Chapter 468: Chapter 258: The Capricious Emperor_2
Sun Kui, waiting on the side, sighed helplessly in his heart: Just as expected.
He knew the Emperor did it on purpose!
Today, the Emperor has once again tricked the ministers into running in circles!
Although he couldn’t see the expressions of the ministers, he could feel their anger.
Crown Prince: "..." Father, is it really okay for you to toy with the ministers like this?
Prince Dai sighed heavily in his heart: Father, you’re getting more and more mischievous!
The Emperor stood up, hands behind his back, looking playfully at the ministers below who dared not speak out.
"Humph, who’s to blame for your unwillingness to become my in-laws just now, for hurting my feelings."
Looking at the Emperor’s aggrieved and angry face, the ministers were at a loss for words.
Emperor, are you a child?
The Emperor crossed his arms, lifted his chin, and looked down at the ministers with lowered eyes: "Let’s see if you dare to bully me next time?"
The ministers were stunned: Emperor, clarify, who is bullying whom here?
Clearly, it’s you, Emperor, who have been bullying us.
"The pot calling the kettle black" describes the Emperor perfectly.
The Emperor coldly snorted, then waved his sleeves: "Dismissed!"
Sun Kui stepped forward and announced loudly: "Dismissed!"
The ministers knelt down to respectfully send off the Emperor: "Long live the Emperor, long live, long long live!"
Sun Kui hurriedly caught up with the Emperor.
The Emperor inserted his hands into his sleeves, lowered his head, hunched over, and hummed a little tune.
Once again, Sun Kui sympathized with the ministers in his heart. Whenever the Emperor toyed with the ministers, he’d be in an exceptionally good mood.
"Emperor, there won’t be a second good news, will there?" Knowing the Emperor’s temperament, he really might do such a thing.
"Of course there’s a second good news, but I’m not saying it now." The Emperor curved his lips into a mischievous grin, "I’m intentionally keeping them in suspense, letting them itch with curiosity."
Sun Kui: "..." Emperor, is it really okay for you to bully the ministers like this?
"Who told them not to want to become my in-laws."
Sun Kui: Emperor, your sense of revenge is really strong.
Wait a minute, the Emperor hasn’t summoned General Lu alone, nor sent any messages to him. Could it be that the bestowal of marriage just now was a spur-of-the-moment decision by the Emperor?
"Emperor, was the bestowal of marriage just now a spur-of-the-moment decision?"
"Yes." The Emperor readily admitted.
Sun Kui was taken aback by this admission, and after a while in a daze, he said: "Then was it also a sudden decision to bestow General Lu’s daughter to the Fourth Prince?"
"Yes." The Emperor smiled with profound meaning, "I gave them a chance, too bad they didn’t cherish it."
Sun Kui, somewhat unwilling to believe, asked, "You didn’t originally plan to bestow General Lu’s daughter to the Fourth Prince, right?"
The Emperor nodded: "That’s right."
Sun Kui felt a bit incredulous: "If the first person to speak had been Marquis Xuanping or Duke Zhen, would you have bestowed their daughter to the Fourth Prince?"
"Yes, as long as they were the first to speak." The Emperor said in all seriousness, "It’s a pity that neither Marquis Xuanping nor Duke Zhen spoke up."
Sun Kui listened, dumbfounded. After a moment, he timidly asked, "Emperor, you’re not serious, are you?"
"I’m very serious." The Emperor said, "How could I joke about the Fourth Prince’s marriage?"
Sun Kui: "..." Isn’t your casual decision to bestow marriage to the Fourth Prince somewhat of a joke?
"Too bad they don’t understand my good intentions." The Emperor sighed wistfully, "Alas, they really hurt my feelings."
Sun Kui felt lucky for the Fourth Prince in his heart. Fortunately, the first to speak was General Lu, otherwise, the Fourth Prince’s marriage...
"Lucky it was General Lu." Having a father like the Emperor, the Fourth Prince and his siblings are truly unfortunate.
