Chapter 1544: Tiger Girl 28
Zhao Yingyue's face changed as she listened, turning black and white for a while. After hearing this, she stood up suddenly.
Xining was startled and stood up, stepping on the embroidered shoes placed under the Arhat's bed.
"Shuzi is so rude. He dared to set his sights on the Zhenguo Mansion. Do you think there is no one in our General Mansion?" Zhao Yingyue gasped for air, and finally took a breath and sat down.
Xining breathed a sigh of relief and almost thought he was going to rush to the Rongguo Duke's mansion and come to fight with Zhao Chengzong. It seems that Zhao Yingyue has more brains and mind than his elder brother Zhao Yinglei, and can assess the situation.
Dongmei, who was standing next to her, quickly stepped forward, helped her onto the Arhat bed, and helped her put the quilt back on her head.
Zhao Yingyue frowned: "Why does Zhao Chengzong, a bastard, want to take advantage of you, just for the sake of father's military power?"
Xining shook his head: "I don't know about this, but it is very possible."
After Zhao Yingyue thought for a while, she raised her head and looked around.
Xining understood: "Qiuye, take the others outside to clean up again. It's time to worship the ancestors. If there is news from Madam, come and report."
After New Year's Eve, you cannot clean the house on the first or second day of the lunar month, otherwise it will destroy your fortune, and you have to wait until the third day of the lunar month before cleaning again.
Qiuye is considered a second-class maid, but except for Dongmei, all the maids listen to her. Qiuye took all the maids in the house out and started organizing outside. I knew it was the young lady who sent them away on purpose. Since she said she was cleaning, she had to show off.
There was only Dongmei in the room, Xining said: "I trust Dongmei, third brother, if you have anything to say, just say it."
Dongmei was so moved by this, she still doesn't understand, Qiuye's ability is much stronger than hers; Qiuye's mouth is also tight, but the lady has made her a personal maid.
So Zhao Yingyue told what she knew.
There are a total of eleven sons in the Holy Emperor today, and since they were almost all born consecutively, the eldest prince is also the prince, who is twenty-one years old this year. The third prince, who is preparing to discuss marriage, will turn seventeen after the Chinese New Year. The seventh prince who can pose a threat to the prince is also the seventeenth prince who is over fourteen years old.
Since the seventh prince was born, many princes in the palace have died in infancy, and the oldest one died before he was three years old. This made the Holy One think that God was punishing him, that he was offering amnesty to the whole world, and that he was willing to offer sacrifices to God, so he did not dare to name the newly born prince and put him in a jade ultimatum. It took seven years for the eighth prince to reach the age of three, and then three more princes finally survived, but none of them were as healthy as the first seven princes.
The reason is most likely that the Holy One was obsessed with the art of alchemy.
Xining sneered, even after becoming an emperor, he wanted to become an immortal. It's not like the immortal cultivation plane, so the elixirs made from cinnabar are all mercury and arsenic. It’s strange that if you take mercury and arsenic, which contains excessive amounts of heavy metals, every day, you will give birth to a child with no problems.
The next four princes are young and weak, so they cannot compete for the throne.
As for the first seven sons, the prince is incompetent, the biological mother of the second prince and the fifth prince has a low status, the second prince's mother and concubine are talented, and the mother is promoted to Xiuyi because of her son's wealth. The biological mother of the fifth prince was a palace maid. She died young and was granted a title of beauty after her death. The fourth prince is not intelligent enough and has always been an idle prince.
Only the third prince and the seventh prince can compete with the prince.
Most of the military power in the world belongs to the Holy Emperor, and the remaining few belong to the princelings and the seventh prince. Although the seventh prince is younger, his mother-in-law is Concubine Cui, whose father's family is the daughter of Cui Younian, the commander of the Southwest Army.
Of the entire military force in the world, there are only about 50,000 soldiers and horses left by General Zhenguo at the border, and there is still no owner.
The border pass is close to the capital, and the Zhao army has been dealing with the Xiongnu all year round and is brave and good at fighting. The 50,000 soldiers and horses are enough to equal the 100,000 soldiers of the Southwest Army.
With no soldiers in hand and no knowledge in mind, it was inevitable that the third prince would set his sights on the Zhenguo General's Mansion.
But there is only one official concubine. If he wants to marry the daughter of an important minister in the court, more people in the court will speak for him. General Zhao doted on his youngest daughter and would never let her become a concubine.
There was only one way. The Duke of Rongguo belonged to the party of the three princes, so it was most appropriate for Zhao Chengzong to marry Zhao Yinghong. In order to make it smoother, this situation was set up to let Zhao Yinghong take advantage of the entire Zhenguo General's Mansion.
The more Zhao Yingyue talked, the more she understood. She gritted her teeth and said, "I want both shark's fin and bear's paw, but I have to see if I have the ability!"
When I thought about it, I couldn't help but feel scared: "Fortunately, the third sister discovered this early and understood the seriousness of it. Otherwise, if she really wanted to marry this bastard, this matter would have been difficult to handle."
Xining smiled, Zhao Yingyue was absolutely right.
In the previous plot, the protagonist cried and made noises and begged to marry Zhao Chengzong, which made General Zhao really helpless. In the end, he asked the Duke of Rongguo to go to the official to ask for a marriage.
General Zhao knew the owner's worth and thought that as long as the marriage was granted by the Holy Spirit, no matter what happened in the future, he would not divorce easily. Coupled with the support of the Zhenguo General Mansion, this life should be able to survive. But he never thought that in the end, the entire Zhenguo General Mansion would be destroyed.
Zhao Yingyue knew: "Dad and mom were afraid that that bastard would cause trouble to you if he persisted in his evil intentions, so they sent someone to be by your side?"
Xining nodded.
Now that she understood everything, Zhao Yingyue made a decisive decision: "In that case, from today on, I will stay by Sanmei's side and watch her get married safely."
Xining deliberately teased: "You are serving in the army and are already a fifth-grade captain with an official rank. When dad was eighteen, he was only an eighth-grade captain. Are you really willing to resign?"
Zhao Yingyue immediately said: "Mom didn't want me to leave after I got married. My original plan was to wait until the new year was over, write a note to the Ministry of War, and take a break for half a year on the pretext of visiting relatives to recuperate."
Xining's eyes widened: "Is it possible that you want me to get married within half a year just like you?"
Zhao Yingyue was a little embarrassed: "It's said that it's getting married, but it can't be that fast. It must be an engagement first. When I leave, my brother-in-law-to-be will naturally take care of you!"
"Shame~" Xining scratched her face with her fingers: "You can also say this. Does that mean I ask my future sister-in-law to take care of you more?"
Zhao Yingyue's face finally turned red: "Girl, the older you get, the harder it is to take care of you. You still talk about me, but you can't say anything."
A military attaché would still blush when talking about marriage, which made Xining and Dongmei happy.
Qiuye shouted outside the door: "Oh, do you want to invite the lady to the ancestral hall? Okay, I will go and call the lady, she will be here soon."
They probably sent someone to call him, so Qiuye deliberately spoke loudly so that he could be heard from inside.
Then he patted the door and it was Qiuye: "Miss."
Xining then said: "Come in."
Qiuye opened the door and walked in. He saluted and informed that someone from Mrs. Zhao's yard had come to say that he could go to the ancestral hall.
"I know!" Xining said to Zhao Yingyue: "Third brother, why don't we go together."
Zhao Yingyue agreed, so Xining got off the Arhat bed, put on his shoes, put on a leather cloak, and went to the ancestral hall with Zhao Yingyue.
(End of chapter)