After saying this, Xiao Yuanyuan stood up, holding the brocade handkerchief in her hand and tearing it apart while pacing back and forth in the room.
"Princess, why don't we go into the palace and have a look! What if something happens to the consort?"
"What does his accident have to do with me? I just wish that something happened to him, so that we can avoid getting divorced."
Even though she said this, she still had a faint worry in her heart. Ye Shihan was not a casual joker. He came to her personally and told her that something would happen to Biaozi when he entered the palace. This was definitely not a trivial matter.
"Xue'er, let's enter the palace..."
Xue'er was just about to get ready when she suddenly stopped in her tracks as if she remembered something.
"Princess, I was in a hurry just now and forgot that today is the second day of the princess' wedding. Logically speaking, the princess can only return to the palace tomorrow to visit the bride."
This is true. In the Eastern Jin Dynasty, women could not return home until three days after getting married. This is a rule. If anyone returns home early, it may bring disaster to her mother's family.
She frowned and sat down on the soft couch behind her, raising her hands angrily, "In that case, then just ignore him and do whatever you want, and you will not be able to survive if you do it yourself."
Although she said this, she still had a faint worry in her heart, but she also prayed in her heart that the palace was not a dragon's pool and a tiger's den, and Wang Biao did not have the courage to do anything excessive. What danger could he be in?
Thinking about it this way, she felt somewhat comforted.
Ye Shihan and Su Muer hurried to the palace and went straight to the emperor's study. They had already made inquiries when they entered the palace. Wang Biao was directly summoned by the emperor to enter the study. He must be being lectured by the emperor at this time.
The truth was indeed similar to what they thought. Before the two of them reached the door of the royal study, they heard the emperor's furious voice.
"You still haven't said anything, are you? Do you want to be a dead duck with a tough mouth? In that case, I will help you, come here!"
Ye Shihan couldn't help frowning and muttering secretly, "No, let's go in quickly."
The two of them soon arrived at the door of the Imperial Study Room, where the eunuchs just ran out one after another, and happened to collide with the two of them head-on.
Ye Shihan blocked his way and said, "Go and inform the emperor that I and the princess have something to see you."
The father-in-law looked at the two of them with some embarrassment, "The emperor is very angry right now, do you really want to see him?"
"Want to meet."
"Okay, I'll go right away, you two, please wait a moment."
After a while, the father-in-law came out and said, "Your Majesty, please come in."
Ye Shihan nodded to him and walked into the imperial study room with Su Muer.
At this time, Wang Biao was kneeling on the ground, his face expressionless, his eyes blank, looking dumbfounded.
The two of them bowed first after entering the door, and the anger on the emperor's face subsided a little when he saw them.
"The emperor's uncle and the emperor's aunt came here in a hurry, what's the matter?"
Ye Shihan glanced at Wang Biao, cupped his fists and said:
"Why did the emperor bring the consort into the palace? We were entrusted by the eldest princess to come to the palace to have a look."
When the emperor mentioned his consort, he raised his hand directly.
"If the emperor wants to intercede for him, then forget it. He actually dared to leave the eldest princess alone in the mansion on the day of the wedding and went to play cards for entertainment. This simply does not take my marriage gift seriously. No.
By taking the eldest princess seriously, he is deceiving me and deceiving the eldest princess."
"Your Majesty's words are serious. He must have some hidden agenda if he doesn't come home at night. Please take a closer look, Your Majesty."
The emperor smiled softly,
"Hidden secrets? I asked him for half an hour, but he didn't let out a single fart. What else could he have hidden secrets? In my opinion, he just wants to discredit the eldest princess, and he just wants to embarrass the eldest princess and me."
When Wang Biao heard this, he finally spoke,
"Your Majesty, calm down. I don't want Yuanyuan to be wronged. Why would I want to ruin her reputation?"
As soon as he said this, the emperor became even more angry. He pointed his finger at him, gritted his teeth and roared,
"In that case, why did you abandon her on the wedding night? You should tell me a reason."
"this……"
Wang Biao became silent again, while Su Muer gritted her teeth in anxiety. She wanted to step forward and pinch his neck to make him speak.
