Chapter 227: The marriage with the King of Jin is not a good match, and the engagement is cancelled
Fenghua Palace.
Xiao Jue asked someone to bring the gold-embossed brocade cloth, and in a short while he had drafted the imperial edict to cancel the engagement, made two copies, and stamped them with his seal.
After the ink dried, he looked over it carefully, then handed it to the beautiful girl sitting at the desk.
"The imperial edict has been written. Would Miss Shen like to review it?"
As early as when Xiao Jue said he was going to issue an edict, Shen Qingyi began to lose her composure. It was not until she heard these words that she came to her senses and respectfully took the light golden scroll with both hands.
"Thank you, Your Majesty."
She thanked him solemnly, then opened the brocade in her hand, and saw several lines of vigorous and powerful handwriting jumping into her eyes.
"By the providence of Heaven, the Emperor proclaims: Shen Qingyi, daughter of Duke Shen, has come to petition for the dissolution of her engagement with the Prince of Jin.
After seven years of engagement, Prince Jin still cannot win Shen Qingyi's heart, which shows that this marriage is not a good one.
I do not want to force anyone to do anything, so I grant Shen Qingyi's request and cancel the engagement between Shen Qingyi and the Prince of Jin. From now on, there will be no further relationship between the man and the woman. I decree this.'
Although the content of the imperial edict was not to her liking, as long as it reached Xiao Yelin, her engagement with him would be completely cancelled.
Shen Qingyi breathed a sigh of relief. The haze that had been weighing on her heart for a long time completely dissipated at this moment, and she felt relaxed.
But soon, she couldn't help but think of Xiao Yelin again.
I don’t know whether Xiao Yelin would be secretly delighted after receiving this imperial edict, or would he be unable to resist strangling her to death.
At this moment, a man's low warning voice sounded in his ears.
"Miss Shen, the emperor never jokes. The imperial edict has been written. It's too late for you to regret it now."
Shen Qingyi looked up and saw him looking at her with deep eyes, which were filled with emotions she couldn't understand, but she could vaguely feel that he seemed a little unhappy.
Did she offend him again?
Shen Qingyi shrank back, closed the imperial edict, and said weakly, "Your Majesty, I have no intention of regretting it."
"That would be best."
His tone seemed to be much better. Shen Qingyi breathed a sigh of relief and turned to look secretly towards the door, only to see that it was still empty and the person she had been waiting for for a long time was nowhere to be seen.
Damn Chen Yaoxing, he hasn't come back for so long, isn't he afraid that she will expose him after she messes up?
Or did he already know that she had messed up, so he ran away and left her here alone?
Can't it be true?
Shen Qingyi widened her eyes, feeling somewhat unbelievable.
Suddenly, she was picked up again.
With a bang, the imperial edict in their hands fell to the ground in shock, but neither of them even looked at it.
Shen Qingyi turned her head and saw Xiao Jue holding her, his black eyes looking at her with interest.
"What are you looking at?"
"Your Majesty..."
Shen Qingyi tensed up, her face wrinkled and she looked like she was about to cry.
She was wrong. She shouldn't have seduced the emperor. But the emperor clearly knew that she had bad intentions. Why did he still do this?
"how?"
He raised his eyebrows and looked at the pale-faced girl in his arms, who was about to cry with some amusement.
Every time she saw him, she felt like a mouse seeing a cat. She guessed that he had left her with a psychological trauma back then.
Thinking of what happened that year, a trace of regret flashed across Xiao Jue's eyes.
Blame him for being dark and evil back then and scaring her.
But she was so young at that time, and so many years have passed, but she still hasn't forgotten it.
"It's getting late, my servant. It's time to go home. And why hasn't my second brother come back yet? I'm worried that he fell into the toilet. I want to go look for him."
Shen Qingyi tried hard to force a smile, but in reality she was frightened and panicked, her mind was in a mess, and she had almost lost the ability to think.
Xiao Jue: “…”
He frowned, strode to the bed, and sat down with her in his arms.
"Do you know why Yaoxing hasn't come back yet? He did it on purpose. Miss Chen came to seduce me tonight. It was actually his idea, right?"
Shen Qingyi: "..."
She subconsciously wanted to shake her head to deny it, but before she could move, the man's careless voice continued to ring in her ears.
"I don't care what he is planning, but Miss Shen, before you came to seduce me, weren't you prepared for what would happen?"
Shen Qingyi: "..."
What preparations have been made?
Who in Yun Kingdom doesn’t know that the emperor is not interested in women?
She just wanted to go through the motions and cheat out five thousand taels of silver. If she had known that things would turn out like this, she would not have dared to do it.
"Yao Xing has probably gone home by now. Leaving you in the palace clearly means that he wants to be at my disposal. So why is Miss Shen in such a hurry to go back?"
Shen Qingyi: "..."
Damn Shen Yaoxing, has he really gone home? What should she do then?
Shen Qingyi was a little confused, and kept cursing Chen Yaoxing in her heart. She deeply regretted covering up for him. If she had known he was so bad, she should have exposed him.
"Your Majesty, don't you dislike women? You won't do anything to your servant, will you?"
She raised her head and looked at him with red eyes, which were full of anxiety.
Hearing this, Xiao Jue was slightly stunned, then he curled his lips into a smile and reached out to touch her lips.
"Who told you that I don't like women, huh?"
"Everyone says that..."
She was shaking violently, but she didn't feel anything was wrong. Everyone said so, could it be that he didn't hear anything at all?
Besides, if he didn't dislike women, why didn't he even have a concubine?
Xiao Jue was so angry that he laughed.
"Oh, others made up stories about me at will, and Miss Shen believed them, and even made them up in front of me. Miss Shen is really capable."
"This humble servant knows she was wrong and will never again slander the Emperor. I beg Your Majesty to calm down..."
When you live under someone's roof, you have to bow your head.
Although Shen Qingyi is not very smart, she can sometimes see the situation clearly. She knows that there is no good in angering the emperor, so she immediately admits her mistake.
As long as she is not punished, she can admit her mistake in any way.
"If you want me to calm down, it's not impossible. Just raise your head."
He narrowed his eyes and teased her tirelessly. Even though he knew she was afraid of him, he still couldn't control the urge to scare her.
The inherent bad qualities of men are clearly revealed at this moment.
Shen Qingyi raised her head tremblingly, her beautiful eyes faintly red, and a hint of fear appeared on her exquisite and beautiful face.
But in the eyes of men, she is like a fairy who seduces them.
His dark eyes narrowed suddenly, his throat became dry and rolled uncontrollably. He lowered his head slightly, moved closer to her, and a low voice sounded faintly.
"Kiss me."
“???”
Shen Qingyi suspected that she had heard it wrong and looked at the extremely noble man in front of her with disbelief.
Why kiss him?
"This is an order!"
Seeing her standing there in a daze, Xiao Jue frowned slightly and moved forward a little closer, so that the distance between them was just a few feet.
She heard it right.
The emperor really said that!
Shen Qingyi shook her head violently, on the verge of collapse.
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