Chapter 668 Marriage (3)
With a smile on the emperor's face, he raised his hand and said, "Concubine Ai doesn't need to be too polite. Hurry up and sit down."
"Thank you, Your Majesty, the Empress." Concubine Zhang thanked her softly, and took her seat with great manners. She looked at the emperor with a pair of affectionate and beautiful eyes, "I don't know what is the important thing for the emperor to recruit his concubines?" Having said that, she was thinking about what she heard when she just walked into the palace. I haven't heard the whole thing, but I can already guess one or two. Just now, the emperor and the queen seem to be discussing to match the prince of Zhennan, Xiao Yi, and the head of Yaoguang County, Nangong Yue.
Thinking of this, Concubine Zhang felt nervous, Xiao Yi was clearly her Hao Xue's first fancy, but she couldn't let that Nangong Yue take the lead, she had to figure out a way to disturb this matter.
However, the emperor's next words interrupted her thoughts, only to hear the emperor say in a deep voice: "Concubine Ai, I have already thought about it, and decided to let Hao Xue go to Xirong and kiss her! As Hao Xue's mother and concubine, go back. In the future, you have to persuade her to focus on state affairs."
Concubine Zhang's face paled, she suddenly stood up from her seat in shock, knelt heavily on the ground, and said sadly, "Your Majesty, please think again... Your Majesty, Hao Xue and Hao Xue are only fourteen, but Xi Rong The king is already fifty years old, do you really have the heart to let our Hao Xue marry someone big enough to be her grandfather?"
The emperor sighed and said reluctantly: "As a father, I naturally can't bear it, but I am the emperor of this great wealth, for the sake of the people of the world and the stability of the country, I have to do this. Daughter, the princess of Taiyu, she has enjoyed the most glorious wealth and honor in this world, and now it is time for her to relieve her father's worries and serve the country and the people."
"Emperor..." Concubine Zhang looked at the emperor with a bewildered expression and begged, "I also ask the emperor to think about it again, there should be..."
Before she could finish speaking, the emperor interrupted her with a sullen face: "Okay, I have made up my mind about this matter. At that time, I will let Hao Xue write it in the queen's name and marry with the honor of the princess. You can go back. ." With that, he sighed, "I will make an official order in a month, and you can accompany Haoxue well. Whatever she asks, as long as it is not too outrageous, I will agree." After all, let the daughter and the relatives , the emperor is also full of guilt, and can only compensate her in honor and material.
Concubine Zhang was stunned for a moment, then replied in a low voice, "Yes."
She saluted the emperor and the empress and retired, and returned to her Jingyang Palace in a daze.
After dismissing the maids, Concubine Zhang was alone in the bedroom, walking back and forth in the palace for a while, lying down on the beautiful couch for a while, and sitting up again for a while, thousands of thoughts flashed through her mind...
Her daughter... her only daughter, is she really going to marry an old man?
That was the flesh that fell from her body, how could she be willing! How can the emperor be so cruel!
"Niang Niang, the second princess has come down."
In the midst of sorrow, the palace maid's report came from outside, followed by the delicate voice of the second princess: "Mother concubine!"
Wearing a scarlet dress, the second princess flew in front of Concubine Zhang like a butterfly, with a hint of shyness on her face, and said, "Concubine Mu, have you asked the royal father for me? Xiao Yi, he, he... …”
Concubine Zhang looked at the beautiful and delicate second princess and hesitated, but finally said with difficulty: "Haoxue, just now your royal father called me to Fengluan Palace..." She frowned and looked at the two in disbelief. Princess, "... Said to let you go to Xirong to have a kiss. Your father also said that the decree will be officially issued in a month."
"What, what?" The second princess seemed to feel that a heavy hammer suddenly hit her head, causing a buzzing sound in her head.