Prince Be Careful: Concubine is Prickly - Chapter 408
Kang Linglong glanced over the letter from the prime minister’s house and immediately lit a candle to burn it. The queen is in good condition now. A lay was with her in the palace. But she was still worried about Xirong. Especially the ancient princess.
In fact, the queen doesn’t have to worry at all. The emperor is not interested in the princess, and the princess is not interested in the emperor. There is almost no possibility of replacing the queen to marry the emperor. Moreover, according to the princess’s free nature. She would never marry someone she didn’t love. Otherwise, there is no happiness.
Linglong thought carefully in her heart. In fact, although the princess is from Xirong. But she was clever and lovely. It was strange that Chu Changqing would give her to others. He was also a strange man. Does he come for fame and wealth. Then the poor princess became a stone for him to cross the river.
Linglong was thinking about something. She came out and shouted. The maid knocked at the door and asked, “Miss, Princess Gu asked you if you are well?”
“Well, well, you want her to wait for me outside. I’ll come out in a minute.” Linglong tied her hair in a bun in front of the mirror. Then a tourmaline hairpin was inserted obliquely, “I’m well. I just can’t go far to play. Tell her.”
The maid of honor came back after reporting. “The princess doesn’t take you anywhere else to play, but to the palace where the envoy of Xirong lives. She prepares tea there and wants to talk to the princess.”
Linglong’s heart moved. Could it be that the princess had something tangled to ask her? Did she really waver in the question of the emperor’s marriage? This is a very sensitive thing, which is the answer the queen wants.
Following the princess all the way to the palace, she seems to be in a bad mood today, and her eyes are swollen, as if she cried last night. Linglong secretly observed her for a long time, and finally couldn’t help asking, “princess, what’s the matter with you and whether you’re in trouble? I think your eyes are swollen like this. I’m really worried about you.”
Gu Gu sucked her nose and rubbed her arms like a spoiled child. “Did Chu Changqing and I quarrel?”
Linglong hugged her in the rain and fog. “Why did you quarrel with him? I remember your relationship was very good. Even if the emperor was coming at the banquet, he didn’t blame you when we were in a hurry. How could you have a contradiction?”
“It’s still a matter of marriage. I really don’t want to marry the emperor. I really don’t have any feeling for him. I don’t think I love him at all. I can’t marry a man I don’t love at all,” Gu’s eyes were moist, “All I thought about was Chu Changqing, but he insisted that I marry the emperor and become the queen of the state of Qin. He said this was what I should do as Princess Xirong
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“It’s bullshit. Why should Princess Xirong become the queen of the state of Qin? This is just an excuse they use to tell the victims,” Linglong patted her on the back and comforted her. “In my opinion, those Royal princesses are the victims of their greed.”
“I think so, too. That’s why I refused to come to the state of Qin. Later, I came here under the persuasion of Chu Changqing,” Gu said slowly after wiping his tears with a handkerchief, “But now I’ve figured it out. I don’t want to marry the emperor. It doesn’t matter if I can’t be with Chu Changqing. Anyway, I won’t marry the emperor. The emperor has only his queen in his heart and doesn’t mean anything to me.”
Linglong turned her eyes and carefully tried, “how could you suddenly change your mind? Did you encounter any problems, or did others persuade you?”
“Do you know Xu Hanfei? After you got sick that day, I got lost in the palace and bumped into his palace by mistake. Later, I asked him about Chu Changqing, and I realized that maybe it was just my wishful thinking. Chu Changqing might have other ideas about me,” Gu said, biting his pale lips, “Xu Hanfei and Chu Changqing are close brothers, so I’m still willing to believe him.”
“In fact, I think Chu Changqing is really worried. You see, even the emperor is not worried, but he cares so much for fear that you can’t marry the emperor. He really has no nostalgia for you,” since Linglong doesn’t want to say anything again, “You know, for people like Chu Changqing, success and fame may be the most important. Children’s love is really nothing. You must be careful not to let your tenderness go to waste.”
Gu Gu’s eyes flashed a strange light, and her lips aroused a bitter smile, “I understand what you say, but I don’t know what to do now. Chu Changqing doesn’t agree with me to leave the state of Qin, and I don’t want to marry the emperor. Besides, I can’t go to Xirong with my own strength when I leave the state of Qin. I don’t know what to do now.”
