Splendid Pastoral

Chapter 235
Although the emperor wants everyone to relax like ordinary people having a New Year's Eve dinner, who dares to really relax?It's not like watching the emperor's face carefully all the time.

After drinking for three rounds, the emperor's face turned red and he felt a little drunk. The emperor looked at Gu Lingqing who had been drinking alone at the banquet.

"Ling Qing."

The emperor's voice was not very loud, but as soon as these words came out, the originally noisy hall became very quiet at the moment, so quiet that even a needle could be heard falling on the ground.

Gu Lingqing put down the wine glass in her hand, stood up, and saluted the emperor: "My son is here."

"Ling Qing." There was a kind smile on the emperor's face, as if a kind elder cared for the younger generation: "I heard that you raised a woman in the mansion, and you nagged the imperial doctor a lot because of her injury a while ago." Time, is there such a thing?"

Gu Lingqing walked from behind the table into the main hall, and actually knelt down straight to the emperor, not an ordinary kneeling, but a kind of big prostration.

"Ling Qing, what are you doing?" The emperor's eyes narrowed slightly, with a hint of sharpness in his eyes.

However, Gu Lingqing was the first to speak out all the thoughts in her heart before the emperor spoke: "Reporting to the emperor, what the emperor said just now is true. The woman was met by chance on the way to Liangcheng." Yes, my son and her are in love with each other, since the emperor asked about it today, my son dared to ask the emperor for a marriage."

The expression on the emperor's face was dim, and for a while, Gu Lingqing couldn't guess what was going on in his heart.

The emperor put his hands on the table, clasped them lightly, and thought carefully about what Gu Lingqing said just now in his heart.

Gu Qi tightly clenched his hands under the table, looking at Gu Lingqing who was kneeling on the ground, the jealousy in his heart could not be restrained.

Zheng Yihui, who was on the side, had a panoramic view of Gu Qi's performance, and lowered her eyes, feeling quite lost in her heart.

No one in the hall spoke, they were all waiting for the emperor to speak, finally, the emperor opened his thin lips lightly: "It's okay to give a marriage, but our royal family can't marry a woman with unknown origin and taint."

Gu Lingqing straightened up, looked at the emperor firmly, and said with a vow: "Please rest assured, the emperor, Zhao Min is just an ordinary family in the mountain village. There is no one else in the family, and he is definitely a law-abiding citizen."

Only then did the emperor nod his head in satisfaction, why did he care if Zhao Min's background was not innocent?What he cared about was the identity of Zhao Min, an ordinary family.

Gu Lingqing has always been a thorn in the emperor's heart. If the wife he marries is the daughter of a minister with a prominent family background, it is naturally not what the emperor would like to see. Now that he has asked himself to marry Zhao Min, a commoner woman, he might as well be a wife. Follow the flow of favors.

"Since Ling Qing and that woman are in love, I naturally can't be that bad person, don't you think so? Eunuch Li, immediately order the Ministry of Rites to draw up an order to grant the marriage."

"Thank you, Lord Long En." Gu Lingqing looked grateful, and no one noticed a flash of light in his downcast eyes.

After the banquet, Gu Lingqing and Jia Mingyun came out of the palace together.

"I didn't expect the emperor to marry you and Zhao Min so readily. I thought it would make things difficult." Apparently, Jia Mingyun was quite surprised by the emperor's decision just now.

For the emperor's intentions, no one understood better than Gu Lingqing, and asking him to marry Zhao Min to himself was exactly what he wanted.

"Brother! Wait a minute!"

The two were talking, and they were about to go to the gate of the palace to take a carriage back to their respective mansions, when they heard Gu Qi's eager voice behind them.

Gu Lingqing sighed, there was no way to hide what was supposed to come, and after he gave Jia Mingyun a wink, Jia Mingyun nodded lightly, and quickly left the place, while Gu Lingqing stood on the spot and turned around, Watching Gu Qi approaching him.

The two stood facing each other, their faces were rather solemn, and neither spoke.

After a while, Zheng Yihui, who was following Gu Qi, came over panting, looked at Gu Lingqing in front of him, saluted him respectfully, and then looked at Gu Qi next to him.

Gu Qi waved to her, and said lightly: "You go to the carriage and wait for me first."

After Zheng Yihui left, Gu Qi followed Gu Lingqing to a corner on the side. There were many people coming and going at the gate of the palace, and it was indeed not a good place to talk.

"Brother, Zhao Min..." Gu Qi couldn't wait to know how Zhao Min was doing now.

But before he could ask the question, Gu Lingqing raised his right hand to stop him: "I remember that I have cut off my robe with His Royal Highness King Qi, I'm afraid I can't bear the sound of my brother."

Gu Qi's face was dark and unclear: "Do you really want to talk like that?"

Gu Lingqing chuckled: "If His Highness King Qi has nothing to do, I will leave first."

Gu Qi narrowed his eyes slightly, and then said softly: "I don't know how Zhao Min's physical condition is now? I heard that the poison has been completely cured, are you still fine now?"

Gu Qi was really worried about Zhao Min's situation in his heart, so he asked the question in his heart with the cheek.

Gu Lingqing stared into Gu Qi's eyes, and Gu Qi lowered his head with a guilty conscience. Then he heard Gu Lingqing's voice above his head.

"Don't bother His Royal Highness King Qi to worry about my wife's affairs. Let me leave."

When Gu Qi raised his head, he saw Gu Lingqing leaving in a hurry.

Gu Qi raised his fist, slammed it hard on the wall next to him, and then left angrily.

I saw bloodstains on the wall that Gu Qi beat just now.

Gu Qi returned to the carriage with a sullen face. When Zheng Yihui saw the blood on the back of his hand, she exclaimed a little: "Your Highness, your hand is bleeding!"

Gu Qi just gave her a cold look: "What a fuss."

Zheng Yihui bit her lower lip lightly, her eyes were slightly red, but she finally held back her tears and turned her head to the side. Gu Qi was immersed in her anger, and didn't notice anything wrong with her emotions.

The wedding date was set for one month later, and Zhao Min was surprised when he received the imperial decree.

Gu Lingqing also did not expect that the emperor would move so quickly, and would choose someone to announce the will of the marriage on the first day of the new year.

After Eunuch Li who announced the decree left, Zhao Min looked at the hot imperial decree in his hand and looked at Gu Lingqing with doubts in his eyes.

Gu Lingqing hugged her into his arms and kissed her gently on the forehead: "From now on, you will be my legitimate wife."

Zhao Min lowered his head and chuckled lightly: "Why didn't you tell me beforehand, how could the emperor know about me?"

Gu Lingqing just smiled and didn't answer Zhao Min's question directly: "Are you willing?"

Zhao Min lowered his head and looked at the imperial decree in his hand, then raised his head, his eyes were full of firmness: "I am willing."

(End of this chapter)