Mad Concubine Proud of the World: Your Highness is the most beloved

Chapter 40

Xia Ningxi rubbed her chin and smiled deeply: "King Cheng has taken a fancy to the tea you made. If he comes here often in the future, you have to be responsible for making tea. Before Xia Muyao is married, I can't offend him."

You Huang squinted his eyes and waved his sleeves, with an impatient expression: "I'm too lazy to serve him, I want to soak you."

Xia Ningxi immediately lowered her face, strode to his side, and raised her eyebrows: "Don't you dare to make tea, and when I return to the bamboo sea, I will cut down all of your ten miles of bamboo forest, it will make you feel so distressed."

The corners of You Huang's mouth twitched fiercely, opened his eyes, gritted his teeth and glared at her: "Xia Ningxi, you are cruel enough!"

Xia Ningxi raised her eyebrows triumphantly, her smile was innocent and harmless.

You Huang turned over angrily, turned his back to her, and ignored her.

In the study of the Hou Mansion, Master Xia Hou was rubbing his forehead and flipping through the written notes in annoyance. Recently, there has been a surge of undercurrents in the court, and in addition to the troubled times, there are often inexplicable murders, which can be described as panic.

Mrs. Zheng took a deep breath, slowed down her pace and approached the desk, and smiled slightly: "Master Hou is still busy?"

Lord Xiahou let go of the hand rubbing the center of his brows, sighed and said, "Recently there have been several serial murders in the outskirts of the city. The governor of Jingzhao Prefecture sent people to investigate, but they had no clue. Now that the news has reached the ears of the emperor, he urged the Jingzhao Prefecture to investigate. Yin handed over the case to the Ministry of Criminal Justice, and now Zhou Shangshu couldn't find out what happened, so he came to Benhou for help."

Breathing out, he waved his hands in annoyance: "What is this Marquis talking to you about? You are a woman, how can you meddle in official affairs?"

Mrs. Zheng didn't care about the murder case mentioned by Lord Xia, so she said silently: "I came to see Lord Hou because His Royal Highness Cheng Wang came here today, and it seems that I deliberately put aside my relationship with Mu Yao. What else can I say, Let Mu Yao marry into the East Palace with peace of mind."

Lord Xia Hou frowned suddenly, looked up at Zheng Shi in disbelief, and said in a cold tone, "You said that King Cheng intentionally distanced himself from his relationship with Mu Yao?"

Mrs. Zheng nodded uneasy, and sighed: "What should I do? Ever since she was sensible, Mu Yao has always liked Cheng Wang, and it was you and I who pampered her and never made her worry about her marriage with the prince. You can see In the current situation, we don't know what King Cheng is thinking. Didn't he always want to win over Lord Hou? Why did he suddenly act uncharacteristically and let Mu Yao marry into the East Palace with peace of mind?"

Master Xia Hou took a deep breath, stared at the branches swaying in the breeze outside the door, and said softly: "You don't have to worry about these things, this Marquis has his own arrangements. Later, I will talk to His Royal Highness Cheng Wang."

"Then, as a concubine, I will listen to Master Hou." Although Mrs. Zheng was still uneasy in her heart, she couldn't say much.After 20 years of husband and wife, she really knows Xiahou Ye's temper, and never likes others to interfere with his decisions.

Pursing her lips, Zheng Shi had no choice but to turn around and leave the study first.

After watching Mrs. Zheng walk away, Master Xia Hou looked far away, stood with his hands behind his back, and said coldly, "Come here."

A servant guarding the door quickly stepped into the study, cupped his hands and asked, "What orders does Lord Hou have?"

"Prepare the carriage and arrange an appointment to meet with His Royal Highness Cheng Wang. The Marquis is waiting for the prince at the Yunxiao Restaurant." While Xia Houye was speaking, he folded himself from the desk and walked out with big strides.

The famous family Ding hurriedly responded, and trotted away to make arrangements as soon as possible.

