concubines

Chapter 97 The source of the problem
The eldest princess looked at him speechless for a long time.

There is nothing wrong with King Qi's words, he can speak so confidently.

It's a pity that it's different for the eldest princess who knows a lot of things. She felt a little sad for some reason when she heard King Qi's words.

How should she tell him that he is not a prince, he was not qualified from the beginning to the end.His throne is a result of military achievements, not because of blood.

King Qi noticed her complicated eyes, and could clearly read pity from them.How can there be mercy?

King Qi grabbed the eldest princess's hand, looked into her eyes and asked, "Why are you pitying me?"

The eldest princess adjusted her emotions, concealed her pity, and looked at his hand.

I just said not to talk about it, what is he doing now?King Qi withdrew his hand, his expression flustered, but he did not forget his question, "Why are you pitying me?"

The eldest princess looked into his eyes and lied frankly, "I feel sorry for you when you are young and can't think about it. You want to go to the loneliest place in the world."

"You..." King Qi guessed the meaning of her words in his heart, "Are you also optimistic about the third child, that's why you told me that, let me give up his many opponents."

The eldest princess has always been optimistic about Zhou Shuxuan, he knows it better than anyone else.At that time when they were discussing about killing the emperor, the eldest princess thought of Zhou Shuxuan first.

The eldest princess smiled and spoke impeccably, "The third child has a lot of eyes, so who do you think of when you don't think about these bad things?"

To put it nicely, what I want to express is not that she is optimistic about Zhou Shuxuan.

King Qi still had a glimmer of hope in his heart, he clenched his fist and asked, "The relationship between you and me, shouldn't you choose me?"

The princess didn't change her face, "I treat you brothers equally."

She was obviously partial to Zhou Shuxuan, but she was ashamed to treat everyone equally.He has been following her behind her for ten years without talking, and he is no closer than Zhou Shuxuan to her, but she actually only thinks of Zhou Shuxuan in her heart.

King Qi couldn't stand her favoritism, so he got angry and shouted: "He has no limbs, what qualifications does he have to be emperor? If I were father, I wouldn't even let him be a prince."

The tone is full of contempt.

The eldest princess doubted her own ears. If she hadn't heard these words coming out of King Qi's mouth, she would never believe that King Qi would say these words.

The eldest princess frowned, deeply worried, and said with difficulty: "Did you forget something? He is your younger brother, and you are not enemies."

King Qi flicked his sleeves, pretending to be unfeeling and righteous, and said: "There is no way, there are no brothers in front of the throne, only opponents. If you insist on standing on his side, then we are also opponents."

The eldest princess smiled, her eyes flickered on his face, as if to see if he was still the same person as before.After a while, the eldest princess stretched out her hand to pat his face, and asked softly, "Shu'an, are you crazy?"

When did the silly boy who was always clinging to her and following her stupidly become like this?She didn't remember her teaching him that.

King Qi was stunned for a moment by her intimate actions and address, and when he realized it again.The eldest princess had already got on her horse and disappeared into the dust.King Qi stood there alone, unable to let go for a long time.

Prime Minister Zuo went straight to Prince Qin's mansion, Zhou Shuxuan had already made tea and waited for him.Prime Minister Zuo is notoriously short-tempered, no matter what the outcome is today, he will definitely come over.

Prime Minister Zuo entered the room with a sad face, saluted and sat down with a dark face without saying a word.

Zhou Shuxuan smiled and asked, "Father-in-law, are you here today to see your daughter?"

The tone is relaxed, as if joking.

When Prime Minister Zuo looked over, he was already holding back his anger, but seeing him like this made him even more angry.Facing Zhou Shuxuan, he crackled and said: "My lord, this is not the time to be joking. Today, Zhang Gelao mentioned the matter of setting up a heir to the emperor. The emperor seemed to be doing it on purpose. The people who asked were all on good terms with the lord. Everyone was tongue-in-cheek. The prince who agreed, the emperor has lost his temper."

Unexpectedly, it makes sense.

It's strange when the emperor doesn't lose his temper with him. Fortunately, he didn't go to court today.

Zhou Shuxuan didn't reply, he picked up the teacup calmly, and took a sip of the tea.

Zuo Ping waited for a while, realized that he lost his composure just now, calmed down and asked, "What should the lord think?"

Zhou Shuxuan put down his teacup, and said flatly, "There is nothing we can do."

The emperor's attitude towards him is not just one or two days, it has always been like this.

"You... how are you?"

Prime Minister Zuo was dumbfounded, feeling that he had been tricked into boarding a pirate ship.

Zhou Shu Xuanli said bluntly: "My lord is not ignorant of the relationship between the king and the emperor for so many years. This road is bound to be very difficult."

"I know, it doesn't matter if it's difficult or not. I just want to know if I can succeed in the end. Didn't the prince say that the eldest princess is on your side? The eldest princess Chaoshang didn't say a word, and didn't say that she was on the prince's side." side."

Zuo Xiang is really angry now, he just lost his daughter, what he was afraid of was losing the whole family.He also wanted to be the elder of the two dynasties, and he didn't want to pay the price of winning the heir.

