Isn’t it good for the five of us to be together?

Ling Hengyuan's words made everyone present unable to react. There were discussions and silence.

I sat upright in silence, and I only dared to take a small taste of the new dishes, for fear that I would make some joke.

Ling Hengyuan noticed my restraint and whispered to me: "It's okay, just be yourself."

Even so, I still dare not be too presumptuous. The Princess of Beiyin stared at me so hard that I felt like a thorn in my side. I remembered that she was hostile the first time she saw me. I'm afraid this is the reason.

I sighed inwardly, Princess, you said it’s not good to fall in love with anyone, but you fall in love with Ling Hengyuan. With Ling Hengyuan's unfaithful temperament, if he proposes a marriage in front of him, isn't that just sticking his face out for him to beat?

If it were in private, Ling Hengyuan might give him some face.

I think Ling Hengyuan also knew in advance that Beiyin wanted to marry Nanyang, so he pushed me to "block the sword".

My eyes met Chi Wanshen's again, and he still had that same smile, but it made me feel unfathomable.

I turned away my eyes, feeling that if I looked at him for a long time, he could tell what I was thinking. Turning around, he saw that the seat where Qin Che was sitting before was no longer occupied. I had a headache, and now I felt like I was going to sleep.

The banquet was almost coming to an end. Ling Hengyuan looked tired and left the banquet first. Immediately afterwards, Beiyin Chi Wanshen and the eldest princess also left the table. Although the eldest princess was a little angry, she still held up her skirt proudly without showing it on her face.

Only some courtiers were left drinking and toasting. Just when I was trying to find a way to leave, a prompt came from the system: "Please go to the harem to find Ling Hengyuan to complete the story line!" Ask the host to go to the harem to find Ling Hengyuan to complete the story line! 』

I was so frightened that I almost forgot about this.

I saw that no one at the table noticed me, so I calmly slipped away from my seat.

The place where the banquet was held was the palace. I walked along the small road and met several palace maids who were in a hurry and left as if they hadn't seen me.

The journey was smooth, but the harem was so big, where should I find Ling Hengyuan? Thinking of the previous story line of Ling Hengyuan's E Niang, I first went to Zhang De Hall.

I am not familiar with the harem, but I have already unlocked the Nanyang harem map. I followed the system guidance and walked for a while.

As I expected, there were dots of light printed on the window paper of Zhangde Hall, which clearly indicated that there was someone inside.

Like the previous virtual scene, the road into the palace was very familiar. I walked to the palace door and knocked on the door.

There was a response inside: "Who is it?"

It was Ling Hengyuan's voice, slightly impatient.

I said: "Your Majesty, I am a minor minister."

There was silence for a moment before he said, "Come in."

I pushed the door open and walked in, and immediately saw Ling Hengyuan sitting at the table, looking at me with a dark expression.

Me: "I have met His Majesty."

Ling Hengyuan didn't beat around the bush with me and asked directly: "How do you know I'm here?"

I said, "I have followed Your Majesty all the way here. Seeing that Your Majesty has not left the palace for a long time, I came here to inquire."

Ling Hengyuan: "Why are you following me?"

Me: "It was difficult to talk to Your Majesty at the table so far, so I thought of talking to Your Majesty after the table was over."

Ling Hengyuan: "What's the matter?"

Me: "We are all on the same page as... Your Majesty's business."

Ling Hengyuan rubbed his brows and said: "You know, it's just a show for the occasion. I will definitely reward you well after this play is finished."

When I heard these words coming from his mouth, I was still a little stunned, but then I came to my senses: "I dare to ask Your Majesty why you rejected the Princess of Beiyin?" I think it would be a good thing if the two countries could get married. Although the eldest princess was a bit arrogant, she probably had intentions for Ling Hengyuan, otherwise she wouldn't have proposed herself for marriage.

Ling Hengyuan did not speak immediately. He was just wiping the dagger, his thoughts drifting away. After a while, he said: "I don't disdain to collude with interests in a woman's life. Marriage must be between you and me. If we force the two of them to Tying them together may be counterproductive."

I stood there blankly, not knowing what to say.

He added: "There is more than one way to achieve harmonious diplomatic relations between the two countries: marriage. I have other ideas."

I lowered my eyes and said, "However, Your Majesty said that he did not want to force me, but Your Majesty has never asked Wei Chen if he is willing. Is it in His Majesty's heart that if His Majesty wants Wei Chen to do anything, Wei Chen will definitely agree?"

At first, he said that he did not want women to be bound by marriage, but later he used my excuse to reject Beiyin and Foreign Land, pushing me to the forefront... How could he not know how much this would affect a woman? What's more, he was not the only one. Way to refuse.

Obviously Ling Hengyuan didn't expect that I would ask this. He looked at me with guilt and self-blame that had never appeared before in his eyes: "I... just got hot-headed..."

I said: "Your Majesty is not hot-headed. This is also an idea that Your Majesty has considered. I think this method is the simplest and easiest for everyone to accept. It's just that Your Majesty calculated thousands of things, but did not include the minor ministers. I think it is because Your Majesty is too trusting." I’m a humble minister.”

Ling Hengyuan looked at me quietly.

I continued: "Wei Chen learned from other people that today is not only His Majesty's birthday, but also His Majesty's mother-in-law's memorial day."

When mentioning the festival day, Ling Hengyuan's eyes trembled, and the hands that clenched the dagger had already revealed his mood at this moment: "Who told you?"

Me: "Your Majesty comes to Zhangde Palace alone on this day every year. I'm afraid it's hard not to know."

"If Your Majesty really trusts Wei Chen, it would be better for him to talk to Wei Chen. It would be better than His Majesty being miserable here alone."

Ling Hengyuan smiled: "What are you talking about? My mother-in-law once served two husbands? I don't know whose child I am?"

I am still a little surprised to hear this from Ling Hengyuan.

Ling Hengyuan: "Go away, I'm afraid I won't be able to help but kill you when the time comes." He turned around as if he didn't want to talk to me.

Options appear:

"Just back off"

"Continue to ask"

I chose the second one.

I said: "If I can share the burden with Your Majesty, I will be willing to die."

Ling Hengyuan looked at me, obviously not expecting me to say this. He was stunned for a while and said: "That's why I am so willing to believe you."

"Obviously you want me to give you enough trust, but in the end you say that I trust you too much. Come on, I really can't do anything to you sometimes."