"Biaozi, just say it if you have anything to say. This is not a child's play. If you give a reason that convinces everyone, maybe the emperor will let you go, but why are you so stubborn and won't say anything?"
"I have nothing to say. Since I made a mistake, I will have no complaints if you want to kill or chop me into pieces."
He once again showed his stubborn and nonchalant expression. He didn't speak. Even if Ye Shihan and Su Muer spoke with weight in front of the emperor, it would still be of no avail.
The emperor nodded angrily and pointed at him, pacing back and forth.
"Okay, although I haven't gotten married yet, I also know that the bridal night is particularly important to women. You dare to treat my dear princess like this. It shows that you don't take me as the emperor seriously in your heart.
I don’t take the eldest princess seriously either. In this case, I don’t need to think about the eldest princess’s kindness anymore.”
Speaking of this, the emperor paused, pondered for a while and then said:
"Here comes someone! Wang Biao is arrogant and cheated on his marriage first. He is thrown into prison and handed over to the Ministry of Punishments."
"No, Your Majesty. It's better to wait until the eldest princess returns home to discuss the matter with her tomorrow."
The emperor waved his hand directly, "There is no need to discuss it. Sister Xiao has suffered such great injustice. If I don't make the decision for her, then calling Sister Xiao will be in vain."
The emperor's attitude is so resolute, it seems that only Xiao Yuanyuan can persuade him.
Ye Shihan and Su Muer had sad faces after coming out of the palace.
"Ms. sir, do you think Yuanyuan can intercede for Biaozi?"
"It's hard to say. The harm he did to Xiao Yuanyuan yesterday was too great. If she is really prepared to reconcile with him, then it doesn't make any sense whether she begs for mercy or not."
"Then what should we do? If Xiao Yuanyuan doesn't come out to speak for him, he will be in serious danger."
Ye Shihan snorted mercilessly,
"He asked for it himself. A woman only marries a man once in her life, but he made a mistake on such an important matter, and he didn't show any regrets afterwards. No wonder the emperor was angry, and no wonder Xiao Yuanyuan was angry."
Su Mu'er felt very relieved to hear these words from her man's mouth, but Xiao Yuanyuan must have felt uncomfortable at this moment, and she must have been very sad.
"Mu'er, go and see Xiao Yuanyuan and try to enlighten her. I'll go to the military camp and see. Liu Hai and Doudou haven't been home for two days."
"Go, Xiao Yuanyuan, I will go and comfort her, don't worry."
Ye Shihan looked at her, raised his hand and gently stroked her head, and whispered:
"My little princess, I will never let you have a cold day, and I will never let you be sad because of me. I will make you happy forever."
Listening to his unfounded words of love, she couldn't help but punch him on the shoulder, and then scolded him,
"Okay, let's get to work."
"Then kiss me."
"There are so many servants watching here. We can kiss you when we go home at night."
But Ye Shihan looked unyielding,
"No, if you don't kiss me, I will do it, and you will feel even more embarrassed."
His scoundrel look was really frustrating. Su Muer looked around, still feeling a little embarrassed.
"Aren't you from someone who is thousands of years behind me? And you said that people in that era were very open-minded and could not even kiss each other on the street? Have your thoughts been assimilated?"
this……
What he said seemed to make sense. It was just a kiss in the street. There was nothing wrong with it. After all, everyone in the capital knew that the Seventh Prince had a good relationship with his princess and would risk everything for her.
Thinking of this, she put her hands on her shoulders, stood up on her tiptoes, stretched out her mouth and kissed his thin lips like a dragonfly.
Ye Shihan looked at her with satisfaction. Just when she was about to take her mouth back, he suddenly hugged her hard, and then waved to the servants behind him. Everyone turned around in understanding, and he held her in his arms.
, the cool lips were directly pressed against hers, and a cold and comfortable feeling hit her instantly.
This kiss made the sky dark and the earth dark, and the air was sweet.
His lips relaxed a little, and she couldn't wait to pull away, murmuring:
"Can't you wait until night? There are so many people here now, do you want me to become the laughing stock of the people in the capital?"
Ye Shihan shrugged, looking indifferent,
"I want everyone to know that I, Ye Shihan, love Su Muer. You will become the envy of all women in the capital. I want to become the standard husband-in-law image among all the men in the capital."
