Chapter 270 Princess
In the palace.
Rong Que looked at the envoy from Da Qi with a grim expression.
He never expected that they would come to today's coronation ceremony.
Fortunately, the coronation ceremony has been completed, otherwise Rong Que is not sure if he has the good temper to go through this shitty process.
He Chao had worked with Su Qingqing before. When the people of Da Qi proposed a marriage alliance, He Chao was the first to stand up and oppose it. His words were also very harsh, "Is the princess of Da Qi really unable to get married? She has to travel thousands of miles with a dowry to marry our Majesty?
Or do you think that our future queen doesn't have enough troops and want to provoke her?"
Huang Zhaozhong was a die-hard follower of Rong Que since he was still the crown prince. He also had some dealings with Su Qingqing. At this moment, he also felt that the other party's behavior of taking advantage was really excessive.
"Isn't Da Qi going too far? The ceremony of our new emperor's enthronement ended right before you brought your people in. You stuffed them in without even saying hello in advance. Is this a marriage? Do you call this a marriage?"
The highest-ranking official among the Great Qi envoys seemed to have his eyes on top of his head, with a look of disdain and ridicule in his eyes.
"It was because our Majesty took pity on your Great Yan's new emperor that he willingly let his legitimate daughter marry you to assist your new emperor. How could you be so ungrateful?
Our Majesty is sentimental. When your Majesty was still the crown prince, he had been kind to our princess.
Now that he has ascended the throne, internal and external troubles are endless. Your Majesty is reluctant to let your benefactor suffer such hardships, so you are so ungrateful. "
He said, without much respect on his face, looking straight at Rong Que, "Your Majesty, don't you want to marry our princess? If you don't want to marry her, why did you save her in the first place? Men and women should not touch each other. Our princess is a precious branch and jade leaf. Your Majesty held her in his arms for so long. Didn't you consider our princess's reputation?"
He Chao was so angry at what this man said.
"Why did our Majesty embrace your princess back then? Wasn't it because she fell into the water? Did he just watch her drown without saving her? To save someone, don't you need to pull her out of the water?"
The envoy said, "In the Great Qi, we value the reputation of women. We would rather drown than have our innocence tarnished. Over the years, you in the Great Yan State naturally don't know the rumors about our Great Qi. Whenever anyone mentions our princess, they will say that she was abandoned by your prince.
Even so, Your Majesty should be grateful for saving our lives that day!"
He Chaoqi's temples were throbbing with anger.
What kind of bullshit values are these?
The coronation ceremony was messed up by the envoys from the Great Qi, but Rong Que could not simply expel them from the Great Yan Kingdom.
The Qi cavalry was stationed at the border. If a war broke out there, Su Qingqing would have to go to fight. In the meantime, there was also King Yu...
Rong Que didn't want to marry the princess of Da Qi, but he didn't want Su Qingqing to go to the battlefield even more.
He was exhausted and by the time the coronation ceremony was over, the moon was already above the treetops.
The court officials in the palace had already dispersed. Rong Que sat in a chair in the imperial study in a daze. Minglu pushed the door open from outside and saw that the room was dark without lights. His heart ached for a moment. "Your Majesty, are you going back to the palace? If not, I will go and tell the queen."
Rong Que didn't know how long he had been sitting in the dark. His voice was hoarse, "Tell me, how should I bring this up with her?"
Ming Lu was silent for a moment, "Your Majesty, please tell me the truth. Your Majesty is different from ordinary women. Your Majesty is sensible and can understand your Majesty's difficulties."
This is what makes Rong Que feel even more distressed.
Why should Su Qingqing be sensible?
Why should Su Qingqing understand him?
Who sympathizes with Su Qingqing?
He simply didn't know how to meet this person.
The two were thinking in silence when a young eunuch suddenly came in to announce, "Your Majesty, the princess of the Great Qi Kingdom wants to see you."
Rong Que was so angry that he picked up the pen holder next to him and threw it out.
"Get her out!"
The young eunuch shuddered, but still dutifully delivered the message, "Your Majesty, the princess of Da Qi said that if Your Majesty refuses to see her, she will go see the queen. The princess of Da Qi also said that the situation is different from what Your Majesty thinks. No matter what, let Your Majesty see her. She will leave after she finishes what she needs to say and will never pester you."
Rong Que actually had an impression of this princess of Da Qi.
That was four or five years ago.
At that time, the Great Yan State was strong and powerful. On the birthday of the late emperor, the Emperor of Qi came in person to congratulate him and brought the legitimate princess with him.
At that time, he happened to be passing by the small bridge over the Imperial Garden. From a distance, he saw that the princess and Xiao Qi seemed to be arguing with each other, and in the blink of an eye, she was pushed into the water by Xiao Qi.
The people around Xiaoqi didn't go to rescue them, and the people brought by the princess couldn't swim. At that time, Rong Que couldn't just watch them drown.
He jumped into the water to save people.
The princess was so frightened at the time that after he pulled her out of the water, she hid three meters away from him like a frightened rabbit. She told him that physical contact between men and women was not allowed, and warned him not to have any improper thoughts about her because she had a lover.
As memories came flooding back, Rong Que sighed, "Let her in."
Minglu lit the lamp and tidied up the imperial study. After a moment, the legitimate princess of Da Qi was led in from the palace gate.
Compared with the arrogance and rudeness of the envoys from Daqi, the legitimate princess was polite and respectful. She greeted Rong Que politely.
"Your Majesty has some misunderstandings about me, and I am here to explain the misunderstandings."
Rong Que said nothing and waited for her to continue.
She said, "I have mentioned to Your Majesty before that I have a lover. This time, it was my father who captured my lover as a hostage and forced me to come to your Great Yan State. I had no choice."
When she said this, there was finally a hint of warmth on Rong Que's cold face.
Looking at Rong Que's reaction, the princess continued.
"My father wants me to be your queen, and to be a spy he has planted in your Great Yan State. I have no choice but to come because of my weakness.
But please rest assured, Your Majesty, I will not steal any information from you for my father.
I just want to use this method to delay time. When my father lets down his guard, I will rescue the people and run away with him.
When the time , I hope Your Majesty will help me."
Rong Que looked at her with some surprise.
She looked straight at Rong Que with a frank look, "Your Majesty has no choice now. The Great Yan Kingdom is not what it used to be. Although the Great Qi Kingdom is not much stronger than the Great Yan Kingdom, the internal strife in your Great Yan Kingdom is too serious, so you can't withstand the pressure of the Great Qi army. What's more, Your Majesty certainly doesn't want General Su to send troops.
So, instead of this, Your Majesty might as well put on a fake show with me.
You pretend to agree to this marriage, and all the dowry I bring will belong to you.
I won't disturb your relationship with General Su , and I won't even appear in front of you. Just give me a place to live in the palace.
I will rescue the person in three months at most, and then you can arrange for him to die suddenly or something similar.
Isn’t this good?
I think it’s a win-win situation.”
