I'm reborn, only a fool would spoil you

Deer Singing Banquet.

When the scholars were speculating that their stepmother Princess Yuehua had ulterior motives, a eunuch's sharp voice rose outside the palace: "The Emperor has arrived!"

Emperor Jingde, who was in his early forties, attended the Luming Banquet in a majestic manner wearing a golden dragon robe.

The successful candidates from both lists knelt down and bowed immediately.

When Emperor Jingde passed by Mu Linghao, he glanced at him a few more times and found that there was a hint of sadness between the eyebrows of this adopted nephew.

In order to make his nephew smile, Emperor Jingde announced the marriage not long after the banquet began.

As a result, the worry in Mu Linghao's eyes became even more intense.

Emperor Jingde: ...

Uh, I started to feel suspicious. Didn’t the imperial sister swear that Mu Linghao liked Fu Yuzheng?

Look at the expression, it's totally different!

Could it be that the imperial sister got the wrong girl?

But it was too late. He had already opened his mouth and the young eunuch had already begun reading the imperial edict. It was like... once the bow is shot, there is no turning back.

No matter whether Mu Linghao likes Fu Yuzheng or not, he has to marry her!

All the successful candidates from both lists who were at the banquet sighed in their hearts. It was originally just rumors and pressure from the stepmother. As long as Mu Linghao insisted on not marrying, there might be a way out.

Now, Princess Yuehua is instigating the Emperor to issue an imperial decree to grant the marriage, so the marriage is a must!

Poor Mu Linghao, he has a prominent family background and is extremely talented, but he has a vicious stepmother, so his happy marriage is... ruined!

For a moment, everyone sneered at Princess Yuehua.

~

Jingyang Marquis Mansion.

Late spring is a good time to fly kites.

Fu Yuzheng and her sister Fu Yushu were happily jogging and flying kites in the back garden of their home.

Unexpectedly, I ran into the second family on the way.

The second master Fu Xiaolin and the second wife Qiao, along with Fu Jingxuan and Fu Yuxuan, were having a barbecue in the open space outside the pavilion to celebrate.

What to celebrate? Of course, to celebrate Fu Jingxuan’s success in the imperial examination!

Achieved a good result of 57th place!

Become a Jinshi in one fell swoop!

The family of four is so happy!

Especially the second wife, Mrs. Qiao, saw Fu Yuzheng and her sister from afar, and laughed and came over with six skewers of beef. She ignored Fu Yushu and just held Fu Yuzheng's hand, laughing and saying:

"Zheng'er, I heard that you and Gao Ni broke off the engagement?"

"Alas, I have called off two engagements in half a year. I am afraid it will be difficult for me to marry into a good family in the future."

In Qiao's eyes, Princess Yuehua was high and mighty and would definitely look down on a woman who had broken off engagements one after another, so she was sure that Fu Yuzheng could not marry Mu Linghao.

"But it's okay! Your eldest cousin is capable. Even if you never get married and stay as an old maid in the mansion, he can still support you!"

Fu Yuzheng: ???

laugh--!

Fu Jingxuan only ranked 57th among the Jinshi scholars and was not even eligible to attend the "Luming Banquet", yet he is so proud of himself?

Come here specially to show off in front of her?

And you also mock her for never getting married?

Fu Yuzheng rolled her eyes and said, "Second Aunt, if you have a narrow vision, just keep quiet."

"My eldest cousin is ranked outside the top 50, and he is not even eligible to attend the palace's special 'Luming Banquet'. Second aunt, please stop showing off everywhere, you are just trying to make people laugh!"

After saying that, Fu Yuzheng shook off Qiao's claws, took her sister and went to fly the kite somewhere else.

With this swing, the beef skewers in Qiao's hand fell to the ground, and were immediately covered with dust... and became dirty.

The second wife was already short of money. With great difficulty, her son passed the imperial examination and was able to afford to buy two kilograms of beef, but it was wasted just like that!

The second wife, Mrs. Qiao, was so angry that she kept cursing, "Why is a woman who has just been divorced so arrogant?"

Fu Jingxuan in the pavilion also felt sorry for the dirty beef, but he advised:

"Mom, forget it. Why are you competing with Fu Yuzheng?"

