Chapter 191 The Emperor's Test

More than a month had passed since the last assassination attempt at Qingning Temple. Rumors were rife, but no court official dared to publicly question Xiao Mo.

Even those who had grudges against the Xiao family did not dare to express their opinions easily.

After all, the Xiao family has been guarding the border for generations, and they are very important to the Dayan Dynasty.

Everyone was watching secretly to see what the little emperor on the dragon throne would say.

However, Zhu Hongyuan seemed to be unaware of this matter, and Prince Xiao still showed up to the imperial court every day as usual. The emperor and his subject seemed to be getting along harmoniously, which temporarily dispelled the rumor.

That day, when Xiao Mo was leaving the palace, the little emperor called him.

Fifteen-year-old Zhu Hongyuan was curled up on the dragon throne, looking a little troubled.

Xiao Mo took a few steps forward and asked, "Your Majesty, what is it that you are calling me for?"

Zhu Hongyuan looked at him, frowning and saying, "Recently, the court has been calling for me to establish a queen. My dear minister, you are already married. I would like to hear your opinion on this matter."

Xiao Mo was slightly stunned, then smiled and said, "Speaking of which, I shouldn't be discussing this matter in vain, but the emperor should indeed get married."

Zhu Hongyuan's face was filled with resistance when he heard his words. "I didn't expect you to say the same thing. How is this different from those pedantic old ministers in the court? Then why did you wait until this spring?"

Xiao Mo smiled and replied in a serious tone, "Your Majesty is the highest authority, and naturally different from a minister. If you establish a queen sooner, you can give birth to a prince sooner, and it will also reassure everyone in the court."

The young emperor looked at the young general in front of him with a frank look in his eyes, and spoke from the heart the same words that the ministers often said.

Suddenly, an idea struck him, "Then which lady should I choose?"

Xiao Mo lowered his eyes and smiled, "I am just a vulgar military commander. I dare not go against the emperor's wishes. I hope the emperor will forgive me."

After a while, the little emperor at the top glanced at him, waved his hand impatiently and said, "Go back!"

But after he left, Zhu Hongyuan seemed to be thinking about something.

The eunuch in charge beside him asked tentatively, "Is the emperor worried about the Xiao family?"

Zhu Hongyuan was startled for a moment, then immediately said seriously, "The Xiao family has been a pillar of support for generations. He is the pillar of support that my grandfather left for me. I should show him more respect in the future."

But after he finished speaking, he seemed to be losing interest.

The eunuch in charge guessed what the emperor was thinking and smiled for a moment.

The rumors spread outside for a while, and then gradually died down.

Chen Shuyao went to Songhetang that day for this matter, and she actually went there the next day to embroider the other shoe.

When I left, I didn't tell the old lady about those rumors. They were all groundless, so why worry about them?

As the daughter-in-law of the Xiao family, she should be more patient.

Seeing that it had been two months since the marriage, when Chen Shuyao went to Chunhui Hall again, Wang no longer asked her daughter-in-law to do any work, especially errands. If she could not ask the maid to do it, she would rather do it herself.

Chen Shuyao slowly felt it, especially when she saw the mother-in-law looking at her belly with hope every time, she felt helpless for a moment. Was she too impatient?

By June, the weather was getting hotter. The new emperor Zhu Hongyuan was tired of staying in the palace, so he decided to go out to escape the heat. He chose Yunxiu Villa, 20 miles away from the capital.

The villa was built by the emperor of the previous dynasty and has been abandoned for many years.

When Zhu Hongyuan was a child, he lived there for a period of time with his father and mother. He was deeply impressed by the place, so after he ascended the throne, he renovated it and gave it a fairly poetic name.

The young emperor not only went himself, but also invited all the officials of the fifth rank and above in the capital and their families to accompany him. In addition, the nephews and nieces of the noble families who were named also had to go.

When the news reached Duke Cheng's Mansion, Wang invited a doctor to the mansion for Shen Shuyao that night. After learning that she was not pregnant, she felt relieved but also a little regretful.

Almost everyone in the Chengguo Mansion was on the accompanying list, including the old lady, the Second Master Xiao, the Third Master Xiao, as well as Wang, Chen, Liu... and even Xiao Jintong.

This is already considered to be of special importance.

Since it is the emperor's order, there is no reason not to go unless you can give a real excuse.

In the end, only Old Madam Xiao and Zhou Shuhe were unable to go, because the old lady was old and Zhou Shuhe was pregnant.

The night before departure, when Chen Shuyao and Xiao Mo were lying in bed, the man instructed again: "I probably won't be able to take care of you all the time after we go there. No matter where you go, you must take Perilla and Holly with you, understand?"

Chen Shuyao nodded, feeling a little ashamed when she thought about what happened in Qingning Temple last time.

But then she saw the other person looking at her with a frown, and she didn't know what he was thinking.

"Anything else?" Chen Shuyao asked softly.

Xiao Mo looked at the beautiful girl in front of him and couldn't help but think of the woman the little emperor met in Yiyuan.

He immediately thought of his cousin Xu, so he hurried back and asked his mother to change the date of the proposal.

Later, the other party mentioned that he should bring his wife to the palace to meet the Empress Dowager, but then the assassination attempt at Qingning Temple happened. The emperor seemed to have forgotten about it, and he would not bring it up on his own initiative.

"When you went to my grandfather's Yiyuan to dig peonies that day, did you meet the little emperor?" Shen Shuyao waited for a while and suddenly heard the other party ask.

"It should be him, but I didn't know it at the time. I thought he was my grandfather's student." She replied with a frown, and then asked, "What's wrong?"

Xiao Mo looked at her with a dark look in his eyes: "What did you say at that time? Can Yaoyao tell me?"

Chen Shuyao was a little confused, but she had nothing to hide, so she told the whole story.

"Just two sentences?" the man raised his eyebrows after hearing this.

"Could it be fake?" The little woman in front of him blinked.

Xiao Mo reached out to touch her eyes, and then began to kiss her. His kiss came quickly and urgently, and in the end it inevitably ended with a hearty and satisfying lovemaking.

But when the man wanted her, he also asked her to call him husband.

Chen Shuyao was busy everywhere, and finally collapsed on the bed due to exhaustion.

When Xiao Mo put her in the bathtub and sat in himself, she finally remembered to stretch out her claws to push.

She had very little strength left, and this action was like tickling to the man.

Xiao Mo held the hand and kissed it, as if a deep laugh came from his chest, "It's too late today, let's wash together so that the maid won't have to carry water again."

But as he was washing, he started to behave unruly, and later Shen Shuyao was pulled into the bathtub again.

After Xiao Mo carried her to the bed, he just turned around and drank a cup of tea. When he lay down again, he saw that his little wife was already sleeping soundly beside him.