MTL - The Crown Prince Chases His Wife-Chapter 76 Father

Shangjingcheng, the main residence of Xishan County.

Xie Changyuan has been stopped outside the mansion many times in the past few days, but today Xie Changyuan saw Shen Huai, the steward of the county master's mansion, come out for the first time, instead of the door being closed.

But to disappoint Xie Changyuan, Shen Huai did not come to invite him into the palace.

Shen Huai's face is not good, and it is not polite to say:

"Xie Shizi, are you here to return the token? If not, then you don't have to come back. The master said that if the token can't be found, it's just as if it never happened."

Shen Huai was impatient and tried his best to be euphemistic.

The master's original words were, "Just treat it as a reward to them."

But this, as a person, it is not easy for him to tell the original words directly.

Xie Changyuan's eyes darkened, he thought that if he held the token, there was still a trace of ties between him and Qin Yan.

Qin Yan... do you think it's never happened before?

"Xie Shizi, the master has gone far away and is indeed not in the mansion. This is not to prevaricate your words. Don't come again, leave the last respect for the two houses, and also leave some respect for the eldest princess and wife of Anyang."

Shen Huai sighed in his heart, the marriage between Xie Shizi and the master was decided by the young lady and the eldest princess Anyang, but she did not expect that it would come to this point in the end. And Xie Shizi is about to get married in a few days, and he always comes to the county master's mansion, like what, how will the master's reputation be spread outside.

Besides, the young lady was about to return, and Shen Huai didn't want it like Xie Shizi, who had suddenly changed his mind, was here to block the young lady.

Shen Huai shook his head, turned around and entered the mansion, the mansion door was closed.

Xie Chang Yuan stood on the spot with a gloomy expression.

Now, it has become difficult for him to even meet Qin Yan, let alone, he has prepared a speech for Qin Yan for many days, and a word is useless.

Oh, am I going to get married? Not Qin Yan's woman? that woman?

Xie Changyuan's expression suddenly became cold and cold, he turned around, strode on his horse and galloped away.

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Xie Changyuan returned to his mansion in the western suburbs, and as soon as he entered the front yard, he saw He Xiao who had been waiting there for a long time.

As for He Xiao, he no longer looked like a prodigal son of the past, and his whole body became more gloomy.

In a pavilion in the front yard of the Xie Mansion, He Xiao and Xie Changyuan sat opposite each other in front of the stone table. On the table in front of them, there was no wine, but tea.

The two still have business to go back to the city for a while, so this is not a good time to drink.

He Xiao had learned that Xie Changyuan had just gone to the Zhaoren County Main Mansion, but judging from his frustrated appearance, he should have closed the door.

He Xiao had personally witnessed Xie Changyuan's repentance of his marriage to Qin Yan at the gate of the city, to the way he regretted it and couldn't do anything right now. He Xiao didn't stab Xie Changyuan with a knife, so he didn't ask any more questions. After drinking a sip of light tea, He Xiao said:

"Tomorrow I'm going to Jiangnan. The prince has an emergency order to let the Ministry of War send people south to help deal with the flood. This is a ready opportunity for meritorious service. When I come back from the south, I will go to Shuobei."

Xie Changyuan didn't seem to be thinking here, He Xiao continued to talk to himself:

"I heard that the court has not been very peaceful recently. The sage returned to power, and in her name, Empress Dowager Xiao pushed the second and third princes to assist in political affairs."

"The prince's faction seems to be obsessed with learning recently, and rarely talks about government affairs. But the calmer it is, the more disturbing it is. What is the prince going to do?"

"The last few days in the capital have been lively, with three consecutive weddings. Tomorrow, the Zuo Prime Minister's Mansion will be the same as the Guannei Hou's Mansion, the day after tomorrow Yongding Hou's Mansion will be the same as the Yizhou Royal Family, and the day after tomorrow will be the Duan Prince's Mansion and the Da Shi's Mansion. field."

"Qin Nian went to Jiangnan to worship her ancestors. When she returns to Beijing, I am afraid that Xie Shizi should also drink my wedding wine."

