The day after Xiao Chengci's wedding, Emperor Xiao and Empress Shang waited for the Crown Prince and his new bride to come and pay their respects.

Wait a minute, the person hasn't arrived.

Second place, but the person still hasn't arrived.

Emperor Xiao finished a cup of tea and then went to change his clothes.

Empress Shang was annoyed. Seeing Emperor Xiao still holding his teacup and drinking tea, she couldn't help but say, "Your Majesty, you should drink less. The Crown Prince will come to pay his respects soon, and you'll need to change your clothes. What will that be like?"

Upon hearing this, Emperor Xiao could only awkwardly put down his teacup.

"Why hasn't this person arrived yet?"

A palace maid serving Empress Shang said, "Perhaps she went to bed late last night and got up late today; it's hard to say."

Empress Shang was somewhat pleased to hear this.

"If that's the case, I'll be overjoyed. Whether or not I pay my respects is unimportant. Getting pregnant is the most important thing."

Emperor Xiao was not as optimistic as Empress Shang. He knew the child he had raised.

"Shuhui has been very well-mannered since childhood, so she shouldn't be late for such an important event."

Shuhui was Xiao Chengci's Crown Princess. Before their marriage, Emperor Xiao and Empress Shang had met many times.

It's just that Xiao Chengci had never seen it before.

The daughter of the Grand Secretary was exceptionally well-mannered.

Emperor Xiao and Empress Shang had been waiting anxiously for the arrival of someone from the Eastern Palace.

Empress Shang hurriedly said, "Quickly, quickly, serve the tea. I want to drink the 'daughter-in-law tea'. And have the gifts been prepared as well?"

Empress Shang straightened her clothes and puffed out her chest.

You know, she had been waiting for this day for far too long.

Fortunately, she finally got what she was waiting for.

Empress Shang suddenly realized there was no movement beside her and turned to look at Emperor Xiao.

Emperor Xiao pursed his lips, adopting a very serious expression, and appeared to be extremely nervous.

When Emperor Xiao and Empress Shang saw that only the Crown Princess had come, they were dumbfounded.

The two looked at each other, clearly not understanding what was going on.

The Crown Princess approached, lifted her skirt, and knelt down to pay her respects.

After the Crown Princess paid her respects, Empress Shang immediately had the palace servants help her up.

"Why are you alone? Where is the Crown Prince?"

The Crown Princess lowered her head somewhat embarrassedly, and the dowry maidservant stepped forward, bowed, and answered Empress Shang's question.

“Last night, after paying homage to Heaven and Earth, His Highness disappeared without a trace.”

Empress Shang asked anxiously, "What do you mean by 'disappeared without a trace'? Didn't the Crown Prince go to the inner courtyard last night?"

"I sent someone to the front yard to invite them yesterday, but there has been no follow-up."

The Crown Princess didn't sleep a wink last night, sitting by the bed all night, waiting for the Crown Prince to return and lift her veil.

They sent someone to the front courtyard to invite the Crown Prince over, but the people from the Eastern Palace never returned.

The Crown Princess was new to the palace and had no one to rely on in the Eastern Palace, so she could only wait.

By morning, they had missed the time to go to the palace to pay their respects.

The Crown Princess thought that the Crown Prince wouldn't be so cruel as to let her enter the palace alone to pay her respects.

As a result, the sun was high in the sky, but the prince still hadn't returned.

The Crown Princess dared not keep her father and mother in the palace waiting, so she had someone help her change her clothes, which is why she arrived late, feeling embarrassed.

Emperor Xiao and Empress Shang exchanged a glance, both looking at each other in bewilderment.

Empress Shang sighed first, "I was so happy last night that I couldn't sleep."

Upon hearing this, the Crown Princess's expression changed slightly.

Empress Shang was still thinking that Xiao Chengci's marriage was now settled.

Once you get married and have children, even the most painful things from before will pass.

Unexpectedly, Xiao Chengci didn't have a cave dwelling last night.

Emperor Xiao beckoned, and the palace servants immediately knelt before him.

"Go and fetch the Crown Prince for me."

The palace maid responded and was about to leave when she bumped into Xiao Chengci, who had come to pay his respects.

Seeing the palace servants' hurried manner, Xiao Chengci scolded them, "What kind of behavior is this, all flustered and in such a hurry?"

Xiao Chengci entered the main hall and greeted Emperor Xiao and Empress Shang.

Empress Shang snorted coldly, unwilling to give Xiao Chengci a pleasant look.

Emperor Xiao then sized up Xiao Chengci, noticing that Xiao Chengci's complexion was rosy, indicating that he must have rested well the previous night.

Emperor Xiao asked directly, "Crown Prince, why didn't you go to the back courtyard yesterday?"

Xiao Chengci answered more directly, "Because I don't want to go."

Emperor Xiao choked up, “You…” Emperor Xiao wanted to scold Xiao Chengci, but he didn’t know what to say.

Seeing that the Crown Princess was there, Emperor Xiao knew he couldn't ask her certain questions in front of her.

"Princess Consort, please stay here and talk with your mother. The Crown Prince and I have some official business to discuss."

The Crown Princess quickly rose and greeted her.

Xiao Chengci followed Emperor Xiao away, and throughout the entire process, he did not give the Crown Princess a single glance.

The Crown Princess stared longingly at Xiao Chengci's retreating figure, but Xiao Chengci didn't even glance at her.

Empress Shang could only sigh slightly upon seeing this.

Emperor Xiao brought Xiao Chengci to the Hall of Mental Cultivation and ordered all the palace servants to leave.

"Kneel down."

Without wasting any words, Xiao Chengci knelt directly in front of Emperor Xiao.

"What day was yesterday? Where did you go?"

Emperor Xiao pointed at Xiao Chengci and cursed, "She married you not so you could humiliate her like this."

"On their wedding night, the Crown Princess was left alone in the bridal chamber. Even when she came to pay her respects for the first time, she came alone. How could everyone laugh at her like that?"

Xiao Chengci looked up at Emperor Xiao, "Father, didn't you think about these things before you let her marry me?"

Emperor Xiao had indeed considered it, but he had already met with the Crown Princess.

She is outstanding in appearance, has a good personality, and is extremely well-mannered.

"You're a man, you shouldn't bully a woman like that."

Xiao Chengci sneered, "Your subject doesn't understand, where have I wronged her?"

"She was willing to marry me. Could it be that she married me because of me?"

Xiao Chengci did not believe that he had done anything to wrong the Crown Princess.

Before anything was decided, Xiao Chengci sent her a letter.

In the letter, Xiao Chengci stated that even after marriage, he would not be a good husband.

It's not too late to back out now.

The other party replied to Xiao Chengci with a sentence: "You should be like a rock, and I should be like a reed. The reed is as resilient as the rock, and the rock will never move."

After seeing this sentence, Xiao Chengci said no more.

“Xiao Chengci, you are already married, you should get them pregnant with your children as soon as possible.”

"Father, I can't do it, I really can't do it!"

With red eyes, Xiao Chengci said, "Your subject has no way of lying in the same bed with them."

"I feel nauseous just thinking about this scene. What do you want me to do?"

"Your son has already obeyed your advice and married. Your son also wants to continue to obey your advice and have them bear children as soon as possible so that Your Majesty can rest assured."

Xiao Chengci said helplessly, "But I really can't do it."

After Xiao Chengci finished speaking, he kowtowed to Emperor Xiao, "Father, I beg you, depose me."