Mu Chenke looked at them in disbelief and said, "I only slept with her once! Do I have to marry her?"
"Girls in brothels are not so pretentious."
"I heard that Jiang Wanmeng has a bad temper. If I marry a she-devil like that, won't she tear my family apart?"
At this point, he shuddered all over and shook his head violently to refuse, "No, no, I can't have this woman."
Mu Chenke enumerated all the disadvantages of marrying Jiang Wanmeng. Originally, he was just muttering to himself, but his voice was so loud that everyone present could hear it clearly.
Jiang Shunyi's face darkened with each word he recited, and he was finally shaking with anger. "I am the daughter of a noble Earl, raised in luxury, and I have condescended to marry a commander of the Imperial Guards like you, and you actually dare to despise me? You really infuriate me."
Mu Chenke snorted coldly, not giving him any face at all, "What's wrong with the Earl's Mansion? The girls raised by families like yours are not worth it at first. They spend money lavishly. How can I afford to support them with my salary!"
Without waiting for Jiang Shunyi to speak, he continued, "Besides, she has a brother who drugs people. Don't let your life end up in her hands one day."
The more he thought about it, the more possible it seemed. Suddenly, he realized, "That's what I thought! I was just doing a simple night patrol last night, and how could a disheveled girl suddenly bump into my arms?
And although I like to drink and have fun on weekdays, I have always been very restrained and would not delay my work. But last night, for some unknown reason, as soon as she came close to me, I got involved with her like a demon.
I suspect that woman must have drugged me and wanted to blackmail me."
He knelt before the emperor and said, "Your Majesty, please consider that I have diligently guarded the palace for so many years and make a decision for me!"
Jiang Shunyi was furious when he saw this guy actually turning the tables on him. "Mu Chenke, don't go too far. You've ruined my innocent daughter, and you're still feeling wronged."
Mu Chenke snorted coldly, "Innocent? It's the middle of the night and there's no red handkerchief. Who knows if she's innocent or not? Would the daughter of an innocent family run to such a remote place?
The other ladies are all in the Imperial Garden!"
As he spoke, he suddenly thought of something and looked at Jiang Shunyi with a suspicious look on his face, "Could it be that your daughter has been secretly pregnant with someone else and wants to rely on me to become a father?"
Not to mention Jiang Shunyi, even Zhao Yiming and Tian Mingwu admired his imagination.
In the imperial study, the emperor did not deliberately send his attendants away. The palace maids and eunuchs all heard his careless behavior. It was estimated that after today, Jiang Wanmeng would become famous in the capital.
Seeing Jiang Shunyi speechless with anger, he felt more and more that he had seen the truth. With a face full of righteous indignation, he pointed at Jiang Shunyi, whose lips were trembling with anger, and said, "Although I am just a mere commander of the Imperial Guards, I am not a man who can be bullied and raised as a son by others at will. You Jiang family should just give up that idea!"
After just a few words, it was almost confirmed that Jiang Wanmeng had secretly gotten pregnant with someone else.
Not only that, to show his determination, he knelt before the emperor with a resolute look as if he had made some important decision and pleaded, "Your Majesty, I made a great mistake by not seeing through that woman's evil plan.
I do not want to marry her and let the Jiang family have their wish, but I also do not want to make things difficult for you.
So I have decided to take a small loss and compensate her with my salary for the rest of my life. I only ask you to take back your decision, okay?"
The emperor's mouth twitched, and he thought to himself, you have suffered a great loss, where is your salary for the rest of your life!
How much salary could a commander of the Royal Guards earn in half his lifetime? Ordinary people couldn't compare, but in front of the Earl's Mansion, it was not enough, okay?
Piantian Mingwu, still looking like he'd suffered a great loss, stepped forward to persuade him, "Don't be impulsive, boy! If you give her your salary for the rest of your life, what will you eat? What will you drink? What will you use? Are you going to die?"
Mu Chenke sighed with a look of regret, "What can I do? It was my fault for being so careless that I fell into their trap.
Oh! It’s my bad luck! "
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The two of them sang in unison, as if things were really as they said.
Finally, Tian Mingwu patted his shoulder to comfort him and pleaded with the emperor, "Your Majesty! This child is quite pitiful.
His parents are both gone, and he got hurt a few years ago. Why don't you just not let him marry that troublemaker from the Jiang family?"
The emperor tried hard to suppress the twitch of his lips, and after a while he said, "No regrets in making a move, no joke in a king's words. Commander Mu, you should hurry back and prepare!"
Seeing that the emperor held his position, Jiang Shunyi finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Then Mu Chenke said with a very reluctant look on his face: "Oh! Forget it, I can't let the emperor be embarrassed no matter what."
After that, he turned to look at Jiang Shunyi, patted him on the shoulder and said, "When I go back tomorrow, I will have someone clean up the house and dry the quilts.
Go back and ask Miss Jiang when she plans to move in, so I can have the servants leave the door open for her."
Jiang Shunyi was completely dumbfounded.
"Leave the door open? Are you planning to let the Earl's daughter move into your house like this?
Aren't you planning to ask a matchmaker to come to your house and propose marriage, with gifts and a formal ceremony, three matchmakers and six bridesmaids, and a sedan chair carried by eight men to bring my son home?"
Mu Chenke said as if it was a matter of course: "You forced me to marry her, not me who wanted to marry her, so why should I ask a matchmaker to come to my house to ask for her hand in marriage?
Besides, a sedan chair carried by eight bearers carries a lady from a noble family; a bride is married with a large sum of money, and a bride is married with a virgin; a wedding with a formal matchmaker carries a virtuous and kind woman; a bride is married with three matchmakers and six betrothals, and a woman is well-educated and well-mannered.
The woman in your family not only lost her chastity before marriage, but also got pregnant. Which one does it mean?
"You guys can afford to lose that guy, but I still have some dignity!"
Jiang Shunyi burst into tears, this time he really cried, "Your Majesty, please make a decision for me! This is my legitimate daughter!"
The emperor's own daughter's affairs have not been settled yet! How could he have the mood to worry about such a terrible matter for him? "I just want Commander Mu to agree to marry someone. You can discuss the trivial matters of marriage privately."
Seeing this, Mu Chenke took a step back and said bluntly: "You can ask a matchmaker to come to your house, you can buy a betrothal gift, and you can also have a sedan chair with eight bearers.
However, you may have to wait a little longer.
My monthly salary has been spent. If I want to buy wedding cakes, wedding candies, other gifts and hire a matchmaker, I have to wait until next month, and if I want a sedan chair, I have to wait until the month after that.
The bride's wedding dress and other things will have to be ordered the month after next.
Oh! In that case, we still have to prepare the banquet, which will have to be scheduled after November.
If you don't mind, I will reluctantly agree to this."
Jiang Shunyi gritted his teeth in anger. Under normal circumstances, it would be a bit tight to prepare for the wedding in four or five months.
But now, if Jiang Wanmeng is really pregnant, it will be even more embarrassing when her belly gets bigger.
Seeing him like that, Mu Chenke looked relaxed. "Don't worry, Lord Jiang. If you can't make a decision, just go back and discuss it with your family. This commander is not in a hurry."
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