Marquis Cheng'en left with a group of children. He did not hide the reason for asking the emperor for leave. Several families who trusted Marquis Cheng'en also asked people in the mansion to bring a few children over to try.
But more people felt that Marquis Cheng'en had been deceived and were waiting to see the excitement in Marquis Cheng'en's mansion.
Some people envied the Marquis of Cheng'en, thinking that having a nephew who was the emperor was a blessing. He could pass on any assignments he got and take leave whenever he wanted.
He was not worried at all that the time of leaving would come and there would be no place for him in the court.
So those who were jealous of Marquis Cheng'en turned around and started to think about the daughters/granddaughters in the mansion who were not yet engaged.
I'm thinking about when the emperor will select a concubine and send my daughter/granddaughter to the palace. What if she wins? Wouldn't that bring me immense wealth?
Yuan Bohua didn't know what Yuan An and other nobles were thinking. He only knew that he had finally sent those two brats away, and finally he and the princess were the only ones left in the mansion.
Yuan Bohua happily performed a set of boxing skills in the mansion. He was now a weak scholar and could only perform boxing skills.
However, on the night that Yuan Chaochang and Yuan Chaokang left, Yuan Bohua and Zhou Qiongyue were drinking, watching the moon and chatting in the courtyard of the palace. In the end, Yuan Bohua showed Zhou Qiongyue several sets of sword techniques.
In the past, Yuan Bohua’s sword skills were very powerful, and he could kill people quickly and majestically.
Now Yuan Bohua’s sword skills are just empty moves, but they are enough to appease the princess.
Under Zhou Qiongyue's rainbow-like encouragement and admiring eyes, Yuan Bohua's sword dance became more and more exciting. His whole body was filled with the masculine aura that Zhou Qiongyue liked.
The night Yuan Chaochang and Yuan Chaokang left, Yuan Bohua and Zhou Qiongyue had a very happy time.
The next day, both Yuan Bohua and Zhou Qiongyue slept until noon. Yuan Bohua had just come back from the battlefield and woke up before dawn every day.
Yuan Bohua was injured at that time, and even if he woke up, Zhou Qiongyue would not allow him to get up.
After a long time, Yuan Bohua gradually learned to sleep until dawn.
Now Yuan Bohua's daily wake-up time is basically the same as Zhou Qiongyue's.
Yuan Bohua liked the feeling of being busy every day, and he also liked the feeling of doing nothing every day while accompanying the princess.
Yuan Bohua and Zhou Qiongyue stayed in the palace for a few days before they remembered one thing: the emperor had not yet granted them a marriage for the wife they had chosen for Yuan Chaochang and Yuan Chaokang.
Zhou Qiongyue had Yuan Bohua write a memorial and personally deliver it to the palace to present to the emperor. This was the person her two sons had chosen. They had also carefully asked someone to investigate, and of course they had to confirm it first before they could feel at ease.
Yuan Bohua, who originally wanted to accompany the princess to fish in the palace, had no choice but to enter the palace with the memorial.
This time, the emperor did not summon Yuan Bohua to the imperial study, but summoned him to the martial arts field in the palace.
Yuan Bohua followed the others to the martial arts arena used by the emperor in the palace. Just as he was about to pay his respects, he was stopped by the eunuch Hou next to him, who gestured for Yuan Bohua to look inside the arena.
Yuan Bohua followed Eunuch Hou's gaze and saw the emperor dancing with a spear in the martial arts arena very spectacularly.
Yuan Bohua watched with everyone else and occasionally cheered.
After the emperor finished showing off his skills with a gun, he also applauded and cheered.
When the emperor heard Yuan Bohua's voice, he handed the gun in his hand to the servant next to him and teased Yuan Bohua in a good mood:
"What brings our busy Prince Fu'an into the palace?"
Although it was just a joke, the emperor was indeed curious about what this guy wanted from him.
Now, in the emperor's mind, Yuan Bohua only has one image: 'No one comes to the palace without a reason'.
If there was nothing for him to do, Yuan Bohua would rather spend all day around his cousin. Even though the emperor was Zhou Qiongyue's cousin, he often wondered if his cousin had cast a spell on Yuan Bohua.
Yuan Bohua did not seem embarrassed at all when he received the emperor's teasing. Instead, he took out a memorial from his sleeve very naturally.
Yuan Bohua handed it to the emperor casually and said, "There's nothing strange about it. Your Majesty, your cousin has taken a fancy to your two daughters-in-law and asked me to run errands to ask Your Majesty to grant them a marriage."
The emperor took the handkerchief handed to him by Eunuch Hou, wiped the sweat from his hands and forehead before taking the memorial from Yuan Bohua's hand and opening it on the spot.
After reading it, the emperor thought about it for a while and agreed.
Although the two people chosen by my cousin have good family backgrounds, they are not yet strong enough to threaten him.
The title of Loyal and Brave Earl was conferred due to his military merits, so he still had some military power and prestige. But my cousin only had eyes for the eldest granddaughter.
The Earl of Zhongyong also has a concubine's daughter in his harem, and many granddaughters. He will find a concubine for the right prince in the future.
It is not that simple for these big families to take sides. Sometimes, Lianyan is just an excuse and a cover for profit investment.
Could it be that Earl Zhongyong does not value his sons, daughters or other granddaughters, but only values his eldest granddaughter?
When Yuan Bohua saw that the emperor had agreed, he immediately bowed and took his leave.
The emperor certainly saw what Yuan Bohua meant and there was no way he was going to let him go. He immediately said, "Since you're here, please have dinner with me before you go back!"
Yuan Bohua looked up at the sun in the sky. It seemed that it had just risen and there was still more than an hour before lunch.
Yuan Bohua's meaning was very clear, "Your Majesty, look up at the sky. Are you sure you are talking about dinner, not lunch?"
The emperor felt that his old friend's behavior of being inseparable from the princess was so painful that it hurt his eyes. "Don't look at me anymore. I'm talking about lunch. You accompany the princess every day now. Now you don't even have time to spend a day with me?"
Yuan Bohua still wanted to test the waters. After all, he and the emperor didn't have many topics to talk about until the evening. He might as well go back home and go fishing with the princess!
"What if I say no?"
The emperor wanted to keep Yuan Bohua because there was nothing important to do in court today. He hadn't had a drink with anyone for a long time and wanted to keep Yuan Bohua for a drink.
The emperor was in the mood to joke with Yuan Bohua, "Then I will keep you in the palace today, and sleep with you at night..."
Yuan Bohua immediately admitted defeat, "I am deeply honored to have dinner with the Emperor."
The emperor stopped teasing him and looked at the weapons in the arena. "Fu'an, do you want to show off a few moves?"
Yuan Bohua pulled out a fan with a landscape painting from his sleeve and waved it in a pretentious manner. "No, I'm going for the elegant gentleman style now. Brandishing swords and guns will only damage my image."
The Emperor... "Alright, do as you please. Come on, I'm in a good mood today, let's have a drink."
It wasn’t that the emperor wasn’t speechless long enough, but that he suddenly remembered that his friend had been seriously injured and didn’t have as much strength left in him.
After the emperor finished speaking, he went to the pavilion in the middle of the lake first. Yuan Bohua had no choice but to follow him. He actually didn't want to drink so much.
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