Just when a few people were joking, Meng Shaoqing came back. He originally came with Mrs. Meng, but Mrs. Meng thought it was boring for him to stay here, so she asked him to go for a walk in the Imperial Garden. At the moment, he was outside.
It was too hot, so I came back by myself.
As soon as he came in, Meng Shaoqing saw Xie Chengyin sitting there. He was surprised at first, and then laughed: "Is His Royal Highness the Prince here today?"
"What's bothering you to say bad things about me at my royal grandmother's place?" Xie Chengyin looked at Meng Shaoqing and raised his eyebrows slightly.
Meng Shaoqing quickly shut up and sat down obediently.
Meng Shaoqing has been sweet-tongued, funny and filial since he was a child. He is loved by his elders the most. Seeing the aggrieved look on his face, the Queen Mother said: "He didn't say anything bad about you! Don't scare him!"
"How could I scare him!" Xie Chengyin refused, "The Imperial Grandmother has been partial to him since she was a child!"
Seeing that Xie Chengyin was actually angry, the Queen Mother immediately laughed: "How old are you, and you still feel that I am partial to you? Go, let us both go to the side hall to play, don't bother me here!"
Then, the two people were driven to the side hall.
Meng Shaoqing was not afraid of Xie Chengyin. He was just used to pretending to be well-behaved in front of his elders. Once he arrived at the side hall, his true colors were revealed: "His Royal Highness, it is rare that you are free today!"
"Yeah, what a coincidence, I happened to bump into you!" Xie Chengyin held a bowl of herbal tea and drank it one sip at a time.
Meng Shaoqing didn't feel embarrassed either. He held his cheek and looked at Xie Chengyin in front of him: "I just saw Prime Minister Hao entering the palace in a hurry and leaving the palace in a hurry. Did something happen?"
Xie Chengyin didn't even raise his eyes: "It's nothing, just the Prime Minister came to ask my father for a marriage to her daughter, and my father agreed!"
"It's really not a big deal!" Meng Shaoqing slowly picked up a bowl of tea and drank it.
"I'm looking for the fifth son of the Marquis of Wuchang, Su Xubai!" Xie Chengyin added lightly.
"Pfft!" All the hot tea that he had managed to drink squirted out. Fortunately, Xie Chengyin had the foresight to move his position slightly, otherwise he would have been sprayed in the face.
The maid hurried over to wipe off the tea stains on Meng Shaoqing's body, but Meng Shaoqing couldn't care about it. She just stared at Xie Chengyin in shock: "Is it true or not?"
Xie Chengyin raised his eyebrows slightly: "Really!"
"Yao Shou!" Meng Shaoqing touched his head and said, "With Su Xubai's temperament, can you agree to it? If you also grant me a marriage, why don't you cause trouble?"
Xie Chengyin drank the herbal tea in front of her without changing her expression: "Drink some herbal tea. If your heart feels cold, you won't be in a hurry!"
Meng Shaoqing stared at Xie Chengyin for a long time: "You didn't stop him?"
"My father is just being polite, but he is thanking you directly. How can you stop him?" Xie Chengyin put down the herbal tea in his hand: "It's not a big deal. Marriage is not an engagement. Choosing an auspicious day to get married is always the man's choice!
Prime Minister Hao will not force Su Xubai to get married without even the Marquis of Wuchang knowing!"
Meng Shaoqing frowned: "That's what I say, but with the imperial edict of marriage, the marriage is already a certainty. The Marquis of Wuchang will not openly defy the edict at the risk of being executed!"
"Do you have a better way?" Xie Chengyin said lightly, "When faced with things that cannot be stopped, we must learn to be calm. After all, there is no way!"
Meng Shaoqing looked at Xie Chengyin's look with disgust on his face: "You are a prince after all!"
Xie Chengyin raised his eyebrows: "You are a prince after all!"
"Forget it!" Meng Shaoqing sat down dejectedly, "I don't care who he marries, I just feel sorry for Cheng Xiaoniang!"
Xie Chengyin paused, and then said: "The world is huge, and there are many more pitiful people than her. Can you take care of them all?"
"I'm too lazy to pay attention to you!" Meng Shaoqing curled his lips, "Probably because she was good-looking. I couldn't bear to see her being forced to death. Hao Jiaojiao is such a unruly person. There are ten thousand ways to punish her! It's just that she's so pitiful.
Pretty, pretty girl!"
"No matter how cute you are, it belongs to someone else!" Xie Chengyin frowned, "Meng Shaoqing, you bastard must have some restraint, don't blame me for not reminding you!"
"What are you thinking about?" Meng Hetong looked at Xie Chengyin with contempt on his face, "I just think that woman looks like the same person, but I can't remember who she looks like, but because of this, I treat her a little more.
It's just caring! I'm not Su Xubai, our family doesn't allow concubines, and I won't let my savior be my concubine!"
Xie Chengyin was speechless for a moment.
"By the way, does Su Xubai know?" Meng Shaoqing said suddenly.
"Father's imperial edict has not been issued yet!" Xie Chengyin shook his head.
"Then it's better to inform him in advance. Otherwise, with his temper, if he directly resists the decree, even the king of heaven and I will really be unable to save his head!" Meng Shaoqing raised his eyebrows slightly, "His Royal Highness, it is better to talk to him as soon as possible.
yes!"
Xie Chengyin glanced at Meng Shaoqing, and then said: "He is not that reckless, but you are. You seem to be a little prejudiced against Su Xubai now?"
"It's hard to choose among women, what's wrong with some prejudices?" Meng Shaoqing pouted, "It's a girl from the Hao family and a cousin from the Lin family, one on the left and one on the right, and I can't figure it out. In the end, I just felt sorry for Cheng Xiaoniang.
One person suffers!”
Xie Chengyin was speechless. After all, Yongchang Houfu did have this rule. Although Meng Shaoqing looked like a playboy and was ignorant of worldly affairs, he was very serious when it came to feelings and had many beauties. The one who could walk into his heart was
No, outsiders say that he already has a woman he likes in his heart, but he just doesn’t know who it is.
"Those are just your family's rules!" Xie Chengyin could only say helplessly in the end, "Since Su Xubai brought that woman back, he naturally has his own way of taking care of her and protecting her. There is no need for you to worry so much.
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"I don't worry!" Meng Shaoqing raised his eyebrows, "It's not like I was given the marriage, so what do I have to worry about!"
Although he said that, Meng Shaoqing's expression was not very good on the way back with the old lady. The old lady saw this and asked, "Did you quarrel with the prince?"
"Although I don't get along with him and often quarrel over small things, I'm no longer a child. How can I still quarrel with him all day long?" Meng Shaoqing shook his head in denial.
The old lady smiled: "Yes, you are old too, why don't you tell me, an old lady, what happened?"
Meng Shaoqing opened his mouth, but finally did not say: "Forget it, these are all things that are not on the table, there is no need to upset grandma!"
The old lady looked at Meng Shaoqing for a long time, and finally said: "No matter what you do, if you feel that you are right, that you have done something worthy of your own conscience and worthy of the people of heaven and earth, then just do it! Grandma will support you!"