" Wei Yunsheng took a step closer, "Seeing that the one I love is about to become someone else's pillow wife, how do you tell me to respect myself!" He took a step closer, holding Xiao Youqing's arms with both hands.

"Qingqing, give me one more chance to be my concubine. I promise you that I will only marry you in this life and never take a concubine. When I become a great treasure in the future, you will be the only queen."

She never thought that in this Founding Duke's mansion, Zhao Wang Wei Yunsheng would dare to do such a frivolous act. Wei Yunsheng is known as a martial artist, so she was naturally nervous, so she wanted to break free in a panic.

Wei Yunsheng's eyes turned red, he was not willing, "Since you are not willing, don't blame me, let's see if the king of Chu is willing to want an innocent person!"

"Wei Yunsheng, how dare you!"

A scolding is better than letting the crown prince unite with the king of Chu, and now the emperor favors him, so he got bolder and wanted to get close to him, but his hand just moved away...

"The shameless person from there!" Xiao Yunze rushed into the courtyard, holding a fist-thick stick in his hand, and swung it towards King Zhao extremely fast.

"Brother, don't!"

The Xiao family is a general, although Xiao Yunze's mind is not bright, but he has learned a good skill from his grandfather.

"He is King Zhao!"

"Ah!" Xiao Yunze's hands trembled in fright, and the stick fell to the ground, "This...why is Prince Zhao at our house?" He was so busy that he squatted down to help.

Fortunately, the force was controlled properly, and the hit was not a vital part, but it hurt a little, Wei Yunsheng rubbed his neck and shoulders to get up from the ground, and threw Xiao Yunze away heavily.

"My second brother doesn't know the prince, so he asks the prince to forgive him."

"Master Zhao, I don't know if it's you, the villain. Does it hurt? Do you want to call..."

"Go away!"

Wei Yunsheng's two eyebrows were about to squeeze together, and he looked at the two brothers and sisters angrily, "One day, this king will make you kneel down and beg me!"

"My lord, go slowly."

After Wei Yunsheng left, Xiao Youqing breathed a sigh of relief, "Brother is too reckless!"

Xiao Yunze didn't take it seriously, he clapped his hands, very disgusted that he just touched that Zhao Wang.

"Even if my brother has never seen him, what he was wearing just now is from the palace. My brother can recognize the king of Chu. Could it be different on his King Zhao? If he cares about it, he will beat the prince." But felony."

"What's the matter, I just can't see others bullying my sister, no matter who he is, even if the official is here today, I can still beat her!"

"Others don't want to steal my things..." As he said that, he thought of something again, "No, the King of Chu stole my Miss Liu, and now he is my brother-in-law?"

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The afterglow at sunset sprinkled on the Zhuwa of the palace and slanted into the bedroom.

"It's Liulang who is here, come, play a game of chess with me."

"Your Majesty." Wei Huan walked in front of the emperor, bowed his head heavily and knelt down, "Please take back your Majesty's order."

The emperor Luozi hung his hand, and immediately retracted it into his arms, looking at the king of Chu deeply.

"why?"

"Chen, I don't like her."

"Have you seen her?"

"I don't have any."

"Then why are you so sure?"

"I am sure!" King Chu raised his head, his eyes were rosy, "I will never like her in this lifetime!"

"Liulang, Princess Chu is the grandson of the founding father, the leader of Hui Xun's heroes, and she is more than enough to match you!" The emperor pointed at the king of Chu.

"I know that I am not worthy of her, so I ask Your Majesty to take it back."

"Give me a reason."

"Chen...Chen, I already have someone I love." In a panic, she made up a life-saving lie. In order to get rid of the engagement, she did not hesitate to bully the king, just because she was afraid of death.

"who?"

"My uncle's daughter, uncle Shanyin's grandson, she and I..."

Before the king of Chu finished speaking, the emperor overturned the chessboard and threw a letter under the small table in front of her.

"Okay, okay you guys, the Li family has colluded with the marriage of the prince of the Wei family in private, what do you want to do? Rebellion?"

The King of Chu picked up the letter, his hands trembling, "No, Your Majesty, that's not the case."

"The evidence is solid, and you still say it's not?"

"It's the minister, it's the minister who likes the cousin, it's the minister who begs the grandfather and the mother, it's the minister alone, it's none of their business."

