The ministers begged me to ascend the throne

Chapter 560 Preparing to Return to Swamp House
In Kunde Hall, the emperor and Concubine Liang were having dinner.

"I think Xiao Shi and his wife are getting married at this time." The Prince of Han's Mansion was not far from the Imperial Palace, and one could faintly hear the cheerful and festive sounds coming from the Prince of Han's Mansion.

Liangpin calculated the time and said gently, "It should have been paid. Xiaoshi is probably being forced to drink by the guests now."

The emperor suddenly reached out and held Liangpin's hand, and said with a guilty look on his face: "Xiaoxiao, I'm sorry, I can't let you accept the kowtow of Xiaoshi and his wife."

Liangpinhui held the emperor's hand and smiled at him gently: "Aren't they going to come to the palace to pay homage to me tomorrow?"

"It's still a little different." The emperor has always felt sorry for Concubine Liang and her son.

"Your Majesty, let me say something extremely treasonous. Even if I were the queen, I couldn't go to the Han Palace to accept Yaoyao and the others' kowtow." Liangpin gently patted the emperor's hand. "Besides, you and I are the same. We are both very similar. No one should look down on anyone, and no one should feel sorry for anyone."

The emperor was amused by Liangpin's words. He reached out and pulled her up, letting her sit on his lap.

"Sometimes, I think if we were ordinary people, our family would be fine."

Liangpin stretched out her hand and gently pinched the emperor's face, and said with a smile: "My emperor, if you were an ordinary person, you and I would not know each other, I would not enter the palace, and we would not be together."

"That's right." The emperor buried his head in Liangpin's neck and rubbed it coquettishly, "It seems that being the emperor does have some advantages."

Liangpin raised her hand and gently stroked the back of the emperor's head. "Are you feeling a little uncomfortable about Xiaoshi getting married? Do you feel that Xiaoshi is getting further and further away from you?"

The emperor said in a muffled voice: "Well, I always thought that the brat was still a child, but suddenly he got married and I found that he had grown up. I was happy and a little sad at the same time."

Concubine Liang joked, "You are obviously marrying a wife, why do you make it feel like you are marrying a daughter?" The emperor's mood now is exactly the same as if he were marrying a daughter.

"It always feels like the brat was snatched away."

Liang Pin couldn't help but burst out laughing.

The emperor raised his head and looked at Concubine Liang with dissatisfaction: "Xiaoxiao, you are making fun of me."

Liangpin held the emperor's face with both hands, looked left and right, and said in surprise: "Your Majesty, why didn't I realize that you have such a strong possessiveness towards Yaoyao."

"He is my son..." The emperor's face was full of grievance, "He has never been close to me since he was a child. He thought I was not good to him and was on guard against me everywhere..." The more the emperor spoke, the more aggrieved and sad he became. As he spoke, his eyes turned red.

Seeing that the emperor looked aggrieved and about to cry, Concubine Liang quickly hugged him in her arms and coaxed him for a long time before he calmed down.

After dinner, the two sat in the study, playing chess and chatting.

"Now that the brat is married, he will probably leave the capital right away." The emperor asked, "Are you willing to let him go? If you are not willing, I will keep him here."

"I can't bear to let him stay, and I can't let him stay." Liang Bin smiled, "I can see that Yaoyao likes the Swamp House very much, and he still has a lot of things to do there."

"You really don't want to keep that brat here?" In fact, the emperor was reluctant to let his youngest son go.

"Your Majesty, even if you keep him here, he will sneak away." Liangpin knew her son's character very well. "With his ability, if he wants to sneak away, you can't stop him."

"The brat is getting more and more powerful." The emperor said with both relief and melancholy, "He saw that I was making a deal with Old Eight."

"If he can't see it, you'll think he's stupid again." Liang Bin said, "Yaoyao is smart and can guess a lot of things, but he just pretends not to know."

"Who do you think this cunning kid looks like? When I was his age, I didn't have as many tricks as him."

Liang Bin looked innocent: "I don't have so many thoughts."

"The brat did this to the fourth and eighth..." The emperor frowned slightly, "If the brat knew what I did to the eighth, do you think he would hate me?"

"You are his father, how could he hate you?" Liangpin comforted the emperor, "He will understand you."

"When do you think we can have a grandson?" The emperor changed the subject a bit.

Concubine Liang has become accustomed to the emperor talking about one thing and another.

"Then you won't be able to wait for a few years."

"Why, you little brat, don't want a child?" The emperor already had many grandchildren, but the one he was most looking forward to was the grandson born by his youngest son.

"He said that it's best for women not to have children before the age of 20, otherwise it's easy for something to go wrong. He probably won't consider having children until Siyun is 20."

"He told you that?" The emperor was surprised. "Twenty years old to have a child? Where did he get that nonsense from?"

Liang Bin said meaningfully: "The twisted ideas in his mind."

The emperor immediately understood what Concubine Liang meant, and then said, "Then we have to wait for several years."

"Let him be." Concubine Liang rarely interfered in her youngest son's affairs.

At this time, in the Han Palace, Zhao Yao was constantly being forced to drink. Even though he had taken hangover pills in advance, he was still being forced to drink, which made his stomach feel uncomfortable. In desperation, he had to pretend to be drunk.

The King of Chu and the King of Wei also pretended to be drunk and hurriedly asked Tongxi and others to help Zhao Yao back.

