Chapter 39 I hope she is my offspring!
Chapter 39 I hope she is my offspring!
The imperial palace at this moment, Anmin Hall.
There was calming incense burning in the hall, and the current emperor Xiao Dingsheng was reviewing memorials at his desk.
Eunuch Su stood aside, keeping an eye on His Majesty's movements at all times.
At this moment, a eunuch came in and knelt down to report: "Your Majesty, His Royal Highness the King has requested an audience."
Xiao Dingsheng raised his hand, and Eunuch Su immediately understood.
"Xuan!!"
Not long after, Ying Wang Xiaoban walked in from outside.
"My son, I would like to send my regards to my father."
Xiao Dingsheng's majestic voice sounded slowly and steadily: "Did you take a bath before coming to see me?"
"Father, you said I must bathe only after visiting a brothel and returning to see you, but I haven't been to a brothel in several days!"
Xiao Dingsheng immediately said "Oh?" and didn't say anything else.
Xiao Ban had no choice but to continue, "I am here to see you, Father, because I have something to say."
"Well, you said."
"Your son does not want to marry Jiang Qingli as his concubine!"
"Jiang Qingli is the granddaughter of the Grand Tutor. She is beautiful and elegant like a fairy. She is proficient in music, chess, calligraphy and painting. She has been fond of you since she was a child. She is a perfect match for you!"
"But Erchen doesn't like her!"
"Then who do you like?" Xiao Dingsheng looked up from the memorial and stretched out his hand.
Eunuch Su beside him immediately handed him a thin notebook. He looked at the message on it and his voice became colder:
"Do you like Su Yue, the courtesan from Linglong Tower? Or Yan Yu, the courtesan from Biluo Pavilion? Or Jiang Miao, the courtesan from Taoyuan Pavilion? Or Madam Yue Shu from Diewu Tower?"
"You're the most popular courtesan in the four major brothels! Should I praise you? ...Hmm?!"
After saying "hmm", Xiao Ban's eyes were in a panic.
When the small notebook filled with his information fell down, Xiao Ban's face turned pale.
But when he thought of Su Qianou, he still wanted to fight for it.
"Father, I really have a woman I love! For her sake, I am willing to never enter a brothel again and even clear out her backyard!"
"I was narrow-minded before, always thinking that relationships between men and women were just lust and not true love. I've never been moved before, but this time..."
Xiao Ban mustered up the courage to say a lot.
No response.
Xiao Ban looked up and found that Xiao Dingsheng was distracted.
He shouted, "Father?!"
The next moment, Xiao Dingsheng looked at him with a complicated expression, "Is it Yaoguang you like?"
Yaoguang?
Xiao Ban was stunned for a moment, then he remembered that Yaoguang was Su Qianou's title of princess.
"Yes. I like Princess Yaoguang!"
Xiao Dingsheng looked at his most beloved son with a look of pity in his eyes.
"If it were anyone else, I would definitely agree, but not Yaoguang!"
"Why?!"
Xiao Dingsheng was unwilling to say more and said directly: "It's not time for you to know yet, please leave!"
"Father?!"
"Back off! Get off!!!"
Eunuch Su stepped forward quickly and said, "Your Highness Prince Ying, please don't make His Majesty angry. Please go back first!"
Xiao Ban glanced at his father, and seeing him start reviewing memorials again, he turned and left. He really couldn't understand why Su Qianou couldn't do the same?!
Wait for Xiao Ban to leave.
Xiao Dingsheng put down the memorial again.
"Who is the eunuch who went up to announce the decree?"
"In reply to your Majesty, it is my disciple, Liu Hao."
"Well, call the people in..."
After Liu Hao was called in, Xiao Dingsheng asked him what Su Qianou's reaction was when he went to announce the imperial decree that day. What did they say?
Liu Hao answered in detail.
"Well, you go out."
Liu Hao withdrew.
Eunuch Su stood by with a thoughtful look on his face.
"Su Jieyang, why do you think I said that only Yaoguang is not good enough?"
