C212 I Suspect That General Xiao

The Emperor smiled at the princess and asked gently: "What is it?"

Since she was a little girl, she had been learning Chinese culture. Although her tone and speech were not proper, everyone could hear her clearly.

Upon hearing the emperor's question, the princess bowed respectfully towards him and said: "This time, besides congratulating the queen on her birthday, I also wish to find a Chinese husband for myself. I hope that the emperor can agree to this request."

When these words came out, most of the people who knew the Ocean Envoys subconsciously looked towards Xiao Jingyue's direction.

Prime Minister Jiang looked at his granddaughter, and her eyebrows furrowed slightly.

Even the Crown Prince couldn't help but cast a worried look at Qu Ling.

The emperor seemed to be unwilling to ruin the atmosphere as soon as the birthday banquet started. He smiled and tried to smooth things over, "Let's talk about this after the banquet. Come, let's watch the performance first."

As soon as the emperor's voice fell, the palace maid signaled for the dancers to get on the stage.

When the music started, the princess had no choice but to give up.

After they sat down, they began to discuss in low voices with their older brother unhappily, and from time to time, they would glance towards Qu Ling's direction.

The princes of the East Ocean Continent were not interested in Xiao Jingyue at all, but they were extremely interested in a beauty like Qu Ling.

Unfortunately, Qu Ling was already married and could not be robbed. He could only shake his head in regret.

Little Prince was not interested in dancing and singing, she quietly tugged at the corner of Qu Ling's clothes and asked softly: "Big sister, did that princess fall for brother-in-law?"

Children who have grown up in the royal family, no matter how well protected they are, tend to be a little precocious.

Little Prince could see the difference in the way Princess of the East Ocean Continent looked at Xiao Jingyue.

Qu Ling was too lazy to probe if he knew what "liked" meant, so he pouted and said, "Go ask your brother-in-law."

Therefore, Little Prince tilted his body to the side and asked his brother-in-law, "Brother-in-law, that princess has taken a fancy to you."

Xiao Jingyue refilled the cup in front of Little Prince with sweet wine, and said indifferently: "You saw wrong."

Little Prince retorted, "I'm not seeing things!"

Xiao Jingyue put down the wine jug, and lowered his eyes to look at him, "Then I've fallen for you."

Little Prince: "..."

Originally, she was only teasing a little kid, but who knew that Little Prince seemed to be serious.

She lowered her head shyly and rubbed the corner of her clothes. She said with embarrassment, "But I'm still young. Imperial Mother said that I won't be able to get a wife for another ten years."

Qu Ling, "..."

He really didn't know where this brat got his confidence from!

Halfway through the performance, a palace maid suddenly came over and quietly gave Qu Ling a piece of paper.

Qu Ling unfurled it and looked it: Come to the outside of the imperial flower garden. Eleven.

Qu Ling raised his eyes and looked in the direction of the Eleventh Princess, only to see the Eleventh Princess nodding towards him.

Judging from his expression, it seemed that he was rather anxious. He didn't know what urgent matter it was that he had to speak of now.

Qu Ling muttered to himself for a while, before continuing to meet with the Eleventh Princess in private. Then, he decided to choose the latter.

After handing the slip of paper to Xiao Jingyue, he left the seat like a thief.

Xiao Jingyue glanced at her but did not stop her. He continued to serve the little fellow beside him food, treating it as practice taking care of the child.

Compared to the imperial garden, the outside of the garden was very quiet.

The palace path was dark, and few court ladies could be seen coming and going. However, there were a few court ladies hiding here and whispering to each other.

When Qu Ling passed by them, he heard them discussing about the princes and princesses of the Eastern Ocean Country.

Before she could listen any further, Eleventh Princess ran over and pulled her away towards a place where no one was around.

Qu Ling's wrist felt a bit of pain, and he suspected that the Eleventh Princess was taking revenge on her.

Waiting until no one was around, he shook off her hand and snappily asked, "What business do you have with me?"

The Eleventh Princess snappily replied, "I came to remind you out of good intentions, you shouldn't be unaware of good intentions."

