Chai Shijing was very bold. "Your Majesty, you wantonly kill court officials. Do you even care about your reputation?"
Looking at the courtiers kneeling on the ground, Emperor Jianning was so angry that he covered his chest and gasped, "You are all fine, very fine!"
He raised his hand, and Li Xi quickly shouted, "Dismiss the court!" Then he held Emperor Jianning's hand and left the Xuanzheng Hall.
Chai Shijing and Lei Ying looked at each other, then turned and left.
The court officials also left in twos and threes. Sooner or later, they had all defected to Chai Shijing.
If Chai Shijing could become emperor, they would have at least some merit in following the emperor. If Chai Shijing could not become emperor, not only would they have no merit, but they would also be suspected and suppressed by the new emperor because they had once surrendered to Chai Shijing.
The pros and cons were so obvious that the court officials naturally knew what to choose. Moreover, with so many of them, they were fully capable of competing.
Chai Shiqin, who had been silent in the court, finally spoke while sitting in front of Emperor Jianning's bed, "Father, most of the court officials have already defected to my sixth brother. What should we do?" He was extremely anxious, but he didn't dare to show it too obviously.
Li Xi glanced at Chai Shiqin while handing water to Emperor Jianning. The emperor was so angry, but Chai Shiqin was still most concerned about the throne.
He suddenly thought of Nie Qiuer, the kind-hearted, cheerful and generous girl. He sighed in his heart that his son Chai Shiqin was really nothing like her.
Emperor Jianning took a sip of water and soothed him, "Shiqin, don't worry. Father will find a way." At this moment, he deeply regretted that he should not have waited until now to appoint a crown prince. But he really didn't expect Chai Shijing's power to grow so quickly.
"What else can we do? More than half of the court officials are on Sixth Brother's side."
"Who will be appointed Crown Prince is a matter of state, as well as my own. I have the final say on this matter! Now that the decree to appoint a Crown Prince has been issued, Li Xi, you will instruct the Imperial Observatory to select a date as soon as possible, and have the Ministry of Rites immediately begin preparations for the Crown Prince's enthronement ceremony."
Li Xi bowed and agreed.
Emperor Jianning said again: "Clean up the Eastern Palace and let Shiqin live in it tomorrow." It is the court officials' business if they disagree, he can do as he wants.
Chai Shiqin was a little excited to be able to enter the Eastern Palace, "Thank you, father!"
Emperor Jianning waved his hand and said, "Go back to Prince Duan's Mansion and pack up. You will move into the Eastern Palace tomorrow."
Chai Shiqin left happily.
Li Xi couldn't help crying as he watched Chai Shiqin leaving. Emperor Jianning pretended not to see it and said, "Go down!" He knew very well why Li Xi was crying, but he still wanted to deceive himself for a while longer.
Less than half a month before Chai Shijing's wedding, Kang Yueran finally returned to the capital.
She returned to her room to wash up first. Ye rubbed her back and asked, "Didn't you say you would be back before Prince Duan? Why are you so slow? Is there any danger on the way?"
"Something happened on the way, but it's all resolved. I'm not hurt either, don't worry, Mom."
Ye didn't ask in detail, "Do you know that you will be getting married in ten days? Prince Ping said that on the wedding day, we should go to the prosperous house he has prepared for the bride first, and then he will pick us up after the wedding."
I can't marry out of Prince Ping's mansion and then marry into Prince Ping's mansion again. "Alright! Is my wedding dress ready?"
"It's ready. I gave you the size of the wedding dress, and Prince Ping hired eight embroiderers from the capital who worked on it for nearly two months. It's beautiful! Prince Ping and I discussed your dowry together, and he even added quite a bit to it."
Kang Yueran smiled and said nothing. Part of her business income was sent directly to Chai Shijing, so the money she added was real, but the money she spent was hers.
Ye was talking to Kang Yueran, and Kang Yueran echoed a few words. They were both very happy chatting.
After washing up, Kang Yueran went to the study to find Chai Shijing.
The study and the main courtyard are adjacent. Chai Shijing took Kang Yueran's hand and walked through a small door to the main courtyard. "I opened a small door on the side to connect the wall between the study and the main courtyard. There are tea rooms on both sides. If there are guests, we will entertain them in the tea room in the study. If there are no outsiders, we can drink tea and talk in the main courtyard."
The two of them went to the bedroom. "I asked your maids, and they modified it according to your preferences. Do you think it's okay? Is there anything else you want to change?"
Kang Yueran looked around. This would be her home from now on! She smiled and shook her head, "No, I'm very satisfied."
The marriage he had been waiting for for so long was finally going to become a reality. Chai Shijing was very excited every day. He hugged Kang Yueran in his arms and said, "Yueran, we are finally getting married. I am so happy. Are you happy?"
"Yeah, I'm happy too!"
Chai Shijing hugged Kang Yueran tightly, smiling sweetly, "From now on, we will be together forever and never separate again!"
Kang Yueran kissed Chai Shijing and smiled, "Okay!"
Just as they finished talking about never parting again, Yiming rushed in and interrupted their sweet moment. "Master, the master from the Dunning Marquis's residence is here. He said the Marquis has been summoned by the Ministry of Justice for accepting bribes."
Chai Shijing's face suddenly turned ugly. "I repeatedly told him to be cautious, why did he still do such stupid things?"
Kang Yueran comforted him, "Don't be angry, go to the Marquis' Mansion and take a look." It was really unfortunate to have such an unreliable uncle.
In the Dunning Marquis' Mansion, all the masters gathered in Madam Lin's courtyard. Everyone was worried about Lin Dong, but they were more angry than worried.
Lin Feng sat down next to Old Madam Lin and said, "Mother, we need to ask Prince Ping to go and find Zhou Yang. Zhou Yang is so bold that he even arrested my eldest brother."
Ning cried, "Mother, nothing can happen to the Marquis. Will Zhou Yang torture the Marquis once he's in the Ministry of Justice?"
Lin Feng's eyes widened. "How dare he! Big brother is Prince Ping's uncle. If Zhou Yang dares to torture big brother, Prince Ping will not let him go."
Just as he finished speaking, the little maid came to announce, "Prince Ping is here!"
Then, Chai Shijing walked in with a cold face. "Grandma!"
Old Lady Lin stood up from the couch and brought her whole family to pay their respects to King Ping.
Chai Shijing helped Madam Lin sit back on the couch, and he sat in Ning Feng's place.
Lin Qingyi walked over and knelt at Chai Shijing's feet, "Cousin, you have to save my father."
Madam Lin scolded Lin Qingyi, "Get up! What a disgrace!"
Lin Qingyi not only did not get up, but grabbed Chai Shijing's robe, "Cousin, you..."
"Let go!" Chai Shijing made no secret of his disgust for Lin Qingyi.
Ning came over and helped Lin Qingyi up, "Don't disturb the prince and your grandmother talking, get up quickly!" Old Madam Lin had warned the eldest wife several times not to have any ideas about Chai Shijing. Lin Dong and Ning had basically given up, only Lin Qingyi had been persisting.
This sudden change made Lin Feng, who was about to speak, shut up. He glanced at Lin Qingyi with dissatisfaction. Knowing that Prince Ping didn't like her, she still wanted to be sentimental. This was just adding to the trouble.
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