TV Series: When the Villain Chooses to Stand by

Chapter 185 Yixiu 54

The concubines below all looked surprised when they heard about the marriage.

"How can the frontier tribes be so arrogant? They are already doing us a great honor by agreeing to marry the princess. They are really asking for more."

"Inge Khan is already over sixty years old. How can he marry the princess off to suffer?"

Hearing the concubines talking to each other and never getting to the point, the emperor's face became extremely gloomy.

If he could have hit them, he would have done it long ago. But it would be too costly and not worth it. A group of women don't understand anything and can only see trivial things like love.

What's wrong with being sixty? Once she gets married, she will be a princess. There's nothing wrong with being loyal to the country.

"The princess in the palace is still young, how can she marry into a foreign country?"

Cao Qinmo and Lu Yingfeng looked the most nervous. Their daughters were the oldest, and although their youngest daughter would not be sent to marry, they still couldn't help but worry.

When the concubines heard the emperor's response, their expressions changed.

There are so many princesses in the harem now. Who wouldn't worry when encountering such a thing? But the emperor's reaction is so cold.

He usually dotes on Wen Yi, but now it seems like a joke.

Everyone was silent for a while, and Zhen Huan, who understood the emperor best, lowered her head and said nothing.

Since they didn't speak, the emperor couldn't force them, so he left with a dark face and waved his sleeves.

On the way back to the palace, Zhen Huan and Shen Meizhuang complained a lot. Shen Meizhuang was even more dissatisfied with the emperor's behavior because she had a daughter.

Although Fu Cha Yixin complained every day about giving birth to a daughter, she felt bad at this moment. Her daughter would grow up one day, and the marriage between Manchu and Mongolia would be fine, at least a young talent would be chosen.

Now it is even more outrageous. The emperor is willing to kill an old man.

Since there was no scapegoat in the harem, someone from the previous dynasty would naturally speak out.

"Although the Emperor's princess is young, the late Emperor's youngest daughter, Princess Chaogui, is in her prime and a suitable candidate."

"I think this is inappropriate. Dzungar is a vassal state. They knew this was inappropriate, yet they still raised such an opinion. This is clearly deliberate and disrespectful to the emperor."

"I second your opinion. Such wolfish ambitions should not be tolerated. We should send a large army to their border to teach them the consequences."

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The court officials were divided into two groups. One group believed that there was no need for a major war and that the problem could be solved with just a princess.

The other part advocated a direct attack, not because they felt that the princess was wronged.

Everyone can see the situation in the court. The Nian family is no longer as strong as it used to be, and is even actively giving up some of its rights.

Most of them are military generals. If they want to obtain this part of the military power, they need to have sufficient military merits to support it.

These people just wanted to provoke a war, and the marriage with the Dzungars just gave them the opportunity.

There is no more reasonable excuse than the saying that the master is humiliated and the minister dies.

The emperor also hesitated at this time. He really wanted to promote his own generals.

But the cost of military supplies...

Chao Gui in the harem had received the news early on, and Concubine Jin was already at a loss.

She forcefully dismissed the palace maids from the room and cried loudly while hugging Chao Gui.

"It's my mother who is useless. She can't save you. That Khan is old enough to be your grandfather. How can you marry him?"

"Mother, please beg the Emperor. Even if it costs your life, he will not send you to marry."

Chao Gui also burst into tears, but she was still trying to comfort Concubine Jin, "Mother, mother, please don't be like this."

"It's not a bad thing."

"Another nonsense!"

"Mother, you know I don't want to marry an ordinary man and be trapped in the harem, but I'm just a princess now, I don't have the opportunity to choose."

"It would be different if she married into the Dzungarian Khanate. The Khan is already this old. How long can he live?"

What followed was Chao Gui's constant persuasion. Concubine Jin couldn't persuade her daughter and could only shake her head and sigh.

Chaogui hugged her mother to comfort her, and smiled as she watched the figure flash by outside the window.

Just as the emperor was hesitating, rumors were already spreading outside.

There have been constant natural disasters since the emperor ascended the throne, and coupled with the instigation of some people, rumors have long been circulating among the people, and the emperor is angry but helpless.

Now there is another one, saying that he was the emperor but was afraid of the border tribes and did not hesitate to marry his sister to a sixty-year-old man.

Such things are always big gossips that people talk about no matter where they happen to be.

When the emperor learned about this, he was furious and smashed the tea set for the first time in the Yangxin Palace.

He has always been a man who keeps his emotions to himself, but this time the rumor just hit him right in the gut.

As early as when the Tenth Prince succeeded to the throne, he suspected that his accession to the throne was not legitimate, and the Fourteenth Prince added fuel to the fire. His biological mother was even unwilling to live in the Cining Palace.

Every incident made the emperor very concerned about his reputation.

“Outrageous! This is absolutely outrageous!!”

"They are all defying the emperor and acting so recklessly. Su Peisheng, have someone investigate thoroughly. Investigate thoroughly for me."

"Yes, slave, go right away."

Su Peisheng quickly agreed and walked out. Under normal circumstances, he would have dared to go up and say a few words to comfort her, but at this time... he really didn't dare to say anything.

The emperor slumped back on the dragon throne angrily, feeling irritated by the remarks above.

He waved his hand and threw the letter away.

He frowned and wondered how to deal with the current situation.

Chao Gui is capable and resourceful. If she were to marry far away into the Dzungar Khanate, there's no guarantee that she wouldn't be letting a tiger return to the mountains.

There is already a Princess Gulun Kejing on the grassland who is deeply loved by the people. She has been in charge of Mongolia for several years. Now he has to consider her thoughts when he acts.

If there was another Chao Gui... not to mention that Chao Gui has a good relationship with the Queen.

The envoys who stayed in the capital naturally heard these rumors. They made the request with the intention of humiliating the emperor, but they did not want it to be known to everyone.

Originally, he thought that the court was short of money and food, so he would not rashly send troops.

But the rumor was so ugly that no emperor could tolerate it.

The envoys quickly wrote a letter stating that they only wanted to marry the princess, not her biological daughter.

But the royal family members who had daughters were not pushovers either, and they added fuel to the fire.

The emperor looked at the envoys below and wished he could kill them directly. What had he been doing before?

"There is no need to mention this matter anymore. Go back and tell Yingge Khan to prepare to welcome my army." The emperor sat on the dragon throne with a stern expression. His cold words stunned the envoys below.

In fact, the emperor's heart was bleeding. How much money would this cost?

But everyone knew that the Khan was already so old, and if he insisted on marrying a princess from the royal family, it would only disappoint the people.

If you can't even protect your own royal family members, how can you make the people believe that you, as an emperor, can protect them?

The matter was finally resolved, and Chao Gui took the opportunity to say that she did not want to get married and was willing to practice Buddhism with her hair uncut and pray for the royal family.

The emperor couldn't think of who would be more suitable to marry, so he just acted like a good person and agreed.

A Buddhist temple was specially arranged near the Dowager's residence for her to live in.

Chaogui kowtowed in satisfaction to express her gratitude. Her goal had been achieved. All her private properties had been handed over to Hongli and Yixiu. She needed to spend the rest of her time learning new things.