No. 1 Girl in the Imperial City

Chapter 202 Dew Marriage? (two chapters in one)
Xie Xiao stared at the two people in the room dumbfounded, and he even thought in a daze that his face might be green at this moment.

Fortunately, he quickly came back to his senses, and before Cui Zheyu got angry, he stepped into the room in two steps and closed the door with his backhand, shutting the door of the steward who followed him.

"..." The casino manager was speechless, "Old...boss?"

"You go down first!" Cui Zheyu's voice came from the room, and the steward breathed a sigh of relief and hurriedly retreated.

The room was quiet, Xie Yan obviously didn't intend to speak first.

Xie Xiao looked at the two of them, not knowing what to say.

Cui Zheyu sat down with a cold face, and said in a deep voice, "Who let you in?"

Xie Xiao's complexion is also not very good-looking, no matter who finds that his sweetheart refuses to see him, but sees another adult male alone in the middle of the night, he will not have a very good-looking complexion.

"Why is he here?" Xie Xiao asked what he wanted to ask even though the other party was the regent.

Xie Yan glanced at him lightly, Cui Zheyu raised his eyebrows slightly, and suddenly chuckled and said, "What do you think?"

"..." Xie Xiao only felt that his mind was in chaos.

Xie Yan frowned slightly, and said, "I'm leaving first." Taking another look at Xie Xiao who had an ugly face, he reminded: "Don't overplay."

After all, Xie Yan jumped out of the window in front of him and disappeared into the night in an instant.

Looking at the empty window, Cui Zheyu clicked his tongue lightly.

Well, His Royal Highness the Prince Regent is getting married.If I find that I have ruined his reputation and caused the princess to misunderstand, I'm afraid it will be bad.

Cui Zheyu wasn't really afraid of Xie Yan, but she didn't want to really provoke him either.

As soon as Xie Yan left, the room became more and more quiet.

Xie Xiao stared fixedly at Cui Zheyu, Cui Zheyu looked at him lazily with slightly raised eyebrows, without any expression of guilt or embarrassment.

Xie Xiao took a deep breath, gritted his teeth and said, "What is the relationship between you and Xie Yan?"

Cui Zheyu's eyes were a little cold, "Xie Xiao, don't you think you control too much? When did I give you the power to control who I associate with?"

Xie Xiao said hastily: "You know I don't mean that! Xie Yan... Xie Yan's identity..."

Under the light, Cui Zheyu's eyes rolled, and she smiled sweetly, "You mean... the regent would not like me, not to mention, he is going to marry the second girl of the Luo family soon, I can't afford to offend the Luo family ?”

"You must talk to me like this?" Xie Xiao gritted his teeth.

Cui Zheyu said lightly: "You can rest assured, I have no such relationship with Xie Yan. As for other things... Prince Ancheng, I advise you to take care of it."

Xie Xiao didn't believe that there was any ambiguity between Cui Zheyu and Xie Yan at first, his initial reaction was just a conditioned reflex of a man seeing another man in his sweetheart's room late at night.

He was more concerned about another issue, "Xie Yan has a special status, it will be very dangerous for you to get close to him!"

Cui Zheyu seemed to have heard something funny, and covered her lips with a chuckle before saying: "Xie Xiao, have you forgotten, how did you know me? You also forgot... Who am I?"

As a woman, she controls the biggest gambling house in Dasheng, and has opened almost half of the gambling shop in Dasheng. Could it be that Xie Xiao thinks that she can finish it by just sitting in the boudoir and embroidering two flowers?

Xie Xiao also choked, and after a long silence, he took a few steps forward and hugged Cui Zheyu into his arms, and said, "Marry me, will you?"

Cui Zheyu sized him up in surprise, "Marry you? Do the King and Concubine of Ancheng agree? Even if they agree, what will my subordinates do if I marry you as the crown prince?"

Xie Xiao said: "Gambling shop...it's not a serious business after all, you..."

"You want me to close the casino?" Cui Zheyu said clearly.

Xie Xiao said: "Don't do these businesses anymore, can't we live a good life? If you don't like Shang Yong, I can accompany you to other places, let's go sightseeing..."

