inspire-indiana Chapter 230 The past
Chapter 230 The past
Seeing the murderous look in Princess Xian's eyes, even though the Xian Prince had expected it, he still subconsciously blinked guiltily.
He knew that his princess would blame him when she heard about this.
"Oh, Princess, wasn't I just angry just now? Look, Qiu Wu clearly knows An Qingqian's situation, but he didn't tell you and made you worry. Isn't this not good?"
The wise king quickly softened his tone and explained.
"Well, then..." Princess Xian knew in her heart that this matter had nothing to do with Prince Xian, but she was unhappy when she thought that he actually said forget it.
"I just said it casually, don't be angry." The virtuous king said as he put his arm around the virtuous princess's shoulders and coaxed her.
"Besides, this matter mainly depends on what Qiu Wu does. He likes An Qingqian, but it's been such a long time and there's still no movement. An Zhenyuan has left, and he doesn't work hard and make progress. What can I do?"
"You are his father, can't you help him?" Princess Xian turned to look at her husband, feeling justified but confident.
"If it's other matters, there's nothing wrong with me helping him, but this is his marriage, he's going to get married, how can I help him?" The wise king cried out that he was wronged.
He couldn't possibly go and propose marriage on behalf of his own son, could he?
Princess Xian was silent. She knew that her husband was right. In the final analysis, it was up to Shi Qiuwu herself to work hard on this matter.
Princess Xian was just thinking about it when she heard the maid outside come to report that Shi Qiuwu was coming over.
Upon seeing this, the virtuous prince released his hand from the virtuous princess, and the two of them sat on the chair together.
"Father, king, mother, concubine."
"Well, is there anything?" Glancing at his son's disappointing appearance, the wise king became angry and asked the question even though he knew the answer.
"Father, Mother, I am here to talk about something simple."
Hearing this title, Princess Xian sat up straight, feeling delighted.
"What happened to Qianqian?"
"I have already sent someone to the General's Mansion. Qianqian is not sick. She just had other reasons, so she claimed to be sick and did not attend the palace banquet."
Knowing that his mother was worried about An Qingqian's situation, Shi Qiuwu naturally came over to explain as soon as possible.
Hearing that An Qingqian was fine, Princess Xian finally relaxed a little. She really liked this girl, An Qingqian, and naturally hoped that she was well.
"Qiu Wu, since you like Qian Qian, why don't you take the initiative? If you don't take the initiative in this kind of thing, you can't let the girl take the initiative, right?"
Princess Xian looked at her son disapprovingly.
"Mother, that's not the case. I thought that this matter needed to be approved by my father-in-law first, so I thought of starting with General An first, which is why it took time."
"That's true." After hearing this explanation, Princess Xian nodded slightly. There was indeed nothing wrong with doing this.
"Why, from the look on your face, An Zhenyuan doesn't agree with this?" The wise king looked at his son thoughtfully.
"General An didn't say he agreed, nor did he say he disagreed. He just drove the child out of the mansion." Shi Qiuwu argued.
He didn't dare say that he was beaten by An Zhenyuan and suffered internal injuries from the palm strike.
It’s not because he was worried that Prince Xian and Princess Xian would have a bad impression of the An family, but because, when Prince Xian heard about this, he would definitely think that he was too useless and it brought shame to Prince Xian.
"Oh, by the way, Your Majesty, don't you have a good relationship with An Zhenyuan? How about you speak up for him? No, An Zhenyuan left this morning."
As Princess Xian spoke, she slapped her hands on the table, her face full of annoyance.
"Qiu Wu, if you had told me earlier that it was An Zhenyuan's problem, I would have asked your father to find An Zhenyuan." Princess Xian looked at her son with disappointment.
"Dad is very familiar with General An?" Shi Qiuwu heard something wrong in the words and looked at the wise king with a little surprise.
The wise king did not answer his question immediately, but raised his hand to signal everyone in the room to leave.
When the three of them were the only ones left in the room, the wise king slowly spoke.
"Back then, I had a very good relationship with An Zhenyuan. Before the emperor ascended the throne, An Zhenyuan supported me. After the emperor ascended the throne, we almost stopped contacting each other to avoid suspicion.
Because of that incident, the emperor had a deep grudge against the two of us. During those years, the emperor's secret guards were almost everywhere in An Mansion and Prince Xian's Mansion.
It was also because of that incident that An Zhenyuan did not say anything when the emperor ordered An Qingqian to be married to Marquis Lin'an. Otherwise, why do you think An Zhenyuan agreed to that marriage?
He only has this one precious daughter. If it weren't for this matter, he would not agree even if it meant disobeying the emperor's order.
He acts in a low profile. In order to avoid the emperor's suspicion, I also hide all my power in the dark and am willing to be an idle prince.
Later, the emperor's throne was stabilized, the power he cultivated became stronger, and An Zhenyuan and I acted so low-key, so his suspicion was reduced.
In addition, the open and covert struggles between Prince Yong and Prince Cheng over the past few years have left him with little energy to pay attention to us."
"So there is such a thing." After hearing what his father said, Shi Qiuwu suddenly understood everything.
When the emperor ascended the throne, he was still young and didn't remember these things at all.
If that's the case, then it all makes sense.
He always felt strange in his heart. After all, his father was the emperor's younger brother. Even if the emperor did not care about family affection, his father would not have to go to such lengths.
It turns out there is such a reason behind this.
"Although we haven't had much contact over the years, if anything really happens, we will naturally help each other."
As the wise king spoke, he sighed softly. They had such a good relationship, but because of other people's suspicion, they could only pretend to be unfamiliar with each other.
"No, I mean, since you already knew that your son liked Qianqian, why didn't you talk to An Zhenyuan about it while he was here? Now that he's gone, you suddenly remembered it again."
Princess Xian suddenly thought of this and turned to look at her husband.
"Princess, this still depends on Qiu Wu himself. If he doesn't get An Zhenyuan's approval, even with my friendship with him, he may not agree to this matter."
After the wise king finished speaking, he turned to look at Shi Qiuwu and said, "So, judging from the current situation, Qiuwu has not made An Zhenyuan feel that he is reliable, so he is unwilling to marry his daughter to him."
"I..." Shi Qiuwu opened his mouth, but was speechless for a rare time.
It seemed to be true, because An Zhenyuan felt that he was unreliable, so he was unwilling to agree to this matter.
What I have done is not enough.
Princess Xian looked at her husband, then at her son, for a long time, and sighed, "Hey, you guys are taking so long, when can Qianqian enter the mansion?