NOVEL NEXT Chapter 456 Persuading the Seventh Prince
While the princes and princesses were playing and playing, Queen Lin and Concubine Lu arrived. Looking at the princes and princesses having fun on the lawn in the distance, they smiled gently and waited quietly.
"Brother Qi, Brother Qi, you can't catch me, hehe!"
"Luanluanluo, seventh brother, I'm here."
"Haha, I see you're still running. I've caught you. Let the emperor guess who you are?"
The seventh prince was covering his eyes with gauze and caught the fifteenth princess in one fell swoop.
The fifteenth princess quickly covered her mouth with her chubby hands, not making a sound, closing her eyes tightly and looking nervous.
The seventh prince touched the tiara and hair on the fifteenth princess's head, raised the corners of his mouth slightly, and suddenly laughed:
"Haha, is it you, Brother Eleven!"
When the fifteenth princess heard the seventh prince say the name of the eleventh prince, her big watery eyes suddenly smiled like crescent moons, and she jumped with joy.
"Brother Seven, you guessed wrong. I'm not Brother Eleven. You big idiot. Let me go. You have to keep catching me!"
"Hey, it turns out that the fifteenth sister, the emperor is too stupid, can I guess again." The seventh prince said with a sad tone as he held the fifteenth princess in his arms with an annoyed look on his face.
The fifteenth princess looked at the somewhat sad seventh prince, her mouth tightened, and she said aggrievedly:
"Then... let me guess again for Brother Qi."
The Eighth Prince on the side saw the honest and silly look of the Fifteenth Princess, and shook his head helplessly. From the corner of his eye, he suddenly saw Queen Lin and Concubine Lu standing there in the distance. The smiles on their faces gradually disappeared, and they frowned slightly as they walked towards the Seventh Prince.
"Wow, fifteenth sister, you are so kind. Then close your eyes and let me touch you again to see who you are?"
"Okay, Brother Qi, you can't peek at who I am."
The fifteenth princess quickly closed her eyes and covered her mouth with her hands.
"Brother Imperial, wait a moment."
The eighth prince's heavy voice interrupted the seventh prince's amusement.
The seventh prince heard something strange in the eighth prince's tone and stretched out his hand to pull off the gauze.
"Here." The eighth prince motioned the seventh prince to look in the direction of Queen Lin.
The seventh prince Li Ce followed the gaze of the eighth prince Li Hui, his eyes condensed, he released the fifteenth princess, lowered his head and said softly:
"Sister Fifteen, you go to play with Eleven and the others. Brother Huang won't accompany you for now."
"okay."
The fifteenth princess saw the different smile on the seventh prince's face, nodded obediently, and ran towards the princes and princesses who had already run away.
The Seventh Prince and the Eighth Prince looked at each other, straightened their clothes, and walked towards Queen Lin and Concubine Lu.
"Meet the Queen."
"Meet Concubine Lin."
The two came to Queen Lin and Concubine Lu and bowed respectfully.
"Seventh brother and eighth brother don't need to be polite."
Queen Lin calmly and generously gestured for the two of them to stand up, while Concubine Lu beside her smiled and nodded.
The laughter of the prince and princess could be heard in the distance.
The Seventh Prince stood up and looked over there, and chuckled:
"The two royal sisters-in-law haven't visited your brothers and sisters for quite some time."
Queen Lin's originally gentle and calm face suddenly turned into a lament, and she slowly walked towards the flower pavilion in the distance.
"Oh, I've had too many worries lately."
The seventh prince and the eighth prince looked at each other invisibly, lowered their heads and followed Queen Lin and Concubine Lu. The seventh prince followed Queen Lin's words and asked:
"Oh? I wonder what's bothering the emperor's sister-in-law?"
The eighth prince bowed his head and remained silent.
When Concubine Lu saw how knowledgeable the Seventh Prince was, the smile on her face deepened and her eyes became kinder.
