Lights and streamers were hung up, and guests filled the door with joy.
Lord Wansui's trusted aide, King Ping, was overjoyed today.
" Imperial Censor Yin Huaifeng and his wife-Yu Moying and his wife-"
"Prince Rong's residence, Yuan Jun and Princess Zhiyue…"
More and more officials and nobles came to congratulate him, and the atmosphere became livelier. The hall was filled with joy and laughter, making it seem particularly lively.
As a guest and a good friend of Prince Ping, the Prince Yuanjun was seriously distracted. As they chatted and laughed, they frequently turned their eyes to the entrance of the hall. Their eyes also shuttled back and forth in the crowd, as if they were looking for someone.
"Yuan Jun, what are you looking for?" Jingyi Beile of Prince Shuo's residence walked over and pulled Yuan Jun's attention back.
"It's nothing." Turning around, Yuan Jun forced a smile. "Oriki, why are you hiding somewhere? Come over and talk to Jingyi." Pulling his younger sister who was about to hide in the crowd, Yuan Jun dragged Ozuki back.
With a bitter expression on her face, Otsuki tried her best not to return to Jing Yi too soon. "I…I want to find cousin Xi Yue…"
"It's okay to go later." After pulling his sister back to his side, Yuan Jun was not in the mood to observe the coldness and unwillingness on their faces. "We're already engaged. Let's get to know each other and chat. I'll go outside and take a look."
Seeing that he was about to leave, Zhi Yue and Jing Yi simultaneously tried to stop him.
"Yuan Jun!"
"Big brother!"
They looked at each other and turned their faces to the right at the same time, not looking at each other.
"I don't want to marry you."
"I don't want to marry you either."
"But I can't not marry you."
"I can't not marry you either."
The two of them looked up at each other at the same time and then turned their eyes away at the same time. After pausing for a while, they turned their backs to each other and entered their Moments.
They had a tacit understanding and no feelings at all.
They were just offerings under the marriage policy. They were obediently placed on the plate and served on the table. There was no way to resist. Even if he resisted, it would be a waste of energy.
Yuan Jun, who had been smiling and greeting everyone, finally exited the hall and walked to the flowers and trees beside the house. Finally, he stood by the pool and let the moonlight shine on his body.
Irritated. Irritated for no reason.
His life had been a mess for the past few days. The Emperor's task had dragged on for several days, but there was still no idea. He was not in the mood to finish his half-done work. He was not even interested in playing. Not long after, he began to yawn, annoyed and tired.
Something important was missing. His heart, which had once been occupied, was now empty. His thoughts were ethereal and his emotions were chaotic.
He turned his head to look at the door. His unusually sharp eyes scanned the endless stream of customers, looking for the figure that he loved and hated at the same time.
"What are you doing here?" A voice came from the corridor behind Yuan Jun. It was low and gentle, but it was faintly filled with excitement.
"Waiting for someone." Yuan Jun didn't turn around. He didn't have time to deal with irrelevant people. Strange, why weren't Prince Ning and Ning Fujin here yet?
"Who are you waiting for?"
"Why are you asking so many questions…"
He turned around impatiently and saw Yunhui's figure in front of him. He was happy," You're already here?”
"What does it have to do with you?" Ying Yue replied unhappily. It was rare for her to start a conversation with him peacefully, but after a few words, she turned to him with a knife and a spear. She really didn't want to do this, but why couldn't she control herself? "I came this morning, Sister Yin Zheng asked me to come.”
Yuan Jun did not reply. He turned around and stared at the koi in the pond, deep in thought.
What happened to him? It was strange. After not seeing each other for a few days, she was both looking forward to and resisting this last meeting tonight. She was so conflicted that she even sulked a few times. "Aren't you going to the front hall? The wedding seems to be starting soon." Looking at his lonely back, although she didn't know why he was like this, her heart was still slightly pricked.
Silence surrounded the two of them. Although they could hear the noise at the banquet clearly, it seemed very far away to them.
"What's wrong with you?" It was not like him at all. She hoped that she could at least have one last smile! Looking at his bitter face, she knew that her wish would never come true. "Don't leave yet. I'll go over and take a look.”
Upon hearing her words, Yuan Jun, who originally had a sad and miserable expression, gently shook his shoulders. Then, he hurriedly pulled down the corners of his lips that had accidentally risen.
Just as he snickered, Yuan Jun noticed a strange sound coming from behind him and hurriedly turned his head.
"What are you doing!" Was this woman crazy? She actually wanted to jump over the railing and directly jump into the garden! Did she want to break her leg again? "Will your leg break? Or do you want to break it again?"
