After returning from the mountain, Lin Ruan divided the pearls into seven pieces. Princess Chen naturally had the most, just like three aunts, and two cousin sisters-in-law had less, and each person had ten pieces.

Lin Ruan prepared the remaining portion for Chen Tingye's future wife. However, he had not gotten married yet, so Lin Ruan planned to hand it over to his second aunt for safekeeping.

The Shen brothers didn't know what the gift Lin Ruan prepared, and Chen Tingyu didn't open it to see it. Until he brought it back to Beijing, he shocked the Shen family's chin all over the floor.

But this is all a story later.

Chen Tingyu set off for Kyoto two days later.

Lin Ruan lived a day when he went to the sweet potato field to check in every day.

Because of the importance of this batch of sweet potatoes, Lin Ruan did not give them extra power to urge them to grow. It was not until ten days later that young buds broke out of the ground.

During this period, the prince came twice. Chen Tingye kept in mind the advice that Chen Tingyu had grabbed his ear before leaving, and followed Lin Ruan closely, never leaving.

The prince originally wanted to find an opportunity to talk to Lin Ruan, but he never found it.

Lin Ruan was therefore more sure of his guess and became more polite to the prince, obeying the etiquette of the king and his subjects, speaking sternly without any leakage.

At this time, Xiao Jingchen was escorting the family and subordinates of the King of Chu, and traveling a long distance back to Kyoto.

The King of Chu and his family were all detained at Dali Temple, while the rebel generals were handed over to the Ministry of Justice and the Censorate respectively. The case will be tried together by these three departments.

After Xiao Jingchen handed over the crime, he went to the emperor to report his life.

The emperor was in a good mood. His confidant over the years was finally solved, and his throne and his country were a little more stable.

"This errand is done well. Tell me, how can I reward you?"

Xiao Jingchen immediately said, "I don't want to give me a reward, I only ask for an imperial edict, and ask the emperor to marry me and Fuyou County Lord."

The emperor closed his eyes, "Didn't you never rush to get married? Why are you so anxious now?"

Xiao Jingchen said lightly: "I am not in a hurry to get married because I have not met the right person. Now that I have met him, I naturally want to get married as soon as possible."

The emperor looked up at him and said, "What if I refuse to give a marriage?"

Xiao Jingchen's expression remained unchanged, "Then he found the official media to go to Chen's house to propose marriage."

The emperor's face looked a little bad, "Are you determined to marry Fuyou?"

"Yes, please help me."

The emperor said with a stern face, "I have other arrangements for the marriage of Fuyou County Lord. She and you cannot get married. I have made arrangements for your princess. I will issue an order to give you a marriage to you at a date."

Xiao Jingchen's eyes were hanging down, "Does the emperor's arrangement for Fuyou County Lord want to point her to the crown prince? To be honest, Rong Chen will not realize his plan. I will never let his beloved woman marry someone else's wife. Fuyou County Lord will never marry anyone except me."

The emperor was a little angry, "According to your opinion, my imperial edict is like a piece of white paper, without any effect?"

Xiao Jingchen bowed slightly: "I don't mean this, I just want to tell the truth. I have a close relationship with the Lord Fuyou County. Please do not deliberately make things difficult for us because of the interests."

"Hard?!" The emperor sneered in anger, "Rareless!"

The palace servants in the hall were so scared that they knelt on the ground and shouted: "Don't calm down."

The emperor roared, "Get out of here!"

The palace people all retreated from the imperial study with their necks shrank.

After everyone left the imperial study room, the emperor looked at Xiao Jingchen standing in the lower head, tried hard to suppress his anger, and said calmly:

"I know that you and the Lord of Fuyou County are in love. Before that, I was indeed planning to marry you. But now it is not possible. Her identity is special, and it is best to marry into the palace. The Great Zhou Dynasty cannot live without the Shen family, and the way to make the Lord of Fuyou County swear to be loyal to the death is to let the Lord of Fuyou County enter the palace."

Xiao Jingchen looked up and looked straight into the emperor's eyes and said, "In the 20 or 30 years before Lin Ruan returned to the Shen family, no woman in the Shen family entered the palace, and he had never seen any slack in defending the Great Zhou. The loyalty of the Shen family does not need to be maintained by the women's marriage."

"Even if it is really time to use a woman to maintain peace, I think the emperor's princesses who are at the age of marriage should be more useful. I heard that the purpose of General Chen's eldest son returning to Beijing this time is to discuss marriage. If the emperor really wants to make a good family, he can betroth one of the princesses."

The emperor was so angry that his chest hurt, "Bold! Be arrogant!"

Xiao Jingchen lifted his robe and knelt on the ground: "The emperor forgives his crimes, and every word I say is heartfelt."

Speaking of which, this is the first time Xiao Jingchen has been talking to the emperor like this since he was so old.

The emperor was used to Xiao Jingchen's sensible and obedient manner, and could not accept him at all. "Shut up! I will never agree to your marriage with the Lord Fuyou County. The Lord Fuyou County must marry into the Eastern Palace. I am willing to make things clear with you today, and I am thinking about my relationship with your uncle and nephew and I am not willing to have a quarrel with you. If you cannot accept my arrangements, don't blame me for not being indifferent to my old love! Get out now!"

Xiao Jingchen saluted and stood up and left the imperial study room, and then went to the empress dowager's side.

The Empress Dowager had already learned that he had a dispute with the emperor, and as soon as she saw him, she said, "You are really a child. You can't say anything well and insist on going to force your uncle. Do you still know what your uncle's temper is?"

Xiao Jingchen looked at the Empress Dowager calmly: "Grandma, did you know the emperor's plan early in the morning?"

The Queen Mother was stunned and didn't dare to look at his eyes, "This... Ai family..."

Xiao Jingchen smiled, "Grandson understands. Grandmother, grandson always thinks that his status in your mind is different, but now grandson understands that compared with the Zhao family's country, grandson's happiness is not worth mentioning. Grandson understands grandmother's thoughts, but grandmother ignores one thing. Although grandson does not have the surname Zhao, he is also a descendant of the Zhao family. Aruan will never delay the Shen family's loyalty. Grandson is tired from rushing to leave first."

After saying that, Xiao Jingchen turned around and left.

The Empress Dowager hurriedly chased her out: "Chen'er, come back, listen to the Ai family explaining to you!"

Looking at Xiao Jingchen's appearance without looking back, the empress dowager was really panicked and was so anxious that she staggered.

Madam Hong hurriedly supported her, "Don't worry, Empress Dowager, Prince Chen is just in a bad mood and is not blaming the Empress Dowager. When he calms down, he will know the empress dowager's difficulties."

The Empress Dowager shook her head with red eyes: "This time, the Ai family and the emperor were so cold. He cared about Lin Ruan, but the emperor made such a plan. The Ai family had known this for a long time, but did not remind him, so he was bothering with the Ai family."

Madam Hong whispered: "The Queen Mother, don't think too much. Prince Chen has always been filial. He will understand your embarrassment."
Chapter completed!