Evil Doctor Princess - Chapter 154
Chapter 154 The Prince Proposed Marriage
Lu Kang seemed to have thought of something and said hesitantly, “Could it be …”
“Do you know why?” Bai Junzhuo immediately asked.
“Look at the phoenix crown on the Empress Dowager’s head. The skeleton is made of ivory. The boots on her feet are wrapped in elephant skin. This is a birthday gift from the Fourth Prince to the Empress Dowager.”
“Elephants are gregarious animals, and the death of their companions will make them particularly irritable. Could it be that the Fourth Prince mentioned this and offered these things to the Empress Dowager, wanting to murder the Empress Dowager?” Bai Jun said in a low voice.
Lu Kang shook his head, “Impossible. The Fourth Prince would not have known that the Prince of the Southern Barbarian Kingdom had sent an elephant over. Furthermore, if he had really planned to murder the Empress Dowager, he would not have saved her just now.”
“That makes sense.” Bai Junzhuo nodded, “Could it be that the gift prepared by the Fourth Prince was known by this Wu Guda, so he specially prepared an elephant to murder the Empress Dowager?”
Lu Kang thought for a moment and poured a glass of wine for Bai Junzhuo. “Miss Bai, don’t worry about this. This is the matter between His Majesty and Master. It’s good that you and I obey orders. Eat more and talk less.”
“Oh” Bai Jun Zhuo unwillingly closed his mouth and picked up his chopsticks to eat.
The second half of the banquet was calm. The Empress Dowager and the Emperor left first around the time of the Reform Movement. Not long after, the ministers also dispersed.
Originally, it was Yin Mu who accompanied the Empress Dowager back to the palace, but Yin Xun also followed. After entering the Empress Dowager’s bedroom, the Empress Dowager walked to the side of the soft couch and sat down. She asked them, “What’s wrong with you two brothers? Normally, the Ai Clan can’t invite you over. Why did you follow me today?”
Yin Mu chuckled and instructed the nanny below to prepare tea to calm herself down. She passed it to the Empress Dowager and said, “Today is the Empress Dowager’s birthday. Your son has to spend more time with her.”
The Empress Dowager took the tea and looked up at him, “Is there really nothing else?”
Yin Mu shook his head and said, “No.”
The Empress Dowager looked at Yin Xun and asked him, “What about you? Are you just here to accompany the Ai Clan?”
“This son indeed wants to accompany Mother Empress, but this son still has one more thing to ask.” As Yin Xun said this, he knelt down. Without waiting for the Empress Dowager to react, he said, “Your son and Bai Junzhuo are in love. Please grant me a marriage.”
When Yin Mu saw that he had finally said it, he sighed slightly. If I had known that this younger brother would not listen to his advice, I would have wasted all his effort.
The Empress Dowager quietly fiddled with the cup in her hand and did not react too much. She only asked faintly, “Are you really going to marry her?”
Yin Xun said sincerely and nodded, “This son will marry her in this life.”
The Empress Dowager closed her eyes as if she had been thinking for a while. She raised her hand and said, “Get up first.”
Yin Xun looked up at her and shouted, “Mother …”
“The Ai Clan also likes this little girl very much. Moreover, she has only made great contributions and has become an official again.” The Empress Dowager interrupted him. When Yin Xun heard her say this, he revealed a happy expression.
“But if I marry you and become a side princess, it would be wronging her.”
Yin Xun was stunned for a moment, then he said, “Mother, this son does not intend to marry her as a side concubine, but as a main concubine.”
The Empress Dowager’s eyes suddenly turned sharp and she asked him, “You married her as your main wife. What about Yunyue?”
“This son does not intend to marry Miss Fu.” Empress Dowager Yin Xun looked at her with an unyielding attitude.
“You” The Empress Dowager patted the couch and stood up, pointing at Yin Xun. Seeing that, Yin Mu hurriedly stood up and supported her. “Mother, don’t be angry. Ninth Brother doesn’t mean to disobey you.”
The Empress Dowager stared at him for a while, and her expression returned to calm. She slowly sat down and sighed, “The child is old, and he doesn’t listen to mother’s words.”
Yin Xun lowered his head and said softly, “Mother’s words are heavy. In my heart, Mother’s words have always been placed first. However, this matter, I want to make my own decision.”
The Empress Dowager heavily sighed again and raised her hand. “Forget it, you can go back first. The Rong Ai Clan will think about it.”
“Will you give me an answer in three days?” Yin Xun asked relentlessly.
The Empress Dowager’s face was somewhat helpless, but she only nodded lightly in the end and said, “Three days is three days.”
“Thank you, Mother.” Only then did Yin Xun get up and leave Jing Yang Palace.
After he left, Yin Mu asked, “Mother wants to betroth Bai Junzhuo to ninth brother?”
“Otherwise?” The Empress Dowager asked, “Don’t you know his temperament? The Ai Clan only complains that they spoiled him in their early years, causing him to become more and more disobedient.”
“This son feels that Bai Junzhuo’s current status as the ninth brother isn’t too high. Perhaps it really is a good marriage.”
“Identity?” The Empress Dowager sneered, “The marriage of the royal family depends not only on status, but also on the entire clan behind that person. What does the Bai Clan have?”
“Mother …”
“Alright, alright,” interrupted the Empress Dowager impatiently, “you don’t have to persuade the Ai family to think about it. You should go back and rest early.”
Yin Mu could only stop and nod, “Mother also needs to rest early. Your son will leave.”
After Yin Mu left the Jing Yang Palace, the Empress Dowager closed her eyes and thought for a while. Then, she called the Mammy in charge, Madam Cao, to serve her to rest. However, the people from the palace came in and reported, “Empress Dowager, the Prince of the Southern Barbarian Kingdom requests to see you.”
