Chapter 288 Meeting
The next morning, Xu Junying brought Heng'er back to the upper room from the east courtyard. Meimei had also finished washing up. Most of Xu Junying's clothes were wet, and Heng'er was as dirty as a little mud monkey, but he wanted to jump into Meimei's arms happily. Meimei screamed and grabbed his two little hands, and told Xia Lian and others to take him downstairs quickly to wash and change clothes. Cui Lian and Cui Si had already prepared clothes for Hou Ye to change and prepared warm water. Xu Junying went to the clean room to take a bath.
After the father and son came out clean, the family sat around the table to have breakfast together. Meimei placed a bowl of egg custard in front of Heng'er, watched him eat it mouthful by mouthful, and asked, "What are Heng'er and father doing in the East Courtyard? It's so dirty, is it fun?"
Henger swallowed the food in his mouth, looked up and said with a smile: "Boxing is really fun! Henger will go again tomorrow!"
Meimei glared at Xu Junying: "You're teaching such a young child to fight?"
Xu Junying smiled and said, "Bai Zhan and Ma Wei were playing with him. He turned a few somersaults by himself and got so dirty. I was just about to tell you that when Heng'er grows up a little, you can ask a master to teach him martial arts!"
Meimei stroked Heng'er's soft hair: "No! I don't want him to learn martial arts. I also learned some when I was young. It was my father who asked me to learn it. He also said it was for self-defense and physical fitness. If my father knew how hard it was to practice those moves, he would definitely not let me learn... Heng'er just needs to study hard like his sixth uncle and his eldest uncle!"
"Meimei, you are wrong. How could your father-in-law not know that you are in pain and suffering? He loves you too much and hopes that you are healthy. He doesn't want you to be bullied by others... Just like the old Weiyuan Marquis, our father. Everyone thinks that he is too strict and harsh to me, but I understand his love for me!"
Xu Junying looked at Meimei deeply: "Heng'er is our eldest son, he must be strong, because he will have to take on responsibilities in the future!"
Meimei looked at him and said, "That depends on whether he likes it..."
Heng'er suddenly said, "Mom, Heng'er likes it! Heng'er also wants to practice boxing!"
Meimei looked at his serious face and touched his forehead with her hand: "Little guy, do you think this is fun? Boxing is painful!"
"Heng'er is not afraid of pain!"
"Well, take your hands out!"
Heng'er showed his chubby, white and tender little palm, and Meimei picked up the chopsticks and tapped it:
"Does it hurt?"
He frowned but didn't cry: "It hurts, Heng'er is not afraid!"
Meimei rubbed her forehead, Xu Junying smiled, looked at her and said softly: "If you talk about determination, the descendants of the Xu family can still do it. Don't worry, I will educate him well!"
"But I heard that old Marquis Weiyuan was really too strict with you. You can't treat Heng'er like that!"
"I know what to do, don't worry!"
After sending Xu Junying out, Meimei told him, "I'm going out in a while."
"Where are you going?"
"Go to our hotel and seduce someone out!"
Xu Junying frowned and glared at her when he heard this: "What are you talking about? Do you want to be beaten?"
Meimei looked behind her and saw Cuisi and the others talking to themselves, not paying attention to the couple, so she slapped Xu Junying on the stomach:
"Still talking! You hit me there several times last night with such force that it still hurts!"
Xu Junying smiled and whispered in her ear: "Does it still hurt? Then go back to the room and let your husband rub it for you... Who told you to be so mean to me? If I had been fooled, I don't know what you would have done to me! You naughty Meimei, you made me flush several buckets of water... Your butt is really good to be spanked. If you make the same mistake again, I will spank you again!"
He blew his hot breath into her neck. Meimei couldn't help shrinking her head, covering her face with her sleeves and laughing softly: "Who called you stupid? I was serious!"
Xu Junying was so angry that his teeth itched: "If you do this again tonight, I will definitely not be polite! Tell me quickly, who are you going to meet in the store?"
"Didn't you plant someone next to me? Bai Zhan will tell you when you come back!"
"Meimei, I..."
"My dear husband, go and do your work. Come back early in the evening. Heng'er and I will be waiting for you to have dinner together!"
Xu Junying stared at her and suddenly said, "If you go to see the King of Qi, you should remember that he has three conditions. What if he helps the Queen Mother to control me?"
"I also want to know if he would do that, so..."
Xu Junying held Meimei's hand and said, "I'm sorry! It doesn't matter if you worry about this. I will find another way."
Meimei smiled at him: "Okay, I'm just going to test it out."
Xu Junying gave Bai Zhan instructions again and again, and then left with great concern.
Meimei changed her clothes, put on a mask and men's clothes, and came out from the side door under the cover of Baizhan and the guards. The carriage was waiting for her, and she got on it and went straight to the Xiankelai Hotel. Meimei did not go to the front, but was accompanied by Cuixi and Cuisi to the rest room on the back building, where she looked at the account book and listened to Cuixi's report about some local recipes she had collected recently. After spending an hour like this, someone came to find her. Unexpectedly, the person who came was not Lin Runan, but the King of Qi.
