Chapter 49: Let Ye Chutang and King Chen get married
When Qi Yanzhou heard that the emperor wanted to grant the marriage, he immediately walked to the middle of the two rows of dining tables and knelt down.
"Your Majesty, please take back your order. The witch doctor saved me, and I am deeply grateful. How can I force her to do anything?"
The emperor narrowed his eyes slightly, and an intense pressure came directly to Qi Yanzhou.
"I am the one who granted this marriage. Prince Chen, do you mean that I am forcing you to do something against your will?"
"Your Majesty, please calm down. I just think that the people in Southern Xinjiang are stubborn. If you force the witch doctor to come to Beijing, the capital may be in danger of being poisoned."
To the emperor's ears, these words were both a threat from Qi Yanzhou and a defense of the witch doctor.
However, Qi Yanzhou did remind him that if the witch doctor was really allowed to come to Beijing, it would be a big disaster!
"Prince Chen, you have been in Southern Xinjiang for two years, which delayed your marriage and prevented me from having children for the Prince Chen's Mansion. I feel guilty about this. Now that you have returned to the capital, it is time to get your marriage on the agenda."
Qi Yanzhou heard that the emperor was going to arrange a concubine for him and find an opportunity to kill him!
"I have just returned to the capital. Although I am interested in getting married, I am not familiar with the noble ladies in the capital yet. I would like to wait a little longer."
The emperor wanted to grant Qi Yanzhou a marriage directly, but he didn't want to be criticized.
"I will give you half a month. If you still have no idea by then, I will decide on your behalf and grant you a marriage."
"I thank the Emperor. Long live the Emperor!"
"Stand up and take your seat."
When Qi Yanzhou sat back in his seat, Eunuch De told the emperor that he wanted to marry Ye Anling.
On his way back to Beijing, the emperor learned about the hustle and bustle in the Shangshu Mansion yesterday.
He looked at the prince, who had a sullen face and remained silent, and nodded.
"I, it's approved."
"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your consideration!"
The emperor suddenly remembered something and looked at Qi Yanzhou.
"I heard that Prince Chen asked Lord Ye's eldest daughter for a calligraphy piece."
Qi Yanzhou replied respectfully: "Yes, Miss Ye is very talented in writing, and her calligraphy is so beautiful that I like it very much, so I asked for a copy."
After saying this, he looked at Eunuch De.
"Eunuch De has the same vision as me and has also asked for a painting."
The emperor glanced at Eunuch De and said, "I heard that Miss Ye is extremely beautiful and talented. Isn't Prince Chen tempted?"
Qi Yanzhou heard that the emperor wanted him to marry Ye Chutang.
Because Ye Jingchuan was his confidant, he took the eldest daughter of the Ye family as his own.
But he didn't know that Ye Chutang and Ye Jingchuan were not of the same mind at all.
To be honest, marrying Ye Chutang was his best choice.
First, she is not the emperor's person.
Second, it would be more convenient to detoxify him.
But she clearly had no intention of marrying him, so he naturally wouldn't force her.
"I am just a warrior, I am afraid I am not worthy of Miss Ye."
The emperor thought that Qi Yanzhou refused to accept Ye Jingchuan because Ye Jingchuan was a favorite and his eldest daughter grew up in the countryside.
"Prince Chen has defended his country and made outstanding military achievements. He is more than qualified to be the match for the princess."
Naturally, he would not marry the princess to Qi Yanzhou and let him give birth to a child with royal blood so that he could rebel with a legitimate reason!
Qi Yanzhou could not go against the emperor, so he used the half-month period as an excuse.
The emperor didn't know what to say. He couldn't slap himself in the face.
He changed the subject and asked about court affairs.
The court was controlled by Eunuch De, and the court officials only reported good news to the emperor but not bad news.
Then a bunch of flatterers praised the emperor, making him happily ask for immortality.
Because the emperor was returning to Beijing from Qingyun Temple and was exhausted from the long journey, the banquet ended quickly.
Eunuch De sent the emperor back to the Qianqing Palace to rest and asked for the imperial edict.
All officials congratulated Ye Jingchuan.
But he knew that these people were actually laughing at him.