Cui Zheyu withdrew from his arms, and said with a light smile, "Why bother? What's wrong with us now? You will be your son, and I will open my gambling house. Tell me when you are going to get married, I'll give you a congratulatory gift, let's get together and break up."

Xie Xiao's expression changed slightly, he gritted his teeth and said, "You never thought of being with me? Do you know me, these days..."

I have been thinking of a way these days, trying to find a way to make my father, queen, mother and concubine accept us?
Cui Zheyu sighed softly: "Young people... are always obsessed with love and lust..."

"I'm not a child! Don't talk to me in this tone!" Xie Xiao gritted his teeth.

Cui Zheyu looked back at him, nodded and said, "That's right, you are about to reach the crown. If that's the case, don't talk about these unrealistic things. Go back and don't come here again."

Xie Xiao couldn't help but turn pale, and took two steps back somewhat staggeringly.

He came to her with great joy, and wanted to tell her that he had already mentioned their matter to his father.Although the father didn't say anything, he didn't strongly object.

He can find a more suitable identity for her, so that she can marry into Prince Ancheng's mansion openly and aboveboard.He wanted to take her to see her father, and he also wanted to...

However, now he only got an understatement... you go back, don't come here again?
Cui Zheyu looked at his pale face and couldn't bear it. She and Xie Xiao had known each other for three years, and Xie Xiao was indeed still a teenager when they met.

Although this boy has been traveling alone for a long time, he is far more mature than his peers.But in the eyes of people like Cui Zheyu, there is actually not much difference.

The relationship between the two changed more than a year ago. Cui Zheyu didn't know whether it was good or bad to have a relationship with a boy who was much younger than himself, and they didn't care at that time.

At that time, none of them took this relationship seriously, but Xie Xiao obviously took it seriously as time went on.

Xie Xiao is the heir son of Prince Ancheng, but she has a reason to come to Shangyong.

So, after going around for a few months, they got mixed up again.

Cui Zheyu didn't expect that Xie Xiao actually had the idea of ​​marrying her.

"Go back." Cui Zheyu raised his hand and touched his eyebrows, and said softly, "Don't come here again. Don't you understand after more than a year? We are not the same way."

"you……"

Cui Zheyu smiled and said: "If it is like before, I will be happy if you are willing to come to see me. But... I heard that Princess Ancheng is not in good health, so go back and marry a royal concubine. Don't let your mother and concubine worry. I will leave Shangyong after the affairs in the capital are finished. Xie Xiao, I will not stay in Shangyong forever."

"So...you were willing to see me before, not because you were willing to be with me, but..." Xie Xiao was a little embarrassed to say.

Cui Zheyu nodded generously and said, "Well, dewy marriage."

The room was silent for a long time, Xie Xiao finally turned around with a gloomy face and went out.

Cui Zheyu was the only one left in the room, the smile on her face gradually faded, and it took a long while before a faint sigh sounded in the room.

"Why is this so, will you really be happy?" The deep male voice sounded a little abruptly, Cui Zheyu looked back at the man who suddenly appeared at the window and said angrily: "You Zhen Guojun likes the middle of the night from top to bottom. Looking through other people's windows?"

The person who came was none other than Gu Jue, the general under Xie Yan's command.

Gu Jue frowned and said, "If you don't waste time here, I won't go through the window."

Cui Zheyu snorted softly, walked to the side and sat down, "The prince just left."

Gu Jue said: "I know, my lord asked me to come up and take a look, don't let Xie Xiao pinch you to death."

Cui Zheyu's beautiful face was distorted for a moment in the candlelight, and after a while she said angrily: "If you have something to talk about, don't meddle in my business!"

Gu Jue said: "The lord asked me to tell you that if you really like Prince An Cheng, it's not impossible to solve it."

Cui Zheyu smiled and said: "Oh? How to solve it? Use the power of His Royal Highness the Prince Regent to coerce King An Cheng and his wife to agree to let their son marry a widow who is nine years older than him?"

Gu Jue frowned and said, "Why do you need to belittle yourself so presumptuously, you..."