Linglong’s eyes brightened, and with a faint smile, she recalled her sad face, “why don’t you tell the emperor directly and let the Emperor help you? What do you think?”
“Emperor?” Gu’s pupils tightened. “It’s impossible. How can the Emperor help me? We are people from two countries. The emperor can’t wait to see me embarrassed. How can he help me?”
“You’re wrong. I think the emperor is very kind to you. There’s no slightest slighting you. I’m not sure. The emperor is waiting for you to reach a consensus with him and push the marriage away together,” Linglong smiled soothingly at her. “Besides, who else can help you except the Emperor?”
Gu Gu showed an embarrassed expression, “but will the Emperor help me? I don’t think he seems to be a simple person.”
“Which emperor is a simple man at the end of the day? Is your father and emperor a simple man? If your father is so simple, it is your uncle who will take this seat.”
“I did have a great uncle in the past, but grandpa didn’t think much of him, and my father hated him. Maybe it’s because his mother’s imperial concubine is a peace princess from the state of Qin, and his mother’s imperial concubine’s status is very low,” Gu’s eyes darkened. “I’m afraid I’ll be the same in the harem in the future.”
“Don’t come in if you’re afraid. They force the whole national fortune on you. You should resist,” Linglong said earnestly. “This is what you told me. If you marry someone you don’t like, it will be the most unhappy thing. Do you want to live in unhappiness in the future?”
“What have you done in the palace these days when I’m not in the palace?” Chu Zongge rolled up half his sleeve and narrowed his eyes slowly. “You shouldn’t have done anything you shouldn’t have done?”
“I dare not,” Xu Hanfei knelt respectfully, “I dare not do anything without the emperor’s orders, but I met Princess Gu one day.”
“It’s almost the same. He’s a man who abides by the rules,” Chu Zongge said strangely. “Gu Zhen doesn’t know who you are and why he wants to meet you. Won’t Chu Changqing in her palace gossip?”
“We’ve all met. It’s useless for Chu Changqing to gossip at this time.”
Chu Zongge was interested in it. “Please explain to me what you said to Gu. Do you have discretion?” “I must have discretion to speak. The emperor doesn’t have to waste time listening to those words. I promise she will come and make peace with the emperor and ask to withdraw her engagement and not marry the emperor again.”
“Do you have such a big confidence,” Chu Zongge said with a meaningful smile on his lips, “if not, I will be disappointed. I am disappointed in you and the people from Xirong. I have come together with you in a big way.”
“Princess Gu was just lost and came in by mistake. It wasn’t the minister who dragged her forcibly, and the minister didn’t have that ability,” Xu Hanfei smiled. “The princess and Chu Changqing had a contradiction, but Chu Changqing didn’t see it. However, the princess is not a fuel-efficient lamp. If she saw it, she would never tolerate it.”
Chu Zongge’s smile grew stronger and stronger. “I left for a few days, but you did a good thing for me. My prince will come to the world soon. I must sort out all these things before he was born. I can’t let the queen be wronged.”
“The emperor is not interested in the princess at all. Besides, there are more and more victories in the state of Qin, and the city is slowly taking back. This confidence will be there, and there will be no restrictions on the engagement,” Xu Hanfei turned his eyes. “However, it may take some time for the emperor to want the princess to be with Chu Changqing.”
“I don’t necessarily need this. Since it’s some time, I’ll wait slowly. Besides, whether they are together or not is just some of my benevolence. If they are destined, they have nothing to say,” Chu Zongge rubbed his eyebrows. “It’s a pity that they broke up after coming to the state of Qin under the eyes of emperor Xirong for so long.”
Xu Hanfei’s eyes flashed a little strange, “the emperor went to the king’s residence. How is the queen now?”
“She is in good health. There is a resident Liu Yuan taking care of her. It’s no big problem,” Chu Zongge reached into his sleeve and rubbed the Buddha beads. “I don’t think the resident will return to the palace in a moment and a half. If you miss your master, wait until the princess leaves the state of Qin. At that time, I will allow you to go out for a few days. How about you get together with your master and then come back?”
Xu Hanfei suppressed the joy in his eyes and bowed down several times. “Thank you for the grace of the emperor. I really miss my master. If he hadn’t brought my minister into the palace, I wouldn’t have met the emperor and become someone around the emperor.”
Chu Zongge nodded and couldn’t see the emotion in his eyes, “that’s right.”