"The Fourth Prince, that kid has good luck." The Emperor said, whistling afterward.
Sun Kui thought to himself: Fourth Prince, you really need to thank General Lu, or else your happiness for life would be ruined.
Soon, the news of the Emperor bestowing General Lu’s daughter to the Fourth Prince spread throughout the harem.
In Changding Palace, Consort Li was elated upon hearing this news.
Qiu Sang remarked gleefully: "Lady, this is wonderful, your hopes have come true." Lady had always hoped the Emperor would arrange a grand marriage for the Fourth Prince, hoping the Prince’s Princess would be a military officer’s daughter. Now, the Emperor truly bestowed a military officer’s daughter to him.
Consort Li beamed: "It’s really wonderful, I didn’t expect the Emperor..."
"Lady, the Emperor cares for the Fourth Prince." Qiu Sang cheerfully said, "The Emperor also regards our Prince highly. Lady, the time for our Prince to shine has come."
"Yes, Yun’er’s time to shine has come..." The news was too delightful, Consort Li felt a bit dizzy. "What should we do next?"
"Lady, we should send some gifts to Miss Lu." Qiu Sang advised Consort Li, "Lady, you can invite Mrs. Lu and Miss Lu to the palace."
"Yes, yes, you’re right, but not now. We’ll invite them in a few days."
"Lady has thought things through thoroughly."
In Zhao Yang Palace, Empress Xie was initially shocked upon hearing the news and immediately took on a look of anticipation for a good show.
She no longer envied the other Princes having military power, because her son had it too. Xie Shi, her younger brother, had long been General Zhenxi, commanding a hundred thousand soldiers at the Northwest Military Camp.
General Lu was a confidant of the Emperor, but he didn’t command a hundred thousand soldiers.
In Yongxin Palace, Noble Princess Consort Rong couldn’t accept this matter, as Prince Dai’s Princess wasn’t the daughter of the Emperor’s confidant.
Why should the Fourth Prince’s Princess be General Lu’s daughter?
Emperor, weren’t you most fond of Prince Dai?
Could it be that your favorite son isn’t Prince Dai, but the Fourth Prince?
Emperor, do you no longer love me, no longer love Prince Dai?
Noble Princess Consort Rong felt both angry and aggrieved and uneasy in her heart.
Princess Consort Shu and Princess Consort De were also very jealous.
Thinking about how Prince Zheng beat up the Fourth Prince before the morning court and was punished to reflect on his mistakes at the Prince Mansion, Princess Consort Shu was very angry.
Other concubines didn’t care much about the Fourth Prince marrying General Lu’s daughter as his Princess, since it didn’t concern them.
At noon, after school, Zhao Yao heard about the matter and first felt happy for the Fourth Prince, then worried for him.
"Father wants Fourth Brother to take the stage."
Tong Xi, puzzled, asked Zhao Yao: "Your Highness, what stage?"
"The stage of competing for the throne." Zhao Yao sighed with adult-like awareness, "Fourth Brother can’t keep a low profile now."
"Oh, isn’t the Emperor digging a pit for the Fourth Prince?" Tong Xi used "digging a pit" very aptly, having learned it from Zhao Yao.
"Fourth Brother is really pitied by Father." Zhao Yao pouted, "That mischievous father really doesn’t do good deeds."
"Although the Emperor has put the Fourth Prince in a tough spot, it shows he values the Fourth Prince." Tong Xi said, "That’s General Lu we’re talking about, he’s the Emperor’s confidant."
"That’s true." Zhao Yao said, "There are gains and losses."
"Actually, the Fourth Prince isn’t at a loss."
"From now on, Fourth Brother’s days might not be easy." Zhao Yao was still very worried for the Fourth Prince.
"Your Highness, with the Fourth Prince’s intelligence, he’ll surely turn misfortune into good luck."
"That’s true." Zhao Yao said with a smile, "Let’s go congratulate Fourth Brother now."
The Fourth Prince’s marriage news was unexpected to the Eighth Prince too, but it wasn’t bad news for him.
What does Father really intend?