Xie Jingxuan knocked on the door while calling out, and Xie Jingyan said, "Come in."
The door creaked open, and Xie Jingxuan walked in.
He had already changed out of the bright red wedding dress he was wearing as a substitute for the bride, and into a sky-blue brocade robe. Although he was only fifteen years old, he was tall and slender, like a jade tree in full bloom.
Upon seeing Shen Wan, Xie Jingxuan bowed and said, "Greetings, Sixth Sister-in-law."
Shen Wan nodded in return, and Xie Jingyan reached out and said, "Help me into the wheelchair."
Xie Jingxuan quickly complied, then pushed Xie Jingyan away, not forgetting to say to Chen Wan, "Sixth Sister-in-law, I'll take Sixth Brother away first."
As Xie Jingyan was leaving, he asked, "How is the front yard?"
Xie Jingxuan said, "Where Father is, no one is at ease. Only you, Sixth Brother, are not afraid of Father."
"But I really didn't expect Father to come to Sixth Brother's place. Second Brother must be furious."
Xie Jingyin was not just furious, he was practically driven mad with rage.
The Prince of Jin's residence was closer to the Marquis of Pingyang's residence than the Prince of Ling's residence, but in order to wait for the Emperor and Empress to leave the palace, Xie Jingyin took the bridal sedan chair on an extra detour. Once he received the news that the Emperor and Empress had left the palace, he timed it perfectly to welcome the bridal sedan chair back to the Prince of Jin's residence.
However, when he took Shen Ying out of the bridal sedan chair, the Emperor and Empress had not yet arrived, so he could only wait patiently.
After waiting for a full quarter of an hour, the palace carriage finally arrived, accompanied by a hoarse voice. All the civil and military officials and their wives were waiting to kneel and welcome the emperor, but instead they were announcing that the empress had arrived.
When the officials saw that only the Empress had come, they were completely dumbfounded. Wasn't it said that the Emperor and Empress left the palace together? Why was only the Empress here? Where did the Emperor go?
Xie Jingyin asked the Empress, "Mother, where is Father?"
The Empress maintained her smile, but her neatly manicured nails under her phoenix robe were almost digging into her flesh. She tried her best to be gentle as she said, "Your father learned that the wedding banquet at the Ling Prince's residence was rather quiet, and fearing that Miss Shen would be wronged, he changed his plans and went to the Ling Prince's residence instead."
The Empress and the Emperor left the palace together. The Empress really did not expect that the Emperor would suddenly change his mind, or rather, the Emperor never intended to come to the Prince of Jin's residence from the beginning. He originally planned to go to the Prince of Ling's residence to attend the wedding banquet. However, she and the Prince of Jin took things for granted. In order to save face for her son, the Empress dissuaded the Emperor and even argued with him for a few words. In the end, they parted on bad terms.
The Emperor went to the Ling Prince's residence, and the Empress came to the Jin Prince's residence.
She was the one who wanted her son to have a wedding banquet with Prince Ling, but in the end, the Emperor went to Prince Ling's residence instead. This slap in the face really hit the Empress hard.
When she learned that the plan had failed and that her son had brought back Shen Ying, the Empress was furious, but she could only suppress her anger.
The civil and military officials looked at each other in bewilderment.
They did not believe the Queen's explanation.
Was the wedding banquet at the Ling Prince's Mansion quiet and uninvited?
Although they didn't go, their son did. They're all young people, so it'll only be more lively.
The Emperor trusts the Marquis of Pingyang, but even with that trust, it wouldn't be enough to send his daughter to the Ling Prince's residence just to prevent her from being wronged. Marrying the Ling Prince was Miss Shen's own choice, not something the Emperor forced her to do. It's unclear whether the Emperor's actions were out of anger at them all coming to the Jin Prince's residence for the wedding banquet, which he felt was excessive, and he was giving them a warning, or whether the Emperor actually loves the Ling Prince the most and couldn't bear to see him suffer such injustice, so he went to the Ling Prince's residence to support him...
