Chapter 418 Men are still fun

"What's going on with Zhuang Qingyi?" Xiao Jinxuan called Wei Zhao over and asked.

Wasn't she stripped of her title of princess and sent back to her hometown?

It was he who gave the order personally and sent people to escort him.

Wei Zhao replied: "We did send her back, but later the emperor sent someone to secretly bring her back to Kyoto."

They only found out about this when they saw Princess Qingyi on the wedding day.

As soon as Xiao Jinxuan heard it, he understood Emperor Zhaowen's plan. At that time, he needed to use Xie Zhuoning's wedding to induce Marquis Zhenyang to return to the capital on his own initiative.

But by then, Xie Zhuoning had already "died" in the palace fire, and he was determined not to marry a random woman to cooperate with his plan.

So he concealed the news of Xie Zhuoning's death, generously rewarded Xie Zhuoning and let her marry in the palace, and then brought Zhuang Qingyi back and dressed her up as a bride to marry himself.

"No wonder." Xie Zhuoning immediately understood his original doubts.

At that time, she was in Nanyang, and when she heard Ye Wuque bring her the news that Xiao Jinxuan was getting married as scheduled, she was still wondering who he would marry since she was gone.

It turned out that Emperor Zhaowen had already made up his mind and was ready to use a substitute.

"When the candles are lit in the wedding chamber, you will lift the red veil and see a different person, but the marriage has already taken place, and it is a fait accompli. You may grit your teeth and swallow this stupid loss for the sake of your youthful friendship and the Empress Dowager."

It would be fine if he could catch his father at that time. If he couldn't catch him, this incident could be used to make his father and Xiao Jinxuan completely fall out.

I have to say, Emperor Zhaowen was really good at calculating!

Xiao Jinxuan narrowed his eyes slightly, "It's a pity that he doesn't know that you staged the fire in the palace yourself, nor does he know that you were abducted by Ye Wuque, and he doesn't know that I personally witnessed you 'die' in front of me."

At that time, he was disheartened. After intercepting and saving Marquis Zhenyang on the way, he no longer had any scruples and directly married Xie Zhuoning's tablet on the wedding day.

To him, whether alive or dead, there is only one princess.

Xie Zhuoning smiled and said teasingly, "I never thought that the self-disciplined and prudent Prince Xuan would be so rebellious and do such a stupid thing."

Xiao Jinxuan took her hand and wrapped her in his warm palm. "In this life, you must always follow your heart and do one or two stupid things."

So, it’s okay to be a little silly.

Wei Zhao: “…”

No wonder Ling Xiao asked him to wear more clothes when he came. The cold icy rain was hitting his face and he was shivering with cold.

He hurriedly continued, "Since the wedding of Master, Princess Qingyi, oh no, Miss Zhuang, seems to have become increasingly weak. She has been staying in her room and refusing to go out to see people. When the Empress Dowager found out, she sent someone to place her in the Royal Courtyard to be nursed. Until this time, I don't know who brought the news of you and the Princess... oh no, Madam Qingning to her, she finally went out for the first time."

Who would have thought that she would just come and take a quick look and then go back.

Xie Zhuoning nodded, "Could it be that she has uncovered the truth about the world? She has discovered that men are not that fun after all?"

"Hmm?" Xiao Jinxuan frowned and looked at him.

Xie Zhuoning quickly raised his hand and patted his shoulder to comfort him, "Don't worry, you are still very fun."

Wei Zhao: “…”

Did he poke the eyes first or the ears first?

Xiao Jinxuan acted as if nothing had happened and ordered him, "Send someone to keep an eye on it."

Whether he has truly seen through the world or has some other purpose, it's more reassuring to keep an eye on him.

"Yes." Wei Zhao nodded quickly and walked out.

As soon as Xie Zhuoning took a step forward, he was pinched by the waist and turned around. A shadow loomed over him, and a warm breath lingered around him.

"How are men fun to play with? Aning, would you like to tell us more about it?"