Qu Ling turned his wrist, and suspiciously sized Eleventh Princess up: "What are you trying to tell me?"

"A few days ago when I was playing in the Imperial Garden, I overheard my royal father and Eunuch Xi say that if the princess has taken a fancy to the General Xiao, it wouldn't be a problem for her to fulfill her wish."

Qu Ling blanked for a moment, then blurted out, "Impossible."

Even if she and Xiao Jingyue were not taken into consideration, the emperor's uncle would still have to take care of her grandfather and her aunt.

"How is that impossible!" Eleventh Princess glared at Qu Ling, "royal father also said that you are too good at causing trouble for General Xiao, and you have been married for so long, yet your stomach hasn't even moved an inch. Just with these two points alone, if he wants to take a concubine for General Xiao, even if Southern Guarding Prince is here, he wouldn't dare to say anything."

Speaking till here, Eleventh Princess thought about something and his face changed.

Qu Ling was stupefied. Honestly speaking, she did not believe that the emperor's uncle would say such words, but the Eleventh Princess did not seem to be lying. Furthermore, the emperor's uncle had also mentioned about his son just now …

"Whether it's the crown prince or my royal brother, if royal brother's mufei doesn't mention them, royal father wouldn't care about their marriage at all. But now, he's actually thinking about taking in a concubine for General Xiao …" Eleventh Princess's voice suddenly dropped, "Qu Ling, I suspect, General Xiao is actually a …."

The Eleventh Princess did not finish her sentence. Qu Ling met her gaze and in the time it took for a spark to fly off a piece of flint, he actually understood what was going on.

This was not an unfounded guess. Ever since Xiao Jingyue came to Qi Kingdom, he received all the favors from the Emperor, giving him almost everything he wanted. He gave whatever he didn't want as well. The Emperor had never felt so much love for his own child, not even the Little Prince that he had given birth to.

Furthermore, when Xiao Jingyue first entered the capital, there were people who suspected him. It was just that when the Emperor became enraged and made an example for him to kill, no one dared to bring it up again.

Eleventh Princess's eyes were red, as though he was afraid that Qu Ling would see him cry, he quickly lowered his head and quietly wiped the corners of his eyes with his handkerchief.

She did not have to like Xiao Jingyue the way she liked him, and the reason why she yelled that she wanted to marry him was mostly because she wanted to snatch Qu Ling away.

But even so, when he suddenly thought of that possibility, he couldn't help but feel sad.

"You …" Qu Ling paused for a long while, then spoke in a hoarse voice, "Don't speak nonsense."

Eleventh Princess did not utter a word. He did not even refute her, as if he had lost all of his strength to open his mouth.

The two of them stood there for a while, then Qu Ling said in a low voice: "Go back."

Eleventh Princess nodded, and started to walk with Qu Ling towards the direction of the imperial garden.

Not long after the two of them left, a slim figure walked out from the shadows.

At first glance, who else could it be other than Li Ning'er?

Li Ning'er looked at the two leaving voices, his gaze flickering.

Just as Qu Ling and Eleventh Princess were walking towards the imperial flower garden, they suddenly heard a burst of surprised voices coming from the direction of the imperial flower garden.

The two of them looked at each other and quickly ran towards the imperial garden.

When they returned to the entrance of the imperial flower garden and saw the chaotic scene inside, both of them were momentarily stunned.

When Eleventh Princess regained his senses, he staggered forward to look for his mother's concubine.

Qu Ling thought that with Xiao Jingyue's martial arts, it would not be a problem to protect himself and the Little Prince, so he ran towards the direction of the Prime Minister Jiang.

The imperial garden was a mess. The black clothed men were scurrying all over the place, leaving behind a trail of blood wherever they passed.

Amidst the chaos, Qu Ling finally found the Prime Minister Jiang protecting the empress.

Just as he was about to run over, he saw a sharp ray of light flying towards him from the corner of his eyes. He immediately stopped and barely dodged it.

When he regained his balance, he saw that it was not a man in black standing next to him, but the princess with a dagger in her hand.

The princess looked at her provocatively and waved the dagger in her hand, "I would like to ask for your ability to see if you are worthy enough for this General Xiao to like!"