Favoring concubines and ignoring wives? The mistress of the marquisate remarried a powerful official

Now, let alone Song Wanning and Nan Hongqiu, even Concubine Xian and Princess Xiangyu who were sitting upstairs were shocked and hurriedly stood up to pay their respects.

The virtuous concubine's plan had not yet been completed when it was interrupted by the emperor. Although she was afraid of complications, she had no other way to cover it up.

Song Wanning was already kneeling on the ground, so she only needed to turn around to follow the rules.

When Concubine Xian saw the emperor coming, her expression immediately changed. She greeted the emperor like a gentle concubine, "Your Majesty, I really wanted to ask my eunuch to call you over for dinner, but I didn't expect that the emperor has already come. I think he is thinking about me and we are in tune with each other."

"Is Dehua Palace so lively today?" The emperor glanced at Song Wanning and Nan Hongqiu who were kneeling on the ground, and asked, "Whose family is this kneeling girl from?"

"Oh?" Concubine Xian covered up lightly and said with a smile, "She is the legitimate daughter of the general's mansion. I heard that the legitimate daughter of the general's mansion is beautiful and can arrange flowers and appreciate fragrance. I just asked her to come into the palace to talk with me, and then I will send her out of the palace in a while."

"The daughter of the general's mansion?" The emperor's voice was quite majestic. He just smiled after hearing this and said, "Could it be Song Wanning, the eldest daughter of the general's mansion?"

Now the virtuous concubine was startled, and looked at the emperor and asked, "Your Majesty actually knew about this?"

The emperor chuckled and patted Concubine Xian on the shoulder. "What a coincidence! The Prime Minister came to the palace early this morning and asked for an imperial decree to grant him a marriage with the general's daughter."

Now everyone present was shocked again. Song Wanning had never expected that Yin Yichen would actually go to the palace to ask for an imperial decree granting marriage. If he got the imperial decree now, the rest of the matter would be much smoother, and even the virtuous concubine would have no other options.

Xianfei also looked a little panicked, and asked timidly, "Your Majesty, do you agree?"

"How can I not agree?" The emperor said as he walked towards the chair in Dehua Palace, helplessly saying, "The Prime Minister really wants to get married, and he has come to me to beg again and again. He said that he is already 21 years old, and if he doesn't get married, he will be too old. He is already alone, and if he doesn't get married, he will not even have descendants. How can I not agree?"

"Father..." Princess Xiangyu, who was standing at the other end, was not happy after hearing this. She looked at the emperor with an aggrieved expression and said coquettishly, "At first I begged you to let me marry the prime minister, but you didn't want to. Now that the prime minister has begged, you agreed. You are biased."

"The Prime Minister himself doesn't want to marry you, what can I do? I'm afraid you two are just not destined to be together." The emperor smiled, reached out and touched Princess Xiangyu's head, and said softly, "I also punished the Prime Minister before. There are many good men in the capital, and Yin Yichen is not a big deal. Your father will find a good husband for you another day."

Princess Xiangyu still didn't respond, and said coyly, "Father is the emperor, so the prime minister has to marry whoever you tell him to marry. How can he be willing or not? Besides, father, you don't know that Song Wanning has been married before. How can she, a second-time bride, be worthy of the prime minister?"

"Xiangyu!" The emperor showed a bit of displeasure when he heard this, "How do you talk like that?"

Princess Xiangyu knew that the emperor didn't want to hear this, so she stopped talking, but her expression still looked unhappy.

The emperor turned around and waved at Song Wanning who was kneeling on the ground, "The daughter of the general's mansion should leave the palace. The prime minister has heard the rumors and is still waiting outside the Dehua Palace."

After hearing this, Princess Xiangyu's face became even uglier. She was so angry that she stomped her feet in the palace but she could do nothing about it.

Song Wanning responded, thanked the eunuch, and followed the eunuch from Dehua Palace out the door.

Outside the Dehua Palace, Song Wanning sniffed the air outside and felt relieved. She quickly walked to the carriage at the gate of the Dehua Palace. Before she could say anything, the curtain of the carriage had been opened. The prime minister poked his head out and stretched out his hand to Song Wanning.

Nan Hongqiu, who was following behind Song Wanning, wanted to go over, but was interrupted by the eunuch beside her, "Madam, the emperor specifically ordered Miss Ning and the prime minister to be alone, you should follow me and leave the palace through another door."

Seeing this, Nan Hongqiu had no choice but to respond and followed the eunuch back along the same route.

Song Wanning got on the carriage and sat on the cushion. She looked at Yin Yichen and sighed, "What a big scene in the palace."

"I'm late." Yin Yichen held Song Wanning's hand and whispered to comfort her, "Now that everything has been settled, they can no longer do anything."

Song Wanning nodded slightly, but then she thought of something, "My father is still waiting for me at the North Gate. I should go over there to reassure her."

Yin Yichen just smiled faintly after hearing what Song Wanning said, "Your good aunt has already passed by, and she will definitely tell the general about our affairs in an exaggerated way. Why don't you follow me out of the palace, and I will take you back to the general's mansion."

Song Wanning had no choice but to agree and left the palace with Yin Yichen.

Meanwhile, Nan Hongqiu walked to the palace gate alone. Seeing this, Song Jing hurried over to meet her. He saw that Nan Hongqiu didn't see Song Wanning, so he immediately became anxious, "Where's Wanning? Was she detained?"

"Brother, your good daughter is really capable." Nan Hongqiu chuckled and looked at Song Jing and said, "I heard that the Prime Minister went to the palace to ask for the imperial decree to grant the marriage. The emperor came to Dehua Palace in person and asked the Prime Minister to take Wan Ning away."

"what?"

Song Jing stood there in a daze. He didn't expect the prime minister to act so quickly. He didn't even go to the emperor's house to propose marriage, but instead went to the emperor to ask for an imperial decree.

Song Jing returned to the general's mansion with a lot on his mind. He called Song Lan and was about to discuss the matter, but he didn't expect the doorman's mother to come in and tell him soon.

"Master, the prime minister is standing outside and said he has something important to say."

Song Jing saw that this matter could not be avoided, so he had to ask his mother to welcome the prime minister in with a sullen face, "Ask the prime minister in and take him to the main hall."

When Song Lan saw Song Jinghei's face, he knew that this matter was not simple. Sure enough, after a while, he saw Yin Yichen coming in from outside.

He still had a faint smile on his face, and it seemed that he was in a good mood. He looked at Song Jing and bowed, "General, I hope I didn't disturb your mood by visiting you suddenly today."

"How can I be in a good mood with you here?" Song Jing's face was dark, and his attitude towards Yin Yichen was very bad. He said coldly, "I wonder what the Prime Minister wants to visit you for today?"

Yin Yichen stood in the hall and took out a letter of engagement. "General, I love Song Wanning, the daughter of the General's Mansion. I am writing this letter of engagement. Please review it. Yichen is just waiting for the reply from the General's Mansion."

Song Jing glanced at the invitation sent by Yin Yichen and sneered, "Haven't you already obtained the imperial decree to grant marriage? Why are you pretending here?"