Raising a wife? The mistress of the Hou family divorced and remarried her younger uncle

Chapter 122 Estrangement
Huainan was a hidden pain in Su Qingwan's heart. She sneered and said, "He deliberately fabricated false charges and killed the nine clans of Huainan. Now he is trying to repeat the same trick and kill the nine clans of the King of the Southwest... He can't escape either."

"Princess, please be careful with your words. This is the palace and there are ears behind the walls." Lu Jing reminded softly. Although Li An was leading people to guard, he didn't want Su Qingwan to say something wrong and anger the emperor.

"You are very loyal." Su Qingwan glanced at him. In fact, it was not her fault that Lu Jing was loyal. Everything he had was given by the emperor. In order to elevate Lu Jing's status, the emperor had also taken great pains.

In fact, Lu Jing does not need a strong maternal family.

He became a lonely man, and being a lone minister was the sharpest knife for the emperor. No one knew what had happened to the emperor that he wanted to marry her to Lu Jing.

Even if she were to be arranged a marriage, Lu Jing would not be a good choice.

"Even saints make mistakes, let alone the emperor. Could it be that Deputy Commander Lu thinks that the King of Huainan deserved to die?"

Lu Jing was silent. He didn't want to talk about Huainan with Su Qingwan.

Su Qingwan retracted her gaze from admiring the snow and fell on his face, "No wonder others say you are a lackey, you are really loyal to the emperor."

"You have a lot of complaints against the Emperor."

"My father has been loyal to the emperor for many years, galloping on the battlefield and fighting bravely. But he wants to detain me in the capital and interfere with my marriage. Shouldn't I be resentful?" Su Qingwan said indifferently, "You are not from the Southwest Palace, so you naturally can't feel the fear of a cold knife hanging on your neck."

Lu Jing was tactful and stopped talking about state affairs.

A palace maid came to remind them that it was time to return to the banquet.

The banquet was still very noisy, and it became even noisier after three rounds of wine. The emperor was sick and weak, so he left the table to rest long ago. The eldest princess presided over the palace banquet. The eldest princess seldom spoke on such occasions. No matter how the civil and military officials quarreled, it was all a show to her. She sat high above, watching the storm with a cold expression, as if she had long wanted to jump out of the court.

After Su Qingwan returned to the banquet, Xilin Yongxuan came over and sat next to her. The King of Southwest was talking to the eldest princess about something and looked solemn.

Su Qingwan took a look and then looked away, not knowing what Xilin Yongxuan meant.

Xilin Yongxuan toasted Su Qingwan with a glass of wine and said a lot of polite words, saying that he had long admired the reputation of the Grand Princess of the Southwest and that he was lucky to meet her today. The polite words were very beautiful, and Su Qingwan couldn't help laughing when she heard them.

Lu Jing narrowed his eyes and watched the scene quietly.

She treated him coldly, but smiled brightly to the Second Prince of Xilin.

Su Qingwan said, "Second Prince, what do you want to say? Let's get straight to the point. Even if you praise me as a fairy, I won't give up a cent in business."

The trade route she opened had trade relations with Xilin, and Xilin Yongxuan was the person in charge of Xilin.

Xilin Yongxuan said, "You really don't want to consider marrying to Xilin and forming an alliance with our Xilin? Xilin and Southwest are neighbors. As long as you marry to Xilin, the entire Xilin will be the backing of the Southwest Palace."

"You haven't read much, you should read more!" Su Qingwan chuckled and said, "Don't say such ridiculous words. Even a six-year-old child in the Imperial College knows that there is no possibility of marriage between Xilin and Southwest, unless my father wants to rebel."

"That's such a pity. I don't know who will get the chance to marry such a beautiful woman."

"Beauty?" Su Qingwan pointed at her own face. Jiuer looked like her father and was always feeling inferior about her appearance. What hurt her most was that her brothers in the mansion looked like her mother and all of them were good-looking. Jiuer was in a very low mood and often scolded the King of Southwest for being too ugly and bringing trouble to her.

