novelaction Chapter 144: Finally Sending Off the Desert Kingdom's Envoys
Chapter 144: Finally Sending Off the Desert Kingdom's Envoys
Nangong Yan was completely panicked. She crawled all the way to Prince Jiajing and kowtowed and begged.
Wanyan Honglie had a reputation for being promiscuous and he was a playboy. It was said that countless concubines died around him. He even had sex with a concubine who was six or seven months pregnant several times a night. If she really followed him back, would she still be alive?
Besides, the one he liked was the beautiful Fang Qingqing. How could he be kind to her who had embarrassed him and whose face was in a mess?
"Your Majesty, please spare my life... Your Majesty, please spare my life... Please, Your Majesty, have mercy and let Yan'er stay in Dayan. Yan'er will definitely abide by her duties and take good care of Prince Qi, and will never dare to cause trouble again..."
She kowtowed madly, and even when her forehead was bleeding, she didn't feel any pain at all.
"That's wrong. The Emperor has granted you a marriage with Prince Jun. This is the greatest honor for your Nangong family. How can you say it's a life-threatening thing? According to what you're saying, does marrying Prince Jun mean you'll lose your life?
Prince Jun is a well-deserved hero, but why does he sound like a deadly ghost in your mouth? "
Fang Qingqing said with a sneer.
Without waiting for Prince Jiajing to utter a word, Li Zhenting waved his hand, and two guards stepped forward and quickly tied him up. Seeing that Fang Qingqing refused to accept her fate and continued to cry for help, she simply took out a handkerchief and stuffed it into her mouth.
Just now, she calmly used a handkerchief to dip a little bit of venom from the space. After this handkerchief was stuffed into Nangong Yan's mouth, after twelve hours, the poison would corrode her mouth completely, her gums would loosen, her teeth would fall out one after another, and her voice would become hoarse.
Haha, this can be considered as a big gift for Nangong Yan to remarry Wanyan Honglie!
Compared to the evil deeds she and Xue Yuping and her daughter had done to the Fang family, she had it easy! I just wonder how Wanyan Honglie, who had suffered a setback in the Great Yan Kingdom, would treat Nangong Yan, the "beautiful" bride, well after returning?
Thinking about the future, Nangong Yan had an ugly face, a hoarse voice, and even had trouble eating after her teeth fell out. She had an ugly appearance with scars and a sunken mouth, and she felt refreshed!
Fang Qingqing returned to her seat and took a deep breath, eating all the snacks and fruits. Is a pregnant woman's belly a bottomless pit? Why can't she feel full?
After finally sending Wanyan Honglie, the plague god, away, everyone breathed a sigh of relief. Especially Prince Jiajing, he was so happy that he couldn't stop smiling.
Seeing that Fang Qingqing liked to eat palace dim sum, he waved his hand and directly ordered the imperial chef to select the chef who was best at making dim sum to work in Prince Yu's Mansion, and use all his special skills to make sure that the princess ate well and to her satisfaction!
"The Emperor loves Princess Yu so much that he wouldn't even bother to ask the imperial chef to prepare snacks for her. Even a generous reward wouldn't be enough. Princess Yu's contribution to the desert envoy's safe return is invaluable. I, your humble servant, would dare to ask the Emperor to reward her..."
Defei Sun Lanxin smiled sweetly and personally passed the box of snacks in front of her to Fang Qingqing. She took out an exquisite gold hairpin from her wide sleeves and inserted it into Fang Qingqing's bun with her own hands.
"Thank you, Empress Defei. Qing'er has been wearing Fang family jewelry since she was born. Moreover, this gold-inlaid jade pendant is really expensive. It is Empress Defei's favorite thing. Qing'er feels unworthy to accept it..."
Fang Qingqing hurriedly stood up, holding the golden hairpin in both hands and put it back into the hands of Defei Sun Lanxin.
"Ting'er thanks Her Majesty the Virtuous. Qing'er is pregnant and rarely wears gold or silver jewelry. Please take it back, Her Majesty the Virtuous..."
Li Zhenting stood aside, nodded slightly and said.
Defei's expression froze for a moment, then returned to normal and she said with a smile.
"These two children are being polite to me. Also, I forgot that the Fang family already has a jewelry store. So, I'll leave the reward to the emperor..."
