In order to eat, I signed a contract with the system

Chapter 404: Legend of Zhen Huan - Nian Shilan 8

But the problem is that Prince Lian has no chance at all, he is just a grinding stone! After leaving Nian Shilan last time, Nian Gengyao himself thought about it carefully. The situation is indeed as Nian Shilan said. With Prince Lian's personality and methods, he is indeed not suitable to be the emperor. What's more, he has heard that Prince Lian is henpecked, and that Prince Lian's wife Guo Luoluo has a savage personality and ruthless methods. If such an emperor and empress really become one, it will really not be a good thing.

"My younger sister is a banner girl, and her marriage is decided by the emperor. If she is not selected, she can get married on her own. The Nian family dare not arrange it in advance."

Nian Gengyao's words were straightforward, almost saying that the Nian family could not make the decision. If Prince Lian was interested, he should ask the emperor himself, instead of forcing a brother who had no decision-making power to make a guarantee.

The eighty-nine and three lords had never thought that Nian Gengyao would refuse, and the situation was stagnant for a moment, but it must be said that the reason Nian Gengyao found was damn reasonable. Even the Ninth Lord, who was always the most cautious, could not think of anything to blame.

"Yes, yes, this is the ancestral rule. I was wrong."

Prince Lian spoke to ease the atmosphere, smiling gently as if he was not the one who was rejected. But in his heart, he wondered if Nian Gengyao's words meant that the Nian family would support any prince the emperor married the young lady of the Nian family to? Or did he misunderstand, and Nian Gengyao's words were purely to express loyalty to the emperor, and no matter which prince the young lady of the Nian family married, the Nian family would only be loyal to the emperor?

"It's getting late. I have to go back now. Thank you for your hospitality, Master. I'll take my leave now."

As soon as Nian Gengyao left here, the news about Nian Gengyao's contact with Prince Lian reached Prince Yong. Prince Yong was really anxious now. It was obvious that he had used his identity as the flag owner to contact Nian Gengyao several times and gradually gained Nian Gengyao's trust, but he didn't know what happened and suddenly things were back to the way they were before.

"Su Peisheng, how long has it been since we received any news from the Nian Mansion?"

"My Lord, it's been a month." Su Peisheng reported with his head down. He was very nervous. One could tell from the prince's expression that he was on the verge of a fit of rage. In order not to step on landmine, Su Peisheng had to be extremely alert and observe the prince's words and expressions to the extreme.

"Go, go and call Gao Wuyong!"

"Bang! You useless thing! There has been no news for a month and you still haven't found any problems today!" As expected, Prince Yong was completely furious. He grabbed the inkstone on the table and smashed it down.

Su Peisheng suppressed his trembling and retreated. As soon as he went out, he quickly ran to the back to ask Gao Wuyong to take the blame. Fortunately, Gao Wuyong was usually in charge of these matters, so if he made a mistake now, it shouldn't affect him.

Yixiu was well-informed about the news in Prince Yong's mansion, but she was not very clear about the news outside the court. Today was the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, and she had already instructed the kitchen to prepare a table of Yinzhen's favorite dishes, including the bowl of old duck soup, waiting for Yinzhen to come.

Seeing that it was getting dark, the food was almost cold, and Yinzhen had not come yet, Jianqiu understood the emperor's intention and ordered the maid in the main courtyard to go to the front courtyard to inquire about the news. When the maid came back, her face was covered with cold sweat and she looked very scared.

"Aunt Jianqiu, Aunt Jianqiu!" the little maid shouted.

"What happened in the front yard? Why are you so scared?" Jianqiu stepped forward to stop her, so that her shouting would not alarm the concubine in the hall. "Tell me now, don't disturb the concubine."

Yixiu was still waiting for Yinzhen when she suddenly heard footsteps. She looked up in surprise, only to find that the person coming was not Yinzhen but Jianqiu.

"Fujin, there's something wrong in the front yard."

"what?"

"I saw that the prince had not come yet, and I was afraid that he would be seduced by some shameless bitch on the way. I specially asked a little maid to wait in front. The little maid came back just now and was very scared."

"I heard that the prince was very angry and even Gao Wuyong was beaten with thirty boards. Su Peisheng sent a message specifically asking Fu Jin to rest early today. I don't think the prince will come."

Knowing that Yinzhen didn't come not because he was seduced away by the concubines in the backyard, Yixiu felt much better. But when she heard that the prince was in a bad mood and would not come, Yixiu was still a little disappointed.

She thought for a moment, helped Jianqiu up, and ordered, "Jianqiu, go and pack some of the old duck soup I prepared for the prince, and let's go to the front yard and take a look."

"Nothing is more important than the prince's health. Given the prince's temper, I think he probably didn't eat."

At present, Yixiu and Yinzhen had not reached the state of being speechless with each other as they did in the later period. Yinzhen still had some respect for Yixiu, his gentle sister. When Yixiu came to bring him soup, he naturally would not refuse. He simply comforted Yixiu with a few words before he calmed down and thought about how he could win over the Nian family.

After the court session the next day, Prince Yong took the initiative to find Nian Gengyao. Since his eighth brother could "respect the wise and humble", then he, as the leader of the banner, could naturally do the same, and it would even be more legitimate.

So Nian Gengyao couldn't go home for dinner today. He went to another place to drink with Prince Yong, the Fourth Prince, and Longkodo.

"Come on, Liang Gong, I'll give you a toast."

I have to say that sometimes Prince Yong is actually more humble than Prince Lian. After all, Prince Lian seems to be gentle to everyone, but judging from the living environment of his concubines in his mansion, we can tell that deep down he actually looks down on people of lower status. Prince Yong looks cold and unapproachable, but he is actually more down-to-earth than Prince Lian.

If Nian Gengyao had not seen that dream, he would really be moved by Prince Yong's sincerity. A powerful prince who is usually cold to everyone suddenly comes to you and tells you that he admires you, has high hopes for your talent, and regards you as his "brother", and even affectionately calls you by your courtesy name. Who wouldn't be confused?

Especially since he never mentioned any marriage or joining the party the whole time, and only said that he saw that you got along well with him. There was also a cousin of the emperor who was of noble birth who supported him. Wow, this is much more clever than Prince Lian's superficial attempt to win over others.

Who could have thought that such a 'good master' and 'good brother-in-law' had been wary of the Nian family before he came to power, and wanted to destroy the bridge after crossing the river. The six-month-old male fetus in my sister's belly was aborted by a bowl of 'abortion-preserving medicine'. And the Huanyi incense, which represents pampering, was made of musk deer from the lowest point in the northwest...

In front of him was Prince Yong's kind little face, in his mind was Nian Shilan's painful cries and the heads of the entire Nian family who were executed and rolled down. Nian Gengyao felt as if his whole body was torn apart. Even the wine in his mouth tasted different. When he heard Prince Yong calling him Liang Gong, he could not help dry heaving.

"I can't do it anymore. Prince Yong and Lord Tong, please spare me."

Although he failed to get Nian Gengyao to join him, Prince Yong was quite happy to find out that the other party had not joined the rival family either. He now knew what Nian Gengyao had said to Prince Lian last night. Prince Yong felt that Nian Gengyao's intention was to support whoever the emperor arranged to marry Miss Nian. For this reason, he planned to go to the palace to find Concubine De and ask her to ask the emperor for help.