After responding with a few words, he glanced secretly at the Second Prince and left the palace.
The second prince saw that Ye Jingchuan had something important to tell him, so he left soon.
The two met in a restaurant connected to the secret room of the Shangshu Mansion.
"Minister Ye suddenly came to see me, what's the matter?"
Ye Jingchuan knew that it would be easy to be exposed if he met the Second Prince during the day, so he said bluntly: "The weapons and food in the secret room are gone."
The second prince's face changed drastically, "What do you mean by gone?"
"It's gone. Just like Ningchuyuan and Xishou Palace, the things in the secret room disappeared."
"Master Ye, you don't believe the rumor about 'ghost thieves'?"
Ye Jingchuan didn't want to believe it either, but...
"The secret room is in the library, and it is guarded by someone 24 hours a day. There is no sign of the mechanism being damaged. The secret passage leading to the restaurant can only be opened from the secret room."
What this means is that it is impossible for human beings to sneak into the secret room quietly.
Among the guards guarding the library are the Second Prince’s men.
The same goes for restaurants.
He immediately ruled out the suspicion that Ye Jingchuan had embezzled money and his face looked solemn.
"Master Ye, apart from food and weapons, there are no other things in your secret room that shouldn't be there, right?"
Ye Jingchuan knew that the second prince was talking about their correspondence.
Of course he wouldn't admit it, "Nothing else."
The second prince leaned forward and stared into Ye Jingchuan's eyes.
"It's okay if the food and weapons are lost. Anyway, our names are not engraved on them, so it's just a loss of some silver. But if the letter falls into the hands of others and is passed to the emperor, the Ye family will be confiscated and exterminated!"
Ye Jingchuan had a layer of cold sweat on his back, but his expression did not change.
"I know this, so I will never leave any evidence that would harm others or benefit myself."
He left the letter originally in order to control the Crown Prince and the Second Prince, but he didn't expect it to become a sword hanging over his head.
I hope the one who stole the things was really a ghost, not a human!
The second prince withdrew his body, picked up the boiling hot tea, and lowered his eyes to look at the rising hot steam.
"Don't worry about the lost food and weapons. Wait until King Chen finds the 'ghost thief'."
Ye Jingchuan stood up and said, "Yes, I'll take my leave."
The second prince looked at Ye Jingchuan's back with a mocking look in his eyes.
"Lord Ye, once you get on my boat, you can't get off. As for the Crown Prince, you should cut him off completely."
He knew that this old fox wanted to have his cake and eat it too.
He just thought it would be beneficial for him if Ye Anling married the prince, so he didn't care.
Ye Jingchuan paused slightly.
"I am loyal to the Second Prince!"
The second prince chuckled, "Let's go quickly. The imperial decree granting the marriage should arrive at the Shangshu Mansion soon."
really.
Not long after Ye Jingchuan returned to the Shangshu Mansion, the emperor's decree granting marriage arrived.
Eunuch De came in person to convey the order.
Because he was a eunuch, it was not appropriate to have a grand wedding, so the wedding date was set for ten days later.
Kong Ru was released to prepare for her wedding, but was kept under house arrest after the wedding.
After the Ye family received the order, Eunuch De said to Ye Jingchuan: "Master Ye, the emperor has a verbal order."
Ye Jingchuan guessed what the emperor's instructions were.
He handed the imperial edict to his eldest son Ye Anzhi.
"Zhi'er, take the imperial edict to the ancestral hall and worship it."
Then he said to everyone in the Ye family, "Don't go back to the yard. I have something to tell you later."
After saying this, he made a gesture of invitation to Eunuch De.
"Sir, please follow me to the study."
When they arrived at the study, Mr. De went straight to the point.
"Lord Ye, the Emperor intends to marry Princess Ling to Prince Chen."
Ye Jingchuan knew that the emperor had always wanted to kill Prince Chen and raid Prince Chen's mansion.
He also wanted to share the emperor's worries, but Ye Chutang didn't listen to him at all.
"Father, Chu'er has a hot temper, I'm afraid..."
Eunuch De smiled and said, "As long as you control her, no matter how fierce her temper is, she will just be obedient."
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