General Hu was escorted down, and Princess Changning in the inner court finally let go of her worries.
Fortunately, Yan Er arrived in time and blocked the imperial edict.
However, if the Xu family does not recognize the imperial edict, it is equivalent to falling out with the false emperor. Will it cause trouble?
No one has answered her question yet.
Today's birthday banquet was full of ups and downs, and there was another head-on confrontation with the pseudo-emperor's envoy. Seeing that the matter was settled, everyone no longer had the heart to eat or drink. They couldn't wait to go back to sort out their affairs and think about their own way out.
Seeing that everyone was distracted, Xu Huan followed suit and arranged for the banquet to be dispersed.
After finally seeing off the young masters, Xu Huan turned around and saw Yan Ling looking longingly at the door leading to the inner courtyard, feeling angry and amused.
"What are you looking at? Come here!" he shouted unceremoniously.
In the past, Yan Ling was a guest, so he was naturally polite. Now that he is his son-in-law, it is natural for an elder to give orders to a younger one.
"Master Xu." Yan Ling quickly put on a smile and came over diligently.
The marriage has not yet taken place, so we cannot call him father-in-law! He thought with regret.
Xu Huan frowned and looked him up and down: "How many days have you been on the road?"
"Four days." Yan Ling answered honestly, "My father sent the envoy early, but he was robbed by a man named Hu on the way. When I heard the news, I rushed over."
As he said this, he rubbed his hands in embarrassment: "It's a long time late and it's embarrassing for adults."
Guanzhong and Nanyuan are thousands of miles away, and the road involves mountains and rivers. Xu Huan calculated in his mind and knew that he would have to travel at least four hundred miles a day to arrive in less than four days.
Looking at Yan Ling again, she looks fair and clean. In fact, her face is the only one that can be seen. She smells bad whenever she gets close to her...
Xu Huan took half a step back without leaving any trace, and said with a smile: "Thank you for your hard work, go and rest first!"
Yan Ling was afraid that her future father-in-law would be angry, so she was busy trying to please her: "No hard work! It's all my fault. If I had come in person from the beginning, I wouldn't have caused such a thing."
"It's nothing, just solve it."
The calmer Xu Huan's attitude became, the more guilty Yan Ling felt: "It's all my fault. I was originally going to come in person, but I didn't expect something unexpected happened in the capital. I was worried that the false emperor would go crazy and cause big trouble, so I wanted to guard Rongguan until the situation stabilized.
…It’s really not that we don’t pay attention to it.”
"I understand."
"You are so reasonable." Yan Ling stepped forward and tried to hold the hand of his future father-in-law to express his sincerity. "We originally prepared fifty limo cars, but unfortunately they were robbed by a man named Hu. But don't worry, wait a minute.
When hiring, we double it!”
Xu Huan's smile was a little distorted: "It really doesn't matter..."
Yan Ling was still chattering: "Although the betrothal gift cannot exceed that of my elder brother, I have many private properties. I have saved all my salary from Your Majesty's reward. I have also bought a lot of properties in Beijing, and I will hand them all over in the future!"
"I know, I know, you go and rest first..."
"besides……"
Seeing that he had no intention of stopping, Xu Huan couldn't bear it anymore and raised his voice and shouted: "Go if I ask you to go, do you know that you are spoiled?!"
"..."
Xu Huan returned to the backyard. After washing himself and changing into homely clothes, Sister Xu Yin came.
"Father."
Xu Huan rinsed his mouth and asked, "Have the ladies' seats been dispersed?"
Xu Si replied: "It's time to leave. All the guests have been sent back, leaving the old concubine behind."
"Where's the princess?"
"Back to Qushui Pavilion."
Xu Huan nodded. The rest of the chores will be arranged by the season, so they don't need to worry about it. Now they can discuss serious matters.
"No wonder no one came to Zhaoguo's palace. It was actually robbed by the puppet emperor's people." He briefly talked about what happened at Yanling.
Xu Yin sneered: "He can really cause trouble for others."
Xu Huan scorned: "Although he sits on the throne of God, he has no generosity in the world. He plays these conspiracies and tricks, and ultimately falls into the inferior position."
Xu Yin knew very well what kind of person the false emperor was in his previous life. He was deeply scheming and somewhat capable, but he was headstrong, mean and ungrateful, and was by no means a wise man.
After talking about the false emperor, Xu Huan asked his daughter: "What happened to Yan Er's marriage certificate? How did it fall into his hands?"
Xu Yin couldn't laugh or cry: "I don't know when he put it away, and he didn't say anything about it!"
Xu Huan recalled what happened and laughed: "This kid!"
He secretly collected the marriage certificate and hid it for so long. His little thoughts are really laughable. However, he clearly had the marriage certificate in his hand, but he never mentioned it. He pursued it seriously and proposed marriage seriously. He was indeed a good boy.
"Then, is this marriage settled?" Xu Huan looked at his daughter.
Xu Yin's face turned slightly red, but he nodded generously: "Yes."
Xu Huan smiled and reached out to touch her head: "Okay, you sisters all chose your own husbands. I hope you will all be happy in the future."
"Father!" The sisters were moved and reluctant to give up.
…
Yan Ling, who was disliked, returned to the guest house and quickly took a bath.
He set out on the evening of the 16th and spent the past few days at dawn and overnight. His horse was so tired that he was foaming at the mouth. He arrived at Nanyuan today. No wonder he smelled bad.
After carefully peeling off a layer of skin and putting on new clothes, Mr. Yan finally looked human again.
He couldn't wait to see Xu Yin. When he saw the Xu family's boy coming in, he was about to open his mouth to ask, but was blocked by the other party's smile.
"Second Young Master Yan, you have worked hard all the way. This is the meal specially prepared for you by the kitchen. Hurry up and fill your stomach."
Yan Ling heard a growl in his stomach and remembered that he had indeed not eaten for a long time. He ate a few cakes in the morning and hurried on. When he arrived at the border of Nanyuan, he heard that the messenger of the false emperor had arrived, and he did not dare to rest for a moment.
, it’s already afternoon now, it would be strange not to be hungry.
So he happily agreed and sat down to eat: "Thank you very much."
After eating a meal and drinking digestion tea, he felt that it was almost done, so he wanted to ask the boy to pass on a message.
As soon as he opened his mouth, the boy came in again carrying the quilt: "Young Master Yan, are you exhausted? It's still early, please take a rest first."
Yan Ling wanted to say that he was not tired, and he wanted to see people more.
But as if he could read minds, the young man smiled and said again: "Miss Third said that there is something else to do tonight, so you must be energetic."
Eh? What can we do in the evening? Have a romantic relationship in front of flowers and under the moonlight? Once the marriage is decided, you can do all these things, right? Hahahaha, you really need to be energetic.
Yan Ling lay down in excitement and squirmed around at first, but eventually she was exhausted from traveling all night and gradually fell asleep.
I slept until dusk.
He was pushed awake by the boy: "Second Young Master Yan, it's time to get up. Third Miss is waiting for you."
Yan Ling hurriedly washed and dressed, and when he went out, the boy even took the initiative to bring his sword: "Please."
He touched his head. He didn't know why he was carrying a sword, but he didn't bother to ask.
After a while, they arrived at the small building. Under the afterglow of the setting sun, the sweetheart who had been thinking about it day and night raised his head and smiled at him.
Yan Ling was feeling dizzy, and her heels felt like they were stepping on cotton: "Ayin, I..."
Before he finished speaking, Xu Yin threw a sentence like cold water: "Awake? It's time to work!"