Shangguan Xi saw Wang Yanzhou being so disrespectful. If Shangguan Bing'er hadn't stepped forward to support him in time, he would have fainted on the spot: "You!"
Wang Yanzhou raised his eyebrows and smiled, "I tore it up, so what? Lord Shangguan, you might as well report it to the emperor and have him punish me for disrespect, or even better, demote me to a commoner."
Shangguan Xi puffed his beard and glared angrily, "Do you think I don't dare?"
Wang Yanzhou didn't want to pay any more attention to him. He turned around and left with Tang Chen, leaving only one sentence: "Oh, if you two want to stay for a drink, you can find a seat anywhere."
Shangguan Xi had been an official for many years, and had seen all kinds of people and experienced all kinds of storms. But today, he was defeated by two juniors. He was so angry that his teeth itched: "You, you are going too far!"
Shangguan Bing'er looked at the way the guests around her were looking at them, and her face flushed with shame. She had originally thought that even if Wang Yanzhou did not agree to marry her as his principal wife, with the imperial edict in hand, she could at least enter the mansion first. She had underestimated Tang Chen: "Daddy!"
"snort!"
The wedding, which had been a minor incident, passed away peacefully. After the banquet, the guests dispersed, some drank, some chatted, until outside the courtyard, which had been bustling all day, large red lanterns covered with wedding characters were hung on the long street.
Tang Chen looked at his bedroom, which was not very big to begin with, and was now almost filled with gift boxes. His face was filled with a smile of sudden wealth: "Wow, so many gifts, why are there so many without names on them?"
Wang Yanzhou casually picked up one of the "difficult items" Tang Chen mentioned and explained, "Those without inscriptions were basically sent by people in the court. For example, this one has a shell painted on it, so it should have been sent by Prince Zhong."
As Tang Chen opened the gift box, he exclaimed, "Wow, that's amazing! Isn't Prince Zhong familiar with you? How come he also thought of giving us a gift?"
Wang Yanzhou said, "We had a brief private discussion when we were delivering supplies to the southern border."
"Oh, I see." The gift from Prince Zhong was a beautiful round fan. Tang Chen had no idea what the material was, but the embroidery was much better than hers. In those days, there were no machine embroidery machines, so one could only marvel at the versatility of women.
Tang Chen liked the fan more and more, so he just started using it: "By the way, shouldn't you be outside entertaining guests?"
Wang Yanzhou thought Tang Chen had forgotten that there were guests outside. Chen Xin and the others were all outside helping out. She, the bride, seemed to be enjoying herself today. "Look, I'm here to bring you some food. Aren't you hungry?"
Tang Chen hadn't really noticed it before, but perhaps because she'd been a bit nervous all day, her stomach had been feeling a bit uncomfortable. Wang Yanzhou's words had really made her feel a bit hungry. "Oh, leave the food here, you can go now. Bye!"
"Alas, you don't know how to cherish it after you get it. It's really heartbreaking." As he spoke, Wang Yanzhou collected the gifts on the table, cleared a space, and arranged the food in the lunch boxes one by one.
Tang Chen replied disapprovingly: "Come on, you have such a strong mental state. Go out and entertain the guests quickly. Don't be rude. I can clean up here myself."
Tang Chen's serious urging actually made Wang Yanzhou laugh out loud: "Oh, now you know the etiquette."
Tang Chen coughed dryly, put the fan in his hand back and walked around the room aimlessly: "Well, I'm busy here, oh, so busy!"
Wang Yanzhou smiled and said, "Don't worry, they are all yours and no one will compete with you. There are still a lot of them outside the house. Take a look and pick out the ones you like. The rest can be put in the small warehouse of Liuxiang Wine Shop."
"That's a good suggestion!"
Less than a month later, before the lotus blossoms had even fallen, news of Wang Yanzhou and Tang Chen's wedding spread far and wide. The reason for this widespread spread, aside from some human factors, wasn't the grand ceremony itself, but rather Wang Yanzhou's multiple identities and Tang Chen's various heroic deeds on the day of their wedding.
Outside a bank near the water in Jiangdu City, married women living nearby gathered in a pavilion, fanning themselves with palm-leaf fans, exchanging gossip they had heard and expressing their opinions.
The words of one of the women, dressed in dark red coarse linen, piqued the interest of Su Zhirou, who had just come out of the bank to deposit money. "Have you heard that the head manager of the Liuxiang Tavern, the owner of Qingliang Valley, and the legendary King Qingliang are actually the same person?"
The many middle-aged women sitting together chatting and talking said that these were nothing new now: "Of course I heard about it. If he hadn't gotten married, I wouldn't have known about it. The wife of the Valley Master is really lucky!"
The auntie at the side continued, "Of course not! It is said that the Valley Master is very obedient to her and doesn't care about her commoner background. I'm really envious."
Su Zhirou listened to this legendary figure and thought that his identity seemed to overlap with that of Wang Yanzhou, who was beside Tang Chen. She walked over and interrupted, "Excuse me, but are the people you are talking about called Tang Chen and Wang Yanzhou?"
The lady who initiated this topic said with a smile, "Oh, Madam, you are interested in this as well. Come on, sit down and chat with us!"
Seeing that she actually knew the names of these two people, everyone thought she must be someone who knew some new news, so they all asked curiously, "From the tone of your voice, Madam, it seems that she knows both of these masters?"
When Su Zhirou heard the title "Madam," her heart skipped a beat. How could she be called a Madam in her current state? "We only met once."
...Shangguan Xi and Shangguan Bing'er had suffered great injustice in Qinghe County, so they must have rushed back to the capital to complain immediately. After the old man spoke for a long time with tears and indignation, he presented the imperial edict that Wang Yanzhou had torn up with trembling hands.
The eunuch took the rags, his nerves tense: "Your Majesty, look..."
Emperor Gan Zhao glanced at the scraps of cloth, then stood up expressionlessly and overturned the desk in front of him.
Everyone in the hall knelt down hurriedly and said in unison: "Your Majesty, please calm down!"
"Get out, all of you, get out!"
Shangguan Xi originally wanted to accuse Wang Yanzhou of disrespect with Emperor Gan Zhao and punish him severely. But seeing Emperor Gan Zhao's actions, Shangguan Xi finally understood what Wang Yanzhou meant by what he said to him that day. His Majesty has the most power in the world, but he can't touch a prince who has no real power in the court. He has been away from the inner court for too long, and some things seem to be different from what he originally knew. The weak young son of the late emperor is no longer the child who was bullied by others after the death of the late queen.
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