The king was wrong

"Heh, what should I do? What do you think I should do?" Qi Yaoqing chuckled and asked questions instead of answering.

Zhu Yaozi scratched his head in distress, "I can't say for sure. Marriage has always been a double-edged sword. If it is given well, it is the emperor's grace. Lovers will finally get married and make a good story. But that is Very few, most of them are political marriages that are not well-matched, and they may not even meet each other several times, um, just like you and King Yong."

Not to mention this sensational male-male union...

Speaking of this, Zhu Yaozi sighed deeply: "Oh, the emperor didn't know what he was thinking this time, but he agreed to the queen's words in a muddleheaded way. Xiao Qing, will you marry or not after nine days... "

Seeing him rubbing his head into a mess like a chicken coop because of entanglement, Qi Yaoqing laughed amusedly, nodded and said: "Marry, of course I want to marry."

"What?" Zhu Yaozi jumped up when he heard this, and looked at him in disbelief, "You, you, you... are you sure you've made up your mind and really want to marry?"

Although Qi Yaoqing has always shown that he is indifferent to the world, but that is on the premise that he does not have much conflict of interest with him.This time Qi Songjin and Zhao's mother and daughter blatantly bullied him, Zhu Yaozi didn't think that her friend would be as talkative as before.

After all, a man has to be a bit bloody, so what's the point of being patient?

But Qi Yaoqing turned a blind eye to his shock.He took a sip of tea, moistened his throat, and then explained slowly: "Don't be impatient. Although I am annoyed that they are plotting me like this, I am not ignorant of current affairs. If my father decides for me this time Dear dear, I will definitely refuse, but the emperor has said that the imperial decree has been issued for two days, if I insist on objecting, I am afraid that I will be charged with the crime of 'resisting the decree and disrespecting', and the gain outweighs the loss."

"Then...then why did you run to the front yard this morning and come back with blood on your head, isn't that just looking for guilt..." Zhu Yaozi muttered as his eyes touched the gauze on Qi Yaoqing's head.

Qi Yaoqing chuckled, and waved his hands casually: "That's just a temptation. My father has always followed his daughter's lead. I never expected him to contradict the emperor because of what I said."

Zhu Yaozi couldn't help but shuddered, just to test his father's attitude and beat himself to death, this kind of thing can only be done by Qi Yaoqing, and he would not be willing to beat him to death.

"You don't have to look at me like that, I have my own discretion on what to do and not to do." Being stared at by Zhu Yaozi with eyes like looking at a monster, Qi Yaoqing couldn't help frowning even though Qi Yaoqing was so determined.

"Actually, Yaozi, to tell you the truth, after hearing about this in the morning, although I was annoyed, I still had a question in my heart."

"Oh, what question?"

"How do you think His Majesty has behaved since he took the throne?"

"Well... it should be regarded as quite successful in politics." Zhu Yaozi is still very optimistic about Wei Chengtian's level of governance. Wealthy to the people, he has done a lot of good deeds to benefit the country and the people, so he can be called a generation of enlightened kings."

Qi Yaoqing nodded slightly in agreement, and then asked: "Then do you think the Holy One will lose his mind because of someone else's words, and do something that will leave a historical reproach?"

Zhu Yaozi shook his head, "Your Majesty is wise and wise, calm in situations, probably not."

But after pausing for a while, he suddenly slapped his head as if suddenly enlightened, and said, "Oh, you mean the queen! Yes, yes, you are right, although the emperor dotes on the queen, he will not lose his fate because of a word from the queen." Pointing out a male wife to King Yong for no reason, I'm afraid there is some deep meaning in it that we don't know."

No matter how friendly the emperor is on the surface, he walked to his current position on the corpses of countless people.They are decisive, ruthless and wise, with wisdom and means that ordinary people can't match.They understand how many schemes and calculations they have gone through to get to the throne today, and how much hard work and sweat they have put in, so they cherish this hard-won imperial power all the more, and how can they be swayed by a woman's words at will?

From the very beginning, Qi Yaoqing did not believe that the emperor would be so dizzy that he would issue such a controversial imperial edict just because of the queen's words.

"But this is just one of them." Qi Yaoqing raised a finger.

"Oh, could it be that there is another thing?" Zhu Yaozi suddenly regained his energy when he heard this, and stared at Qi Yaoqing with wide eyes, waiting for his next words.

Qi Yaoqing nodded, "Yaozi, come and analyze, why does the queen insist that I marry to Prince Yong's Mansion?"

Zhu Yaozi flattened his mouth and said: "Well... It is said that the year of King Yong and the weak crown have never married a wife because they have long wanted to belong to him. Now you have married recklessly and occupied the seat of Princess Yong. I am afraid that King Yong will hold a grudge in his heart. You, the future life will not be easy."

There are different opinions about the reasons why King Yong did not marry at the age of 20, and Qi Yaoqing has heard many versions before.But no matter what the specific reasons are, one thing is for sure, King Yong Wei Yanxi probably did not have the idea of ​​marrying a wife before receiving this imperial decree, especially a male wife.So Qi Yaoqing agrees with what Zhu Yaozi said.

"Is there anything else?" he continued.

