Chapter 129

  Murong Feng smiled faintly and said in a soft voice, "What the Empress said is indeed good, but it depends on Chun Liu's own thoughts. However, I don't quite agree with this. It sounds like a good thing, enjoying wealth and glory without suffering as a slave anymore. But your brother will be the future King of Wumeng, if Chun Liu marries him, she might not be able to enjoy exclusive love. Even sitting in one of the three palaces, what's the fun in that? It's better to let her marry an ordinary commoner and live a comfortable life, devoted to one husband."

  Lihui paused, saying somewhat dejectedly: "I didn't think you'd refuse me. It's just that I really don't want to let these so-called princesses in the harem marry into my Wumeng country. I truly hope to find a suitable person to be my sister-in-law."

  Murong Feng just smiled faintly and said warmly, "I also know you're being kind, but Spring Willow is not only my maid, she's also a marriageable young woman. You can ask her yourself, if she's willing, I naturally won't refuse."

  Lì Fēi smiled and said, "Then I'll go ask her. If it's in front of you all, she might be shy. But if you're not around, maybe she'll be bolder."

  Watching Li Fei leave, Murong Feng suddenly smiled lightly and asked: "It's really interesting, how did the Emperor let Li Fei choose a wife for her brother?"

  Simarui smiled and said, "Eight out of ten it was your father's idea. Ever since Murong Xue was appointed as Snow Concubine by my emperor, your father never gave my emperor a good face, nor did he ever come up with any good ideas. But my emperor is used to relying on your father, and even now, he probably still hasn't learned how not to take your father's opinions into consideration."

  "Isn't there also a great prince? " Murong Feng asked casually, "Si Ma Zhe is the future emperor after all, can't he make up his mind on such a small matter? It's just that this might not be good, the Wumeng country put Princess Yali here as a hostage and became Li Fei. They want to marry a princess of the Daxing dynasty as their wife, they will definitely choose a princess who is deeply loved by the emperor, among the princesses with some weight in the Daxing dynasty, even if Li Fei kindly chose Chunliu, Wumeng country might use this as an excuse, saying that the Daxing dynasty looks down on Wumeng country and creates trouble. Father came up with this idea, fearing that he has resentment in his heart and wants to create trouble, does the emperor not know at all?"

  "The Emperor is a wise and enlightened ruler, but it's impossible for him to be wise all the time, and he may also have times of confusion." Sima Rui said calmly, "This idea only shows that the King has not thought so far ahead, just thinking that Wumeng is a small country, no need to pay attention. In fact, Wumeng wants to find a princess from the Great Xing Dynasty as a hostage. Now, Wu Meng is at the border, with outstanding military achievements, even better than Sima Qiang's time. They are afraid of losing their country, so they came up with this marriage idea, and naturally chose the princess favored by the Emperor. If it doesn't go as planned, they will take advantage of the situation to stir up trouble at the border. So, even if Chunliu agrees, she can't marry him, and marrying him would only lead to an unhappy life."

  Murong Feng didn't speak, his expression somewhat dazed. He suddenly had a bad feeling, as if Murong Qinglang was being deliberate, he hated the Emperor, hated that the Emperor took away his beloved daughter and harmed his wife, so he hated him. At the time when Madam Murong committed suicide, he already had intentions of revenge, he had already considered the Emperor an enemy, how could he possibly be sincere for the Emperor's sake?

  As for Sima Zhe, Murong Feng did not believe that only Sima Rui and himself, as well as Murong Xuan, knew about him and Hong Yu. Perhaps Murong Qinglang also knew. If he knew, how could he still care about the relationship between him and Sima Zhe?

  Simarui was also thinking about his own worries on the side and didn't notice Murong Feng's daze. In fact, he was also in a mess in his heart. Murong Qinglang made it clear that it was intentional, and... some things would eventually surface one day. At that time, how would Murong Feng face it?

  Chun Liu did not respond to Li Fei's proposal. She would rather stay by her mistress' side, and as for the matter of marriage, she would rather follow her mistress' arrangements.

  Moreover, she was also thinking in her heart that if the young lady agreed, she would naturally notify her personally. If she didn't notify her personally, it must be because she disagreed. If the young lady disagreed, then it definitely wasn't a good thing and it's better not to promise.

  The Daxing dynasty should be a rainy era, Murong Feng likes rain so he feels happy, it was clearly sunny in the morning, but suddenly changed to rain in the afternoon.

  Simarui said, "This summer's rain is several days at a time, and for more than half of the year in the Great Xing Dynasty, it is raining."

  Murong Feng was truly delighted when he heard this.

  He Yang Palace, the Emperor and Snow Concubine sat facing each other. Murong Xue smiled slightly as she listened to the Emperor's complaints about her father's behavior, which was not surprising to her. She knew that her father must have been resentful of her being favored by the Emperor, and even more so since he had let his own wife die from injury. How could her father possibly treat the Emperor with the same respect as before?

  "Your Majesty, Snow's father was indeed in the wrong, but please don't let this matter weigh on your mind again. Snow apologizes to Your Majesty on behalf of her father. Snow knows that you are a magnanimous person and will not take this to heart." Murong Xue smiled slightly and spoke softly, "Snow has another matter to request Your Majesty's permission for. Does Your Majesty have the mood to listen to Snow now?"

  "What is it?" The emperor was somewhat curious, as Mu Rong Xue rarely asked him for anything. Suddenly, she had something to ask of him now, and the emperor couldn't bear to refuse her. "Speak, let me hear."

  Murong Xue still smiled slightly and spoke in a soft voice, "Your Majesty, now that summer has arrived, Snow's third sister has also returned. Although she was frightened at the time, fortunately, she didn't suffer much harm, which is a blessing from heaven. Although Liu's methods were wrong back then, and Snow lost her first child because of it, considering her loyalty to Your Majesty, Snow would like to request something of you. Liu indeed committed an unforgivable sin, but these days, her health has been poor, with only her son who was stripped of his title by her side, and no one suitable to take care of her. A few days ago, Snow went to visit her and truly couldn't bear it. If Your Majesty permits, Snow would like to ask you to allow Hongyu to go and take care of her. After all, Hongyu is still Liu's daughter-in-law, and besides, Sima Qiang has not seen his wife for half a year. Although they have erred, Your Majesty doesn't need to punish them so severely. They are already in the Si Gu Yuan, it would be better if someone took care of them."

  The emperor was taken aback, and blurted out: "Xue'er, you really have opened my eyes. I thought you would never forgive those two, and even I still harbor resentment towards them for harming my dragon fetus, you, and our daughter-in-law Feng'er. But I didn't expect you to actually consider their well-being. It seems that I haven't doted on you in vain."