Concubine of the Prime Minister's Mansion: Abandoned concubine is not easy to mess with

Chapter 117 Eighteen Levels of Hell

Every emperor of the two countries wants to unify the world, so the big and small battles between the two countries have never stopped. After a hundred years, the national strength of the two countries has been seriously damaged.Until ten years ago, with the support of the Lin family, Nangong Yu defeated Beiya. Later, Beiya ceded three more cities in order to redeem the prince Huolan, which had a considerable impact on Beiya's national power.However, in the past few years, Beijia has tried its best to communicate with the tribes of the Western Regions. Through these tribes, Beijia's medicinal materials and furs have been sold to countries in the Western Regions. Beijia's economy has developed rapidly and its national strength has recovered rapidly. Because Nanming has always been closed to the outside world, although Nanming's tea, porcelain and silk are what the countries in the Western Regions desperately want to buy, Nanming is unwilling to sell them. Therefore, Nanming's national power is not as good as Beiyi.

This time, the reason why Beijiao sent someone to celebrate the emperor's birthday may be that he didn't want to start a war with Nanming for the time being, so Huo Lan's attitude was tougher from the moment he arrived in Nanming, especially when it came to getting married, he was strong and domineering. It made the emperor very uncomfortable.

"Your Majesty, I have already selected a marriage partner!" Huo Lan sat confidently on the most prestigious seat on the left, and looked for Princess Mingyue who was sitting on the right. A smug smile was evoked, and those blue eyes shone with a hint of success.

"Oh, who did the crown prince choose?" The emperor felt uncomfortable seeing Huo Lan's haughty look, but he could only bear it because of politeness.

"During the time I was in the capital, I asked around and found that Princess Yue is virtuous and gentle, and she is a model of Nanming women, so I am more determined to marry Princess Mingyue, and I hope the emperor will make it happen!" Huo Lan Standing up, he saluted the emperor respectfully, looking sincere.

The emperor didn't expect that Huo Lan would be so persistent, and was about to say yes, but saw General Zhenbei standing up suddenly, "Your Majesty, half a year ago, the empress empress and her wife had already discussed verbally to marry Princess Mingyue to the dog. You don’t know about it!” Zhenbei General Xia Houli, in his 40s, is an upright man, because of years of military life, he has developed a burly figure and a domineering aura, with sharp facial features and a string of faces. With a thick beard and a rough and thick voice, even if he is not angry, he still has a domineering air.

The emperor was taken aback, yes, the empress said last time that she promised Princess Mingyue to Xiahou's family, if she offended Xiahou's family because of this matter today, it will be difficult to deal with in the future, so she looked at Huo Lan helplessly, " Prince Beiyan, you have heard that Princess Mingyue is already engaged, so I cannot grant your request!"

"Prince Beiyan, I have a suitable candidate for this palace. Look, this is the emperor's own daughter, Princess Fengxiang. She is beautiful, gentle and virtuous. She is the best candidate for marriage!" The queen pointed and sat on the bright moon. Princess Fengxiang next to the princess has a gentle and kind face, making it hard to see that she has any selfish intentions.

"Princess Fengxiang?" Huo Lan frowned and looked at the woman sitting next to Princess Mingyue. She looked pretty good, but the domineering air in the corners of her eyebrows and eyes was exposed. At first glance, she looked like a charming princess. If he married back, wouldn't she be Are you making yourself unhappy, so I immediately denied it, "No, I just like Princess Mingyue!"

"General Xiahou, look, at the beginning you and the empress only made a verbal agreement, but now for the sake of diplomatic relations between the two countries, why don't you give in?" Of course the emperor was reluctant to part with his own daughter, even though Concubine Yu and Princess Fengxiang did such stupid things, But the two of them were just being used by others, he wasn't really angry, that's why he just put Concubine Yu in the cold palace, and let her out after the news passed.As for Princess Fengxiang, his favorite daughter, how could he have the heart to let her go so far away.

"Your Majesty, the empress didn't just make a verbal agreement with the minister, we exchanged tokens!" Xia Houli looked at a young man in his twenties sitting next to him, and the young man immediately stood up with a picture of his face. If the face that resembled Xia Houli had a beard on it, he might not be able to tell who was who.

"Report to the emperor, I exchanged tokens with Princess Mingyue, which was given to me by Princess Mingyue!" Xia Houshi took out a jade pendant and put it in the palm of his hand. It was a round piece of pure white Hetian white jade, carved with a phoenix, At first sight, it is something that princes and princesses only have.

"Brother Qi, this is a token from General Xiahou to Mingyue!" Princess Mingyue took out half a square jade pendant, but it was black, with a unicorn engraved on it.

"Your Majesty, in order to show sincerity, the concubine asked the two to exchange tokens on their own initiative, thinking that this is a good marriage, and the Emperor should not object, but I didn't expect that it would cause today's embarrassment!" After finishing speaking, the Queen stood up immediately. He got up and knelt down towards the emperor, "It's the concubine who made her own claim, please forgive me!"

"This?" The emperor was speechless for a moment. In Nanming, exchanging tokens is considered a marriage. Although the queen did something wrong, if it wasn't for the Prince Bei's matter, he would not object to the marriage. But now, how to explain to Prince Beiyan?

"It's just two jade pendants, I can give you a lot at any time!" Huo Lan knew very well that this was Nangong Yu's trick to prevent her sister from marrying into Beiya, so she looked at the two jade pendants with disdain. jade pendant.His meaning is obvious, that is, Nan Ming deliberately took two useless jade pendants to fool him.