"Hahaha, don't worry, my beloved concubine. Qing'er Ting'er will definitely reward you generously! Just because Qing'er Ting'er successfully intimidated the desert envoy without any soldiers, and saved my people from the suffering of war, you must reward me generously!"
Prince Jiajing had a look of delight on his face and kept nodding his head in approval at Prince Yu and his wife.
Brave and resourceful, this is what his descendants should be like!
"Qing'er thanks Father!"
When Fang Qingqing heard this, she was immediately delighted. She didn't even bother to swallow the full mouth of food and hurriedly knelt down to express her gratitude.
"No need for formalities... Qing'er is pregnant with my grandson. She's not feeling well right now, so from now on, when you enter the palace, you won't have to kneel down and bow to me or the Virtuous Consort! When you successfully give birth to my grandson, I'll still reward you handsomely!"
"Someone is coming..."
Prince Jiajing was delighted. With a single command, four beautiful palace maids came out carrying a tray full of gold, silver, and jewelry.
"By the providence of Heaven, the Emperor decrees that Prince Yu and Princess Yu, having worked together to successfully complete the mission of receiving the envoys from the Great Yan Kingdom, are rewarded with one hundred taels of gold and a number of gold and silver jewelry. The son of the Fang family, fluent in the language of the Great Desert Kingdom and meritorious in receiving the envoys, is hereby granted admission to the Imperial Academy to Fang Zhongxin, the son of Madam Jianguo, the first-rank official, and Princess Yu's younger brother. This is decreed..."
Eunuch Zhao's face flushed with joy as he read the imperial edict aloud.
"Long live the emperor, long live the emperor..."
There were sudden shouts in the hall, and everyone was filled with joy.
Concubine De looked calmly at Lu Pei'an, whose face had turned green. What she didn't know was that her subtle expression did not escape Li Zhenting's eyes at all.
After the court was dismissed, Lu Pei'an came to Kunning Palace angrily.
"Ting'er is really impatient! Even if there's something fishy about Nangong Yan being pregnant, can't he just hold it in? If he doesn't make this clear, he could still use this child to make a comeback! Now, Ting'er has become a laughing stock!"
"The eldest prince's wife actually had an affair with a Tartar and left a child. This is simply ridiculous! Now the entire Great Yan Kingdom is praising Prince Yu and his wife and insulting Prince Qi in every possible way. If this continues, won't our efforts be in vain?"
"Brother, what should we do? If we don't find a solution, not only will Ting'er fail to ascend to the throne of Crown Prince, I'm afraid even his life will be in danger..."
Devastated, Lü Shufang lost all of her former dignity and grace as a queen and mother of the nation. Her hair was disheveled, and she lay limply on the bed, her face pale and lifeless. The constant stream of troubles had nearly broken her already tense spirit.
"Sun Kuang has a solution, which is..."
Lu Pei'an whispered something in Lu Shufang's ear, and after hearing it, Lu Shufang's eyes suddenly lit up.
Yes, how could I have forgotten about this?
If this thing succeeded, this dead chess game would be revived. She still couldn't believe that she, the dignified Queen Lu Shufang, was actually controlled by a little Fang Qingqing!
"How is the matter with Aunt Rong being handled?"
She asked hurriedly.
That day, Rong Mama went to deliver food to Wu Yueyue who was imprisoned in the back garden of Kunning Palace. She was unexpectedly beaten violently by Wu Yueyue with the iron chain on her hand. She was accidentally discovered by Fang Qingqing who entered the palace, which directly exposed her fact that she had imprisoned Wu Yueyue in the harem.
But Rong Mama knew about what happened to her in the past, and she was worried that the matter would be leaked, so she had been planning to kill Rong Mama.
However, the emperor became suspicious and imprisoned Rong Mama in a dungeon and had her guarded by special guards. Even if Lu Pei'an spent a lot of money to hire a killer, he had no chance of succeeding.
"Don't worry, that nanny will definitely die in the next two days..."
Lu Pei'an looked very confident, but the more confident he was, the more frightened Lu Shufang became.
After all, this brother has always been brave but not wise. He has caused too many troubles in the past, and she has always helped to clean up the mess...