Resourceful beauty

Chapter 197
"What else did you say?"

In the dimly lit inner hall, King Yong sat behind the desk, looked at the guard kneeling in front of him with a gloomy expression and asked coldly, there was a hint of coldness in his words.

"Your Highness..."

Stuttering, the guard didn't seem to know how to reply, he raised his head to look at King Yong's face, met his angry eyes, lowered his head in horror, and said hesitantly: "There are rumors in the city, saying... It is said that His Highness failed to seize the crown prince, but he still did not give up. Now that the crown prince has been decided, His Highness still has the heart to replace him, and his intentions are wrong. Fortunately, the gods bless the prince, but he was only slightly injured. If the king doesn't punish him, it will definitely bring disaster to Yao Kingdom in the coming year."

After finishing speaking in one breath, the guard didn't even dare to raise his head.

There was dead silence in the hall, and after a while, King Yong suddenly laughed, with some wanton madness in his laughter, "They are right about some things, and this king really has not given up. If you want to ascend the throne, you have to show your skills." Come on, relying on a woman blowing pillow wind to get into the reserve position, what kind of skill is it?"

But thinking of the second half of the rumors, King Yong's expression turned ugly.

Didn't these rumors force King Yao to punish him?And the impeachment papers of those speech officials...

Thinking of this, King Yong felt that there seemed to be a fire burning in his heart, and he was so anxious that he wished to take out his knife and kill him.

"Aside from that, is there anything else?"

After taking a few deep breaths to calm down, King Yong asked the guard in a deep voice.

Shaking his head, the guard replied in a low voice, "Nothing else."

Looking up, King Yong waved his hand, but he didn't say how to deal with the rumors spreading wildly in the city. The guard hesitated for a moment, but finally kowtowed and got up and retreated.

In the hall, King Yong stretched out his clenched fist and tapped his fingers lightly on the table, as if he was thinking about how to deal with the current situation.

Before he could come up with a solution, Zhou Fu, the servant who usually served by his side, came in to reply, "Your Highness, Fang Shanggong is here."

Fang Shanggong is someone close to the Queen of Zhou, and her coming here is equivalent to delivering a message for the Queen of Zhou.

King Yong didn't dare to be sloppy, nodded his head, Zhou Fu went out and brought Fang Shanggong in.

"This servant has seen His Royal Highness King Yong..."

Fushen greeted him, Fang Shanggong got up again, and said straight to the point: "The queen said, Your Highness is really impatient this time."

King Yong's face darkened, he nodded his head and said: "I know my mistake, and I hope that the queen will forgive me for being reckless this time."

Fang Shanggong nodded and continued: "The meaning of the queen, please be safe and don't be impatient. Although the reserve position has been confirmed now, it is not the last moment after all. What's more, the king is in good health now, and the days to come will be long." Well, this matter needs to be discussed in the long run, and I hope His Highness should not be too eager. After all, this year has just established a reserve, and the enthusiasm has not passed yet. Now I don’t know how many people are staring at the crown prince and His Highness. The more you have, the more mistakes you make."

With Queen Zhou's character, if King Yong was standing in front of her at this moment, she would have been taught a lesson of mercilessness long ago, so how could she speak so euphemistically.

King Yong couldn't help feeling a little rejoicing: Fortunately, he is in the paddock at this moment.

"Yes, I remember, it's my fault for letting the queen mother work so hard on my behalf. I will definitely remember the lesson from this time and never act recklessly again."

King Yong nodded in promise.

Fang Shanggong nodded, and finally instructed: "What the queen means is that it is important to fight for the heir, and so is the heir. In Prince Yong's mansion, it is better to give birth to the little prince as soon as possible."

King Yong has been married for six years, and he and Concubine Yong are inseparable in appearance. Although there are many concubines in the mansion, in the past few years, only two young ladies have been born, and they are both concubines.

On the contrary, King Xuan, now he has all his sons and daughters, and even several children of concubines.

In addition, the prince who has already married has no heirs yet, but it will be a matter of time. In this way, King Yong is really a bit behind in terms of heirs.

Although this is not helpful to the fight for the reserve, but if you really want to care about it, King Yong is still at a disadvantage.

When mentioning the matter of the inner house, King Yong seemed to be a little worried, and frowned impatiently. After all, he resisted and agreed, "I will remember what the queen mother said."

"Since that's the case, the maidservant will retire. I will return to the palace early tomorrow morning to return to my command. Your Highness should rest early."

Fang Shanggong saluted and left the main hall.

Turning his head to look at the dark night outside the window, King Yong's eyes seemed to be rolled up by wind and clouds, and the color gradually became gloomy.

Sitting stiffly for a long time, thinking about getting up early tomorrow, King Yong stood up and walked towards the bedroom in the back hall.

In the sleeping hall, Concubine Yong Yunyue had already taken a bath to freshen up and rested. It seemed that she did not expect that Prince Yong would come back. Concubine Yong had a strange smile on her face.

Standing up to meet the gate of the palace, she saw Chu Yuan's face was gloomy. Thinking of the unpleasant discussions around these few days, Princess Yong probably knew it well.

"Your Highness wants to rest here?"

After ordering the servant girl to prepare hot water, Concubine Yong turned around and asked King Yong.

