Chapter 329: Drunk.
"The Emperor has made it very clear. It's not that he doesn't want to take concubines, but the daughters of the ministers are really not worthy of the Emperor's eyes. If you insist on your daughters entering the palace, then go home and send them to gain experience. Maybe they can really come back from the northwest and become successful."
"Prince Ling, the beauty pageant is a state affair. Who do you think is the chicken and who is the dog?" someone couldn't help but ask.
"You guys aren't?" Ling Chenyi widened his eyes exaggeratedly, "You guys are still hoping that God will shit in your mouth..."
"you……"
Ling Chenyi looked at them and sneered a few times, "After the emperor ascended the throne, the first thing he did was to reward people according to their merits. Now the prince's consort who accompanied the emperor to the nine states has not yet been canonized, and you are jumping out and want to send your daughter to the palace. Where do you have the nerve to do that?"
"Why, are you used to taking credit for other people's work and taking other people's things?"
Those ministers were scolded so harshly that their faces turned blue with anger, but no one dared to act rashly in the imperial study.
Shen Wen stood to one side, silent, his eyes on his nose and his nose on his heart.
"There is no such thing as a free lunch in this world, please don't be so rude."
After saying that, Ling Chenyi took a long breath and patted his chest. This kind of thing should have been done by Li Huaiyan, but for some reason that kid seemed to have disappeared these days.
He is the eldest son of the Yongning Marquisate and a refined gentleman. When has he ever said such vulgar words?
Ling Chenyi shook his head. Seeing that the ministers were still standing there, he said, "Could it be that the daughter of a minister really has this ability? Come on, come on, sign up with me."
Those ministers glared at Ling Chenyi fiercely and had to take their leave.
Shen Wen also left with the ministers.
Ling Chenyi glanced at Xiao Yuan. He was not far away from him and could smell the strong smell of alcohol on him. He sighed helplessly.
After all, it was his fault. "I will go and get Duke Li. He is the best at making girls happy. Let him come and think of a solution for the emperor."
Xiao Yuan didn't say anything, so Ling Chenyi left to find someone.
"Where is Wen Yin?" Xiao Yuan asked.
"Your Majesty, Master Wenyin is living in the side hall."
"Bring the people here."
Eunuch Liu agreed and left the imperial study.
Xiao Yuan looked at the empty palace, feeling an unprecedented emptiness in his heart. He leaned back in his chair, holding a wine jug in his hand.
His empty black eyes looked at the beams above his head.
They thought that once they sat in this position, no one would be an obstacle to them.
“Your Majesty.” Eunuch Liu reentered the palace and said in a low voice, “Master Wen Yin…ran away.”
Xiao Yuan threw the wine jug in his hand to the ground, frightening Eunuch Liu so much that he fell to his knees. "I'll send someone to look for him right away."
At this moment, Ling Chenyi also came with Li Huaiyan.
However, Li Huaiyan looked even more decadent than Xiao Yuan, with his head drooped, dark circles under his eyes, stubble on his chin, and he walked with an unsteady gait.
Ling Chenyi threw him into a chair next to the dragon case and urged, "Don't pretend to be dead, think of a solution quickly."
"What is the solution?"
"Chen Anan lives in the Shen Mansion and doesn't want to enter the palace. Can you give me some advice?"
Li Huaiyan looked up at Ling Chenyi, then at Xiao Yuan, and shook his head, "I can't get out."
Ling Chenyi frowned and was about to shake him, but he saw Li Huaiyan holding his face with both hands and bending down.
After a while, drops of water seeped out from between his fingers.
Ling Chenyi was stunned, "What's wrong with you?"
Xiao Yuan also frowned and looked at him.
"She's gone, she's gone, and I can't find her." Li Huaiyan's voice was even a little choked.
"Who left?" Ling Chenyi looked confused.
Li Huaiyan sniffed and rubbed his face vigorously, revealing half of his face and his red eyes. "Zheng Yue'er, she's gone. She doesn't want me anymore."
“…”
Li Huaiyan raised his head and grabbed Ling Chenyi's sleeve. "I told her that I would live a good life with her when I return and would not make trouble again. But she left without saying a word."
Ling Chenyi was silent.
Looking at this, looking at that, he pried Li Huaiyan's hands apart and simply sat cross-legged on the ground.
Fortunately, he didn't get married.
Xiao Yuan drank one cup after another, Li Huaiyan cried one after another, and Ling Chenyi listened silently and persuaded them from time to time.
"Why did she leave?"
"I've said it before, she married you just to get away from the Zheng family, she's just using you."
"No." Li Huaiyan shook his head. "If she was using me, why would she have blocked the knife for me that day? She was disappointed in me."
"But we clearly agreed on it in the beginning, how could she go back on her word? Even if she wanted to leave, she should have told me. I will change. Why did she leave without saying anything?"
Li Huaiyan cried enough and walked towards Xiao Yuan, trying to grab the wine jug from his hand. Ling Chenyi was startled and hurriedly hugged his waist, "He is the emperor now."
"Even if he is the king of heaven, I lost my wife because I helped him build his empire. What's wrong with me drinking a pot of wine from him?"
