Chapter 222 Are you willing to give up?
It was not difficult for Cheng Gongjin to take a woman out of the palace, even though this person was closely watched by the prince.
As long as Mu Huaian agrees to enter the officialdom, he will take care of everything else.
Mu Huaian slowly clenched his fists. He was not a fool. At this moment, he already knew that everything his teacher did was for him. Why on earth did his teacher, the prime minister of the current dynasty, so anxious to make these plans for the Cheng and Mu families?
Seeing that he didn't say anything, Cheng Gongjin thought he hadn't made up his mind yet.
"If you don't have real power, even if you get her now, you won't be able to keep her in the future. You can't hide her forever."
These words stabbed Mu Huaian's heart like a knife. It was precisely because he had no real power that he fell into such a passive situation. Even to see his sweetheart today, he needed the teacher's secret arrangement.
If Xiao Jinghe can bring Qinghuan into the palace once, there will be a second time and a third time. Does he have to ask the teacher for help every time?
In the past, he could still compete with Xie Zhili, but today he could only watch Xiao Jinghe embrace the woman who should have been his.
Facing Cheng Gongjin, he bent down and lowered his head again, "I will follow the teacher's arrangements."
Hearing Mu Huaian's words, Cheng Gongjin said in a deep voice: "Voluntary?"
Mu Huaian: "Yes."
After these few days, he felt depressed and wanted power as much as he did now, to reach the level of a teacher and protect his beloved woman.
Seeing him like this, Cheng Gongjin's expression softened immediately. "Okay, I'll make the arrangements."
Mu Huaian felt relieved. "Thank you, teacher. It's late. Please go to bed early."
After saying that, he turned around and prepared to leave.
But before he could take a few steps, Cheng Gongjin behind him suddenly called out to him, "Huai'an."
Mu Huaian stopped immediately, and the string in his heart, which had just been slightly relieved by the teacher's promise, tightened quietly again.
He turned around slowly, his face respectful: "Teacher, is there anything else you want to ask me?"
The candlelight in the study flickered, casting Cheng Gongjin's sitting figure on the wall. The magnified figure invisibly put pressure on Mu Huaian in front of him.
He tapped his knuckles unconsciously on the smooth sandalwood armrest and asked in a nostalgic, almost casual tone, "Do you remember the cat you once had?"
Mu Huaian was stunned for a moment, then smiled. "I remember, you picked it up. At that time, the teacher saw that I liked the cat, so he gave it to me."
Although he said he gave it to her, in fact, the young Mu Huaian was particularly fond of cats. He took Cheng Gongjin's cat to his own yard several times, and even hugged the cat to sleep at night. In the end, he gradually took the cat for himself.
Although Cheng Gongjin liked the cat, he was older after all, and how could he compete with the younger generation in the family for it? In the end, he acquiesced and gave the cat to Mu Huaian.
"If in the future you get a cat or something you like, and I happen to like it too..."
Cheng Gongjin looked at Mu Huaian, his voice steady but with a hint of probing, "Are you willing to give up?"
Mu Huaian didn't think too deeply about it, and smiled almost reflexively. His tone was relaxed, with absolute respect for his elders and the generosity of a junior:
"Whatever the teacher likes, as long as it's available in Huai'an, just take it."
In Mu Huaian's heart, teacher Cheng Gongjin treated him very well, even better than his biological parents.
Just like the recent incident, the only one I can rely on is my teacher, and it is my teacher who is running around for me.
How could he compete with his own teacher for anything when facing Cheng Gongjin, whom he always respected?
But looking at the smile on Mu Huaian's face, Cheng Gongjin's eyes turned dark.
He leaned forward slightly, his thin lips opened. What if... it was a person?
Reason brought Cheng Gongjin back. He did not ask the question out loud, but just waved his hand, indicating that he could leave.
When Mu Huaian walked out of the study, Cheng Gongjin moved his fingertips, but did not pull out the pressed painting.
He leaned back in his chair, closed his eyes, and the events of the past few days kept coming to his mind.
Obviously everything was developing according to his original expectations, but he just didn't feel happy. There was a place he wanted to fill. He didn't know what he wanted before, but now he knew, but he couldn't want it.
Perhaps it started from the first time Yu Qinghuan recognized the wrong person, or maybe it was when he picked up the handkerchief in Xifeng Tower, something was wrong.
He had been sober for more than thirty years, but in the last year of his life, he became obsessed with a woman he shouldn't have been obsessed with.
Can’t grab it, can’t give it up.
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The days passed quickly and a month passed in the blink of an eye.
Many things happened in the capital during this month. Just half a month ago, news of Prince Rui's rebellion spread back to the capital, and he was heading towards the capital with 50,000 troops.
The old emperor is seriously ill and now has difficulty even getting up. All the concubines in the harem are in danger.
Because of Prince Rui's rebellion, the court was in chaos. Many officials who had a good relationship with Prince Rui were implicated and thrown into prison.
Xiao Jinghe was very busy this month, but he still took some time every day to accompany Yu Qinghuan. As King Rui's troops captured several cities, Xiao Jinghe was so busy in the second half of the month that he could only secretly visit Yu Qinghuan at night after she fell asleep.
Seeing that he was so busy that he didn't get much sleep and even caught a cold, Yu Qinghuan was a little worried.
Until Cheng Gongjin sent someone to deliver the news that King Rui's troops would attack the capital the next day. At that time, the gates of the imperial city would be wide open, and his people would take advantage of the chaos to take Yu Qinghuan out of the palace.
Yu Qinghuan guessed that all this was just a trap, waiting for Prince Rui to fall into it.
She even suspected that the 50,000 soldiers in Chuzhou were all acting to accompany Prince Rui. Otherwise, how could Xiao Jinghe still have the mood to ask someone to send her the newly made wedding dress at this point?
Looking at the wedding dress and phoenix crown that had just been delivered to her, Yu Qinghuan felt confused.
Sang Ru was amazed. The embroidery on the wedding dress was made of gold thread. She had never seen such gorgeous clothes. No wonder the people in the Shangyi Bureau took a month to make it.
While she was amazed, she also felt sorry because the girl would be leaving the day after tomorrow and would not be able to wear the wedding dress.
Yu Qinghuan's fingertips lingered for a moment on the embroidery pattern of the wedding dress. This was the embroidery pattern drawn by Xiao Jinghe. It was said that even the style of the phoenix crown was drawn by him and then made by someone else, which showed how much care he put into it.
This is the first time someone has been so attentive to me.
"Sang Ru, come and help me change."
Sang Ru was stunned for a moment, "Yes."
The palace maids beside her were obviously stunned. Seeing that she wanted to try on the wedding dress, they were very happy and hurried forward to help.
After a while, two palace maids dressed her in wedding clothes and put on a phoenix crown. Sang Ru thought about it and put on red makeup for her.
Everyone was amazed. There were many beauties in the palace, but none of them could compare to Madam Yu in front of them. No wonder she was the only one favored by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince.
Looking at herself in the bronze mirror, Yu Qinghuan felt as if she was in another world. She could hardly remember what she looked like when she first wore her wedding dress.
She thought...Xiao Jinghe was so thoughtful, she should at least let him see it.
"Sang Ru, send someone to invite His Royal Highness the Crown Prince over and tell him I have something important to discuss with him."
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