"Oh, but although the prince has left the capital, Yu Wei is still there. An urgent edict of 800 li came back, ordered the princes to return to their territories immediately, and asked the Ministry of War, Ministry of Industry, and Ministry of Household to send additional personnel to the south of the Yangtze River immediately. If you have to go to the capital, people will turn their backs. Even the marriage of the children has to be done in a hurry, and then you have to leave the capital immediately."

"Tsk tsk, this is power, which man doesn't envy."

He Xiao suddenly thought of something, hesitated for a moment, but still asked,

"Xie Shizi, did you just go to the Zhaoren County Lord's Mansion? I don't know, Qin Yan, the Zhaoren County Lord, has gone to Jiangnan with the Prince, right?"

Xie Chang Yuan raised his head suddenly, the surprise in his eyes quickly turned to gloom.

Qin Yan usually acts in a low-key and unassuming manner, and her whereabouts have never been known. Xie Changyuan did not know that Qin Yan was really not in the mansion. Smoke deliberately avoided him.

She actually went to Jiangnan with the prince?

Xie Chang Yuan smiled bitterly, was he actually self-indulgent? Qin Yan, has it been forgotten that he has this number...

He Xiao saw that Xie Changyuan's expression changed a few times, from surprise to loneliness, and he was convinced. It seemed that Xie Shizi really didn't know, no wonder the county master's mansion was empty.

He Xiao comforted and said:

"I also heard from my colleagues in the Ministry of War that someone saw the Zhaoren County Lord and the Crown Prince get on the dragon boat with their own eyes. I heard that some colleagues in the DPRK and the Central Government also opened a bet in private, betting on the crown princess, who will eventually end up? Guess whose name is..."

Xie Changyuan's expression became darker and darker, He Xiao stopped in time, and slapped himself in his heart, he wouldn't comfort others, what nonsense are you talking about.

"Xie Shizi, forget it, the day after tomorrow is your wedding, so let's get married with peace of mind. King Yizhou's younger sister, who is also from a noble background, is better than the one in your mansion before..." He Xiao changed the subject, but he didn't know that This remark would still make Xie Chang Yuan unhappy.

When Xie Changyuan heard this, he laughed sarcastically:

"The king's sister of the king of Yizhou..."

He Xiao doesn't know why, what's wrong with this statement?

Xie Changyuan spoke coldly, and what he said made He Xiao's jaw drop in shock on the spot.

"My wife, the Queen's sister of the King of Yizhou, was married to me by the Queen Mother Yizhi. Her full name is Ye Qingli. And the name she used in Shangjing was A Yan."

He Xiao's eyes widened, this... the playbook wouldn't dare to make it up like this!

After being shocked, He Xiao looked at Xie Changyuan, but had some sympathy. Is that woman poisonous, turns around, or is she...

Xie Changyuan touched He Xiao's eyes and sneered, why didn't he sympathize with himself, what wrong did he do?

He and Qin Yan had a marriage contract since childhood. Although the marriage contract was obtained by him using half a lie, it was, after all, a justifiable marriage set by the parents of the two families.

In Meishan, it was Qin Yan who rescued him. If there was no A Yan, then how could it not have been the beginning of his real fate with Qin Yan.

And A Yan, who caused Qin Yan to fall off a cliff, was taken back to Beijing by him by mistake, and lived in her mansion for three years, causing others to misunderstand that it was his love.

And A Yan also stole Qin Yan's paintings and pretended to be Qin Yan's emperor's disciple.

Now, A Yan and Ye Qingli are about to become the wives of his Ming media who entered the Xie family tree.

In the courtroom, the undercurrent between the sage and the empress dowager began to surge again. As a close confidant of the sage, he must not rashly refuse marriage at this time, otherwise he would become a living target for intensifying the conflict between the sage and the queen mother.

For this marriage, he can only suffer.

And all these things, these misunderstandings, he didn't explain a word to Qin Yan.

Xie Changyuan's heart was surging with bitterness, how can man defeat the sky, only good fortune can trick people.

And the few words that Princess Yizhou had with him seemed to mean something, what was it implying to him?

How could the daughter of the old king of Yizhou have been living abroad for ten years?