Princess Han had just finished bathing and changing clothes. After the wedding ceremony, Zhao Yao and Princess Han drank a cup of wine. Zhao Yao knew that the bride had basically not eaten anything all day, so he asked her to eat first. After the meal, he asked her to bathe and change clothes, not to wear a dress weighing more than ten kilograms, and sit on the bed with a head weighing more than ten kilograms waiting for him.

When they returned to the bedroom, Zhao Yao stopped pretending to be drunk. He hated the smell of alcohol on his body and asked Tongxi to help him take a bath.

"Your Highness, what's wrong..." Xiao Siyun looked at the nanny in confusion. "Your Highness is pretending to be drunk, he is not drunk." The nanny said, "Princess, Your Highness does not like to drink, and he does not like to get drunk."

Xiao Siyun hurriedly asked, "Your Highness, have you eaten just now?"

"Your Highness has been forced to drink alcohol just now, and he probably hasn't eaten anything."

"Hurry up and prepare some food."

"Slave, go now."

When Zhao Yao came back from bathing, he saw a table of food prepared in the bedroom. He asked with a little surprise: "Princess, you didn't have dinner?"

"Your Highness, this is prepared for you. I guess you didn't eat anything just now."

"I have been forced to drink so much that I have not eaten anything." Zhao Yao was full from drinking and had no appetite, but seeing that the meal was prepared by the princess, he could not say that he had no appetite. He sat down at the table, and Xiao Siyun personally served him a bowl of soup.

"Your Highness, drink a bowl of soup to warm your stomach first."

"Thank you." Zhao Yao took the bowl, picked up the spoon and drank a few mouthfuls of soup. Although he would not get drunk, his stomach felt uncomfortable after drinking too much. After drinking a few mouthfuls of soup, his stomach felt much better. "Princess, please sit down. I don't need you to serve me."

"Your Highness, this..."

"I can eat and dress myself, and I usually don't ask Tongxi to do these things, so you don't have to do them either." Zhao Yao added, "You don't have to be so respectful to me. Don't say that. You and I are now husband and wife, and we are equal. There is no hierarchy."

Xiao Siyun was frightened by Zhao Yao's words "equal", and her face was shocked.

Zhao Yao knew what Xiao Siyun was surprised about, and said with a smile: "I am a very casual person, and I don't like so many rules and constraints. You are my wife now, not my servant, so you don't have to be so restrained in front of me."

His words caused a huge stir in Xiao Siyun. It was completely different from what she had imagined and what she had seen.

"I know that everything you have learned over the years is for me." Zhao Yao said seriously, "I told you before that I don't want you to revolve around me and live only for me. You can live for yourself. As long as you don't do anything that violates the law or harms the world, I support you in whatever you want to do."

Xiao Siyun knew that Zhao Yao was not joking, so she was very shocked.

"By the way, you are the only mistress in the Prince of Han's Mansion, and you don't have much to do in the backyard. When you arrive at the Swamp Mansion, you can see what you want to do." Zhao Yao said, "I encourage women to do things. Many women in the Swamp Mansion come out to do things. Some set up stalls to sell things to make money, some open their own shops and become bosses, and some open their own embroidery workshops..." Zhao Yao gave many examples of women doing things, which made Xiao Siyun dumbfounded.

"In the Swamp House, there is no rule that women cannot show their faces in public." Zhao Yao added, "In my opinion, women can also make a career. When you get to the Swamp House, take a good look around first, and then consider what to do."

What Zhao Yao just said overturned all of Xiao Siyun's cognition.

Next, Zhao Yao talked to Xiao Siyun about the things in the Swamp Mansion while eating.

After listening to this, Xiao Siyun felt full of curiosity and yearning for the Swamp Mansion.

After the meal, the newlyweds went to bed.

The next morning, they woke up, dressed up, and went to the palace hand in hand to express their gratitude.

The emperor was still in the morning court, and Zhao Yao took Xiao Siyun to see Concubine Liang.

Concubine Liang had already prepared a rich breakfast. When she saw them coming, she hurriedly invited them to have breakfast.

When Xiao Siyun was working in the palace before, he had come into contact with Concubine Liang. He knew that Concubine Liang was a gentle person and was not that afraid of her.

During breakfast, Liang Bin told Xiao Siyun some of the ugly things Zhao Yao did when he was a child, which made Xiao Siyun almost laugh while eating.

Zhao Yao sat aside, eating his breakfast quietly and obediently, not disturbing the conversation between the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law.

After breakfast, the relationship between Liang Pin and Xiao Siyun became much closer.

"Yaoyao, are you planning to go back to Swamp House after Siyun returns home?"

"Well, I have already ordered people to prepare for the journey. Once we get back to the gate, we will leave the next day." Zhao Yao has been back in the capital for almost half a year, and he feels that he is getting moldy. He still likes the busy life in the Swamp House. "I can't wait to go back to the Swamp House."

Xiao Siyun didn't expect Zhao Yao to be so anxious to return to Swamp Mansion.

"I guessed it. I also prepared some things for you. Don't forget to bring them when the time comes."

"Mother, you won't keep us?"

"If I stay, will you stay?"

Zhao Yao said without hesitation: "No."

Liang Bin glared at her son and said, "Then why should I keep you here?"

"As a mother, you should at least show that you are reluctant to part with your son and daughter-in-law."

"Do you need me to cry?" Liang Bin glared at her son again, "You are so frivolous every day."

Xiao Siyun didn’t expect that the relationship between Zhao Yao and Liang Bin was so... interesting, not at all like the relationship between a royal mother and son.

As he was speaking, the sound of people saluting the emperor was heard outside.