Cultivating Immortality, Starts with Green Plum

Chapter 92 Don’t I have any face?
"I will not obey your order for the time being."

Xu Ming's voice was not loud, but it was clearly heard throughout the courtyard.

For a moment, everyone stood still, looking at Xu Ming in disbelief.

Many people even thought they had heard it wrongly.

Xu Ming he.
Rejected His Majesty's marriage proposal?

No.

How dare you do that?
This is Your Majesty canceling the engagement. Aren’t you really not afraid of being beheaded?
"Ming'er, what are you talking about?" The old lady from the Xu Mansion was very anxious and kept tapping the ground with her cane.

"Ming'er, do you know what you are doing?" Xu Shuiya looked serious.

"Ming'er, you you you." Xu Zheng pointed at Xu Ming and stuttered.

This incident was too shocking for them.

They never thought that Xu Ming would not accept the divorce.

Although Princess Zhaowen has always been in the deep palace, not many people have seen what she looks like.

But so what?
So what if it's extremely ugly?

Isn't it the same when blowing out candles?

Besides, your Majesty is so handsome, and Princess Zhaowen's deceased mother was the most beautiful woman in the former Wu Kingdom, and even ranked 30th on the Beauty List as a mortal! How beautiful she must be! You can imagine!

With such a foundation, how embarrassing could Princess Zhaowen be?
Why did you refuse?
"Ming'er."

Chen Suya, who knelt down to receive the order, gently pulled her son's clothes, her face full of worry.

Chen Suya hopes that her child can marry the girl he likes.

But this is disobeying the imperial order.

If Ming'er disobeys the order, he will be beheaded!

"Zhuangyuanlang, what did you just say?"

Wei Xun also suspected that he had heard it wrong.

Shouldn't.

Wei Xun couldn't think of any reason to refuse.

Under normal circumstances, shouldn't you, the top scholar, be grateful and kowtow to thank the emperor?
Why did you refuse?
Could it be because of that Qin Qingwan?
But Qin Qingwan is already a mountain dweller with a lifespan of a thousand years. What does she have to do with you, the top scholar?

To Qin Qingwan, you, the top scholar, are nothing but a ripple in the long river of life.

"Eunuch Wei, our Ming'er is still young and doesn't know the seriousness of the situation. Please take a seat first. Chunyan, why are you standing there in a daze? Hurry up and pour tea for Eunuch Wei!"

Xu Shuiya was the first to react and quickly pulled Wei Xun to sit down.

The other people who were kneeling were confused. Since Xu Zhuangyuan had refused the imperial edict, should they continue kneeling or not?

Xu Zheng hurried forward, wanting to give the boy a lecture in the capacity of a stepfather.

Although Xu Zheng also knew that he had never cared about Xu Ming, and even had an indifferent attitude towards Xu Ming, because he did have many sons, why would he care about a bastard?
But no matter what, I am still his father, right?

"Ming'er, you can't do this. Tell Eunuch Wei that you are confused, otherwise you will be beheaded!" Xu Zheng organized his words, stuttering a little.

He wanted to preach with "fatherly majesty".

But when Xu Zheng came in front of Xu Ming, Xu Ming exuded a kind of majesty and martial spirit, which made Xu Zheng intimidated all of a sudden.

"Uncle and nephew, you really need to think about this matter carefully. For ordinary people, this is something they can't even dream of!" Qin Qingwan's father Qin Ruhai also stepped forward to persuade them kindly.

In fact, Qin Ruhai also felt that Xu Ming had not let go of his daughter.

If his daughter had not entered the Tianxuan Sect, if she had not been a congenital saint, then with Xu Ming's current status, he would have fully supported marrying Qing Wan.

But it's different now.

Although Xu Ming, you are the top scholar, although Xu Ming, you have won the top three places in the imperial examination, although Xu Ming, your poetic talent is known all over the world, you are ultimately a mortal.

I don’t know how many times Qingwan will come to visit me. When the time comes, I will have to cut off my relationship with her. As her father, I will have to pretend that I don’t have this daughter. Why are you still so affectionate to me?
Zhao Wenshan stepped forward and asked, "Uncle Xu, have you really thought it through? This is disobeying the emperor's order."

As Xu Ming is the top scholar, he will definitely not be beheaded for breaking off the engagement, otherwise His Majesty will not be able to explain to the world.

Otherwise, if the news that "the Emperor of Wu killed his own number one scholar because his marriage proposal was rejected" were to spread, it would be disastrous and the Wu Kingdom would lose all its face in the world.

However, Xu Ming was "disobeying the order" after all, and he did it in front of so many people.

"I betrothed my only daughter to you when you were in high school, and you refused? Don't I have any dignity?"

This must be explained to His Majesty.

Looking at everyone, Xu Ming said calmly: "I will definitely give your Majesty an explanation."

Xu Ming bowed to Eunuch Wei and said, "Eunuch Wei, could you please wait for Ming for a moment? Ming wants to write a memorial to His Majesty."

Wei Xun opened his mouth, then slowly closed it, and finally sighed deeply: "Of course you can, then our family will wait for the top scholar here, but the top scholar, please think twice."

"Thank you, Eunuch Wei." Xu Ming stood up and looked at Zhao Wenshan. "Uncle, do you have any memorials with you?"

The reason why Xu Ming asked Zhao Wenshan for it was not to deliberately show disrespect to the Xu family.

But Xu Zheng and Qin Ruhai both held sinecure posts and were not of high enough rank, so if they wanted to write memorials, they had to apply for them from the Ministry of Rites.
As the Duke of Xu, Xu Shuiya is indeed of high rank, but his generation is a bit high. It would be impolite to ask him for it.

"I indeed don't have it with me. It's in my mansion." Zhao Wenshan looked embarrassed and then looked at Xu Shuiya.

Xu Shuiya hesitated to speak, but finally nodded: "I have the memorial."

"Thank you for your help, sir." Xu Ming bowed.

"."Xu Shuiya was helpless and could only take Xu Ming to his study.

Xu Pangda and Zhao Wenshan followed him. Although the others also wanted to see what Xu Ming was going to write, they had to stay to appease Eunuch Wei.
"I'll grind ink for my fifth brother." Xu Pangda rolled up his sleeves, stretched out his chubby hands, and ground the ink carefully for Xu Ming.

Although Xu Pangda also felt sorry for his fifth brother, no matter what Xu Ming did, Xu Pangda respected Xu Ming's opinion.

"Thank you, fourth brother."

Xu Ming nodded and picked up the brush.

Zhao Wenshan spread out the rice paper for Xu Ming.

"Eunuch Wei, calm down. My Ming'er is still young and doesn't understand much."

"Yes, Eunuch Wei, even though Ming'er is the top scholar, he still has a lot of youthfulness."

"Don't worry, Eunuch Wei. We will definitely have a good talk."

In the courtyard, Xu Zheng and others kept saying nice things and secretly gave banknotes to Wei Xun.

In the past, Wei Xun would accept banknotes, but at this critical moment, Wei Xun secretly pushed them back.

"Ah, our number one scholar is really... huh?"

Just when Wei Xun couldn't help but want to complain a few times.

Wei Xun stood up suddenly.

Above the Xu residence, the aura of literature and art gathered together, gusts of calligraphy wind blew towards the study, and the fragrance of literary ink drifted out, spreading for ten miles.

(End of this chapter)