The queen cried the whole harem

Chapter 418: Cunning Uncle Jiang 21
Xiao Huaiguang thought that since he had seen the list, he was asking to see His Majesty now, probably to confirm the candidate for the marriage.

This is a major matter for both countries, so Xiao Huaiguang naturally would not shirk his responsibility.

After Xiao Huaiguang returned, he expressed Uncle Jiang's intentions to Qi Hengyuan.

Qi Hengyuan didn't know what Jiang Chengchi and Jiang Wangshu were planning - since they couldn't get Yan Xiaoye, they wanted to go after the girl from the Ning family.

Qi Hengyuan originally guessed that if Jiang Chengchi and Jiang Wangshu couldn't get Yan Xiaoye, they would not want other noble ladies from Qi.

Although it was just a guess, Qi Hengyuan was very confident.

But even if the noble lady doesn't want to marry anymore, they still have to meet and make things clear.

Qi Hengyuan called Liu Guoxiang and asked him to make the arrangements.

Soon Qi Hengyuan met Jiang Chengchi and Jiang Wangshu again.

Qi Hengyuan sat in the chair and said nothing.

Prime Minister Liu spoke on behalf of Qi Hengyuan: "Your Majesty, Prince Jiang, have you chosen your bride? I wonder which family the bride is from?"

Jiang Chengchi glanced at Uncle Jiang.

Uncle Jiang sighed slightly and said, "Prime Minister Liu, Your Majesty of Qi, our Majesty wants to marry Yan Xiaoye as the Queen because your Imperial Concubine Yan is both virtuous and talented. Yan Xiaoye is from the same family as her, so her talents must be no less than hers."

"This is our selfish desire. We thought that if Yan Xiaoye married, the national strength of Jiang would also be improved. But Yan Xiaoye is already married, so we can't force her. We can only settle for the next best thing."

"In addition to the Yan family, the Ning family is also from the same clan as Concubine Yan. Our emperor cannot marry Yan Xiaoye, but he can still marry a girl from the Ning family."

"But Prime Minister Liu did not list Miss Ning's name in the list. I want to ask why."

Qi Hengyuan was originally sitting there casually, but after hearing what Uncle Jiang said, he looked up suddenly, with shock, anger, and disbelief in his black eyes.

Jiang Chengchi and Uncle Jiang Wang really refuse to give up!

Since he couldn't marry Yan Xiaoye, he actually set his sights on the Ning family!

After hearing what Uncle Jiang said, Prime Minister Liu was also shocked. He did not expect that the Emperor of Jiang and Uncle Jiang would actually set their sights on the Ning family!

It can indeed be said that the Ning family and Concubine Yan are from the same clan. After all, Concubine Yan's mother is a member of the Ning family, so Concubine Yan can be considered half a member of the Ning family.

Uncle Jiang's words were very sincere. Since Concubine Yan was so powerful, he also wanted to marry a member of the Yan family on behalf of the State of Jiang to improve the country's strength.

It is impossible to marry someone from the Yan family, and the same goes for marrying someone from the Ning family.

But if the strength of his Jiang State increases, won’t Qi State be in danger?
Uncle Jiang has always been a shrewd and calculating person, so how could he say such a thing?

Liu Guoxiang frowned and glanced at Uncle Jiang Wang, feeling that he was up to something bad again.

While Prime Minister Liu was thinking deeply, Qi Hengyuan spoke coldly, "Prince Jiang, if I remember correctly, the Emperor of Jiang said before that he wanted to marry a noblewoman from a military family in our country, and the Ning family is not well-known, nor is it a military family, so Prime Minister Liu naturally did not include the Ning family girl in the statistics. Is there anything wrong with this?"

Uncle Jiang originally wanted to ask for an explanation, but after hearing what Qi Hengyuan said, he was choked.

Liu Guoxiang immediately agreed: "Yes, Lord Jiang, I also heard it clearly before. The Emperor of Jiang did say that he wanted to marry a noblewoman from a military family in our country, and the Ning family is not a military family."

As he spoke, his tone changed and he said coldly, "There are so many families of military generals and nobles in Qi, and there are countless small families. I can't count the names of the girls in all the families in Qi for His Majesty Jiang to choose from, right?"

"What do you think of my country Qi? Do you think of it as your vassal state? Do you allow your choice of our noble ladies?"

The last sentence is simply heartbreaking. What time is it now?
It's time for peace talks.

Isn't it self-contradictory to say that the people of Jiang State treated Qi State as a vassal state? After all, the peace talks were requested by Jiang State by offering three fortresses.

Now they are showing signs of wanting to start a war, which would be a slap in their own face.

As soon as Liu Guoxiang finished speaking, before Uncle Jiang Wang could figure out how to respond and before Jiang Chengchi could react, Qi Hengyuan had already stood up.

With anger on his face, he said word by word: "Since you have no sincerity in seeking peace, then let's end the talks. Even if you don't return the three border passes, our State of Qi can still fight back. We will see you on the battlefield..."

Before he could finish the last two words, Uncle Jiang suddenly came back to his senses and said immediately, "Your Majesty, you misunderstood. My Jiang Kingdom has absolutely no intention of provoking another war."

"We were negligent. We didn't know that the Ning family was not a family of military commanders. Otherwise, we wouldn't have said such stupid things."

"In that case, we won't force it."

"But our country did come here with sincerity. Even if we cannot marry, we still want to maintain friendly diplomatic relations. After we return, Jiang will send a princess to Qi."

"Your Majesty of Qi loves Concubine Yan deeply, and he also has to take care of the baby in Concubine Yan's belly. He cannot take care of our princess, so let our princess live in Prince Qi's mansion."

"I heard that Prince Qi has an outstanding prince. If possible, I hope that our princess can marry this prince and establish friendly relations between our two countries."

"If His Majesty Qi is sincere in wanting to negotiate, he should not refuse. Our country cannot marry your noble lady, but your country can marry our princess, right, His Majesty Qi?"

Originally, at the very beginning, King Jiang's uncle proposed that the princess of Jiang State should marry into the State of Qi.

Of course, at that time, proposing that the princess marry was just a temporary solution.

Uncle Jiang's ultimate goal is to have Yan Xiaoye marry into the Kingdom of Jiang.

He said that at the time because he actually knew that His Majesty the Qi State would definitely not agree to allow the Princess of Jiang State to enter Qi State and marry into the official family of Qi State.

His Majesty the State of Qi will definitely refuse.

Once His Majesty of Qi refuses, Uncle Jiang will ask Qi to provide a noble lady to marry into Jiang State, and His Majesty of Qi will find it difficult to refuse.

Unfortunately, all the good plans were ruined.

Not only could he not marry Yan Xiaoye, he couldn't even marry a girl from the Ning family.

Uncle Jiang Wang died of depression.

He was really unwilling to do so.

Since it is impossible to marry Yan Xiaoye or the girl from the Ning family, he must send the princess of Jiang to Qi.

Let's see how His Majesty of Qi responds.

If he refused, it would mean that he was only pretending to come for peace talks and had no real intention of negotiating, and was just teasing Jiang Guo.

Although Jiang State is not as powerful as Qi State now, if the attitude of the King of Qi is known to the people of Jiang State during the peace talks, they will surely unite against the enemy and their morale will be much higher.

Even if we cannot defeat Qi, we must bring it down.

And if His Majesty of Qi agreed, then Uncle Jiang's conspiracy would succeed.