Now Lin Xun explained in a few words why he had been looking at Zhao Shu. Although Li Yanrong was skeptical about his statement, he felt a sense of righteousness in his heart!
He looked at Lin Xun disapprovingly: “How can you compare a lady from a wealthy family with a prostitute?”

Lin Xun smiled indifferently: “Why not? Just because Zhao Shu’s family background is higher than my wife’s, my wife is not worthy of being compared with her?”

Lin Xun looked in Zhao Shu’s direction and sneered: “Why?”

Li Yanrong was at a loss for words: “This is not the same thing. You are comparing a pure and innocent lady from a noble family with the person in your room. After all, it is inappropriate.”

Lin Xun stared at the girl at the banquet table in front of him and did not say anything to rebuke Li Yanrong.

Li Yanrong breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, Lin Xun did not refute him again, otherwise he would have lost face again.

During the banquet, people would occasionally congratulate Duke Xian and Wang Qizhang. They had two good news to share: one was Xie Jin’s promotion, and the other was that the Xie and Wang families would be married for a hundred years.

Xie Jin accepted all the wine that was offered to congratulate him. At first, when the group saw Xie Jin drinking so hard, they thought he was just happy, but gradually, a few smart courtiers saw something and stopped approaching him to toast him.

Since no one toasted him, Xie Jin just sipped his wine slowly, and by the end he was already slightly tipsy.

When Lin Xun saw this scene, he couldn’t help but sneer, Zhao Shu is not mine, and in the end she will never be yours!
At the end of the banquet, the emperor and his ministers were in great joy. As Qin Su stood up and left, all the ministers stood up and kowtowed to bid him farewell: “Farewell, Your Majesty. Long live the emperor!”

Everyone was walking quietly out of the palace. Wang Yujin followed the crowd beside her parents. When she glanced casually, her body suddenly stiffened. Lin Yin beside her noticed her abnormality and turned to look at her.

Wang Yujin forced a smile: “It’s okay.”

Lin Yin naturally understood her daughter’s personality. She followed her gaze and saw a familiar robe turning towards the corner of the palace.

Although Lin Yin was confused, she suppressed her wonder and pulled her daughter out of the palace.

As soon as Qin Su stepped into the hall, Wang He’s voice rang out behind him: “Xie Bu Military Academy, why are you here?”

Qin Su turned around, and Xie Jin walked towards him and knelt straight on the ground.

Wang He rushed in and said, “Your Majesty, I am incompetent and failed to stop Military School Xie Bu.”

Qin Su waved his hand to let him leave, and Wang He quickly bowed and left.

Qin Su sat behind his desk, picked up a piece of pear blossom cake and put it in his mouth. He had just been toasting with court officials and hadn’t even had a hot meal.

Qin Su slowly took a piece of dessert, took a sip of tea, and then said slowly: “Tell me, what’s the matter?”

Xie Jin knocked his head heavily on the tile floor: “I beg Your Majesty to revoke the imperial decree granting the marriage!”

Qin Su’s gentle expression changed: “You know that the imperial decree cannot be withdrawn just because you want to!”

Xie Jin pressed his head against the floor: “This sinner deserves death!”

Seeing him like this, Qin Su softened his tone and said, “Don’t you like the lady from the Wang family? Why do you want me to withdraw the imperial edict?”

Xie Jin stood up and looked at the king who ruled the world without dodging or avoiding: “I have never said that I like the lady of the Wang family!”

Qin Su was stunned: “Then why did you take the initiative to ask for the wife of the Wang family before you went to war? If it wasn’t because you liked her, then why?”

Xie Jin’s eyes showed shame. “That’s because I have a bad moral character. I went to the battlefield with the thought that I would never come back. But my father and mother only had me as their only child. If I were to leave someone behind to fulfill my filial duty, the only person who could fulfill my filial duty in a legitimate way for me was my wife. That’s why I chose Wang Yujin as my wife.”

When Qin Su heard Xie Jin’s words “you left with the thought that you would never come back”, his body stiffened, but he quickly recovered.

Qin Su expressed his doubts: “Since you feel guilty towards Madam Wang, doesn’t this imperial decree just make up for your guilt towards her?”

Xie Jin’s eyes were deep: “I am a guilty minister with bad morals. I already have a beloved woman in my heart.”

Qin Su caught the loophole in his words: “Is it available now or has it existed in the past?”

The people kneeling under the prince did not say anything. After a while, Xie Jin said, “The girl I have always kept in my heart.”

Qin Su’s eyelids jumped: “Is it the eldest lady of Zhao Yao’s family?”

When Qin Su was feeling a little nervous, he heard the person below reply with a positive answer: “Yes.”

Qin Su sighed secretly, and leaned back in the chair with his body slumped slightly. It was all wrong.

Qin Su perked up and asked, “Since she is the one you love, why didn’t you ask for her hand in marriage?”

Guilt welled up on Xie Jin’s face, but underneath this guilt was a hint of determination: “I cannot bear it. I cannot bear to see her become a widow at such a young age. I cannot bear to see her spend the rest of her life guarding a house without a husband.”

