Chapter 144 Who Is the Princess and Who Is the Concubine

That night.

Chen Huaian held a grand celebration banquet in Longcheng to welcome the Longcheng soldiers who returned from the Western Expedition.

During the banquet, Chen Huaian not only toasted with the Longcheng generals, but also personally walked among the Longcheng Iron Pagoda soldiers with a jar of wine to drink with the grassroots soldiers.

The celebration banquet lasted until late at night, until Pang Xianchu, Fan Wuji and other generals were drunk and fell under the table, and the celebration banquet ended.

Chen Huaian also drank a lot of wine, his face was red and he was drunk.

But his mind was still clear, and there were still a lot of things waiting for him to deal with.

As soon as he returned to the Jinwang Mansion, Chen Huaian locked himself in the study and prepared to comprehensively sort out the [Born Emperor Fate] system.

Just as he was about to communicate with the system with his mind, there was a knock on the door outside the study.

Then, the voice of the queen mother Xu Ruoyun came: "Huaian, the queen mother ordered the kitchen to prepare a hangover soup for you. Shall I bring it in now?"

"Ah——"

Chen Huaian was stunned, shook his head and sighed for a long breath of alcohol, then stood up and said: "Mother, come in!"

He knew very well that the old lady's sending of hangover soup was fake, and she came to chat with him for real.

Soon, the door of the study was pushed open by the maid of the palace, and then a maid brought a bowl of hot hangover soup to Chen Huaian.

Another maid, then helped the old concubine Xu Ruoyun of the Jin Palace into the study.

Chen Huaian took two big gulps of the hangover soup, and felt comfortable all over, and the smell of alcohol on his breath also became a little lighter.

Seeing this, Xu Ruoyun showed a motherly smile on her face.

Then, she waved her hand and told the maids, "Qiuxiang, Dong'er, you go down first!"

"Yes, Madam Dowager!"

Chen Huaian thought, as expected, the old lady has something to say to me!

The two maids left the study, and did not forget to close the door considerately.

In the huge study of the palace, only Xu Ruoyun and Chen Huaian were left.

Xu Ruoyun said: "Huaian, after thinking about it, I feel that the question that Long Xiang asked you when we welcomed you into the city at Yongding Gate today is indeed a problem."

"Be honest with me, do you have any confidantes in the Western Regions when you go to the Western Regions this time?"

After a pause, Xu Ruoyun seemed to feel that this statement was a bit inappropriate, and added, "Son, I am not here to blame you;"

"You are at the age of blood and vigor, and you are the respected King of Jin. It is normal for you to seek flowers and ask willows, and even have three wives and four concubines."

"What my mother means is that you are in a high position now, and it coincides with the critical moment when the Longcheng Jingnan Army is marching south. You must be very careful in handling marriage matters."

Xu Ruoyun said: "When you led the army to the Western Regions, as soon as you left Longcheng, Wuning King Liu Xinwu brought Princess Liu Shujun to the palace to pay homage to my mother;"

"My mother has seen Shujun, she is a gentle and generous girl!"

"But--"

After saying that, Xu Ruoyun changed the subject and continued: "Shujun has been held in the palm of the hand by Wuning King since she was a child. She has a gentle personality and is not cunning;"

"My mother is worried that if you have a confidante in the Western Regions and bring her to the palace, will Shujun have any thoughts?"

"In the future, will there be any conflicts between your confidante and Shujun?"

"These are what my mother is worried about!"

Ahem!

After listening to his mother Xu Ruoyun's words, Chen Huaian coughed twice in a slightly embarrassed manner.

Judging from what my mother said, she must have tacitly agreed to let Liu Shujun, the daughter of King Wuning, be the princess' daughter-in-law during my Western Expedition.

She came here tonight to test my opinion by sending sobering soup~

Faced with the questioning of my mother Xu Ruoyun, Chen Huaian did not intend to hide it.

He half-jokingly said: "Mother, if I say no, will you believe it?"

Haha!

Xu Ruoyun smiled intriguingly and said: "Son, when your father returned from the Western Regions, when your mother welcomed him into the gate of the palace, she also asked him the same question;"

"Your father also swears to me at that time, patting his chest and saying, no!"

"But later, within a month, he married your second and third mothers into the mansion!"

Ahem!

Chen Huaian coughed twice again and said bluntly: "Okay, mother, if you say so, then maybe, there really is one!"

"But she is not my confidante!"

After a pause, Chen Huaian continued: "Strictly speaking, she was a condition attached when the Western Regions Huihe Khanate submitted a letter of surrender to me."

"By the way, she is the daughter of the Yingwu Khan of the Huihe Khanate, Princess Pijia."

"In addition, she saved my life. When I returned to Jin, I promised her that after she recovered from her injury, I would personally take her to her fiefdom Longcheng!"

Listening to Chen Huaian's words, Xu Ruoyun nodded slightly.

Finally, he asked with a smile: "Oh? What's going on? Tell me slowly!"

"Mother, this is what happened..."

Next, Chen Huaian told Xu Ruoyun about his experiences in the Western Regions like a bamboo tube pouring beans.

The cause and effect, the concerns, were all told to Xu Ruoyun without missing a word.

After listening to Chen Huaian's narration, Xu Ruoyun smiled with surprise and remained silent for a long time.

After a long time, he spoke: "It seems that this Princess Yue Qiluo of the Uighur Khanate is destined to be your fate!"

"Son, if this happens, you will face a dilemma in the future!"

Xu Ruoyun said: "One is Princess Yue Qiluo of Pijia, who represents the interests of the 36 countries in the Western Regions;"

"The other is Princess Shujun Liu Shujun, who represents the interests of the old ministers of the Daxin Dynasty and the generals of the 14 states of Youyun;"

"Whether it is the heroic Khan Mo Yanchuo of the Uighur Khanate, or Liu Xinwu, the Wuning King, one of the eight kings of the Daxin Dynasty;"

"They chose to bet on you and chose to let their daughters come to sign a marriage contract because they saw your unlimited future;"

"Although my mother is a woman, "I am not a descendant of your father, but in the past twenty years since I married your father, I have been exposed to the intrigues and schemes in the court;"

"Whether it is Liu Xinwu or Mo Yanchuo, what they are eyeing is nothing more than the position of the founding queen after the Dragon City army succeeds in the rebellion and you are crowned emperor;"

Speaking of this, Xu Ruoyun deliberately paused, looking straight at Chen Huaian, and asked:

"So, can you tell your mother, if Princess Pijia Yue Qiluo and Princess Shujun Liu Shujun are married to the Prince of Jin's mansion in the future, who will be the princess and who will be the concubine?"

"Two princesses, who is older and who is younger?"