Chapter 165: The Emperor and Empress Concentric (Part 2)
Xiao Heng opened the letter and read it as quickly as possible.
She already knew the first half of the content, but in order not to arouse Emperor Tianqing's suspicion, she still made a surprised expression at the right time: "Your Majesty, this..."
Emperor Tianqing sighed: "The done thing is done, even if we want to regret it, it's too late.
What's more, I, the Wei Dynasty, have strong soldiers and strong horses, are we still afraid of the Jin Kingdom?"
Xiao Heng felt a wave of heat wrapping around his heart.
In any case, His Majesty's love for Xiaojiu is indeed commendable.
Huan Erlang is now Xiao Jiu's husband. Your Majesty will never just watch others do harm to him.
Emperor Tianqing pointed to the letter and urged: "Ah Heng, keep reading, the content behind will never disappoint you."
Xiao Heng was already worried about Huan Yu's revenge, so he lowered his head and continued reading the letter.
She read it to the end in one breath, her hands shook, and a tear dropped heavily on the letterhead.
After being married for more than ten years, Emperor Tianqing rarely saw his wife's emotions fluctuate so much.
He put his arms around Xiao Heng's shoulders and said sadly: "Ah Heng, I know you have always regarded Xiao Jiu as your own child, so why don't I do the same?
I admit that I had some selfish motives at the beginning and was not willing to marry Xiao Huan and his family.
But Huan Erlang has been a life-saving grace to us, and his character is indeed outstanding. It does not mean that I have wronged Xiao Jiu, so I agreed.
Who would have known... alas... that the son of Princess Yonghui of the Jin Kingdom would be charged with a blood feud, and he would really be a big trouble.
But then again, as long as there are still some bloody people, who can watch their enemies occupy their own property and enjoy prosperity and wealth?
Fortunately, Huan Erlang is still measured.
Knowing that I have a special status, I not only declined Ji Fengzhuo politely, but also did not intend to drag Xiaojiu down, and I did not hide anything from me, otherwise..."
"Your Majesty." Xiao Heng raised his eyes and looked at Emperor Tianqing: "You know Xiaojiu's temper. What should you do if Huan Erlang cannot stop her?"
Emperor Tianqing smiled and said: "Ah Heng has always been smart and sharp, but he gets confused when he encounters Xiao Jiu's affairs."
Xiao Heng thought to himself, if I didn't get confused occasionally, would you still be able to laugh?
Seeing that she still didn't understand, Emperor Tianqing patiently explained: "Huan Yu is too treacherous. I was sure that I wouldn't be happy to see Xiaojiu go to Jin Kingdom with him, so he arranged for me to be this evil person."
Xiao Heng suppressed a smile and said, "I just looked at it very carefully, but I didn't see that Huan Erlang had this intention."
Emperor Tianqing argued: "It is true that he did not say anything clearly, but look at what he wrote.
Xiaojiu's reputation was so great that at the beginning of the year, envoys from various countries saw her clearly.
Especially Ji Yinfeng, the son of the eldest prince of Jin Kingdom, he and Xiao Jiu reconciled their relationship on the night of Shangyuan, and they were quite familiar with each other.
If Xiaojiu follows him to Jin Country, the news will inevitably leak out, which will be detrimental to big things."
Xiao Heng smiled and said: "I think this reason is reasonable. An assassination is no better than a confrontation between two armies. The emphasis is on secrecy rather than strength.
If there is even the slightest mistake, not only will all previous efforts be wasted, but one's life may even be in danger."
Emperor Tianqing laughed again.
Unlike Xiao Jiu, Ah Heng has hardly left the Shenzhai compound for decades. How does he know the tricks in the world?
If you don’t want people to see your appearance clearly, there are many solutions.
"That's all, no matter what Huan Yu planned, I will take the blame for him."
"What does Your Majesty plan to do?"
Emperor Tianqing looked at her jokingly: "Ah, why don't you give me some advice?"
Xiao Heng said: "My concubine's birthday will be in a few months. Your Majesty only needs to give Xiaojiu a decree, ordering her not to miss the birthday banquet."
Emperor Tianqing thought for a while: "It's easy to issue an order, but in this case, wouldn't I, a wicked person, be able to take over?
How about this... My little aunt will leave for Wuwei County soon, so let's ask her to inform Xiaojiu of my instructions.
Xiaojiu takes care of my little aunt's face and will definitely not insist on having her own way."
"It's not enough for Your Majesty to drag my concubine through this muddy water, but he also drags my little aunt into the water?" Xiao Heng said angrily.
When she said these words, her eyebrows were very charming, which made Emperor Tianqing feel a little distraught.
But it was almost time to have lunch at this hour, and there was a large group of people waiting outside the hall, so it seemed inappropriate to do something.
He cleared his throat: "Well...we husband and wife are of the same mind, so the evil people do it together.
Before my little aunt sets off on her journey, can Grandma call her into the palace once?"
Xiao Heng chuckled and said, "Your Majesty, what good things do you want to give to my little aunt?"
Emperor Tianqing felt a little embarrassed when he mentioned the reward for Xiao Siyi.
When Xiao Siyi and Wei Chuo's marriage failed, he assigned the mineral deposits in Mo Village and the surrounding land to Xiao Jiu.
Ah Heng still complained about this, feeling that Xiao Jiu had taken advantage for no reason, but Xiao Siyi, whose reputation had been damaged, did not receive any compensation at all.
He immediately vowed that when Xiao Siyi found her husband's family again, he would be heavily rewarded.
Seeing that Xiao Siyi was about to get married, he had given some dowry, but the reward promised at that time had not yet been fulfilled.
Emperor Tianqing was extremely embarrassed and said with a smile: "I have already prepared the reward for my little aunt, so I will take advantage of this summons to give it to her as well."
Xiao Heng had no intention to embarrass him and said with a smile: "Next time I take a break, I will simply summon all the female relatives from the Duke's palace to the palace to get together before my little aunt gets married."
"That's very good." Emperor Tianqing said quickly.
"Your Majesty has been busy for several hours, and he must be hungry. I have already ordered the palace officials to pick up Luo'er and Anyang. Today, our family of four will have lunch together."
Emperor Tianqing had no objection, and the couple walked out of the main hall together.
In the afternoon of that day, Jimei personally went to the Duke's Mansion.
Xiao Siyi's wedding is approaching, and the entire Xinyi Square is completely renewed and decorated very festively.
Jimei looked at the red lanterns and red silk fabrics, and the corners of her mouth turned up involuntarily.
The Xiao family is the founder of the Wei Dynasty and has never declined for more than a hundred years.
The reason for this is not only that the Xiao family has a good way of educating their children, but also that each generation has outstanding figures who stand up in the family, and it also has a lot to do with the Xiao family's low-key behavior.
Just like when the princess got married a few months ago, the Duke's mansion didn't create such a big fuss.
This time the county head married into the Xiao family, which was uncharacteristic of the norm, and it was obviously intentional.
Strictly speaking, this is the second time the county leader has left home.
Due to the power of the Xiao family, no one dared to criticize the county leader to his face, but there were quite a few people who discussed it in private.
Even she, who lives in a deep palace, has heard a few words.
What the Xiao family did this time was to make the county head marry in a grand manner and to silence those who love to gossip.
Not long after, Jimei came to Xiao Siyi's yard with a woman who was leading the way.
When Xiao Siyi heard that Jimei was coming, she personally welcomed her out of the study.
Chapter completed!