Su Mu'er squinted at him, pursed her nose and said:
"What? Are you doing it to be a good person for others to see?"
Hearing what she said and seeing the displeasure on her face, he raised his eyebrows and held her in his arms, jokingly saying,
"What do you think?"
While he was talking, his hand began to tickle her, and Su Muer quickly surrendered.
"I'm just kidding. My husband-in-law's feelings for me are naturally the most real, more real than gold."
"That's pretty much it. Someone, come and take the princess back."
After he finished speaking, he looked at her lovingly and whispered in her ear:
"Wait for me at home tonight."
As soon as he said these words, her face turned red, all the way to her ears.
After seeing off Ye Shihan, she also stepped into the carriage, but she was not going to go back home or to Xiao Yuanyuan's place. She asked the groom to take her directly to Shuntian Mansion.
Biaozi came to the capital with her, and she couldn't watch him being convicted. If she found out the reason, he was really guilty, then she wouldn't plead for him, but she always felt that there must be some reason.
, otherwise he wouldn’t suddenly dare not even enter the bridal chamber.
When she arrived at Shuntian Mansion, the lord of the government once again received her in fear.
"Princess, this is just a back-and-forth. I wonder why you are here this time?"
"Master Bai, find me all the people who were with Wang Biao last night."
Master Bai looked at her with some confusion, "Princess, why is this? What happened?"
"Master Bai, you don't need to know too much, just do as I say."
She doesn't like others to inquire, and she doesn't like to explain to others.
Seeing this, Master Bai hurriedly responded, and then went to call someone.
After a while, the people who were playing cards with Biaozi lined up and stood in front of Su Muer. They didn't know what the new princess wanted them to do, so they were all a little frightened and at a loss what to do.
Su Mu'er sat on a wooden chair in the main hall of the backyard of the government office, squinted her eyes at these people, and then asked:
"What time did Wang Biao come back last night?"
One of them thought for a while and answered directly:
"Probably Shen Shi came back. We asked him why he didn't go back to the bridal chamber. He drank too much and we couldn't hear his vague answer clearly."
She continued to ask:
"So what did he say when he woke up this morning?"
"I didn't say anything. He was in a very bad mood and didn't reply when we talked to him. Later, we were afraid that he would be upset, so we coaxed him into playing cards with us. We just played a game when you came in the morning."
The official guessed that the princess came to question them because they were dragging Biaozi into playing cards, so they hurriedly explained.
Su Muer squinted her eyes and pondered, so to speak, Biaozi drank too much yesterday afternoon. After drinking for some reason, he did not go home, but came here. It seems that he needs to find a few people who drank with him to understand the situation.
Thinking of this, she didn't stop at Shuntian Mansion and went directly to Shi Ziqiang's house.
At yesterday's wedding banquet, these young people drank too much, so Shi Ziqiang must still be at home.
When she came to Shi Mansion, Shi Ziqiang's wife Wang Juan received her. Since they had met outside the city a long time ago, there was no need to greet her. Su Muer went straight to the topic.
"Is Shi Ziqiang still awake? I have something to ask him."
"I woke up just now, ate and fell asleep again. I drank too much yesterday, and I feel uncomfortable today. Is there anything urgent that the princess wants to see him for?"
Su Muer also nodded without any concealment,
"Yes, you go and wake him up. This matter is related to the lifelong happiness of the princess and Wang Biao's life."
Wang Juan couldn't help but opened her mouth in surprise and asked,
"so serious?"
"It's very serious, so you need to wake him up and I need to ask him something."
After hearing this, Wang Juan didn't dare to be negligent. She stood up, knelt down and saluted, "Wait a moment, Princess," and then hurried to the main hall of Shi Mansion to sleep.
The girl at home poured new tea for her and then retreated. Liu Ye whispered behind her:
"Princess, Mrs. Shi's belly seems to be bigger. Is she pregnant?"
Really? She was just thinking about Biaozi and didn't pay attention to her belly.
Liu Ye pursed her lips and nodded,
"My slave can clearly see that her lower belly has bulged, so she must be pregnant. If the prince knows about this, he must be in a hurry."