Cui Zheyu interrupted him, and said lightly: "You don't need to worry, I just want to find a good-looking young man to play with? Don't forget, Yu Chen is not dead yet. Strictly speaking... I'm not even a widow."

Gu Jue was silent for a while, and the atmosphere in the room became a little dignified.

I don't know how long it took before Gu Jue said in a deep voice: "Sister Cui, Yu Chen won't live long. After he dies, forget about the past. You are like this... General Cui is in the spirit of the sky, how sad is it?"

Cui Zheyu didn't want to continue this topic, and said: "You always go to the Three Treasures Hall for nothing, what's the matter?"

Gu Jue also knew that she didn't want to mention this anymore, so she changed the subject, "Many foreigners have sneaked into Shangyong in the past two days, and most of them have entered Dongcheng. Be careful yourself."

Cui Zheyu looked cold and serious, and said: "Oh, it seems that some important people have come to Shangyong."

Gu Jue said: "Don't act impulsively, you are not their opponent."

Cui Zheyu glanced at him and said with a smile: "What are you thinking? Do you think I'm stupid? Even if you are really knocked out, you still know how much you have, and you won't take your eggs to others Hit by a stone. But you, if you have time to care about me, you might as well care about your prince’s marriage. It’s not like Bai came to Shangyong because of me, right?”

Gu Jue was obviously used to the way she spoke, and said, "I will send people to protect your safety, you don't need to bother, just pretend they don't exist."

Cui Zheyu didn't care, "Whatever."

Seeing that the wedding date was approaching, the inner city became more and more lively.

The marriage between Prince Regent's Mansion and Luo Mansion can be regarded as the combination of the two most prominent forces in Shangyonghuang City, and it is inevitable to attract attention.

In the past two days, whether it was the Luo Family or the Prince Regent's Mansion, there was an endless stream of guests in front of the gate, while the Mu An Palace in contrast could be said to be deserted.

For the former Prince Mu's Mansion, most of the dignitaries in Shangyong actually felt a little inexplicable in their hearts.

Old Mu Wang's dignified brother of the great ancestor, the uncle of the late emperor, and the father of the regent, if this status were changed to any royal family, not to mention the power over the world, they would not be mixed up as an idle clan, would they?

But Mu Wang was able to confuse himself to such an extent that outsiders could not understand what he was doing at all.

Everyone knew that King Mu didn't want to see Xie Yan since he was a child. If it wasn't for Xie Yan's appearance, which somewhat resembled King Mu and Princess Mu, some would doubt whether he was picked.

Since it was his own, what reason did King Mu have to hate a son who was deeply trusted by Gaozu and the late emperor?
Ordinary people, even if they pretend, they have to pretend to be kind and filial, right?
Now King Mu was directly deprived of his title by his son, and became a prince who had no real power and could only live in the mansion for the elderly.

Mu Wang's side concubine Fan Shi sat on the edge of the bed looking sadly at the skinny and old man on the bed, but it was only a short period of time, and Mu Wang seemed to be more than ten years older.

If it is said that the former Mu Wang still had a bit of the handsomeness and pampering of his youth because of his good maintenance, now he really looks like an ordinary old man in his 60s.

Ever since Prince Mu inherited the title, Dafang's life has become not so easy.

Concubine Fan, who used to be in charge of the entire palace's internal affairs, can only serve soup and medicine by King Mu's bed, doing what a concubine should do.Her son's family can only squeeze into a small courtyard, because although Mu Wang's mansion is downgraded, although there is no need to move for the time being, many places that exceed the regulations cannot be used.

They had to make room for Prince Mu'an's family, and they couldn't let the prince's sons and daughters squeeze into the same courtyard.

The money that can be withdrawn at will in the past is gone, and I can only receive monthly routine silver according to my status.

Concubine Fan has been proud of herself for most of her life, and she has never been so powerless as she is now.

Just because she was a concubine, the second wife turned over completely once her status changed, and the efforts of their mother and son for more than 20 years were all in vain.

However, she was helpless.

