BXBX NOVEL Chapter 1180 - All The Careerists (10)
Chapter 1180: All The Careerists (10)
Fengqi State’s Princess Seven.
His real name was Shen Pin.
Men’s positions were not high in the palace, usually, and in the end, they would be married off as a means of securing the throne.
Shen Pin’s father didn’t want that for his children.
So when Shen Pin was born, his father hid his gender and raised him as a girl.
He didn’t expect Shen Pin to compete for the throne. He only hoped that when Shen Pin was his age and left the royal palace with a noble title, he would be free.
Unfortunately, encountering such changes, Shen Pin didn’t wait for a reward title from the late empress.
Ming Shu pushed away the seemingly boneless man on top of her.
Shen Pin’s body was very soft. With such a weak physical condition, even if he wanted to exercise, he could only be slightly stronger than average men.
He pushed and shoved with Ming Shu, so finally Ming Shu could only let him lean on her. “Lady Prime Minister, you haven’t answered me,” he continued.
“Your Highness, I just came to mock you.”
Ming Shu answered very honestly.
She didn’t expect him to confess so soon this time...
“So, Lady Prime Minister, do you want to see me marry the prince of that Beiyue State, and then sleep with him?”
“You’re all men anyway. Why not?”
“Men...” Shen Pin paused. “Men could also...”
Ming Shu: “...” You know a lot, little demon!
Ming Shu pushed him away finally. “Your Highness, mind your behavior. You offer yourself like this, I’m afraid I couldn’t take you.”
Shen Pin took a step back. “Is it comfortable to hold me?”
Ming Shu: “...”
What exactly the character profile the little demon has chosen this time?
Why is it so strange!
Shen Pin came closer again, and the fragrance on him also reached her. “Lady Prime Minister, is it comfortable to hold me?”
“I suddenly remembered there’s still some matters I need to...” Ming Shu said as she moved toward the window. “I’ll go back first.”
Her intuition told her that she couldn’t handle the little demon easily this time.
She’d better avoid him a little bit in the future.
Ming Shu threw herself out of the window and looked back. Shen Pin stood by the window, his dark eyes looking at her like an abandoned animal’s.
Ming Shu shivered and ran faster.
Waiting for Ming Shu to disappear from sight, Shen Pin’s wronged expression changed and his mouth turned up slightly; he held a breathtaking beauty.
After a long time, the door was knocked again and the guard came in. “Your Highness, what are we going to do about the matter of Beiyue State?”
“She will help fix it for me.”
“She?” The guard paused. “Do you mean the prime minister?”
Shen Pin rubbed his fingertips. He believed that she treated him differently; she would surely help him out.
Even he was not sure why.
“Your Highness, you really intend to draw the prime minister over to your side?”
“Draw her over?” Shen Pin looked over at the sky through the window and the palace wall. “No, I will be her man.”
The guard: “Huh?”
Shen Pin didn’t mean to explain, and turned his head to look at the guard. “Why do you think she’s looking into my imperial sister?”
This question was a little over the line, and the guard didn’t know how to answer.
“...Your Highness, you didn’t tell the prime minister about Princess Four’s whereabouts, did you?” the guard asked very carefully.
If anyone knew about it and traced it to them, they would be screwed.
He didn’t want His Highness to get involved in the first place. As long as they endured and waited for His Highness to come of age, they could leave this dangerous place safely.
“She wanted to know. Of course I told her,” Shen Pin said with certainty. “I’ll give her anything she wants.”
The guard: “...”
What’s wrong with His Highness?!
...
Ming Shu went back to her mansion with a stick of sugar-coated haws in her mouth. As soon as she walked into the gate, Jing Yu showed up and stood in her way.
Jing Yu reached out to grab Ming Shu’s haws and handed it to the servant at one side. “Lady, don’t eat anything from outside, are you not afraid of poison?”
“I’ve eaten several haws. If they are poisonous, I’ll be dead anyway.” Ming Shu pulled the servant and took her haws back. “So I shouldn’t waste the rest.”
“Lady!”
“Alas, I’ll go to the study first.” Ming Shu ran away.
“Lady, wait!”
Jing Yu followed Ming Shu into the study.
“I heard the person determined to be married is Princess Seven?”
“Yes.”
Okay, I’ll have to find a way to turn this person into someone else.
She mocked him, but she couldn’t really let her little demon marry a prince.
If you play a hero now, you will be dead the next moment.
“Princess Seven...” Jing Yu probably didn’t know how to describe this princess, so she just dropped the topic.
Jing Yu ‘s expression became a little serious then. “Beiyue State was defeated this time, but I don’t think they will just accept failure. They came to our imperial capital now, Lady, you should be very careful. I’m afraid they might seek a chance to take revenge.”
“We are in Fengqi State’s imperial capital, okay?”
“Lady, just be careful.”
“What will be will be,” Ming Shu said, as deep as a well. “What’s for dinner?”
“Lady...”
“Only when you are full can you think about things effectively.”
“...” Although I think there is something wrong, I can’t refute it.
...
The next day at the court meeting, in the presence of civil and military officials, Ming Shu reported that she disagreed with Princess Seven as a candidate for the marriage.
There was still room for discussion as this matter had not been decreed.
A gleam of danger flashed past Shen Yu’s eyes. “Prime Minister, give me your reason?”
Shen Yu didn’t think highly of Shen Pin and even looked down upon “her.” In her memory, this younger sister had always been the same way. She showed no big ambition from beginning to end.
It was also why she could allow Shen Pin to live.
Now, however, her bitter rival raised an objection.
When did Shen Pin have anything to do with her?
“Princess Seven will make our Fengqi’s national prestige suffer.” Ming Shu applied others’ reasoning on the spot.
“Right, Your Majesty, please think twice.”
“Although Beiyue State was defeated this time, its strength cannot be underestimated. If Princess Seven... I’m afraid of an irreversible situation, Your Majesty, please think twice.”
When Ming Shu spoke it out, all the ministers who had opposed this decision came out.
Even some of Shen Yu’s people made opposing voices.
It just showed how unpopular the Princess Seven was.
Shen Yu raised her hand and signaled them to be quiet. “In that case, who do you think is suitable, Prime Minister?”
“As long as it’s not someone like Princess Seven, I think it’s fine.”
Shen Yu looked at her for several seconds, as if to see something from her face.
“What do you say, elders?”
Being named, the mysterious Elder Zhang answered first. “I think this person’s status should not be too high nor too low.”
That was a big generalization.
An old fox was surely an old fox.
“Elder Feng?” Shen Yu looked at Elder Feng.
Elder Feng: “I agree with what Elder Zhang said. So to speak, among all the suitable people who haven’t gotten married, the prime minister is the most suitable one.”
Ming Shu almost bit her tongue.
How come it came back to me!
“Elder Feng, are you planning to frame me again?” She wanted Beiyue State’s prince to marry her so she could arrange some plot, and everything would be smooth sailing!
“You...” Elder Feng glared at Ming Shu. “Your Majesty, you see how bad the prime minister’s attitude is.”
“Beiyue State didn’t come with good intentions, we all know that. But, Elder Feng, you want to marry their prince to me, the pillar of our country, so do you have bad intentions? Are you trying to harm me or not!”
Elder Feng: “...” Shameless! How could she call herself the pillar of the country!
Elder Feng was angered to speechlessness.
She was indeed thinking like that, but how could she just talk about it openly? How!