First-class daughter

Chapter 444 I Can't Believe
Chapter 444 I Can't Believe
"Xiao He pays homage to the King of Jiayu County." Xiao He bowed his hands and said.

"Cousin, you are welcome. I heard about your heroic deeds in Pingzhou, and I admire you very much. When I saw you today, you are indeed a man of talent, as my grandfather said back then." Lu Jingyao showed admiring eyes to Xiao He.

The vassal king and his descendants are not allowed to leave the vassal land without the emperor's edict. Now that Lu Jingyao suddenly appeared in the capital, what is the situation?
"Master, it was my eldest brother who sent Jingyao to Beijing to meet the emperor, and the emperor has already agreed, so you don't have to worry." Mrs. Xiao saw the doubts in Xiao Zhenhai's heart, and said.

"So that's the case. I don't know what the prince sent the county king to the capital for?" Xiao Zhenhai asked.

"Uncle, grandfather and father both want me to come and ask the emperor to marry a woman from Kyoto. A princess is the best, and a noble daughter from a famous family is also acceptable." Lu Jingyao said the purpose of coming to Beijing this time.

The marriage between the grandson of the prince and the descendant of the prince or the daughter of an important minister is also a strategy of mutual containment, which has been done since the establishment of the prince.

Just like Mrs. Xiao's marriage between Lu Xi and Xiao Zhenhai was also the same, the Queen Mother personally agreed to it back then.

"So I came here for the purpose of marriage. I don't know if the county king has a suitable candidate in mind?" Xiao Zhenhai asked.

"Not yet, my grandfather and father asked me to ask my uncle and aunt to find me, and then I will propose to the emperor." Lu Jingyao was long past the age of marriage, and he had been waiting for a suitable opportunity to propose marriage to the emperor.

"Don't worry, the king of the county. I will take good care of this matter for you. These days, the king of the county might as well not live in an inn, but how about living in the Duke's mansion?" Xiao Zhenhai asked, his mind was already running fast, who should he recommend to Lu Jingyao? The princess or the daughter of an important minister is the most suitable and beneficial to him.

"That's exactly what I mean, Jingyao, what do you think?" Mrs. Xiao asked.

"But according to my aunt's arrangement." Lu Jingyao replied, respecting Mrs. Xiao as an aunt.

Mrs. Xiao also laughed, a look flashed in her eyes that Xiao Zhenhai didn't notice.In fact, Lu Jingyao came to Beijing this time because she secretly wrote a long letter to her brother, reminding her that the emperor may have the intention of cutting down the feudal clan, and let him make up plans. She also thought about it for a long time, and finally came up with this idea. She must make long-term plans , keep the Lu family, and also keep the Xiao family, especially her sons.

"Miss, I've already found out." Leng Mei walked into the courtyard, Lian Siyue was pruning the flower branches, "The person Miss met in the temple today is the eldest grandson of King Anping, Lu Jingyao, King of Jiayu County, he just went to the palace I have paid my respects to the emperor, but as for the purpose of this trip, I have not inquired about it yet."

"Probably, he came to ask the emperor to marry him." Lian Siyue put down the scissors in his hands, "he is eighteen, and he has been waiting for so many years, just waiting for the emperor to give him a marriage. It's just that I don't know which one he plans to marry, and who Xiao Zhenhai will recommend to him."

In the previous life, Lu Jingyao never went to Beijing to ask for marriage, and he married a wife in Pingzhou before the emperor bestowed a marriage, but in this life, he came out to Beijing to ask for marriage, I'm afraid it was secretly arranged——

This person is inseparable from the Xiao family, but I don't know if it is Mrs. Xiao's idea or Xiao Zhenhai's.

Leng Mei was slightly taken aback, this eldest lady has never been out of the house, but she knows everything clearly.

"His Royal Highness Ninth asked the servants to deliver this to the eldest lady. He said it was a gift." She presented a pair of scrolls to Lian Siyue with both hands.

Lian Siyue took the scroll, walked into the inner room, unfolded it, and found that it was a portrait——

The one in the portrait is exactly her when she was eight years old. As Feng Yunzheng said, at that time she was wearing a water-blue tangle-pattern skirt and a silver thread skirt. Her face was round and innocent, and her eyes were full of enthusiasm. smiling, and Feng Yunzheng's private seal is stamped on the lower left corner.

Is this drawn by him?
She looked at her young self in the painting, and raised her hand to caress this unfamiliar and distant face. If Feng Yunzheng hadn't drawn this portrait for her, how could she have remembered that she was so innocent and romantic, but Looking at the painting now, the past years began to gradually become clear.

She smiled slightly and looked at the little figure in the painting for a long time.

Prince Heng's Mansion.

Feng Yunzheng swayed freely on the paper, and after a while, he saw a picture of a peach blossom beauty left on the paper. In the rain of petals, the woman stood still, with a kind of quiet beauty.

Looking at the latest painting, a smile could not help but appear on the corner of his lips.

"Your Highness, someone has been caught." At this moment, Night Breeze entered the study room, and there was a bloodstain on the back of his hand, which showed that the person who was arrested this time should not be underestimated.

"My lord, go and have a look." The smile on Feng Yunzheng's face faded away, and when he stood up, his body was already chilled.

When I arrived at the dungeon, I saw a man tied to an iron post with his hands forced open. There were signs of whipping on his body. When he saw Feng Yunzheng, his eyes flickered.

Feng Yunzheng stood in front of him and said, "Look up."

Those two simple words contained thunderous strength, which made the man whose mouth was too hard to pry open to raise his head involuntarily.

Feng Yunzheng looked at the person in front of him, and there was no warmth in his cold eyes. At this moment, he was far from the gentle Ninth Prince——

"The Fourth Highness asked you to steal the account books from this king?"

"I'm not from the Fourth Highness." The man immediately denied, with a look of determination in his eyes.

"It's okay not to admit it, but you're going to be disappointed. The account books you stole from this king at the risk of half your life are fake."

"Impossible!" The man was stunned for a moment, his heart trembled suddenly, and the original resolute expression flickered on his face, he looked at Feng Yunzheng in disbelief, and said.

"Actually, there are 49 account books in total, and only one is real. As for whether we can get the real one in a safe period, it depends on good luck." Feng Yunzheng said lightly, the corners of his lips were ruthless The radian, the half-smile expression in his eyes reveals a hint of sinisterness.

"No wonder... no wonder..." The man's eyes began to panic.

"This king is here to see that you are sincere to your master, so that you can die with peace of mind." Feng Yunzheng turned around coldly and said, "Kill it."

"Yes!" Night Breeze narrowed his eyes slightly, and the sharp blade in his hand flashed like lightning, only to hear a muffled groan, half of the man's neck was broken, his head drooped to the side, and he died.

Feng Yunzheng raised his foot expressionlessly and left the dungeon.

Night Breeze wiped the blood off the sharp blade, ordered the guards to dispose of the body, followed Feng Yunzheng, and said, "Your Highness, there is one more thing. Lu Jingyao, the eldest grandson of King Anping, King Jiayu, came to Beijing yesterday. I met the emperor, and I heard that I came here to ask for a marriage. The emperor has already agreed to the matter. These days, the emperor will let all the ministers choose among unmarried princesses who meet the requirements. The emperor will confer the honor of the princess before she gets married, and I heard that the list of candidates has been handed over to the emperor by the Ministry of Rites."

(End of this chapter)