He favored his concubine and I cut off my wealth. Everyone in the mansion was in a panic.

Shen Qing knew this man, Chu Lingyuan, the fifth prince of the current dynasty and Xie Zhaohua's cousin.

A smile appeared on Shen Qing's face, he blessed Chu Lingyuan and called "Fifth Prince" in a low voice.

Chu Lingyuan smiled and said gently, "Now that you are outside the palace, you don't need to be polite, Madam."

After finishing his words, he looked at Yun Xiaoxiao beside him with a puzzled look on his face, "I wonder who this girl is?"

Shen Qing looked calm, "This is my distant cousin, surnamed Xiao."

The Yun family left Shengjing for some reason and made a promise before leaving that they would never come to Beijing again unless the matter was urgent. Yun Xiaoxiao's identity was sensitive, so Shen Qing gave her a false identity.

Chu Lingyuan looked at Yun Xiaoxiao with a smile on his face, "Miss Xiao."

Yun Xiaoxiao responded with a smile on her lips.

After saying hello, Shen Qing took Yun Xiaoxiao to the other side and carefully selected suitable clothes for her.

Chu Lingyuan looked at Yun Xiaoxiao's slender back and thought for a moment. The surname Xiao was not a common surname in Shengjing. The most important thing was that Chu Lingyuan remembered that Yun Yuan was the only daughter in the Yun family, so Shen Qing, this distant cousin, is probably closely related to the Yun family.

Seeing Chu Lingyuan looking at Yun Xiaoxiao's back, a dark look flashed in Xie Zhaohua's eyes, but the next moment he asked with a normal expression, "Cousin, do you think this dress looks good?"

Looking at the fiery red dress in Xie Zhaohua's arms, Chu Lingyuan's eyes flashed with fondness, "It looks good. Zhaohua looks best in red."

Xie Zhaohua immediately smiled brightly and hugged Chu Lingyuan's arm, "Then cousin buy it for me."

Chu Lingyuan rubbed the top of her hair and said in a gentle voice, "Okay."

There was only half a month before Xie Zhaohua's haircut ceremony. Chu Lingyuan asked Xie Zhaohua what gift she wanted, but Xie Zhaohua said she just wanted him to accompany her for a day and walk around the bustling streets of Shengjing.

Chu Lingyuan agreed, and thus the current scene happened.

…

In the evening, Chu Lingyuan sent Xie Zhaohua to the gate of Wuliehou Mansion.

Xie Zhaohua's fingers in his sleeves clenched and unclenched. He hesitated for a long time before speaking to Chu Lingyuan: "Does my cousin really want me to marry the son of the Qi family?"

At Qi Lie's reception banquet, the reason why Xie Zhaohua performed the sword dance was entirely because of Chu Lingyuan's intention.

Chu Lingyuan still had that faint smile on his lips, and the expression between his eyebrows was extremely soft, but what he said directly chilled Xie Zhaohua's heart, "Of course, the Qi family's young master, regardless of his status, appearance, or talents, They are all the most suitable for Zhaohua.”

Xie Zhaohua suddenly smiled, with tears faintly appearing in the corners of his eyes, "Since my cousin said yes, then I will get married. Now that my father and brother are not in Beijing, when I get married, I am afraid that my cousin will have to carry me out. "

Chu Lingyuan nodded, "I will definitely not be absent when Zhaohua gets married."

Xie Zhaohua smiled brightly, but the moment he turned around, his tears burst out instantly.

Xie Zhaohua has had a secret since she was a child. She likes her aunt's cousin because he is gentle, elegant and fulfills all her fantasies about her future husband.

But in the end, the love that lasted for many years still failed to come true.

So Xie Zhaohua thought that since he couldn't marry him, he would marry someone he wanted to marry. Let him marry him, which would satisfy his longing for many years.

Another point is that the power of the Qi family is enough to help Chu Lingyuan consolidate his position in the court.

Although we cannot join hands with him in the world, it is still good to help him reach the top of the world.

Looking at Xie Zhaohua's slightly trembling petite back, Chu Lingyuan's eyes flashed with pain.

Chu Lingyuan naturally knew Xie Zhaohua's thoughts, but he had never had such thoughts.