The sun was shining brightly outside, the weather was clear and hot. The King of Qi, wearing a lavender satin robe embroidered with a coiled dragon and a golden crown and jade belt, walked into the room with a warm body. He came to the hard couch where Meimei was sitting, and sat down lazily on the cushion opposite her, resting his head on his hands, half-lying with his legs crossed, looking naturally and comfortably, as if he were the male owner of the house. He spoke to the stunned Cuisi in a leisurely voice:
"Pour me some tea!"
Meimei looked at him: "Zhao Bao, why are you here? You are alone, where is Runan?"
"Can't I come alone? Lin Runan is in the palace to accompany the Queen Mother, so she's busy!"
"Cen Meimei, don't you think it's too much to ask this? Before Lin Runan, we got along so well, but now you put her first. Be careful or I'll lock her up and never let you see her again!"
"Zhao Bao, Your Majesty, can you please be reasonable? I knew her first and we have been friends for a long time."
"Really? So I, who came later, am not as good as her in your heart?"
"I didn't say that...it's all the same!"
"Not allowed to be the same!"
Mei Mei's forehead was choked by the childish arrogance of the King of Qi. She compromised and said, "Okay, you go first, and she goes after!"
"That's right. Qin Meiniang no longer exists. You are now Qin Meimei, or you can be Qin Er. I knew you first, right?"
Meimei smiled brightly as if she had found a treasure: "Oh, yes, I almost forgot that I once had a nickname, Qin Er!"
"You have no conscience!" The King of Qi looked at her and said, "We are both in the capital, and yet you can still forget me like this. If you go to your fiefdom, I'm afraid you won't remember me, Zhao Bao!"
"You, are going to the fiefdom?"
"You have to go anyway. Are you reluctant or eager to go?"
Meimei frowned and said without hesitation: "I can't bear to..."
The corners of King Qi's lips curled up into a smile: "Since you can't bear to leave me, I won't go for now!"
Meimei glared at him, and the King of Qi smiled at her and said, "At least I can't go back to my fiefdom when the Queen Mother is in good health. I am willing to do so, but if I go back now, your husband Xu Junying might find a pretext to kill me - just like the King of Wei before!"
Meimei was shocked: "How is it possible? You are the emperor's biological brother, and... you don't have any thoughts!"
The Prince of Qi's narrow peach blossom eyes restrained their playful smile. "How do you know I don't have it?"
Meimei lowered her eyes: "I just know you didn't!"
The King of Qi looked at her deeply and sighed: "Am I useless?"
"Who said that? On the battlefield, you are the brave King of Qi, a hero. In my heart, you are the responsible, loyal and righteous Zhao Bao!"
The King of Qi lowered his head in silence. Suddenly he sat up straight and slammed the low table: "Cen Meimei, stop giving me so much ass! I have such a good man, why are you reluctant to leave him? If you had taken the imperial decree to divorce your wife and had been determined, I would have supported you with all my strength!"
"What will be the consequences? I will become a disaster! I don't want to hurt my loved ones and friends who care about me.
Zhao Bao: I am just like you, I have a heart and feelings. I accept your kindness to me calmly and do not think of repaying you, because I regard you as my closest people. You can use everything I have at will! "
"Humph, you talk nicely but you won't even give me a son!"
Meimei took a breath and was speechless. The King of Qi just had the ability to block people.
Cui Si brought the tea and paused at the door. The King of Qi waved his hand. Cui Si walked to the couch. When she handed the tea, her hand trembled and she almost dropped the celadon teacup. The King of Qi glared at her:
"Stupid girl, can I eat you? Get down!"
He took the tea bowl, opened the lid, took a sip, and said, "Cen Meimei, not everyone sees me the same way you do. The royal family is born with weak family affection, and there is no trust between brothers. Why the emperor would rather trust Xu Junying and keep his own family away is for this reason. Do you know the King of Wei? My second brother, he died. What if he had the jade token of the late emperor? He couldn't escape a cup of poisoned wine. Just say to the outside world that he committed suicide out of fear of punishment. Xu Junying is good at fighting, and he is also good at digging up people's past. Now, he is investigating the King of Jing!"
Meimei said calmly: "I don't understand the government affairs, the royal affairs are complicated, and I don't want to hear about them. Xu Junying never mentioned these to me. He promised me to be with him for life, so I followed him. If there is no sincerity, we will not be compatible. But his character is trustworthy, and he can distinguish right from wrong!"
King Qi snorted, "That may not be the case! Meimei, do you think I'm afraid of him?"
Meimei shook her head: "What has King Zhao Bao of Qi ever been afraid of? You dare to jump off a cliff without support. Even the god of death is afraid of you!"
King Qi laughed loudly: "Silly, that's because you are down there. If it was someone else, I would have let Xu Junying jump. The thin vines on the stone wall can't support his weight, and he must have fallen to death!"
