He conspired against her in his previous life, and he flirted with her on their wedding night again

Shen Du slowly raised his hands above his head, "My lord, accept the order."

The voice was also very slow, and Shen Jing's brows furrowed almost imperceptibly.

Eunuch Yuan put the imperial edict into Shen Du's hand and said, "Congratulations, Prince Pingyang."

After Shen Jing got up, the others got up.

Xie Jingyan did not kneel down. He could also see that something was wrong with Shen Du's expression. Shen Wan knelt behind Shen Jing and could not see the expression on her eldest brother's face. She was happy for her eldest brother in her heart. The emperor granted marriage to the eldest brother and Princess Huai'an. , then the marriage is a certainty and there will be no changes, but how will the emperor know that his eldest brother loves Princess Huai'an?

There were only a few people who knew about this. If my father would not directly ask the emperor for marriage, it could only be Xie Jingyan.

Shen Wan cast a grateful look at Xie Jingyan. The look in his eyes made Xie Jingyan's head hurt and he raised his hand to rest on his forehead.

Shen Wan walked to him and said, "What's wrong? Have a headache?"

Xie Jingyan said, "Maybe good intentions lead to bad things..."

Shen Wan was confused, "Why do bad things happen with good intentions?"

Xie Jingyan didn't say much. He glanced at Shen Du and said, "Your elder brother and I have something to say."

Seeing Xie Jingyan and Shen Du walking towards the study, Shen Wan frowned.

Is there anything you shouldn't let her know?

There was no one around, so Xie Jingyan looked at Shen Du, "You are resisting marrying the princess of Huai'an."

Shen Du said nothing.

Xie Jingyan said, "You have a crush on someone, not Princess Huai'an."

The emperor granted marriage to Shen Du and Princess Huai'an. There was no trace of joy on Shen Du's face. When he went to Huaizhou, he didn't resist. It was only possible that he left Beijing this time and fell in love with someone else instead of Princess Huai'an. .

An imperial edict would eliminate the possibility of him marrying his sweetheart.

Shen Du didn't speak, which was equivalent to acquiescing.

Xie Jingyan said with a headache, "I will find a way to make the emperor withdraw the imperial decree of marriage."

Hearing this, Shen Du said, "No."

He knew that Shen Wan was doing it for his elder brother's benefit, and Xie Jingyan couldn't bear Shen Wan to worry about him, so he asked the emperor to grant him a marriage.

Shen Du knew better than anyone how much Xie Jingyan hated the emperor. Shen Du felt indescribable gratitude in his heart for begging the emperor for him.

Xie Jingyan begged him for this imperial edict. If he asked the emperor to take it back, he would definitely make the emperor angry.

Now that the emperor has given the decree of marriage, it is impossible to take it back.

He couldn't let Xie Jingyan anger the emperor and offend Prince An's palace for him.

Shen Du pretended to be relaxed and said, "In my sister's dream, I will fall in love with her unless I marry the princess of Huai'an."

Xie Jingyan looked at Shen Du and wanted to speak. Shen Du didn't give him a chance to speak. He patted Xie Jingyan on the shoulder and said, "Don't tell my sister about this."

Shen Du didn't tell her, and Xie Jingyan didn't plan to tell Shen Wan, so that Shen Wan wouldn't blame herself.

He would ask the emperor to take back the imperial edict of marriage.

The two of them walked that way. Shen Wan looked at Xie Jingyan, then at her eldest brother, and said, "Are you hiding something from me?"

Shen Du changed the subject directly and said, "Where is father?"

Shen Wan said, "Someone from the palace just came to tell me that the emperor summoned my father to the palace to discuss matters."

Xie Jingyan said to Shen Du, "Since my father-in-law is not here, Wan'er and I will go back first."

With that said, he grabbed Shen Wan's hand and took Shen Wan away.

Shen Wan said, "I still want to stay for a while."

"I'll stay with you longer next time," Xie Jingyan said.

Shen Wan couldn't break free from his hand, so she could only let him take her away.

After waiting at the gate for a while, the carriage came. Xie Jingyan helped Shen Wan onto the carriage and then got in.

Shen Wan puffed up her cheeks angrily, "I finally waited for my eldest brother to return to Beijing, but I didn't even say a few words before leaving. I didn't even say 'congratulations' to my eldest brother..."

