Yue Feijun thought it was nonsense, but the rare smile on Yue Xingchuan’s face made him sober.
After Yue Feijun came to his senses, he suddenly felt that the conversation between him and his brother just now seemed a bit familiar?
After thinking about it carefully, Yue Feijun remembered that his brother asked the same question when the celebration banquet was changed to hunting in Xishan Mountain!
He was so busy with the aftermath of the last event that he had to pull out a bunch of rotten core turnip, and finally caught the mastermind behind it. This time, it’s just a marriage grant, there shouldn’t be any surprises, right?
Yue Feijun patted his dragon bed, yawned, and said, “Sit down and talk.”
When Yue Xingchuan sat down, Yue Feijun asked, “You really settled him so quickly?”
Yue Feijun cursed in his heart: what about the high mountain flower, this is too easy to handle, right? What’s more, his brother looks like he won’t court anyone at first glance.
Yue Xingchuan glanced at his brother’s empty dragon bed and nodded, “It’s done.”
Yue Feijun also glanced at his own bed and asked, “Why are you looking at my bed?”
Yue Xingchuan didn’t intend to say it at first, but when his brother asked, he answered honestly: “I just got up from his bed.”
Yue Feijun: …
His brother is gone.
After hearing that his brother has taken the person to bed, what else could Yue Feijun do? He could only agree to grant him the marriage.
“It’s okay to grant a marriage, as long as you like it.” Yue Feijun said, “But have you talked to imperial mother regarding this?” As the mother of the two brothers, the empress dowager certainly has the right to know.
Yue Xingchuan said: “Brother, please tell imperial mother where I went. I figure she will understand. I have to go see his mother later. His mother found out about our affairs last night and gave him a good scolding.”
Yue Feijun curled his lips: “It’s just a lecture, there’s no beating, why are you anxious?”
Yue Xingchuan said succinctly: “At the same time, his father bullied his mother last night, so he beat his father.”
Yue Fei Jun knew that Marquis Zhennan spoiled his concubines and disliked his legitimate wife, but as an emperor, it was difficult for him to get involved with a ministers’ family affairs. He had an ominous premonition.
“And so?” Yue Feijun squeezed out two words.
Yue Xingchuan set out the plan for Yue Feijun clearly.
“Brother, tell Marquis Zhennan to divorce his mother, and then ask Marquis Zhennan not to report him, and also don’t let him attend the court meeting, so as not to affect Heguang’s reputation.”
“Give me the imperial marriage decree too, it will be useful!”
A quarter of an hour later, Yue Xingchuan ran away with the imperial decree.
Yue Xingchuan ran away, but Yue Feijun couldn’t sleep.
Thinking that the empress dowager didn’t know yet, Yue Feijun ran to the empress dowager before the court meeting started, intending to have breakfast while talking.
The empress dowager went to bed early and got up very early.
When Yue Feijun arrived, the empress dowager was lying on the small bed listening to the palace maid telling a story.
Seeing Yue Feijun, the empress dowager stopped the storyteller and asked with some surprise: “There is no morning court today, why did you come here?”
Yue Feijun said: “Imperial mother, Xingchuan asked me to grant him a marriage.”
The empress dowager narrowed her eyes and smiled: “Is the person of the marriage Heguang?”
“Imperial mother, how do you know?” Yue Feijun felt strange. His mother had only met Jing Heguang a few times, and no one under her command could check on his brother’s movement.
Moreover, what Yue Xingchuan said earlier was that he guessed that the empress dowager knew, not that he had told the empress dowager.
The empress dowager smiled and said: “Of course imperial mother knows, I can see it ah. Heguang’s eyes brighten when he looks at AXing. He must like our AXing!”
Yue FeiJun: …
His younger brother is in love, and the whole family is happy but he is the last one to know, and he still has to do the work. Being an emperor is too difficult!
Thinking of his younger brother’s expression when he saw his empty bed, Yue Feijun angrily drank two large bowls of prawn green japonica rice porridge. (仁碧粳粥)
***
Yue Xingchuan took the imperial decree and returned to Marquis Zhennan Mansion.