"My good intentions were treated as ill intentions by you!”Slapping his hand away, Ying Yue was so angry that she cursed. "You are sighing here. If I go around the hall door, I will definitely be discovered. Do you want to find a group of people to watch Yuan Jun Baylor's performance?”She almost exploded in anger.
"You're really kind-hearted!" There was a hint of mockery and worry in his tone.
She snorted coldly and climbed up the railing with her hands and feet. "You don't have to remind me!" Too lousy! How could she fall in love with such a rotten person?
The silver rabbit, who had come to look for its master because it had been missing for too long, was shouting as it walked towards the garden.
Yuan Jun walked to the railing, his left ear listening to the silver rabbit's cries getting clearer and clearer, and his right ear listening to Ying Yue's muttering curses as she struggled to balance her limbs.
It was time.
"Ah! Who is it?" When she wasn't paying attention, Yuan Jun turned his head and exclaimed. His expression was as if he really meant it.
"What?" Ying Yue instinctively turned her head to look, but unexpectedly, she slipped and fell into Yuan Jun's arms before she could scream. "You…"
Before she could react, he had already kissed her, and that low shout just now was enough to attract the silver rabbit.
"Miss! " What are you doing here…" The silver rabbit was shocked by the scene in front of it.
Staring blankly at the silver rabbit's shocked expression, Ying Yue's face was burning red and she didn't know how to move. "I…"
"What's wrong with you?" Yuan Jun, who was still hugging her, smiled. His mood was completely different from the gloominess he had just now. " I didn't expect you to be so passionate…" Hehehe!
Stunned for a moment, Ying Yue suddenly raised her head and glared at him. "What nonsense are you spouting again?"
"I didn't! Silver rabbit, did you see that?" Pointing at Ying Yue's arm that was tightly wrapped around his waist, Yuan Jun's face was filled with a sinister smile as if his plan had succeeded.
"Ah!" Ying Yue quickly let go of his hand, wanting to put some distance between the two of them. However, he suddenly increased the strength of his arm and pressed it back to his chest. "Let go! Don't let others misunderstand!"
The silver rabbit looked at the two of them fighting and the deliberate expression on the face of Yuan Jun Bei Le. She suddenly understood. "Miss, you…how did you…"
Ah! It was a misunderstanding! " Silver Rabbit, things are not as you see…" Ying Yue, who was eager to explain herself, was so anxious that her pretty face was as red as a dye. "It's him! It was all his doing! I don't know anything!"
The silver rabbit's gaze followed Ying Yue's angry finger and looked at the calm face of Yuan Jun Baylor. She couldn't help but sigh in her heart. Miss has met this fox, she can't escape!
She would just watch! He wanted to see Yuan Jun Palace Lord finish this show.
Facing her angry and accusatory gaze, Yuan Jun only laughed heartily. "Yes, it's me."
Ying Yue was immediately stunned. She was so shocked by his straightforward words and the honesty and smile in his eyes that she couldn't move. Only her mouth could still move.”
"It's me. I did it." He hugged Ying Yue tighter and almost laughed out loud. "Silver Rabbit, you see!"
Was it her turn as a witness? The silver rabbit laughed silently in her heart. "Yes, I saw it."
"Then there's no way to forget it." Yuan Jun grinned and kissed the dumbstruck beauty in his arms. "Alright then! Don't worry, I'll take responsibility."
"Since Lord Bei Le said so, Silver Rabbit is also happy for Young Lady.”The silver rabbit cooperated and pushed Ying Yue into the trap, a trap that Ying Yue might not hate.
The matter was settled.
At the same time that Prince Ping was getting married, the wife of Prince Rong's Yuan Jun Bei Le was finally selected.
"I can't believe it! I can't believe it!" Ying Yue paced back and forth in the room like a caged beast. "How did things turn out like this?"
"Isn't it good to become like this?" The silver rabbit asked as if nothing had happened while packing up the clothes that had already been packed. It was relaxed and natural.
Good? "How can it be good? I, I, I can't…"Unable to find the right words, Ying Yue became even more flustered. "What, what did he say? Did you hear it clearly?”
"Yes, I heard everything, Miss.”Finally, she finished tidying up. The silver rabbit let out a breath of relief and poured a cup of tea to comfort herself. She also poured a cup for Ying Yue, who had walked back and forth for nearly a hundred rounds. "Miss, please have some tea."
"Thank you." She drank it all in one breath and raised her head to complain to the silver rabbit,""I say, Silver Rabbit, at that time, you should have said that you didn't see anything! Things wouldn't have developed to this extent!”
"At that time, the young miss did not give such instructions, so the silver rabbit could only answer truthfully.”The silver rabbit couldn't help but laugh as it quietly watched its master go around in circles.
