SFS Chapter 419 Extra if line: The King seizes his minister’s wife, Wang Shaofu is reborn 2
Chapter 419 Extra if line: The King seizes his minister’s wife, Wang Shaofu is reborn 2
Jiang Shao glared angrily, but he quickly reacted and managed to soften his expression, "This is your Uncle Chen, how can you not be polite?"
"Hello, uncle," Jiang Lingyue turned sideways and saluted Chen's father.
"No need to be so polite," Father Chen raised his hand with a smile.
Ever since Jiang Lingyue came in, Chen Zihui's eyes had never left her.
Seeing his son's worthless appearance, Father Chen shook his head and said to Jiang Shao, "We, the elders, can discuss the marriage. Let the children go out and talk among themselves, okay?"
This completely ignores Shen, the mistress of the house.
Jiang Shao remained calm, stroked his beard, smiled, and nodded in agreement.
He looks like a loving father.
Upon hearing this, Chen Ziwei immediately stood up and walked in front of Jiang Lingyue. His eyes sparkled with the passion of a young man, and there was no trace of the calmness of a close minister to the emperor in the court.
Jiang Lingyue didn't dare to look him in the eye. After bowing again, she left the hall with him.
Jinshu, Jinyu and Chen Ziqi's attendants followed from a distance, leaving the two masters enough space to be alone.
The two men were one in front and one behind, less than half a foot apart.
It is spring now, and the crabapple blossoms in the backyard are in full bloom, with clusters of pink flowers. Jiang Lingyue looks at the flowers, and Chen Ziqi looks at people.
He pursed his lips and said, "You have lost a lot of weight."
After not seeing her for twenty-eight days, the girl has lost a lot of weight.
After two years on the farm, he finally managed to raise some meat for her, but after returning to the Jiang family, everything disappeared.
Jiang Lingyue's pupils suddenly turned red.
She didn't cry when she was discovered running away at night and locked up in the family temple.
She didn't cry when she agreed to marry into the Shen family.
Last night, she was forced by the servants to kneel in front of Jiang Shao and Shen. Her two brothers watched coldly, but she did not cry.
At this moment, her eyes were red with just a few words from him.
Jiang Lingyue turned around and stood opposite him. After a few moments of silence, she asked, "Are you angry that I agreed to marry someone else?"
His voice was a little hoarse and choked with sobs.
"No, why would I be angry?"
Chen Ziyi frowned slightly, feeling extremely distressed. "No, why would I be angry? I'm just worried. I'm worried that you've been wronged in a place where I can't help you."
He knew that this girl was not valued in the Jiang family. Suddenly, news of her marriage came out, and she was marrying the notorious second-generation heir of the Shen family.
How can it be voluntary?
He was terribly worried.
I was so worried that I didn't care about anything else. All thoughts of being polite, gentlemanly, and taking it step by step disappeared.
If she continues to be timid, he will have no choice but to watch her get married.
So, he went to the house to rescue the person at all costs.
If soft doesn't work, he'll use hard.
Chen Ziyi raised his hand, gently grasped the girl in front of him, and asked her cautiously, "Why have you lost so much weight? What did they do to you?"
Upon hearing this, Jiang Lingyue felt a lump in her nose again.
"I'm so scared," she sniffed, revealing her weakness to him for the first time. "I'm locked up in the ancestral temple and can't leave. Mrs. Shen is afraid I'll escape, so she's had people watching me. I'm terrified."
She was afraid that Shen would marry her off quietly.
She was afraid that Shen would allow her nephews and nephews to enter the ancestral temple and commit crimes, thus destroying her innocence.
She was also afraid... afraid that he would not risk everything for her, and would ask for her hand in marriage regardless of the consequences, even if it meant offending both the Jiang and Shen families.
She was so scared that she couldn't sleep or eat.
Lost a lot of weight.
As Chen Ziwei listened to her words, his expression became increasingly grim.
Heartbroken and filled with hatred, he tightened his grip on her, wanting to hug her. However, his only remaining rationality restrained him. A thousand words turned into one resentful sentence: "Jiang Shao, Jiang Wen, and Jiang Wu just let that woman do what she wants?"
Jiang Lingyue forced a smile, "I just think of myself as an orphan."
What a serious statement.
I don’t know how outrageous the actions of the Jiang family, father and son, must have been to make her so desperate.
Chen Ziwei took a deep breath, and the hand he was holding her was trembling slightly.
"Don't be afraid," he said hoarsely, "From today on, you are my fiancée."
They wrote a marriage certificate and exchanged engagement letters. From then on, he could protect her with a legitimate reason.
Even if something happens to the Jiang family, he can protect her as her fiancé.
Under his wings, no one will be able to bully her anymore.
Jiang Lingyue lowered her eyes and looked at her hand that was being held. After hesitating for a moment, she slowly curled her knuckles and held his hand back.
The two looked at each other.