He has sent people to Yizhou to investigate, but he doesn't want to come back as he guessed.

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Xie Changyuan drank a cup of tea and looked at He Xiao,

"If I remember correctly, the day after tomorrow is the wedding of the prince of Duan Wangfu and Miss An. Are you leaving tomorrow?"

He Xiao didn't expect that Xie Changyuan would suddenly talk about him, hehe, he sympathized with Xie Shizi, he was not a frustrated person.

"The prince has given a death order, and there is no delay." He Xiao casually said.

But both of them knew that He Xiao didn't want to see An Yanxi marry, and he had no choice but to escape from reality.

Yes, both of them are frustrated people, but they still have to work hard and go back to the city to handle official business. You can't get the one you love, but you can't even lose your future.

Xie Changyuan and He Xiao rode back to the city.

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Passing a tea shed, He Xiao accidentally caught a glimpse of a group of people resting in the tea shed, just about to get in the car and leave.

And the woman in the frosted white dress, Wang Jingyi?

He Xiao immediately stopped his horse, and his expression was a little gloomy.

Xie Chang Yuan noticed that the people behind him were not following, so he stopped his horse and turned around.

He Xiaochao said to Xie Changyuan:

"Xie Shizi, you go ahead, I still have something to do."

Xie Changyuan turned his attention to the tea shed behind He Xiao, the frame of Zuo Xiangfu.

Xie Changyuan thought of something, this was He Xiao's private matter, he was inconvenient to intervene, so he nodded and left.

The old Zaifu of the Wang family is also the father of the current state husband, queen, concubine Xian and Zuo Xiang, as well as the grandfather of Wang Jingyi, who has been lingering on the bed for a long time. In the past few days, Wang Jingyi was arranged by her father to go to Dajue Temple on behalf of her father to pray for her grandfather to show her filial piety.

Because tomorrow is the wedding of the elder brother, Wang Jingyi will return to the city today.

He Xiao's expression was gloomy, he gritted his back molars, turned his horse's head, and faced the carriage that was about to set off.

When everyone in the teahouse saw a tall horse rushing over, they all shouted and ran away. The guards of Zuo Xiangfu immediately tried to stop the horse, but they couldn't stop it with their bare hands.

And He Xiao just stopped abruptly in front of the two horses pulling the carriage, the horses turned around, He Xiao looked at the carriage coldly, and his voice was wicked and cold.

"Just kidding."

Everyone in the Zuo Prime Minister's Mansion recognized that the man immediately was the eldest young lady's former fiancé, and they all glared at him.

The two horses in Wang Jingyi's carriage were frightened and kicked with their hooves. The coachman tried his best to control the horses, but he was still thrown off the carriage. The horses eventually lost control and ran out frantically.

"Miss..."

"Miss..."

The guards of the Zuo Prime Minister's Mansion and Wang Jingyi's little maid shouted in panic, and immediately chased after them.

He Xiao looked coldly at the farce in front of him. Ever since he learned that An Yanxi was getting married, the other party was not the prince that An Yanxi was longing for, but the prince of Duan Wangfu who had been away from Beijing for many years. He Xiao was even more resentful.

At this moment, He Xiao, the tyranny in his heart, had nowhere to vent, and he was a prankster. He shocked Wang Jingyi's horse, but he had no regrets.

Wang Jingyi made him have to marry Qin Nian, and missed the opportunity of his request to marry Yan Xi in front of the imperial court. This hatred, he must get back.

Seeing that the guards chased by Zuo Xiangfu's horse were getting farther and farther, He Xiao sneered, whistled, and rode back to the city.

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Next to the official road entering the city from the western suburbs, there is a dilapidated land temple in a branch road.

As soon as Ji Mu, dressed in a moon-white robe, stepped into the temple gate, a man in black came out of the dark, held a letter in both hands, and knelt down on one knee in front of Ji Mu.

"Little Lord."

"The head of the family asked his subordinates to speak. The situation in Beijing is unstable. I hope the young master is careful."

"The owner also said, don't ride a donkey to find a horse. Since the Ji family is with the prince, they must not betray their promises."

