This is her principle, which is not to share her husband with other women.
She is mysophobic and just wants to be with one person for the rest of her life. If she cannot wait for that person, she would rather be single.
Zhao Jing gently twisted his fingertips, and the juice on them had dried. He stretched out his hand to hold Xu Zilan's, with a pair of peach blossom eyes full of passion and sincerity.
"I promise you that I will never change. You will only be the mistress of the harem."
He is not a king obsessed with beauty, otherwise he would not still be a junior brother in his twenties.
Just like Xu Zilan has a mysophobia, he doesn't want any women to be brought into the palace.
When the late emperor was alive, he saw too many scheming schemes in the harem, and his mother and concubine also died in the struggle for favor. Zhao Jing did not want his beloved woman to suffer the same.
The person he likes should get everything from him.
The man's palms were warm and the joints were slender, and he could completely wrap her hand in it. Xu Zilan's slender hands were a little stiff, and they fell into his palms at a loss.
Her face was crimson and her eyes were sparkling. She looked at him shyly and timidly. Zhao Jing felt that her heart softened into water.
"Since Lan'er has agreed to me, she must not regret it again. I will pass on the decree when I get back and prepare for our wedding."
"Isn't it... faster?"
Xu Zilan bit her lip. This man was too anxious. His eyes looked like they could eat people. She was so embarrassed that she took out her hand, and her palms were already wet with sweat.
"Fast?"
Zhao Jing frowned in confusion. He still felt that he was too slow. Marrying an emperor was not a trivial matter. It would take two or three months from recruiting to marrying. He wanted to give Xu Zilan the best, so naturally he would not care about etiquette.
Ignore her.
Isn't it fast?
Xu Zilan's heartbeat was beating fast and she glanced at him angrily.
She had only two or three months to marry her. Although Xu Zilan had accepted this man in her heart, the queen was not ready to become a wife.
"Lan'er, don't you want to be with me every day? There is a patch of magnolia planted in the imperial garden. It was the flowering season when you married here. I want to accompany you to enjoy the flowers every day."
Why is he so seductive!
Xu Zilan looked calm on the face, but she was screaming crazily in her heart, and the handkerchief in her palm was crumpled into a ball.
Zhao Jing's love words are not the same. How can a simple little lady like her be his opponent?
Xu Zilan blushed and nodded, "Lan'er is willing."
She just wants to see flowers, not that she hates getting married.
Xu Zilan silently apologized to herself. She lowered her head and didn't see the man's silly expression at all.
The method given by Shen Qing is really effective. If you want to chase the young lady, you have to do what she likes. Since Lan'er likes magnolia, he has to plant it in his palace so that Lan'er can wake up with the fragrance of flowers every day.
The divorce period is still three months away, and Zhao Jing can't wait to make plans.
The driver listened for a long time, but instead of blaming him, he took a mouthful of dog food. He breathed a sigh of relief, sat upright and started driving again.
The emperor is happy today, they will have a new master soon, and they will not punish him no matter what.
The coachman was happy to be spared a meal, and his face couldn't help but bring joy.
The Xu family got Caiyun's tip and knew that Xu Zilan would come back in the emperor's royal carriage. The family of three and their servants all stood outside to greet her.
Xu's mother was anxious and uneasy. If it weren't for the etiquette, she would have been pacing back and forth.
"Why would the emperor want to send Zilan back? Nothing happened to our coachman?"
She knew that the emperor liked Xu Zilan, but that was just love. Their identities were different, and the Xu family had no intention of reaching out to others.
In the past, Xu's mother was worried that the emperor would directly issue an order to bring her daughter into the palace. After all, due to their family's status, Xu Zilan could not even get a concubine, so she could only get a beauty.
Xu's mother hoped that her children would be safe and happy. She knew that Xu Zilan did not want to enter the palace. During these days, Xu's mother burned incense and prayed to Buddha to open his eyes and stop the emperor from thinking about her daughter.
But the incense money was not given less, but the Buddha didn't open his eyes at all.
Why did the Emperor, such a noble person, just send her daughter back?
In other families, it would be a matter of honoring one's family, but being here in the Xu family is like mourning one's heirs.
Father Xu and Xu Ziwen also had droopy faces, obviously very unhappy.
When Zhao Jing and Xu Zilan came down from Yuzhu, they saw that the Xu family looked like they were facing a formidable enemy. He paused as he got out of the car, and the smile on his face was rarely broken.
But who is Zhao Jing? The majestic Emperor Yan, who can naturally keep his emotions and anger hidden, even if he is embarrassed in his heart, he still looks kind on his face.
"Come."
He got out of the car first, and then reached out to help Xu Zilan down.
This natural gesture made the Xu family take a breath of air.
What's going on?
How come they are so familiar!
Xu's mother didn't know if she was dizzy because she had stood in the sun for too long, but Xu's father helped her to prevent her from stumbling.
Xu Zilan looked at her mother's appearance and bit her lip in embarrassment.
She had sworn not to marry the royal family before, but now she was slapped in the face, and without waiting for her parents to order a matchmaker, she made a private lifelong commitment to the man next to her.
Even though Xu Zilan was cold-hearted, she didn't dare to look at the expressions of Xu's father and mother at this moment.
Zhao Jing sensed her discomfort. Covered by her wide sleeves, he squeezed the palm of her hand. Xu Zilan shook him off as if it was on fire. She immediately moved two feet to the side, inevitably staying far away from him.
The Xu family's eyes hurt when they saw this cover-up.
What else don't you understand? I'm afraid these two people have already talked about it, and their Xu family is afraid that they are going to give birth to a queen.
Xu's mother felt happy and sad in her heart. She was happy that Xu Zilan liked the emperor and could marry her sweetheart as she wished. But what was sad was that he had a low status. Even if he entered the palace, he was still a low-ranking concubine. Her mother's family couldn't help her. She was trapped in the harem.
After being bullied, no one in the family could help her get out.
She held these two children in the palm of her hand and doted on them. How could Xu's mother be willing to let them suffer?
Thinking like this, Xu's mother's eyes turned red. When Xu Zilan saw this, she could no longer hold back and helped Xu's mother through the door.
Zhao Jing had no idea that her mother-in-law was so angry that she cried just after she showed up. The young emperor's expression was dull and he was quite at a loss.
Father Xu doted on his wife. When he saw his wife being brought into the mansion by his daughter, even though the emperor was still there, his heart drifted into the mansion and he felt a little absent-minded.
Zhao Jing knew that he was redundant here, so he first asked Xu's father to stand up, and then exchanged a few words with Xu Ziwen.
"You will go to sea in three days?"
"That's exactly what I said when I return to the emperor."
Xu Ziwen pursed his lips and clenched his hands tightly into fists. He suddenly raised his head and looked at Zhao Jing.
"Your Majesty, I will definitely live up to the expectations of you and Princess Rongning, open up maritime trade, and find Tuoba Mingge!"