Just as Zhou Shuxuan was about to speak, he heard the voice of rescuers.

"You had a big battle in the morning, if I speak again, the emperor will immediately convict him of forming a party and treason. Can you use your brain?"

The princess came in from the outside, brushing off the dirt on her body.One sentence expresses one's position.

Seeing her coming, Prime Minister Zuo immediately got up and asked for obeisance. The eldest princess waved her hand and said, "Forget it, I don't have to obeisance. But since I have stood up, I just go back. I am too old to know what prudence is. I don't know." How did you get to this position?"

The eldest princess scolded others with a stern face, which was really interesting. The left hand couldn't even raise her head, so she bent over and said politely, "Your Majesty will resign."

After being scolded, there was a smile on his face.Zuo Xiang went out with a smile all over his face, the eldest princess gave him a reassurance.The eldest princess's position in the court is at the height of the sky, and her words are not 01:30 day weighty.

In the room.

"Why is aunt here?"

The eldest princess gave him a sideways look, "You are newly married, shouldn't I come to see you? Should I call the princess to pay respects to the elders?"

She didn't come here today for court affairs, she just answered along the way.

Zhou Shuxuan knew that she was talking ironically, so he said with a smile, "Isn't there something wrong with me? If I had an idea, I wouldn't have come to this point."

The eldest princess looked at him with raised eyebrows, and asked: "Why are you out of control? If you don't curry favor with the prime minister, you won't be able to go on? I don't think so! You married someone else, what about Xiao Shuang'er? Have you forgotten the previous marriage? Promise me?"

The eldest princess inspected the border guards and came back last night.He just heard the news that he married Zuo Xiang's daughter, and it was too late to stop it.

"I really need the left minister to stand by me. As for Xiao Shuang'er, my aunt is wronging me, and the problem is not with me."

He did everything he could, and there was nothing he could do.

The eldest princess stared at him, "If you do something wrong and still pass the responsibility to others, I'll take care of you."

Zhou Shuxuan laughed at himself, because they were so stupid, they all thought that Miaoli would not reject him, but they did not expect him to reject him so simply.

Zhou Shuxuan pleaded for himself with some helplessness, "Auntie, am I that kind of person? It's really not my fault. If you don't believe me, you can ask her."

The eldest princess really didn't believe it, she believed her eyes.Miaoli must be interested in Zhou Shuxuan, Zhou Shuxuan is also good to Miaoli, Miaoli is now Zhou Shuxuan's person again, how could it be possible for the princess not to do it.It is very likely that Zhou Shuxuan promised the position of the princess in order to win over the left minister.

"Where is she?" The eldest princess looked around the room, only to find that there was no sign of Miao Li.

"Moved out, I'll take my aunt there."

The eldest princess got up and was still not very polite to him, saying: "I have something to ask her, why are you going to join in the fun? I will go by myself."

Zhou Shuxuan had no choice but to call someone to take her there.

When they arrived at Jinyuan, the eldest princess scolded Zhou Shuxuan in her heart, that Miaoli lived in such a place, she felt sorry for her little beauty.

The eldest princess pushed the door open with one palm, Miao Li heard the prestige and came over, saw who was coming, and got up to meet him.After saluting, he asked, "Why is Your Highness here?"

The eldest princess looked at her face and said intentionally: "Come to congratulate the third child, congratulations on his success in the rebirth."

There was no change on Miao Li's face, it was as plain as before.The eldest princess somewhat believed what Zhou Shuxuan said, and the problem might really be Miao Li.

The eldest princess walked to the main seat and sat down, picked up the book that Miao Li had put down just now, "The third child has a new princess, so you don't have any ideas?"

Miao Li imitated what she said just now: "The servant also wants to congratulate the prince, and successfully got the help of the prime minister."

The eldest princess rolled her eyes, pointed to the seat next to her, asked her to sit over, and asked seriously: "Tell me honestly, has the third son expressed that he wants you to be the princess?"

Unexpectedly she would ask such a question, Miao Li still thought about it carefully.

When she said that she wanted a title, Zhou Shuxuan didn't know that she was doing it for self-protection. After thinking about it all night, she went to ask the emperor for the imperial decree to be a princess. It must have really meant that.

"The prince has said so."

The eldest princess asked again: "Then do you know what he thinks about you?"

Miao Li hesitated for a moment, then nodded.Of course she knew, she only made it clear to Zhou Shuxuan last night.

The problem really came from her, which made the eldest princess a little curious, and asked, "Then can you tell me what you think?"

The eldest princess has always cared for her like a relative, Miao Li did not intend to hide it from her, and said loudly: "I don't want to be a princess, and I don't want the prince to care about my servant."

Miao Li spoke resolutely, the princess sighed, and scolded Zhou Shuxuan in her heart that there was nothing she could do, that she couldn't even please the woman she liked, and that she had lived in vain for 20 years.

"why?"

Miao Li looked down at the toes of her shoes, clutching her skirt uneasily.Facing Zhou Shuxuan, she might be able to evade it with a few words, but facing the eldest princess, she had to face her own heart.

(End of this chapter)