Emperor Tongxu followed his gaze and looked at Jiang Lianzhi, "Jiang Aiqing is not married yet."
Jiang Lianzhi shook the wine glass in his hand, stood up and said, "Your Majesty..."
Emperor Tongxu interrupted, "I heard that you are in love with the daughter of the Shen family and have come to propose marriage. Is this true?"
"Yes, Wei Chen once invited my mother to come to ask for marriage."
Emperor Tongxu nodded slightly, "What a pity, Shen Aiqing is no longer here."
Everyone present felt sorry.
Emperor Tongxu changed his subject, "Who else is there in the Shen family now?"
The chamberlain Defu on the side quickly answered, "Mrs. Shen is currently ill, and General Shen has a daughter at his knees."
Jiang Lianzhi's heart skipped a beat when he heard Emperor Tongxu say: "The Shen family sacrificed their lives for the country, and we cannot let our loyal ministers feel cold. Since Jiang Aiqing is in love with the Shen family's daughter, I will serve you and Shen today in front of all the civil and military officials." The second daughter of the family is given a marriage, and we will choose an auspicious day to get married."
Jiang Lianzhi's heart sank as he met Xie Tingzhou's teasing gaze.
Obviously Xie Tingzhou had known for a long time that there would be such an episode today, but he himself was still kept in the dark.
"This is a great joy." Defu pinched his voice and said, "Your Excellency, please accept the order to express your gratitude."
Jiang Lianzhi cupped his hands and said, "I'm afraid there is some misunderstanding here. The person I like is actually Shen Yu, the eldest daughter of the Shen family."
There was an uproar in the palace. Isn't Miss Shen dead?
Even Emperor Xu was stunned for a moment and looked sideways at Defu.
Defu's neck was sweating, but that was not the case according to rumors. What was wrong?
Emperor Tongxu couldn't come down for a while, "Shen Zhongan's eldest daughter has died in Yanliang Pass. She has passed away. My dear, you should look forward. Since you are fond of Shen's eldest daughter, now only the second daughter is left in the Shen family. With you, It’s also fate.”
Jiang Lianzhi gritted his teeth, walked to the palace, lifted his robes, knelt down, and said, "Your Majesty, I don't want to."
"Hold it." Jiang Yuanqing warned.
Jiang Lianzhi glanced at Xie Tingzhou.
Xie Tingzhou met his gaze, and an ominous premonition came over him.
Jiang Lianzhi raised his head and looked at Emperor Tongxu, "I have a crush on Miss Shen, and would not marry her unless she were the one I wanted to marry. I would like to marry Miss Shen, who carries the memorial tablet of Shen Yu, and promise to take the position of my head wife and never marry again in my life."
Snapped--
Jiang Yuanqing slammed the table, "Asshole!"
The sound of Xie Tingzhou crushing the cup was lost in the sound of slapping the table.
His eyes swept across the crowd and landed on Jiang Lianzhi, his cheeks moving faintly.
Everyone's eyes were focused on Jiang Lianzhi, except for one person, who was looking at Xie Tingzhou thoughtfully.
Jiang Yuanqing had been ill since the last time the scholar knelt down to invite him. He took a few days off and came to the banquet after feeling better today. At this moment, he was very angry with him.
Someone on the side advised him: "Master Chief Assistant, please calm down. Minister Jiang is a man who values affection and righteousness."
Jiang Yuanqing's eyes were locked on Jiang Lianzhi.
Marrying someone with a memorial tablet is called a ghost marriage among the people. It is rare among the people. He dared to talk about such an unflattering thing at a palace banquet.
Jiang Lianzhi lowered his eyes in the eyes of everyone, but had no intention of compromising.
Emperor Tongxu was held back by him and couldn't get off the stage. He was full of anger but couldn't get angry easily.
Bang bang bang——
The officials followed the sound and saw Xie Tingzhou lazily propping up his legs, stroking his palms and smiling.
"Tsk, tsk, Minister Jiang's affection is really touching, but..."
Xie Tingzhou turned to look at Emperor Tongxu: "Your Majesty, I heard that Mr. Jiang came to ask for marriage but was rejected."
Everyone has heard this rumor, and there was a lot of excitement in Beijing at that time.