The emperor got up and walked to the side of the King of Chu, bowed down, pressed his hand on her neck, lowered his palm, and said in a deep voice: "Remember, your surname is Wei, and you are the son of my Wei family."

Immediately got up and left the Palace of Funing, "Zhao Ci!"

"The servant is here."

"According to my decree, from now on, the King of Chu is forbidden to enter the Zhaohua Pavilion, and he is not allowed to leave the pavilion for half a step before the big wedding."

"According to the order."

After the emperor finished speaking, Wei Huan collapsed on the ground, his eyes were dull and his face was pale.

Zhao Ci approached and couldn't bear to help him up, "Your Majesty, go back to Zhaohua Pavilion first, and when His Majesty's anger subsides, come here and admit your mistake, Your Majesty will not make things difficult for you."

Bullying the emperor is a capital crime, not to mention a heinous crime. Even if she is the emperor's own flesh and blood, what is more important than Tianyan.

Wei Huan didn't know what kind of person this future Princess Chu would be like, she had never even seen it before, if on the wedding night, she couldn't bear the shame to expose herself, then...it would be too late.

Taizong counted his sons, but only the emperor's line was passed down. The emperor's hands were stained with countless blood, and there was no shortage of his own flesh and blood.

But for Princess Chu, this is just her own imagination, after all, she has not seen the real person yet.

Zhao Ci was on the way to send the King of Chu back to Zhaohua Pavilion, when he saw the King of Chu in a daze, he was obviously frightened by the emperor's actions just now, no matter what, the King of Chu is only a 17-year-old child now.

He stretched out his hand and stroked King Chu's back, trying to calm her down, "Your Majesty is very happy to return to Beijing. Today, I heard the ministers say that you look like Your Majesty, and His Majesty is still secretly laughing. Besides, the founding of the country The granddaughter of the Duke, the older prince, older age has the advantages of being older, Your Majesty, I hope that Princess Chu can take good care of you in the future."

Older age has its advantages, Zhao Ci's words awakened Wei Huan, this marriage was requested by the Xiao family himself, so Princess Chu must have some scruples before acting, if she really can't hide it, she shouldn't dare To pierce the paper easily, after all even the Xiao family would not dare to touch the tiger's beard.In this way, her worry is still about the fight between the crown prince and King Zhao. Today, she was really impulsive. Wei Huan took a breath and wiped his face, "Zhao Weng, they all said that the granddaughter of Duke Kai is very vicious. It's ugly."

Zhao Ci was taken aback by these words, and looked at the somewhat childish King Chu, "Well, I have never seen Princess Chu before, but Mr. Xiao is very handsome, and his daughter will not be too bad..."

"Why haven't you seen her before? If she is pretty, why would she hide at home and not come out to meet people?"

Zhao Ci was amused by her words, "My lord, Princess Chu is a woman, and she is also the jewel of the Founding Duke's mansion. Naturally, she can't show her face at will, but I heard that the villain is asking for marriage this time," Zhao Ci lowered his voice, " His Majesty gave the Xiao family the right to choose, and this should be what the princess wanted."

"My lord?" Zhao Ci saw that the King of Chu would not leave.

"Zhao Weng, she hasn't met me before, so why did she choose me? Isn't she afraid that I'm ugly?"

Looking at the childish King of Chu, Zhao Ci narrowed his eyes with a smile, "Hey, there have been rumors in Beijing that the Sixth King looks the most like an official. Don't you know about the official?"

When the emperor was young, he was the most handsome in Tokyo. He came out of the court at the age of eight and was appointed king of Qi. He fought with the former emperor and regained the territory of the Central Plains. Subtract the current year.

"Besides, during the coronation ceremony yesterday, the young ladies who were not out of the court were specially allowed to enter the palace. Presumably Princess Chu was among them, and she witnessed the demeanor of the six kings with her own eyes."

The Hall of Wende is large and there are many civil and military officials, but she has been absent-minded, so she didn't notice that there are female relatives standing at the corners on both sides.

"Did she choose me because I look good?"

Zhao Ci nodded.

The author has something to say: This emperor is Wu Zong, the first emperor is Tai Zong, and the next one is Tai Zu. (However, both the Taizu Dynasty and the Taizong Dynasty were relatively short, and may be mentioned later in the article.)

The prince who appeared in the crown ceremony is the heir king (a kind of lower than the prince, who inherits the title of prince, and is not of the same line as the emperor, and will be written later.)