Chapter 139 She is not humble
Seeing him take the sachet, everyone exclaimed.
"Look, he took it! The top scholar took the sachet!"
"It was the sachet thrown from the window of the second private room on the second floor of Fu Man Lou!"
Xie Lao quickly looked towards the window that everyone was pointing at, but unfortunately Qi Yue had already retracted her head, so he could only see half of a white, slender hand.
Xie Lao was very dissatisfied with Xie Yun's behavior of accepting the sachet randomly. He lowered his voice and rebuked: "Don't you have a sweetheart? Are you worthy of that girl by accepting the sachet randomly like this?"
When Xie Yun saw him looking towards the window, his heart was in his throat.
Hearing him say this, I realized that he didn't see anyone at all, and my heart suddenly settled down.
Xie Yun smiled and explained, "Brother, this sachet was thrown to me by that girl."
After hearing this, Xie Lao didn't say anything more, but just looked towards the window again.
At this time, Qi Yue had put on his hat again and was leaning against the window looking at the two brothers on horseback below.
The slightly transparent hat curtain swayed slightly in the wind, and the two men's eyes passed through the gap and were about to fall on her face.
Xie Yun tightened his grip on the horse reins slightly. Xie Lao tilted his head to see what kind of girl could seduce his silly brother so easily.
The breeze only lifted her face a little, revealing half of her face, and as a result, the half of her face under the hood was still covered with a veil.
Xie Luo withdrew his gaze. He felt that this woman was being evasive and hesitant, not frank enough, and not even half as good as his Ah Man.
I don’t know what A’man is doing at this moment?
No matter whether she was a palace maid in the main hall or another princess or noble lady, he would not let her go this time.
When the parade is over and he goes to the palace to express his gratitude, he will ask His Majesty to marry A'man!
Qi Yue had no idea what he was thinking. As she watched the two brothers parade past Fu Man Lou, she also yawned.
I have to attend the Qionglin Banquet in the evening, so I might as well go to the Moon Palace to catch up on some sleep to avoid rushing back and forth.
Around dusk, the parade of the two brothers finally ended.
Originally, the two of them should have gone into the imperial study together to express their gratitude, but Xie Lao had his own little thoughts, so he let Xie Yun go in first.
Xie Yun wanted more than anything else. If he could express his gratitude sooner, he could go look for Qi Yue earlier. If he didn't hurry up, the day would be over.
Finally he got a position as a reader in the Hanlin Academy, and was rewarded with gold, silver, gifts, servants, and a mansion.
This made Xie Yun stunned.
Qi Junqi was thinking: I had just taken so much gold from my own royal sister, this time I could give some of it to the man she likes, maybe next time the royal sister would give him another big surprise.
Finally, Xie Yunren walked out of the imperial study feeling a little dizzy.
When Xie Lao saw him come out, he clenched his palms, took a few deep breaths, and waited for Xun Anxuan to go in.
Those holding the imperial gifts were all slaves who were rewarded. They looked at the new master in front of them, knelt down and waited for him to speak.
Xie Yun thought for a moment and said, "Send the rest back to the mansion, and the remaining gold and silver will be sent to the Moon Palace with me."
The servants were startled and looked at each other.
This Moon Palace is the eldest princess's palace...
After all, it was their master's business, so they didn't dare to speculate too much.
The Qionglin Banquet would not start for another hour, and Qi Yue always went to banquets on time.
So, when Xie Yun brought the things to the Moon Palace, she was still asleep.
He Xiang Lengyue had been ordered to guard the palace gate. When she saw Xie Yun coming, she immediately welcomed him in.
After the servants put down their things, Xie Yun drove them back.
He Xiang looked at the two large boxes on the ground and asked in confusion, "What's this, Wen Zhuangyuan?"
Xie Yun said calmly: "This is what I gave to the princess..."
He Xiang opened it and took a look. She saw a box of gold and a box of silver. She suddenly realized, "Is this the betrothal gift that the top scholar gave to the princess?"
When Xie Yun heard this, the tips of his ears turned red. He coughed twice and uttered "hmm".
Leng Yue still had a blank expression on her face, but there was a softer light in her eyes.
Although this scholar is a little weak, his love for the princess is sincere.
He Xiang chuckled twice in a low voice, and then said, "Please follow me, Mr. Wen Zhuangyuan."
As she led the way, she said, "The princess is still resting, but she has already instructed that the top scholar should go in directly when he arrives."
He Xiang walked all the way to the door of the bedroom and gently opened it.
Xie Yun nodded to her, and after he entered quietly, the palace door was gently closed again...
In the imperial study.
Qi Junqi gave Xie Lao the same reward.
But as soon as he finished speaking, Xie Lao kowtowed to him again.
"Your Majesty, I do not want any reward."
Qi Junqi was not angry because of his refusal of the reward. Instead, he asked with interest: "What do you want? Tell me about it."
Although Qi Junqi's voice was calm, it seemed to contain a hint of sarcasm.
But after all, he was facing the king of a country and the power of the emperor, so Xie Lao was a little nervous and his palms were sweating.
He considered his words in his heart, and spoke after a long while: "Your Majesty, I have a lover, and I would like to ask you to grant me a marriage contract."
Upon hearing this, Qi Junqi frowned. He remembered that Xie Lao was also the one favored by his royal sister. How could he be so bold as to change his heart after passing the imperial examination?
Do you still dare to come before him and ask for his permission to grant you a marriage?
Qi Junqi never thought that Xie Lao didn't know that Qi Yue would never marry again in her life, so he just thought that he had fallen in love with someone else.
His tone couldn't help but be a little angry: "Oh... tell me, which lady did you take a fancy to?"
Sensing the anger in Qi Junqi's tone, Xie Lao began to sweat, but he still said with a stiff upper lip: "Your Majesty, she is not a noble lady, but..."
When Qi Junqi heard this, he became even angrier. Could it be that this guy betrayed his own sister for a commoner girl or even a prostitute?
His tone was cold and angry: "What is it? Could it be a commoner or a prostitute?"
Xie Luo realized that he had misunderstood, and hurriedly said, "She was a palace maid!"
After hearing his answer, Qi Junqi's expression did not ease at all, but instead became more serious.
"Good, good, good of you, Xie Lao! You actually did that for a lowly palace maid..."
Xie Luo interrupted him in a moment of panic: "Your Majesty, she is not humble!"
"presumptuous!"
Qi Junqi grabbed the teacup and smashed it on his forehead, splashing tea all over his face. Fortunately, the tea was warm, otherwise he would have been scalded.
The corner of his forehead that was hit started to swell up soon, but he didn't feel any pain at all. He still knelt straight with a stubborn look on his face.
Xun An, who was listening at the side, suddenly remembered something and hurried forward to comfort him: "Your Majesty, calm down, Your Majesty, calm down, why don't you listen to Wu Zhuangyuan's words, maybe there is a huge misunderstanding!"
After saying that, he lowered his voice and whispered in Qi Junqi's ear for a while.
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
