Chapter 238 Homecoming
There was constant laughter and joy in his ears, and there were gorgeous and pretty faces in front of him. Logically speaking, under such circumstances, the prince should be happy, but in fact he could not be happy.
After drinking one cup after another, the prince gradually became a little drunk. With a "click", the prince was not careful for a moment, swept his wide sleeves, and the wine pot on the table fell down, and the clear wine water flowed out of the spout, wetting the beautiful clothes carefully sanitized by the prince.
"Your Highness the Crown Prince!" The palace maid behind the Crown Prince quickly came forward in panic and wanted to help the Crown Prince dry the wine.
However, the prince waved his hand meaninglessly, indicating that the palace servants should not panic, "It's okay, I'll just change my clothes."
After hearing what the prince said, the anxious expression on the palace man's face faded. Then the prince stood up and signaled to the direction where the emperor and empress were. After seeing the emperor and empress nodding, the prince then went to change clothes in the palace under the guidance of the palace man.
When he changed his clothes and walked back, the prince accidentally saw a woman standing by the palace and lake. Looking at the woman on her back, the woman seemed very melancholy.
"Crown Prince..." Seeing that the prince stopped, the palace servant following the prince, bowed his hand. He was about to ask whether the prince was going to ask about the woman's identity, but the prince raised his hand to stop the palace servant's movements.
"You are waiting here and wait." After saying that, the prince walked up by himself.
The palace servant was also a clever man. Seeing that the prince seemed to be planning to talk to the woman alone, he hurriedly led the palace servants behind him to retreat a little further to leave enough space for the two to talk.
"Mengru is not drinking at the table, but why are you here?" The prince had already recognized Fang Mengru when he saw this figure for the first time, otherwise he would not have come to talk to him.
"Your Highness the Crown Prince." Fang Mengru, who heard the sound, quickly turned around and bowed his knees, showing the demeanor of the lady in every move.
"The prince said I was, didn't he run out?" Seeing that the palace people retreated far away, Fang Mengru didn't speak too seriously.
"I accidentally sprinkled the wine on my clothes, so I came out to change my clothes. It was Mengru, you were just now looking at the lake water when I saw you, but what are you worried about?" The prince asked carefully, with concern between his eyebrows.
"What can my daughter have to worry about her family? Just like the prince, she is just worried about the marriage." Fang Mengru squatted down and picked up a small stone from the ground and threw it into the lake. "When I was on the table just now, I saw the prince pouring wine one cup after another, and I guess the prince was not feeling very comfortable."
How can it be comfortable to marry some women you don’t love when entering the house for the sake of power?
"Ha," the prince smiled gently, his face full of bitterness, "At that time, the Crown Princess was virtuous and virtuous, and was well-educated and well-educated. I had no affection for her. It was just a life of respect and respect, and she was the same for me. When she died of illness, she held my hand before her death and said, after she married me, she played a qualified Crown Princess in front of others every day. Now she can finally leave, which is actually a relief for her."
"She said she knew I was unhappy, and hoped that after she left, I could find a woman I loved, so that my life would not be so difficult for decades... I thought I respected her and respected her. She should have been happy at the Prince's Mansion, but she never thought that she was so painful. Therefore, after she passed away, I thought that I would definitely find a woman who was in love with each other in the future, so that she would not be disappointed."
It is not to let down time, nor to let down a woman's youth.
"It turns out that Brother Feng has not appointed another princess for so long after his death. It is because of this..." Fang Mengru was very moved after hearing the prince's words, but at the same time she felt a little sad for the prince. "But now it seems that Brother Feng has not found the person who is in love with each other, but he is about to repeat the previous mistakes."
"Yes, maybe from the beginning of my birth, some things are destined to be extravagant hopes." The prince sighed to the sky.
Then the two of them were silent at the same time, and a faint melancholy spread between them. After a while, Fang Mengru said as if she was talking to herself: "Isn't that the same? My father only knew it was for my own good, but he completely ignored my thoughts..."
"Talk a good talk with Lord Fang. Lord Fang has always pampered you. Maybe your marriage still has room for improvement." The prince touched Fang Mengru's head, his eyes full of love, "Okay, I've left the meal for a long time, it's time to go back."
"Hey—" Just as the prince stroked Fang Mengru's head, a bold idea suddenly appeared in her mind, "Brother Feng, you have to marry a woman you don't love as the princess anyway. Why don't you just marry me? And I have to marry someone I don't love anyway, so I might as well marry Brother Feng. At least I don't hate Brother Feng..."
Perhaps it was because of the same illness between the two that infected Fang Mengru, or perhaps it was because of some other reason that Fang Mengru blurted out these words.
Looking at Fang Mengru's excited expression, the prince was also shocked, "Mengru, marriage is not a joke, do you know what you are talking about?"
In fact, the prince was not completely unmoved by this proposal. It was just that he was a man's family, and Fang Mengru was his older sister since he was a child, so he had no way to deal with him, but this was a first-class event for Fang Mengru, and it was really unscrupulous.
