newbobooks Chapter 187 Ziwei Leaves the Palace
Chapter 187 Ziwei Leaves the Palace
At night, Yongqi used the same method he used to take Xiaoyanzi out to take Ziwei, who was dressed as a eunuch, out of the palace.
"Ziwei, don't worry. Just reminisce about the past with Erkang. You are a princess now. If the emperor refuses to agree to your marriage, there is nothing you can do."
Seeing Ziwei looking a little melancholy, Yongqi comforted her very understandingly.
"Yongqi, I know. I'm just sad. I thought that once I became a princess, I would be able to marry Erkang naturally. Unfortunately, things didn't go as planned."
The carriage hurried and soon arrived at the Huibin Building.
In order to meet Ziwei today, Huibinlou closed early and was now quiet.
Yongqi took Ziwei directly to the back door. Xiaoyanzi and others in the backyard ran out immediately after hearing the sound.
"Ziwei! I missed you so much!" Xiaoyanzi threw herself into Ziwei's arms, "Look who's here."
Xiaoyanzi pulled Ziwei into the house, and the person waiting behind the door was Erkang.
"I told you it wouldn't be too late to push him out after you arrived, but Erkang insisted on waiting here. He knew you were coming tonight, so he waited the entire afternoon."
Xiaoyanzi pulled Ziwei aside and kept talking about how affectionate Erkang was.
Erkang said nothing, gazing at Ziwei with eyes full of love.
Ziwei saw Erkang's eyes redden again, and choked up a little: "Long time no see."
Seeing this, Yongqi hurriedly asked everyone to go inside and talk.
Once we entered the room, everyone sat together reminiscing about the past and chatting about each other's recent situation.
Xiaoyanzi is the most free one. She doesn't have to worry about the business of the hotel or her marriage with Yongqi. Someone takes care of everything for her. She just needs to be happy every day.
"By the way, Ziwei, I haven't introduced you yet. We have a new friend who has been staying at Huibin Building these days. I'll introduce you to him when he comes back."
Xiaoyanzi was talking about Xiao Jian, whom Yongqi had met several times, but he always felt that Xiao Jian treated Xiaoyanzi differently.
Knowing that she loved martial arts, he gave her a whip and a sword. He also took Xiaoyanzi out to play from time to time and bought her delicious food.
In addition, Yongqi could not leave the palace often, and he always had a feeling that Xiao Jian was trying to steal his girlfriend. Most importantly, he always felt that Xiao Jian had an inexplicable hostility towards him!
Isn't this a love rival? This almost makes Yongqi conclude that Xiao Jian is interested in Xiao Yanzi.
Thinking of this, Yongqi frowned and said, "Alright, we're not on the same page as Xiao Jian to begin with. Ziwei finally came out for once, shouldn't we all get together? Besides, you don't even care about how Ziwei is doing in the palace."
Hearing Yongqi belittle her friend, Xiaoyanzi was unhappy. "What do you mean? Are you saying that my friends in the martial arts world are not the same as you, the young master? You should understand that we are all martial arts masters now, and you are the exception."
These words really hurt Yongqi's heart. What he cared about most was that Xiaoyanzi disliked his royal aura. He had already tried to change it, and even became good friends with Liu Qing and Liu Hong for Xiaoyanzi.
Isn't this enough?
Is he supposed to play dumb even though he knows that Xiao Jian has plans for Xiao Yanzi?
"Xiao Yanzi, why are you mocking me with these words again? If I were like you said, I wouldn't be standing here today. I just think that Xiao Jian's origins are unknown and we need to be on guard. You can't treat him as a close friend so quickly!"
"Besides, he clearly has other feelings for you, so why can't I be jealous?"
Hearing Yongqi admit that he was jealous, Xiaoyanzi chuckled: "Why didn't you tell me earlier? It turns out that the young master is jealous. Don't worry, Xiao Jian and I are just like Liu Qing. We are good brothers."
As she spoke, Xiaoyanzi patted Liu Qing in a very cool manner: "You said so, right?"
Liu Qing shrank back a little embarrassedly: "Yes, Fifth Prince, Xiaoyanzi is like this."
Seeing the awkward atmosphere, Liu Hong smiled and tried to smooth things over: "Look at you guys, where have you been? Aren't we supposed to be talking about Ziwei and Erkang? Let's get back to the point."
At this point, Ziwei smiled bitterly: "I was grounded some time ago and never had the chance to come out. Yongqi mentioned this to me today, and I also think it's time."
"I dared to mention this to the Emperor, but he was furious and scolded me severely. He also threatened that if I wanted to be with Erkang, he would no longer recognize me as his daughter."
As she spoke, Ziwei seemed to be in extreme despair and fell into Xiaoyanzi's arms and started crying.
Yongqi was also moved by Ziwei's words. He nodded and said, "Erkang, I was the one who accompanied Ziwei at that time. The emperor was really furious."
Hearing this, Erkang felt a little desperate: "Ziwei, as long as you insist on marrying me, how could the emperor not agree, Ziwei, as long as you insist."
Ziwei nodded while crying: "Erkang, I will insist, but I am afraid that the emperor will be unkind."
Xiaoyanzi hadn't expected the Emperor to disagree. She hugged Ziwei back and said, "Ziwei, the Emperor is actually a very good person, isn't he? He wouldn't be so unkind."
Hearing Xiaoyanzi still calling the Emperor Father, Ziwei smiled bitterly: "Xiaoyanzi, I didn't expect the Emperor Father to be so heartless. Perhaps, he would not agree to you marrying Yongqi."
Hearing this, Xiaoyanzi looked at Yongqi in disbelief: "Yongqi, is this true? Have you mentioned this to him?"
Yongqi's heart skipped a beat. He had indeed not mentioned it to the emperor, but the emperor should not refuse, after all, he liked Xiaoyanzi so much.
Seeing Yongqi remained silent, Xiaoyanzi became a little angry: "Didn't you say you wanted to marry me? Why haven't you done anything yet?"
Yongqi's mind raced as he quickly explained, "Xiaoyanzi, you know I've been trying really hard to get my mother to accept you, and I'm almost there."
"I don't know what the emperor's use is!" The imperial decree to grant marriage was not issued by Concubine Yu. Concubine Yu doesn't like her, and she doesn't like Concubine Yu either. She is too lazy to please her future mother-in-law.
"Believe me, the Emperor will definitely agree. He's angry about Erkang's matter now, so let's wait a while before discussing it."
Yongqi hugged Xiaoyanzi and made countless promises, which made Xiaoyanzi reluctantly accept it.
Xiaoyanzi then began to comfort Ziwei and Erkang: "Don't worry, the Emperor is actually very open-minded. He may still be angry about Erkang. It will be fine once he calms down."
Yongqi didn't say anything. It was not easy to get over the anger that even stripped Fulun of his official position.
Besides, the emperor was right. Erkang was a criminal. If he wanted to marry Ziwei, it would not be easy unless he was rehabilitated.
Yongqi had a headache. One thing after another, nothing went well for him.
As for Concubine Yu, Yongqi said that he was about to give in just to appease Xiaoyanzi. Her attitude was very firm, which was enough to make Yongqi worried.