The regent was berated by him for a long time, but the smile on his face did not diminish at all, which made the Holy Emperor feel a chill down his spine.

"Why are you looking at me like that?" The Holy Emperor said, adjusting his robes. "Let me tell you, I am your own brother. If you are homosexual, I..."

"Your Majesty, your rebellious brother is getting married."

"What did you say?" The Holy Emperor thought he hadn't heard clearly, so he picked at his ear and leaned closer to the Regent. "Say it again!"

"I hereby declare that I am to take a marriage, to marry Ye Lanyin, the daughter of General Ye and the birth mother of Lin Wanwan."

The Holy Emperor was taken aback, then stood up excitedly, his smile widening as he grabbed the Regent's hand and said excitedly.

Are you telling the truth?

"Of course, and Ye Lanyin's child will also take our surname, Xiao. I'll suddenly have three more children. How about that? Am I amazing?"

"Amazing! Truly a promising talent from our Xiao family! Our family is truly blessed!"

As he spoke, the Holy Emperor pulled the Regent to sit on a stone bench and began a lecture.

"Let me tell you, you can't follow the example of the Marquis of Zhenbei, favoring concubines over wives and valuing illegitimate children over legitimate ones. If I find out, I'll skin you alive, understand?"

"Don't worry, Your Majesty. I only got married in my thirties, so how could I not know such things?" the Regent said with a beaming smile.

He was a proud and arrogant young master.

"I'm asking you, was the last wave of 'seizing the wives of officials' in Bianjing because of you?"

The Regent chuckled, "Brother, you can't be so harsh. Marquis Zhenbei was divorced by Ye Lan because he didn't cherish him. I won't do that."

The Holy Emperor was overjoyed when he heard his younger brother repeatedly emphasizing the importance of cherishing things; his smile stretched from ear to ear.

Very good.

But as he laughed, the Holy Emperor's smile gradually froze.

"By the way, how did you get in?"