"Your Majesty, please forgive me! I dare not guess what your Majesty is thinking!"
"I allow you to guess!"
Eunuch Su raised his head, glanced cautiously at His Majesty, and said, "I have heard that Madam Shen is not from Luo State, and I have also heard that Princess Yaoguang gave birth before her full term. I believe that Princess Yaoguang is not the daughter of the Marquis of Ningjing, and her identity is questionable!"
Xiao Dingsheng nodded: "Not bad. Anything else?"
Eunuch Su noticed that His Majesty was not angry and continued, "When Your Majesty was still the Crown Prince, he was close to Madam Shen... This old servant dares to speculate that the princess... is she Your Majesty's child who was left behind?!"
Xiao Dingsheng was stunned.
Suddenly he grinned, his smile tinged with bitterness.
Then he said:
"I actually hope she is my offspring! How wonderful it would be if she...!"
Eunuch Su thought to himself: So I guessed wrong? Su Qianou is not a princess?
If she's not a princess, why does His Majesty do so much for her?!
……
In the Moon Banquet Tower.
Ji Cangbo put Su Qianou down, his ears burning red.
Su Qianou did not continue to tease him, but sat down at the dining table in a lazy manner.
"General Ji, would you like to have dinner with me?"
In order to secretly observe from a distance, Ji Cangbo went out early in the morning without eating, and now he was really hungry.
After he sat down, he also started eating.
"Will the General attend the palace banquet tomorrow night?"
"meeting."
"Then I'll go too."
"Will you go if I go?"
"Ah."
Ji Cangbo put down his chopsticks and asked, "Do you really like me?"
"How could it be false?" Su Qianou's face was still flushed, and she looked at Ji Cangbo with misty eyes.
"You've only met me a few times? And you say you like me?"
"Some people don't need to be seen many times. Maybe you'll know after just one meeting..." Su Qianou's hair was slightly loosened, and she reached out to poke his hard chest: "Two words, I want to ride!"
Want to ride?
First, they said he was big.
Want to ride now?
Ji Cangbo really wanted to pry open Su Qianou's brain to see what was inside.
Is this how she usually speaks? Or is she so unrestrained and uninhibited after drinking?
After Su Qianou said that she wanted to ride, she pouted, leaned over, and actually fell asleep right on the dining table.
It was the first time that Ji Cangbo saw such an unrefined woman and he was a little stunned.
Then he quickened his eating pace, filling himself up until he was three-quarters full, then put down the silver, picked up the whining Su Qianou, and walked out.
Soon, Ji Cangbo stopped downstairs.
"Where is the carriage? I'll take her back home."
"Oh, here, here, General, follow me." Hong Qian felt that the young lady was a genius and had captured the general so quickly. He hurriedly led the way and found his own carriage.
But he hadn't come near the carriage yet.
A young man with a high ponytail suddenly descended from a distance.
The young man is thin and has clear eyebrows and a pair of beautiful almond eyes.
"...Just leave my sister to me!"
"elder sister?"
Ji Cangbo held Su Qianou tightly and didn't let go. He questioned, "On the birthday, I met the three illegitimate young masters of the Su family, but I didn't see you."
Gu Kuang's round eyes suddenly became sharp, as if there were two sharp blades that were about to pierce him directly.
"Give me my sister!"
"You haven't answered me yet. If you're not a member of the Su family, why do you call her sister?"
Ji Cangbo clearly felt that the way Gu Kuang looked at Su Qianou was different, and it was definitely not the look that should exist between siblings.
"The reason I shout like that is because my sister likes it..." A low and scary laugh came from Gu Kuang's throat, and his tone was even more chilling.
"As an unmarked man, you have no right to question the relationship between me and my sister!"
What mark? Ji Cangbo was puzzled, and then he felt a sense of fear.
Gu Kuang had already opened the mechanism of the hidden silk weapon on his arm, and the silver threads as thin as hair had already fallen down on both sides of his thighs. Each of the threads could easily cut a cow alive.
He spoke again: "One last time, give me your sister!"
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