Only now did Concubine Fan truly realize that the husband she thought was her backer was no match for his son.They were able to use Princess Mu to contain Xie Yan in those years, but Xie Yan didn't want to argue with them.

"Why is it so quiet outside?" King Mu who was lying on the bed suddenly opened his eyes and asked.

Concubine Fan said in a low voice: "Many people have been cut in the mansion. Tomorrow is the wedding date of the Prince Regent and the Second Miss Luo. The King and Concubine have brought some people over to help."

King Mu's face was gloomy, and he sneered after a while and said, "Why doesn't this king know that they have such a good relationship? Help me up!"

Concubine Fan quickly got up and helped him up.

The relationship between Xie Jin and Xie Yan has never been good, it's just that the river doesn't violate the well water.

She can understand that the princess of the county is so enthusiastic now, after all, who wants to make things difficult for the powerful?
They have no grievances and no enmity. After establishing a good relationship with the Prince Regent's House, the life of the Prince Regent's House and the children under it will be easier.

Concubine Fan looked at King Mu, and couldn't help but whispered: "My lord, the regent is after all the flesh and blood of you and the concubine, or...you invite him back, and talk to him well..."

"What did you say?!" King Mu said angrily, pushed the side concubine away and said, "That scoundrel! Such a rebellious thing... This king only regrets that he was not strangled to death when he was just born!"

Concubine Fan curled her lips secretly: You would say that if you strangled him to death, he would not have these things now.

"My lord, how can father and son have an overnight feud? Tomorrow's Prince Regent's wedding is the most suitable time to resolve those unhappiness." Concubine Fan still persuaded.

She couldn't afford to offend Xie Yan, so she could only try to persuade Mu Wang to get along with this son.

As long as the relationship between the father and son eases, after all, is it true that father and son can be compared to brothers who were not born to the same mother?

Seeing that King Mu was still full of displeasure, Concubine Fan lowered her head and wiped her tears and said: "Even if the prince thinks about himself, now you are like this... I am incompetent with Ah Heng, and there is nothing I can do. Although the king and the princess don't dare to neglect the prince now , but the days will be long after this, could it be that the prince just stays in the yard like this..."

King Mu kept his face sullen and didn't speak, he naturally knew that his relationship with his eldest son was not very good.

"What is the princess doing?" Mu Wang asked.

Concubine Fan was overjoyed and said hastily: "The princess is chanting sutras in front of the Buddha, praying for the prince."

There was no happy look on King Mu's face, but a trace of disgust and disgust, "Trash!"

In the past, although Concubine Fan didn't dare to go along with it openly, she couldn't help but say a few words around the bush.Today Fan Fangfei didn't mean that at all, instead she said softly: "Wangfei is also sincere, for the prince's body."

"Let her come here, I have something to tell her." Mu Wang said coldly.

In the Regent's Palace, Princess Taihua and Princess Changzhao of Changling were sitting together discussing tomorrow's wedding. Xie Yan sat on the side and listened to them quietly.

Tomorrow is the day of the big wedding, and Xie Yan's cold and serious face in the past has inevitably become a little gentler.

Princess Changling has been taking care of the Empress Dowager in the palace these days, and Princess Taihua and Princess Changzhao are in charge of the wedding preparations.Seeing that the wedding was tomorrow, Princess Changling saw that the Empress Dowager was in good spirits, so she made a special trip out of the palace to see how her brother's wedding preparations were going.

"Auntie and Royal Sister have been working hard these days." Princess Changling glanced at Xie Yan, and said to Princess Taihua and Princess Changzhao with a smile.

Although the time is short, the Regent Palace and the royal family are not short of manpower. The two princesses are also capable people, and the preparations for the wedding are unambiguous.

Princess Taihua said: "What's the hard work, we just sit and direct others to do it, so we won't be tired."

Princess Changzhao also said with a smile: "Auntie said yes, sister Huang, how is the queen mother?"

Princess Changling said: "The queen mother has been in good spirits for the past two days. Divine doctor Xue checked her pulse once a day, and the imperial physician checked three times a day. They all said that the queen mother is in good condition. Before I left the palace just now, the queen mother even had a bowl of custard."

