Prince Xiao, who had a fight with Meng Yinqin when he first arrived, did not get any favors from him.
On the contrary, he suffered a hidden loss because of Meng Yinqin's "secret guard".
In anger, he wanted to go to the Supreme Emperor to complain, but was comforted by the Queen Mother at the gate of Shou'an Palace.
So he waited calmly these past few days.
The purpose is to wait for today, when the Ninth Princess successfully takes Princess Chu Ning’s fiance as her own.
When the time comes, it will be reasonable for him to mention the engagement again - this is a big step back, can it be regarded as a compromise?
Unexpectedly, he had been waiting outside Fengwu Palace for half a day, but he heard the little maid next to the Queen Mother running to find him and saying that the plan had failed.
Prince Xiao doesn't care about so much.
Anyway, the Queen Mother has already taken action. This is the beginning. If he doesn't follow up, won't he wait for a few days and come to Beiling City in vain?
Even if Yanchu's shipbuilding technology has improved to a higher level in the past few years and he can sail the sea easily and safely, he still has to stay at sea for more than twenty days. Who can blame him for this hard work?
The more Prince Xiao thought about it, the angrier he became, and he said loudly: "Since the Supreme Emperor is here today, why not just break it off for me? This Princess Chu Ning is still the princess of Meng'an. Is she still considered to be the inmate of the Great Zhao Kingdom and me, Yan Chu?"
Commitment?"
"Is my son Zang Yuan still engaged to Qin Jiaoxi?"
"If there is, then who is the merchant's son?"
"If not, then who should honor the promise made by the imperial edict and Yanchu?"
Meng Yinqin narrowed his eyes.
Oh, this is to force him.
It's a pity that he already had a countermeasure in mind when he decided to come to Yanchu.
"Since the Empress Dowager and the Empress Dowager are both here today, and the Emperor is also here, and the Empress Dowager is even using this as a bargaining chip for the Ninth Princess to win over my Xi'er's future husband, I will make it clear to everyone today."
"That's right, when my mother entered Dazhao, the late Emperor Dazhao promised to send her princess back to Yanchu!"
"It stands to reason that there is no princess, so the prince's daughter should keep her promise and return to Yanchu to get married!"
"But now that I am a member of Yanchu, my princess is naturally no longer the princess of Dazhao!"
"But in this way, the promise made back then will no longer be fulfilled. Prince Xiao doesn't want this, and the Queen Mother obviously doesn't want this either, right?"
The Queen Mother and Prince Xiao looked at each other and nodded: "That's right! If the Emperor cannot keep his promise, how can we convince the people of Yanchu that the Emperor can give them a different future?"
Meng Yinqin suddenly raised his lips and smiled: "Okay, but I dare to ask the Supreme Emperor, when the late emperor and the emperor of Dazhao agreed to get married, did they decide who my daughter would marry?"
The Supreme Emperor was stunned: "Ah, this... doesn't seem to be..."
Before the Queen Mother and Prince Xiao could react, Meng Yinqin quickly said: "Since the former emperor has not decided who the daughter or granddaughter of the Queen Mother of Dazhao will marry, how can the Queen Mother and Prince Xiao decide?
When my daughter comes back, she must marry Prince Xiao’s legitimate son?”
"Even if this is the eldest son of Prince Xiao who was chosen by the Supreme Emperor last year after he learned that I had a daughter, has the marriage certificate been sent? Has the token been sent? Have the birth dates matched? If not, should he be replaced?
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"The above has not been decided, why should Prince Xiao come to ask me for a daughter?"
"Why does the Queen Mother say that Princess Chu Ning broke her promise and married the merchant's son?"
Meng Yinqin calmly picked up the teacup, moistened his throat, and then continued: "Last point, have you checked the identity of the merchant's son? Is he just the merchant's son?"
"Why do you think that he is not my Yanchu person?"
"Since you are my Yanchu, why can't you marry my daughter?"
Suddenly, the air froze.
The Queen Mother's eyes almost popped out of their sockets.
"What is the emperor talking about? Merchants are just merchants. In Yanchu, even if they can make a few dollars, they are still merchants with little status. How can the emperor marry the princess to such a merchant family full of money?"
"Besides, what we were talking about back then was the marriage with the royal family, not Yanchu. How could we just randomly find a merchant's son in Beiling and marry the princess off?"
Meng Yinqin glanced at her slowly: "As I said just now, the Queen Mother has not checked Mr. Shang's identity. Why do you conclude that he is not a member of the royal family?"
As she spoke, she imitated the Queen Mother's previous appearance and shouted out at the top of her lungs: "Here comes the Marquis of Xuan Ding'an!"
Prince Xiao was immediately stunned: "Marquis Ding'an? Isn't Marquis Ding'an on the other side of the sea? Why..."
Before I finished speaking, I heard the laughter of Han Qing, the Marquis of Ding'an, coming from the room next to the side hall: "Prince Xiao, didn't you also come over from the other side of the sea? Why can't I come over too?"
He walked around the screen and walked out.
Qin Jiaoxi was completely stunned.
She was originally patiently waiting for Meng Yinqin to speak for her because she already had the antidote in her hand. Just then she heard Master Bai Qin's voice coming from the space, saying that she had prepared another powder that was the same as before.
The recipe.
The medicinal powders obtained from the two recipes are the same as those produced by the Ninth Princess, but the antidotes are quite different. One has a faint pink halo, and the other has a light yellow color, but exudes a very light scent.
Almond flavor.
Just before Qin Jiaoxi followed him out of the side hall and watched the palace maids pointing out her and circling and cursing people, she accidentally smelled a very faint smell of almonds from the Queen Mother.
Immediately there was no need to hesitate anymore and she asked Bai Qin to give her the light yellow antidote. While everyone was away from the side hall, she turned back and handed the antidote to Bo Jiming.
Otherwise, he would not have rejected the Queen Mother's antidote so decisively just now.
But she didn't expect that at the end of this farce, a stranger she had never seen before would appear.
But it was obvious that Meng Yinqin had tried his best to find this person after he came to Yanchu, otherwise he would not have been able to rush over from the other side of the sea in such a timely manner.
Then, Qin Jiaoxi looked up and took a closer look at the man, and almost jumped up immediately.
——Isn’t it?
Isn’t that Han Zhan’s old man?
Eh, that’s not right either…
The man who came out from behind the screen was wearing a light blue robe. Although he was old, he had a steady figure and his hair was neatly combed... Han Zhan did not have that kind of temperament or clothing.
Seeing Qin Jiaoxi staring at him in shock, the man smiled slightly and stepped forward to salute.
"Old minister, I have met Princess Chu Ning!"
"I originally thought that after coming to Beiling, I would rest for a day or two before meeting the princess, and discuss the marriage between the princess and the old minister's unfilial grandson, but I didn't want to..."
Qin Jiaoxi's mouth twitched sharply.
Grandson?
Who is your grandchild?
It can’t be Brother Ji Ming, right?
Then I saw the old man smoothing his sleeves and turning his head to look behind the screen like a fairy.
"Ah, by the way, have you all seen the grandson of the old minister, right?"
He raised his hand and pointed behind him: "This young master from the merchant is also the grandson of the old minister!"
