After refusing to marry the prince, the general regretted it too much

After Xie Ke's two words, the hall that was already quiet became noisy again.

No one expected King Jin to react like this.

Ever since the prince went to southern Xinjiang, this person has been very abnormal. It's fine if he doesn't criticize the prince's party. He just knows to stay in the palace and ignore everything every day.

Now that the crown prince has returned to Beijing, this one has returned to court. Who knew that on the first day of his court, he would "seriously and strictly" the Yue family of King Duan?

Not only were the ministers surprised, but the crown prince on the throne seemed a little bit astonished, he pondered for a moment before saying: "In that case, this case will be handed over to the Tribunal of Jurisprudence, and the Ministry of Punishment will be in charge of the matter, with Marquis Xuan Ping and Marquis Su Yong assisting. .”

Duan Wang's originally slightly gloomy expression became secretive, but his heart was cold.

The prince's bowl of water is very flat.

Among the three law divisions, Dali Temple and Yushi Taichung are mixed with fish and snakes, but the Ministry of Justice is firmly in the hands of Emperor Hui, and Xuanpinghou is the Jinwang's cronies, and Suyonghou is under the banner of the Eastern Palace. If it weren't for his subordinates, they really wouldn't be able to do it. For an official of sufficient rank, perhaps, the crown prince can help him insert someone.

But in this way, he would have nowhere to go up and down to dredge up favoritism and pervert the law.

If he can handle the confidants of the emperor, the prince, and the king of Jin at the same time, wouldn't it be good to just throw the table over and force the palace?

It was already evening when the news from the Great Court Meeting reached Emperor Hui's desk in the summer resort.

Two icebergs were placed in the huge sleeping hall, and the slightest coolness emitted dispelled the heat of the whole hall. The emperor leaned half on half, and was served by a beautiful woman to eat, and the former imperial eunuch Wang Ruhai waited on him, and sent today to the palace. Read out the important memorials one by one.

"Ao Yinhuai bit Guo Xian's crime?" The emperor lazily spat out the fruit core, and said casually, "How much money did he steal?"

Wang Ruhai spit out a number, which caused the emperor to laugh lowly: "The fourth son has not been in charge these years, and it is common to be short of some money in his hands, but this is too much. I have built two villages a few years ago. It took so much."

The emperor didn't care much about the officials' greed for money, but it's not good if it's too much.

Xie Wei's weight in his heart is not enough for this amount.

When the emperor said this, Wang Ruhai immediately understood, bowed slightly and said, "I understand."

He already knew how to deal with the people who came to tempt him from Beijing, especially how to answer when the Secretary of the Ministry of Justice came.

He held the memorial in his hand and read it for a while, and the emperor waved his hand a little tiredly, as if thinking of something: "The person who was placed in Dingguo's mansion has a reply, is Qin Ye's illness this time our medicine?" because of?"

Wang Ruhai paused, and said cautiously: "Mr. Dingguo always likes to be quiet, but he is seriously ill these days, and there are fewer people serving in Zhiweitang, and the doctors who went to diagnose the pulse were all brought back from Nanjiang. The confidant will not be able to find out for a while."

The emperor's expression turned a little ugly.

Qin Ye became ill suddenly in southern Xinjiang, but he was not surprised.

With the residual poison of Luoying still in his body, and with the occasional "care" over the years, it is not surprising that his body will be a little unsafe.

If it wasn't for this person's high prestige in the army, how could he be so thoughtful?

The emperor gradually clenched his fingers, and said softly: "Increase the dose, it's better to make him sicker, don't make things too sudden."

"Your Majesty..." Wang Ruhai was a little worried, "Mr. Dingguo is quite skilled in martial arts, and he is quite prepared to guard against such things. He has been looking for a long time to attack every now and then. If this is discovered..."

While speaking, a little eunuch from the outer hall came in, knelt down and presented a brocade box: "Your Majesty, the elixir presented by the Heavenly Master today."

A look of worry flashed across Wang Ruhai's distressed face.

The emperor is now over sixty years old, but he continues to confer concubines every day, and sometimes he has several concubines in one night, not relying on his own body, but relying entirely on the power of the elixir.

