Chapter 147 Chapter 147 Emperor Longshun will issue an edict calling her...

Chapter 147

On a clear summer night, the light in the house was much brighter than on a winter night. Even with the candle out, Jingyue could still see the delicate face of the person beside her.

She had barely swapped positions with him in the past two months. Occasionally, when they were affectionate and affectionate, she'd try her hand at the offensive move and would exchange kisses for a while. But once she'd had enough, she'd lost interest and quickly switched back to the previous position.

Most of the time, she still happily continues to be her extraordinary woman and female imperial consort.

She has been busy for two months recently, going out early and coming back late. The weather is getting hotter and hotter, and the sun is getting more and more scorching. Her cheeks are still smooth and tender, only slightly losing a little of the cold white skin color, and becoming more wheat-colored, more "masculine".

The sun-protective clothing and hat, as well as the sun-protective rouge she and her older sister developed, are quite effective. She is using them, but she is not afraid of her skin becoming a little more tanned, as long as she doesn't get sunburned and leave spots.

Jingyue knew that she was fighting hard, but she didn't know that she could fight to such an extent.

He truly deserves to be the 'President' in her world.

I have known her for more than a year.

Time flies.

Unexpectedly, before they knew it, they had been married for a whole year.

What she brought him was not only freedom and joy, happiness and satisfaction, but also a broad vision and a future full of hope.

"It's such a pleasure to meet you, Pianpian," Jing Yue murmured. "It's also an honor to spend my life with you."

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The next day, Jingyue didn't bother Lin Zhiyi and let her stay in bed for a while longer. It was not until the end of the morning that she came out yawning and stretching.

Jing Yue was practicing calligraphy in the outer hall.

The joy of last night, which was similar to his wedding night, made him feel very happy.

Today is a serious anniversary, but I am not so obsessed with it.

Lin Zhiyi has long been accustomed to dressing up as a man. When he walked over, he looked like a handsome prince consort, with a pair of peach blossom eyes that showed his romantic and affectionate nature.

Jing Yue smiled and raised her eyes: "Are you up? Are you hungry? I'm warming up the food for you."

"Have you got a meal yet?"

"Yeah." He had consumed a lot last night and was hungry early in the morning. So he didn't wait for Lin Zhiyi to eat together.

Lin Zhiyi didn't mind this. After washing up, she sat at the table next to her, took out the food from the warm bucket and started eating.

She asked Jingyue: "Don't you want to eat something?"

Jing Yue put down her pen, turned her wheelchair and came to her side: "I want to eat red bean paste buns..."

Lin Zhiyi took one and handed it to him.

He didn't answer, just opened his mouth.

"Okay, I'll feed you~" Lin Zhiyi smiled and fed him, "It's my fault for neglecting Your Highness for so long. Eat more."

Jing Yue almost choked. He tilted his head to the side to relax for a moment, then reluctantly explained, "It's because I don't want to wash my hands that I bothered you, Your Majesty... I'm not blaming you for ignoring me."

He took a bite of the red bean paste bun, and his cheeks puffed up, looking a little cute.

Lin Zhiyi held his chin with one hand and handed him the red bean paste bun with the other, his expression cheerful: "Got it ~ Your Highness ~ Is the red bean paste bun enough? I think the shortbread is good, would you like to try one?"

"No need, you eat, I'll stay here with you." The red bean paste bun was very delicate and small, and Jing Yue finished it in three or five bites. After eating, he did not go to write, but sat at the table, quietly accompanying Lin Zhiyi for dinner.

Lin Zhiyi happily picked up his chopsticks and used the beautiful 'Princess' as a meal, eating it with gusto.

After dinner, she asked, "Where are you taking me?"

Jing Yue: "Second brother lost to our villa. I have asked people to clean it up. Do you want to go and see it?"

"OK!"

Since the snowstorm last winter, until now, they have been entangled in trivial matters and have lost the carefree life they had when they first got married.