As he spoke, a hint of madness appeared on his face again: “Originally, I had decided not to have any relationship with her for the rest of my life, but when I saw her getting close to someone else, endless resentment welled up in my heart. I was unwilling to let her life have nothing to do with me, and I was unwilling to let her be someone else’s wife for the rest of her life!”

Qin Su felt a deep sense of powerlessness in his heart: “So you went to the Wang family to cancel the engagement?”

Xie Jin knelt straight: “Yes!”

Qin Su: “Do you know that doing this will damage the reputation of a girl?” Xie Jin: “I know, I am willing to compensate her with everything I have, except marriage!”

Qin Su: “Then do you know that marrying Madam Wang is the best compensation for her?”

Xie Jin showed a mixture of bewilderment and struggle: “It’s not that I haven’t tried hard. I once thought that things would develop naturally like now, and I would marry her and live my life with her in a respectful way. But every time I think of this, my heart aches.”

“I dare not think about Zhao Shu becoming someone else’s wife. I dare not think about her saying thank you to me when I meet her again.” As he spoke, a hint of viciousness appeared on his face. “I am afraid that by then, I will do everything I can to snatch her from someone else and imprison her by my side!”

Hearing this, the veins on Qin Su’s forehead jumped violently, and he threw a book at Xie Jin: “Xie Jin, you are so bold!”

Xie Jin stood up straight and banged his head heavily on the tile: “You sinner deserves death!”

Qin Su breathed rapidly: “You know you are guilty, but you still say such outrageous and unscrupulous words!”

Qin Su was so disappointed that he said, “You dare to take my wife today, will you dare to rebel tomorrow?”

Qin Su was really furious, not only because of Xie Jin’s audacity, but also because he almost did such a huge scandal for a woman, disregarding his reputation, honor and disgrace, and disregarding human ethics!
He has watched Xie Jin grow up since he was a child, and what he said now was like stabbing his heart with a sharp knife!

Qin Su took two quick breaths and said, “According to what you said, if I don’t agree to your withdrawal of the imperial edict, then if you make a big mistake in the future, it will be because of me?!”

Xie Jin: “I dare not!”

Qin Su laughed angrily: “You don’t dare? I think you dare very much!”

Qin Su didn’t want to see him anymore: “Get out, get out of my bedroom!”

Xie Jin still knelt on the tiles motionless.

Qin Su threw a book at him: “Get out.” The corner of the book hit Xie Jin’s forehead hard. Looking at the blood oozing out of him, Qin Su slowed down his tone: “Let me think about this matter.”

Xie Jin climbed down the pole and said, “I, your guilty subject, take my leave!”

Xie Jin stood up and took two steps outside the hall, then stopped. Qin Su’s heart instantly tightened because of his pause, fearing that he would make some shocking demands again.

Qin Su held his breath and looked at him. Xie Jin turned around and bowed deeply to him: “Your Majesty, I’ll have to trouble you to think of a solution that will satisfy both of us. Don’t let the reputation of the Lady of the Wang Family be lost!”

So this is what he mentioned. Qin Su was about to breathe a sigh of relief, but his anger was instantly raised again. This bastard, he didn’t agree to withdraw the imperial edict!

After saying that, Xie Jin turned and left, leaving only one sentence as he stepped over the threshold: “Your Majesty, it is not impossible for me to marry the lady of the Wang family. You can just marry her with my corpse.”

After saying this, Xie Jin’s figure disappeared around the corner of the palace entrance.

Qin Su didn’t react at first. After he reacted, he threw the books in his hand one by one towards the door, and said angrily as he threw them: “Rebellious son, you are a traitor!” He was so angry that he was talking nonsense!

Wang He rushed in immediately after hearing the noise: “Your Majesty, Your Majesty, what happened?”

Qin Su put one hand on his waist, pointed outside the hall, and quickly walked down from behind the desk: “Who is he threatening! Who is he threatening! Didn’t he say that he would use his corpse to marry the lady of the Wang family? Very well! I will grant his wish. I won’t even use his corpse. I can just catch a big rooster to marry him to the lady of the Wang family!”

Wang He was eager to please the emperor: “Your Majesty is right. I will go find a big rooster and take good care of it. On the day of the wedding, I will let it take the place of Xie Bujunxiao to attend the wedding ceremony!”

Qin Su turned around abruptly and walked towards Wang He. Wang He looked at His Majesty with a smile as colorful as flowers. Qin Su picked up the book at his feet and threw it to him sideways: “What are you looking for? How about I find one to keep for you when you get married?!”

The book fell from Wang He’s body, and he hurriedly picked up the book that fell on the ground, and said to Xiao Yi: “It is a great blessing for this old servant to be with your majesty, so why do I need to become a relative?”

Qin Su snorted: “Even if you want to get married, it’s useless!”

Wang He smiled and picked up the books on the ground one by one: “Even if I can do it, I will use this marriage to exchange for a lifetime with Your Majesty.”

Qin Su laughed angrily: “You don’t understand the benefits of being a groom, so you said it so easily. When you know it, you may not be as straightforward as you are now!”

Wang He put the organized books on the desk and said, “Even if it is a great benefit, I will use it to stay by the emperor’s side!”

Qin Su’s anger subsided by a third. He leaned back in his chair and said worriedly, “This bastard has really given me a difficult problem!”

(End of this chapter)