You've done bad things with good intentions, why do you still congratulate me?

Xie Jingyan said, "Your eldest brother has been rushing all the way back to Beijing. He needs to rest. You brothers and sisters will have plenty of time to catch up on old times."

Shen Wan said nothing more. She looked at Xie Jingyan and said, "That day you went to the palace to see the emperor and ate royal meals with him. Was it to propose marriage to my eldest brother?"

...This is definitely the stupidest thing he has ever done.

Xie Jingyan didn't want to mention this matter, especially when Shen Wan looked at him gratefully, "What about my eldest cousin? Will the emperor also grant him a marriage?"

Xie Jingyan said, "In the Meizhou earthquake, your eldest cousin contributed the most and made the greatest contribution. However, the status of the Yun family and the Yanping Palace is too different. Based on this credit alone, the emperor will not grant them a marriage, so I beg your cousin." It’s something else.”

Shen Du and Princess Huai'an, one is the prince of the Hou Mansion and the other is the princess of the Wang Mansion, they are well matched. Even if Shen Du went to Meizhou and did not perform any meritorious service, Xie Jingyan would help the emperor and the emperor would ask Prince An and give them a gift. marriage.

However, Yun Qi and Qinghe County Chief were not in the same family. Yun Qi had made great contributions to the court. The emperor could reward Yun Qi, but there was no reason to treat Qinghe County Chief as a reward.

Shen Wan knew that it would be difficult for her cousin to marry the head of Qinghe County, but he could help tens of thousands of people in Meizhou avoid disaster. Such a great contribution was not enough for the emperor to grant a marriage, so how could his cousin marry the head of Qinghe County?

If this credit is not enough, then continue to accumulate credit until the emperor can grant a marriage to his cousin. Why is Xie Jingyan asking for something for his cousin?

Shen Wan was curious, "What do you want for my cousin?"

Xie Jingyan slowly opened his mouth and spit out four words——

"A gold medal to avoid death."

A death-free gold medal? !

Shen Wan's eyes opened instantly, "This...can the emperor agree?"

In Shen Wan's opinion, it is much more difficult to get a gold medal to avoid death than to ask the emperor for a marriage.

As far as she knew, only the Queen Mother had a gold medal for immunity from death, and there was no one else in the Chu Dynasty.

Xie Jingyan said, "The Emperor agreed."

Shen Wan was shocked and couldn't believe it, "How could the emperor agree?!"

Xie Jingyan said, "Your cousin's contribution in Meizhou alone is not enough. Add to that the Xizhou dam breach and the floods in Yuzhou that you dreamed about. These three contributions combined are not light."

Shen Wan said, "But the last two things haven't happened yet. Even if my cousin helps to get through it, it's still close to getting a gold medal for avoiding death, right?"

"Add another two million silver to help the imperial court form an iron cavalry."

"..."

"Two million taels? This is too much."

Shen Wan looked at Xie Jingyan, suspecting that his heart was towards the court and not her cousin.

Xie Jingyan pinched Shen Wan's nose and said, "Your eldest cousin offered you the two million taels. I negotiated for him 1.6 million taels."

Shen Wan, "..."

I really can't imagine what it would be like for Xie Jingyan to help her cousin bargain with the emperor.

The emperor should be angry with Xie Jingyan for turning his elbow outward.

She looked at Xie Jingyan and said, "Are you asking my cousin to take the death-free gold medal as a betrothal gift to marry the head of Qinghe County?"

Xie Jingyan said, "Prince An's Mansion should not dare to accept this betrothal gift."

Shen Wan, "..."

She looked at Xie Jingyan and raised her voice by two points, "You don't dare to accept it, why do you want it for my cousin?"

Xie Jingyan looked at Shen Wan and said, "Have you forgotten what you dreamed about?"

Shen Wan frowned for a moment, then relaxed again, "Prince Yanping killed the son of Princess Huyang?"

Xie Jingyan said, "Most of the things you dreamed about happened. Some of them were avoided because of precautions. But no one knows about the conflict between Prince Yanping and the son of the eldest princess Huyang, even Prince Yanping himself." I don’t know, it’s impossible to prevent this, and it will most likely be the same as in your dream.”

"If you kill the son of the eldest princess of Huyang, unless you get a gold medal to avoid death, even the emperor can't save him."