The king was wrong

In Qingpingzhai in the south of the city, His Royal Highness Prince Yong prepared a big "surprise" for the princess who was about to pass the gate, but at this time the main courtyard of Duke Sheng's mansion in the east of the city was eerily silent.

Sitting on the main seat was a man in his fifties who was dressed in fancy clothes. At this moment, his whole body was stiff and his face was full of anger, which was very terrifying.

Kneeling not far in front of him was a young man dressed plainly, with his head down but his spine straight.

Neither of the two spoke, and they remained in a stalemate for a long time.

"Alas..." Finally, the man in the chief seat let out a long sigh, relaxed his body, and looked at his son kneeling on the ground with a weary expression: "Yaoqing, it's not that daddy is talking about you, why are you bothering?"

The young man raised his head slowly, showing a face similar to the person seated, and said in a deep voice: "I am a man of seven feet. If I don't go to the frontier to fight the enemy bravely, I don't enter the court and dedicate myself to the society. A woman married as a wife? I beg my father to meet the Holy One and ask the Holy One to take back his order!"

He paused every word, speaking loudly, without giving in.

This is Qi Yaoqing, the second son of Sheng Guogong who was married to King Yong by imperial decree, and the person in charge is his father——Sheng Guogong Qi Xiaosu.

"You..." Qi Xiaosu pointed at his kneeling son in the hall, speechless for a long time.He has always known that this son is arrogant, and it is precisely because of this that he has always disliked him.It's just that the neglect for so many years didn't smooth out his temper, but made him more stubborn. I really don't know who to blame.

"Heh, what does father want to say?" Qi Yao sneered without raising his eyes: "Could it be that father is planning to use the family interests and the elder sister's position to blackmail the son and force him to marry?"

When Sheng Guogong heard this, his beard trembled with anger. It was a good marriage, but it seemed to him that he had made a conspiracy.

"Threats? What can a father threaten you with? Rebellious son! You rebellious son! I have raised you for more than 20 years, but in the end you don't know how to be filial, brotherly and righteous. Now you have to piss me off before you give up!"

Qi Xiaosu's words were so heartbreaking that he forcibly put the title of "unfilial son" on Qi Yaoqing's head.He didn't believe that Qi Yaoqing could be so tough even if he had a reputation of being disloyal and unfilial.

Unexpectedly, Qi Yaoqing was still unmoved, and his expression didn't even change.

"It's not that the son wants to piss off the father, but that you, the father, want to force the son to death. Two days ago, the imperial decree to grant the marriage had arrived at the Duke's mansion, but I didn't even know about it. If I hadn't heard someone mention it by chance today, I'm afraid I I’m still kept in the dark! Why, father thinks this is not ridiculous? Dare to do it but dare not say it, are you going to beat me up and carry me into Yongwang’s mansion nine days later!”

"presumptuous!"

The white porcelain cup containing hot tea in Qi Xiaosu's hand slid a beautiful arc in the air, and hit Qi Yaoqing's forehead accurately.The teacup shattered, the tiles scattered, and a bloody hole appeared on Qi Yaoqing's forehead.A whole cup of boiling tea mixed with blood dripped down his pale face, which was very scary.

He slapped the wooden table hard and stood up, pointing at Qi Yaoqing's nose and cursing: "Nizi! Let me tell you, your sister finally begged for this marriage for you. You have to marry, or you have to marry if you don’t marry! From today on, you stay in the courtyard for me, and you are not allowed to leave the courtyard until you get married in nine days!"

After finishing speaking, Qi Xiaosu let out a stern "hum", and slammed the door straight out, leaving only Qi Yaoqing still kneeling there.

After a long time, he touched his bloody forehead, looked at the deep red color of his hands, and said mockingly: "Yes, it's really not easy. Qi Songjin has spent a lot of effort for this marriage."

Qi Yaoqing sneered, stood up on the ground, wiped off the blood on his forehead, and walked towards Qingshuiyuan where he lived.

"Ouch, who doesn't have eyes, how did he become so inhuman and ghost in broad daylight!"

It is said that the enemy's road is narrow, no, not long after Qi Yaoqing left the main courtyard, he met Mrs. Zhao and Aunt Ke who came to deliver bird's nests to Qi Xiaosu.

Ke Shi has always been sharp-tongued, and in the past few years in Sheng Guogong's mansion, relying on Qi Xiaosu's favor, he has offended many people.Even her daughter, Qi Simin, who has just reached the age of [-], has the same virtues as her mother. She has a good skin, not to mention a domineering personality, and she doesn't think about making progress all day long.

At this moment, Ke Shi saw Qi Yaoqing's blood-stained side face and the bleeding hole on his forehead from a distance, and subconsciously yelled angrily.

The person Qi Yaoqing didn't want to meet at the moment was Mrs. Zhao, but unexpectedly, the person he didn't want to meet the most would just get on the pole and move forward.Due to Zhao's aunt's status, even if he didn't want to, he had no choice but to turn around and salute, lowering his eyes and said: "My son accidentally hurt his forehead, and he never thought of bumping into his mother. I hope my mother will forgive me."