During their honeymoon, they were able to enjoy themselves at the hot spring resort and also visit Tianlong Temple.

Later, with the pressure of disaster relief, spring plowing, spring hunting, repelling the enemy, repairing crops, cooperating with the Ministry of Works and other matters, Lin Zhiyi urgently needed to give himself a "holiday" to relax his body and mind.

There's nothing more relaxing than a getaway like this on your anniversary.

The carriage from the princess's mansion arrived at the villa smoothly.

This place is indeed elegant, and King Rui has good taste.

Tang Cong and Ji Feng each led a team of guards on patrol, and there were secret guards watching around the villa, which made it a bit safer than on the roads in the capital.

However, Jingyue and Lin Zhiyi did not relax. Jingyue was still sitting in the wheelchair, and the two of them strolled slowly in the yard.

Jingyue arranged delicious food and fireworks.

The fireworks were naturally the highlight of the evening, which he had bought in advance from Xie Er.

——Xie Er is really sensible and capable. When he learned that Princess Liyang wanted to use fireworks to celebrate the one-year anniversary of her marriage with her husband, he took great care to make some changes.

When the fireworks are set off in the sky, they are bright and beautiful.

Lin Zhiyi looked at the fireworks that were as good as modern craftsmanship and was very impressed.

"Thank you, dear. I like it very much!" She sat on Jingyue's lap, and the two of them leaned on the wheelchair together, looking at the fireworks in the night sky, enjoying the peace and happiness of this moment.

The two of them spent the whole day leisurely and not concerned with worldly affairs.

Eat, drink, see the scenery, hug, kiss...

After the fireworks, it was time for the candlelight dinner arranged by Jingyue.

He learned a lot of romantic "skills" from Lin Zhiyi.

After dinner, it was the long-awaited "wedding night".

Revisiting it, learning new things from the past, and making it even more intense.

That day they both tacitly agreed not to mention anything that would spoil the fun or bother them. They gave each other their wholehearted gazes and love, and lived a fulfilling and comfortable life.

In mid-July, Emperor Longshun issued another imperial decree, conferring the title of Prince Kang on the fifth prince Jing Zhuoran. In consideration of his filial piety, his wedding was postponed until next spring.

You only need to observe mourning for Empress Xian for one year.

Emperor Longshun also knew about the empress's crime of persecuting Concubine Xian and her son, but he had already deposed the crown prince and could not depose the empress, so he only confined the empress to her house and handed over the power of the harem to Concubine Rou.

After rewarding and appeasing Jing Zhuoran, the matter was over.

After all, it has been twenty years.

He might also be aware of Empress Xian's selfish motives in leaving behind evidence and sending someone to expose the past after her death.

It's nothing more than paving the way for her son.

He fulfilled her last wish.

There is no need to really depose the queen.

After all, the Queen had been with him for thirty years, and the Ye family was also his backbone.

He really likes Ye Changning...

If you can get away with it, then don't mess up the situation in the former dynasty or the harem.

Things have changed enough recently.

Fortunately, Jing Zhuoran was very sensible. He accepted the order and thanked the emperor without further entanglement.

He also agreed to postpone the marriage and observe a one-year mourning period.

He even asked for orders to attack the Northern Barbarians to avenge the incident in the hunting ground.

But Emperor Longshun did not agree.

Let him rest well in the palace and recuperate his body and voice.

As a result, Xie Junxing and Lin Zhihua's marriage was ranked before Lin Zhishu and Jing Zhuoran.

From the perspective of Duke Lin's Mansion, the fourth young lady got married first, and the third young lady got married later.

Of course, this was all in compliance with the imperial decree, and no one dared to say anything.

The Xie family gave the betrothal gift on July 28th, and the couple's wedding date was set for September 8th, an auspicious day for marriage.

Xie Junxing was the most handsome and romantic young man among their generation. He was tall and slender, good at martial arts, extraordinary in literary talent, and had outstanding talent in engineering. He was also very good at speaking and interacting with people. His marriage did make the ladies in the capital feel regretful for a long time.

