Chapter 336 Plum Blossom Birthmark
The Queen had not expected that even though Princess Jingrou had such a bad reputation, the Crown Prince was still willing to marry her. The Queen did not want her daughter to go to the Canglang Kingdom for marriage, so she naturally tried her best to make Qianhuan marry Qi Beiming.
The Queen persuaded the prince earnestly, "Zi Yu, all the daughters of officials present today are dignified and virtuous ladies from aristocratic families. They are very suitable for you in terms of status and position. Just tell me which one you like and I will give it to you. The king of Canglang Kingdom came from afar just to form an alliance with our Dayuan Kingdom. It is rare that he is interested in Princess Jingrou. As a minister of Dayuan, the prince should put state affairs first. I think it is most appropriate to let Princess Jingrou go to marry."
The emperor also nodded in agreement, "Zi Yu, the queen is right. The noble ladies present here are all good in status, appearance and talent. Just pick the one you like and I will decide on the marriage."
Upon hearing this, all the noble ladies present looked at the prince eagerly, hoping that he would choose them.
However, the prince didn't even look at them, "Thank you for your kindness, Your Majesty and the Queen, I only love Qianhuan, I don't want anyone else except her, please grant me marriage."
Qi Beiming also hurried forward and said, "Your Majesty, I also sincerely ask to marry Princess Jingrou, and I hope Your Majesty will agree."
The prince did not expect that Qi Beiming would openly snatch his woman. He stared at Qi Beiming with a gloomy face, and that look was full of murderous intent, as if he wanted to crush the other person on the spot.
Qi Beiming also looked back at the prince with a provocative look on his face, not taking the prince's murderous intent seriously at all.
His Majesty was also in a dilemma at this time. He was naturally willing to use an insignificant person to replace his Ninth Princess to marry, but the Crown Prince was also a minister he favored, and now he had a large army under his command. As the king of a country, he could not offend him easily.
Just when His Majesty was in a dilemma, the Queen spoke at the right time, "Zi Yu, you are the only legitimate son of Prince An, a legitimate royal child. You know the rules of our royal family for marrying concubines. Your Majesty and I have already followed your wishes regarding the status of women, but her body must be clean. Princess Jingrou has been to a brothel and is already an unfaithful person. She is not qualified to marry you at all. It is rare that the monarch of Canglang Country does not despise her past. I think sending Princess Jingrou to marry is the best arrangement for her."
"Your Majesty, whether Qianhuan is qualified to marry me is up to me. If I think she is qualified, then she is qualified. I will never allow anyone to take her away from me."
His Majesty was already a little angry when he saw that the prince was so stubborn. He said in a low voice, "Zi Yu, you'd better not be stubborn. If the Queen Mother knew that I gave you such an unfaithful and unclean woman, I'm afraid she would blame me for not thinking about you. You should choose another prince's consort. I can't give you a person with an unclean body."
Qianhuan stood up to defend herself, "Your Majesty, I have never done anything out of line. I am innocent and not unfaithful."
Seeing this, the Crown Princess stood up and said, "Princess Jingrou, you have been to such a dirty place as a brothel, and you still have the nerve to say that you are innocent?"
"Have you ever heard the saying 'The lotus grows out of mud but remains unstained'? I am just like that lotus. Although I once lived in a brothel, I have a firm mind and only earn money by performing. I have never sold my body. I am open and honest."
"Father, a woman who marries into the royal family must be pure and innocent. Since Princess Jingrou is so sure, why don't we find a few maids to examine Princess Jingrou."
The Crown Princess made this suggestion because she didn't believe that a woman who had been to a brothel could still be a virgin.
Moreover, the Crown Princess thought that even if she was still a virgin, she could ask the physical examination nanny to make her look bad, and then she would have no choice but to be sent to marry.
In front of so many civil and military officials, she was tested by a nanny to find out that she was not a virgin. Even if the customs of the Canglang people were open-minded, Qi Beiming, as the king of a country, could not be completely indifferent.
Even if she married into the Canglang Kingdom at that time, her life would not be easy. Thinking of this, the Crown Princess felt very happy.
Qianhuan saw that Zhao Yanran had a malicious look on her face, as if she was sure that she was not innocent. Qianhuan suddenly remembered that she had read a palace fighting novel, in which someone bribed the body-examination nanny to deliberately destroy the virginity of a virgin.
Moreover, if she was dragged by the nanny for a physical examination today, no matter whether she was innocent or not, she would become a laughing stock. Qianhuan, realizing this, immediately thought that she must not go for a physical examination.
At this time, His Majesty nodded and said, "Well, Crown Princess, this is a very good idea. Someone, please ask the body examination nanny to come over."
Qianhuan shouted, "Your Majesty, there is no need to ask for a nanny to examine me. I will prove my innocence right now."
As soon as she finished speaking, Qianhuan rolled up the sleeve of her left arm. Qianhuan couldn't help but secretly feel lucky that there was such a thing as Shougongsha in ancient times. She raised her arm and said to everyone, "Look, my Shougongsha is still there. I am innocent. Please don't talk nonsense in the future."
Everyone was stunned by Qianhuan's behavior. No one expected Qianhuan to lift up her sleeves in public. They wanted to criticize her, but when they saw the bright red toad blood on her arm, they all fell silent.
When the prince saw the toad blood on Qianhuan's arm, he was very happy. It seemed that there was another hidden story behind her affair with Qi Beiming. He would go back and ask her about it.
Seeing that Qianhuan still had her arms exposed, the prince pulled down her sleeves for her while complaining unhappily, "Who told you to lift up your sleeves? Put them down quickly."
Qianhuan let the prince pull down her sleeves. She thought to herself, it's just showing my arms, what's the big deal? In modern times, they still wear bikinis when they go to the beach.
She said in a grievance, "It's because everyone wrongly accused me of being unclean. In order to prove my innocence, I had to resort to this desperate measure. Otherwise, the Crown Princess would have someone take me for a body examination, which would be so humiliating."
The prince said to everyone in a domineering manner, "Everyone has seen the chastity blood. Princess Jingrou is innocent. If anyone continues to gossip about her, don't blame me for being rude."
The Crown Princess did not expect Qianhuan to do such a shocking thing, which caused her plan to fail again. She was so angry that she gritted her teeth.
At this moment, there was a person on the field who had been staring at Qianhuan's arm. It was not until the prince put down Qianhuan's sleeve that the person came to his senses.
Madam Qian excitedly tugged at General Qian and shouted, "Husband, she has a plum blossom birthmark, she has a plum blossom birthmark."
General Qian and Qian Bolin were both well-mannered men. The moment Qianhuan pulled up her sleeves, they immediately turned their heads away and looked elsewhere, without even looking up at Qianhuan's exposed arms.
So when Madam Qian said this, they were a little stunned.
General Qian Da asked in confusion, "Madam, who do you say has a plum blossom birthmark?"