Emperor Liang was of course very happy that his daughter was so filial. Besides, it was only a matter of a word to tell the Empress not to bully Concubine Hui again.
The two were chatting happily when they suddenly received the news. They hurriedly got up and walked out. Before leaving, they did not forget to remind Jing Yao to come to the palace to see him often.
Jing Yao looked at Emperor Liang's back with some disappointment as he disappeared. She walked to Wang Yue and said with some melancholy, "My father really doesn't have my mother in his heart. I coaxed him for a long time, but he still didn't agree."
Wang Yue saw Jing Yao's sad look, so he smiled and comforted her, "Don't worry, there will definitely be good news after today."
Seeing Wang Yue speak so confidently, Jing Yao felt a little puzzled. She didn't know why Wang Yue was so sure, but out of trust in Wang Yue, she asked doubtfully, "Prince, why do you say that?"
Wang Yue gestured to Jing Yao to go out of the palace. The palace was not a place to talk at all. It was too tiring to always be on guard against people.
The two of them walked out of the palace, and Wang Yue smiled and said, "Today, the Queen and Concubine Yue plotted against Princess Nihuang together, so they both have bad luck, but the Queen is a little smarter. She saw Concubine Yue making a mistake, and she took the Grand Empress Dowager to expose it.
However, if the emperor punishes Concubine Yue, it will cause an imbalance between the harem and the court, which is not what Emperor Liang wants to see."
Wang Yue paused for a moment before saying with a smile, "But with your complaint, things are different. Emperor Liang can punish the Queen as well. Don't you think this is killing two birds with one stone?"
Jing Yao suddenly realized, and she said excitedly, "Father can temporarily balance the situation on the one hand, and comfort me and Nihuang on the other hand."
When she said this, her mood suddenly became low again. She said sadly, "Does father's world only involve calculations? Can't he take into account the affection between blood relatives?"
Wang Yue sighed and said helplessly, "When the Qi Wang case broke out 12 years ago, you were still young and may have forgotten it. He was also the favorite son of Emperor Liang. Now he is dead and there is no one to burn incense for him.
Therefore, don't have too many expectations of your father, and you won't be disappointed so much."
Jing Yao glared at Wang Yue before getting on the carriage. She had originally expected Wang Yue to coax her, but she didn't expect to be greeted with such words, which made her very depressed.
Wang Yue knew that Jing Yao was angry, but he didn't explain too much. He wanted Jing Yao to think it through herself.
Jing Yao didn't expect that Wang Yue didn't talk to her after she got on the bus to work. She was so angry that she ignored him after returning home that day.
It was not until the next day that news suddenly came from the palace that Concubine Hui was promoted to Imperial Concubine Hui. Only then did Jing Yao open her eyes and smile, and she also took the initiative to admit her mistake to Wang Yue?
You know, although the rank of a noble concubine is lower than that of an imperial concubine, it is higher than that of an ordinary concubine.
This matter was not a big deal. After all, Concubine Hui gave Liang Di a son and a daughter. Although they were not the most favored, they were still somewhat favored.
In addition, Concubine Hui's daughter Jingyao went to the Kingdom of Yue to marry a foreign prince, so Concubine Hui should have been compensated, but it was unexpectedly five or six years late.
So this incident is very normal to everyone, but the other incident is shocking.
Because of her mistakes, Imperial Noble Concubine Yue was demoted to a beauty, the lowest rank among Emperor Liang's women. At the same time, she was confined to Qingliyuan and was not allowed to enter or leave without being summoned.
The Empress did not have a good fate either. She was punished to copy scriptures for the Empress Dowager. She was not allowed to leave Zhengyang Palace until she finished the scriptures.
This move was equivalent to cutting off the arms of the Crown Prince and Prince Yu in the harem at the same time, surprising all the civil and military officials in the court.
……
When Wang Yue accompanied Jing Yao into the palace to visit Concubine Hui, Jing Yao finally understood what had happened.
It turned out that when the Queen invited Princess Nihuang to her Zhengyang Palace that day, she also specially invited Concubine Yue.