Chen Ziyi's eyes rippled slightly, and he asked her softly, "Can we set our wedding date earlier?"
He wanted to marry her as soon as possible.
Make the marriage happen.
Jiang Lingyue pursed her lips and asked, "How early is early?"
There was no exclusion in the words.
Chen Ziyi couldn't help but curl his lips, and his voice became gentler, "As long as you nod, the wedding date will be set in March."
Jiang Lingyue was shocked. For a nobleman to get married, two years was not considered a long time, from the proposal to the date and the final wedding ceremony. If time was tight, it would take at least a year and a half.
Three months...
He is the eldest son of the Chen family, and his marriage is so hasty, it is a bit...
Jiang Lingyue hesitated, "Why would your elders agree?"
The eldest son's wedding can never be too grand.
Three months...
In such a short time, I'm afraid gossip will start to spread.
Chen Ziyi smiled softly upon hearing this, "They know my intentions and just hope that I can fulfill my wish."
Ever since the Jiang family rejected his marriage proposal last time, he has become increasingly anxious because he can't see her.
He had been trying his best to be patient, but after learning yesterday that she was engaged to the playboy of the Shen family, he completely lost his composure.
My parents at home watched the whole process.
If he hadn't married this girl, his life would have been incomplete.
The Chen family is already extremely wealthy and does not need to seek marriage alliances.
With his talent, he doesn't need to marry a noble lady from a higher-class family and rely on the support of his wife's family.
His parents, and even his eldest sister in the palace, all hoped that he could get what he wanted.
As long as she agrees, their marriage can be put on the agenda.
Of course Jiang Lingyue was willing. She would love to leave the Jiang family as soon as possible.
Under the hopeful gaze of the person in front of her, she nodded slightly.
Chen Ziqi's heart suddenly relaxed.
"Wait," he smiled, lowering his head slightly and moving closer, "Wait for me to marry you."
...wait for me to marry you.
The boy's sincere and straightforward voice makes people's heart beat faster.
Even after he left, it still echoed in my ears.
Three days later, the wedding date was set.
It is now April and the wedding date is set for early July.
The full calculation shall not exceed three months.
On the night the wedding date was set, Shen sent two nannies over.
She said she wanted to teach her the rules of being a wife, so that she wouldn't damage the reputation of the Jiang family after getting married.
From small things like food, clothing, housing and transportation to big things like interpersonal relationships, words and actions, they are picky about everything.
On the contrary, there was no intention to teach the mistress of the house how to run a household, such as dealing with people, managing servants, and checking account books.
He didn't even bring an abacus.
Shen is the mistress, and her words are like imperial decrees in the Jiang family's backyard.
Fortunately, her marriage has been settled, and the Chen family values her as the future eldest daughter-in-law very much.
These days, whenever the Chen family farm produces some fresh fruits and vegetables, they will send their servants to deliver a basket.
Jiang Shao and Shen Shi had some concerns to some extent, so the two housemaids quickly restrained themselves and stopped torturing them too much.
But, it’s not easy after all.
Such negotiations ended after Chen Ziwei came to visit.
When I first came to Jiang Lingyue's yard, I found that it was not only a remote place, but also deserted, with only a few servants and women to serve.
The place where the eldest daughter of the legitimate family lives is not as bright as the courtyard of the Chen family's side branch.
Chen Ziwei's face didn't look good.
If it were not difficult to get involved in the Jiang family, he would have sent a few capable servants in to take care of them.
When he saw the two governesses with stern faces and rulers in their hands again, he could no longer sit still after enduring so much and went straight to the study in the front yard.
I don’t know what they said to Jiang Shao, but the next day, the two nannies disappeared.
From that day on, Chen Ziwei changed his usual polite behavior and often asked Jiang Lingyue to go out, either taking her to the lake or for an outing.
It is common for engaged couples to travel together nowadays and it is not against the rules.
He protected people so closely, but within two days, the wind direction in Jiang Mansion was quietly reversed.
The old people in the mansion, who witnessed how Jiang Lingyue grew up under the Shen family, all said that she was lucky.
Met a fiancé who knows how to care for others.
It's a happy ending after all the hard work.
If she marries him, she will be a noble lady.
With Chen Ziwei's ability and the Chen family's regard for her, she will never have to suffer any pain in this life.
For women, it is truly a way to change their fate.
And the other side.
The nanny who was given to her had to be taken back. Shen was slapped in the face by her "son-in-law" in her own home, but she did not get angry.
Seeing Jiang Lingyue, her stepdaughter who had been bullied by her for many years, so successful.
Once I really marry into the Chen family, I will be able to swim freely in the vast sea and fly freely in the sky, and I will never be controlled by her again.
Looking around the capital, the only families that can truly be said to be more powerful than the Chen family are those of the royal family.
But even if he is the prince of a royal palace, the real power in his hands and the reputation he has in front of the emperor may not be as great as Chen Ziyu's.
