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Chapter 265 Forced Marriage

 "You were instrumental in rescuing the horse that day at the Royal Horse Garden.

I originally wanted to reward you heavily, but His Majesty said that you are still young, you are already in the fourth rank, and you still have a title, so it is not appropriate to reward you too much, for fear that it will be detrimental to your foundation.

This Palace has listened to His Majesty’s advice.”

The Queen Mother said calmly.

Regarding this, Jia Lian thought to himself: What is not good for my foundation? It's just that you sneaked out of the palace to play and didn't want to be known by the world, so you can't reward me?

From this point of view, it seems that I saved you in vain, and there is no benefit at all.

"The Empress Dowager made a serious statement. It is the duty of a humble minister to eat the emperor's salary and be loyal to the emperor, and he does not dare to seek rewards."

Although Jia Lian's words were high-sounding and flawless, perhaps it was because the Queen Mother had put herself in Jia Lian's shoes since he entered the palace, so at this moment she actually felt the slightest hint of resentment in Jia Lian's heart, and she couldn't help laughing and said:

"Although you don't want to give a reward, it is not my royal style to be kind and not reward it. It happens that I have a fate with your sister, so yesterday, I discussed with Your Majesty to promote your sister Jia Concubine to a noble concubine, which can be regarded as honoring your Jia family.

It’s the lintel.”

Jia Lian's heart moved. If so, it would be a good reward.

However, Yuanchun should have been promoted to a noble concubine in the first place, so why is the credit now being attributed to himself?

That's fine. Yuanchun was originally the biggest trump card of Jia Zheng and his wife when they faced him, but now their trump card is actually his. Let's see how they can make trouble with him.

So he quickly thanked the Queen Mother for her "grace".

After saying the opening words, the Queen Mother signaled to the attendants on the left and right. The attendants understood and quietly called out the extra people in the palace to exit the palace.

Then the Queen Mother raised her arms, and a female official helped her to stand up and walk down the steps.

After staying in the palace for a while, Jia Lian's eyes had adapted, and those bead curtains could no longer block his sight.

Now that the Queen Mother has stepped down from the first seat, she can naturally see it more clearly.

A wide floor-length palace skirt, a majestic phoenix crown, a gorgeous shawl, and finger cots inlaid with gold and jade, these extremely noble costumes are all installed on a tall, graceful and beautiful woman.

For the first time, Jia Lian truly felt what the majesty of mother's ceremony was!

Just by taking a few steps, she gave Jia Lian a slight sense of oppression, making him afraid to look directly at her.

This is completely different from the feeling of the woman I met that day!

Are the clothes different?

No, there is still a mentality.

That day, he did not know that this woman was the Queen Mother, but simply thought that she was a beautiful royal woman.

The Queen Mother showed off her power without any concealment. She pushed away the extra palace guests and stepped down from her seat because she didn't want too many people to hear what she was going to say next.

She walked up to Jia Lian and slightly opened her lips: "I have summoned you here today. I have another matter to discuss with you."

As she spoke, the Queen Mother also looked at Jia Lian's behavior and appearance from a close distance through the curtain in front of her.

It's really different from the others.

No wonder, the picky little girl refused to talk to anyone else, but she was hesitant and unwilling to tell the truth about this boy.

"Your Majesty, please tell me, as long as it is a matter that is within the scope of the minor minister's duties, the minor minister will do whatever it takes?"

"What's your job?"

The Queen Mother was keenly aware of the problem with Jia Lian's words and felt a little unhappy.

Why do you use me to discuss matters within your scope of duties? This guy is actually a slippery man.

But it's useless to be cunning in front of me.

"I would like to ask you, what do you think of Princess Zhaoyang?"

"Her Royal Highness Princess Zhaoyang is dashing and handsome, and her grace is second to none in the royal family. She has the appearance of a heroine from ancient times. She is certainly a genius, and not a foolish minister can make rash comments."

The Queen Mother frowned slightly.

Although it was just a simple test of each other, she had already seen that Jia Lian did not seem to have the desire to follow the dragon and the phoenix.

"You have been saved by me. I want to betroth Zhaoyang to you. I wonder if you are willing?"

After all, she is the Queen Mother, and she cannot give up her plan just because of Jia Lian's slight reluctance.

Jia Lian also fell silent. After a while, he said: "The Queen Mother may have misunderstood. I have married a few years ago and the husband and wife are harmonious. Therefore, I forgive my shallowness and will not be able to accept the Queen Mother's kindness."

"Huh, husband and wife are harmonious, is that really true?"

