Chapter 1877: The Emperor Should Understand Now
Chapter 1877: Chapter 1877: The Emperor Should Understand Now
Seeing that Qu Xiao’s expression seemed to have improved slightly, the Prime Minister hurriedly nodded in agreement.
Qu Xiao’s face then looked a bit better.
However, Qu Xiao stopped talking, and the head eunuch urgently signaled him with his eyes, leaving the Prime Minister no choice but to speak under pressure, “Originally, we were considering the royal family, and a prince would be even better. If the rumors from Zhaoqi Kingdom are true, that person would be the Sixth Prince. Although Da Ling is a major country, not suitable for their princess royal, but he’s somewhat better than the others. However, since our Dongxiao royal family has few members and the Emperor has no sons, we discussed selecting from the nobility…” Seeing that the Emperor’s expression was turning worse, he lowered his voice even more.
“Enough,” Qu Xiao cut him off, “I think Zhaoqi Kingdom has gone mad, even daring to propose marriage with a prince.”
“Huh???” The Prime Minister was a bit confused. What did the Emperor mean? They said it was just a rumor, not necessarily true, otherwise he would have reported it this morning, but why did the Emperor already take it as true? And to say such things…
This was unlike the usual Emperor.
The Emperor usually didn’t believe in rumors, and even if he did, he would at most believe them partially, maintaining a cautious skepticism and always leaving room for doubt, remarkably clear-headed.
Over the years, that was how the Emperor had progressed, extremely rational.
The head eunuch also sensed the Emperor’s restlessness, a deviation from his usual rationality, but he dared not say anything, shrinking back like a quail, making sure no one noticed him. He kept chanting in his mind: Just hint and stop, just hint and stop. After this matter, the Emperor should understand.
Seeing this, the Prime Minister found himself admiring the head eunuch.
After the Prime Minister left and the head eunuch took the serving palace staff out, leaving only Qu Xiao in the imperial study, Qu Xiao began to frown in thought.
Zhaoqi Kingdom was a small country, so how could the Sixth Prince of Zhaoqi match up to Da Ling’s princess royal, Xue Yang, who was like his little ancestor…
The nobility of Dongxiao weren’t even royal, even less suitable…
Then who was worthy of his little ancestor? And why had he become so angry just now?
Previously, Qu Xiao had been out of the loop, but he wasn’t foolish, and was always able to infer other cases from one instance, quickly grasping the crux. Now, realizing that he had actually been angry, he had somewhat come to an understanding, and after a little thought, he fully understood why he had been so displeased.
If he didn’t like Xue Yang, then who she married shouldn’t concern him, why would he feel such significant fluctuations in his mood?
Her family just wanted her to be happy. No matter the match, as long as she liked it, why should he be irritated…
Moreover, he thought for a moment, if Xue Yang ended up with someone one day, just the mere thought of it was unbearable for him, his frown deep enough to trap flies…
Now, he couldn’t afford not to be perceptive.
Xue Yang had confessed to him long ago, he knew she liked him, and even though he hadn’t seen Xue Yang for a month and a half, besides feeling irritable, he didn’t really feel threatened. But now, he suddenly felt threatened… even though he was well aware that Xue Yang wouldn’t just agree to marry anyone who proposed… but he still felt threatened…
Even more irritable…
Qu Xiao simply put down his imperial brush.
No matter what, he was the Emperor of Dongxiao, and in terms of status, he was definitely a match for her. But he was twenty-eight years old, although nowadays everyone lived long lives, with many reaching a hundred, but thirty years was still a threshold like before… After this threshold, even being the Emperor, he felt somewhat less competitive than those younger… he would be turning thirty in a few years…