Chapter 051: Try harder

After the incident with Jiang Baolin, Concubine Hong Liangdi lifted the punishment of removing the green card for one month, and instead pampered Concubine Hong Liangdi for fifteen days in a row. Concubine Hong Liangdi ignored the other concubines even more and never paid her respects to Concubine Ying again.

The reason for not greeting her was that she couldn't get out of bed.

The rumors about Hong Liangdi in the harem became even more serious. There were even several people monitoring Hong Liangdi outside her palace gate. For a while, Hong Liangdi simply moved directly into the emperor's palace.

On the other side, Cai Deqizhu and Xia Tianyu's wedding date has arrived. Xia Tianyu went to the palace to ask for an audience several times. When he saw him for the third time, the emperor just said lightly that whether to marry or not is his Xia family's business and it is up to him to decide.

Xia Tianyu was disappointed at not being able to invite the emperor, and he didn't know how to explain to the old lady when he returned home.

When the eldest lady saw Xia Tianyu, who was covered in dust and dirt, she understood what was going on and insisted on taking Xia Tianyu to the old lady to apologize.

Xia Tianyu refused.

After much persuasion, Xia Tianyu agreed not to give Cai Deqizhu the title of his legal wife for the time being, but to treat her as a concubine, and to find an opportunity to make her his legal wife in the future.

I don’t know what Xia Tianyu promised Cai Deqizhu, but Cai Deqizhu agreed readily.

Just like that, the eldest wife, after unanimous agreement, went to ask for an audience with Old Madam Xia.

"Mother, Tianyu has admitted his mistake, and so has Qizhu. Qizhu is willing to just be a concubine and not cause any embarrassment to the Xia family and Tianyu. Now that the wedding date is approaching, I hope you can make the decision, old lady." The eldest lady bowed.

The old lady snorted, "I am old now, and I can no longer be the head of your house. Since I have become independent, you should do it on your own."

"Mother, Tianyu knows he is wrong. After all, the child is still young. Please forgive him this time!" The eldest lady kowtowed.

"You knew it was wrong but you still insisted on marrying her? The emperor avoided you several times. Didn't you understand what the emperor meant? In the end, you insisted on marrying her, but what did you get?"

Xia Tianyu raised his head in panic. How did the old lady know that he had been turned away every time he went there?

The eldest lady also looked at Xia Tianyu inquiringly, "How many times did he go to ask the emperor for help? How can the emperor still use you if you do this for a woman!!!"

"What? Do you think no one knows? Eunuch Yuanbao has already come to tell you that whether the Xia family gets married or not is their business. Lord Xia doesn't need to bother the emperor over and over again about such a trivial matter." The old lady said indifferently.

The eldest lady was in a state of confusion. Tianyu was really stupid. The emperor should not have mentioned this matter again after he had not seen her once. But he actually went there several times. It was really embarrassing! In the end, he even asked the emperor's personal eunuch to explain the matter. Isn't Tianyu's future over?

The kneeling lady was piled aside, as if she had lost all her energy.

Of course, there was some truth to the old lady's words. Eunuch Yuanbao did not have the time to pass on the message to the Xia family. However, someone from the Prime Minister's Mansion sent a message in the morning, congratulating the Xia family on the upcoming happy event, and then relayed what Eunuch Yuanbao said at the Prime Minister's Mansion.

In the end, the first wife was met with a setback, but she had already reported the matter to the emperor, so she had no choice but to marry. If such a small matter of taking a concubine continued to bother the emperor again and again, Xia Tianyu would be completely finished.

So in the end, Xia Tianyu quietly married Cai Deqizhui without the participation of other people from the next family. The wedding was extremely low-key, and even lacked many procedures and rituals, just like taking a concubine in.

Xia Xue and Chu Zhenxuan naturally did not come to participate. The emperor did not attend the morning court these days, and Chu Zhenxuan was happy to have some free time, so he played chess with Xia Xue.

