0p0 Chapter 191 The Wise King Marries a Wife
Chapter 191 The Wise King Marries a Wife
"It turned out to be you two." The Queen Mother pretended to be surprised, then smiled and said, "Qingchen, you should have told me earlier that you liked Princess Ping'an. Look, this has ruined your good fortune."
Concubine Liu walked up to Mu Qinglan with a smile and said, "Since you two are in love and your mourning period is over, I will report to His Majesty and choose a date for your marriage."
Mu Qingchen looked up at Concubine Liu, confusion and sadness in his eyes, but eventually all his emotions vanished. He looked up at the two Mo brothers again and laughed at himself, "It turns out that I'm the same as animals. After being fed aphrodisiacs, I should mate. Hahahaha, that's really fitting!"
Concubine Liu's face turned ugly. She scolded, "How can you be so speechless, kid? Look at Qinglan. She has good looks and good family background."
Mu Qingchen looked at Concubine Liu expressionlessly: "You should address me as Your Highness. You are just a concubine of the Emperor's brother. How can you lecture me in such a familiar way? The lecture should be given by the Emperor's sister-in-law."
Concubine Liu froze. She looked at the people around her and her mouth moved slightly.
Mu Qinglan immediately knelt before the Queen Mother, lowered her head and begged, "Today, I did something so immoral because I really love the prince. Don't blame the prince, it's all my fault. Please punish me, Queen Mother!"
Mu Qingchen raised his eyes to look at Qiao Shinian. The two stared at each other for a long time. Finally, Mu Qingchen knelt down and said, "Please punish me, Queen Mother. What happened today was that I was unable to control myself after being drugged. I am willing to choose a day to marry the princess and make her my only wife."
Hearing this, everyone in the room was shocked.
Mu Siyao was so shocked that she looked directly at Qiao Shinian, but she saw Qiao Shinian standing there like a puppet without a soul, with only sadness in his eyes.
The Queen Mother nodded, she smiled and pulled the two of them up: "Since you two love each other, I will go and explain to the Emperor and ask him to grant you two a marriage."
"But, the premise is." Mu Qingchen changed the subject: "Nothing happened here today, she did not enter the palace, and she did not do anything wrong or say anything wrong. From now on, she is just her, and no one is allowed to cause trouble for her."
Mu Qingchen raised his head and looked deeply at Qiao Shinian, revealing a miserable smile: "This way, I can get married with peace of mind."
"Okay!" Concubine Liu almost squeezed out the word from her teeth.
The Queen Mother waved her hand at Wen Jiu and said, "There is nothing for you to do here, so why don't you leave now?"
"Then we outsiders won't stay any longer." Wen Jiu bowed, then pulled Qiao Shinian away.
Qiao Shinian let Wen Jiu pull her until they were far enough away. She broke free from Wen Jiu's hand and smiled a broken smile that she was not even aware of: "Okay, I have to leave the palace now. I won't accompany you anymore."
"Sister!" Wen Jiu felt extremely panicked. He grabbed Qiao Shinian's hand and asked, "Where are you going?"
"Ah? Of course I'm going back to the restaurant. Don't worry, I'm an adult now, nothing will happen to me. Besides, I still have my parents at home waiting for me to wake up, so I have to go home safely."
"I'll accompany you."
"Can you leave the palace?"
"Yeah." Wen Jiu nodded and looked at the two people who had been following behind him.
Haruyuki understood and left immediately to prepare.
"Yingzhu, we will go our separate ways when we leave the palace later. Go back and help me pack all my things and send them to the restaurant, and then we'll see what arrangements Mu Qingchen has for you." Qiao Shinian's eyes were empty, almost unfocused.
"girl!"
"Don't be sad, he has made up his mind. I just feel a little sad that I couldn't pull him out of the darkness."
When the two looked at each other just now, Qiao Shinian saw Mu Qingchen's reluctance and struggle towards her, but in the end Mu Qingchen made a decision.
She understood Mu Qingchen's thoughts, and felt sad for him, felt sorry for him, and felt an inexplicable anger rising in her heart.
She felt no sadness, no pain, just a little anger that she had never felt before.
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Five days later, the virtuous king got married, and the sensation was so great that the entire capital was excited for the first time in a long time.
The virtuous king actually married Princess Ping'an!
For a while, all kinds of speculations and subsequent comments were flying around.
Qiao Shinian lay on the railing, silently looking at the man in a dazzling red outfit riding a horse below. He had an unchanging smile on his face, and the servants beside him were throwing copper coins as they walked.
The whole street was bustling with activity.
Wen Jiu was standing behind Qiao Shinian, watching Qiao Shinian's every move very nervously. When he and Qiao Shinian stood together and looked down, he saw that Qiao Shinian's nostalgic eyes were already filled with tears.
These days, Qiao Shinian didn't cry and didn't feel any sadness.
She was the same as always, as if nothing had happened, so normal that even Wen Jiu felt a little creepy.
There was a lot of lively music and dancing below, but Qiao Shinian's eyes were always fixed on the figure on the tall horse.
She saw him tilt his head slightly; she saw it.
"If you ask me, I would say that when the virtuous king favored that maidservant of unknown origin, he was just putting on an act. His purpose was to make people think that he had no interest in Princess Ping'an. Once Princess Ping'an's mourning period was over, he would immediately stop pretending."
"I think so too."
"It seems that the rumors from a few years ago cannot be taken seriously. The virtuous king actually loves Princess Ping'an very much."
"Then why did he do it?"
The people below were talking about it. Wen Jiu covered Qiao Shinian's ears and said, "Sister, go back."
"Oh, okay." Qiao Shinian responded.
"The virtuous prince must have had many thoughts about Princess Ping'an during her mourning period, but since the princess was not allowed to get married during the mourning period, he just found someone to cover it up!"
"Men, you know!"
"Poor innocent woman!"
"What's so pitiful about that? Don't women rely on men to live? If you ask me, that woman is lucky to be the substitute of Princess Ping'an! Otherwise, how could she live such a good life?"
"That's true! But the origin is unknown, and it's far from being as generous as the princess. Look, how much money did it cost to spread it all the way?"
"These silvers are just a hair on an ox in those big families. They are not worth mentioning."
"Sister? Are you okay? If you are sad, just cry." Wen Jiu was a little anxious.
Qiao Shinian turned to look at Wen Jiu woodenly and smiled: "Don't you think it's strange? I'm really not sad at all. I don't have any thoughts in my mind. Do you think that my reaction means that I never loved him? Was the friendship between him and me fake?"
The people watching the fun nearby were still chattering away, talking about almost everything they knew and heard.
"I heard that before the wedding, the virtuous king demolished two courtyards in the palace and rebuilt better ones!"
"Why do you want to tear it down before the wedding? Where will Princess Ping'an live after she gets married?"
"I heard that they didn't like the place where the unknown woman lived before. The wise king doted on his wife, so he demolished the house and ordered people to renovate a new residence."
"I also heard that the virtuous king burned everything that woman had used. He was afraid that Princess Ping'an would be unhappy if she saw it when she entered the mansion."
"Our virtuous prince is truly a lovesick man! He can do so much for the princess."
Amid constant discussions, Qiao Shinian was escorted back to the restaurant by Wen Jiu.
The groom riding on a tall horse and the girl walking in the crowd walked away from each other and went to their respective places.