Ji Mu took the letter and frowned.

The mother should have also received the news of the recent turmoil in the court, huh, will he break the promise?

"Troublesome, take care of herself." Ji Mu threw out a word lukewarm, and then rode on the mount he came with, an old donkey, and slowly swayed out.

As soon as he turned on the official road, a carriage rushed over from the front.

Ji Mu quickly got off the donkey and pulled the donkey to avoid it.

The carriage was out of date, and the curtain was pulled open by the strong wind. Ji Mu could clearly see a woman inside the carriage. It was Wang Jingyi, the eldest lady of Zuo Xiangfu.

Ji Mu frowned, a little tangled in his heart.

Before the prince left, he sent someone to give him the news that he should take care of Wang Jingyi.

However, whether or not his identity will be revealed, there is not much time for Ji Mu to hesitate.

Ji Mu glanced around, there was no one else here for the time being. He sighed and ran up immediately.

Different from Ji Mu's usual appearance as a weak scholar, at this time Ji Mu's momentum is fierce and his speed is extremely fast, which should be regarded as a feat of light work.

After a while, Ji Mu caught up with the galloping carriage, and from the side, before jumping on the carriage, pulled the reins and tried to control the horse, but in vain.

Ji Mu frowned, turned around, and opened the curtain.

In the car, Wang Jingyi frowned, her hands clinging **** the wall of the car, she noticed that someone got on the carriage, and after a while, Wang Jingyi met a pair of sharp eyes.

This person... she seems to have seen...

Ji Mu grabbed the eaves of the car with one hand and stretched out into the car with the other.

"Give me your hand." Ji Mu's voice was calm and could not refuse.

Wang Jingyi is still thinking, where has she seen this person, and whether this person is worthy of trust.

Ji Mu frowned, a little impatient, took a step into the carriage, pulled Wang Jingyi's soft arm with one hand, and forcibly took her out of the front of the car.

The horses galloped, and the strong wind made their clothes and hair dance wildly.

"Offended." At this time, he couldn't care about the defense of men and women. When the voice fell, Ji Mu wrapped one arm around Wang Jingyi's slender waist, clasped it tightly, and flew out. The two landed steadily beside the official road.

Wang Jingyi was shocked, and restrained her breath.

Ji Mu immediately released Wang Jingyi, took two steps to the side, and looked at the carriage that had left in front of him, Ji Mu'er tip moved slightly, it should be the guard of Zuo Xiang's mansion chasing after him.

At this time, Ji Mu restrained his momentum and lowered his eyes slightly, returning to his usual scholar-like appearance.

Wang Jingyi pressed her chest, which was still beating rapidly, with one hand, her eyes chasing the back of the white-robed man walking back in doubt, and suddenly asked:

"Who are you?"

Ji Mu's footsteps paused for a while, but he didn't answer, and continued to walk forward.

At this time, he didn't think about how to end it, how to explain to the prince when his identity was exposed.

"Who are you from?" Wang Jingyi continued to ask.

At this moment, Wang Jingyi remembered the man in front of her. She had met several times in the Zuo Prime Minister's mansion, and he was a follower of her father.

But this man usually has a low-key and unremarkable appearance, and he will never have the skills and momentum that he had just now.

This man is not simple. And he just saved himself, that to her, it is a friend not an enemy.

But it is unknown whether it is the enemy of Zuo Xiangfu.

Wang Jingyi suddenly remembered that when she left Dajue Temple, the queen said that she asked the prince to take care of her, then...

"Are you the prince's man?"

Ji Mu's footsteps stopped, and a murderous look flashed in his eyes.

Ji Mu regretted his impulse just now, but the continued voice of the woman behind him calmed down the coldness in his heart.

"Thank you, I won't tell you who you are." Seeing Ji Mu's reaction, Wang Jingyi's guesses were almost inseparable.

Ji Mu turned around, his eyes were exploring.

Wang Jingyi's mind was so clear.

At this time, the people from Zuo Xiangfu chased after him.

Ji Mu continued to turn around and left the official road in a low-key and inconspicuous manner.