"Why is he anxious when she is pregnant?"
"I am anxious for the princess to give birth to the little prince. Our palace is so big, and the little prince has been in the military camp all day long without coming back. The family is somewhat empty."
The servants all feel that the house is empty?
Su Muer smiled helplessly. If Ye Shihan knew that Shi Ziqiang's wife was pregnant, he would definitely torture her.
However, she didn't care too much about having a child. She just took things as they came, and they would come naturally when the time came. She didn't want to use any extraordinary means to avoid the child's arrival, nor did she want to deliberately welcome the child's arrival.
She has many things to do, and naturally she doesn't want to be like this ancient woman, caring for her husband and raising children at home. She really can't live such a life, and she doesn't want to think about it.
Shi Ziqiang walked in in a daze. After he came in, he sat down on the chair opposite Su Muer. He rubbed his eyes and before he could speak, Wang Juan pushed him.
"The princess is here, you must not be rude."
Shi Ziqiang glanced at Su Muer, then grinned,
"The princess is not an outsider. Why did you wake me up in such a hurry? It's not because the princess is here."
"I asked her to scream."
Before Wang Juan could speak, Su Muer said directly: "I have something to ask you."
Shi Ziqiang asked Wang Juan to pour him a glass of water. He drank it down, and his sleepiness finally disappeared.
He stood up and straightened his clothes, straightened his collar, and pulled his hair with his hands. Then he solemnly raised his fists at Su Muer and saluted.
"What's the important thing for the princess to come here? I apologize to Shi for missing the welcome."
Seeing his appearance, Su Muer smiled helplessly,
"Sit down quickly, stop pretending, are you tired?"
Shi Ziqiang sat down again and stretched out his hand to signal her to drink tea.
"Princess, please have tea. If you have anything to say, just ask. If you have something to do, just say it. As long as I can do it, I will try my best."
Seeing this, Su Mu no longer beat around the bush, but said directly:
"You and Wang Biao drank together yesterday? Who else was there at the table?"
Shi Ziqiang pondered for a while, flexed his fingers and said:
"You Shihan, but he left early. There is also Bai Chen, the second son of Li Shangshu's family, the newly appointed Minister of Household Affairs Mr. Liu, and several officials' sons. Biaozi is not familiar with them. I still
I introduced it to him."
"Then what did you say during the dinner? What did you say about Biaozi?"
Shi Ziqiang frowned and thought for a while, then shook his head,
"I don't think he said anything. The general idea is that Biaozi is lucky. He married a princess and rose to heaven in one step, saving others the decades of struggle."
This is indeed a bit unpleasant to hear, but Biaozi will not stop entering the bridal chamber.
Su Muer frowned and looked at him, then said:
"I'm afraid you still don't know that Biaozi didn't return to the princess's house last night. When the eldest princess and I found him in the morning, he was actually playing cards. For this, the eldest princess was furious, and the emperor was also furious. He directly followed the rules of deceiving the emperor.
He was sent to prison for his crime, so now I want to find out the reason why he didn't enter the bridal chamber."
"Is this happening?"
Shi Ziqiang and Wang Juan next to him looked at each other and asked:
"Why didn't he go into the bridal chamber? I see him being very nice to Xiao Yuanyuan, but why can't he think about it at the critical moment?"
Su Muer shook her head in confusion,
"I don't know why now, so I want to know what happened to you during the banquet, and what happened afterward, otherwise Biaozi wouldn't have stopped replying for no reason."
Shi Ziqiang clicked his tongue and groaned,
"Nothing special happened. By the way, when we left the palace together, we met Sun Mengmeng, the granddaughter of Taishi Sun, at the palace gate. She said she had a few words to say to Biaozi, so we didn't wait for him.
We don’t know what happened.”
She knew Sun Mengmeng well. She and Xiao Yuanyuan had tried so hard to compete for Ye Shihan, but what could she do with Biaozi?
It seems that this matter is complicated, and she needs to investigate it carefully.
Thinking of this, she stood up, clasped her fists at Shi Ziqiang and Wang Juan and said:
"In that case, I won't bother you any more and say goodbye."