Remarrying Chun Yuan

Wei Gongming's suggestion made Qin Muyan fall into deep thought, because he had not been having a good time these past few days.

The previous incidents were handled very poorly, with the Crown Prince stealing the spotlight. Recently, Princess Fuyao was placed under house arrest by her father, and no matter how much her mother pleaded, it was to no avail. Clearly, her father was really angry about this.

He has been extremely cautious when attending court these past two days, fearing that he might incur the emperor's wrath if he were not careful.

In his eyes, it was just a marriage proposal. His father could have just reprimanded him if he disagreed, but why imprison the princess? He wondered what the little girl had said when she met the emperor.

Seeing that the Third Prince remained silent, Wei Gongming continued to analyze the advantages of the situation, "Your Highness knows that you are reluctant to let Princess Fuyao marry into the Meng Kingdom, but if you think about it from another perspective, Liu Yuechu has a good relationship with the Crown Prince's concubine, which means that the Meng Kingdom supports the Crown Prince... If you can become the brother-in-law of the Meng Kingdom's leader, not to mention that you can win the Meng Kingdom over to your side, at least the Crown Prince's side will not be too much more prominent than yours."

"Your humble servant's honest advice is hard to hear, but your current situation is not good. You have missed several good opportunities. If the Crown Prince finds a suitable candidate to marry into the Mongol Kingdom and form a marriage alliance with the Mongol patriarch..." Qin Muyan will completely lose the possibility of vying for the throne. This is not Wei Gongming's alarmist statement.

Qin Yongshang's face immediately darkened.

He did make some poor decisions in the previous few matters.

"But whether or not there is a willingness to form a marriage alliance requires concrete information. It would be inappropriate for Your Highness to bring this up so rashly, wouldn't it?" Qin Yongshang said.

Qin Muyan nodded, "It would indeed be inappropriate for me to bring this up myself, as it would only lead Father to suspect that I have a private relationship with the Meng Kingdom..."

No emperor likes his princes to be too ambitious.

Wei Gongming put his mind to it, "How about we ask the Imperial Concubine to speak to her?"

"My mother will definitely not agree. My younger sister is her precious darling. If I were to speak to her, wouldn't I just be asking to be beaten and scolded?" Qin Muyan didn't want to dwell on the matter, so he sent Wei Gongming away first. "Go back and get busy. I'll consider it and discuss it further."

Wei Gongming didn't linger any longer. Now he was the head of the county government in the capital, and his back was a bit more upright than before.

He left the Third Prince's residence, and Qin Muyan did not delay. After a moment's consideration, she entered the palace.

Emperor Qi Xiao had just heard Wei Tianxuan's report that Yuwen Chan had arrived in the capital. Now, hearing Qin Muyan mention that Yuwen Chan intended to make peace with the Great Qi through a marriage alliance and marry Princess Fuyao, he thought it was not a bad idea.

But he was still unsure and asked again, "Are you sure this is his intention?"

“Otherwise, why come two days early? Your Majesty, I think he comes from a humble background in Mongolia and needs a marriage alliance with a foreign country to consolidate his position…” Qin Muyan thought about this matter more deeply.

This reason seemed very convincing, and even Emperor Qi Xiao thought it was appropriate and reasonable.

But when he actually met Yuwen Chan and mentioned the marriage alliance between the Great Qi and the Mongol Kingdom, and that the princess to be married was Princess Fuyao, Yuwen Chan directly refused in front of everyone.

He not only refused, but also mocked and ridiculed without mercy: "This sect leader has never had a good impression of the Great Qi, because the Great Qi has always been unpredictable and treacherous. But I never expected that the emperor of the Great Qi would be so cunning? It's disgusting."

"A princess who's been making a scene and trying to steal someone else's husband, and you want to marry her off to me, the sect leader? What is our Mongol Kingdom? A garbage collector?"