When AFu saw him, he was so frightened that he couldn’t straighten his tongue. AFu looked around and quickly closed the door: “Your highness, why are you back again?!”
AFu thought: If he were caught, wouldn’t Madam beat them both up…
Yue Xingchuan asked him: “Where’s Heguang?”
“Lord shizi has gone to help Madam.”
Yue Xingchuan continued: “Go and tell Heguang that I’m here.”
AFu’s head was spinning. Isn’t this adding fuel to the fire?
When Yue Xingchuan saw him like this, he knew that AFu had no idea that Zhao Baozhi had already agreed to the matter between him and Jing Heguang.
AFu, who was with Jing Heguang, didn’t know, but he did. This small detail made Yue Xingchuan feel happy.
Yue Xingchuan looked at AFu with satisfaction: “I won’t bother you with what happened this morning. In the future, unless necessary, don’t disturb our sleep.”
AFu: …King Chen still holds a grudge, damn Li Da! He’s going to settle accounts with him!
***
In front of Zhao Baozhi, AFu didn’t dare to say anything openly, so he could only lean into Jing Heguang’s ear and whisper to Jing Heguang.
“Lord shizi, his highness is back and wants to see you.”
Jing Heguang’s eyes widened, then he secretly glanced at Zhao Baozhi.
Zhao Baozhi turned her back to them and was directing the maid to pack things.
Jing Heguang said, “Mother, I remembered that I had left a lot of books unpacked. I’ll go take a look.”
Zhao Baozhi, with her back to him, waved her hand casually: “Go ahead, don’t leave anything behind.”
With permission, Jing Heguang took advantage when Zhao Baozhi didn’t pay attention to slip away.
However, he didn’t know that as soon as he left, Zhao Baozhi put aside the matter at hand and stood behind the door.
Jing Heguang’s books were stored in his study room in his own yard, but where he was going to now is Zhao Baozhi’s wing room.
Zhao Baozhi affirmed: “I knew there was something wrong.”
Unknown to Jing Heguang, there was another red mark on his neck in the morning. AFu couldn’t tell the difference, so he didn’t remind him. However, Zhao Baozhi saw it clearly.
When Jing Heguang entered the wing room, Zhao Baozhi made a silent gesture, then walked towards the wing room.
***
When Jing Heguang returned to the room, he saw Yue Xingchuan who had returned.
He asked: “AXing, why are you back again?”
Yue Xingchuan said: “I just went to see my brother and asked him to take care of your father, so as not to cause trouble for you.”
Jing Heguang laughed when he heard this. When he woke up in the morning, he didn’t even think about that terrible Jing Zhonghao. Yue Xingchuan only heard it once, but remembered it in his heart!
However, it was just dawn now, and Yue Xingchuan left earlier. Could it be that his brother-in-law…was dug out of the bed by AXing?
Jing Heguang apologized to his brother-in-law in his heart, and then joked with Yue Xingchuan with a smile: “And now you ran back here again, since it is completely light, you won’t be able to leave, so you may be caught by my mother!”
Yue Xingchuan heard the light footsteps outside the door, and actually had a guess in his heart.
When he heard Jing Heguang’s words, he couldn’t help but be surprised.
—Did Jing Heguang also hear it?
Why didn’t he know that Jing Heguang had this ability, Yue Xingchuan frowned. Then he heard footsteps outside, which confirmed his guess.
Jing Heguang thought he was frightened when he frowned, so he quickly changed his words and said, “I’m teasing you. My mother is still packing her things. She won’t know!”
Yue Xingchuan: Okay.
He was always wrong about Jing Heguang.
However, the current situation is: Jing Heguang’s mother is outside, and he doesn’t know that Yue Xingchuan knows that she is there; while Jing Heguang doesn’t know that his mother is outside, and he doesn’t know that Yue Xingchuan knows that his mother is there — he is the only one who knows!