Xiao Yuan looked at Li Huaiyan, whose eyes were red from crying, with hazy eyes, and generously threw the wine jug to him.
Li Huaiyan sat on the ground holding the wine jug, drinking while crying.
After drinking it, he asked Eunuch Liu to bring a few more jars.
Ling Chenyi did not stop him. Li Huaiyan had been suppressing his emotions and keeping silent in the mansion. Now, facing them, he finally vented all his emotions. This was a good thing compared to keeping it in his heart.
Ling Chenyi didn't drink, but sat with the two of them until dawn. Li Huaiyan was drunk and insisted that Xiao Yuan issue an order to give him the Imperial Guards. He would turn the capital upside down to get Zheng Yue'er back.
When she was by his side every day, he never felt anything, but when she suddenly left, he was like a drowning man, desperately wanting to get back to the way she was before.
Li Huaiyan was finally carried back by Ling Chenyi, and Xiao Yuan was late for the next morning court session because of drunkenness.
——
When Shen Anan heard the conclusion about the draft that Shen Changhe brought back, she just smiled and said nothing.
She refused to enter the palace, and Xiao Yuan, who was irritated by the fact that Li Huaiyan's wife ran away, came to the Shen Mansion again. No matter what anyone said, he insisted on staying in the Begonia Garden, or in the wing room.
On the first day, Shen Anan went to bed early, and the two did not meet. Xiao Yuan and the Shen family father and son went to and from court together, which became a grand scene outside the palace gate.
The ministers had opinions but did not dare to speak out.
Maybe Shen Anan was intentionally avoiding Xiao Yuan. For three consecutive days, he hadn't seen her. On the fourth day, he even moved the memorial to the Shen Mansion.
At that time, when Mo Xiang reported, Shen Anan was accompanying Lin Yurou and asked the doctor to check her pulse.
Mo Xiang was gloating, "It's just a pity for Prince Ling, who has to guard the palace day and night."
After saying this, she laughed softly a few times.
Shen Anan glanced at her angrily, and the doctor happened to stop at this time, "Madam's pulse is normal. As long as you take good care of the fetus, you won't suffer any serious consequences."
Lin Yurou nodded, and asked while the doctor was packing up, "Doctor, can you tell if I'm pregnant with a boy or a girl?"
"If my guess is correct, it should be a girl."
Hearing the sound, Lin Yurou grabbed Shen Anan's hand, her face showing joy, "Anan, did you hear that? It's a girl. Your brother will be very happy when he knows about it."
Shen Anan smiled and nodded, remembering Xiao Yuan stroking her belly and calling her a daughter, so she also stretched out her hand, "Doctor, please help me check, is it a boy or a girl?"
——
Coming out of Lin Yurou's yard, she lowered her head, thinking about something, and a pair of dragon-patterned short boots suddenly appeared in her sight.
She was stunned for a moment, then raised her head and saw Xiao Yuan's burning eyes.
He stared at her as if he wanted to swallow her into his stomach.
"Why... why did you come back so early today?"
"How else can I catch you?" Xiao Yuan took a step forward, and Shen Anan stepped back subconsciously.
Immediately, she felt dizzy and her body flew into the air. She was shocked. "This is the Shen family. We are making fun of ourselves. Let me down now."
"It doesn't matter. Even if they saw it, they would pretend not to see it."
As expected, just as Xiao Yuan said, all the way back to Begonia Garden, all the maids and servants who passed by would immediately hide away when they saw the two of them from afar.
Xiao Yuan carried her into the room and gently placed her on the bed. Shen Anan wanted to sit up, and Xiao Yuan immediately pressed down on her shoulders and lay down on her side.
"An An, do you know how I have been spending these days?"
"How could you not want me?"
He buried his head in Shen Anan's neck. The cold touch made her freeze and she dared not struggle anymore.
"We prayed for a marriage that would last for generations, how can you go back on your word?"
Shen Anan was silent, feeling very uncomfortable, and her almond eyes gradually became blurred.
She gently hugged his waist and said for a long while, "Maybe, tomorrow, I won't remember you."
Xiao Yuan said nothing and lowered his head again.
"Maybe, I will even forget about our children in the future. Or maybe, I won't even be able to take care of myself."
"Will you dislike me?" She asked cautiously, even with a hint of uneasiness.
The change of identity always brought her a deep sense of uneasiness.
Xiao Yuan slowly let her go, "Who can tell the consequences of karma? Maybe one day, I will vomit blood and die. Will you despise me?"
"What nonsense are you talking about?" Shen Anan glared at him.
Xiao Yuan's face was gentle, and he stroked her face gently, "An An, we are all part of the cause and effect. No one knows what will happen tomorrow, right?"
Shen Anan frowned, she remembered everything today, so she naturally understood what Xiao Yuan said.
"You threaten me?"
"Yes." Xiao Yuan smiled and curled his lips. "I am threatening you. If you dare to leave me, I will massacre Xiangjue Temple and force him like you did to Wen Yin."
It is his karma to bear the consequences.
"You are the emperor, the backbone of the entire Daliang!"
"But you are also my spine."
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