What he said was quite satisfactory, and there was not a single mistake in his words, but his expression was so indifferent that he didn't see Zhao Shi at all, which made Zhao Shi extremely displeased.

There are only two people she hates the most in her life, one is the late wife Wen, and the other is the son left behind by Wen.

Qi Yaoqing's biological mother, Wen Shi, was originally the daughter of Jiangdu county magistrate. She was born in a scholarly family, and later married Qi Xiaosu as his wife. He has followed him since he was a little sixth-rank servant.She is virtuous, virtuous, gentle and amiable, and accompanied her husband through the most difficult days, and gave birth to his eldest son, Qi Yaoqing.

Unexpectedly, Huiji will be hurt, and beauty's life will be unlucky. When Qi Yaoqing was eight years old, Qi Xiaosu gradually emerged in the court, and his career was flourishing. However, Wen's body was seriously ill, bedridden, and soon passed away.

When his mother passed away, Qi Yaoqing mourned unceasingly, and passed out in front of Wen's spirit several times.Although Qi Xiaosu was also sad for a while, he soon shifted his interest to Zhao Shi who was still a concubine at that time.

Zhao's family background is not high, not as virtuous as Wen's, but he is good at grasping a man's heart, so he is very favored by Qi Xiaosu. Not long after Wen's death, he was promoted to side wife.

She had a son and a daughter under her knees, and the eldest daughter was the later queen Qi Songjin.Qi Songjin was four years older than Qi Yaoqing. He was smart and smart since childhood, and Qi Xiaosu liked him very much.

Although his son Qi Haoyuan is also older than Qi Yaoqing and is the eldest son in the true sense, he still can't escape his status as a concubine, and he is worse than Qi Yaoqing in everything.

Coupled with his ordinary talent and ordinary appearance, he has never gained much power in the Qi Mansion.Although he was unwilling to do so, there was nothing he could do about it. No matter who called his mother useless, no matter how favored he was, she was just a concubine.

But soon, the opportunity came.

When the Holy Majesty was still the third prince, Qi Xiaosu put all the treasures on him with great foresight, and sent Qi Songjin into the palace to be his side concubine without hesitation.

At that time, the old crown prince had not been abolished, but the health of the former emperor was deteriorating, so although the battle for the throne had not been brought to the table, it was already turbulent.

As a staunch member of the Three Princes Party, Qi Xiaosu has been silently hiding behind the scenes to help him win over ministers, open up relationships, and make full preparations for the battle for the throne. Therefore, he is absolutely indispensable for the Third Prince's successful ascension to the throne.

This also explains why when the three princes won the first prize in one fell swoop and became the great treasure, they directly conferred the title of Jin Zhaoyi on Qi Songjin, and made an exception to grant Qi Xiaosu the title of Duke of the Kingdom, which can only be conferred by great generals with great military exploits in previous dynasties.

As the biological mother of Empress Zhaoyi, the Zhao family naturally rose to the top, and was soon promoted by Qi Xiaosu as his wife, and she even called it: "This move is to reassure Empress Zhaoyi who lives in the palace."

The Zhao family became the main wife, but even though she was the continuation, she was conferred by the emperor as the first-rank Duke's wife. This honor is far incomparable to the Wen family who died early.At the same time, this also means that Qi Haoyuan, who was originally the eldest son of the concubine, has suddenly become the eldest son of the legitimate son, while Qi Yaoqing, who was originally the eldest son of the direct descendant, can only retreat to the second son of the direct descendant.

Don't look at it as if the difference is just a word, but its meaning is completely different.The eldest son is the eldest son who is born, and is the only candidate for the dukedom in the future.Although the second son is also a descendant, it has nothing to do with the title at all.That is to say, Qi Yaoqing no longer has the right to inherit the title of Duke, and Qi Haoyuan can only inherit the title of Duke after a hundred years from Qi Xiaosu.

Because of this matter, Qi Yaoqing was often squeezed out by Qi Haoyuan, and even Mrs. Zhao never forgot to insinuate and sarcasm every time she saw him.

This is often the case with the warmth and coldness of human relationships. Thinking back when the Wen family was still there, who would dare to be so rude to Qi Yaoqing, and how dare Qi Songjin throw him to Prince Yong's mansion so easily?

However, although Qi Yaoqing knew about the hardships he had endured for more than ten years, in Zhao's eyes, it was completely different.

It stands to reason that after Wen's death, her daughter is promising, and she earned the position of first-rank Duke's wife for herself. Her life should be more and more comfortable, but the fact is just the opposite.For some reason, every time she sees Qi Yaoqing's black and clear eyes and that face that resembles Wen's, she will have hallucinations, as if she is still the submissive and groveling concubine in front of him, who even has to say a word Look at the face of the main room.

So she always deliberately used her status as the Duke's wife to ridicule him, which gave her the feeling that she was slapping Wen in the face, which gave her the greatest satisfaction in her heart.

For this purpose, as soon as Mrs. Zhao heard about the incident in the front yard, she rushed to see the joke.She felt that she had encountered another opportunity, an excellent opportunity to humiliate Qi Yaoqing.