Yuan Shuolin didn't know how Wang Zefang offended Xiao Chengyi. He only knew that the Ministry of Rites had already started to prepare for his marriage, and when he got married, he should invite himself to the fiefdom.
It would only last three months at most. If the marriage couldn't be canceled, then he would have to marry Mu Yunhuan.
He was frowning when he heard Xiao Chengyi say: "Please, why don't I ask the National Master? He is the only one who can help you with this matter."
Yuan Shuo Lin's eyes lit up, he looked at Xuan Du with eyes full of expectation, and he lowered his voice and said, "Brother-in-law, can you do anything?"
Xuan Du was stunned when he heard the call of brother-in-law. He reacted and coughed lightly, pretending to be calm and said: "This matter is easy to handle. Today's falling into the water is a good opportunity. As long as you and Mu Er respect the king from now on,
It would be nice if the lady showed up a little more when we meet."
Yuan Shuolin didn't understand what Xuandu meant for a while. Xiao Chengyi on the side explained: "It means that I will use this opportunity of falling into the water to create the illusion that you are punishing Miss Mu Er, so that the marriage will naturally become a success."
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Yuan Shuolin suddenly realized it and couldn't help but exclaimed: "Wonderful."
Since ancient times, marriages have relied on horoscopes. If the horoscopes do not match the marriage, it will not be possible. If the fates are in conflict, it will be even more serious. In this case, even the father will have nothing to say.
However, if the illusion of punishment was created, then Mu Yunhuan's fall into the water today could only be regarded as an accident, so he thanked him and went to Fanghua Palace again.
After Mu Yun'an heard about Yuan Shuolin's intention, he agreed.
After all, no one has seen who is the murderer of Mu Yunhuan who fell into the lake. Even if it is revealed, it will be ignored in the end. It is better to stand still and let the murderer relax his vigilance.
And they could take advantage of the opportunity of falling into the water to create rumors of torture and cancel the marriage.
Soon the news spread that Mu Yunhuan fell into the water, but fortunately it was an accident. Concubine Yan came to visit in person and gave Mu Yunhuan something to calm down her shock.
Nothing happened next. After dinner, the Qionglin Hundred Flowers Banquet officially ended. Everyone left the palace one after another. Yuan Hao heard that Xiao Chengyi was good at chess and kept him here.
After the monarch and his ministers played chess for three rounds, Yuan Hao became more and more excited as he played. He thought about playing another game. Xuandu, who was accompanying him, reminded him: "Your Majesty, it's getting late. You want to play chess with the No. 1 Scholar later."
Yuan Hao raised his head and looked at the sky outside. It was indeed getting late. He looked at Xiao Chengyi who was sitting opposite him with a somewhat unfinished expression and said: "Only when I play chess with you and the national master, I feel that I am really playing chess."
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He is an emperor, and others will always worry about his identity when playing chess with him, so the chess game is not fun at all, but the national master and Xiao Chengyi are different. They don't care who their opponents are in the chess game.
Xiao Chengyi smiled and said: "If your Majesty likes it, I will accompany you."
Yuan Hao happily agreed, and then said with some regret: "To be honest, I originally intended to recruit you as my son-in-law and betroth my Princess Jiahe to you, but I didn't expect that you are already engaged. Couldn't you have known this earlier?
Are you deliberately trying to deceive me about my thoughts?"
After hearing this, Xiao Chengyi hurriedly stood up and knelt on the ground and said: "Your Majesty knows this clearly, even if I have the courage to do so, I would not dare to deceive Your Majesty."
Yuan Hao stretched out his hand to help him up and asked: "If I don't know that you have a marriage contract and grant you a marriage, what will you do?"
Xiao Chengyi took a step back, bowed his hands and said, "Thank you for your kindness, Your Majesty. If Your Majesty did not know the truth and granted me a marriage, I would refuse the marriage in public.
I will not do anything treacherous, and even if I lose this order, I will stick to the most basic bottom line as a man."
Yuan Hao was a little moved when he heard what he said. Why he didn't like the Han family and the Yan family and wanted to get rid of them was because they betrayed Prince Chen and became loyal to him instead.
As the saying goes, once there is a second time, if you keep such people around, there is no guarantee that one day they will not be bribed by others and stabbed in the back.