Meimei tilted her head: "You hate Xu Junying, why?"
The King of Qi put away his smile and said, "Because he forced you to stay, because... many reasons!"
Meimei said: "Zhao Bao, you have three conditions to restrain him!"
The King of Qi chuckled, "You want to see Lin Runan today, is it because you want to ask about the matter at Yiyun Villa? It's better to ask me than to ask her. I'm telling you, don't doubt it, it's absolutely true! Three conditions, Heng'er will be my foster child, I've decided, this is the first one, there are two more conditions, why should I waste them, Xu Junying must marry A Yao - why hasn't he sent out the wedding invitation yet, I'm waiting to drink the wedding wine!"
Meimei rolled her eyes at him and said, "You wish! If I were to invite anyone, I wouldn't invite you two!"
"Why?"
"Don't forget that you didn't invite me to your wedding!"
The King of Qi smiled and said, "But Xu Junying is here. It's impolite not to return the favor. It doesn't matter if there is no invitation. I am thick-skinned and will go by myself!"
"Then you wait. It's impossible to hold a wedding right now. Old Madam Xu is not feeling well and is lying on the bed. We have to wait until she gets better and then invite her to sit down so that we can worship the heavens, the earth and our ancestors, right?"
"Who are you trying to fool? Is it necessary to be so serious and solemn about marrying a concubine? What is Xu Junying's idea? If he wants to get away with it and deceive the Queen Mother, then I don't mind asking for a condition!"
Meimei looked at him and said, "Zhao Bao, what are you up to? Why are you so happy that Xu Junying married a concubine? You are paying so much attention to him!"
The Prince of Qi's eyes showed a cynical look again. "Can you ignore it? The Queen Mother is my mother, and A Yao is the Queen Mother's relative, and the Emperor's sister-in-law, so she is considered an imperial relative, right? The Emperor doesn't care, but I can't. Xu Junying has tarnished A Yao's innocence. If he doesn't give her a name, it would be a slap in the face of the Queen Mother. How can I let him go? Just wait, I'm determined to drink this wedding wine!"
Seeing Meimei's depressed expression, he laughed: "Seeing you being so obedient these days, guarding Xu Mansion for Lord Xu, I feel really uncomfortable. You hated Xu Mansion so much before, and you cried and made a fuss, but you can still live so peacefully. Have you lost your original intention? Wait for me to help you, how nice it will be to live in Cen's house!"
Meimei said, "Zhao Bao, I now recognize him as my husband and Heng'er's father. If you use your conditions to restrain him, I will never forgive you and will destroy your Qi Palace!"
"Why do you admit it now? Wasn't he your husband before?"
Meimei's heart skipped a beat. This guy was really good at picking words. "I misunderstood him before. It's not that he didn't want to treat us well, but he was too busy with official duties to take care of us. Now he has changed and is really kind to us..."
"Really? You're so busy with official duties, and you still have time to think about divorcing your wife and remarrying? Meimei, you can deceive yourself, but don't try to deceive me! He rejected the concubine at that time, perhaps to confuse you for a while, and wait until you completely submit to him and can't leave him, then he can do whatever he wants? Just like this time, who knows if he was really drunk or just pretending to be drunk? Anyway, remember the agreement between you and him, if he takes a concubine, you will ask for a divorce, I am your witness!"
"Zhao Bao!"
"Prince Qi's palace will not move. You can smash it as much as you want!"
The King of Qi stared at her for a long time, then said this, turned his head and got off the bed, hiding the indulgence in his eyes: "I have to go, the Queen Mother summoned me to the palace for dinner!"
Seeing him walk out the door without looking back, Meimei chased him out: "Zhao Bao, no conditions!"
“Use it when it’s needed!”
The King of Qi stopped and said, "Meimei, let me ask you a question: why don't you ever come to my Palace?"
Meimei was furious: "I've been there, to your door many times, but I didn't dare to go in because you never invited me!"
The King of Qi shuddered as if he had received a heavy blow, and he tightly closed his eyes, as if he had returned to a certain time period. In the military camp, the King of Qi's identity was revealed, and he was given a superior tent to live in. He waited for two days, but Jian Yu did not come, so he went to find him and asked, "Why don't you come to the upper tent to look for me?"
Jian Yu was silent for a moment, then said, "I've been there, many times every night, but I didn't dare go in because you didn't invite me!"
King Qi's eyes were filled with heat. He remembered that he yelled at Jian Yu in a rage, "Do you need my invitation? In my world, you can come and go as you please and do whatever you want!"
Walking downstairs quickly, Shan Yong, who was waiting at the stairs, saw the prince coming down and quickly stepped aside. He glanced at him inadvertently and was secretly shocked: What happened? Am I seeing this? There seemed to be tears in the prince's eyes!
The King of Qi was in a state of emotional turmoil. Shan Yong was in a panic and rode out of the back door with his guards. No one noticed that a group of people on horseback were surrounding Xu Junying and were about to enter the courtyard.
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