Chapter 544 Treat
The Empress Dowager passed away and the palace was busy with her funeral. The Emperor didn't want to keep Chen Wan and Xie Jingyu to have dinner with him.
Shen Wan and Xie Jingyu then left the palace.
After a night of indulgence, Chen Wan felt a little wilted. Xie Jingyu carried her back to Zhaolanxuan. Seeing Chen Wan being carried in, the nanny thought something was wrong with Shen Wan. Chen Wan gave Xie Jingyu a glare and said, "I sprained my ankle..."
The excuse of spraining your ankle is always useful.
After returning to the house, Shen Wan asked, "You are leaving the capital tomorrow. Do my second brother and the Prince of Yuzhang know about it?"
"Haven't told them yet."
Xie Jingyu said, "I'll go to the Lin Mansion in a while and treat you at Deyue Tower at noon. I'll come back to eat with you in the evening. You don't have to pack my luggage for me."
Even if Shen Wan wanted to pack his luggage, she didn't have the energy.
She needed to catch up on her sleep.
Xie Jingyu kissed Chen Wan and went to Lin's house. He didn't know how long it would take for him to come back. With the emperor and Xiao Huaijin around, no one dared to bully Chen Wan, but he still had to ask them to take care of Chen Wan.
After Old Tutor Lin knew that Xiao Huaijin was canonized as the crown prince, Xie Jingyu was going to the battlefield, but he didn't expect that he was going to find Princess Jingbei.
Old Master Lin said, "Don't worry, Wan'er will be fine with His Majesty and me protecting her."
When he came out of Lin's house, it was already lunch time. When he arrived at Deyue Tower, Prince Yuzhang and Xiao Huaijin and others had already arrived.
Since Xie Jingyu got married, they don’t have many opportunities to eat and drink together. Since Xie Jingyu is treating them, they must give him face.
I just don't know why he suddenly wants to treat me...
Prince Yuzhang asked, "Why did Brother Jingyu invite us to dinner?"
"Do I need a reason to treat you?" Chu Yang said.
Prince Yuzhang said, "We don't need it, but Brother Jingyu didn't accompany my cousin and came to have dinner with us. Don't you think it's strange?"
They had teased Xie Jingyu a lot before, saying that he no longer cared about his brothers after getting married, and it seemed abnormal that he suddenly invited them to dinner.
No one could guess, including Xiao Huaijin.
They were all impatient people. After waiting for a quarter of an hour, they couldn't sit still any longer. Suddenly, Zhao Ang said, "Here I come..."
The door creaked open and Xie Jingyu walked in.
Prince Yuzhang didn't catch a single peanut. He asked, "Why would you want to treat us all of a sudden?"
"I will leave for the border tomorrow."
These words stunned them all.
Xiao Huaijin asked, "It's so sudden, does the emperor agree to let you go?"
This is nonsense. Xie Jingyu was not discussing this with them, but telling them about it.
The Prince of Yuzhang said, "It's normal for you, a general and prince who is not the son-in-law of the emperor, to go to the border to fight, but why didn't you inform us in advance? We would have gone with you..."
Xie Jingyu said, "This matter is a bit complicated and cannot be explained clearly in a few words."
"Talk over there while we drink."
The Prince of Yuzhang said, "You are going to the border tomorrow, and we should give you a farewell party. How can we let you treat us?"
Xie Jingyu smiled and said, "We are brothers, so there is no need to be so particular."
If he really asked them to treat him to a farewell dinner, one for each of them, he would probably not be able to leave Beijing for half a month.
Xie Jingyu's departure from Beijing was both within their expectations and beyond their expectations.
The waiter brought in the dishes and drinks. Zhao Ang said, "Strange, why hasn't Brother Ling come yet?"
Xie Jingyu asked Chen Ping, "Didn't you call him?"
Chen Ping replied, "I've sent someone to invite him."
As he spoke, Young Master Ling came in.
Prince Yuzhang asked, "Why are you so late?"
Young Master Ling said, "Something delayed me. I'm late. I'll drink three cups as punishment."
Young Master Ling did not hesitate either. He picked up the wine glass and poured it into his mouth.
When they get together, they don't do anything serious. They just play finger-guessing games, clink glasses, and have a lot of fun.