Being rejected by Jia Lian face to face, the Queen Mother seemed a little angry.

"As far as I know, Mrs. Wang is just an orphan, with no ideas and no knowledge of etiquette.

I have been married to you for several years, but I have never cared about caring for my husband and raising children, and I have always been competitive.

I also heard that he even struggled with you in front of the servants. Can this really be regarded as a harmonious couple?"

Hearing that the Queen Mother could say so much in one breath, Jia Lian's heart sank slightly.

It seems that Taiguang is really well prepared.

If faced with others, Jia Lian would naturally have countless words to refute, but for the Queen Mother, everyone may have to be careful!

So Jia Lian cupped his hands and said: "Please forgive me, Your Majesty. The life between husband and wife is like a fish drinking water, knowing whether it is warm or not."

What other people say is not enough evidence."

Like a fish drinking water, it knows whether it is warm or cold...

When the Queen Mother heard this, her heart seemed to be moved.

But what she was planning was related to the life of the person she loved most, so she was not allowed to worry too much about other people's emotions.

"Are you really unwilling? Do you know how many of the rich and powerful people in the capital admire Zhaoyang deeply and cannot get what they ask for?

I just see that you are a rare talent and you are kind to me, so I will extend my favor to you.

In other words, not many people in the world dare to violate what I decide.

Discussing with you now does not mean that I can do nothing to you."

The Queen Mother did not make any false claims.

Although it is not a glorious thing to seize a husband, but as a royal family, can you still have some privileges?

Apart from anything else, as long as the Queen Mother talks to Emperor Ning Kang, as a "son", Emperor Ning Kang, even if he doesn't want to bear the dishonorable reputation in his heart, can he really disobey the Queen Mother and gain the reputation of being unfilial?

As the emperor, Emperor Ningkang really wanted his ministers to marry his own daughter. Not to mention that he was just a married man, even if he hid in the mountains and became a monk, he could still find him!

"Thank you very much for your kindness, the Queen Mother. I am ashamed of myself. Please take back my life."

"you……!"

Looking at Shen Jun's face, bowing and clasping his fists, Jia Lian was obviously thinking hard, and the Queen Mother's calm face finally showed a look of anger.

It seemed that he had something harsh to say, but after thinking about it, he didn't. Instead, he looked at him for a long time, waved his hand and said, "Okay, please step back."

This time, Jia Lian was stunned.

He raised his head and glanced at the Queen Mother to make sure that she was not joking, and then he reluctantly resigned.

As soon as Jia Lian left, the maids and eunuchs in the palace couldn't help but look at each other.

Today, my eyes have been opened. Someone actually dared to reject the Queen Mother in person, and it seemed that the Queen Mother was not too angry!!

"Come out."

With the support of the female officer, the Queen Mother returned to sit on the phoenix chair, and then said softly.

Following her voice, a slender figure came out from behind the large screen behind the phoenix chair.

The Queen Mother waved to her, and the woman came over and snuggled into the Queen Mother's arms.

"Why, are you unhappy?"

The Queen Mother asked with a smile.

Princess Zhaoyang shook her head, trying to hide her inner emotions.

Although she had objected to the imperial grandmother doing this before, being rejected still made her proud heart feel inexplicably depressed.

"Royal Grandma, I think he is right, 'Like a fish drinking water, you know whether you are warm or cold.' Since he likes his wife so much, then we don't need to be such evil people who break up other people's marriages.

It’s not like no one really wants your Zhaoyang..."

Hearing that this girl actually blamed herself, the Queen Mother pinched her face angrily.

"You still have the nerve to say that if you hadn't been so picky, this one had a bad character, and that one had a bad appearance, it was so easy to pick one out for you, yet you still dislike him for being too talkative and boring!

If not, do you think I am willing to be a bad person?"

The Queen Mother was very angry. In the past month or so, she had arranged for at least three or four waves of young handsome men to enter the palace and tried every means to create opportunities for Zhaoyang. However, this unsatisfactory girl was not taken into consideration.

She finally took the trouble to pick out a few, but she still found fault with them.

Only when talking about Jia Lian, Zhaoyang hesitated. As someone who had been there, how could the Queen Mother not understand that she was attracted to Jia Lian!

That's what happened today.

For this, she has made a lot of preparations...

Helping Yuanchun to be promoted to a noble concubine is just her first step to win over the Jia family. If the matter is successful, she has many supporting plans, which will definitely make the Jia family and the Wang family unable to say too much.

Who would have expected that Jia Lian would have an accident in the first step.

That kid looked shrewd, but who knew he was actually a fool who dared to reject her proposal in public!


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