Near dusk, the largest restaurant in the imperial city, the third floor of Yunxiao Restaurant.

With a leisurely expression, Yu Shengchi followed the shop assistant to lead the way and stopped at the door of the private room near the rear window.

Lord Zheng Hou was waiting patiently. When he saw him coming, he hurriedly got up and saluted respectfully: "My lord."

Yu Shengchi lowered his eyes slightly and smiled lightly, walked into the private room slowly, sat down opposite Master Xia, held on to the wine glass and said casually: "Master Hou invited me to come, why? Wang explained?"

Lord Xiahou turned pale, smiled awkwardly, lowered his head and cupped his hands: "Your servant invited the lord to come here today to ask the lord to show his noble hand and let the little girl Mu Yao live. The little girl has liked the lord since she was sensible, and the lord has always been very clear about it. I beg the prince to favor her, but if she marries His Highness the Crown Prince, her life will be ruined."

Yu Shengchi lowered his eyes slightly, neither looking at him nor answering.

Lord Xiahou was flustered, and his expression became more and more embarrassing: "As long as the prince is willing to hold his hands high and don't say that the little girl is the one who has the marriage contract with the prince, the prince will agree to whatever the prince wants."

"This king wants you to use all the power in your hands for this king, and you agree?" Yu Shengchi raised his eyes to look at him, his eyes were dark and turbulent.

Lord Xiahou bowed his head with a solemn expression: "I agree."

Yu Shengchi chuckled: "Unfortunately, this king can't bear the crime of deceiving the king. Lord Xia, you made a wrong bet. I don't care if Xia Muyao marries the prince. You have to negotiate terms with me. Mr. Wang also has to be foolproof."

After a pause, he put down his wine glass and tapped his fingers lightly on the edge of the table: "As long as you marry the third miss Xia Ningxi to this king, this king promises that Xia Muyao will be safe and sound even if she marries into the East Palace. Her life is not long, once the crown prince dies of illness, she will still be innocent, and when the time comes, this king will be the master and let her choose any good man in the world, wouldn't it be better?"

Master Xiahou's face changed suddenly, he raised his eyes to Yuchengchi in surprise, with a look of bewilderment.

"What else is there for Master Xia to consider? This is the best way to achieve the best of both worlds. Now that the prince's health is deteriorating, he may die of illness within a year, what else should Master Hou worry about?" Yu Shengchi dragged his sleeves on the table, Leaning lazily behind, he laughed loudly.

Master Xiahou's lips trembled, and a strong sense of powerlessness wrapped him in it from his feet to his head, and his heart sank a little bit.The so-called no way out, no way out, refers to the situation he is currently encountering.

Yu Shengchi withdrew his hand resting on the edge of the table, stood up lightly and stroked his sleeves, and said: "This is all I have said, whether Xia Ningxi will marry or not, the Marquis should make a decision as soon as possible."

Master Xiahou slumped down on the mat, unable to recover for a while.

Yu Shengchi ignored it, turned around and went out, and left gracefully.

It took only a while for Yu Shengchi to leave. Outside the door of the private room where Lord Xia was, a very handsome man in gray-blue clothes frowned and looked at him, cupped his hands respectfully, and said politely: "Master Xia , my young master invites you to Yixu next door."

Lord Xia quickly recovered his senses, took a look at the man, his eyes flashed even more panic than before, he hurriedly got up and followed the man out the door, and walked towards the private room next door.

When he reached the door, he swallowed secretly to calm himself down, watched the man in the gray-blue robe push open the door, and then walked in respectfully.

After watching the door close again, he faced the moon-white figure standing at the window, and bowed his head respectfully: "My minister sees His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."

The moon-white figure didn't look back, but only slightly raised his hand to signal: "Master Xia, you don't need to be too polite."

Lord Xiahou swallowed secretly, feeling anxious, he faltered in his explanation: "I was next door just now, and I was just chatting with my colleagues."

(End of this chapter)