Chapter 70 Who are you taking a concubine for?
This secret decree was written by Emperor Qi Zhao himself and stamped with his seal when Lin Qingyue went to the palace to meet him a few days ago.
Originally, Lin Qingyue was going to give it to Xie Shouzheng a long time ago, but because of the Gu family's affairs, it was delayed until now.
The main content is to let Xie Shouzheng follow Lin Qingyue to the Red Shadow Land to search the soul of the prince, but the matter about Xiaohua was not mentioned, anyway, it is not the point.
Emperor Zhao of Qi originally hoped that Lin Qingyue could bring more people with her, but Lin Qingyue felt that this was unnecessary. Too many people would be both eye-catching and useless.
But if she didn't bring anyone with her, Emperor Zhao of Qi would definitely be worried, so she ordered Xie Shouzheng's soldiers.
After Xie Shouzheng finished reading, his hands began to tremble with excitement. "Your Highness... Your Highness is saved? That's great, that's great!"
He asked Lin Qingyue anxiously, "When are we leaving?"
Lin Qingyue had already made a plan: "Tomorrow night. While there's still time, you should arrange the affairs of the Xuanjing Division. This matter is of great importance and must not be leaked."
"I will never leak it!" Xie Shouzheng was outrageous in small matters, but he was very clear about big matters, so he immediately burned the secret decree.
Suddenly, he remembered something and turned around and said, "Oh right, tomorrow night isn't the day His Royal Highness the Prince of Jin takes a concubine. He's taking a concubine, but Deputy Envoy Lin, your legal wife, is away from the capital on official business. The news of your crucial official business trip can't be spread for the time being. If it gets out, wouldn't it be like you're favoring your concubine over your wife?"
Lin Qingyue smiled faintly: "Favoring a concubine and destroying a wife? Then remove the word 'favor' and see what kind of trouble she can make."
Dongfang Yan originally just wanted to hold a simple ceremony to take in a concubine - a concubine is equivalent to a concubine.
But in the past two days, Lin Qingyue went out early and came back late every day, ignoring him, which made him feel very annoyed.
Was she silently protesting against his taking a concubine? If she didn't like him, why didn't she just come over and submit to him?
Women, shouldn’t you coax your husbands more?
Dongfang Yan felt that she could not continue to spoil Lin Qingyue like this, and she had to let her know the importance of herself as her husband.
He recalled that on his wedding night with Lin Qingyue, he hinted to her with a cold face that the position of wife would be given to Lin Ruzhen.
At that time, Lin Qingyue knew how to keep her head down and be docile, instead of speaking with sarcasm as she did later.
After much thought, he decided to let Lin Qingyue feel the threat to her status again so that she could learn to please her husband.
Therefore, he deliberately raised the standards for taking a concubine. Not only did he send Lin Ruzhen a lot of betrothal gifts, he also went to meet her in person.
On that day, he specifically asked Zhao An to notify Lin Qingyue to attend the ceremony.
During the day, Lin Qingyue made arrangements for what to do after leaving Beijing at Xuanjingsi.
After receiving the notification from Dongfang Yan, she had just finished arranging the things on hand, so she returned to Prince Jin's Mansion to prepare a surprise gift for the newlyweds.
The lights were on, and the Prince of Jin's mansion was decorated with lanterns and colorful lights. There were no guests, but the guard of honor was huge, showing the importance they attached to the newlyweds.
Dongfang Yan was wearing a bright red wedding gown and looked very respectable. He was squatting... standing at the gate to welcome the bride.
A concubine is not his legal wife, so he shouldn't come out to greet her in person. However, in order to show his importance to Lin Ruzhen, he came out to greet her in person.
Lin Qingyue had just dismounted when the bridal sedan arrived. It was a coincidence that was a bit too much.
In fact, the sedan chair should have arrived half an hour ago.
But at that time, Lin Qingyue had not returned yet, so Dongfang Yan instructed, "It's not the auspicious time yet. Go to the alley next door and take a walk before coming back."
As a result, the sedan chair went around dozens of times, and the bearers were exhausted. They kept shouting, "When will the auspicious time come? We've been going around so many times, we have to pay more!"
Lin Ruzhen, who plays Jiaozi, is not having an easy time either. In order to maintain the beauty of her makeup and fresh breath, she hasn't eaten a single grain of rice for a whole day. After being tossed around for so long, she is almost exhausted.
She couldn't help but ask the matchmaker, "Why haven't you come to the palace yet?"
The matchmaker didn't know what was wrong with His Royal Highness the Prince of Jin. The auspicious time had clearly passed, but he insisted that it was not yet time. This made her, an elderly woman, walk after the sedan chair for such a long time that her legs were almost broken.
But the Jin Palace was generous and gave a lot of money, so no matter how dissatisfied she was, she could find a way to appease the bride: "His Royal Highness the Jin Prince has specially selected a new auspicious time for you. Please wait a little longer, it will be here soon."
Lin Ruzhen was delighted upon hearing this: "His Highness actually chose the auspicious time for me personally, which shows that he still loves me the most. Even if he can only be a concubine, he will be able to pull Lin Qingyue down from the position of principal wife sooner or later!"
After all, I grew up in the harem, I know how to win people over, I'm well versed in those dirty tricks, and I have the prince's favor. In less than six months, the entire harem of the prince's mansion will be my world, Lin Ruzhen!"
At the gate of the palace, Zhao An came to report: "Your Highness, the princess's horse has reached Qianmen Street and is turning towards the palace!"
Dongfang Yan immediately perked up and quickly ordered: "The auspicious time has arrived, we can welcome the bride!"
After walking around the alley for dozens of times, Lin Ruzhen was finally carried over. At the same time, the musicians in the palace started playing music and the atmosphere became lively.
Dongfang Yan even deliberately timed it and personally carried Lin Ruzhen out of the bridal sedan - this was a treatment that even Lin Qingyue had not enjoyed before.
The person on his back called out softly in his ear: "Prince——"
Dongfang Yan said gently, "Zhen'er, I have finally married you. May you and I grow old together and have a smooth life!"
Lin Ruzhen was almost moved to tears: "Your Majesty, I will die without regrets if I can marry you!"
Dongfang Yan turned around with Lin Ruzhen on his back, a look of surprise on his face. "Lin Qingyue, when did you come back? You're dressed in black, without any decoration. You really don't have the dignity of a princess at all!"
Lin Qingyue looked down at her clothes and said, "It's indeed a little inappropriate. How about you wait a little longer so I can change?"
Lin Ruzhen was so hungry that her chest was sticking to her back. She was eager to have the ceremony as soon as possible so that she could enter the bridal chamber earlier. She was about to say something when she heard Dongfang Yan say, "Go change your clothes!"
Lin Ruzhen: “…”
Is there no one who cares about her? Doesn't she know that this bride hasn't eaten all day?
"Your Highness, the auspicious time has arrived. Any further delay may turn out to be unlucky."
"Whenever I pray, that will be the auspicious time!"
Lin Ruzhen: “…”
So what did it mean that she just walked around the alley dozens of times waiting for the auspicious time?
Dongfang Yan really didn't care whether it was an auspicious time or not. After all, it was just a concubine, so there was no need to be too particular about it.
In fact, he didn't even entertain any guests tonight, but only had a family dinner.
The reason for not inviting guests wasn't because Dongfang Yan was reluctant to spend money, but mainly because he disliked Lin Ruzhen's low social status. If it weren't for the life-saving grace she had given him, she wouldn't be worthy of standing with him. Of course, there was no need to publicize it to everyone.
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