The Queen knew very well in her mind that as long as Concubine Yue was around, she would find a way to make it difficult for Princess Nihuang to stay here for too long.
This was indeed the situation on that day. Concubine Yue and the Queen had nothing to say to each other, and the scene was extremely awkward.
Although Nihuang was angry with Mei Changsu, she was still very cautious. She did not eat in the Queen's Palace, and even only refrained from drinking tea, and then prepared to leave.
Taking this opportunity, Concubine Yue said that she wanted to talk to Princess Nihuang about things in her hometown of Yunnan, and invited Nihuang to go to Zhaoren Palace with her.
Nihuang originally thought that the Queen was plotting against her, but it turned out to be a false alarm. She carelessly followed Concubine Yue and even had a cup of love wine.
After drinking this kind of wine, women will feel weak and powerless, and it will also give men opportunities.
Concubine Yue was obtained from the deceased Empress Dowager. At that time, the Empress Dowager took advantage of this sentimental relationship and schemed against her daughter, Princess Li Yang, to make her marry Xie Yu.
What Concubine Yue didn't expect was that all this was part of the Queen's plan.
……
After Jing Yao came out of the palace, she was in a very good mood and was finally no longer angry with Wang Yue.
After she apologized to Wang Yue in a gentle voice, she asked curiously, "Prince, how did you know this news? Aren't you afraid that Princess Nihuang will really suffer in the palace?"
Wang Yue knew that Jing Yao was not asking on purpose, she was just making small talk, so he said nonchalantly, "Mei Changsu will not let the princess suffer any loss. If something like this really happened, Prince Jing would never trust him again.
After all, if he couldn't even protect Princess Nihuang, how could Prince Jing believe that Mei Changsu could help him ascend the throne?"
Although Wang Yue did not explain in detail, Jing Yao already understood. She did not expect that there were so many calculations involved, which made it difficult for her, who was born in the royal palace, to accept.
Jing Yao saw Wang Yue as her mind raced, and asked uncertainly, "But, Your Majesty, are you going to watch Nihuang fall into danger, and then use this incident to help my mother ascend to the throne?
I remember that the Prince Mu's Mansion is also one of the hidden allies of Yue State. Isn't it a bit immoral to do this?"
Wang Yue knew what Jing Yao was thinking. She was worried that he was also the kind of person who would do anything for profit. If that was the case, Jing Yao would probably be worried too.
So, he held Jingyao's hand helplessly and explained patiently, "When I saw Nihuang preparing to follow the queen, I secretly gave her a bottle of medicine. After the medicine is opened, anyone who gets close will be knocked unconscious immediately.
Because time was urgent, I just told Nihuang not to use it unless it was absolutely necessary."
Jing Yao opened her mouth wide and said in disbelief, "How did you do that? Everything that enters the palace must be searched."
Wang Yue looked at Jing Yao's worried eyes and said easily, "You may not know that our Jinyiwei shoes have interlayers. Outsiders don't know at all. It took the twelve of us attackers five days to prepare the medicine in that package. It is hidden in your mother's palace."
Xiao Jingyao thought about how they had been going to the palace every day these days, and Wang Yue had always been with them. It turned out that he was doing this too.
Now she knew that Wang Yue was not the kind of person who would do anything to achieve his goals. She felt both happy and worried, and even a little jealous.
So, she said seemingly unintentionally, "My Lord, you really care about the leader of the Nihuang group!"
Wang Yue was a little amused and helpless. He found that after he opened up to these women, they began to act coquettishly and jealously towards him from time to time.
But this is a good direction, at least it proves that his woman cares about him more.
So, he coaxed her and said, "Jingyao, am I not attentive enough to you? I took such a big risk to come back to accompany you to visit your family."
Jing Yao thought about it carefully, and it seemed to be true. She was already the happiest of all Wang Yue's women. She felt quite proud of herself when she thought about it.
……
Time passed quickly, and in a blink of an eye the top three in the written test were announced. The name of Wang Jing, the commander of the Jinyiwei of Yue State, was on the list.
After receiving the news, Princess Nihuang came to the embassy again.