With a sneer, King Yong turned his head to look at Princess Yong, "Didn't Princess ask this knowingly?"

The emotional discord between the two is no longer a matter of a day or two. When he was in Prince Yong's mansion, King Yong only went to the concubine's place on the [-]th day of the lunar new year to meet with the concubine. , In the past few days, she also slept in the study.

Today is neither the first day nor the fifteenth day of the lunar new year, so King Yong's appearance surprised Princess Yong a little.

However, when she thought about what her confidant had just said back and forth, saying that Fangshang Palace was here, and that Fangshang Palace represented Queen Zhou, then Princess Yong could guess a thing or two about what was said.

At this moment, King Yong's appearance can be explained.

Thinking of this, the mocking smile on Princess Yong's face became more and more obvious.

But in any daughter's family, which one doesn't want to have a heart-to-heart bond with her husband and son-in-law?But what about her?Even when he was newly married, he never saw how gentle and considerate King Yong was to him.

For so many years, year after year, it seemed as if a lifetime had passed.

On days like this, I don't know when it will be the end.

And in her eyes, the eldest prince who was supposed to stand upright, after failing to seize the heirloom, more and more flaws were exposed on his body, and now, she is becoming more and more disgusted.

Many times, Concubine Yong actually felt that deep down in her heart, she looked down on the man in front of her.

The hesitation on Princess Yong's face was only a moment, but King Yong's eyes were full of her subtle expressions. Thinking of her estrangement in the past few years, King Yong became a little annoyed and waved his hands to signal the palace maids in the palace. They all retreated, King Yong didn't even care about taking a bath, he picked up Princess Yong roughly, and walked towards the bed.

As if she had gotten used to his rudeness, Princess Yong had a cold smile on her face. Although she was in his arms, she looked into his eyes without any warmth.

Throwing Concubine Yong on the bed, undressing herself, and tearing off her pajamas vigorously, King Yong leaned over, acting rudely and eagerly.

In the inner hall of Zhaohua Palace, Chu Yuan sat cross-legged on a soft couch. On the table in front of him, there were many piles of booklets. The tall pile on the left hand side had already been read, while on the right hand side, there were not many left. of several.

Fang Ruxuan held the account book and sat quietly watching it.

The hall was quiet, but the two of them occasionally looked at each other with smiles and warmth in their eyes.

After another half an hour, Chu Yuan put down the pen in his hand, raised his arms and stretched.

"Would you like some supper?"

Fang Ruxuan brewed a bowl of tea and handed it to Chu Yuan.

"Alright, I'm really hungry."

Chu Yuan nodded.

The stove in the small kitchen was kept on all the time, and upon orders, the cook ordered two small bowls of shredded chicken noodles with a thick stewed broth, and served them with a few sour and delicious side dishes.

Chu Yuan and Fang Ruxuan ate to their heart's content, and when the sweat on their foreheads evaporated, they held hands and went for a walk in the yard.

"Fengming Palace sent someone to stay at King Yong's place for nearly an hour before leaving. When King Yong came out again, his complexion was very bad. Presumably, he was reprimanded by Queen Zhou."

Thinking of the news just now, Fang Ruxuan talked to Chu Yuan, and asked curiously: "Why is it that King Yong married not a daughter from the Zhou family, but a young lady from the Yun family?"

The queen of Zhou is about to treat King Yong as her own, and she supports him to win the heir. Naturally, the purpose is to consolidate the strength of the Zhou family in Yao country. Generally speaking, in this case, only marriage is the most stable and reliable However, Princess Yong is the daughter of the Prime Minister Yun's family.

Chu Yuan's smile was a bit meaningful, "His choice is similar to my choice. It's just that the current him must have regretted it."

Fang Ruxuan raised her brows lightly, and Chu Yuan said with a smile: "Originally, the Queen of Zhou has already appointed the daughter of the Zhou clan to be Princess Yong, but King Yong has his own ideas. Prime Minister Yun reached an agreement in private, so when Queen Zhou mentioned it to his father, his father had already approved the current Princess Yong in his heart, and Queen Zhou's expectations fell through. After that, King Yong got married, The young lady of the Yunfu became Prince Yong's concubine logically, and the Yunfu became the Yue family of King Yong."

Fang Ruxuan understood King Yong's thoughts after only a little thought.

Although he had the support of Queen Zhou and Chu Xiu, King Yong was unwilling to be Zhou's puppet, so he had his own way to win over Yun's, and then married Yun Yue as Concubine Yong.

It was precisely because of this that while Queen Zhou supported King Yong, she still had some small knots in her heart. In this case, if King Yong made a mistake, Queen Zhou would be very merciless when she taught him a lesson.

If King Yong had married a daughter of the Zhou family, Princess Yong would be both a daughter-in-law and a niece to Queen Zhou. With her mediating, the relationship between King Yong and Queen Zhou would be much more intimate. It's not as subtle as it is now, and it's many times better than marrying Yun Yue.

"I heard that in Prince Yong's mansion, there is still no son-in-law?"

Fang Ruxuan asked Chu Yuan in a low voice, as if she felt embarrassed to pry into other people's privacy.

Chu Yuan nodded, and then leaned into Fang Ruxuan's ear and said, "We will definitely be ahead of him."

In a word, Fang Ruxuan immediately felt ashamed.

(End of this chapter)