"I know, of course I know!" Fang Mengru looked at the prince and nodded vigorously, "If I had been a little impulse when I blurted out these words just now, but now I think it's not wrong to do this? Anyway, Brother Feng is forced to marry now, and I am the same. If you and I are united, you can solve this urgent problem. If you and I meet someone you like again in the future, at least you can divorce me, so as not to marry someone you don't love, and waste your whole life in vain."
Fang Mengru's words were like a glimmer of hope that the prince saw in decadence. He began to shake, "It's good to do this, but if we get married, we may damage your reputation in the future..."
"Go, what's this?" Fang Mengru didn't expect that the prince was worried about. She waved her hand and said indifferently: "Brother Feng has known me for so long. Am I the one who cares about false reputations? And the man I like in the future must be as unconstrained as me. Brother Feng should rest assured!"
Fang Mengru's words dispelled the last trace of concern in the prince's heart. He nodded, his face dispersed with sorrow, and showed a long-lost smile, "Since that's the case, Mengru, go back with me and ask your father and mother to give him a marriage."
"Okay!" Fang Mengru nodded, and the two walked side by side, and the afterglow of the setting sun shone on their backs, pulling their shadows into a long way.
"What, do you want to marry Mengru as the crown princess?" Hearing this, not only the queen, but also the emperor was shocked.
But the queen was surprised that she did not expect that the prince would communicate with Fang Mengru, and the emperor was surprised that the prince had just chosen the daughter of a marquis as the concubine, and now she chose the daughter of the prime minister as the prince's concubine. If this marriage really happened, the prince's power would expand a lot.
"No!" The emperor and the queen unexpectedly spoke in unison. The emperor wanted to suppress the power of the prince, but the queen felt that Fang Mengru was not suitable for the princess.
"Crown Prince, this is not a joke to establish the princess. Have you really thought about it?" The queen looked at the prince anxiously.
——In fact, the queen's move was not out of dislike Fang Mengru. After all, Fang Mengru was also what she saw since childhood. She knew Fang Mengru's character and temperament very well. It was precisely because of this that she did not want Fang Mengru to become the crown princess.
After all, women who want to be the crown princess must be gentle and virtuous, but they must also be a little scheming and scheming. However, Fang Mengru has been traveling in the world for many years, is straightforward and has no scheming. If she marrys the crown prince, she will definitely suffer a loss. Therefore, she disagrees with this marriage.
The prince did not expect that his marriage with Fang Mengru would be opposed by the empress and the emperor at the same time. The prince couldn't help but turn his head to look at Fang Mengru, indicating that Fang Mengru still had a chance to repent at this time. However, seeing that Fang Mengru nodded to him with a firm expression, the prince then turned to the queen and said, "My mother, since the son minister proposed to make Mengru the crown prince's concubine, it was naturally carefully considered, and I would like to ask my father and mother to fulfill it."
"This..." Seeing that the queen could not persuade the prince, she couldn't help but turn her head to look at the emperor, "According to the emperor, this matter..."
The emperor originally disagreed with the marriage, but after thinking about it, he had no good excuses. In the end, he could only say calmly: "I don't care about this matter anymore. The queen and the prince will make their own decisions!"
After saying that, the emperor shook his sleeves and stood up and left the place. Everyone looked at the emperor's unhesitant expression, looking at each other with confusion, wondering what angered the emperor.
"Liu De, go and summon Lao Wu and Liu Zhen. I have something to discuss with them." After the emperor left the banquet, he turned his head with a gloomy face and ordered Liu De.
Liu De was shocked and sighed inwardly that he might not have a good life for the Marquis of Yinshan and the Prime Minister in the future, so he quickly went down to make arrangements.
As for the queen who stayed in the table, she frowned and looked at the stubborn prince and Fang Mengru, she could only nod her head helplessly, "Since you two are in love, there is no reason to stop your mother. After you get married in the future, you should work harder and give birth to a grandson for my Rongguo as soon as possible!"
The mother is noble because of her son. Only when Fang Mengru gave birth to a child as soon as possible can her life be better in the future. The queen frowned and looked at Fang Mengru worriedly, and she didn't know if Fang Mengru understood what she said.
The banquet ended, "Mengru!" Lin Yingxue had never found a chance to talk to Fang Mengru before, and she hurriedly chased after him, "Mengru, are you and the prince?"
Seeing Lin Yingxue's puzzled look, Fang Mengru opened her mouth and felt a bitterness spread from the bottom of her heart. "Yingxue, don't ask about this matter in detail. Not everyone can get what they want and be with the one they love. You and Brother Jun must be fine."
She lost this time.
Fang Mengru turned around and left sadly, and suddenly remembered in her mind that when she first met, she was very passionate about Lin Yingxue's battle with passion - I thought I would marry Brother Jun when I grew up, and I would compete fairly.
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Chapter completed!