In Shao Jingyu's eyes, Mrs. Shao was undoubtedly a good mother with nothing wrong to do with. She was gentle, virtuous and considerate. Shao Jingyu had never seen his mother being biased towards the old couple of the Shao family or the children of the Shao family.
It was precisely because of this that even though Shao Jingyu felt that something was not so clear, he turned his head and put it behind his mind, because Mrs. Shao had told him many times that Yan Yiming was a good girl.
At this time, Shao Jingyu happily told Mrs. Shao that he wanted to choose an auspicious day to marry Yan Yiming. Mrs. Shao, who had always been calm and composed, also felt unusual for a moment.
Shao Jingyu noticed his mother's hesitation and asked her what happened. Mrs. Shao took the handkerchief and covered her lips with it, smiling faintly, "Nothing, I just haven't been feeling well lately."
After that, he patted the seat next to him and motioned Yan Yiming to sit down and continued, "Miss Yan is still weak. It is unlucky to marry someone with an illness. You should take good care of yourself for a few days before talking about it. Now you are no longer just a young master of the mansion, but a general entrusted with an important task by His Majesty. How can you make such a hasty decision about your marriage? After I discuss it with your grandmother and then go to the palace to meet the Imperial Concubine, we can choose a good day."
"It would be great if Her Majesty the Aunt could grant him a marriage," Shao Jingyu pondered, "A Ming is all alone and has no one to rely on. If Her Majesty could personally confer a title on him, he wouldn't have to worry about being bullied in the future."
Mrs. Shao suppressed her anger and kept smiling, until she sent Shao Jingyu out the door, when she completely turned hostile.
She actually didn't know that her good son had this idea. How could a little bitch with a life but no one to take care of her allow her son to do such a thing!
Your Majesty conferred the title personally? She doesn't deserve it.
Before Shao Jingyu, the Shao family was able to gain a foothold in the capital city thanks to Grand Tutor Shao, who was already over seventy years old, and the imperial concubine in the palace. Master Shao, her husband, had no ability to be an official and had been doing nothing until now. Mrs. Shao's mother's family was not prominent, and was nothing compared to the Shao family. If she had not worked hard for so many years to please her parents-in-law, she would not have her current status.
And Shao Jingyu was the most unexpected surprise God gave her.
Her son would rise to a high position and marry the most distinguished wife, instead of wasting his life on such a lowly orphan.
Mrs. Shao never thought that Shao Jingyu actually wanted to ask His Majesty to grant them a marriage.
Now Jingyu has made great achievements in battle, and His Majesty did not give him a big reward after this battle, so if Shao Jingyu asks, His Majesty is very likely to agree. If he really agrees, His Majesty might raise Yan Yiming's status for Jingyu's sake. By then, even if she wants to object, it will be too late.
After Mrs. Shao thought it through, she temporarily calmed Shao Jingyu down and then found an opportunity to enter the palace to meet the imperial concubine. She left in such a secret that Shao Jingyu was even kept in the dark.
Yan Yiming listened to Xiao Pingguo's gossip report and said lightly that this Mrs. Shao was really "passing through a field of flowers without getting a single leaf on her body". No matter what the matter was, she would always use other people's hands to get herself out of it.
Even if Shao Jingyu would hate Madam Jian or the Imperial Concubine Emperor because of this, he would never blame her.
Xiao Pingguo said that day Shao Jingyu and Madam Shao said they wanted to ask His Majesty to grant them a marriage, and if Madam Shao wanted to stop this she would definitely take the initiative.
The imperial concubine now understands that her interests are tied together with those of Shao Jingyu. Finding a strong family for Shao Jingyu will do her every good and no harm. In the name of considering her nephew, she asks His Majesty to help Shao Jingyu choose a good marriage. If Shao Jingyu agrees, she will have the best of both worlds. If he refuses and makes His Majesty unhappy, she naturally cannot ask His Majesty for the marriage.
Mrs. Shao would be happy to see this move, whether it succeeded or failed. If it was the former, that would be the best. If it was the latter, it would discourage Shao Jingyu and buy her time to prepare further.
Now Shao Jingyu's favorability still remains at 100%, and he owed Yan Yiming before, so he would not agree to the emperor's marriage no matter what, so the result will definitely be the second one.
At that time, when Mrs. Shao looked at her again, she would definitely feel like a thorn in her eyes and a thorn in her flesh.
