Chapter 43: God's arrangement?
Wei Prince's Mansion.
The emperor wanted to make news about the prince of Qiancheng, Wu You and his wife, Princess Shang Taiping, in Wu Chengsi's ears.
When he first heard the news, he was jealous first. He had tried his best to get the emperor's consent and allowed him to pursue Princess Taiping, but when Princess Taiping, he was disappointed and made it difficult to get rid of the tiger. Now his official wife is in the void, but he dare not renew her marriage. Of course, his side room is still a lot of Yingying and Yanyan.
Jealousy is just a matter of a moment, because Princess Taiping is just an impossible thing for him. After jealousy, his heart is grabbed by deep worries.
He has two worries:
First, if Princess Taiping married Wu Youji, then the trust Princess Taiping gained in front of the emperor would be increased, and then Princess Taiping would have the possibility of being appointed as the crown prince.
Secondly, even if Princess Taiping is not appointed as the crown prince, Wu Youji, as the son-in-law, has a great increase in his position in front of the emperor, and there is a possibility that he will be appointed as the crown prince.
Although he was not told what the emperor's original intention was to make this arrangement, Wu Chengsi's worries were faintly consistent with the emperor's intentions.
If Wu Chengsi was still credited in front of the emperor like before, then he might not be too worried about such marriage arrangements. At that time, he would think that since Princess Taiping could not marry him, then marrying into the Wu family would be a good thing, and the wealth would not flow to outsiders.
However, now, he was pirated against the emperor because he was besieging Taiping Mansion and was confined to think about his mistakes. At such a difficult time, any turbulence was very sensitive to him.
Wu Chengsi scratched his head with his hands while pacing impatiently in the hall. His pace was disordered and without rhythm, which shows that he was in an extremely bad mood.
Even if he was confined to the mansion, he had never felt so bad. Because he knew the emperor's thoughts clearly, and was afraid of returning power to Li Tang and being liquidated. He was Wu Zetian's eldest nephew and the first heir to the Wu family's foundation. Therefore, he would not be too worried about any punishment Wu Zetian would punish him.
At this moment, the news of Wu Youji's marriage with Princess Taiping made him feel the arrival of a major crisis for the first time.
He had an extremely strong idea in his mind that he had to try his best to stop and interfere with this marriage that was not conducive to him.
How to stop and interfere?
He could not say anything in front of the emperor, that would only seek death! Although Wu Chengsi was not very capable of handling the government and military affairs, he was not a fool and still had a lot of cleverness, otherwise he would not be trusted by Wu Zetian, who was extremely wise.
He felt that the only person who could break through now was Wu Youji's wife.
"Zixu, go and invite Concubine Zhao to see me." Wu Chengsi ordered, his voice a little hoarse because of the urgency.
"Yes." Zixu agreed.
Not long after, a woman in her prime, who was about thirty years old, came slowly with light lotus steps. She was Wu Chengsi's concubine, Concubine Zhao, whose appearance was superior among his group of concubines and was highly trusted by him.
"I wonder what instructions did the prince call me over?" Concubine Zhao bowed to Wu Chengsi Yingying and said in a delicate voice.
"Concubine Zhao, I have been upset and headache recently. I wonder if you are willing to share my worries with me?" Wu Chengsi smiled affectionately.
"It is my duty to share the worries of the prince." Concubine Zhao smiled and said with a sweet smile.
"The emperor wants to betroth Princess Taiping to Prince Qiancheng, which has a great relationship with my future. If I want Mrs. Wu Youji to prevent this from happening, this king cannot come forward, so I can only implement it through my beloved concubine." Wu Chengsi raised his hand and touched his chin and said with a smile.
"The emperor did not want to betroth Princess Taiping to the prince. Are you very disappointed?" A playful smile appeared on Concubine Zhao's face.
Wu Chengsi laughed and said, "I'm a little disappointed, because I have always wanted Princess Taiping to be your sister. But now is not a time to be disappointed, but a time to plan for the future. This is related to our future."
"Our future?" Zhao Fei heard this, hurriedly grabbed the word and asked.
"Yes, our future." Wu Chengsi nodded, "If you can stop Princess Taiping from marrying Wu Youji, then I promise to enfeoff you as your official wife."
Concubine Zhao smiled, but she was not so easy to deceive. She immediately asked seriously: "Isn't the prince joking with me?"
Wu Chengsi raised his hand and patted Zhao Fei's shoulders gently: "I will never joke about my words."
"Prince, just wait for good news." Concubine Zhao was overjoyed and went there happily.
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Taiping Mansion.
In the spacious and bright side hall, a mahogany tea table is set up.
Princess Taiping was wearing a loose truffle-white mattress skirt and sat cross-legged behind the tea table. She had a fair and slender hand holding a glass cup. A white mist rose from the glass cup. She was in a good mood and a dignified and quiet expression appeared on her face.
"Shangguan Wan'er was hanging out with Ganglie Gong under the emperor's nose, which made the emperor angry. She took away Ganglie Gong's title and invaded the Han Palace. Alas... it was all caused by this slut! This slut is really both inferior and rude, and I have thrown away all my face."
Princess Huayang sat cross-legged on the side of the tea table, making tea in an orderly manner, and talking endlessly about the romantic affairs that happened in the palace. She expressed her prudence for Mr. Gang Lie being thrown into the cold palace, and she expressed her disdain for what Shangguan Wan'er did.
"oh."
After hearing this news, Princess Taiping had no expression on the surface, and was still very calm and calm. But her heart was like a bird with a cage open, soaring in the sky, flying up and down.
Although she felt that Zhang Lin was thrown into the cold palace because she was hanging with Shangguan Wan'er, she didn't think much about this, and she thought more that her chance might come again. She had a vague feeling or experience that when Zhang Lin was in full swing, there was no such thing as her, but when the latter was thrown into the cold palace, her good luck came.
When Zhang Lin was first inscribed into the cold palace, his ability was not shown much at that time, but Princess Taiping knew him with keen eyes, resolutely disguised himself and went to Lanyuan to meet him in secret, discussing many major events related to him with him, so the scene of Princess Taiping moving the emperor to Taiping Mansion and then asking Zhang Lin to save the emperor.
Later, Zhang Lin lived up to her expectations, showed her skills and turned the tide down, defeating Wu Chengsi and Li Baide's plan and reversed the entire situation. The Taiping Mansion, which was on the verge of despair, stood up again, and its position in the emperor's mind became increasingly higher and more important.
In the Duanyang Dynasty, Zhang Lin even ignored the criticism and opposition of most court officials and publicly advocated that women be the crown prince, which made Princess Taiping look at her with admiration and grateful. If she could get the position of crown prince as she wished in the future, she would take the first prize on Zhang Lin and give him the necessary rewards and rewards, even if he did not do anything for her from now on.
When Zhang Lin was booming, Princess Taiping thought there was no possibility between her and him; now, the Queen Mother began to force her to marry again, which made her have nowhere to escape.
As she had no choice, she took a huge risk and sent someone to invite Zhang Lin to the teahouse to meet him on the way to discuss countermeasures, but Zhang Lin seemed to have no good ideas for this.
Just as she was about to give up hope, Zhang Lin was thrown into the cold palace.
Is this a coincidence, or is it a God's arrangement?
A trace of thought and intriguing light appeared in Princess Taiping's beautiful eyes.
Chapter completed!