Chapter 257 No One Can Protect You (1)

Chapter 257 No one can protect you (1)

"Your Majesty," the Queen put down the gift list, "Such rumors are not good for you or Marquis Cheng An. I think it should be clarified."

Emperor Yun Qing felt that only if he treated Rong Xia as his own son could he escape that nightmare. In a high position, but unable to have a healthy body, Emperor Yunqing, like many absurd emperors in history, was afraid of death and aging. His youthful ambitions and clear black and white disappeared, and his only obsession was to be strong. Body and longevity.

"What's the use of clarifying, these people will only think that I'm covering up," Emperor Yun Qing said nonchalantly, "The one who cleans up is self-clearing, the queen doesn't need to care."

The queen pursed her lips and lowered her eyelids, "I know."

The Lin family back then was indeed as beautiful as an orchid in an empty valley. Even a woman could not help feeling pity for her when she saw it. Lin was supposed to be His Majesty's cousin, but because of the grievances of the previous generation, she suffered a lot of grievances when she was young.

It was rumored that before His Majesty married her, there was a woman he liked. Although His Majesty never mentioned this woman after they got married, the Empress still couldn't help thinking, could that woman be the Lin family? That's why His Majesty can't marry her, or even express his will?

"Queen," the emperor thought that he had spoken clearly enough that the queen would not misunderstand again, "the marriage between Marquis Cheng An and girl Hua is very important to me. My health is not up to the task, and everything depends on you." worry."

"Don't worry, Your Majesty," the queen lowered her head to help Emperor Yunqing organize the list on the table, "this marriage will not go wrong."

With how much the Ban family loves their daughter, it is impossible for this marriage to cause trouble.

The princess who had had four fiancés in the Ban family was finally about to get married.

After the news spread throughout the capital, some men envied Cheng Anhou's good luck, some women envied Ban Hua's good luck, and some people who had nothing to do, envied that Rong Xia might have two fathers with a weird attitude.

Although some people speculated about the possible past events, they put on extremely serious and serious faces, pretending to be concerned about the government, and calculated the possibility that His Majesty would recognize this "illegitimate child". If His Majesty really recognized this Son, will the throne be replaced by Rong Xia?

Thinking about King Ning, who is doing things upside down, and the prince with a slightly weak personality, many officials who really care about the great cause of the world suddenly feel that if Cheng Anhou is really the blood of the Jiang family, he is actually the most important person to be the emperor. Good choice. At least they don't have to worry that the emperor will listen to the slander of treacherous ministers because of his soft ears, and they don't have to worry that the emperor does everything according to his heart, beats or scolds his courtiers, and doesn't take the lives of the people in his heart.

"How is this possible?" Ban Hua couldn't help laughing after hearing Ban Heng's gossip, "It's all a mess of rumors, he can't be His Majesty's child."

"That's not necessarily true. You see how kind your majesty is to Marquis Cheng An. He has been promoting him all these years. After his parents and elder brothers passed away, not only did he not be demoted to the rank of nobility, but the queen's natal family took care of him," Ban Heng said. At first, I also thought this rumor was ridiculous, but as the rumors outside became more and more intense, and these people spoke clearly, because Qian Yuan, what now, he couldn't help but believe it, "If it wasn't for my own father, I would have been wronged." A courtier's son is so good?"

"Have you forgotten that Rong Xia's father was his majesty's companion when he was the prince?" Ban Hua thought for a while, "Perhaps it was because of this relationship that he took care of Rong Xia."

"Do you believe it?" Ban Heng raised his eyebrows to look at Ban Hua, distrustful of her words. If Your Majesty is really such a nostalgic person, when elder brother Rong Xia was still alive, he even refused to allow the Rong family Dalang to take over the title on the grounds that the filial piety had not yet passed. Xia Xiejue's will came down, and he was still the same as his father, the earl.

According to the rules of their Daye dynasty, descendants inheriting the title of their elders must be demoted. If this family is not welcomed by the royal family, it is also possible to be lowered by two or three ranks. As emperors, they are more cautious about rare things like titles, how can they be so generous?

Ban Heng even felt that half of the reasons for Rong Dalang's untimely death were due to Emperor Yunqing dragging his title away from him.

"It's not a question of belief or not, but a question of Rong Xia's impossibility to be the illegitimate son of Emperor Yunqing." Ban Hua stood up and said without reasoning with Ban Heng, "Don't listen to those rumors outside, you're already stupid, listen Even more stupid."

Ban Heng: ...

"where did you go?"

"I'm going to meet the illegitimate son of the emperor you mentioned." Ban Hua picked up the fox-fur cloak on the shelf and was about to go out.

"Sister," Ban Heng called Ban Hua, "You and Rong Xia really want to get married before New Year's Eve?"

"Isn't the date already set?" Ban Hua stood in front of the big bronze mirror, tied the rope of his cloak in front of the mirror, and showed no rejection of the marriage on his face, "Your Majesty is in a hurry to get us married, can we still delay?" ?”

"It was said that February is a good day, but turned around two months earlier, what is your Majesty trying to do in such a hurry?" Ban Heng's tone was a little dissatisfied.

"Maybe Tu Chongxi?" Banhua joked, "Isn't this often the case among the people? When the elders in the family are sick, they let the younger generation get married to bring joy and wash away the sickness."

"That also requires the younger generation to get married. You and Rong Xia are not His Majesty's son or daughter, so why are you so happy?" Ban Heng scoffed at his sister's unreliable joke, "It's still snowing outside, don't ride a horse gone."

"Got it," Ban Hua opened the door, turned to Ban Heng and said, "By the way, don't forget to practice boxing again."

"All right, all right, go and see your fiancé," Ban Heng waved his hand, obviously not interested in the matter of boxing and kicking. Anyway, Rong Xia is just a frail scholar, if he dares to do something wrong to his sister in the future, how can he beat Rong Xia with his boxing skills?

The snow fell heavily in the capital, and it didn't stop for several days. There were far fewer pedestrians on the road than before. Ban Hua sat in a soft and warm carriage, holding a hand warmer in his hand, Listening to the jingling horse bell, she lifted the curtains of the car impatiently.

Pedestrians on the street were all shy, there were charcoal sellers, oil sellers, and New Year picture fur meat sellers. She breathed out a white breath and suddenly realized that another year was about to pass.

In the corner, there were still boys and girls with straw labels on their heads who were being sold. Ban Hua looked away and lowered the curtain.