The Shen couple did not expect the imperial decree of marriage to arrive so quickly.
Master Shen stared dazedly at the imperial edict in his hand, his heart filled with despair.
Although he and his wife only had one son, and although Qinghe's ambitions lay not in the court, Shen Qinghe was always his pride.
His pride is getting married.
Madam Shen and Master Shen went back to their room and cried while holding the imperial edict, leaving Shen Qinghe alone in the courtyard, looking at the sharp sword beside the Grand Eunuch of the palace.
He smiled at her.
She nodded to him.
"Get some rest. I'll come to marry you the day after tomorrow. The wedding dress will be delivered tomorrow. Try it on then, and if it doesn't fit, have the palace embroiderers alter it."
"good."
Lou Qingming sat on the top floor of the astrology hall, and for some reason, his heart was pounding all day.
The old man calculated with his fingers and determined that his granddaughter's love star was about to shine.
For so many years, Li Jian has only had one man by his side. He had long ago calculated that if Shen Qinghe and Huo Pan were forced to be together, they would surely meet a bad end.
Who is it?
Who could possibly win the heart of a granddaughter whose heart is only set on the Great Yan Empire and Huo Xiaolong?
Before Lou Qingming could figure things out, Chen Yunsong handed over his nameplate and entered the palace.
At this time, it had been less than half an hour since the imperial edict was announced.
The Shen family lived in a wealthy area of the capital, as did the Chen family. News of the imperial edict had already spread throughout the capital.
"Lou Qingming! Your granddaughter is going to find you a husband!"
"Bullshit, you old dog Chen! You think I won't tear your mouth apart?!"
Two elderly people with gray hair but good health were arguing non-stop.
"You still don't believe me? Your granddaughter even went to the Shen residence with the imperial edict to deliver it. Didn't you say before that there was no possibility between her and the young master of the Shen family?"
"Yes, I've calculated it, there's absolutely no way!"
Lou Qingming didn't believe it and wanted to take out the tortoise shell and calculate it again.
"Back then, when I divined the fate of the Great Yan Dynasty, I even predicted that the Ziwei star represents women, and I was absolutely right! How could I be wrong when I divined my granddaughter's destiny?"
Chen Yunsong sat down in front of his old friend and poured himself a cup of tea.
"Calculate it again."
When Lou Qingming calculated his romantic destiny, he only had three copper coins. One coin belonged to Yin, one to Yang, and the remaining coin was used to determine the direction in which it fell and its corresponding hexagram.
In order, the coin representing the male should be placed into the tortoise shell first, followed by the coin representing the female.
Just as the old man was about to throw it away, Chen Yunsong stopped him. His old friend grabbed his hand and said to him:
"You throw the other one first."
Lou Qingming froze on the ground for a moment. Marrying into another's family was supposed to be the reverse, but...
Things might really be different.
The old man's hands trembled, just as his heart ached upon hearing the news that Li Jian was about to get married.
— Clap clap clap.
Three copper coins fell onto the table, the last one spinning around on the table before landing in front of Lou Qingming, as if mocking him.
"How's it going, Old Dog Lou?"
Lou Qingming didn't speak, but remained silent for a few moments before letting out a wail.
"My sword, my dear grandson!"
The wail startled Huo Minzhi, who was sleeping in the astrology hall. The young girl jumped out of bed and went to the source of the wail.
He saw his grandfather forcefully pouring wine into his mouth.
The man standing before his grandfather was Prime Minister Chen. The young girl stood motionless outside the door, simply sitting on the threshold listening.
"Can this young man from the Shen family handle it?"
"Couldn't he...couldn't he at least try to uphold his dignity as a man?"
"If I were him, I would rather die than agree to the sword's demands."
Chen Yunsong couldn't help but speak up for Shen Qinghe.
“That sword also agreed; she had her eye on him all along.”
"That was because Shen Qinghe seduced my precious grandson first!"
"..."
Huo Minzhi stood outside the door, unsure of what to say; she knew her sister's personality.
Calm, self-controlled, never act on emotion, rationality is the most important thing.
She didn't get along with Shen Qinghe back then because she was afraid of delaying Long'er's ascension to the throne.
Now……
Huo Minzhi could even figure out how her sister had used coercion and enticement to lure people away.
It's no big deal, it's just gaining another brother-in-law.
The young woman felt that love and men weren't a required course in life; if they came, she would simply accept them.
If you don't want to come, then forget it.
But when they arrive, it should make people very happy.
Hehe~
I want to see my sister and husband kiss.
Along with the imperial edict granting the marriage, an imperial edict was also issued announcing Lord Shen's demotion to Dongyu.
Now that the Shen family has been released from quarantine, Shen Qinghe took advantage of his free time to send messages to his close friends, telling them that he was getting married.
There was a young master surnamed Wu. His father worked in the Ministry of Works and was a staunch royalist, in other words, on Long'er's side.
His father and Lu Feigong had a good relationship. When Young Master Wu learned that the Wei family had been executed along with ten generations of their clan, he was so frightened that he quickly asked his father if he could plead with the emperor through Lu Feigong.
Lu Fei said:
"Don't worry, the current emperor is sensible, and the Minister of Personnel is capable; he's definitely not going to die."
Young Master Wu threw the note into the Shen residence exactly as he had said those words.
"Qinghe, did you marry Scholar Huo because of the Shen family?"
Shen Qinghe, the top scholar in the capital, is an upright man who is dedicated to his studies and is a master of poetry and prose.
Needless to say, his talent is exceptional; what stands out most is his arrogance.
If you can't stand the dirty tricks of the court, then don't enter the court. If you want to serve the country, then become a teacher at the Imperial Academy. You can still teach the pillars of the Great Yan.
"no."
Shen Qinghe said with a smile.
"Qinghe, Scholar Huo's scheming..."
Young Master Wu couldn't understand why Shen Qinghe, who had always disliked courtly tactics, would fall for Huo Pan's sharp sword.
“Brother Wu, I have never done such a thing in my life.”
“This kind of thing goes against my principles as a gentleman.”
“I received your message. I knew from beginning to end that the Emperor would not exterminate the entire Shen family.”
"Just this once... and only once in this lifetime..."
"If I can win the favor of a beautiful woman and grow old with her, then it will not have been in vain."
Young Master Wu was dumbfounded. You guys really know how to have fun.
So Shen Qinghe did it on purpose?
Of course it was intentional.
In terms of political tactics, he is certainly no match for a sharp sword.
But in matters of the heart, that's not necessarily true.
Li Jian once told him that she could never marry him in this lifetime, and could never stay in the inner quarters to bear children for him and be a good wife and mother.
He knew she had great ambitions.
Since that's the case,
Then I will become your mistress of the inner quarters.
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