As soon as Yi Qing heard Xiao Dezi's voice, she knew something bad was coming.
Sure enough, the content of the imperial edict really made her want to curse!
The emperor! That very emperor who had given Xiao Tian a stupid idea, drugged him, and caused the current situation, now issued an edict to make Ping Xinian the equal wife of Xiao Jinghan!
Yi Qing now just wanted to twist off the emperor's head to see if there was really tofu pudding inside!
How on earth did he come up with the idea of sending a woman who had tried to harm her and Baozi under the same roof?
Was he afraid that she and her son wouldn't die fast enough?
Xiao Dezi saw the blazing anger in Yi Qing's eyes. Holding the imperial edict, he said to her carefully, "Madam, please receive the edict!"
Yi Qing flicked her sleeves and said indifferently, "This equal wife is not for me. I won't receive it."
I suggest the emperor go and give it to Xiao Jinghan himself!
"This..."
Xiao Dezi didn't even dare to look into Xiao Tian's eyes. He could completely imagine Xiao Tian's expression at the moment.
But even if he didn't provoke Xiao Tian, Xiao Tian wouldn't let him off!
Xiao Tian snatched the imperial edict and said in a voice as cold as ice, "I'll go to the palace with you to see the emperor!"
Then he looked at Yi Qing. "Don't worry. I'll make the emperor retract this order!"
Looking at his fierce look, Yi Qing had no doubt that there would be a fierce battle in the palace, and it would be a one - sided beating.
Go! Burn, little universe, and beat that stupid emperor up for me.
"Xiao Tian, tell the emperor that if he insists on doing this," Yi Qing said sinisterly, "then none of us will live. I'll directly poison Ping Xinian! Let Xiao Jinghan not even rest in peace after death!"
Xiao Tian said in a deep voice, "You go back first. This matter has nothing to do with you."
Yi Qing glanced at him. "It has nothing to do with you. No. Give me the imperial edict. I'll go and ask the emperor what's on his mind. If he wants Xiao Jinghan to have no descendants, he can just issue an imperial edict. Why does he have to be so roundabout!"
Hearing the two of them talking, Xiao Dezi didn't dare to say a word. He shrank his neck like a quail, afraid of being involved.
"Let's go." Xiao Tian held the imperial edict in one hand and grabbed Xiao Dezi with the other. "Enter the palace."
Being grabbed by him, Xiao Dezi looked even more like a quail. "No, no, Xiao... Guard, please be gentle. I've brought my apprentice outside! Please leave me some face!"
Yi Qing sneered. Even Xiao Dezi knew that this matter wouldn't end well, but that stupid emperor still insisted on his own way?
She now regretted having helped the emperor detoxify before. He deserved to be poisoned! Poisoned until he had no descendants! Deserved to be cuckolded!
Yi Qing went back and fumed for a long time before she finally calmed down.
Zi Su said lazily, "Why are you so angry? Miss Ping is going to be Xiao Jinghan's equal wife. He's already dead. What's there to fight about? If you don't like her, just deal with her! You're idle, and Xiao Tian is as dull as a log. You might as well find something to do for yourself. There's pleasure in fighting with others."
Yi Qing glared at her. "Do I put a knife beside my pillow because I'm afraid I'll sleep too soundly? Besides, how am I idle? I still have to go to the medical clinic!"
Just thinking about the medical clinic made her even angrier. Because of all the things in the mansion, she had been delayed from going to the clinic. Maybe the little progress she had made was all gone now.
Zi Su scoffed at her words.
Yi Qing snorted. "It's winter now, the time of the year when people are most likely to catch a cold. Why aren't there any poor people who really have no other choice coming to my clinic for help?"
Forget it. Instead of wasting time on Ping Xinian, she might as well go to the clinic.
If she stayed in the mansion for too long, she was afraid she would really become a woman involved in the power struggles in the inner courtyard.
Dog... And that pair of turtles... Yi Qing thought it was funny just thinking about it.
Seeing that she started to smile while talking, Zi Su said, "What you're thinking about now must not be the dead Xiao Jinghan. It's Xiao Tian."
"How do you know?"
"Just by looking at your lovesick eyes. I can tell." Zi Su snorted. "You're right to think like this. Xiao Tian is yours. If she were going to be Xiao Tian's equal wife, it would be right for you to be anxious. Why are you anxious about her being Xiao Jinghan's? Fortunately, Xiao Tian has a good temper. Seeing you jealous for your ex - husband, he still helps you."
It seemed that what she said made sense.
This matter really didn't seem to have much to do with Xiao Tian.
But Yi Qing would never admit it out loud. "He loves Baozi and won't let a vicious woman like Ping Xinian threaten Baozi's safety."
"So Xiao Tian is still Xiao Tian. Loving the one you love and loving everything related to them. That's your man. How long are you two going to drag this on? Dragging it on won't lead to any result. You might as well just be together and live a carefree life."
Yi Qing really wanted to slap her, but she couldn't beat her.
"What do you mean by 'be together and live a carefree life'?" She glared at Zi Su fiercely. "The court now encourages widows to remarry!"
"Do you want to remarry?"
"... Not for now."
"Then that's that." Zi Su rolled her eyes. "You talk too much."
Actually, Yi Qing had her own considerations.
First, Xiao Jinghan's body hadn't even grown cold yet. As his nominal wife, she should observe mourning for at least a year. Second, Xiao Tian didn't hold any official position. Making their relationship public would put a lot of pressure on him. Third, she didn't have enough courage to enter into an intimate and irrevocable relationship.
And then there were the opinions of Madam Fan, Madam Di and the others. Although their opinions weren't decisive, she still had to take them into account...
In short, it wasn't the right time for her and Xiao Tian to be publicly together.
Xiao Tian's opposition to Ping Xinian entering the mansion was mainly for the safety of her and her son. She just didn't know if he had also considered himself - maybe just a little bit, thinking that with an outsider around, he couldn't be as casual with her?
In the palace, Xiao Tian condemned the emperor in an unprecedentedly excited tone, "What does 'equal wife' mean? Did you even ask me?"
"Isn't Ping Xinian a nice girl?" the emperor asked in confusion. "I've met her. She's good - looking. She gave you so much silver and grain back then. She's deeply in love with you. What's there for you to be dissatisfied with?"
"If you're satisfied, you can keep her for yourself." Xiao Tian said. "You have three palaces and six courtyards. There's plenty of room. My mansion is small. I can only have one woman!"
"Xiao Tian, have you been brainwashed by Yi Qing?" The emperor slapped the table. "Which man doesn't have three wives and four concubines?"
"I don't."
"That's because you're stupid!"
"I'm willing, and it doesn't concern you." Xiao Tian said coldly, and his attitude didn't waver at all.
"Think about it. She's deeply in love with you. How is she worse than Yi Qing? I'm not saying Yi Qing is bad, but they're both good. Isn't it good to keep them both by your side?"
The emperor felt very wronged.
He swore to heaven that he really wasn't joking at all.
He just thought that Ping Xinian was a good girl. She had waited for Xiao Jinghan for so many years, spending money and effort, and was deeply in love...
"And you don't understand women. This way, Yi Qing will cherish you more."