"You can help me decide! You also know that I don't like him, let alone marry him!”Sigh! It was really against his conscience. She liked him, but she really couldn't marry him. A country bumpkin wanted to be Madam Baylor? Perhaps other people's concubines were even nobler than her! "I can't marry him…What should I do?”
The silver rabbit looked at Ying Yue's flustered expression and her smile deepened. "Miss, if you want the silver rabbit to make decisions for you, I've decided to say this.”She stopped talking, waiting to meet Ying Yue's shocked eyes. "Miss, please think about it carefully. Do you think you can't marry Yuan Jun Baylor, or do you not want to?”
"Of course! Of course I can't marry him!" She voiced her thoughts without hesitation. She couldn't be bothered to care about the difference between the two. "How can I marry him? I want to go back to Yangzhou--Eh? Silver rabbit, where's my bag? Didn't you put it away?"
"Yes, I did. The silver rabbit has just returned all the things in the luggage.”She couldn't be thinking of leaving at a time like this, right? "Miss, so you don't hate Yuan Jun Bellero?”
Why, why did he suddenly say this? "So, so what if I don't hate it? She couldn't marry him just because of this!”If that was the case, wouldn't he have hundreds of wives and concubines long ago?
"Yuan Jun Bei Le is not responsible for every woman.”The silver rabbit laughed, feeling amused by her master's innocence. "I think this is very good for Miss.”
"Very good?" Ying Yue finally stopped, panting as she sat on the stool, staring at the smiling silver rabbit. "Where?" Why didn't she feel anything?
"Young Lady likes Yuan Jun Baylor, and the Baylor also likes you. In this case, marriage is the best plan.”Wasn't it a great thing since ancient times for lovers to finally get married?
She sighed heavily and continued to struggle. "No…I really can't…"
As expected, it didn't work.
Yuan Jun sighed softly and walked towards the person who was sitting at the head of the table and drinking tea.”
"Yes." The woman who was drinking tea with a bowl in her hands snorted lightly as a reply.
"Didn't Mother go to the border to inspect with Ma? Why did he come back without a word?”As he poured tea for Mother, Yuan Jun couldn't help but sigh in his heart. Sigh! This was bad.
"Me! He heard that a Baylor had decided to marry an orphan girl without permission, so he wanted to return to the capital to see which family's young master it was. He didn't expect this! He shook his head and sighed. There was no sign of anger on Rong Fujin's face.
"Oh?" He also remained calm and collected, responding to all changes without changing.
Compared to such a powerful character like Mother, he still had to cultivate for a few years. Yuan Jun was well aware of this.
His reaction was a little unexpected to Rong Fujin. "What's the meaning of your reaction?" Yuan Jun had never shown such a reserved and vague attitude before.
What did this mean? Didn't he want to leave this matter to her?
"What do you think? Mother." Throwing the question back, Yuan Jun seemed to have made up his mind not to speak first. "A few days ago, Prince Ping was overjoyed. Later, Fujin Ping made some pastries for us. They taste pretty good.”Yuan Jun moved the plate filled with snacks to Rong Fujin and appeared to be happy and peaceful.
"Kid, when did you learn to play dumb with me?”Humph! It seemed that this commoner girl held quite a heavy weight in Yuan Jun's heart. "But speaking of this Ping Fujin, he isn't a good person.”
Yuan Jun frowned slightly, but he only lowered his head and sipped his tea, not intending to express his opinion.
"I don't know what King Ping is thinking, why would he marry such a lowly woman! Although he was not a Manchu, he was still a prince, and the Emperor treated him like a brother. He was actually willing to lower his status like this! Aren't you afraid of being laughed at?"
"Mother, I have never heard anyone laugh at them.”
"Who dares? King Ping had great power and influence, and there were very few people in the court who could match him. Who dared to say anything bad about him? If he were to write a book in front of the emperor, would he be so lowly as to crawl like a turtle in front of him?”Rong Fujin snorted, disapproving of the strange behavior of the nobles recently. " I don't know what bewitched that woman to make King Ping so devoted to her…" He then intentionally glanced at Yuan Jun.
What a good accusation! Yuan Jun smiled bitterly. "Ping Fujin is beautiful, has a good temperament, and is versatile. All men love a woman like her." Although she wasn't his wife, Du Yinzheng was still his sister-in-law, so she should at least defend her.
"Is that so?" Rong Fujin snorted again. "No matter how beautiful or good she is, she's just a singer after all.”Her proud aristocratic bloodline made her hate and reject all people and things that did not match her status. "What about you? Tell me about that commoner girl who 'heard' that you have an engagement with. Was she also a beauty that could topple a country?”
