Lu Qingyan said coldly, "Both are unmarried, so what kind of wife are you?"
Xiao Liuchen conjured a bright yellow imperial edict in his hand and waved it at Lu Qingyan, raising an eyebrow and saying, "The Emperor's edict is right here. Are you trying to renege on your promise?"
Lu Qingyan glared at him: "This commoner would naturally not dare to disobey the imperial decree."
"Are you angry?" Xiao Liuchen pounced on Lu Qingyan and kissed her on the cheek, then said in a coquettish tone, "Master~"
Lu Qingyan shuddered. "It's creepy for a grown man to be calling me that in such a coquettish way." She replied, "Alright, I know. I didn't say I disagreed."
Xiao Liuchen's eyes immediately brightened.
Receiving an imperial edict usually requires kneeling, but Xiao Liuchen couldn't bear to let her kneel, so he simply threw the edict into Lu Qingyan's arms: "Here you go, catch it."
Lu Qingyan weighed the object in her hand; it was quite heavy. She asked him, "What is it?" If it were just an arranged marriage, Xiao Liuchen wouldn't be looking at her like that. Having heard Xiao Liuchen say that before, Lu Qingyan already had a guess in her mind.
Sure enough, the next moment Xiao Liuchen casually said, "The imperial decree bestowing the marriage upon you, and the title given to you."
Lu Qingyan was very satisfied with the answer. In this era, a woman's honor primarily came from her husband and son. If she could receive some kind of honor before marriage, it would be a tremendous glory, ensuring she wouldn't be looked down upon no matter which family she married into. With her current status, being with Xiao Liuchen was seen as a step up by others. Even if people didn't say it to her face, who knew what they were saying behind her back? This imperial decree was enough to intimidate certain people.
The imperial edict was specially sent by the Emperor last night without alerting anyone in the Xiao Prince's residence. Apart from the Emperor and the two of them, many people were still kept in the dark.
It was also because Xiao Liuchen returned to the manor late last night that the Princess had already retired for the night; otherwise, she would have surely caught him and started nagging about which family's woman he wanted to marry.
"I don't need to worry about these things. The Emperor said that we can get married after I finish my business and come back." Xiao Liuchen said with a silly smile on his face, which made Lu Qingyan unable to bear to look at him: "Yiyi, will you just stay here in the capital and wait for me to come and marry you?"
"What, you're not going to take me with you?" Lu Qingyan was a little unhappy. She had already planned to sneak over, but Xiao Liuchen refused with just one sentence.
“I don’t know if there will be any danger on this trip, so I want you to stay here safely. Kyoto is under the emperor’s nose, and now that you have an official title, it will be easier for you to act. Besides, with your cousin watching over you, you won’t suffer any grievances.” Xiao Liuchen held Lu Qingyan in his arms: “Yiyi, I hope that when I come back, your wedding dress will already be embroidered.”
Lu Qingyan lowered her head shyly: "Okay, I'll wait for you." But in her heart, she was thinking that she must find a chance to go with him. Last time he managed to hurt her all over. If she wasn't by his side this time, who would take care of him wholeheartedly?
Xiao Liuchen was unaware of Lu Qingyan's plans. The moment she agreed, he was overjoyed and forgot everything else.
He hugged and kissed his newborn wife for a long time before reluctantly leaving, repeatedly reminding her to think of him.
After Xiao Liuchen walked away, Lu Qingyan stood at the door like a statue waiting for her husband. Even Liu Yu couldn't bear to watch anymore: "Yiyi, you really are something. It's not like we'll never see each other again, what's there to be sad about?"
"Mother, is there any news about my younger brother and sister?" After arriving in Kyoto, Tian Shenhua and Liu Yu seemed to have received news of their eldest son and daughter, so they stopped rushing to reorganize the Chunxi Troupe and started looking for them instead.
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