The ladies felt sorry for her, but Lin Zhihua was very satisfied that she had such a husband.

During this period, she and Xie Junxing worked in the Ministry of Works together, and they experienced the riot in the hunting grounds. They also designed and researched wooden kites together, and cooperated with Xiuyuan from the Ministry of Revenue and others in the drip irrigation and canal renovation projects... They got along quite well.

To use Xiuyuan's description - they are soul mates.

They are the ones who understand each other the best.

She was very happy to marry Xie Junxing.

This feeling reached its peak when Xie Junxing took her hand through the wedding ceremony, brought her back to his Zheguixuan, and gently lifted her veil.

She looked at Xie Junxing, who was wearing a bright red wedding dress, and smiled brightly.

Xie Junxing put the veil in place, walked forward, took her hand, and called her affectionately, "Zhihua... Madam... Madam..."

Lin Zhihua smiled and gave him a look: "What do you want to call me?"

Xie Junxing also laughed: "I don't know, which one do you like?"

Lin Zhihua: "Anything is fine."

"Tonight I like calling you wife the most..." Xie Junxing is a sweet-talker.

"Okay, let's call you that." Lin Zhihua said with a smile.

Xie Junxing poured two glasses of wine and offered one to Lin Zhihua: "Let's drink from the wedding cup first. I wish to hold your hand and grow old with you."

He said the last two sentences casually, and Lin Zhihua's delicate and clever painting naturally and fluently completed the first two sentences: "Life and death are inseparable, and we will have a common destiny."

After the wedding wine, Xie Junxing looked at Lin Zhihua tenderly, and Lin Zhihua looked back shyly.

Xie Junxing picked her up and carried her horizontally, gently placing her on their big red wedding bed.

"Don't be afraid, I will be gentle."

"Hmm..." Lin Zhihua's cheeks flushed. She had naturally read those brochures before the marriage and knew what would happen on the wedding night. She was both shy and expectant.

Anyway, she saw that her elder sister and her brother-in-law were very affectionate. The same was true for Xiuyuan and the princess.

Between men and women, after the yin and yang are combined, things will be very different, right?

Xie Junxing was just as he said, gentle and patient, gradually letting Lin Zhihua relax and accept him. When the two of them were completely close to each other, they both felt the joy of a newlywed couple...

The marriage of Xie Junxing and Lin Zhihua finally brought the capital city, which had been silent for several months, back to life.

Jing Zhuowen could also use the opportunity of attending the wedding banquet to build relationships and keep in touch with some of the officials who supported him in the past.

Jing Zhuowu also began to expect that Emperor Longshun would assign him a fiefdom to be his successor.

However, the emperor seemed to have forgotten him, or rather, he deliberately ignored him and never mentioned asking him to go out and serve as a fief.

Even though some court officials observed Emperor Longshun's mood and suggested it, Emperor Longshun suppressed his thoughts and just said that it would be better for the second son to stay in the capital.

This message can be good or bad.

On the bright side, Emperor Longshun might want to make him the crown prince.

The worst-case scenario was that Emperor Longshun was secretly wary of him and wanted to keep a close eye on him. If he were to leave his fiefdom, he might harbor other ideas.

Emperor Longshun did not want to experience another "father-son feud".

Even if it was instigated by the enemy, I don't want to experience it again.

The Yongsheng Marquisate was still bustling with activity. The matchmaker had set his sights on Xie Junnuo. This was the young Marquis Xie, a close minister to the Emperor, and his brother had married the daughter of Duke Lin. If this marriage went through, wouldn't it strengthen the relationship between them and both the Marquisate and the Duke's House?!

However, Xie Junnuo had someone in his heart, but he didn't dare to say it directly, so he had to use his devotion to the court as an excuse to refuse again.

Even when his father Xie Yan asked him in distress, he was willing to hand over the position of young marquis to his second brother.