“Him?” The Empress Dowager frowned slightly. It was already so late, why didn’t he leave the palace to look for her?
“If the Empress Dowager is tired, this servant will go out and let him leave now.” Nanny Cao immediately said.
The Empress Dowager hesitated for a moment before shaking her head and saying, “No need, let him in.”
The palace servants went out and soon welcomed Wu Guda in.
When Wu Guda saw the Empress Dowager, his fat body knelt on the ground. He lowered his head and did not look at the Empress Dowager, nor did he speak.
When the Empress Dowager saw that he had come alone without any attendants, she asked him, “Why are you here so late to see the Ai Clan?”
Wu Guda raised his head and said to the Empress Dowager with a face full of guilt and sadness, “Empress Dowager, I came here to apologize. When I chose an elephant in the Southern Barbarian Kingdom, I chose a young female elephant for fear that it would scare the Empress Dowager. I didn’t expect that … if it really hurt the Empress Dowager’s body, I, I, I would simply have no face to return to the Southern Border!”
“Haha,” the Empress Dowager sneered, her gaze seemingly carrying a knife as she looked at him. “It’s because she didn’t hurt the Ai Clan that she didn’t have the face to return to the Southern Region, right?”
“No, no, how is that possible?” Wu Guda smiled and said, “The Empress Dowager is like a god in the hearts of the people of our Southern Barbarian Kingdom. Everyone in our Southern Barbarian Kingdom knows that the Empress Dowager of Li Kingdom is the true ruler of Li Kingdom. The Empress Dowager manages one of Nuoda’s Li Kingdom in an orderly manner. She is simply a goddess!”
The Empress Dowager still sneered. She turned her head away from him and said coldly, “Since the Ai Clan is like a god in your Southern Barbarian Kingdom, why does your father, Emperor Li, wipe his horse and wipe his weapon? He is so ambitious that he wants to annex the small country between the Southern Barbarian Kingdom and the Southern Barbarian Kingdom?”
“Nothing!” Wu Guda hurriedly denied, “It’s normal for a small border country to have friction. Moreover, for so many years, our Southern Barbarian Kingdom has never crossed the border of Lebanon without permission. There is absolutely no ambition, no ambition.”
“You didn’t cross the border of Li Country, not because you didn’t have any ambitions, but because you were afraid of General Weiyuan.” The Empress Dowager interrupted him calmly.
Wu Guda shook his head like a rattle drum and said to the Empress Dowager, “No, no! We don’t have any ambition or courage. Our Southern Barbarian Kingdom is busy with internal strife. The Empress Dowager knows that. She definitely won’t have the mood to cause trouble for the Li Kingdom.”
“That’s right. The Ai Clan knows that the Southern Barbarian Kingdom’s king has no intention of doing anything. He is so lecherous that a few princes are busy fighting for the throne.” The Empress Dowager’s gaze was sharp, as if she could see through him, “But who knew that you didn’t want to come here to assassinate the Ai Clan and seize the position of Southern Barbarian King?”
Wu Guda lowered his head and didn’t dare to speak. He was completely frightened by the Empress Dowager’s aura.
“As long as the Ai Clan dispatches troops now, taking down the Southern Barbarian Kingdom will be easy.” The Empress Dowager paused for a moment, then changed her tone and said, “However, the Ai Clan is also old, so it is inevitable that they will be soft-hearted. Thinking that your Southern Barbarians and Li Kingdom are also brotherly states, you must be at peace with each other and keep the peace of the two countries, don’t be unwise!”
“I, we” Wu Guda was forced to blush and could not say a word.
“The Ai Clan is just reminding you what tricks your little Southern Barbarian country wants to play. Honestly, the Ai Clan will naturally not touch you.” Only then did the Empress Dowager raise her hand and say, “Alright, get up. Tell me why you came to see the Ai Clan so late.”
Only then did Wu Guda reveal a smile and said with a somewhat vulgar expression, “Since ancient times, there have been many exchanges between the two countries. I, Wu Guda, am already thirty years old, and I have not even married a princess. I want to ask a princess from your country to be your princess, so that I can forever marry Qin Jin.” If I become the king of the Southern Barbarians in the future, then the princess will definitely be the Princess of the Southern Barbarians. “Empress Dowager, please help me!”
“You want to marry the princess of our Li Kingdom?” The Empress Dowager sized him up and down with a look of contempt in her eyes, but her tone did not reveal the slightest bit. She said, “Our Li Kingdom has always had many princes and very few princesses. Right now, there are only two unmarried princesses. One is the three-year-old granddaughter of the Ai Clan. Naturally, she can’t marry you. “One of them is General Hong Yin, who kicked away the elephant leg at the banquet today. He is five years older than you. Do you want it?”
Wu Guda rolled his eyes. Although the female general was old, she looked pretty good. But her feet were too shocking, even her elephant legs could be kicked away, let alone his body? What if he kicked him to death?
He hurriedly shook his head and said, “No, no, no.”
“That’s it. The Ai Clan doesn’t have a princess suitable for you.” The Empress Dowager teased, “If you are as good as Long Yang, the Ai Clan can also reward you with a vassal king of similar age and good looks.”
Wu Guda waved his hand repeatedly, “No, no, I don’t like to play with my butt.”
His language was so vulgar that even that empress dowager was amuse by him. She suppressed her laughter and said, “since that’s the case, don’t kneel here and delay the rest of the Ai family. Go down.”
Wu Guda seemed to be somewhat disappointed. He patted his knees and stood up. He looked pitifully at the Empress Dowager before turning around helplessly.
Just as he was about to leave the dormitory, the Empress Dowager seemed to remember something and suddenly shouted at him, “Wait!”