"That woman wouldn't even accept Yuan Cuo, yet she dares to dream of becoming our Meng Kingdom's queen? If I weren't so magnanimous, I would have already issued a challenge, severed all friendly relations with the Great Qi, and fought to the death!"

"This proposal is an insult to our sect leader and an insult to the Mongol Kingdom!"

"Don't think that just because I've only recently taken office, I can easily swallow up your Great Qi. This is truly outrageous!"

Yuwen Chan crushed the teacup in his hand, then turned and left with Tuoba Yun and the envoys from the Mongol Kingdom!

Emperor Qi Xiao was speechless and stood there dumbfounded. He had never been so humiliated before, being slapped in the face by a foreign patriarch in front of all the officials!

The officials were unaware of this matter and were even more puzzled as to why Emperor Qi Xiao would suddenly come up with this idea.

Qin Muyan was stunned, not expecting Yuwen Chan to be angry. He felt that Emperor Qi Xiao's eyes were like knives, and his flesh was being cut by a thousand cuts. The pain made him stand up and kneel down to kowtow.

"It's all my fault. I spoke recklessly without investigating properly. I deserve to die..."

Qin Mushuo hadn't expected that the Third Prince was involved in this matter. He really wanted to step forward and take advantage of the situation, but seeing Emperor Qi Xiao's dark and gloomy face, he could only stand aside and remain silent!

Emperor Qi Xiao trembled with rage. "Yes, yes, how could he want a woman that even Yuan Cuo wouldn't want... Heh, heh heh heh!"

He chuckled coldly a few times, then turned and left.

In just a moment, Zhang Xinyan and the Golden Feather Guards dragged Qin Muyan out and gave her twenty lashes.

Qin Muyan was beaten black and blue, so naturally she couldn't let Wei Gongming off the hook. When she returned to the prince's residence, she sent Qin Yongshang to give Wei Gongming forty slaps.

Wei Gongming's cheeks were bruised and swollen from the beating, and blood was flowing from his mouth and nose. He had never been beaten so severely before, but he understood that he had not suffered unjustly.

He only regretted his foolishness in listening to Li Shu so easily.

What does a little girl like her know? She's obviously been fooled by that Feng Ling!

Feng Ling was naturally unaware of what had happened. He had been waiting for Li Shu to take him to meet Minister Li, but unexpectedly, Wei Gongming invited him to the county government office that night, and he never came out again...

Since it was something that made Emperor Qi Xiao lose face, the officials in the court naturally wouldn't spread it. But the fact that Princess Fuyao was scolded as a "piece of junk" by the leader of the Meng Kingdom spread throughout the streets and alleys, and even the little boy selling steamed buns knew about it.

People then recalled Princess Fuyao's previous attempt to "steal" the bride, and their attitudes toward Yuan Cuo became varied and unpredictable.

But Yuan Cuo continued to go to get off work and come home, attend court and leave court, as if it had nothing to do with him.

But Liu Yuechu couldn't stay idle.

Because Emperor Qi Xiao's marriage proposal offended Yuwen Chan, Wei Tianxuan naturally received an imperial decree to salvage relations with the Mongol Kingdom, and thus had to ask Liu Yuechu to intervene.

Originally, a group of people were waiting for Liu Yuechu to be manipulated by Princess Fuyao and have her share of the Liu family's business, but unexpectedly, she turned misfortune into blessing and suddenly became a favorite in the palace again!

Liu Yuechu and Tuoba Yun secretly plotted for a long time and finally reached a better agreement.

The agreement has dozens of clauses, and it seems that neither the Mongol Empire nor the Great Qi Empire will suffer a loss, while the Liu family will also reap huge profits...

"I never expected that your teasing remark would actually benefit our family's business." Liu Yuechu knew, of course, that Yuan Cuo was the one who started it all.

But she knew she hadn't taken the matter seriously, thinking that even if she told Wei Gongming and Qin Muyan, they wouldn't believe her.

But she never expected that not only did they believe it, but even Emperor Qi Xiao believed it...