Fortunately, Duke Song and Prince Qing were overthrown. Otherwise, after the Queen Mother passed away, they would have been impeached for feasting and drinking lavishly in Deyue Tower. They would have been accused of being disrespectful to the Queen Mother, and their father would have been scolded and beaten with a feather duster when he returned home from court.
Without people like Duke Song who are full of corruption, the court is much quieter.
While eating and drinking, there was a knock on the door, "Master..."
"Come in."
Young Master Ling recognized the voice of his follower and let him in.
The servant pushed the door open and announced the good news, "Congratulations, Young Master! Your marriage to Miss Pei San is finalized..."
Young Master Ling breathed a sigh of relief and looked up to see everyone at the table looking at him.
It made him blush.
"Why are you looking at me like that..."
Prince Yuzhang gritted his teeth and asked, "What do you think?"
Everyone else's engagement went so smoothly, except him, who suffered the most.
Although he has finally gotten his reward after all the hard work, but when he thinks about the beatings he received and sees how peaceful their engagement was, he can't help but feel a little sad.
Chu Yang patted Xiao Huaijin on the shoulder and said, "Congratulations, you're going to have another brother-in-law."
Prince Yuzhang said, "You're acting too quickly, aren't you?"
Last night, Miss Pei San was mistakenly taken away, and today he came to propose marriage. The Prince of Yuzhang said, "Good fellow, you are not coming to ask the girl to take responsibility for you, are you?"
Young Master Ling, "..."
Can you please not think of him as so shameless?
Xiao Huaijin asked, "What did my third sister do to you?"
The Prince of Yuzhang wanted to tell Xiao Huaijin yesterday, but since it concerned Pei Shuqing's reputation, they held back.
Now that we're engaged, there's no need to hide it.
Several people talked to each other and told Pei Huaijin about what happened at the Lantern Festival last night. Miss Pei San mistakenly arrested Young Master Ling as her second brother. Then Pei Huaijin was led into a ditch and suspected that Young Master Ling wanted his third sister to be responsible for him.
Young Master Ling is very tired.
He admitted that he was a little anxious. Wasn't this a lesson learned from the Prince of Yuzhang? Was he afraid?
If I really reject the matchmaking of Old Master Lin, how thick-skinned would I have to be to come and propose marriage again?
So after Shen Wan and Xie Jingyu entered the palace yesterday, Young Master Ling returned to the Right Prime Minister's Mansion to find his biological father.
Even the Right Prime Minister had gone to bed, but Young Master Ling still called his own father and said, "Father, you haven't refused Old Master Lin's offer to act as my matchmaker, have you?"
The Right Prime Minister asked, "You woke me up in the middle of the night just for this?"
Young Master Ling asked anxiously, "Father has already rejected Old Master Lin's proposal?"
The Right Prime Minister was a shrewd man and immediately saw something was going on. "Are you interested in Miss Pei San?"
Young Master Ling's face flushed red.
No words, just acquiescence.
The right minister turned around and went into the house, about to close the door.
Young Master Ling stopped the door from closing, "Father..."
The Right Prime Minister said, "Go to bed early. I will help you propose marriage tomorrow."
Young Master Ling's eyebrows lit up with joy, "You haven't refused yet?"
The Right Prime Minister said, "Father, how could I do such a foolish thing?"
He and Old Master Lin are both smart people.
If he doesn't mention it again, it's equivalent to rejection. Is there any need to reject it again in person?
Old Master Pei’s granddaughter is the adopted sister of the current crown prince. Anyone who wants to marry her would probably have to break down the threshold of the Pei Mansion.
Today, the Right Prime Minister went to the palace to pay his respects to the Queen Mother, then returned home, changed his clothes and went to the Pei Mansion.
Young Master Ling was waiting in the mansion, but his father went to Pei Mansion and didn't come back for a long time. Xie Jingyu was treating everyone to a meal, so he came to Deyue Tower first.
Fortunately, he agreed.
He did not follow the footsteps of Prince Yuzhang.
Prince Yongwang sat there and suddenly felt that the wine in his hand no longer tasted good.
Originally, Young Master Ling and Zhao Yunkuo were accompanying him.
As a result, Zhao Yunkuo was granted marriage by the Queen Mother yesterday, and Young Master Ling got engaged today.
There are so many people in the room, but he is the only single guy left.
Prince Yong asked, "Should I eat in the corner?"
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