In the past, the queen persuaded him in the palace, and even outside the palace, there were people from the Lizheng Hall who often beat those celestial masters, which was considered somewhat restrained.

But since Qin Tianjian spread the word a few days ago, saying that the astrology is not good for the marriage of the emperor's heir, the empress seems to have devoted all her heart and energy to this matter, and no longer pays much attention to the palace. The frequency of the emperor's drug use is increasing. higher.

Even the people in Dianzhong Province didn't know what they had heard. The beauties who were sent to the villa were more and more beautiful, and there were quite a few of them.

The emperor took a elixir with water, and after a while, his spirit was shaken, and when he looked at the beauties around him, there was a charming smile on his face.

He looked at Wang Ruhai with some impatience and waved his hands: "Just do it, what does it look like to look forward and backward?"

Wang Ruhai backed away with a bitter face.

There was a sound of frolicking, some people put up the gauze curtains, and some people retreated without looking aside. The sleeping hall changed its general appearance in an instant.

-

In front of Prince Huai's Mansion.

In a rather luxurious carriage, Qin Ye frowned and looked at the person in front of him, with a rather gloomy expression on his face.

Xie Heng came here today in disguise. He took off those complicated and gorgeous accessories with patterns, and wore light clothes. In order not to be recognized by others, he simply put on a human-skin mask on his face, which looked a bit awkward.

"Didn't you say that you want to bring Gu to meet the elders in the family? This is already in front of Duke Huai's mansion, why don't you go in?" Xie Heng didn't know what he was thinking, but seeing Qin Ye's expression was not very good, he raised his eyebrows He smiled, a little reassuring.

"I regret it," Qin Ye said without hesitation, "Uncle's move is nothing more than trying to get His Highness to make a sincere promise, but it is of no benefit to the matter."

Duke Huai wanted to see the crown prince, and even suggested that the crown prince could come to see him in a humble manner, but he just wanted to see if the crown prince really valued the residence of Duke Huai and Duke Dingguo, and also wanted to take this opportunity to find out the truth.

But as far as Qin Ye was concerned, when he saw that the prince really let go of his dignity for him, and then thought of the things that Duke Huai would do in his mind, he couldn't help feeling worried and unhappy.

It doesn't matter if there is a strong relationship between husband and wife, now this step-by-step process has only reached the first step...

Thinking of this, Qin Ye made up his mind and said, "Let's go back and ignore him."

Xie Heng watched the change of expression on his face, and felt a little funny: "Then if Duke Huai gets annoyed by this, what can we do if we don't help?"

Qin Ye said decisively: "If you really want to do something, uncle can't stay out of it. At worst, I'll hold my sword to my neck to force him to submit."

"Okay." Xie Heng hooked the corners of his lips, pulled the people around him and patted them with his palms, "I just listen to you, King Huai always listens to his ears and leaves his ears, and never takes it to heart."

Qin Ye seemed to be soothed by that hand and the prince's coaxing words to soothe all the worries in his heart, staring at the human skin mask on the prince's face in a daze.

It's really strange.

He clearly thought that although he liked the prince, what he was most addicted to was the prince's unparalleled handsome face.

Why is the prince wearing a human-skin mask today, and he doesn't feel it is awkward at all, as if he can see the smiles and frowns of the people under the skin through the mask, but he still keeps his mind away?

When Duke Huai was hurriedly dragged by his youngest son Su Herong to the main hall where he received guests, he still felt a little bit of resentment in his heart.

"He came as soon as he came, why do you want me to greet you in person? Let him come to the study by himself—" Before he finished speaking, Duke Huai had already seen the situation in the room clearly.

The servants in the house were sent out early, and the young man dressed as a rich man in a moon-white robe half leaned on the chair. His nephew—the famous Qi Dynasty Dingguo in the army Gong, who was half-bent, carefully pulled something off the face of the man on the seat.

Judging from the light shining into the house from outside the door, it looks like a mask.

The door outside the house slammed, and Qin Ye's ears moved, apparently to hear the movement behind him clearly, but the movements of his hands were still gentle and steady, as if he was afraid that because of a moment of carelessness, the person sitting on the seat would be tossed and hurt.