"This, this..." Zhu Yaozi slapped his head, and said again: "Oh yes, you are the only son of Mrs. Gong Gong of the Sheng Kingdom, the only heir to the dukedom of the original country. But it's inevitable that you don't make good plans for your own younger brother. If you turn around and replace Qi Haoyuan as the next Duke of Sheng, you will definitely not support the queen with all your strength. At that time, the queen will lose the influence of her mother's family and live in the palace for sure. It won’t be as easy as it is now.”

Qi Yaoqing glanced at him approvingly, don't look at this pork loin who seems to be smiling and not doing business normally, but he seems to be quite good at analyzing things.

"End?"

"Well, it's over." Zhu Yaozi nodded firmly.

"But I don't think it's that simple." Qi Yaoqing shook his head next.

"Ah?" Zhu Yaozi was stunned, he had just analyzed so much about his feelings, but he directly denied it with a single sentence.Zhu Yaozi suddenly felt like a failure.

Seeing him wilt like an eggplant beaten by Shuang, Qi Yaoqing had no choice but to comfort him: "I didn't say what you said was wrong, on the contrary, what you said was right, but anyone who knows something about it Anyone can guess, I don't think Qi Songjin is such a simple-minded woman."

"Then what do you think... what purpose does she have?"

"Well..." Qi Yaoqing laughed at himself and shook his head, "I don't know either."

Zhu Yaozi couldn't help snorting, her eyes were full of sarcasm: Tsk, you didn't know that you were still talking big here.

He saw Qi Yaoqing's disdain one by one, but he didn't poke it, but asked: "Think about it, if you were a queen and wanted to get rid of your half-brother in a legitimate way, what method would you use? If it were me, I might ask the emperor to allow him to join the army. After all, on the battlefield, a knife and a gun have no eyes. I don’t need to do it myself, the enemy soldiers can directly solve him for me.”

"But Qi Songjin didn't. She chose a method that I can't understand-asking for a marriage. Men's marriage is different from men and women, and the partner is His Royal Highness King Yong, who has made great military achievements and is very popular among his subjects. Whether the emperor can agree It’s a problem, not to mention all kinds of opinions among the people after it spreads, if it goes wrong, the queen will bear an eternal infamy.”

Zhu Yaozi nodded thoughtfully, and concluded: "So what you mean is that if the empress just wants to get rid of your troublesome existence, she doesn't need to make such a big effort to ask for a marriage. Easier way, isn't it?"

"Ah."

"So in this way, the Queen's purpose must not be that simple, right?"

"Yes." Qi Yaoqing raised a second finger and said, "This is the second point I don't understand."

Zhu Yaozi felt dizzy, the emperor had other purposes, and the queen also had other purposes, the queen's purpose seemed to have some clues on the surface, but the emperor's purpose had no clue at all.The purpose of these two people may be the same or different. There is a great possibility that the emperor and the queen have reached a consensus, which is why they jointly launched such a decree, and the two parties, King Yong and Qi Yaoqing...

Zhu Yaozi swallowed his saliva with difficulty, his face looked as if he was facing an enemy, and he always felt that things seemed to be getting more and more complicated...

"Of course, this is just my own guess, and I can't count it for the time being."

Compared with the dignified Zhu Yaozi, Qi Yaoqing was still as calm as usual.

"Nowadays people are swordsmen, and I am fish and meat. To marry, you have to have a reason that can convince yourself, but if you don't marry, you have to have a reason that can convince the world. You have seen my fate in the morning. I can't even pass my father's test. It can be seen There is no room for maneuver at all.”

"So you plan to marry obediently?" Zhu Yaozi was so confused that she could only come to this conclusion in the end.

"Yes." Qi Yaoqing nodded, his expression suddenly became more serious, "But don't worry, although I have no possibility of becoming an official in this life, I won't just spend my whole life in the backyard of the palace like this."

"Then what do you want to do?"

"Hmm..." Qi Yaoqing pursed his lips, "I haven't figured out the details yet, but since King Yong doesn't want to marry, I don't want to marry, the boat will be straight when it reaches the bridge, and there will always be a way."

Seeing that Qi Yaoqing didn't become depressed and give up on himself because of the gift of marriage, Zhu Yaozi finally breathed a sigh of relief, and even relaxed his nervous expression before.

This good friend of mine has been calm and smart since he was a child, and has a unique set of insights in everything. Thinking about it, even if he is angry now, he still thinks about it.

In this way, you can rest assured.

"But to be honest, why did you come here today?" After finishing the business, Qi Yaoqing suddenly asked casually.

Zhu Yaozi was startled when he heard the words, and then smiled brightly, returning to his usual hippie smile and said: "Yeah, why did you come? Maybe I don't want to be the only one who can accompany me to dig bird's nests when I was young, and can accompany me to visit brothels when I grow up." Let the bad friend just become a victim in the hands of the queen."

His eyes are bright, and there is no conspiracy in him, only his usual cynical attitude and the most sincere concern for his friends.

"Hmph, digging out the bird's nest, I admit it, but visiting brothels has always been your business alone." Qi Yaoqing replied unwillingly, but the curvature of the corners of her lips could not be covered.

If I have this friend in this life, what more can I ask for?