Xia Xue dropped a white piece.

Chu Zhenxuan smiled, "Are you sure? If you make this move, you're doomed to fail."

Xia Xue raised her eyebrows and quickly picked up the white piece she had just picked up. "Let me take another look."

"A true gentleman never regrets his actions."

Xia Xue: ...

He is obviously a real man, but he changed it into a true gentleman. When I refute it, he becomes a villain.

Xia Xue placed the white piece again, this time on the other side.

"With this move, Madam might lose even more miserably."

Xia Xue picked it up again instinctively.

The smile on Chu Zhenxuan's face widened.

Why do I feel like Chu Zhenxuan is deceiving me?

Xia Xue found another breakthrough point.

This time, Chu Zhenxuan quickly placed his black pieces, eating up a large number of her white pieces.

Xia Xue:......

"You have deceived me and deceived me. Your Excellency has won unfairly."

"You lost in all three moves, but this one was the worst." Chu Zhenxuan touched her head.

"What about my previous steps?"

"The first step will only result in a slight loss of half a piece, or even a tie. The second step will result in a loss of two pieces. This step will result in a loss of more than ten pieces."

"This plate doesn't count."

Chu Zhenxuan smiled, "Madam has always been smart, but the worst thing about everything is indecisiveness. When attacking the enemy with a strategy, the worst thing to do is to give the enemy a chance to catch their breath."

Does he want to remind me about Hong Liang Di?

It’s not that I deliberately wanted to give Hong Liangdi a chance to catch her breath, it’s just that I underestimated Hong Liangdi’s influence on the emperor.

The conflict between Hong Liangdi and Jiang Baolin that day was indeed beyond Xia Xue's expectations. Jiang Baolin's pregnancy was also beyond her expectations. She had thought that since God had helped Hong Liangdi to indirectly kill the royal heir, there was naturally no need for her to add fuel to the fire and instigate a palace search. But who knew that the emperor would actually cover up the fact that Hong Liangdi had killed the royal heir?

It's incredible!

As if seeing through Xia Xue, Chu Zhenxuan took a sip of tea and said, "The Emperor has his own considerations. The rumors in the palace plus his own physical condition must be verified. If the Emperor is permanently unable to function, that would be a big deal. It would not only mean the loss of an heir, but also the risk of the extinction of the royal family. So before finding out the exact situation, nothing must happen to Concubine Hong. This is the Emperor's consideration."

"Then you have to give her this respite whether you want to or not." Since Chu Zhenxuan had made it clear, Xia Xue couldn't hide it anymore.

"No." Chu Zhenxuan moved the piece in the middle to the corner.

"Madam, what do you think of this plate?"

"This one, it seems to have no effect here?"

"That's right. This piece was crucial in the previous position, but it is completely useless if it is placed here. I am a chess player, so I don't care whether to give it up or not. If it is still in the middle position, I will do everything I can to keep it."

Xia Xue suddenly had an epiphany.

Hong Liangdi's biggest role now is to solve the emperor's physiological needs. The Dali magic medicine "Duchei" that Hong Liangdi uses is only effective for a month at most. It's about time. As long as the emperor can get rid of the psychological suggestion that he must have Hong Liangdi, he will naturally stop being Hong Liangdi's umbrella, right?

I didn't realize before, but this stinky man Chu Zhenxuan is quite attentive.

Chu Zhenxuan:......

Chu Zhenxuan: Didn’t you agree to stop calling me a stinky man?

Chu Zhenxuan: +40+40+40.

Looking at the number that appeared above Chu Zhenxuan's head, Xia Xue suddenly felt very familiar. She hadn't seen this number for a long time, and she almost forgot her mission.

No, we need to try harder and let Chu Zhenxuan contribute more.

"Husband"

"Oh no, oh no." An untimely voice interrupted Xia Xue.

The housekeeper came running in with a panicked look on his face. "There's a woman with a child at the door. She said the child is the Prime Minister's."

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