C445 Her majesty forgives (1/2)
Feng Yunzheng suddenly stopped and looked forward. A hint of thought flashed in his eyes as he said, ”You handle the rest. This duke will make a trip to the palace.”
”Yes, I will obey.”
After entering the palace, Feng Yunzheng directly went to the Meng Hua palace. Senior Concubine Liang said that she was also planning on sending someone to send him into the palace.
”Mufei, Prince Jiayu has come to the capital this time to ask for the emperor's hand in marriage. Did Imperial Father reveal the list of candidates to you?” Feng Yunzheng asked.
Imperial Concubine Liang frowned slightly as she shook her head, ”Mufei wants to know as well. She even made a trip to the Hall of Rongyuan, but this time your Imperial Father bit the bullet and didn't reveal the contents of the namelist.”
According to his previous life, in three years, his father would have given the order to lay down the vassal lords. By then, Xiao Zhenhai would become the main force of the vassal lords, and because of this, Xiao Zhenhai would become a general of the imperial court and the Xiao family would be in the prime of his life. Xiao Zhenhai and Feng Qianyue secretly reached an agreement to help Feng Qianyue ascend to the throne.
The terms of the agreement definitely included the killing of Lian Meng Yue, making Lian Shiya the empress.
”Over the years, the tribunes had been spending a great deal of money, and the annual income of the court was about 11 million silver taels, while more than 5 million silver taels were allocated to the tribunes, especially to King Luzon of Anping, who in recent years had been at war with the Burmese and needed to be supplied by the court. One day, my royal father will not let this situation continue. However, my royal father might have had the intention to dismiss him, but the war with the Great Western Continent had just ended and the treasury had suffered a heavy loss, so he does not dare to act rashly right now. He will definitely treat Lu Jingyao well, in order to make King Anping relax his guard, so, this time, no matter who Lu Jingyao proposes to marry, he will be satisfied. ” Feng Yunzheng said with a calm voice.
”Zheng'er, what if that Prince Jia Yu requests to marry the direct daughter of Lian Family?” Imperial Concubine Liang's eyes displayed a trace of worry. ”Mufei, I estimate that she's also on the list, because regardless of her status or age, it's all in line. I keep having the feeling that this marriage proposal by Duke Jia Yu isn't as simple as it seems.”
”The Xiao family will definitely participate in the wedding to Lu Jingyao. Xiao Zhenhai will not let this opportunity go for nothing.” Feng Yunzheng confidently said.
”Three days later, the emperor will hold a banquet at the palace to welcome Prince Jia Yu as a show of respect. Mufei reckons that this is only a banquet on the surface, but in reality, it is a blind date banquet. All the princesses and noble ladies on the list will be present, depending on which one of them is on Lu Jingyao's liking. She pulled at Feng Yunzheng's hand and said, ”Zheng'er, mufei hopes that you can marry someone you like in this life. Mufei can see that you're interested in the daughter of the Lian Family, but if she's bestowed with a marriage with Lu Jingyao, then you … ”It's impossible in this lifetime.”
”Mufei.” Feng Yunzheng held Imperial Concubine Liang's hand tightly and said, ”Don't worry about me, I know what I'm doing.”
”Zheng'er, be careful in all matters. I don't know if it's because your father ate too many pills, but his temper is always a little dry.” Imperial Concubine Liang was still worried.
”Your son has already been chased out of the throne room once. This time, you'll have to be even more careful. Mufei, your son won't let you and I repeat the same mistakes.” Feng Yunzheng said.
After speaking for about an hour more, he finally left the palace. As he was leaving, he coincidentally met the sedan chair of the Xiao family. He saw Madam Xiao and Xiao Rou alight from the sedan chair, and as soon as they saw Feng Yunzheng, they bowed and greeted him:
”Greetings Ninth Prince.”