"The seventh brother and the eighth brother are about to turn sixteen. Your Majesty should have selected a virtuous and suitable princess for you at this time, but now that Your Majesty is not in Kyoto, we are worried about these things."
"I wonder if the seventh brother and the eighth brother are interested in someone?"
"Uh..., this... that's not the case." The seventh prince Li Ce didn't know what to say for a moment and could only say dryly.
"And there's no need to rush."
"How can we not be in a hurry? Originally, the emperor's sister-in-law has already selected several ladies of the family for you. Those few are handsome, smart, and beautiful. They are all the daughters of ministers and are worthy of your status as prince."
Queen Lin and Concubine Lu walked into the flower pavilion and sat down.
Li Ce and Li Hui stood at the edge of the flower pavilion, keeping a distance from the two imperial wives.
"Oh, originally the wife of the emperor wanted to wait for His Majesty to return, and then she was going to ask His Majesty to open a palace for you to marry, but now it seems that your marriage is far away." Queen Lin's eyes were slightly red, and she hid her face and cried. .
"this…………"
The two looked at each other in silence.
Concubine Lu's eyes were also red, her tears couldn't stop flowing out, and she said angrily:
"Seventh brother, eighth brother, do you know why His Majesty did not come back? It is because the King of Chu was so rebellious that he imprisoned Your Majesty."
Li Ce and Li Hui's eyelids twitched. Although they were deep in the palace, they naturally knew about such a big event that shocked the entire government and the public.
Li Ce's eyes flashed and he lowered his head lower. He probably guessed what the two imperial wives were doing.
Li Ce and Li Hui waited quietly for Queen Lin and Concubine Lu to finish crying.
Queen Lin wiped the tears on her face with a delicate handkerchief, looked at the two of them and said:
"Seventh brother and eighth brother, the emperor's sister-in-law doesn't want to deceive you when I come here this time. She just wants you to help me and ask my ancestor if I can ask him to issue a decree to let the King of Chu release his majesty."
Concubine Lu also said with red eyes: "The court cannot be without a master for a day. Your Majesty has only been imprisoned by King Chu for a few days, and the entire court is already in chaos. Seventh and eighth brothers, you don't want to see the court in such chaos." Bar."
"Once His Majesty comes back, he will never forget your contribution, and he will grant you a royal title as soon as possible."
"Fiefdom, you can choose whichever place you want."
Li Ce looked at the two imperial wives looking at him with bright eyes, and said with a wry smile:
"Two royal sisters-in-law, you think too highly of us. How can we possibly persuade the ancestor? Even if the ancestor relents, the King of Chu may not obey the order of the ancestor and let His Majesty go."
When Queen Lin heard Li Ce's words, her eyes shed tears faster, and she pleaded in a pleading tone:
"Seventh brother, regardless of whether it is successful or not, the emperor's sister-in-law begs you to give it a try, okay?"
Concubine Lu said quickly with tears in her eyes: "Yes, seventh brother and eighth brother, you don't know that the King of Chu is now leading the rebel army to kill in Kyoto. If he is killed by the King of Chu and enters Kyoto, everything will be over, so Seventh and eighth brothers, even if the King of Chu doesn’t release His Majesty, we can’t let the King of Chu lead his troops into Kyoto.”
Queen Lin nodded heavily and said: "It is indeed unlikely that the King of Chu will let His Majesty go, but the seventh and eighth brothers can ask the ancestor to order the King of Chu to immediately stop the army and let the army led by the King of Chu retreat. I will definitely agree, as long as King Chu cannot enter the capital, everything is still possible."
Concubine Lu cried and said: "Seventh and eighth brothers, think about how His Majesty treated you when he was in power. Now it's your turn to repay His Majesty. All you have to do is go and talk in front of our ancestors."
"Yes, seventh brother, if His Majesty cannot come back, you will be the eldest prince in the palace, and you will be needed to preside over the overall affairs of the court." Queen Lin said solemnly. (End of chapter)