Yue Xingchuan thought about it and said: “I came here to see your mother. Doesn’t Madam want to see me? My body also doesn’t feel any discomfort now too.”
Jing Heguang smiled: “This won’t do. If you meet with her now, then she will know that you came to see me last night. My mother is too serious. Yesterday she hit my head because we did not follow the rite!”
Yue Xingchuan almost failed to keep the serious expression on his face.
Yue Xingchuan thought tiredly: Heguang, your mother already knows.
And knowing that you are talking about her behind her back.
Jing Heguang felt that Yue Xingchuan was too honest, so he gave him some advice: “When we move over, you can follow us, and then send some of the servants who do nothing but eat leisurely to help. My mother will definitely feel that you are considerate.”
When Jing Heguang said the words ‘eat leisurely’, he glanced at Yue Xingchuan.
Yue Xingchuan covered his mouth and coughed, and reluctantly explained: “I’m not used to being waited on so delicately. I got used to it during the war.”
Jing Heguang smiled and nodded, responding without any sincerity: “I believe you, I believe you. ”
Yue Xingchuan was afraid that Jing Heguang would continue to say something that couldn’t be said, so he forced the topic back: “Madam must be worried that I am not sincere, so I asked my brother for something.”
Jing Heguang was curious: “What is it?”
Yue Xingchuan raised his sleeve, and Jing Heguang reached into his sleeve.
“Long, stick-like, hard, as if wrapped in soft cloth.” Jing Heguang touched it, described it, and then said with the joy of opening a gift, “Let me see what it is.”
Jing Heguang took out the object and saw a bright yellow piece of cloth, which was rolled up with a scroll. He opened it and took a look.
— The imperial decree granting marriage!!
Jing Heguang fell into a daze. He got to stay with Zhao Baozhi for a night because of a mistake.
He thought he was already strong!
However, Yue Xingchuan got up from his bed…went out and came back again, and even brought back the imperial marriage decree!
Yue Xingchuan said: “This is the sincerity of my preparation.”
***
Outside the door, Zhao Baozhi was extremely curious.
But even after a while, she still didn’t hear her son’s voice so she became anxious.
Thinking of her son’s joking words before, Zhao Baozhi stretched out her two fingers and knocked on the door: “Open the door.”
***
Jing Heguang was shocked a second ago by the thought of ‘Has he been proposed to by Yue Xingchuan?’ , and the next second he heard…his mother’s voice?
Was he hallucinating?
Jing Heguang looked at Yuexingchuan blankly.
Yue Xingchuan whispered to him, “It’s real.”
Jing Heguang quickly opened the door for his mother with the imperial decree in hand.
Opening the door, the mother and son met.
Jing Heguang was completely confused: “Mother, why are you really here?” He was just joking!
Zhao Baozhi said: “didn’t you say you want me to catch you. Now that I’ve caught you, aren’t you happy?”
Jing Heguang smiled stiffly: “Happy.” Then Jing Heguang reacted and handed the yellow imperial decree to his mother, “Look at the sincerity that AXing has prepared for you!”
Doesn’t matter if he was caught by his own mother, he should help Yue Xingchuan gain his mother’s favor first.
Zhao Baozhi held the object in her hand and looked down.
She was stunned when she saw it.
This color…is a bit rare ah.
When she unfolds it, she sees that the words on the bright yellow cloth and the large red seal clearly indicate the identity of this piece of silk cloth – the imperial decree.
Zhao Baozhi looked at the name of his son at the front of the imperial decree and touched the words on the cloth.
She raised her eyes and looked at Yue Xingchuan, who was standing behind Jing Heguang.
Yue Xingchuan smiled at her and tried his best to express his friendliness and sincerity to Zhao Baozhi.
Zhao Baozhi smiled softly at Yue Xingchuan, then turned to look at her expectant son: “Mother saw it.”
Jing Heguang was satisfied, now his mother must be relieved about him and Yue Xingchuan being together!
