After losing the vest at the beginning, the female general was forced to marry the scheming prince

Chapter 158
The return of the Duke Protector and his son has brought a new look to the Duke Protector's Mansion.

After dinner, Duke Hu asked Mrs. Chen about what happened in Yudu.

Mrs. Chen has endured it for a long time, and now she sees the Hu Guogong questioning her, and she pours out her complaints and dissatisfaction.

"My lord, Princess Anping doesn't care too much about the Duke Huguo's mansion. Apart from his good family background, what other strengths does Deng Mingyu have? How can Yin Yu not be worthy of him? He even escaped marriage..."

After listening, Duke Hu asked, "How did you know about Prince Deng's escape from marriage?"

Mrs. Chen said: "I attended a banquet a few days ago and heard what other wives said."

The Duke Protector asked again: "Has the eldest princess never sent someone to explain?"

"no".

The Protector asked again: "Has Prince Deng been found?"

Mrs. Chen was taken aback, "I haven't heard anything about him."

The protector was silent for a while.

When Deng Mingyu escaped from marriage, the eldest princess not only did not inform the Chen Mansion, but also did not send someone to the Chen Mansion to appease her, indicating that she did not want to marry the Chen family.

In Duke Hu's view, it is naturally very good to be married to the eldest princess's mansion, but it does not have to be her family.

Duke Huguo wanted to invest in the next emperor.

"Did you talk to the eldest princess before you entered the palace to ask the emperor for a marriage?"

Mrs. Chen's eyes flickered.

Duke Hu and Mrs. Chen have been husband and wife for decades, so there is something I don't understand after seeing her expression.

"You……"

Seeing that Duke Hu was silent, Mrs. Chen asked: "Master, don't you want to ask the emperor for an explanation?"

"Not in a hurry," the protector of the country said: "Don't worry about this matter, I have my own rules."

The protector turned his mind.

This marriage is a marriage bestowed by the emperor, and the emperor will feel indebted to himself if he does nothing.

I don't force myself into this marriage, it's best if it works, and it doesn't matter if it doesn't.

Even if it fails in the end, the emperor and the eldest princess will make up for themselves.

Of course, this marriage cannot be delayed for too long, otherwise it will be my own family who will suffer.

……

Knowing that Lord Huguo had returned to Yudu, the emperor naturally wanted to host a banquet for him.

After thinking about it, the emperor decided to hold a family banquet to show his closeness.

He called Ning Youbei and Qu Chu.

……

family dinner
Such a family banquet naturally cannot do without the queen.

The Queen looks good.

Since the downfall of the Fang family, the empress thought in her heart that the eldest prince had no rivals anymore, so the recent days have been going smoothly, and everyone is pleasing to the eye.

In addition to the empress, there were also the newly promoted Concubine Xian and Concubine Shu, as well as Concubine Hai Lizhu.

Concubine Xian is the former concubine De, and Concubine Shu is the former concubine Ru.

The matter was indeed expected by Concubine Xian.

She said before: It is estimated that in the new year, her rank will be moved forward to make room for the concubine, which is not the case.

Although the concubines Xian and Concubine De are both above the third rank, but the four concubines are "noble, virtuous, virtuous, and virtuous", and Xian Concubine is always ranked ahead of Concubine Shu and Concubine De.

Although the emperor withdrew the official positions of Prime Minister Fang and his son, and Fang Haichang was questioned by the Ministry of Criminal Justice, the emperor did not punish the noble concubine.

Since Fang's family had an accident, the imperial concubine said she was sick and could not leave the palace, and the third prince also kept a low profile.

Today's family banquet, the imperial concubine still said she was sick.

……

While toasting and drinking, Hai Lizhu quietly came to Qu Chu's side.

"General Qu, the emperor gave me a BMW not long ago. It is silver-gray in appearance. I have never seen such a beautiful horse, and it runs very steady and fast. When will we make an appointment to go to the horse race?"

Qu Chu has been back to Yudu for some time, and he was bored, seeing what Hai Lizhu said, he became interested.

only……

"Is it convenient for you to leave the palace?"

Hai Lizhu smiled brightly, "It depends on General Qu."

Qu Chuming understood.

Hai Lizhu is bored in the palace.

But thinking about it, Hai Lizhu grew up in Haiqing, and she is used to being free, so where did she experience so many restraints?

Qu Chu thought, the reason why Hai Lizhu came to the palace of Dayu Kingdom was also caused by himself.So she stood up.

"Your Majesty, I heard that Concubine Li got a good horse a few days ago, and I want to invite her to race the horse. Is it possible?"

The emperor would never refute such a small request from Qu Chu, and Concubine Li had begged him before, so he said with a smile: "What's wrong with this? Make an appointment and you can come to the palace to pick her up."

The emperor gave Qu Chu a palace card that could enter the palace at any time, but Qu Chu almost never took the initiative to use it.

When Hai Lizhu heard the emperor's permission, she stood up gracefully and saluted: "Thank you, Your Majesty."

The queen hated Qu Chu very much, even if Qu Chu assisted the king of Chu to pull down Fang's father and son, the queen still hated Qu Chu very much.

And the queen doesn't like Hai Lizhu either.

Now seeing Qu Chu and Hai Lizhu making an appointment for a horse race, he said:

"Your Majesty, you can't be partial like this. The concubine and concubine Xian don't know how to ride horses, so it's okay if you don't give us a horse, but at least let us see Concubine Li riding a horse."

In front of Chen's family, the emperor could not refute the queen's face, so he said:
"Since that's the case, Concubine Li, you and General Qu will make an appointment for a horse race at the Royal Racecourse, and set a time to tell the queen, and any concubine in the harem who wants to watch it can watch it."

Ning Youbei hadn't said a word before, but now seeing the emperor was in a dilemma, he said, "Brother emperor, I have an idea."

The emperor instinctively felt that Ning Youbei would not hold him back, so he said, "Say what you think directly."

Ning Youbei glanced at Qu Chu, and saw that she was looking at him, as if she was waiting for what she could say?then said:
"Since all the concubines in the harem want to have fun, why not set a day as a women's event day, not only the concubines, but also the wives and daughters of the ministers can participate.

Some activities and programs can be added on this day, but not limited to piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, such as horse racing, archery, women's polo, throwing pots, and Cuju.

There is no mandatory competition in the event program, everyone is free to move around, compare if you want to, and have fun if you don't want to.

As for the activity venue, it can be located in the school field on the outskirts of the city. "

After Ning Youbei said this, not only Qu Chu gave him a high-level look for his open-minded attitude, but even the queen's eyes lit up.

If there is such a festival, it must be presided over by oneself, and then everyone can have a glimpse of their own demeanor.

Concubine Xian usually doesn't speak on such occasions, but after hearing Ning Youbei's words, she couldn't help but carefully sized Ning Youbei a few times.

In the past, she didn't pay much attention to the King of Chu, she just thought that he was a prince who was blessed by the emperor and had no great talent.

Now it seems that she is blind.

How can a person who can be so open-minded and come up with such a good idea be able to do nothing?

In fact, Ning Youbei didn't think so much, he just saw that Qu Chu had been bored recently, so he wanted to find something for her to entertain her.

Qu Chu doesn't have many female friends who are worth mentioning. I hope that through such activities, Qu Chu can make two more friends who can play together.

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(End of this chapter)