"This prince likes beautiful ladies like the princess."

Su Qingwan said, "I heard that the second prince went to Xiangyun Tower on the first day he came to our southwest, ordered an Oiran, and stayed with her for three days without even leaving the room." Xilin Yongxuan's smile froze, "That's a rumor."

"Oh..." Su Qingwan chuckled and said, "It's none of my business."

Xilin Yongxuan took a sip of wine depressedly. He went to the capital to negotiate to gain more bargaining chips. Although he knew that it was unlikely that he would marry the princess of the southwest, the king of the southwest did not want to marry his daughter as a hostage in the imperial city.

The Xilin peace talks were originally going to involve a marriage, what if the King of Southwest is tempted?
"Princess, if you don't marry into Xilin, are you willing to be a hostage in the capital?" Xilin Yongxuan continued to sow discord and always said some heart-breaking words. To Su Qingwan, they were truly heart-breaking.

When Huainan was destroyed, it was also because my father did not want my eldest brother to come to the capital as a hostage.

At that time, my eldest brother was engaged to the princess. If my father was willing to send him to the capital as a hostage, perhaps the Huainan Palace could have escaped the disaster. However, it was still struggling to survive and it was difficult to break the impasse.

"I am a hostage, even if I have to die, it is still a life. I know which is more cost-effective, one life or hundreds of lives in the Southwest Palace." Su Qingwan chuckled and said, "As for you, I heard that the crown prince of Xilin was seriously injured while riding a horse and has no hope of having an heir. He only has three princesses. You have the hope of becoming the crown prince. Congratulations."

"I dare not say that." Xilin Yongxuan spoke modestly, but he couldn't hide his smile. He was very happy. Su Qingwan even felt that he couldn't hide his pride.

No wonder he wanted to form an alliance with the southwest. If he really married the princess of the southwest, he would be even more powerful. The Prince of Xilin would definitely not be his opponent.

"Don't be modest. We live next door to each other. I know your family's situation very well."

"Then consider it and marry me. In a few years you will be the Queen of Xilin."

"I never believe in a man's sweet words and promises. Wait until you become the crown prince." Su Qingwan thought again, "Oh, even if you become the crown prince, something unexpected might happen. Your elder brother is a living example. How pitiful he was. He was stepped on by a horse's hoof in the lower abdomen."

Xilin Yongxuan felt a chill down his spine. He felt the girl in front of him smiling faintly, yet she could see through everything. Everything was under her control. Even though she was far away in the capital, she knew everything about Xilin.

"Who are you going to marry?" Xilin Yongxuan glanced at Lu Jing, "That handsome man?"

He used the word beautiful to describe Lu Jing.

"This is what the emperor is looking forward to." Su Qingwan said, an arranged marriage is an arranged marriage, and she has the final say on whether the couple gets married or not.

"He looks like the type who will have three wives and four concubines after marriage." Xilin Yongxuan said bad things about Lu Jing, "You might as well marry me than him."

Su Qingwan, "..."

Lu Jing watched Su Qingwan and Xilin Yongxuan chatting happily, a hint of displeasure flashed across his eyes, his expression did not show his joy or anger, but Zhou Jingming could sense his emotions.

"Zi Yu, the princess doesn't have a good face towards you, but she is kind to the Second Prince of Xilin."

He knew how to poke people's hearts. Lu Jing's attention to the Southwest Princess was too strong and overbearing. It was difficult for him to ignore it. His eyes were all on the Southwest Princess. Zhou Jingming rarely watched his brothers' drama, so he naturally knew how to poke people's hearts.

Lu Jing thought to himself, they were more than just kind, it could be said that they met too late, it was as if they had endless things to say to each other.

She wants to marry Xilin, but it's impossible!

Unless the emperor and the eldest princess are crazy.