Unexpectedly, his mother added: “But you guys haven’t gotten married yet, what’s about etiquette? Is mother’s request too much?”
Jing Heguang said timidly: “No…it’s because your child is not determined enough.”
When he said this, Zhao Baozhi thought about the red mark on his neck, she completely misunderstood. She raised her hand and knocked Jing Heguang’s head again with a ‘dong’.
“You don’t know how to be considerate!”
Jing Heguang was a little confused. He was quite gentle the night before.
But after all, it was her own son, so Zhao Baozhi hit him, showing it to Yue Xingchuan that she was reasonable and she would teach her son a lesson if he made mistakes.
After hitting her son, Zhao Baozhi said to the two, “You haven’t eaten yet, have you. I made some breakfast in the small kitchen, let’s go to my place to eat it together.”
Jing Heguang smiled and said, “Okay, I’m hungry.” Then he said to Yue Xingchuan, “The food at my mother’s place is delicious.”
Yue Xingchuan opened his mouth, swallowed the word ‘mother’ that almost followed Jing Heguang, and said, “Thank you, madam.”
Zhao Baozhi walked in front, Jing Heguang held Yue Xingchuan’s hand and walked behind.
Yue Xingchuan felt distressed, touching the place where Jing Heguang was hit.
Jing Heguang then directly pecked Yue Xingchuan’s mouth.
AFu looked at his shizi and the prince behind, and then at the madam in front, feeling that his scalp was exploding.
Some of the rumors outside are wrong, and some are right — for example: his family shizi is really brave!
***
The three people at the end were enjoying their breakfast. On the other side of the Marquis Mansion, Jing Zhonghao struggled to get up.
But just washing up made Jing Zhonghao angry – it hurt so much!
When he looked in the mirror again, Jing Zhonghao felt dizzy with anger.
His face was bruised and swollen. Let alone the elegance and handsomeness of his youth, he couldn’t even tell what he looked like!
Jing Zhonghao pushed the mirror angrily, it fell to the ground with a clanged.
Jing Zhonghao thought about Zhao Baozhi and Jing Heguang on the other side of the Marquis Mansion, and his heart filled with hatred. He gritted his teeth and said, “Change me into court clothes!”
Today, even if he, Jing Zhonghao, was embarrassed, he was going to make the imperial court remove that bastard Jing Heguang from the heir position! Then he will divorce that crazy woman Zhao Baozhi and make the court revoke Zhao Baozhi’s position with the imperial decree!
Jing Zhonghao arrived at the gate of the palace in a carriage with an angry expression and an hungry stomach.
All officials had to walk from the palace gate to the main hall where court meetings were held inside. Jing Zhonghao can no longer ride in the carriage.
Jing Zhonghao half covered his face and struggled to get out of the carriage.
What a humiliation! He was afraid of being seen and recognized.
But as soon as the carriage happened to move, his nemesis bumped into him.
“Hey, Marquis Jing, what’s wrong with you?”
“This face is swollen. Whoever did this is very brave! Don’t block it ah. Why are you blocking me from looking at the fun?”
Jing Zhonghao said with a cold face: “Get lost!”
Jing Zhonghao avoided this person and walked directly into the palace gate.
However, as soon as he reached the palace gate, he saw the commander of the guards stopping him.
“Marquis Jing, you don’t look well today, so you better not go in.”
Jing Zhonghao felt that everything was not going well today. His old enemy humiliated him, then a guard commander dared to stop him.
Jing Zhonghao argued angrily: “Last time, the Minister of Rites was so embarrassed by his wife, how could he still get in?! If you can explain this clearly, I won’t go in. If you can’t, don’t blame me for reporting you in front of the emperor!”
The guard commander’s face darkened. He said directly: “How dare I stop lord marquis? This is the emperor’s intention. The emperor ask for you to not attend.”
Jing Zhonghao’s heart turned cold and he staggered.
“How could it be the emperor’s intention?” Jing Zhonghao didn’t believe it.
