noffsinger Chapter 844: One wave has not subsided, another wave has arisen
Chapter 844: One wave has not subsided, another wave has arisen
Jiang Fenghua stood in the distance, looking in the direction where Jiang Jinyan and Sang Yupianpian left, and fell into deep thought.
The eldest brother is just good-looking, dull and uninteresting. Does Sang Yu Pianpian like him so much?
Xie Shang asked his elder brother to send her back. What is the deeper meaning?
Let the eldest brother seduce the Queen of Chaoxi Kingdom.
Jiang Fenghua shook off the dirty thoughts in his mind and said, "Brother won't do that."
She did not follow Xie Shang back to the imperial study. Seeing Shangguan Li patrolling around with his men, she walked up to Shangguan Li.
Shangguan Li saw the Queen coming and bowed quickly: "Your humble servant greets the Queen."
Jiang Fenghua nodded, "I haven't thanked Captain Shangguan for the ancient book he sent me yet. Thank you very much, Captain Shangguan. I want to know if anyone in your Shangguan family has ever seen an animal like a whale?"
Shangguan Li smiled, "Your Highness, you are exaggerating. These are what I should do. You don't have to be polite. Actually, my grandfather likes to collect anecdotes and record things he encounters in life. When I was a child, I happened to see the appearance of a whale in my grandfather's record book. I thought it was very terrifying and huge, and it left a deep impression on me."
Seeing that the queen was silent, Shangguan Li lowered his voice and continued, "The assassin has a whale pattern on his body, and the totem of the Northern Xiao Kingdom is also a whale pattern. Now the envoys of the Northern Xiao Kingdom have suddenly come to visit and ask the Great Zhou to give up the northern border. I think they are deliberately trying to cause our dissatisfaction so that they can take the opportunity to cause trouble. Maybe they have already intended to seize the northern border."
Jiang Fenghua glanced at him, and a smile of appreciation appeared on the corner of his lips, "Captain Shangguan sees things very clearly."
Shangguan Li smiled and said, "The envoys from the Northern Xiao Kingdom are very hostile. Our Shangguan family has been military commanders for generations, so we are still wary of this."
"I want to look up the history of the Northern Owl Kingdom. I wonder if your grandfather can help me solve this mystery."
Shangguan Li said: "My grandfather is eighty-nine years old. He is in poor health, his legs and feet are not convenient, and his eyesight is not good. It may not be convenient for him to enter the palace."
"I want to go out of the palace to meet General Shangguan. Captain Shangguan, please introduce me to him!"
Shangguan Li said quickly: "I can send someone to bring Grandfather to the palace, Your Majesty does not have to go in person."
Jiang Fenghua also thought that Xie Shang should also meet General Shangguan. He must have summoned the ministers to the imperial study to discuss the visit of envoys from various countries to Beijing.
"After the banquet, the emperor and I will go to Shangguan Mansion to pay a visit to the old general." Jiang Fenghua said.
Shangguan Li did not refuse, because his grandfather's legs were indeed inconvenient, and he was also old, and it would be a burden for him to enter the palace.
"Why haven't I seen Miss Aoxue these days?" Shangguan Li asked.
Jiang Fenghua said: "She and Mr. Gongsun went to do some work."
A hint of disappointment flashed across Shangguan Li's eyes. Jiang Fenghua saw through Shangguan Li's thoughts at a glance, "Do you like Aoxue?"
Shangguan Li suddenly became nervous, "I... don't have any."
Jiang Fenghua smiled, "It's normal to like her, Captain Shangguan, don't feel embarrassed."
Shangguan Li knew that Aoxue was very sad because of Yeying's death, but the dead were gone, and he hoped that Aoxue could return to her normal life.
Jiang Fenghua asked again, "Is Commander Shang not in the palace? He has been on duty with you recently."
Shangguan Li said: "Commander Shang has asked for leave, but don't worry, Your Majesty, we were all brought up by Commander Shang, and we will guard the safety of the palace well."
Jiang Fenghua asked: "What happened to the merchant?"
She had to be on guard against Shang Hong's betrayal.
Shangguan Li received instructions from Commander Shang, who told him to follow the Queen's instructions in everything and to inform her if there was anything. It seemed that Commander Shang trusted the Queen very much.
He said, "I heard that Shang Jia is planning to arrange a marriage for the commander, and the person Shang Jia is planning to marry is the daughter of the Minister of Industry. Lord Shang should be getting married!"
Jiang Fenghua was struck by lightning when he heard the news. "Who is he going to marry?"
"The daughter of Minister Shen of the Ministry of Works." Shangguan Li continued, "Lord Shang's wife died early, so marrying Lord Shen's daughter can be considered a second marriage! The previous wife left behind a pair of children, who are still young and cannot be left without a mother to take care of them, so..."
Jiang Fenghua didn't listen to what he said, and said in a deep voice, "Send someone to call Shang Hong into the palace to see me."
Shangguan Li was stunned. The queen's face turned ugly. What happened?
He did not dare to delay and immediately sent someone out of the palace to Shang Mansion.
Shang Hong also rushed to Kunning Palace after receiving the notice.
Jiang Fenghua was waiting for him in the front hall. Seeing Shang Hong coming, she dismissed everyone and asked Hongxiu and Lianye to guard outside the door.
Shang Hong bowed quickly, "I pay my respects to Your Majesty."
Jiang Fenghua's eyes were cold. Helan Yanran and Shang Hong had done something shameful and even got pregnant. Such a thing had happened in the harem. She suppressed the anger in her chest and was now cleaning up the mess she had caused by letting them out of the palace.
"I heard that Lord Shang is getting married." Jiang Fenghua said coldly.
Shang Hong was shocked and knelt on the ground, "My Lady."
Jiang Fenghua said coldly: "Speak now, everyone outside is my people, tell me the truth, if you dare to lie to me, your position as Commander Shang may be unstable."
At this point, Shang Hong dared not lie to the Queen, "My parents arranged this marriage, I don't agree..."
"Just tell me the result." Jiang Fenghua didn't want to hear him explain the process. No matter how much he said, it would be just him making excuses.
"The wedding date has been set, next month." Shang Hong said.
"How did Helan Yanran arrange it?" she said.
Shang Hong's eyes were filled with guilt. "My parents said that after Lan'er gives birth to the child, I will take her into the mansion."
Jiang Fenghua smiled coldly, "The daughter of the Marquis of Changping is going to marry into your Shang family as a concubine. If the Marquis of Changping finds out, do you know what the consequences will be? Shang Hong, what did you promise me in the beginning? Are you worthy of her?"
Shang Hong didn't know what to do. "I don't want to do this either, but Lan'er's identity is very embarrassing. If I marry her openly, her identity will be difficult to explain to the world. If I let her enter the mansion at this time, the Shen family will definitely not be willing."
"I want to ask you how you are going to explain this to Helan Yanran." Jiang Fenghua
Shang Hong was speechless for a moment and couldn't utter a word.
Jiang Fenghua said coldly: "Since you haven't figured anything out, how dare you take her out of the palace in the first place, and how dare you do such a beastly thing to her.
Helan Yanran is a concubine in the harem. It is inevitable that she can't bear loneliness in the deep palace. She fell for any man who seduced her casually. But Lord Shang, you are a mature man. You have married and had children. You are also the commander of the Imperial Guard. It is a capital crime to have an affair with a concubine in the harem. Don't you know that?"
Shang Hong knelt on the ground, "Your Majesty, spare my life, I..."
Jiang Fenghua lowered his voice and continued, "The Helan family has been looking for their daughter. Send Helan Yanran back to Madam Changping Hou!"