"That's good." Both Princess Taihua and Princess Changzhao breathed a sigh of relief. Princess Taihua smiled and said, "Sure enough, people are in good spirits on happy occasions. I said, as long as you are in a good mood and can eat and drink, there is nothing wrong with it." OK?"

Princess Changling said: "Auntie is right."

Princess Taihua smiled at Xie Yan: "When the newcomer enters the door tomorrow, you young couple will go into the palace and let the Empress Dowager have a look. She is happy, it must be even better."

Xie Yan bowed slightly, and said respectfully: "Auntie is right."

"Report to the lord and princess, Concubine Mu Wang is here." The manager outside the door hurriedly came to report, with a somewhat strange expression on his face.

We can't blame the manager for making a fuss, it's been more than ten years since their prince was given to this palace, but this Princess Mu hasn't set foot in it for many years.

Hearing that the three princesses were also taken aback, Princess Changzhao looked at Xie Yan and elder sister hesitantly, "This...shall we go out to greet them?" After all, they are the elders and the biological mother of the regent.

It's just that Princess Changzhao thought about it carefully, but found that she couldn't remember what this aunt looked like.

I just remember that she was a very beautiful woman.

In Princess Changzhao's heart, the first impression of Princess Mu is that she is a stunning beauty, but if she thinks about anything else, it is blank.

Princess Taihua's complexion darkened, and she said calmly: "What are you welcoming? It's rare for her to go out. Isn't it snowing in June, and the sun is coming out in the west?"

When Princess Taihua's husband passed away and her children passed away, Princess Mu never attended.

Most people in the royal family have opinions on this Princess Mu. The Yao family was a well-known family in Dongling back then, but this Princess Mu didn't know anything about human relations and the world.

Those who didn't know, thought she was under house arrest by King Mu.

Princess Taihua refused to come out to greet her, and Xie Yan obviously didn't mean it either, so Princess Changling and Princess Changzhao naturally had to sit down.

It was only when Princess Mu walked in that the two of them stood up and took a moment to express themselves.

"I met my second aunt."

Princess Mu glanced at the two of them, then nodded slightly.

She knew Princess Changling, but she didn't really remember who Princess Changzhao was.

Taking another look at Princess Taihua sitting on the main seat, Princess Mu hesitated, obviously she didn't remember who Princess Taihua was.

This is not surprising, Princess Taihua didn't spend much time in Shangyong when she was a teenager, and the two of them didn't meet each other very often when they came back. The last time they saw each other was ten years ago.

"I don't know." Princess Mu looked at her son who was sitting on the side, looking a little embarrassed.

Such a stunning beauty, even at a certain age, is still hard to hide her beauty.Even if her expression and demeanor were a little less graceful than the royal family should have, it didn't make people feel petty, but made people feel fragile, delicate and delicate.

Even Princess Taihua, who was dissatisfied with her, couldn't help but sigh in her heart: such a beauty, what dissatisfaction does her cousin have?
She remembered that when she met Princess Mu in the early years, she was not as timid as she is now, she still looked like a lady from a famous family.

If a person stays at home for decades, it is inevitable that there will be some changes.

Xie Yan raised his eyes and looked at her calmly, "What's the matter?"

Seeing her son's indifferent appearance, Princess Mu couldn't help feeling a little sad, "I have something that I want to tell you in private."

Xie Yan said: "No need, I know what you want to say, go back."

"I don't know!" Concubine Mu's face was already lacking in blood, but at this moment her body trembled slightly and she was even more precarious.

Princess Changling frowned slightly, and said, "Zhifei, Second Aunt has something to tell you, so you should talk about it first. We're getting married tomorrow."

Don't make trouble, bad luck!
Xie Yan was silent for a while, then got up and walked outside.

Such an attitude undoubtedly made a mother very embarrassed. Princess Mu looked at the three princesses who were sitting on the side with indifferent expressions, and finally turned around and followed.

　Does anyone think Cui Zheyu is a bit scumbag?In fact, I don't think she is scum, I quite like her.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)