However, this was also what she was happy to see.
Everything that happened afterwards was exactly as Yan Yiming had guessed. The only difference was that the emperor wanted to marry the princess by his side to Shao Jingyu because he liked him, while the imperial concubine wanted to win over other families and was not interested in the princess in the palace.
The emperor and the imperial concubine had a disagreement, and in the end, it turned out that Crown Prince Nangong Xuannian, who had betrayed Jian Yuer in the past, dragged Jian Yuer into it.
The imperial concubine was very optimistic about the Jian family, and the prince also spoke, and the emperor finally felt it was a good idea, but he didn't want Nangong Xuan to do something bad with good intentions.
After the court session, the emperor kept a few trusted ministers, including Grand Tutor Shao, Prime Minister Shao Jingyu, and a few others. After a brief discussion on state affairs, he suddenly mentioned that Shao Jingyu was also of marriageable age.
Shao Jingyu frowned, realizing that something was wrong. Sure enough, the emperor said in the next sentence, "Sir Jian, the eldest daughter in your family is also of marriageable age. I heard that you two have been childhood sweethearts. Why don't I make the decision?"
Prime Minister Jian had already discussed this with the Crown Prince and was naturally grateful. Grand Tutor Shao was silent as he thought of the woman at home. Shao Jingyu frowned, glanced at several ministers who all praised the couple for their talent and beauty, then he knelt down and apologized.
Shao Taishi's eyelids twitched suddenly. Prime Minister Jian had never thought that Shao Jingyu would actually reject His Majesty's kindness. Everyone was stunned. The first prince who acted as a matchmaker could only come out to ask, "General, what do you mean?"
"Your Majesty, I am deeply grateful for your kindness, but I already have someone I want to marry, and I dare not ruin Miss Jian's future."
Prime Minister Jian's face darkened, while Nangong Xuan looked up in surprise. The emperor smiled with interest and said, "It turns out that I almost broke up the couple."
Everyone laughed, and the prince also smiled and asked him which family the lady was from.
Before Shao Jingyu could answer, Master Shao said with some embarrassment, "Your Majesty, you misunderstood. This child brought back an orphan girl when he returned to the capital. She is not..."
The last time Yan Yiming came to see the people in the mansion, Master Shao did not have this attitude. Shao Jingyu was a little angry for a moment and said, "Your Majesty, I was brutally murdered on my way back to the capital. It was this girl who saved my life. Her whole family was killed by the Mongolian army and only she was left. I took her back to the capital to heal her wounds, and I plan to marry her after she recovers."
So that's how it is. The emperor nodded in appreciation and said, "My dear, you are so kind and righteous. But after all, you are of humble status, so I will marry you as a concubine. I will find a good marriage for you so as not to disgrace your status."
Anyone with a discerning eye could see that the emperor was giving Shao Jingyu a way out, but Shao Jingyu just refused to agree.
It was originally a good intention, but he didn't expect it to come to this. The emperor immediately lost interest, waved his sleeves, and told them to leave.
The emperor was obviously a little angry. Shao Jingyu didn't dare to mention Yan Yiming's matter again at this time. He only regretted that he had not told His Majesty earlier, which led to the current situation.
Yan Yiming sat in the mansion and listened to Xiaopingguo's live broadcast. "Nangong Xuan, this pig's hoof, has done something stupid again!" "The emperor is angry!" "Oh, Shao Jingyu confronted him head-on, and Prime Minister Jian's face turned black..."
In addition to the Shao and Jian families, there were other ministers present. Shao Jingyu refused so straightforwardly that both Prime Minister Jian and Jian Yuer, who knew nothing at all, lost face.
Prime Minister Jian has always been unwilling to give up Shao Jingyu, a capable general, and has cooperated with Nangong Xuan, a man with low emotional intelligence, regardless of the wishes of his wife and daughter. He deserves this ending now.
As for Shao Jingyu, Yan Yiming pretended to know nothing and looked at him in a rare state of distraught and asked, "What happened?"
Shao Jingyu looked at the clean and beautiful eyes of the woman in front of him, and suddenly remembered his grandfather's contemptuous tone. He was suddenly overwhelmed by a sense of shame, so hot that he dared not look Yan Yiming in the eye.
He promised Yan Yiming that as long as he liked it, his family would like it too.
