After the heroine was robbed, save the paranoid villain

People in the palace never dared to take the initiative to ask for the token in His Royal Highness the Prince of Qin's hand.

Even if the palace gates are closed now, they have to open them if the King of Qin wants to go in to see the emperor.

Not to mention asking for the King of Qin's token, even if the King of Qin rode in on a horse with a sword, no one would dare to say anything wrong.

Who made the emperor love this son the most?

The emperor has many children, including countless princes and princesses, but the one he loves the most is the third prince, His Royal Highness the Prince of Qin.

At this time, the emperor had not yet gone to bed and was reading memorials at the desk.

As soon as Gu Guangliang finished saying "His Royal Highness the Prince of Qin is coming", the emperor raised his hand and said: "Let him in."

A moment later, Xiao Chengji walked in from outside.

The father and son look 50% similar. Among the more than ten princes, Xiao Chengji is the one who looks most like the emperor.

Emperor Jianxing has worked hard to govern the country in recent years. Under his rule, the State of Wei regained most of the land that their ancestors had lost to the State of Cang.

Such an ambitious man is naturally quite conceited.

Because of this, among all the princes, he prefers the third prince Xiao Chengji, who is similar to him.

Xiao Chengji was naturally aloof, and after reporting some things to Emperor Jianxing, he was about to leave.

Emperor Jianxing raised his eyes and glanced at him: "Starting tomorrow, you will go to the Ministry of War to take up an assignment, enter the cabinet to learn some things, and also take care of the Ministry of Justice's affairs."

Xiao Chengji nodded: "Yes."

"Yue'er, the court owes a lot to the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion. No matter what the girl from the Wen family does, you must——"

Before he could finish his words, another report came from outside saying that Queen Mother Zheng had arrived.

A trace of disgust flashed in Xiao Chengji's eyes.

Emperor Jianxing's face didn't look very good either, but he still nodded.

Queen Mother Zheng walked in leaning on a cane, with a large group of palace maids and eunuchs supporting and guarding her in front and behind.

Emperor Jianxing hurried forward to help her up: "It's so late, what are you doing here, mother?"

Queen Mother Zheng smiled brightly. Her cloudy eyes first swept over Xiao Chengji, then looked at Emperor Jianxing: "I heard that you haven't been to the harem these days. Emperor, no matter how absorbed you are in court affairs, you must take care of your own health."

Emperor Jianxing nodded: "Yes, my mother is right."

"I'm not teaching you a lesson, I'm just feeling sorry for you." Queen Mother Zheng said, "King Qin, why are you here too? It's so late and you're still disturbing your father's rest. Aren't you afraid that your father won't be able to hold on?"

Emperor Jianxing said: "I summoned him to the palace."

Queen Mother Zheng smiled and said, "I know you are partial to this child. You always say good things to him. I know exactly what's going on. I am old, but not confused."

Xiao Chengji looked at him coldly and didn't say a word.

Over the years, he has long been accustomed to the soft knife of Queen Mother Zheng that hurts people everywhere.

Xiao Chengji was too lazy to engage in verbal battles with an old man in the palace.

Even the emperor was shackled by this old empress dowager, how many people would be willing to deal with her? If she really pretended to be sick and said that she was not healthy, there would be another bloody storm.

"I came here this time to talk about the marriage of Miss Wen."

Queen Mother Zheng said, "Now that Miss Wei has become the Fifth Prince's concubine, the position of the principal wife is vacant. Miss Wen has been engaged to the Fifth Prince, and I think Miss Wen should marry the Fifth Prince. Prince Qin, you don't want to marry a woman who has been engaged to the Fifth Prince, do you?"

The emperor's face changed drastically.

He knew that Queen Dowager Zheng came for this.

The emperor only dealt with Wei Hao and Madam Wei, and did not say that the girl from the Wei family would be demoted to a concubine.

When Empress Dowager Zheng learned about this, she was furious and insisted that such a girl was not worthy of the Fifth Prince. She wanted to demote the girl from the Wei family to a concubine. After the Emperor negotiated again and again, he promoted her to a concubine.

In this way, the position of the fifth prince's wife remained vacant.

The girl from the Wen family is the only legitimate daughter of the Duke of Zhenguo. She holds a vital relationship with the military power. It would not be difficult to seize the military power by marrying the girl from the Wen family.

What Empress Dowager Zheng wanted most was for the Fifth Prince to become the Crown Prince, and she wanted the girl from the Wen family to marry the Fifth Prince no matter what.

The emperor only had the Prince of Qin as his choice for crown prince.

It was Queen Mother Zheng who took the initiative to force this marriage, and now it has come to the King of Qin. How could the Emperor let go?

only--

Others don’t know, don’t they know?

The King of Qin had no interest in beauty at all and had never touched a woman in these years.

The marriage arranged for him with the girl from the Wei family was a forced order from the emperor.

The emperor said: "Mother, how can marriages change so much? Isn't this just a joke—"

"I am asking the King of Qin." Queen Mother Zheng narrowed her eyes slightly, "King of Qin, what do you think?"

Xiao Chengji curled his lips sarcastically: "Father, you have always known that I have no intention of getting married."

The emperor's face suddenly turned livid.

Queen Mother Zheng finally breathed a sigh of relief, but before she could fully relax, she heard Xiao Chengji say, "But, I want to marry Miss Wen, and I have already sent the Qin Wang Ling to her as a betrothal gift. The Qin Wang Mansion is a large family with great wealth, so there should be a woman to take care of the household affairs."

Now it was Queen Mother Zheng who had a sullen face: "You haven't even gotten married yet, how can you give it to each other privately?"

Xiao Chengji smiled and said, "Secretly giving and receiving? The Queen Mother is referring to the fact that you, like my fifth brother, committed adultery with a noble lady before marriage? That's not the case. I handed the Qin Wang Order to Miss Wen in front of dozens of civilians."

Queen Mother Zheng was really going to be pissed off by Xiao Chengji this time, but when she was really angry, she couldn't show it easily.

"It's fate. I learned to ride a horse when I was seven years old. I've been riding for twenty years and never lost anything. But tonight, when I passed by Miss Wen at the South Street Night Market, the Qin King's Order fell into her hands." Xiao Chengji looked at Queen Mother Zheng, "Queen Mother, do you think this is fate?"

Emperor Jianxing clapped his hands and laughed: "Great! Great! Yue'er, the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion is not an ordinary family. A Qin Wang Order is not enough as a betrothal gift. Send some generous gifts another day."

Queen Mother Zheng was so enraged by Xiao Chengji's provocative gaze that she swallowed hard.

Emperor Jianxing smiled and said, "Mother, now that Yue'er's marriage is settled, you must be very happy, right? Being angry is harmful to your health, and so is being overjoyed. It's so late, you should go back and rest. Gu Guangliang, send the Queen Mother back."

Queen Mother Zheng was carried out tremblingly, leaning on a cane.

After Empress Dowager Zheng left, the smile on the emperor's face suddenly faded.

He patted Xiao Chengji's shoulder fiercely: "Yue'er, you finally understand things for once. The excuse you made up this time is not bad."

Xiao Chengji glanced at the emperor and said, "The Qin Wang Lingzhen is in her hands. Without the token, I will not enter the palace during this period of time."

The emperor laughed and said, "No problem, just make another identical token. How about Miss Wen?"

"She should be able to memorize the entire Wei Code like a nerd." Xiao Chengji curled his lips coldly, "She should really be sent to the Ministry of Justice to work."