The emperor felt even more aggrieved. He just hoped that the princess dowager would stop mentioning the origins of her two daughters. With those two daughters of hers, no one of any status in the capital would dare to let them into their homes.
However, the princess dowager was unaware of this. She firmly believed that her two daughters had royal blood.
"Let this matter drop, imperial aunt. Don't mention it anymore. I will make my own decision," the emperor said firmly.
He had once tried to cause trouble for Yi Qing, but finally found that causing trouble for Yi Qing was just causing trouble for himself. He was already feeling suffocated enough. If those two people caused any more problems, he couldn't bear it.
The princess dowager didn't get what she wanted and was even more angry. After leaving the imperial study, she went straight to see the empress dowager.
She used to look down on the empress dowager, but now the empress dowager's status was much more noble than hers. She still needed to maintain a relationship with her.
Yi Qing held the paperweight that the emperor had thrown for a long time, but it was taken away by Xiao Jinghan.
"What?" Yi Qing instinctively tried to get it back.
"What's so interesting about someone else's thing?" Xiao Jinghan said unhappily.
Yi Qing laughed: "Your level of jealousy is getting higher and higher. You're even jealous of an object."
Xiao Jinghan picked Yi Qing up horizontally and sat her on his lap: "Yes."
Yi Qing put her arms around Xiao Jinghan's neck: "Then I'll hang you on my eyelashes so I can look at you every day."
"Okay," Xiao Jinghan leaned over and looked at Yi Qing seriously.
Their eyes met, and Yi Qing's heart skipped a beat. This feeling was a bit out of her control, making her instinctively want to avoid it.
But Xiao Jinghan didn't give her a chance to avoid him. He directly pressed his forehead against hers: "I want to hang you on my eyelashes."
"Then you..."
Xiao Jinghan directly covered her mouth. He really didn't know what inappropriately dull words she would say. It was still sweeter to kiss her.
Xiao Jinghan had been with Yi Qing all day today and had a lot of things to deal with. After dinner, he went to take care of them. Yi Qing was telling Xue Miao'er and the others about her glorious deeds at the banquet.
"At that time, I was calm and composed. With a single move, I knocked down all those bodyguards," Yi Qing boasted.
"Stop boasting. Talk properly," Xue Miao'er said sarcastically.
If Yi Qing said that she had knocked everyone down with a packet of medicine, she would definitely listen with great interest. But Yi Qing was really not good at such physical fights.
"Anyway, I tied up Yi Weiwei and pulled out her leg hair," Yi Qing didn't blush even after being exposed. Wasn't it normal to use some exaggerated techniques when telling a story?
"Pull out her leg hair?" Xue Miao'er got excited. "How did it feel?"
Jushuang was completely stunned. Only her mistress could come up with such a method.
Sang Sang was still a bit shocked. If the general hadn't gone today, she didn't know what would have happened.
She had never seen anyone like her mistress who was so unrestrained at a banquet. Those people were all very slippery. Even when they were trying to set traps for each other, they still smiled sweetly.
"You don't know how dangerous it was today. The princess dowager and the Princess of Ning took turns to make things difficult for us. If it weren't for the protection of the old mistress and Lady Lu, and finally the general came, our mistress would have suffered a great loss," Sang Sang reminded.
But Yi Qing didn't care: "I never liked such empty and meaningless banquets. It's okay to just go through the motions. If they want to make me unhappy, I'll make all of them unhappy."
Sang Sang shook her head helplessly.
"Yes!" Xue Miao'er agreed deeply. "You must take me with you next time. If they dare to make a move, I'll help you beat them up."
Yi Qing wondered if it was Xue Miao'er herself who wanted to beat someone up. Her long whip must be itching for action.
They talked until very late, and Xiao Jinghan still hadn't come back. Yi Qing had to go to bed first. In the middle of the night, there was a little noise. She opened her eyes drowsily, then nestled beside Xiao Jinghan and continued to sleep.
Xiao Jinghan looked at Yi Qing like a lazy little cat. He would smile just looking at her sleeping face.
The medical clinic was closed, but they could still make medicine. When she went to the banquet yesterday and saw so many women, and women all loved beauty. If she made some weight - loss and beauty - enhancing medicine, the market would probably be very big.
"Mistress, mistress, there's an imperial edict from the empress dowager," Sang Sang trotted to the backyard to report.
Yi Qing was stunned for a moment before she remembered what the imperial edict from the empress dowager might be. Then she took Sang Sang to the front yard.
Yi Qing recognized the person who came to deliver the edict. It was Aunt Qingyue, who had gone to the Court of Judicial Review for the trial last time. The empress dowager bestowed Qin Qian, the second daughter of the princess dowager, as Xiao Jinghan's equal wife.
"Lady Xiao, receive the edict," Aunt Qingyue reminded when she saw Lady Xiao standing there silently with a cold look in her eyes.
"It's not an equal wife bestowed on me. Why should I receive the edict?" Yi Qing turned around and left.
Last time it was the emperor, and this time it was the empress dowager. Did the people in the palace like to bestow women on others when they were idle?
Aunt Qingyue stood there not knowing what to do. Since no one received the imperial edict, it would be difficult for her to report back.
Xiao Jinghan was sitting there looking at the documents. The emperor peeked at him from time to time and couldn't help but laugh. This happened repeatedly. Finally, Xiao Jinghan slapped the documents on the table and stared directly at the emperor.
The emperor straightened his expression and continued to review his memorials.
"Your Majesty, you'd better make it clear," Xiao Jinghan felt that there must be something, and it wasn't good news.
The emperor cleared his throat: "The princess dowager went to see the empress dowager yesterday. I guess the empress dowager has issued an imperial edict to bestow a marriage."
Xiao Jinghan stared at the emperor. No wonder he had been gloating all morning. It turned out that he had known about this for a long time.
He thought for a while, picked up a piece of paper, pressed it with a paperweight, and started writing.
"What are you writing?" the emperor looked at Xiao Jinghan's serious face.
"My resignation," Xiao Jinghan was very angry. For such a big thing, the emperor was just watching the show.
The emperor immediately panicked and rushed over to block the paper to stop Xiao Jinghan from writing: "Is it really necessary? These are two different things."
"I'm troubled by family matters and have no energy to share the emperor's worries. Please find someone else," Xiao Jinghan pushed the emperor's hand away.
"This wasn't my intention. It was the empress dowager's idea. I can't do anything about the empress dowager's idea..." The emperor couldn't continue under Xiao Jinghan's stare. "Alright, alright, stop throwing a tantrum. You know what the empress dowager is like. The princess dowager finally talked to her, so she must be extremely happy. She must think she's doing something good for you. What can I do?"
Xiao Jinghan knew this was the case. He was just angry that the emperor was gloating.
"Your Majesty," Xiao Dezi came in nervously. Seeing the emperor lying on General Xiao's table, he quickly avoided his eyes.
"What's the matter?" the emperor stood up straight.
"Someone from General Xiao's mansion reported that Lady Xiao is moving," Xiao Dezi said carefully.
Xiao Jinghan stood up and left. If he really lost his wife, he would settle the score with those people properly.
The emperor felt a toothache. He had never seen him so panicked about such an important matter as the border defense, but as soon as he heard that Yi Qing was moving, he didn't care about anything.
"Your Majesty?" Xiao Dezi wondered if he had said something wrong.
The emperor glanced at Xiao Dezi. There was really no one who could let him relax.