Duke Huai waited quietly for a while, seeing that he was finally about to finish, he rolled his eyes inwardly, and then stepped forward to greet him: "I will see His Highness the Crown Prince."

Although the prince is dressed in casual clothes today, he still exudes a sense of pampering and grace. Even if he took off the ugly human skin mask just now, he still does not show the slightest haste, as if he was sitting in the Xuanzheng Palace for an audience. The courtiers were equally cordial: "Prince Huai is free of courtesy, so I came in a hurry this time, did you not disturb me?"

Looking at the gentle and shallow smile on the prince's face, Duke Huai felt something was wrong.

It is clear that he made the request for the prince to come to the mansion for a meeting, but why did he come to visit him on his own initiative when this person said it, and disturbed himself instead?

Duke Huai lowered his head slightly, his gaze flicked over the crown prince's impeccable face, and he said with a smile, "I have nothing to do with you in the mansion, so why bother me? It's an honor for the mansion to have Your Highness come here."

Xie Heng pursed his lips, with a smile in his eyes, and said: "Uncle, you don't have to be polite. Yuzhi's relationship with his father and son has been weak since he was a child, and he has worked a lot to take care of Prince Huai's house. In terms of Gu and Uncle, they are also family members."

???

The crown prince uttered these words with incomparable calmness. Qin Ye, who had been prepared in advance, sat down with a natural expression on his face. The only person who was shocked was Duke Huai himself.

You, you, who are you called uncle?

Can this be called casually?

The crown prince's serious uncle is only the current queen's elder brother, Zhao Shuyao, who is now the uncle of the country and the servant of Zhongshu.

In detail, if there is a crown prince in the future, then if the crown prince intends to be polite, the crown prince's uncle can also be called the crown prince's uncle.

Now that the crown prince called him 'uncle' directly to his face, if the outsiders heard him, someone would have to repeat his words of usurping the clan and offending the emperor. This would be a serious crime.

That's all, he originally planned to have a fight with the prince and then sell it to that boy Qin Ye. Can this continue?

Everyone thanked Duke Huai's mansion for taking care of him for so many years on Qin Ye's behalf, so why should he drag the crown prince and say how difficult it was for Qin Ye when he was young?

Duke Huai hesitated for a moment, before he said: "Your Highness is serious, I really can't bear the title of uncle."

Xie Heng smiled casually: "I have been happy with you for a long time. I knew my uncle had been in the army for a long time and was a frank and straightforward person. Now I just call him one or two in private, and I am not afraid that others will listen. In the future, everyone will know. It won't hurt any more."

……

The prince was too free and easy.

Duke Huai himself had the self-consciousness of a rough man in the army. Seeing the prince coming, he had already given up on it, thinking that even if he was not good at communicating and talking, he would definitely ask the prince's sincerity.

If the two are really happy with each other, then naturally there is no problem. If the prince is not serious, then he has to figure it out after the fact and persuade Qin Ye not to get too deep.

Unexpectedly, in less than five sentences before and after, the prince had already dealt him three heavy blows.

He expressed his intentions, made promises, and even called his uncle, so if he tried to use the method he had originally thought, wouldn't it seem inferior?

Duke Huai frowned and thought for a long time, and finally found a breakthrough.

He glanced at Qin Ye who was sitting at the bottom obediently bowing his head but raising his brows, looked back at the prince again and said, "Your Highness said that everyone in the world knows it, but would you like to be granted the title of King Qi?"

Qin Ye frowned.

There were only two emperors in the Qi Dynasty who married men. One of them made his husband the King of Qi, and the other made him the Queen. It didn't fall either.

However, he never thought of becoming the King of Qi.

He never planned to have any heirs in his life, and it was impossible to have any. What would he do with a prince, leave it to Qin Shuo's son?

Besides, kings with different surnames are a troublesome matter after all. For the sake of Da Qi's future generations, why do you need so many kings with different surnames?

Therefore, before the crown prince could speak, Qin Ye interjected, "Uncle, I don't want to be the king of Qi, your highness wants me to, but I have already rejected it."