The High Gate Mistress of Rebirth

Chapter 316 Lovers have no choice but to separate

On this day, Zhou Jin felt inexplicably depressed and uneasy. He rode back from the camp outside the city. Li Jinyan's voice often appeared in his mind. He wanted to see her very much today.

Not to mention a daughter of a noble family like Jin Yan, even a daughter of an ordinary family who has already grown hair, is not something that a foreigner can just meet.

Lovesickness is the most torturous thing.

Zhou Jin rode a horse around to the gate of the Zhenguo Duke's Mansion. He was wandering around alone outside the gate of the Duke's Mansion. The steward of his mansion hurriedly came to find him on horseback. When he saw Zhou Jin, he said anxiously: "Your Majesty, come from the palace.

The imperial edict is here, please go back and receive it."

Zhou Jinggang and Xiuguan were just a third-rank adjutant in the City Patrol Department, so they were not worthy of the emperor personally issuing an order to him.

After Zhou Jin heard the steward's nonsense, he was confused and asked, "Aren't my father and mother at home? Why did you ask me to go back to receive the order?"

The steward replied: "This old slave doesn't know very well. The Marquis only said that you should go back quickly to receive the order. I heard that it seems that the Holy Spirit has granted you a marriage."

When Zhou Jin heard this, he felt his head buzzing and almost fell off his horse.

When Zhou Jin returned to the palace, both Marquis Zhongshun and Princess Lanling stood in the palace with worried faces. The eunuch who announced the decree was already a little impatient with the wait. Seeing that Zhou Jin finally returned, the eunuch who announced the decree couldn't wait to unfold the imperial edict.

He announced the decree in his high-pitched voice: "Zhou Jin, the eldest son of the Zhongshun Hou Mansion, accepts the decree."

Zhou Jin mechanically knelt down and bowed his head.

According to heaven’s destiny, the emperor issued an edict:

My beloved daughter, the Eighth Princess Qingyuan, has reached the age of hair. She is dignified in appearance, beautiful and intelligent. Now there is Zhou Jin, the son of the loyal and shun marquis. He has a noble character and attaches great importance to both civil and military affairs. He has reached the peak of his age. Therefore, I have decreed that I will appoint the Eighth Princess Qingyuan as her consort.

Auspicious wedding day.

Admire this!

Zhou Jin knelt down and listened to the imperial decree, his mind went blank.

"Prince Zhou, congratulations! Please accept the decree quickly and express your gratitude." The eunuch who announced the decree glanced at Zhou Jin, who was stunned, and reminded him in a hoarse voice.

Seeing that his son's face was pale, Lan Ling held back his tears and came to help his son. He whispered in a voice that only two people could hear: "The imperial edict has been issued, so we can only accept our fate."

Zhou Jin was helped up by her mother, but her expression was dull.

He has been in love with Li Jinyan, the third girl in the palace, for so many years, and his heart has long been unable to accommodate anyone else, let alone a woman who is coquettish, willful, and now insane.

He couldn't accept such a cruel fact!

"Young Master of the Zhou family, please accept the edict and express your gratitude." Seeing that Zhou Jin was motionless, the eunuch who announced the edict was eager to return to the palace to resume his duties, so he subconsciously held the edict in front of him.

"I can't honor the princess!" Zhou Jin was a steady person, but at this moment he was furious. He was so passionate that he threw all the rules of monarchs and ministers behind him.

Zhou Jin grabbed the imperial edict and threw it to the ground with hatred.

"Jin Lang!" Marquis Zhongshun and Princess Lanling exclaimed in fright.

The eunuch who announced the decree had been announcing imperial decrees for most of his life, and this was the first time he encountered such a disrespectful person. He was shocked for a long time before his face turned pale, he raised his orchid finger and shouted at Zhou Jin: "How brave Zhou Jin, you dare to resist the decree."

?You know that resisting an edict and deceiving the emperor is a serious crime of genocide."