This is the woman he looks up to, Yan Yiming who is different from all other women. However, Shao Jingyu only now realizes that no matter how dazzling Yan Yiming is in his eyes, it does not seem to be the case in the eyes of others.
Because he wiped out everything that had once been dazzling about her, completely.
This shouldn't be the case, Shao Jingyu thought a little dazedly. He shook his head and smiled, not wanting to tell Yan Yiming about the troublesome matter of His Majesty's marriage.
He also didn't want her to know that his grandfather didn't think highly of her at all because of his lies.
But things always go against one's wishes. Shao Jingyu becomes more and more uncertain and flustered, and some facts are exposed faster and faster.
Shao Jingyu refused the emperor's marriage proposal for Yan Yiming. Within a day, everyone in the mansion, from the masters to the servants, heard about it.
The masters naturally didn't understand why Shao Jingyu was so devoted to him, and they felt sorry for him, saying that he had done a stupid thing and lost a good marriage; the servants looked at Yan Yiming with more scrutiny, and those pretty maids were silently thinking about something in their hearts.
After Shao Jingyu came back that day, he talked with Master Shao for a long time, and the two finally parted unhappily.
He could not tell Master Shao about Yan Yiming's true identity, even though he was his biological grandfather. The more people knew about it, the more danger there would be.
Master Shao said that he was infatuated with women, and that the daughter of the prime minister's family was not as good as Yan Yiming. He said that she might have deliberately relied on you, and you were tempted and kept in the dark.
In a rage, Shao Jingyu smashed the carved screen fan at hand with a punch, and the books fell to the ground with a loud bang. Master Shao looked at his grown-up grandson in shock, and drove him out angrily for not fighting back.
Overnight, everyone in the mansion seemed to have changed into a different person; grandparents, father, and even the mother who had always said that Yan Yiming was great, became hesitant.
Mrs. Shao drank her tea slowly and said, "Although mother likes Ah Ming, your grandparents don't agree, and mother can't do anything." Seeing the struggle on her son's face, Mrs. Shao hesitated and said, "Ah Ming is of low status after all. She can't sit in the position of general's wife, but even if she can sit in the position, she can't sit firmly. Son, if you like, just take a concubine..."
"Impossible," Shao Jingyu flatly refused.
How could she not be the general's wife? She could even be a general.
Mrs. Shao was once again decisively interrupted by Shao Jingyu, and the last trace of hesitation in her heart disappeared completely. After sending her son away, she ordered someone to call back the little round-faced maid beside Yan Yiming.
Yan Yiming's health has begun to improve now. What he drinks every day are just tonic medicines, but Yan Yiming finds them bitter, so he lets Xiaopingguo use a trick to pour most of them into the ditch outside.
Normally, Tongbao would put down the medicine bowl and go outside, but today she stayed a little longer. Yan Yiming had already sensitively sensed that something was wrong, and raised his eyes to signal, "What are you still standing there for?" Tongbao hurriedly retreated.
Little Apple came back after taking a stroll and said, "That girl is still leaning on the window to watch."
This was probably the first time he did something bad, so he was excited and uneasy, with many loopholes. Yan Yiming smiled and left it to Xiaopingguo to take care of as usual. After a while, Tongbao came in to collect the bowls. Shao Jingyu also happened to come in from outside. Seeing the medicine bowl, he asked casually, "Did you just drink the medicine?"
"Yeah," Yan Yiming responded, glancing at Tong Bao and adding, "I wonder if the imperial physician has changed the prescription again. Today's medicine is a little different from the past."
Tongbao's eyes suddenly flashed, and she said anxiously that the imperial physician had changed some medicines.
Shao Jingyu did not feel anything unusual. The imperial physician was invited by his mother herself, and the maid was also sent by his mother. He was relieved. He motioned Tongbao to leave and said, "General Qin is seriously ill. His Majesty ordered me to temporarily take over the general's position to manage daily military and administrative affairs. I may be busy these days and cannot always be with you."
"It's a good thing that His Majesty trusts you," Yan Yiming understood very well, "I don't need to accompany you all the time."
Shao Jingyu had guessed that she would say this. He was just afraid that she would be bored, or that she would go out and hear some rumors and feel upset. He was even more worried that his father would do something rash when he was away.
Finally, they had no choice but to let Yun Xiao come to guard. Yun Xiao grew up in the Shao Mansion, and even the young ladies were very familiar with him, so he could enter and leave the back garden freely.