He just wants to be a free and unconstrained person.

Xie Yan actually considered this possibility.

But among all the aristocratic families in the capital, there is no one who gives the title to the second son instead of the outstanding eldest son.

Although the second son is also very good.

Xie Junnuo just wanted to get rid of the "favor" of the matchmaker who was "urging him to get married" and the ladies from aristocratic families as soon as possible, so he took the initiative to petition Emperor Longshun to give up the title of Marquis Xie.

Emperor Longshun thought about it for a long time and agreed to his request.

"Since you have no intention of starting a family and are unable to expand the Xie family, this title is indeed inappropriate for you. Junxing is your biological brother, and you voluntarily gave him the title. He is married and has a happy marriage... There is no problem with him becoming the young marquis of the Xie family. I approve."

"Your Majesty, please take the trouble to issue an order. Only then will your actions be justified."

"Okay, I'll obey you."

Emperor Longshun issued this decree, and from then on, the young marquis of Yongsheng Marquisate became Xie Junxing.

After Xie Junnuo lost this title, he was able to have some peace and quiet for a while.

Fortunately, he is not the only good man in the capital. Besides him, there is Ye Changning and the men of the Zhou family.

Zhou Bokai also married the eldest daughter of Duke Lin's mansion. As for his three younger brothers, if he could choose one from among them, the success rate would definitely be higher.

Not long after Zhou Zhonghe returned from escorting the King of Chu to Qingzhou, he was caught in a whirlpool of "blind date".

Zhou Mingyan still exuded youthfulness when he told Lin Zhiyi about these things with a gloating look on his face.

Silly and foolish.

Lin Zhiyi teased him, "You're old enough now, aren't you worried that the General and his wife might find you a suitable woman?"

Zhou Mingyan: "I'm not worried! I have my second and third brothers above me. How can the mansion arrange weddings for three people at once? Even my second brother's wedding will be scheduled until next year! I won't consider this matter for at least three years. Right now, I just want to study hard and practice martial arts well. I also want to go to the Northern Barbarians!"

It is said that the Zhou family is a family of warriors.

Zhou Mingyan actually doesn't despise his family at all; he's even proud of it.

They are good men who defend their country!

If he, the youngest son of the Zhou family, could also intimidate the Northern Barbarians, he would surely be able to change everyone's minds.

Lin Zhiyi has also been worried recently.

Logically speaking, the Northern Barbarians had caused such great trouble to the capital of Dayan and Emperor Longshun during the spring hunting season that Emperor Longshun should have sent troops to suppress them as soon as possible. However, even this winter, with the end of the year approaching, he still had not selected any troops to go on the expedition...

There shouldn't be a suitable candidate.

Could it be that...Emperor Longshun wants her, the consort, to go?

After all, in addition to being the son-in-law of the emperor, she is also the young master of the Lin Guo Mansion, the heir who was raised by her tiger father Lin Shuo and her master Gu Tingxuan.

It might be most appropriate to let her fight against the northern barbarians.

But since she was busy in the past few months and her duties in the Ministry of Revenue and the Ministry of Works were equally important, Emperor Longshun had been slow to pay attention to the northern barbarians?

Now that the flying kite has been successfully developed, the renovation and construction of the drip irrigation canal has also come to an end, the autumn harvest has arrived, the winter weather is suitable and there has been no snow disaster, she... will be free before the New Year.

Will Emperor Longshun issue an edict to ask her to go?

If it was her, then the other half of the Lin family's military power would be easily in her hands.

Moreover, because of his guilt towards Jingyue, Emperor Longshun allowed her to stay in the capital for another half a year. Perhaps it was also to let her spend more time with the "injured" Jingyue, right?

From this perspective, Emperor Longshun was quite considerate.

"Do you really want to go?" Lin Zhiyi asked Zhou Mingyan. After receiving an affirmative nod, she smiled and extended her hand, "Then there may be a chance for us to work together."

Zhou Mingyan: "You're going too?! That's great!"