Emperor Tongxu's eyes moved slightly. Someone handed him the steps and asked him to come down first.
"I also heard a little bit about it."
Xie Tingzhou said: "Then Miss Shen refused the marriage first and died in the battle. Now that Mr. Jiang is forcing the marriage, is it certain that Miss Shen cannot refuse the marriage again? I'm afraid Mr. Jiang's doing this is a bit..."
Everyone in the palace knew that Xie Tingzhou and Jiang Lianzhi had conflicts for a long time. They took the opportunity to break out and described the marriage proposal as a forced marriage. This matter suddenly became serious.
"Miss Shen is also a poor person." Xie Tingzhou sighed: "It would be better for Minister Jiang to first ask Miss Shen if she is willing to marry, otherwise it would be bad to rob her by force."
No one is here, how can I ask? Isn't this a joke?
At this time, the Western Prince Li Zhaonian stood up and said: "Father, Miss Shen has gone. I don't think the Lord Assistant will be able to ask about the result. I'll give up on the marriage as soon as I see it."
"That's all." Emperor Tongxu waved his hand, "Nowadays, every young man has more ideas than the last, and I am not willing to be that old and dim emperor."
All the officials shouted "Your Majesty, Holy Ming" again, and the palace banquet started again.
The banquet ended a little early. Emperor Tongxu left the banquet first due to his poor health, and the officials also left one after another.
Li Jifeng stayed until the end and called the waiter to help Xie Tingzhou to rest. He walked to Xie Tingzhou's table and squatted down.
The cleaning lady knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, Ninth Prince."
There were several broken cups and cups on the cupboard, which were piled in the corner under the table. Li Jifeng picked up a piece and looked at it. There was a little blood on the corner.
It seemed that what he saw at that time was correct. Xie Tingzhou had indeed crushed a cup. Although it was indeed unbelievable that Jiang Ji wanted to marry someone with a memorial tablet, it would not make Xie Tingzhou lose his temper like this.
One is Jiang Ji, the other is Xie Tingzhou, and there is a dead person Shen Yu who has never met but is involved in it.
What's the problem here?
Li Jifeng suddenly stood up and walked out. Xie Tingzhou was still in the palace, so he went to take a look before talking.
After leaving the door, a small yellow door came hurriedly.
"Your Highness Ninth Prince, you ordered your servants to send the Crown Prince to rest, but His Royal Highness insisted on going back to the palace. At this moment, the guards have taken him away."
"It seems he is not drunk." Li Jifeng murmured.
Xie Tingzhou was really drunk. There were many people who came to toast tonight, so he accepted them all. He drank even more than last night.
The carriage stopped, and Xi Feng and Kuang Wei helped him get out of the car.
"Your Highness, slow down."
"Be careful."
Xie Tingzhou half-leaned on Xifeng and walked a few steps in a messy manner. He inadvertently raised his eyes and saw the person standing at the door of the palace.
Shen Yu didn't sleep for a while, worried that he would fall seriously ill when he came back from the palace banquet like last time.
Xifeng was about to carry him in, but was caressed away by his hand.
Xie Tingzhou smiled towards the door.
"Auntie..."
He broke away from Konoe and staggered towards her drunkenly.
Seeing that his steps were unsteady, Shen Yu took a few steps forward and reached out to help him, but he fell over and buried his head in the crook of her neck.
The smell of alcohol was very strong, and it seemed that he was really drunk, otherwise he wouldn't have put all his weight on her.
Fortunately, Shen Yu practiced martial arts, and ordinary women would have been overwhelmed by him.
Shen Yu hugged his waist and bore his weight.
The turbid smell of alcohol spraying around her neck made her tilt her head and look at Xifeng, "Why did you drink like this?"
Xi Feng said: "I'm not waiting nearby, so I don't know, but His Highness only drinks like this when he is in a bad mood."
Shen Yu frowned and heard Xie Tingzhou call "Ayu" again against her neck.
Xie Tingzhou was really annoying when she was drunk. No one wanted her to support her.
Shen Yu half dragged and half hugged him to Qingpu Residence, and he nestled on her and called her nickname one after another.
Shen Yu was upset by his shouting and cursed coldly: "Shut up."