Yun Xiao was puzzled and thought that a strong woman like Yan Yiming didn't need his protection, but as he walked along the way, he heard a few people talking about Yan Yiming. They were just a few maids, but they were full of contempt when they spoke of Yan Yiming.
Yun Xiao suddenly became angry. Unable to bear it any longer, she pointed at the maid and yelled, "Who the hell are you to say bad things about her?"
The maidservant was greatly shocked. Yun Xiao was considered half a young master in the mansion, so they dared not say much. They could only pout and leave, cursing a few more times when they left. She was really a vixen, and even Young Master Yun protected her like this.
When Yun Xiao came to Yan Yiming angrily, Yan Yiming was wrapped in a cloak and staring at the bare branches in a daze.
Yun Xiao stretched out his hand and waved it in front of her eyes. "What are you looking at so intently?"
"Winter is coming soon," Yan Yiming said, "Jinling will have an early snowfall this year."
"Mysterious," Yun Xiao didn't understand. Looking at the quiet Yan Yiming in front of him, Yun Xiao remembered what the maids had just said and suddenly asked her, "Yiming, the general hid everything. Do you blame him?"
Yan Yiming glanced at him from the side and said calmly, "What do you think?"
"Then it seems that it is still his fault," Yun Xiao said, "In fact, I also think that this matter is not right. Even if His Majesty is angry that you are deceiving the emperor, it is better to have nothing than to have nothing. Why do you have to go to this extent?"
It’s not that Shao Jingyu didn’t understand, but that he understood too well. Yun Xiao said it easily only because he didn’t understand Shao Jingyu’s real intention.
As the days passed, Shao Jingyu became busier and busier, and Yun Xiao came more and more often. Yan Yiming didn't listen to what other people in the mansion said, until one day when Shao Jingyu finally had a moment of free time and hurried back, Yan Yiming stood at the door and gave Shao Jingyu a surprise.
Although it was Xiaopingguo who informed them in advance, this chance encounter still made Shao Jingyu particularly happy. The two walked back together, and when they reached the gate of the courtyard, they heard the clear voices of Tongbao and several maids in the house.
"She was able to marry a general and become his wife. At least we have a name and a surname. How can we be worse than her?"
"Look at your appearance. Although her status is ugly, she is at least a beauty."
After saying that, everyone started to chuckle. Shao Jingyu's face turned pale, but he was held down firmly by Yan Yiming.
Shao Jingyu looked at Yan Yiming's expressionless face and felt unprecedented panic in his heart.
The few of them went on and on, even saying that Yan Yiming had used some seductive tricks to follow her in the military camp, and that Young Master Yun was so good to her, maybe...
Shao Jingyu couldn't bear it any longer and kicked the door open. Several maids who were laughing inside turned around and saw Yan Yiming who was expressionless. Then they looked at Shao Jingyu who couldn't bear to kill anyone and knelt on the ground in panic.
Shao Jingyu was extremely angry, but because Yan Yiming was by his side, even his anger became a little unconfident.
Yan Yiming glanced at the few people coldly, and finally his complicated eyes fell on Shao Jingyu's face. There was disappointment, indifference, and suppressed anger, which burned Shao Jingyu to the point where he had nowhere to escape.
Yan Yiming turned and left without saying a word. The sun was clearly high in the sky that day, but Shao Jingyu looked as miserable as if he had been fished out of the water.
Shao Jingyu showed no mercy at all. Several maids were pressed on wooden stools and beaten with dozens of boards. They were already dead when Mrs. Shao ordered people to stop them.
Mrs. Shao gasped in shock. The bloody scene in front of her made her head dizzy. She held the maid beside her and asked him sternly why he could be so cruel.
"They deserved to die," Shao Jingyu's eyes were cold. The long-lost murderous aura of the battlefield was overwhelming him. Even Mrs. Shao couldn't help but take two steps back.
Only then did she realize that the son she was familiar with was no longer the one she was familiar with.
It's just a few maids. Mrs. Shao gritted her teeth and comforted herself that she shouldn't be angry with her son because of a few maids. However, the account was still counted on Yan Yiming.
He turned around to explain something to Shao Jingyu, but Shao Jingyu had already taken a big step forward to look for Yan Yiming.
He clearly felt that once today was over, anything between them would never be regained.
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