The civil and military officials speculated in their hearts, but after much guessing, only four words came to mind—
The emperor's heart is unfathomable.
Fortunately, the law does not punish the masses, and since all the officials did so, even if the emperor was dissatisfied, he could not do anything to them.
They just need to carefully consider the issue of choosing sides.
The banquet was so unappetizing that even the civil and military officials found it tasteless.
The wedding banquet at Prince Jin's mansion appeared lively, but was actually rather quiet. Prince Ling's mansion, on the other hand, was quite the opposite. Because the Emperor was attending the wedding, none of the young masters from the noble families dared to act recklessly. They ate the banquet with great restraint, their restless hearts all suppressed.
This is why the Eighth Prince summoned Xie Jingyan to the front courtyard. No one dared to eat, drink, or play freely in front of the Emperor; someone needed to take the lead.
This person could only be Xie Jingyan.
Xie Jingyan went to the front yard, and soon the wedding banquet became lively. People played drinking games and drank, and the noise and commotion were so great that Shen Wan could hear it even in Moyuxuan.
Shen Wan really didn't expect that a place with the Emperor would be so lively, but she didn't care. Shen Wan hadn't eaten properly since last night, and she was starving. There was food on the table, and she wanted to eat it, but Yin Shuang was afraid that she would get a stomachache from eating cold food, so she asked the maid to take it away and heat it up.
Shen Wan waited for a while before the maid brought the food back. She was starving, so she picked up her chopsticks and started eating.
After eating and drinking her fill, Shen Wan was bored and sat on the wedding bed waiting for Xie Jingyan to return. However, she was also afraid of his return, so she would get up and walk around after sitting for a while, and then sit down again when she got tired.
After waiting for almost half an hour, I finally heard the maids outside the door greeting me.
Xie Jingyan is back.
Shen Wan immediately tensed up.
Soon the sound of wheels rolling could be heard as Xie Jingyan pushed his wheelchair in. Upon seeing him enter, Yinshuang and Haitang withdrew, making sure to close the door behind them as they left.
Now only the two of them were left in the room.
Shen Wan was a little nervous and broke the silence by asking, "Has the Emperor left?"
"Yeah, they just left..."
After those two sentences, the room fell silent once again.
This time Shen Wan didn't speak. Xie Jingyan said, "Help me up."
Chen Feng used to be the one to help Xie Jingyan, but since Shen Wan married into the family, it's no longer convenient for Chen Feng to serve her in the house. Right now, there are only the two of them in the house, so Shen Wan has no choice but to help him.
She got up to help Xie Jingyan. He had drunk quite a bit, and you could smell the alcohol on him if you got close. Whether he couldn't stand or was too drunk, half of his body was leaning on Shen Wan. Shen Wan struggled to support him. When she helped Xie Jingyan sit down, she accidentally tripped over the footstool. Shen Wan lost her balance and knocked Xie Jingyan down onto the bed, pinning him on top of her.
Xie Jingyan groaned in pain, and Shen Wan's face burned. She tried to get up, but Xie Jingyan held her and she couldn't move. "So impatient?"
The sound exploded above her head, making Shen Wan's already burning face even hotter.
What is this person saying? They're faking their marriage!
Shen Wan struggled and said, "Let me go..."
Xie Jingyan obediently released his arms from her waist. Shen Wan quickly got up, and Xie Jingyan sat up, looking at her with a smile in his eyes.
Shen Wan didn't dare look him in the eye, and only asked, "How are we going to sleep tonight?"
Xie Jingyan smiled and said, "How do you suggest we sleep?"
Shen Wan said, "I'll sleep on the floor."
Xie Jingyan's smile froze. He looked at Shen Wan and said, "On our wedding night, I made you sleep on the floor. Do you want your older brother to beat me to death if he finds out?"
If her older brother finds out about this, he might really beat him up.
Shen Wan looked at him cautiously and asked, "Then... will you sleep on the floor?"
Xie Jingyan's face instantly turned as black as the bottom of a pot. "What did you say? Say it again."
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