After being startled, Jing Zhonghao also thought of King Chen from the bastard Jing Heguang.
If that bastard deceived King Chen, King Chen could send a message and ask the emperor to stop him…
Jing Zhonghao found this point and said firmly: “The emperor must have been deceived! That bastard Jing Heguang had beaten me yesterday. He is so unfilial, please don’t let him deceive the emperor!”
Jing Zhonghao’s rival looked shocked: “It turns out it was your son who beat you up, and listening to his name, he is your first son, who is the scholar!”
Jing Zhonghao didn’t bother to pay attention to him, and just continued explaining to the guard commander.
The commander had a cold expression and delayed Jing Zhonghao until the beginning of the court meeting, without even letting Jing Zhonghao step into the palace gate.
Jing Zhonghao was so angry that he simply waited at the palace gate.
His lineage is a Marquis, so the emperor must give him some face no matter what.
He had suffered so much humiliation today, so he must settle the account between that mother and son!
Jing Zhonghao waited and waited, but Yue Feijun in the court directly asked the eunuch to read the imperial marriage decree.
None of the two people who had given the marriage were present, and neither were the relatives of Jing Heguang’s family. However, who would say anything about the imperial decree written by the emperor himself, granting marriage.
Jing Zhonghao’s nemesis was overjoyed when he heard this. After the court meeting, he must be the first to tell Jing Zhonghao the good news!
As for the others, they suddenly realized: No wonder the female members in their family said that Jing Heguang and King Chen have a good relationship. He could still talk to King Chen after not seeing each other for many years, and he is also not afraid of King Chen. It turns out that they have such a relationship!
Many ministers with girls at home were relieved.
— The girl at home doesn’t have to worry about having to marry that cold-faced and cold-hearted King Chen!
— And they don’t have to worry about the girl at home being seduced by that handsome Jing Heguang!
There was only such a small surprise in the court meeting, and it soon ended as usual after an hour.
As soon as the meeting was over, Jing Zhonghao’s nemesis rushed out.
Jing Zhonghao’s nemesis was the first to leave the palace gate and was overjoyed to see Jing Zhonghao at the gate.
He said loudly: “Congratulations! Marquis Jing, your family shizi is about to marry King Chen, and you will soon be a relative of the emperor!”
Jing Zhonghao, who was still standing waiting, trembled when he heard these words. He suddenly held his forehead and collapsed.
The panicked voices of the servants of Zhennan Marquis Mansion ranf out in front of the palace gate.
“Lord Marquis! Lord Marquis!”
***
When the servants dragged Jing Zhonghao back to the Hou Mansion, it was just when Zhao Baozhi was about to move out.
Zhao Baozhi wanted to move quickly so she didn’t organize her things carefully when packing. She just put them into boxes, so it was very fast.
Her side left the mansion and his side enter the mansion, Zhao Baozhi was a little surprised.
“The dog man didn’t cause trouble?” Zhao Baozhi thought, and admired Jing Zhonghao even more, thinking that he had made some progress over the years.
But before the carriage had gone very far, he heard crying on the other end.
Jing Heguang and Yue Xingchuan were in a carriage.
Jing Heguang felt a little strange: “Why are there cries?”
Yue Xingchuan said: “I don’t know. I just didn’t let him attend the court meeting. After all, he is a marquis, so I wants to save some face for your ancestors.”
“Ignore him. “Jing Heguang waved his hands, turned around and looked at the wedding date on the decree and continued to giggle.
He is getting married!!!
Yue Xingchuan bit his ear: “If you’re just looking at that, you might as well look at me more.”
Jing Heguang turned his head, kissed his cheek, and said with a smile: “You look good too, but looking at this one feels different.”
Yue Xingchuan can no longer feel the joy of getting a marriage decree. However, he can feel Jing Heguang’s joy and be happy together.
After being praised by Jing Heguang for looking good, and thinking that Jing Heguang was so silly because he is going to marry him, Yue Xingchuan gradually gave up the thought of hiding the imperial decree.
