Shang Wuxin looked at the concubine sitting next to the empress of the Southern Palace before realizing that this woman was the concubine that the Nangong Emperor had doted upon, Imperial Consort He.
This imperial concubine was extremely beautiful. Even though she was just sitting there, she was still an enchanting figure. She ignored the killing gaze of the empress as she twisted her graceful body and leisurely approached the Nangong Emperor. Imperial Concubine He was wearing a red embroidered lake crepe skirt. Her curvy figure was outlined by a golden silk belt around her waist. She wore an onyx bracelet on her right wrist that matched her dress. She wore a jade chick with a pearl hairpin at her temples. Her earrings matched her outfit!
One could tell from her outfit that the Nangong Emperor doted on Imperial Consort He very much. Otherwise, he wouldn't have given her so many things. The more women in the palace he bestowed, the more doting he would be.
When he heard Imperial Concubine He's words, he immediately felt that he had not considered enough. He glared at the empress, "Prince Qian is only in his twenties, how can he marry a daughter of the Minister? Empress, you've become more and more muddle-headed the more you live!"
The Queen revealed a bitter smile as she looked at Imperial Concubine He, who was flaunting her power, unable to do anything. On the other hand, the Emperor made her sit on the chair below her, "Lian Fei is sensible, so let's leave Prince Qian's marriage for now!"
However, when the Emperor was not paying attention to the Emperor, he glanced at Prince Qian who was sitting below him. There were too many things in that one glance, but Prince Qian was looking at Prince Shang who was below him, so he didn't notice anything, perhaps even Nangong Qian would turn a blind eye to it.
"Emperor Nan Gong, the reason this prince came here today is because of the friendship between the two countries!" Qing Kui stood up and said, "This is my Qing Country's most beautiful princess, Wood Garden Princess. I have come here to make a marriage alliance!" As Qing Kui spoke, he pulled up the wooden garden beside him.
The wooden garden was indeed very beautiful, but no matter how beautiful it was, it was still an undeveloped child. Other than a few perverts, no one was willing to raise a girl who could only look but not eat, let alone bring her to the royal family.
Qing Mu heard that her royal brother didn't feel the slightest bit sad to give her as an item, or perhaps a few months ago, those so-called relatives of Qing Kingdom wouldn't be able to make her feel any sadness at all.
Shang Wuxin was able to tell that Qing Guo was trying to use a princess to build a friendship between the two countries. Even though she did not care about the relationship between the two countries, she still felt unexplainable displeasure by making a move on her subordinates.
"Could it be that Crown Prince Qing is joking?" Shang Wuxin sat there and smiled, "Princess Ku Yuan is only ten years old this year, you mean marriage alliance? Is it because my ears have not been working recently, or is it because Crown Prince Qing wants to treat everyone as a fool, that a child of ten years old married off to someone else? That would be like being a mother or a daughter.
When these words were spoken, many people nodded in agreement. The Emperor of Nan Gong's initial consideration had changed to doubt as he looked at Crown Prince Qing. The thing that people lacked the most was suspicion, not to mention the Emperor of Nan Gong who lacked a domineering aura.
Qing Kui's eyes flashed with killing intent as he looked at Prince Shang, who had ruined his plans.
Qing Mu Garden looked at Prince Shang, whose words could change his fate, and its eyes flashed with gratitude. Her so-called royal father and all the other imperial concubines had treated her like an item. Otherwise, she wouldn't have been sent to the house of the second prince of Shang by her royal sister as a catamite. This time, when she went back, with the help of Prince Shang and killed her sister in the dark, she received the imperial edict.
When Nangong Wen saw that Prince Shang had offended another person, he gave a strange look to the Crown Prince Qing and suddenly had some thoughts in his mind.
"I feel that Princess Mu Yuan is too young. As for the marriage alliance, we'll just have to wait a few more years. Today is my birthday, so let's not talk about these things!" Nangong Huang said with a smile, bringing along a matter that was already terrible.
It was unknown when Imperial Concubine He had retired. Due to the fact that she was favored, the Nangong Emperor was very tolerant. Not long after, he came to Nangong Qian's back and whispered, "Prince, Imperial Concubine He has something to report!"
Nangong Qian frowned, his voice carried annoyance, "When did a subordinate have to personally listen to a matter that requires this king to do so?" Besides, Prince Shang was right next to him. He couldn't wait to split himself into two and surround Prince Shang. Where would such a vexing thing come from?
He lowered his head and retreated to a secluded place next to a rock, where he saw Imperial Concubine He standing there. He saw that she was constantly adjusting her appearance, and it could be seen that she was a woman whose heart was overflowing with lust.
"Imperial Consort He!" Imperial Concubine He who was walking in the distance said, "If there's anything you need to tell me, you can tell me. I will tell the king!" Looking at Prince Shang and the Prince together, the distant Imperial Concubine He felt that Prince Shang and the Prince were more harmonious. If the Prince had such a woman by his side, not only would the Prince feel uncomfortable, even her subordinates would feel uncomfortable.
