Chapter 160 Marriage
Yueli jogged all the way back to her room, and Feilan could hardly keep up with her.
"Miss, that scoundrel is too much!" Fei Lan was furious and hurriedly took the hairpin to help Yue Li tie her hair up again. If the people in the other courtyard saw her hair draped over her shoulders and told the general, how would the girl live her life?
He looks like a decent man, but he actually flirted with these girls!
Fei Lan cursed He Yanchen in her heart.
Yueli's face turned pale and red, and no one knew what she was thinking.
She took out the jade pendant from a box beside her. The Hetian jade was shimmering and the tassels on it looked very delicately crafted. Overall, this jade pendant was really expensive.
Yueli wanted to be tough and smash it, but she was reluctant to hold it in her hand.
So annoying!
She threw the jade pendant back into the box with a tough attitude.
night.
Yue Li had just come out of the shower and was sitting on the edge of the couch wiping her wet hair when she heard the door being pushed open from the outside.
Xiao Mingcheng walked in.
He might have come on horseback, with a layer of fallen snow on his shoulders.
Yueli stopped what she was doing, a little surprised: "Why are you here?"
Xiao Mingcheng took off his cloak by the stove and waited until he was warm enough before walking behind her. He took the handkerchief from her hand and wiped her hair.
"I promised to accompany you that day, but the roads were blocked by heavy snow, so I couldn't go. It just so happens that tomorrow is a day off, so I can come tonight and spend the whole day with you tomorrow."
Yueli lost interest after hearing his words and forced a smile: "Then can you take me out to play tomorrow?"
"I've been to the capital, but I haven't been anywhere yet."
Xiao Mingcheng paused, then smiled and said, "Okay, there's a temple on Jingyun Mountain. It's almost the end of the year, how about we go and worship there?"
Yue Li had no interest in praying to the gods or Buddhas. "But I want to go to the capital to have some fun. I heard that the capital is more prosperous than Jiangning. I want to go strolling around the streets."
Xiao Mingcheng was a little embarrassed.
New Year's Eve is coming soon. His mother and sister often go out recently. He is worried that Yueli will run into them when she returns to Beijing and that she will be wronged.
Xiao Mingcheng was silent for a moment, and Yue Li understood what he meant.
She pulled the handkerchief aside and threw it aside, then turned and walked towards the bed: "Forget it, it's so cold, I don't want to go out."
She finally understood that she was nothing in front of the Marquis's wife and the other people in the Xiao family.
Even if Xiao Mingcheng can argue with the Marquis's wife for her now, what about later?
With the word "filial piety" weighing on him, what can he resist?
If the Marquis's wife asked him to marry, he had to marry. If he didn't allow her to enter the house, she couldn't enter. From then on, she should be driven away directly.
Yueli pulled the quilt over her head, feeling extremely uncomfortable.
Xiao Mingcheng sat on the edge of the bed and hugged her from behind: "It's my fault. If you want to go to the street, go ahead. I'll take you there tomorrow."
Yueli said in a muffled voice, "I don't want to go."
Without waiting for Xiao Mingcheng to speak again, she closed her eyes: "I'm sleepy, I want to sleep."
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Imperial Palace.
When He Yanchen heard that the wife of Marquis Shou'an and Xiao Mingyue were going to the palace to pay their respects to the empress dowager today, a hint of interest flashed in his eyes, and he went to Yanfu Palace after a long absence.
When the Queen Mother saw him coming, her face was filled with joy: "Your Majesty, how come you have time to come here today?"
She couldn't remember how long it had been since she last saw He Yanchen.
The man sat in a leisurely manner, glancing at the wife of the Marquis of Shou'an. "It's quite lively here, Queen Mother."
As soon as he came in, Xiao Mingyue quickly straightened up and sat upright in her seat. The smile on her face faded a lot, and she looked virtuous, but her affectionate eyes kept glancing at He Yanchen.
He Yanchen felt it and fiddled with the teacup in his hand in annoyance.
After he came in, the atmosphere became a little cold. After all, everyone knew that the current emperor had a reputation for brutality. Lady Shou'an's words got stuck in her throat.
"Why aren't you talking?" He Yanchen casually picked up an orange. "What are the Queen Mother and the Marquis's wife talking about?"
The Queen Mother felt a little more at ease and said, "I'm talking about Mingcheng's marriage."
He Yanchen paused peeling the orange, then his eyes lit up with interest. "Oh? Which girl has the Marquis's wife taken a fancy to?"
When the Marquis's wife heard that he had actually taken the initiative to inquire about this matter, her face was filled with joy. If the Emperor could grant her the marriage, it would bring honor to the Shou'an Marquis's Mansion.
Thinking of this, she said very enthusiastically: "Your Majesty, I have my eyes on the daughter of the Marquis of Dingyang and the second daughter of the Minister of Rites. I am discussing this with the Empress Dowager."
The Queen Mother continued, "I have heard of the daughter of the Marquis of Dingyang. I heard she is very talented."
"Yes," said the wife of the Marquis of Shou'an, "but I think Mingcheng would prefer the second daughter of the Minister of Rites. I heard she's a beauty."
When the Marquis's wife thought of Yueli's face, she felt that she had to pick a prettier one for Xiao Mingcheng.
But after choosing, good-looking family background is not necessarily enough. Those with good family background and high talent, such as the young lady of Dingyang Marquis Mansion, can only be described as pretty.
She was overwhelmed by the choices, so she went into the palace to talk to the Queen Mother.
The Queen Mother smiled and said, "Don't worry, there's another one beside you, why don't you help take a look?"
Xiao Mingyue knew he was talking about her, and a slight blush appeared on her face: "Big brother hasn't even gotten married yet, how can Mingyue get ahead of him? Besides..."
Her eyes involuntarily lingered on He Yanchen.
The Empress Dowager and the Marquis's wife both knew what she was thinking, but they did not dare to tease He Yanchen and could only smile awkwardly.
He Yanchen said with a half-smile, "Qing Xiao Aiqing is indeed not young anymore. If you find someone you like, it would be better to get married soon."
Knowing what he wanted to know, he didn't sit any longer and stood up and said, "I have something else to do in the Imperial Study, so I won't disturb the Empress Dowager."
He came and left in a hurry, and the Queen Mother didn't even have time to say a few words to him.
Imperial study.
Ji Ming stood aside waiting for instructions. His eyelids kept twitching, and he had a hunch that what His Majesty asked him to do would not be a good thing.
As expected, the man tapped the table with his knuckles, "Did you hear what the wife of the Marquis of Shou'an said?"
"Your Majesty, I heard everything."
He Yanchen curled his lips and tutted softly: "Why don't you tell her?"
Xiao Yueli is so pitiful. She came to the capital alone with Xiao Mingcheng. How could she be kept in the dark?
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