Until the moment Jun Mochen saw the emperor, he wished he could go back in time and tear the bad mouth Zuo Junquan into pieces.
"Chen'er, you are already not young anymore. In the past, I thought you were undecided, so I never approved your marriage with Ms. Shen. But yesterday, your mother came to me and told me that since you have already chosen Ms. Shen, there is no need to delay this matter any longer. After all, Ms. Shen is a woman, and this concerns her reputation. I think your mother is right, so I specially summoned you here today to tell you."
Jun Mochen was shocked. He thought that this might be a whim of the emperor.
I also thought that maybe Chen Yan mentioned something in front of the emperor.
But what he never expected was that these words were actually said by the queen.
The emotions on his face kept changing.
If these words had not come from the emperor's mouth, he would not believe a word of it.
At the beginning, he had not forgotten how the Queen had belittled Chen Yan in front of him, and how she always looked down on Chen Yan.
But now, why did he suddenly start speaking for her?
This was really too unusual. Jun Mochen felt that he should go to the Queen to find out.
But he was so absorbed in thinking about this matter that he completely forgot to respond to the emperor's words.
The emperor sat on a high seat and could not see the emotions in Jun Mochen's eyes, so naturally he didn't know what he was thinking.
He could only say self-righteously, "Why, you're so happy after hearing what I said that you even forgot to thank me?"
Hearing the emperor's voice, Jun Mochen came back to his senses. He quickly collected his thoughts and lowered his head.
"Father, isn't this happening too suddenly..."
As if he had heard the evasiveness in his words, the emperor's smile faded. "Chen'er, what do you mean by this? Didn't you come to see me every day before, asking me to agree to your marriage with Ms. Shen? Now it seems so sudden, or do you have other ideas?"
At the end of his words, the emperor looked at him with a hint of inquiry.
Jun Mochen didn't dare to speak out his secret thoughts. He shook his head and said, "To answer my father, no."
"That's good." The emperor waved his hand, "The matter is settled."
His words did not give Jun Mochen any chance to object.
If the prince's wedding was not a trivial matter that needed to be announced to the world, he would probably have been writing the imperial edict by hand at this moment.
Seeing this, Jun Mochen felt even more strange. He raised his head and looked at the emperor, and asked tentatively: "Father, have you told Yanyan yet?"
The emperor was stunned and thought that the question was indeed a bit strange.
He is the emperor, his words are imperial decrees, why would he need to discuss anything with Chen Yan?
What's more, it was such a great honor for a commoner to serve as an official in the court and marry the second prince. The emperor could not think of any reason why Chen Yan would refuse.
However, as soon as Jun Mochen saw the expression on his face, he knew that he must not have told Chen Yan about this matter, so a faint hope emerged in his heart.
He pondered for a while, then looked up at the emperor and said tentatively, "Father, if Yanyan doesn't want to..."
"Nonsense!" The emperor interrupted him before he even finished speaking.
After that, she looked at him with a very strange look, "Chen'er, you are my son, the second prince of this entire Li Kingdom. Whichever woman you fall in love with is her blessing. What does it matter whether she is willing or not?"
The emperor's words were like a stone, creating ripples in Jun Mochen's heart.
Is it a blessing for any woman that he falls in love with?
The image of a woman emerged in Jun Mochen's mind, and when he looked at the emperor again, there was a hint of temptation in his eyes.
"Father, are you saying that I can have anyone I like?"
Although the emperor felt that this sentence was a little wrong, he nodded and said, "Of course it is so."
Hearing this, Jun Mochen narrowed his eyes, lowered his head and said nothing.
Seeing this, the emperor thought that he felt inferior because of the situation between him and Chen Yan. After all, the emperor had heard these words from the queen many times, and he originally thought that the queen was exaggerating.
But now it seems that Chen Yan really has Jun Mochen in his grasp. After thinking about it, he decided to summon Chen Yan over to give him a good beating.
Jun Mochen is a prince after all, so Chen Yan shouldn't go too far.
Thinking of this, the emperor was eager to summon Chen Yan and did not continue to talk to Jun Mochen about his interest. He just gave him a few more instructions and waved his hand to let him go back and wait attentively.
However, after Jun Mochen came out of the imperial study, he did not return to the palace immediately, but went to the queen.
He really thought about it for a long time but couldn't figure it out. He didn't understand why the queen suddenly spoke for Chen Yan.
The more he thought about it, the quicker his steps became.
It was not until he entered the Queen's palace that he noticed that the palace servants along the way all seemed to have an indescribable strangeness about them.
Jun Mochen looked back, frowned, and finally walked to the queen's bedroom.
It was clearly daytime, but the door of the queen's bedroom was closed. Jun Mochen's brows were almost twisted into a knot.
The little palace maid who stayed in the yard almost shuddered when she saw Jun Mochen suddenly appear.
"Second, Second Prince."
If he still couldn't see the weirdness in this, Jun Mochen felt that maybe there was something wrong with his brain.
He put on the dignity of a prince and said, "Stand up and answer. What are you doing here? Where is the Queen Mother?"
The little palace maid lowered her head, not daring to look at him at all.
"Your Majesty, the Empress and Nanny Chang are inside. I will inform them right away."
"No need." Jun Mochen raised his hand to stop the little palace maid from reporting, "I'll go and see for myself."
Having said that, he didn't give the little palace maid any time to react and just pushed the door open and walked in.
A creaking sound startled the Queen and Nanny Chang who were talking in the hall. Both of them were startled by the sudden noise, but when they saw that the person who came was Jun Mochen, they felt relieved.
The Queen stood up and gave him a look of reproach. "Chen'er, why didn't you let the servants below inform you? You scared your mother."
Hearing this, Jun Mochen smiled calmly. He first glanced at the expressions of the Queen and Nanny Chang, who didn't seem to notice anything unusual, then he pursed his lips and smiled.
"The Queen Mother was talking to the Nanny, and they didn't even hear their son coming."
"Nothing." There seemed to be a moment of panic in the queen's eyes, but she quickly covered it up.
"That is to say, your father should have told you about your marriage?"
After hearing this, Jun Mochen forgot most of the questions he had originally prepared to ask.
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