When Imperial Concubine He heard this, she felt a little sad. Normally, she would report anything that happened to the Prince of Qian in the distance, never having come into contact with him alone. However, today she had obstructed a marriage for Prince Qian, which was why she mustered her courage and wanted to meet him. More importantly, she always felt that today's King Qian was a bit different. Her intuition told her that such a King Qian was getting further and further away.
"This subordinate only wants to report to Prince Qian about the woman he likes?" Imperial Concubine He deliberately hesitated before saying, "This subordinate feels that if Your Highness has any plans, this subordinate can also speak up in front of the emperor. Only then will the prince's marriage be much smoother!"
Imperial Concubine He said this to probe Prince Qian. If he didn't have a woman he liked, then she could peacefully carry out her mission. If he had a woman he liked … After thinking about it, Imperial Concubine He didn't dare to continue thinking about it. Moreover, she believed that a cold-blooded person like Prince Qian wouldn't fall in love with any woman.
The distant Imperial Concubine He looked at her with disdain and contempt, her voice carried an order, "I've never needed you to ask about the matter of the prince. Imperial Concubine He, have you forgotten the smallest details because you've been a consort for too long?"
"No!" Imperial Concubine He hurriedly denied it. She didn't think that a distant place would actually say this to her. "This subordinate didn't have any other intentions, I just wanted to know what master's intention was so that we could cooperate with the prince!"
"Remember your duty!" He had seen many women like this. Even if the prince was cold-blooded, he had no idea how many women had tried to get close to him in the past few years. However, he had never expected that even as his subordinate, the prince would dare to provoke them.
"Oh, right!" He stopped in the distance and continued, "Your highness already has a loved one, so if you continue to work for your highness, then your highness will not treat you unfairly, but if you insist on not realizing it, then you should know your highness' punishment for some people!"
From afar, he seemed to have made it very clear that as long as one was smart, he would know what to do. Moreover, he also felt that the prince's feelings were too shameful. However, he had forgotten that although many women were smart, they were idiots when it came to relationships.
"Love?" Imperial Concubine He stood there in disbelief as she said, "Your highness knows how to love?" How is that possible? " It was almost impossible for a man like that to even care for a single person, much less love a single person. All these years, apart from Princess Lotus, she had never seen any other woman by the prince's side.
When Imperial Concubine He returned to the main hall, her expression was somewhat dejected. She carefully sized up Prince Qian. It was this difference that made Imperial Concubine He even more flustered, because she discovered that Prince Qian was still the same Prince Qian, but from time to time, he would look towards the equally handsome Prince Shang, and his gaze was too gentle, so gentle that any woman would be willing to sink into his gaze. She also saw Prince Shang occasionally picking dishes for the lowly Prince Qian, who had such a special treatment, even Princess Lian did not dare to think about it, could it be possible that the one Prince Qian had fallen in love with was the Prince Shang, could it be that the man Prince Qian had loved, was the reason why the Prince Qian had not been beautiful for so many years?
If the Prince Qian was in love with a woman, Imperial Consort He felt that she still had a chance to rely on her own means to accomplish the task in the future. However, if Prince Qian was in love with a man, how could she compete with him?
The women who gave the dance were all beauties. Some officials, due to the position of Emperor, did not dare to display too much, but their eyes would still occasionally look at the naked skin of the female dancers. Even Nan Gong Wen and Qing Kui were no exception, but the two of them had seen all kinds of beauties before.
Shang Wuxin held a teacup in hand and looked at the dancers with a gentle expression. He looked like an immortal with the aura of abstinence. In the entire imperial court, only Shang Wuxin was the only woman who did not drink from her teacup. However, the current Shang Wuxin did not make people feel cowardly, but instead gave them an even more extraordinary air of immortality.
Qing Kui, seeing this, seemed to have attracted the attention of all the girls. He raised his glass and stood up while holding his anger, "Everyone calls Crown Prince Shang the peerless beauty in the mortal world, seeing that today, even this country's most gorgeous beauty is not as beautiful as Crown Prince Shang!"
Just as Qing Kui finished speaking, Nangong Qian's eagle-like gaze fell on him. In Nangong Qian's eyes, Crown Prince Shang's decree was just as good as it was, why would he need others to act against it.
Nangong Wen looked at Qing Kui proudly and agreed, "That's right. When I first saw Crown Prince Shang, I thought that she was a beauty. I didn't expect her to be the Crown Prince of Shang. This really surprises me!"
Qing Mu Yuan was a little worried when he saw Prince Shang. He frowned and looked at Qing Kui and Nangong Wen with a child-like disgust.
When the officials of the Nangong Country saw that one of them was the Crown Prince of Shang and the other one was the Crown Prince of Qing Country, they wanted to watch the fun from this point onwards. They wanted to add fuel to the fire to make the two of them hate each other, because this way, the State of Shang and the State of Kui would become enemies in the future.