"Prince Beiyan's words are wrong!" Nangong Yu stood up and stared at Huo Lan mockingly, "The jade pendant that Princess Mingyue gave to General Xiahou is her jade certificate as a princess and a symbol of her identity, and the jade pendant that General Xiahou gave to Mingyue The princess's jade pendant is the unicorn jade pendant that only the daughter-in-law of Xiahou's family can mobilize the army of Xiahou's family in an emergency, which is equivalent to the military talisman of Xiahou's family!"

Nangong Yu's words immediately caused a sensation in the field, Qilin Yupei?The Qilin Jade that was said to be able to mobilize 50 troops of the Zhenbei Army, the Xiahou family actually gave this jade pendant to Princess Mingyue.According to legend, this unicorn jade pendant was originally a general of Xiahou’s family who married an amazing wife. That wife helped Nanming wipe out the enemy when the country was in crisis. Give it to the hostess, and half to the host. Usually, the host’s half can be used to mobilize the Zhenbei army, but in critical moments, such as when the host dies, the hostess’ half can be used as an army talisman to mobilize the Zhenbei army. military.

The emperor was so happy that he almost laughed out loud. Nan Ming now had three hidden dangers, one was the 50 town of the northern army, one was the 50 town of the southern army, and the other was the 50 Chinese army in the hands of Prince Ding's Mansion.These three armies are not under the control of the imperial power, and only obey the commanders, that is, the Zhenbei General Xiahou's family, the Zhennan General Tao's family and the Wen family of Dingwangfu. Now Xiahou's family directly uses the 50 Zhenbei Army as an engagement to marry Mingyue Princess, there is no reason for him not to agree, so he nodded with a smile, "That's right, that's right, since the engagement token has been exchanged, it's considered an engagement, Prince Beiyi, Princess Mingyue can't marry you!" The emperor looked at it. With a glance at Princess Fengxiang, the previous reluctance disappeared all of a sudden. Compared to a useless daughter, Princess Mingyue with the unicorn jade pendant is too precious, so she looked at Princess Fengxiang lovingly, "Princess Fengxiang is my most beloved daughter, I will give Princess Fengxiang to Prince Beiyan as my concubine, and I believe that the friendship between the two countries will last forever and be repaired forever!"

"Thank you, Emperor Nanming!" Seeing that Huo Lan still wanted to refute, Luo Yin immediately knelt on the ground and kowtowed to the emperor to thank him, and also cast a warning look at Huo Lan.

Huo Lan received Luo Yin's warning, gritted her teeth and bowed her body to accept the arrangement, "Huo Lan thanked Emperor Nanming for the marriage!"

"No..." Princess Fengxiang quit. Marrying to Beiyan is a dead end. She doesn't want to. She wants to marry Wenfei. She loves Wenfei, but when she is about to stand up and object, she doesn't know why , There seemed to be something blocked in his throat, and he couldn't speak at all.Afterwards, the court lady behind her who had been serving her reminded, "Princess, are you overjoyed? You should thank the emperor for your kindness?"

Princess Fengxiang was unwilling in every possible way, unwilling in every possible way, but she couldn't say anything, and the maid behind her didn't know what she had done to her. She kicked her legs, her legs went limp, and she knelt on the ground, "Thank you father Emperor's Grace!" No, this is not her voice, but she lowered her head at this moment, no one could see whether she was speaking or not, and this voice was exactly the same as hers, everyone thought it was her voice, Princess Fengxiang is so arrogant For many years, walking sideways in the palace, how could I have suffered such a dull loss, I wished I could stand up and object immediately, but my hands and feet couldn't be controlled, and I couldn't make a sound from my throat.However, she didn't know that the reason why she was able to walk sideways in the palace these years was that her petty temper did not harm the interests of the really powerful people, nor did she provoke people who shouldn't be provoked, but now she has provoked Someone who shouldn't be provoked, so someone else sent her to the [-]th level of hell with only a little finger, and she will never recover.

"Okay, Fengxiang really knows the general idea, don't worry, I will definitely let the people in the Ministry of Rites prepare a dowry for you, so that you won't be wronged!" The queen knew very well who wrote what happened today, pretended not to understand, and said generously Ask someone to help Princess Fengxiang up, "Since Princess Fengxiang's marriage is settled, Your Majesty, why don't you let Fengxiang go back to rest, and let her go to see her mother and concubine, after all, there will be fewer chances to meet in the future!" Concubine Yu and Concubine Fengxiang helped Concubine Hui do what happened last time, and she hated these two people to the core. This time, she will indeed prepare a dowry for Princess Fengxiang, but it must be something flashy. At the same time, she Can't wait to send Fengxiang to Concubine Yu so that Concubine Yu can see what a good marriage she has found for her daughter.She believed that Concubine Yu would be very grateful to her.

"Yes, Fengxiang, go and see your mother and concubine. Also, Concubine Yu will resume her imperial concubine from today, and prepare a dowry for Fengxiang!" The emperor thought that the Zhenbei Army was in his hands, and he couldn't care less about Concubine Yu. That alluring beauty.

Princess Fengxiang is not reconciled, but the matter is a foregone conclusion, at least the mother concubine can come out of the cold palace, yes, go to the mother concubine first, let the mother concubine find a way.Princess Fengxiang knew that there would be no good results in making trouble at this time, so she cooperated with the maid and left.

"Your majesty, since the tokens have been exchanged, why not settle the marriage of the two children today!" The queen always maintained a decent smile, gentle and quiet, generous and noble, showing the demeanor of the mother of a country.

"En, good, Xiahou's family listens to the order!" The emperor wanted more than anyone else to secure this marriage, so he immediately agreed to the queen's request.Everyone in Xiahou's family immediately knelt on the ground, respectfully listening to the emperor's imperial edict.

(End of this chapter)