Once the war turned toward defeat, Qi Kingdom would face the danger of national extinction!
Between the rise and fall of the state and the lives of a group of sons, he chose the former!
Sons could always be fathered again. He did not lack women to bear him sons. Besides, he had other sons; only those sons holding positions at court had been poisoned.
Such thinking might have been too cold and heartless. His children would certainly find it hard to accept.
But in his eyes, personal feelings were unimportant. If all of Qi Kingdom perished, he would lose not only those poisoned sons—he likely would not even be able to keep his unpoisoned sons and daughters, and he would lose far, far more besides!
Therefore, he would rather suffer a tremendous loss of face than marry Hao Cheng into Wei Kingdom. He did not lack one son like that!
Two groups hurriedly met on the street, and the husband and wife leading them also came face-to-face.
Hu Yan Wei arrived with his men, his face covered in a thick beard. The moment he saw Hao Qingqing, he shouted, "Why did you have me bring people here in such a blazing hurry?"
Hao Qingqing said, "Someone bullied me. Are you just going to ignore it?"
"Pah!" Hu Yan Wei snorted disdainfully, looking his wife up and down. "Bullied you? In this Qi Capital, you're the only one who bullies people. Who would dare bully you? Let me tell you, I'm busy. I still have to complete the troop-drilling task Father assigned me. If I fail, I'll get beaten with military rods again. I don't have time to fool around with you... Then again, you'll get to gloat and laugh at me when the time comes."
Hao Qingqing stared