Hearing Rong Fujin's sarcasm, Yuan Jun remained calm. "She's not."
"So what? Did he also meet her at Musk Moon Restaurant? How many times have I told you that you can play with those women? If you really want to start a family, then carefully pick one you like from those girls!”Rong Fujin pointed at the wooden cabinet behind him.
Yuan Jun followed her finger and looked over. The more he thought about the layers of information, the more annoyed he became. "No, thank you for your kindness, Mother. I only want Ying Yue.”
"Ying Yue? Who is she?"
"She has no background. She doesn't even know anything.”The best thing she could do was to provoke his anger and then the two of them would have a big fight. "But there's nothing wrong with her." A bad temper…was still within his tolerance range. Besides, he liked her like this.
"Oh?" Rong Fujin picked up the teacup again. His sharp eyes followed the edge of the cup and looked straight at the gentleness in his son's eyes. "I'm interested now. Ask her to come into the residence and let me take a look!”
This would not do! "Mother, I will decide my own marriage.”
"What's wrong? Are you afraid that Mother will eat her?" Seeing that his son was so loyal to that woman, Rong Fujin's impression of Ying Yue became even worse. "Find a day to ask her to come and see me. Otherwise, there's no need to talk about marriage!”
He had really forgotten his mother when he had a wife! Rong Fujin gritted his teeth in anger.
"Since that's the case, then there's no need for Mother to worry about my son's marriage. You just have to wait to be a mother-in-law." Yuan Jun still insisted on his decision.
What kind of words was this! The high-quality ceramic tea bowl was almost crushed into pieces in Rong Fujin's anger. "What's wrong? She can't be seen?"
"According to tradition, it is unlucky for fiancées to meet before marriage.”Yuan Jun was not angered by Rong Fujin's provocation and responded calmly.
Seeing that his son did not put him in his eyes at all, Rong Fujin was both angry and helpless. This was all Prince Rong's fault. He had been taught to respect men since he was young and not to care about women.
He respected her, but that didn't mean he would listen to her. In fact, her influence on him was almost zero. So now that there was such a woman who made him worry, she, as his mother, was both curious and jealous.
"What's wrong? Even the wedding date has been set?" If she didn't come back, wouldn't she not be able to attend her only son's wedding? "Didn't you send someone to tell your Amma?"
"I've already taken care of this, you don't have to worry about it. This month, it was the twenty-sixth day of the month. Next month, it was the nineteenth day of the month. I was just about to send someone to inform Ama.”Yuan Jun's calm and indifferent attitude made it impossible to tell that he and Rong Fujin were mother and son. It seemed that it was more appropriate to say that they were strangers.
Yuan Jun and his mother did not have a good relationship. Prince Rong's teachings were one reason, but her daily actions were even more hateful to Yuan Jun. Although he was her biological son, she had never treated him as one. All she did was to whisper in his ear about which young master had been promoted, which general had recently been highly regarded by the Emperor, and what benefits it would bring to marry a princess. Her children were just her chess pieces, not her children.
Just like the letter she had sent back a few months ago, saying that she had helped Zhi Yue arrange a marriage agreement with Jingyi Baylor of the New Moon Prince's Mansion, and asked him to help deal with it. At that time, both parties strongly opposed it, but under the insistence of both parents, Jing Yi and Zhi Yue could only silently accept the truth.
When he found out about this, he was already powerless to change this established fact. However, he swore that he would never let himself become a victim of this kind of marriage. It was fine to call him selfish or willful. Anyway, he made his own decisions. No one could interfere!
"Oh? It's not convenient for you to go, so can I go and see her?”Rong Fujin suppressed his anger and pretended to be kind. How could her son, whom she had painstakingly raised, be seduced by a lowly commoner? She wanted to see what kind of seductive skills this vixen had!
It was obvious that she had good intentions. "When she passes through the door, you'll see her every day. Why rush?”
Rong Fujin was speechless. He could only clench his fists and suppress his anger.
"Mother, is there anything else?"
"What's wrong?"
"I still have some things to do. I have to go back to the study.”
This was just right. "If you're busy, go! I've been away for so long, so I should visit some friends and ask them to take care of you during your wedding.”
What did they need to take care of? Although he thought so in his heart, Yuan Jun remained calm on the surface. "Then I'll thank Mother first."
Watching Yuan Jun leave the hall, Rong Fujin coughed lightly. "Hongling, you heard everything, right?" Hong Ling was her personal servant girl, and she specially helped her run errands and pass on messages.
"Hongling heard what the Fujin said.”
"I need you to do something for me.”
"Please instruct me, Fujin."
"Go and find that b * tch called Ying Yue! I want to meet her personally!"
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