Wang Jingyi immediately retracted her gaze, and the little maid came up to check whether she was injured or not.

Wang Jingyi got on the horse, and when she passed Ji Mu who was walking slowly by the road ahead, she didn't cast a single glance, she didn't look sideways, and left.

Her father is her blood relative, but her father's actions may overturn the entire family. The prince placed someone in the Zuoxiang mansion. He should have taken precautions against his father, and even caught something.

If the father really did something treacherous, even if the prince's people were exposed at this time, he wouldn't be able to save the Xiangfu. Instead, he would offend the prince and the queen, making them feel that they didn't know what was right or wrong.

Under the cover of the nest, there is no complete egg.

So... should I really follow my mother's wishes and leave home for marriage?

Or, is there any other way...

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Shangjing City, by the Qianshui Lake, Shuyufang.

An autumn rain poured down one after another, adding a bit of melancholy to Liren.

He Xiao left the capital tomorrow, and asked Xie Changyuan to practice it for him tonight, but Xie Changyuan was busy with his official business, so He Xiao was the only one drinking alone, and he had to refrain from getting too drunk, so as not to delay tomorrow's urgent march.

On the low couch in front of the lake window, opposite He Xiao, Nan Xu, sitting with her legs crossed, poured wine for He Xiao at the right time.

He Xiao raised his head and took a drink, a wry smile appeared on the corner of his lips,

"She's getting married."

This thoughtless sentence, but Nan Xu clearly understood that the "she" in He Xiao's mouth was Miss An's family, An Yanxi, her cousin, her former cousin.

In the past few days, the marriage of several major families in Shangjing has been rumored, and almost everyone knows it, and Nanxu, the land of fireworks, is no exception.

Nan Xu didn't look up, and still just looked down at He Xiao's wine glass.

He Xiao suddenly snatched the jug from Nan Xu's hand and said viciously:

"You must laugh at me in your heart, laugh at me for not getting what I love in my heart."

Nan Xu seemed to be shocked, and He Xiao also noticed his gaffe, and his voice softened, but it was a little sad.

"Oh, then who can get it?"

He Xiao picked up the jug and took a sip, looked at Nan Xu with slightly drunk eyes, and murmured,

"Xie Shizi in your heart, do you know who the person in his heart is? Oh, it's Zhaoren County Master, Qin Yan, Xie Shizi's former fiancee, is he sarcasm with you?"

"The love in Xie Shizi's heart is the fiancée he himself introduced, not the fake one who has been raised in his house for three years."

Nan Xu looked at He Xiao, who seemed to be drunk and crazy. She didn't show it on her face, but her heart was shaken.

I see…

Is that so...

Xie Shizi that night, was the raving in his mouth "Yanyan?" instead of "Yanyan"?

Nan Xu felt bitter in her heart, she was the master of Zhaoren County, how could she win.

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Nan Xu lowered her eyes to hide her grief, but her slender wrist was suddenly grabbed by He Xiao. Nan Xu suddenly raised her eyes to meet He Xiao, whose eyes were red.

He Xiao still grabbed Nan Xu's wrist, stood up staggeringly, walked to Nan Xu,

"You and I can't get the person you want, Nan Xu, just follow me."

Nanxu was shocked.

He Xiao looked at the woman in front of him and smiled resignedly.

"I've been with you for so many years, and I'm not going to lie to you. I'm just aiming for your similar appearance to Yan Xi. I'll help you get rid of this cheap status. You can enter the palace with me, okay?"

Nan Xu seemed to be stunned by He Xiao's words, and did not respond for a long time.

He Xiao quickly pulled Nan Xu into his arms, his big hand gently followed Nan Xu's slender back, and his voice was hoarse and bewitched,

"This deal is fair, isn't it?"

The rain is getting heavier and heavier, and occasionally some cold raindrops hit the windows, but the interior is full of lingering warmth.

The clouds took a break from the rain, and He Xiao fell into a deep sleep.

Nan Xu pulled on the thin quilt to cover his naked body, turned his back to He Xiao lightly, and slowly placed his left hand on his still flat abdomen.

Child, will you be satisfied with the father your mother found for you?