After she saw Wang Yue, she first thanked Wang Yue for the medicine bag he gave her last time, and then asked in confusion, "King Yue, what does Emperor Liang mean? How come he really kept your name?"
Wang Yue looked at Nihuang and thought about the situation in the drama, knowing that Nihuang would definitely choose him in the end.
So, he decided to retreat in order to advance, and quickly raised his hand to stop him, and corrected him very seriously, "You are wrong, he left Wang Jing's name."
Nihuang frowned and said unhappily, "Now is not the time to joke. What does Emperor Liang mean?"
Wang Yue looked at the puzzled Nihuang and explained helplessly, "You may not know that Xia Dong told Emperor Liang about Wang Jing's physical defect, so you know."
Nihuang was stunned for a moment before she said incredulously, "You mean to say that Emperor Liang wants to turn the Kingdom of Yue against our Prince Mu's Palace?"
Wang Yue nodded, then shook his head. Facing Nihuang's puzzled look, he smiled and explained, "You may have forgotten one thing about Emperor Liang's plan. Others don't know about Wang Jing's physical defect.
Tell me, if Nanchu knew about the marriage between Prince Mu's Mansion and Yue State, what would their reaction be?"
Chapter 108: Engagement!
Nihuang pondered it carefully, and couldn't help but open her eyes wide, and asked in shock, "You mean, Emperor Liang hopes that Nanchu will be terrified day and night because of this matter, and maybe he will take the initiative to attack Yue Kingdom or Prince Mu's Palace?"
Wang Yue nodded, and then added, "Nan Chu has another choice, which is to surrender to Daliang. Daliang will be able to solve the problem without bloodshed."
Nihuang now understood Emperor Liang’s true intention. No matter what, the one who benefits is Daliang, and the one who suffers is Nanchu.
Of course, there is also Nihuang.
So she shook her head and said firmly, "Then I will write a letter to apologize and refuse all marriage proposals."
Wang Yue sighed and said helplessly, "I hope your method will work?"
After Nihuang made her decision, she first defeated the other two people from Daliang who were in the top three of the literary examination, and then submitted a memorial, stating that she was unwilling to marry someone from another country, so she specially apologized to the emperor.
What she never expected was that Emperor Liang very straightforwardly issued an edict, stating that Princess Nihuang's marriage should not be ruined because of nationality issues, so he specially granted the marriage to Wang Jing and Nihuang.
At the same time, he wrote a letter to the Kingdom of Yue, telling the King of Yue to stay in Jinling with Nihuang for a while after the New Year, and then return to the Kingdom of Yue with Princess Jingyao to get married.
This incident shocked the whole world. No one expected that Emperor Liang would actually let Princess Nihuang marry into the Kingdom of Yue.
If they had known this earlier, other countries would have definitely sent experts, such as Ji Bu, the number one expert in Dayu. He is the number one expert on the Langya List and he would have definitely won.
But it was too late to say anything now. They all felt that the Kingdom of Yue was lucky.
Only Wang Yue knew very well that the State of Yue was now in the most dangerous time.
There is another possibility that he did not tell Nihuang that day, he just did not want to expose his country's affairs to Nihuang.
Another possibility is that Southern Chu will soon send an envoy to join forces with Daliang to destroy the Kingdom of Yue.
This possibility is very high. The State of Yue is a thorn in Emperor Liang's heart. He will not worry even if he dies unless he gets rid of it.
Wang Yue quickly wrote a letter to Chen Qianzhi, asking him to step up his defenses and, if necessary, to mobilize the Yizhou Corps.
……
Just at this time, Xia Dong, who hadn't been in touch for a long time, suddenly came to the embassy.
Wang Yue was a little puzzled as to why Xia Dong came over, so he invited him over. Unexpectedly, he discovered that next to Xia Dong were Xiao Jingrui and Yan Yujin, whom he hadn't seen for a long time.
Wang Yue invited the three people in. After serving tea, he asked curiously, "Xia Zhijing, I wonder why you are here? You don't look very well."