What the old eunuch said is really not alarmist. It is disrespectful to resist the decree and bully the emperor, which will bring harm to the nine tribes.

When word of Zhou Jin's behavior reached the imperial city, Emperor Ming was furious and ordered people to confiscate the Zhongshun Marquis's house and hold him accountable.

The Zhongshun Hou Mansion is also a member of the hairpin family, and the princess of Lanling is the daughter of the Zhao royal family. Fortunately, the clan tried to intercede in every possible way, and Emperor Ming was able to be lenient and did not harm the Zhou family, but he deprived the Zhongshun Hou Mansion.

With the title of nobility, he personally ordered Zhou Jin to be dismissed from his post and exiled to serve in northern Xinjiang.

The emperor's anger bleeds thousands of miles.

It was a blessing that Zhou Jin had caused such a disaster and not caused any harm to his clan members. Naturally, he did not dare to stay in the capital any longer. On the day when the decree of punishment was issued, he was escorted by official messengers and embarked on a journey to the bitter cold land of northern Xinjiang.

Once the famous Zhongshun Houfu was convicted, as the saying goes, the monkeys dispersed when the tree fell, and everyone in the capital was afraid to avoid him. When Zhou Jin left the capital, only Li Ling and his adjutants Liang Jin and Hu Dahai came to see him off.

He took off his brocade clothes and put on a prison uniform. Although he couldn't hide the handsomeness of this young man, he could no longer see the bright look of the angry horse in the bright clothes.

When leaving, Zhou Jin said to Li Ling who came to see her off: "Even if I have fallen to this point, I will never regret it. When my cousin goes back, I will tell Jin Yan that I, Zhou Jin, will never be able to marry her in this life."

, I will definitely come to her door early in my next life to ask to marry her."

Although he has always liked Jin Yan, he was restrained and never dared to say it openly. If he doesn't say it now, he may never have a chance in this life.

Li Ling sighed heavily, patted him on the shoulder, and replied: "You have grown up in a lifetime, but who can say for sure what will happen in the future? Don't give up and humiliate yourself after this blow."

Liang Jin watched his former good brothers follow in his own footsteps and sighed: "When my Liang family was convicted, I was only twelve years old and was sent to Northern Xinjiang. It was only five or six years later that I

Haven't you returned to the capital again? Thirty years in Hedong, thirty years in Hexi, don't bully young people into poverty, good brother, we will wait for your return in Beijing."

Hu Dahai saw that both of them could say goodbye to their good brothers who were about to leave in a formal manner. He was a rough man who was very clumsy. Maybe he had something in his heart that he couldn't say out and he felt really uncomfortable, which made him have two round eyes as big as copper bells.

Red, red.

After Zhou Jin said goodbye to Li Linliang, he looked at the tall and powerful Hu Dahai standing aside, punched him in the face, and cursed: "I'm not going to die, old man, I'm crying.

What to do?"

Hu Dahai quickly wiped his face and said in a strong voice: "Who the hell is crying?"

"It's just that the wind and sand outside the city are so strong that it makes Old Hu's eyes sore." As he spoke, the tears in his eyes poured down like a flood that broke a bank.

On the high tower, at this moment, there was also someone looking at Zhou Jin's figure, with tears streaming down his face.

Jing Shu originally planned to take Jin Yan outside the city to say goodbye to Zhou Jin in person, but Jin Yan refused.

Every time they met by chance, he would stand in front of her, well-dressed and in high spirits. She knew his temperament, and she definitely didn't want her desolate appearance to fall into her eyes.

Jin Yan knew Zhou Jin's deep love for her. If it weren't for his love for her, now that the imperial edict had been issued, Zhou Jin would have accepted his fate. Just because he had her in his heart, he made such an impulsive choice.

Although his choice could not change their fate, since he was willing to risk his life to fight the injustice of the world for her, she also wanted to repay him with the same affection.

Jin Yan has made up her mind that she will wait for his return in Beijing. Even if it is really impossible for him to come back, she will come here every year and wait eagerly.

(End of chapter)