The concubine escaped and cried when she met the prince again

After Shen Ruolan heard what Jiang Dichen said, she glanced at Qin Zhen and said to Jiang Dichen ambiguously: "In reply to your Highness, I was nervous today and didn't pay attention to the woman's family. I'm a little uncertain."

After hearing Shen Ruolan's answer, Jiang Dichen thought that it made sense since she had been indifferent to everything these days.

However, he couldn’t understand, since she was Qin Zhen’s benefactor, why didn’t Qin Zhen greet her at the palace gate just now?

He knew Qin Zhen's character. Although he was often ruthless, he was still very polite to those who had done him a favor.

Just when Jiang Dichen was puzzled, the emperor suddenly said, "Chen'er, Miss Lan has been waiting for you for five years. She can't wait any longer. I will pick a date for you to get married."

As the emperor finished speaking, all the ministers present stood up and congratulated Jiang Dichen: "Congratulations, King Han, congratulations, King Han."

When everyone finished talking, Jiang Dichen put the wine glass in his hand on the table with a bang, raised his eyebrows and looked at the emperor with an expressionless face and said: "That was Lan Shurong's own fault. What does this have to do with me?"

After Jiang Dichen finished speaking, he paused and continued, "I did not stop Lan Shurong from getting married."

Lan Shurong's face turned pale after hearing what Jiang Dichen said. With tears in her eyes, she looked at Jiang Dichen with a sad face and said, "My Lord, I know I am not worthy of you, but you and I have an engagement made by the late queen. How can I be a traitor?"

Prime Minister Lan also hurriedly struck while the iron was hot and said, "Your Highness, my daughter has been waiting for you for many years because of the last words of the late queen. Even if you don't like my daughter, you can't ignore the late queen."

What Prime Minister Lan meant was that if you don't marry my daughter, you would be extremely disrespectful to the late queen.

After hearing what Prime Minister Lan said, Jiang Dichen sneered in his heart and said to him with a half-smile: "Prime Minister Lan, I don't know if you are old and confused, or are you taking advantage of my ignorance when I was young?"

Jiang Dichen's words made Prime Minister Lan look a little ugly, but after years of working in the court, he was already accustomed to Jiang Dichen's attitude. He quickly adjusted his mood and asked Jiang Dichen in confusion, "King Han, what do you mean by that?"

Jiang Dichen sneered at him, reached out and grabbed Shen Ruolan's hand, held it in his palm and played with it, saying: "Before my mother died, she did ask me to marry a girl from the Lan family, but she didn't specify who she wanted me to marry, so, Miss Lan's self-indulgent desire to wait for me has nothing to do with me."

After Jiang Dichen finished speaking, he looked up at the emperor and said, "Father, please forgive me for not being able to obey your order. I have already married Miss Lan, and my mother's wish has been fulfilled."

After Jiang Dichen finished speaking, he continued to say to Prime Minister Lan: "Prime Minister Lan, the Jiang and Lan families have already married, please do not ruin my reputation as an unfilial son, otherwise, don't blame me for being rude."

As soon as Jiang Dichen finished speaking, a top-quality white jade cup was in his palm, but in the blink of an eye it was crushed into powder and ink flowed out. His dark eyes were cold, mixed with surging murderous intent, as if Prime Minister Lan dared to cause trouble for him again, he would not mind crushing him into pieces like this.

Prime Minister Lan was startled by Jiang Dichen's warning. Just as he was planning how to respond to Jiang Dichen, Lan Shurong beside him suddenly cried out, "No, Your Majesty, she, Lan Wanxi, is just a concubine's daughter who is not worthy of you. She is not worthy of you."

Jiang Dichen looked at Lan Shurong and said to her expressionlessly, "I can marry whoever I want. What does it have to do with Miss Lan? Also, how can a man who is sarcastic to his own sister be qualified to criticize others here?"

"I..." Lan Shurong was speechless after what Jiang Dichen said. She covered her mouth and tears of grievance kept flowing down.

Seeing Lan Shurong crying because of her brother, Jiang Yingxue quickly said, "Fifth brother, Sister Rong is really good to you, how can you treat her like this?"

Jiang Dichen listened to his sister's words, and he said to her with a sullen face: "Xue'er, you have nothing to do here, don't make trouble."

When Jiang Yingxue saw her brother yelling at her, she looked at him with a wronged expression and said, "Fifth brother, I'm doing this for your own good."

After she finished speaking, she was afraid that her brother would be angry, so she didn't dare to say anything more.

Empress Wu felt so relieved when she saw Lan Shurong crying pitifully. She thought back to when she asked her to marry her son, but she refused no matter what. Now she deserved to be abandoned by Jiang Dichen.

After listening to his son's words, the emperor knew that he would never marry Lan Shurong. This gave him a headache. One was his son and the other was a favorite minister, making him torn.

Empress Wu, who likes to watch the fun, saw that the emperor was frowning, so she smiled and offered a bad idea: "Your Majesty, since they are all girls from the Lan family, why not let them show their talents and let the fittest survive?"

After the emperor heard what the queen said, he pondered for a moment and asked Jiang Dichen, "Chen'er, what do you think about this?"

Jiang Dichen said indifferently: "Father, let the Crown Princess compete with Miss Lan. I only want Lan Wanxi, even if she is a pile of mud, I don't mind."

The Crown Princess, who was concentrating on serving the Crown Prince, was suddenly called by Jiang Dichen, which made her a little confused. Fortunately, the Crown Prince comforted her in time: "Don't pay attention to them."

The Crown Princess nodded to the Crown Prince and continued to serve him food.

Shen Ruolan had been very quiet the whole time, but when she heard Jiang Dichen's last words, she couldn't help being shocked. She raised her head and slowly looked at the man, trying to see from his deep eyes how much truth his words were.

However, the man was as cold as ever, and it was impossible to tell what he was thinking. Just when she was about to look away, Jiang Dichen suddenly said to her: "Wanxi, don't be afraid, I will protect you in the future."

After several months of getting along, Jiang Dichen had gotten to know Lan Wanxi inside and out. She was just an unfavored concubine in the Prime Minister's Mansion and had no connections with people in the outside world, which made him very satisfied.

Although she was a little humble and weak, this had no effect on him. To be Jiang Dichen's woman, she only needed to serve him well in bed.

As for Lan Shurong, he had never thought of marrying her from the beginning, because Concubine Luo was her aunt, and her cousin, the Third Prince Rui, had long been ambitious for that position, and he, Jiang Dichen, had no interest in making wedding dresses for others.

Shen Ruolan looked at Jiang Dichen with a complicated expression, nodded to him and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty."

Qin Zhen originally thought that Jiang Dichen was really going to marry Lan Shurong, and he was ready to ruin their marriage. However, when he saw that he not only refused but also treated Shen Ruolan very well, he put away his little thoughts.

After all, he would not stand idly by when his benefactor was in trouble, even if the person in front of him was Jiang Dichen, he would still take care of it.