The Hidden Beauty

Chapter 17 Nickname
"Three years ago, I returned victorious from the battle of Nanling, and I specifically asked His Majesty to grant me marriage to the daughter of the Jiang family."

Jiang Shiwan's heart moved slightly.

"In order to avoid an alliance with the Governor's Mansion, your father went to the Duke's Mansion overnight and facilitated your marriage with Shen Yunqi."

Meng Tingzhou's eyes were slightly bitter. "At that time, there were people in the court who said something. The most common comment was that your father looked down on my status as a bastard."

Jiang Shiwan stiffened: "How come I don't know these things."

"Because you were sick during that time and stayed at home all day, so you didn't know."

"I vaguely remember that I fell into the water to save Xiaonian."

Meng Tingzhou nodded: "It was because of that fall into the water that the doctor found out that someone put cinnabar in your food."

"Cinnabar? Isn't that from the late emperor..."

Meng Tingzhou nodded: "The late emperor was obsessed with all kinds of cinnabar, and this thing is only available in the palace. Your father guessed that it was someone in the palace who did it, so he didn't make it public."

"Although the late emperor is no longer with us, the only one who can get this item is the current emperor. Your father guessed that the emperor was unwilling to have the Jiang family marry the governor's office, fearing that the Ministry of War and the governor's office would be too powerful, and he was using this as a threat to him."

Jiang Shiwan felt a chill down her spine. She had no idea that her father had endured so much silently behind her.

"The Duke's Mansion is not a good match, but the situation is urgent, so he had to rush the matter. The Duke's Mansion asked your father to give the Jiang family's unique military book before agreeing to this matter."

Meng Tingzhou sighed, "Everything your father did was for you."

Thinking about how his father had to deal with all parties and take care of himself and Xiaonian at the same time, Jiang Shiwan felt deeply powerless and heartbroken.

"The Jiang family's military manual has been compiled since my great-grandfather, and it is the result of the hard work of three generations of my Jiang family. It not only records the tactics of deploying troops and tactics, but also contains many ways to survive in dangerous situations."

Jiang Shiwan clenched his fists, "The Duke's Mansion is so shameless that they want it openly."

Seeing that she was a little angry, Meng Tingzhou hurried to comfort her: "Doctor Mei said that you can't get too excited, it will stimulate the baby in your belly."

He poured her a cup of tea to moisten her throat, and when he saw her gradually recover, he continued, "The Lin family is my mother's family. Since my mother was only a concubine of the Meng family, we were not close before."

"Ever since I achieved merit, the Lin family has been trying to win over my mother and facilitate my marriage with Lin Nianyi. They even went so far as to drug me at a banquet."

Jiang Shiwan frowned: "Is there still this matter of pickled ginger?"

Meng Tingzhou said "hmm", "I left after I realized something was wrong. Lin Nianyi accidentally served the emperor and entered the palace as a concubine."

"After entering the palace, he also wanted to rely on the reputation of the Left Commander to consolidate his position in the palace."

"To be honest, I thought it was the Lin family who drugged her, and it had nothing to do with Lin Nianyi. I thought that she entered the palace for this reason, so I did take care of her a little bit a few times."

Jiang Shiwan snorted: "Little did you know that your behavior was seen as a sign of attachment by the other party."

Meng Tingzhou looked embarrassed, then covered his eyes with a chill: "I won't do that again in the future."

Thinking that if he had not insisted on asking the emperor to grant the marriage, there wouldn't have been so many troubles.

Although he couldn't have predicted it, he still felt a little resentful: "Why did you ask the emperor to grant you a marriage?"

Seeing her complaints and dissatisfaction, Meng Tingzhou smiled bitterly: "You actually asked me why I asked the emperor to grant me a marriage?"

She really couldn't remember the past. Meng Tingzhou shook his head: "Do you know that I gave you the name Meimei?" Jiang Shiwan's cheeks turned pale: "I... I don't remember."

Meng Tingzhou stood with his hands behind his back, facing away from her. "During the Mid-Autumn Festival in the sixth year of Yuanping, your father brought you to the Meng Mansion for a banquet. You were very naughty, deliberately avoiding the maids who followed you, and wandered around the mansion by yourself as if you were playing hide-and-seek."

"I fell from a tree before, and not only was I injured, but my father also punished me to stay indoors. When you saw me alone, you climbed over the wall and came in, but you accidentally fell."

Jiang Shiwan felt that he was slandering him: "You are talking nonsense...Father said that I am the most polite."

"You are the apple of your father's eye, the person he wants to protect with his life, so you are naturally perfect in his eyes."

She looked embarrassed: "What about the back?"

Meng Tingzhou looked at her with a burning gaze: "I found out your identity and bandaged your wound. You said you thought the eldest brother of the Meng family was already very handsome, but you didn't expect that I was even more handsome. You also asked me what was good-looking about you."

Jiang Shiwan wished he could find a crack in the ground to crawl into.

Meng Tingzhou came over and stroked her brows: "I said your eyebrows are the most beautiful, like a crescent moon, naturally formed."

"You asked me to call you Meimei, saying it was a nickname you gave me."

"I am just a bastard of the Meng family, not worthy of the legitimate daughter of the Jiang family. You said you would wait for me, and if I gained fame, you would marry me in a formal ceremony. If not..."

Jiang Shiwan pulled his hand: "What if not?"

Meng Tingzhou held her and said, "If not, let me marry into the Jiang family and be your husband."

The air was frozen for a moment.

I didn't expect that the two of them had such a connection. Jiang Shiwan held his shoulders and asked, "Is everything you said true?"

"Not only that, you made me promise not to take a concubine."

This sounds like what I would say.

"Meimei." Meng Tingzhou called out the name that he had whispered hundreds of times in his dreams. "I have earned some fame over the years and I am not interested in women. Are you satisfied with me as your husband?"

"Then why didn't you make it clear at the beginning?"

"Because I didn't know the truth at the time, I thought you and your daughter had betrayed me and wanted to kill me." Meng Tingzhou hugged her and smelled her breath, "I was rash."

"Actually, now is not the best time to tell you this, because I haven't found out the real cause of your father's death."

"But I can't let you leave anymore, so I'll tell you the current information first."

Jiang Shiwan nodded: "Anyway, thank you for telling me this."

"Meimei, I will tell you everything today. If there is anything else in the future, I will not hide it. But I know that time has passed, and you don't remember those things because of your previous illness."

"You have a few months to think about it from now until the baby is born. If you are willing to stay, I will be very happy. If you want to go find Song Huaizhi, I will not stop you."

Jiang Shiwan sighed slightly: "The Jiang family has been loyal for generations, but now they are being wronged and punished. As a child, how can I have the heart to talk about love."

"I just want to find out why my father refused to go out to fight and why he hanged himself in prison." Her eyes were slightly cold, "I also want to get the military books back for the Jiang family. I can't let those dirty people like the Duke's Mansion take them for themselves."

　This article is not limited to house fighting or palace fighting, nor does it want to simply present a domineering man, because all long-term relationships come from respect and love, so the male protagonist's loving wife character is established as soon as possible. If you like this article, I hope everyone will give you precious monthly tickets and recommendation tickets~~~
　　
　
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