Xie Zhuoning's ears felt slightly hot. "Well... it's hard to say."

"It's hard to say, so just do it." Xiao Jinxuan's eyes were deep. He held the back of her head with one hand and lowered his head to bite the corner of her lips.

His posture was very domineering, and she was almost forced to endure the violent storm.

But he is also very gentle, light, and soft, like hot spring water, which makes people indulge in it.

The breath became hotter and hotter.

He continued to go deeper, as if he wanted to finish what he had been interrupted from before.

But at this moment, there was a series of knocks on the door, so loud that it was deafening.

Xie Zhuoning pushed him and said, "Someone..."

Xiao Jinxuan continued in silence, "Whatever."

But the person outside the door didn't stop until the door was opened, and he knocked very hard.

Xiao Jinxuan gritted his teeth, but finally let Xie Zhuoning go. His face was as black as ink, as if he wanted to eat someone.

Xie Zhuoning tried hard to hold back her smile as she watched Xiao Jinxuan tidy up her clothes and hair bit by bit. Then she gritted her teeth and said, "Come in."

The door was pushed open, and a figure rushed over like a gust of wind, "Little Uncle, Sister Ning!"

Hearing this familiar voice and seeing the sound and shadow coming back, Xiao Jinxuan frowned, "Ling Xiao, what's going on?"

Didn't you ask him to send the person back to the palace?

Ling Xiao looked innocent, "Master, this is not my fault. The princess said that if I didn't bring her back, she would yell and accuse me of molesting her."

He was just a small servant, and he could not afford to be charged with molesting the princess.

Princess Yunheng also spoke up quickly, "Little uncle, don't blame him. I forced him to do that. Besides, I didn't mean anything else. I just wanted to come back to see Sister Ning."

After saying that, she looked at Xie Zhuoning, tears welling up in her eyes, and turned to her, "Sister Ning, I miss you so much... wuwuwuwu..."

Xie Zhuoning felt helpless and amused, and could only comfort and coax her.

This situation made Xiao Jinxuan, who was about to launch an attack, stuck and he was at a loss as to what to say.

The two of them hugged each other and cried for a while. Princess Yunheng began to shake her head and show off proudly, "How about it, Sister Ning, my performance just now was not bad, right?"

After secretly receiving the news from her sister Ning, she watched the opera in the palace for several days, trying to figure out how to act out her anger, sadness, hatred, and ferocity...

Xie Zhuoning gave her a thumbs up and said, "Comparable to Fang Lansheng."

Fang Lansheng is the mainstay of the Chunxi Troupe in Beijing.

To be honest, on the way back, she was hesitating whether to inform Princess Yunheng first, fearing that this girl was too aggressive and would lose her patience.

Unexpectedly, she was the one with the most unexpected performance.

Princess Yunheng was very proud when she heard her sister Ning praising her, but in order to show her humility, she waved her hands and said, "Oh, my, I'm not that great. If we talk about greatness, it's you, sister Ning, and the little uncle. You don't know how angry I was at that time. Even though I knew you two were acting, I was still dragged into it because you were really such a scumbag, so mean..."

She was halfway through her words when she suddenly realized something was wrong and looked up at her uncle's expression.

Unexpectedly, Xiao Jinxuan smiled in a friendly and amiable way, "Go on, why don't you continue?"

Princess Yunheng shuddered at this expression and laughed, "Well, I meant that my acting was so bad that I wanted to kill myself."

It was unknown whether Xiao Jinxuan believed it or not, but in his heart he had already decided to stop buying those weird things for Yunheng every year, and that he didn't need to give her the white swan he promised her for her birthday this year. And as a princess, why was she knocking on the door so rudely without any etiquette, he should arrange for a few etiquette maids to teach her a lesson...

"But Sister Ning, what are you guys up to?" Princess Yunheng asked curiously, "Why can't you let people know that you're back? Why do you have to use a fake identity?"