Unless her daughter enters the palace and marries the current emperor, she will never be able to surpass her sister in her life.
Shen, who only had one daughter and treated her like a treasure, did not move at all.
On the contrary, Jiang Lingyue's two brothers, seeing that their sister was going to marry into a wealthy family, began to think about easing the relationship between them.
The two sisters-in-law, who had always been lukewarm, began to appear frequently in her yard.
Logically, the dowry left by her mother should have been given to her as the only daughter, but she was not favored and her two brothers and Shen had divided it up completely.
This time, seeing that her marriage was going well, her brother and sister-in-law wanted to ease the relationship so that they could ask for help in the future, so they all reluctantly gave up their love.
Added makeup.
The eldest sister-in-law gave me a set of gilded head ornaments, which were exquisitely crafted and looked very valuable.
The second sister-in-law added a pair of jade bracelets.
The whole body is emerald green and the water head is excellent.
These are all jewelry left by their mother.
It was originally meant for Jiang Lingyue's daughter.
Now, they have given her a few things and are waiting for her to express her gratitude.
Jiang Lingyue really couldn't be friendly with them. She accepted the things, said a few stiff polite words, and then smiled and saw them off.
Blood ties have been shattered and there is no possibility of repairing them.
As long as we don't become enemies, it's all good.
In the Jiang family, the only one who can be truly called an enemy is the Shen family.
However, the other party neither lowered himself to take the initiative to ease the relationship, nor did he suppress her again, nor did he hinder the marriage anymore.
Jiang Lingyue never let go for a moment.
Time slowly came to June and the weather was getting hotter.
Jiang Lingyue was busy sewing clothes and preparing for her wedding, and rarely went out.
Sometimes when Chen Ziqi came, the two of them would sit opposite each other in the yard, make a pot of tea and chat.
The most intimate gesture between the two lovers who were about to get married was to wave away the servants and gently shake hands.
As the wedding date approaches, news comes from the palace.
Empress Shuyi, Chen Ziwei's eldest sister, said that she wanted to meet her future sister-in-law and summon the unmarried couple into the palace.
It was mid-June by then.
The current trend is open-minded, and summer clothes are very light and thin.
Jiang Lingyue changed into a new dress as she could not lose her manners when meeting a noble person in the palace.
It is a light green, chest-length style, with a wide-sleeved cardigan worn on the outside, revealing two delicate collarbones, which look tender, white and energetic.
She is naturally beautiful and usually attracts people's attention even when she rarely dresses up. Today, she is dressed up, which makes people unable to take their eyes off her.
Her eyes are sparkling, her lips are red and her teeth are white. Her smile reveals the charm of a young girl.
Fresh and charming.
Chen Ziyu held his breath for a moment. He held her hand and sighed softly, "One more month."
One month later, it will be their big day.
By the time……
Jiang Lingyue blushed, ignored him, pulled her hand out, and got into the carriage by herself.
Chen Ziwei smiled, took the reins, straightened his waist, turned over and rode the horse, following the carriage.
He had a very good appearance, and having been trying cases for many years, his face unconsciously revealed a bit of coldness. But at this moment, as he rode his horse following his fiancée's carriage, there was a gentle look between his eyebrows.
The young nobleman who became famous at a young age is handsome, graceful, gentle, handsome and polite.
This attracted the attention of countless ladies on the roadside.
Jiang Lingyue glanced through the thin carriage curtain and felt inexplicably unhappy. She lifted the curtain and asked him, "Is this how you usually go to and from court?"
Chen Ziyi was stunned for a moment and said, "I'm taking a carriage."
He wasn't a military commander, and the reason he rode into the palace today was because he was concerned that they weren't married yet, so riding in the same carriage...
...Actually, it's possible.
What's wrong with an unmarried couple riding in the same car?
Chen Ziwei made up his mind that he would not ride a horse after leaving the palace and returning home.
Once inside the palace gate, the carriage could no longer move.
Jiang Lingyue dismounted and the two walked side by side on the long palace road.
This was her first time entering the palace, but it was not Chen Ziwei's.
He began to introduce her.
Passing through Zhengxuan Gate, there is Taiji Hall, and soon after, it is the Emperor's living hall.
At first glance, all you can see are towering golden glazed tiles.
During the four hundred years of the Dahan Empire, this palace has served thirteen emperors. It is so full of dragon energy that it makes people feel majestic and magnificent just from a distance, let alone being there in person.
It really makes people feel oppressed and afraid to speak loudly.
"This is Ning'an Palace," Chen Ziwei said, holding her hand. "Emperor Gaozu and Empress Shengwu lived in this palace and lived in love until their old age."
Almost every literate girl in Dahan has heard the story of Emperor Gaozu and Empress Shengwu.
Jiang Lingyue suddenly became alert and turned to look over.
It was too far away and I still couldn’t see anything, I just simply recognized the road.
It turns out that this is Ning'an Palace.