Chapter 454 Don’t You Want to Marry Me?
Lin Tingfeng held the imperial edict respectfully in both hands, still feeling frightened.
He glanced at the servant kneeling on the ground and ordered with a gloomy face, "Get out of here. If a fourth person knows what happened today, you will know the consequences."
The servant hurriedly retreated and considerately closed the door to the inner room for the two of them.
After the footsteps faded away, Lin Tingfeng said with a serious face: "Shihan, I know you must have been wronged when you entered the palace this time, but no matter what, you cannot do such a disrespectful thing.
If this gets out, not only will you and I be guilty of capital punishment, but more than a hundred people in the General's and Duke's mansions will also be implicated."
Zhuang Shihan's face turned cold, "Are you threatening me?"
Lin Tingfeng: "I'm just reminding you."
"Thank you so much."
Facing Zhuang Shihan's sneering eyes, Lin Tingfeng sighed softly and said helplessly, "Shihan, why do you and I have to be so sharp with each other every time we say something?"
In the past, even if they occasionally disagreed, they were never as confrontational as they are now.
Zhuang Shihan was filled with rage, and his words seemed even more hypocritical to her, and she almost vomited on the spot.
She glared at him angrily and gritted her teeth, "Why was I so blind to fall for you in the first place!"
"Shihan!" Lin Tingfeng said with a sullen face, "It's better to say less of those hurtful words."
"Hurt feelings?" Zhuang Shihan just found it funny.
She stared intently at the bright yellow scroll in his hand and said sarcastically, "Why don't you open the imperial edict and see what's written inside?" Lin Tingfeng said without any surprise, "It should be the imperial edict granting our marriage."
"Yes." Zhuang Shihan sneered, tears flashing in the corners of her eyes, "The imperial decree grants me to be your co-wife."
Hearing the word "equal wife", Lin Tingfeng breathed a sigh of relief visibly.
The next moment, Zhuang Shihan suddenly took two steps forward, raised her hand and slapped him hard.
Lin Tingfeng was caught off guard and was slapped in the face, his face turning away. His expression changed from surprise to anger.
He turned his head, his dark eyes filled with rage.
The words that came out of his mouth sounded like they were squeezed out from between his teeth.
"Shihan, you'd better give me a reasonable explanation."
"Explain?" Zhuang Shihan frowned. "I gave up half my fortune in exchange for a mere position as a concubine in your general's mansion. What else do I need to explain to you?"
If this gets out, it will be a laughing stock!
Lin Tingfeng's eyes were filled with confusion. "That day, I was in front of the emperor and had already asked His Majesty to agree to take a wife as his equal. What does this have to do with your half-wealth?"
I didn't expect him to ask this, and Zhuang Shihan's eyes turned red with anger.
She cursed under her breath, "I shouldn't have followed you back, and I shouldn't have acknowledged that little bastard."
Realizing something, Lin Tingfeng's face grew even colder, and he frowned and asked, "Shihan, how did Liu Goudan get injured yesterday?"
Zhuang Shihan's eyes flickered as she insisted, "That child wasn't destined to enjoy life. He's never had good food before, so when he sees something delicious, he eats it recklessly. That's why he has indigestion and is suffering from abdominal pain."
Lin Tingfeng said: "Shihan, although I don't know medicine, I am not a fool."
When she mentioned it last night, he felt that there was something fishy about it, but he was busy dealing with the matter of Lanxuan Courtyard and didn't investigate it in detail.
Now that I think about it, the child's symptoms were so severe that even several imperial doctors in the palace were helpless. It couldn't be as simple as indigestion.
Zhuang Shihan was annoyed by his stares, so she just threw in the towel and said, "Yes, I kicked him, so what!"
Thinking of Emperor Xuande's attitude today, she became even more furious and cursed with a cold face: "He is just a lowly person. If he is injured, then he is injured. Even if he is kicked to death, what's the big deal?
Speaking of this, they are the ones who don't treat the people as human beings. They are so high and mighty that they don't know the suffering of the people, yet they pretend to love the people like their own children. It's really disgusting."
"Shihan!" Lin Tingfeng's expression suddenly became nervous, and he scolded in a low voice: "This is the capital, not a border town."
Zhuang Shihan raised her eyebrows, "So what?
I'm not shouting in the street, I'm just discussing it at home, look how scared you are."
Lin Tingfeng said in a deep voice: "That's not possible either."
He thought of something, and his eyes darkened for a moment. "The vast universe is all your territory, and all the people in the world are your subjects. From now on, don't even mention such things in private."
Zhuang Shihan refused to accept this and gnashed her teeth, saying, "This old emperor is truly shameless. I've already handed over three-tenths of my net profits as a token of my loyalty, and yet he's using my position as his equal wife to disgust me."
"Shihan, don't you want to marry me?"
When Zhuang Shihan met Lin Tingfeng's affectionate eyes, her eyes almost rolled up to the sky.
Doesn't he have any idea whether she is willing or not?
If Emperor Xuande's edict had not been prepared in advance, and he had bitten off a piece of meat from her and asked Dehai to take it out without waiting for her to refute, she would not agree to anything she said.
Not to mention being a concubine, she now looks down on even the general's wife.
But even though she looked down on it, he had no choice but to give it to her.
Biting her lip lightly, Zhuang Shihan said a little aggrievedly, "You've already divorced Song, and the position of the General's wife is now vacant. Yet His Majesty is granting me a marriage at this time, and even giving me the title of a concubine. Isn't this a clear humiliation?"
Lin Tingfeng's eyes darkened slightly, and he guessed, "Your Majesty's move might be a warning to you and me."
Zhuang Shihan laughed angrily, "I wasn't the one who intended to disobey the order. Why would I use it against you?"
When she thought about the three-level profits from future operations, which would have to be handed over to the national treasury in vain, she felt extremely angry.
Emperor Xuande, that old fox, wanted her money but didn't just ask for it directly. Instead, he used those ambiguous words to force her to surrender.
Did he really think that she was afraid of the Murong family?
Seeing Lin Tingfeng somewhat distracted, Zhuang Shihan suddenly thought of something and stared at him sinisterly, "You don't think that just because the divorce papers are gone, you and Song Yanxi are still husband and wife, do you?"
Lin Tingfeng came back to his senses, his face showing more embarrassment.
Without waiting for him to speak, Zhuang Shihan poured a basin of cold water on him.
She said, "You'd better give up on this idea. I see that she and His Royal Highness Prince Jin are in love with each other, and I'm afraid good things are about to happen."
Lin Tingfeng's face darkened, and he said firmly, "Prince Jin will not marry her."
Realizing that this was inappropriate, he added, "Prince Jin cherishes his reputation the most. Even if he truly has feelings for Song, he would never accept her as his wife. Even if he is foolish, Your Majesty will never condone him."
Zhuang Shihan uttered a soft "tsk," "You've really been reading military books for so many years that your brain has become like a pig's. He's the dignified Prince Jin, so it's not easy for him to want a woman, right?"
Without waiting for Lin Tingfeng to refute, she listed, "He could just build a house and keep her there as a concubine, or simply create a false identity and keep her in the palace as a concubine. You are only a third-rank official, how can you compete with him?"
Lin Tingfeng's face flushed red, and he gritted his teeth and said, "Song will definitely not do such a thing that lowers our status."
Zhuang Shihan couldn't help but roll her eyes and wanted to scold him, but then she thought better of it.
She curled the corners of her lips and asked, "Why don't you guess where King Jin is now?"
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