Xia Dong shook his head and said solemnly, "I came here to ask about your marriage with Nihuang. What are you going to do?"
Wang Yue glanced at Xiao Jingrui and Yan Yujin, and then said meaningfully, "What else can I do? Emperor Liang has already issued an order. I definitely can't leave in the short term. Even if I want to escape the marriage, it's impossible."
Xia Dong also knew that it was inconvenient to talk in front of Xiao Jingrui and Yan Yujin, so he stood up and said, "Commander, please move."
Wang Yue pretended to be helpless and stood up, bowed to Xiao Jingrui and Yan Yujin, then followed Xia Dong away.
After they were a little further away, Xia Dong said seriously, "I'm not kidding you. Wang Jing can say anything. After all, he is not physically sound, unlike you. You can't marry Ni Huang on behalf of Wang Jing, right?"
Wang Yue looked at Xia Dong in surprise, and suddenly thought of Nie Yi that Mei Changsu mentioned.
He suddenly realized a problem, that he might have been exposed by Mei Changsu.
Otherwise, how could a smart and resourceful person like Mei Changsu open up to someone he was not particularly familiar with?
Of course, there may be another possibility, which is that he wants to use him to tell this to me, Xia Dong, or Nihuang.
Telling Nihuang is to let Nihuang make her own choice. If Nihuang chooses Mei Changsu, then there will be no problem.
Of course, if Nihuang chooses Nie Yi, Mei Changsu might also bless her.
And telling Xia Dong was because he wanted Xia Dong to ask Nie Yi's opinion in the letter.
If Nie Yi is ready to give up his feelings for Nihuang for the sake of friendship, then Mei Changsu is of course the best choice.
If Nie Yi really doesn't want to give up, Mei Changsu will help them.
Wang Yue felt that Mei Changsu's heart was too complicated. Since he couldn't let it go, he might as well take the initiative to say it out.
He no longer cared about Mei Changsu, but thought about it carefully and felt that the possibility of him being exposed was very small.
After all, he and Mei Changsu had not seen each other for many times since they parted 12 years ago. After so long, everyone had changed so much that he might not be able to recognize him, not to mention that he had changed his appearance and voice.
Then there is only another possibility. Mei Changsu knows that he knows Nihuang and Xia Dong, so he asked him to convey the message.
He didn't want to be tricked. Looking at Xia Dong with sharp eyes, he suddenly asked, "Who are you asking this for? Lin Shu or Nie Yi?"
Xia Dong was stunned for a moment. She didn't expect Wang Yue to ask this, which made her feel a little embarrassed. Then she remembered that Nie Feng once told her that her brother-in-law seemed to like Nihuang as well.
She then said with some lack of confidence, "Whether you believe it or not, it was Nihuang who asked me when I first came here."
Wang Yue shook his head helplessly, and said seriously, "If Nihuang needs to act, I can act with her. If she really wants to marry me, I can give her a position as a concubine, the same as Jingyao."
Xia Dong looked at Wang Yue's sincere eyes, and she understood that Wang Yue was serious. She couldn't help but laughed and scolded, "You really want to have Nihuang as your concubine. Even the current emperor doesn't dare to think so."
Wang Yue did not argue with Xia Dong. He said innocently, "In fact, instead of wasting time with me, why don't you go directly to Princess Nihuang."
Seeing that Wang Yue had something else in mind, Xia Dong asked in confusion, "She has always had her own ideas. How could she possibly listen to me?"
Wang Yue shook his head and said with great certainty, "You are wrong. If there is one person in the world who can persuade Nihuang, it must be you!"
Xia Dong vaguely guessed something, but still asked unwillingly, "Why?"
Wang Yue sighed. He knew that Xia Dong was deliberately avoiding him. In his opinion, this was very stupid and would definitely leave some trouble.
So, he said very bluntly, "Before the Lin family was rehabilitated, the marriage between Lin Shu and Nihuang could not be finalized, and your uncle Nie Yi also had some ambiguity with Nihuang.
Now, it means that both of them have a chance, and if they don’t make a decision, Nihuang may give up on both of them.
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