Therefore, Chu Lingyuan knew from the beginning that he was not Xie Zhaohua's lover. Instead of letting her waste her life on him, it would be better for her to marry a good man. Although it was painful for a while, it was better than being stuck in quagmire for the rest of her life.

It wasn't until Xie Zhaohua's figure disappeared from sight for a long time that Chu Lingyuan turned around and got on the carriage and left.

…

On April 16, the eighteenth year of Jiahe, red silk was hung up again in Yanglinghou Mansion, which had just stopped for a few days.

At the same time, two sedan chairs were carried out from the main entrance of Yanglinghou one after another, heading south one after another.

The whole family was suddenly confused again. Didn't they just bring back Aunt Xu a few days ago? What's going on now? And two sedan chairs?

The moment Hong Luo saw this scene, she hurriedly walked towards the back door. Her intuition told her that there was a high probability that something big was going to happen in the Yanglinghou Mansion today. Yanglinghou had not returned from court early, and Mrs. Yanglinghou locked herself in the room. He was shut up inside, and Mu Ziqian was lying on the bed again, unable to leave. At this time, the only one who could make the decision was Mu Xueliu, who was far away in the Prince's Mansion.

However, as soon as Hong Luo walked to the back door, before he could see Liu Quan, he was firmly restrained by Chanyi's order, "What are you going to do so sneakily so early in the morning?"

Hong Luo answered directly without thinking, "It was Zhang's mother who said that Madam was in a bad mood recently, so she asked me to go out and buy some pastries to make Madam happy."

Chanyi's lips raised slightly, "So, am I wrong about you?"

Hong Luo shook his head quickly, "What did Sister Chanyi say? It was Hong Luo..."

Before she finished speaking, Chan Yi spoke first, "Hong Luo, someone reported that you had an affair with Liu Quan, the boy guarding the backyard. What's your explanation?"

Hong Luo looked startled, having an affair?

"Sister Chanyi, I didn't! Someone must have framed me!"

"Liu Quan is in Tinglan Courtyard. Whether it is a false accusation or not, we will know after a confrontation."

After saying this, he signaled the servant to take Hong Luo away, and at the same time told the other two servants to guard the back door, and then went back to report to Shen Qing.

…

Tinglan Courtyard.

Shen Qing had just finished breakfast with Yun Xiaoxiao when he heard Chan Yi say that Hong Luo had been caught. Shen Qing didn't care and let Chan Yi deal with it herself, and he and Yun Xiaoxiao left the yard together.

Shen Qing sent Haitang and Mujin to pick up the bride today, and he stayed in the mansion.

Looking at the red silk wedding characters all over the mansion, Yun Xiaoxiao raised her lips slightly, "Qingqing is right, it's really lively."

Shen Qing smiled, "Don't worry, there will be more excitement later."

After walking around Yangling Marquis's Mansion, Shen Qing and Yun Xiaoxiao walked towards the main hall.

When the two came over, Aunt Qiu and Qin Luan were already waiting.

When they saw Shen Qing, they both stood up and greeted each other, and the scene was a rare harmony.

Shen Qing asked Chan Yi to send someone to invite the wife of Yangling Marquis and Mu Ziqian to come over, while he chatted leisurely with the others, as if he had no idea what kind of storm was about to come.

The wife of Yangling Marquis was very easy to invite. When she heard that Yangling Marquis was going to bring two more concubines into the mansion, one of whom was Aunt Chen, whom she had sent to Jingxin Temple, she could not sit still and hurried to the main hall.

Lin Xuefu did not want to intervene in the conflict between Yangling Marquis and Shen Qing, because she knew that even if she went, she would just watch Yangling Marquis being criticized in various ways, so she simply claimed to be sick, but she did not expect Shen Qing to have seen through her tricks and let Chan Yi forcibly take her to the main hall to watch the ceremony.

As for Mu Ziqian, because he remembered the doctor's advice last time that if he messed with his legs again, he would really be useless, so he was unwilling to move a step no matter what, and was finally forcibly taken to the main hall like Lin Xuefu.

The moment he saw Shen Qing, Mu Ziqian's defense was instantly broken, and he immediately cursed, "Shen Qing, you vicious woman! You just can't stand seeing me get better!

The court doctor had clearly told me not to move easily, but you made me come to watch this messy entrance ceremony. You clearly want to murder me!"

Shen Qing glanced at him lightly, "If you curse me again, I will break your legs again."