"She broke off the engagement because she pissed off Gao Ni. With Gao Ni around, she can't even marry a lowly merchant, let alone marry the prince of the Southwest Mu Mansion. She can only die at home as an old maid!"

"Their eldest wife has no son, and I, your son, have passed the imperial examination and have made great progress! I will definitely inherit the title in the future. By then, she will be an old lady staying in the mansion, and you will be able to manipulate her as you please, right?"

Tsk tsk tsk, the way he spoke is worthy of being from the second house... so filthy!

When Fu Jingxuan was slandering Fu Yuzheng, the doorman suddenly came running and said, "Someone from the palace is coming. He said he wants to grant marriage to our third girl. Go to the front yard to welcome him!"

Fu Jingxuan: ...

Qiao: ...

They couldn't believe it. The emperor's decree to grant a marriage?

This is a matter of great honor and glory to the family!

It actually fell on Fu Yuzheng, a woman who had broken off her engagement twice in a row?

What was even more unbelievable to them was that the emperor granted her marriage to Mu Linghao, but after Fu Yuzheng received the imperial decree, she did not look happy?

Especially Fu Xiaotian and Tao Ying, who were full of resentment. The couple immediately took Fu Yuzheng to the palace and threatened to settle the score with Princess Yuehua?

The second family was completely dumbfounded and couldn't understand what this operation was!

~

Imperial Palace, Feixia Palace.

After the imperial edicts granting marriage were issued by both sides, Princess Yuehua toured her Feixia Palace with light steps. At this moment, she was like a female general returning triumphantly from the battlefield!

Majestic!

Be beaming!

He didn't forget to show off in front of Mu Shaoheng!

At this time, Mu Shaoheng was quite puzzled by Princess Yuehua's strange behavior - she was determined to bring "Fu Yuzheng and Hao'er" together.

In the study, Mu Shaoheng was lying on the beauty couch by the west window. The vermilion window was half open. He was staring at the willow trees with swaying green stripes outside the window, lost in thought.

Suddenly, Princess Yuehua pushed the door open and walked up to him gracefully, announcing to him proudly:

"Prince Consort, Hao'er and Fu Yuzheng's marriage is done!"

"My brother the Emperor has issued an order to grant the marriage!"

There was a smug look in her eyes, and her gaze was noticeably brighter than usual.

There was also some excitement in her voice, like the kind of ecstasy after having achieved great revenge. Although she tried her best to suppress it, Mu Shaoheng could still discern it.

This made Mu Shaoheng feel weird even more.

He remained silent and just looked at her.

For Mu Shaoheng, his family is powerful enough, so it doesn’t matter whose daughter his daughter-in-law is, as long as Haoer likes her!

But Hao'er has made it clear that he only regards Fu Yuzheng as his younger sister and there is no romantic relationship between them!

So, he has been suppressing this matter for some time, and no matter what means Princess Yuehua used to lobby him, he never nodded.

As a result, when Princess Yuehua failed to persuade him, she turned to ask Emperor Jingde to issue an edict to grant the marriage?

And bypassed him and directly granted the marriage?

The paranoia and stubbornness displayed by Princess Yuehua made Mu Shaoheng's heart beat fast!

"Boom boom boom" sound!

Just as Princess Yuehua was feeling extremely proud, a young eunuch came running over and said in a hurry, "Princess, Prince Consort, the Emperor asks you two to go to Jiaotai Palace immediately."

Isn’t Jiaotai Hall hosting a banquet for the two successful candidates?

What are you going there for?

Did something happen to Haoer?

Thinking of this, Mu Shaoheng suddenly turned over and sat up, and asked nervously: "My dear eunuch, is there something wrong with my Haoer?"

The young eunuch glanced at Princess Yuehua and hesitantly said, "No, it's the Marquis of Jingyang and his wife who brought Fu Yuzheng into the palace, and they are clamoring to... resist the imperial order and refuse the marriage!"

Princess Yuehua's heart skipped a beat.

"Disobey the imperial order and refuse the marriage?" Mu Shaoheng frowned. His Hao'er was both excellent in character and study, and had an outstanding family background. What was Fu Xiaotian disliking?

What's all the fuss about?

Seeing that the young eunuch looked embarrassed and unwilling to say more, Mu Shaoheng simply gave him a jade pendant as a reward.

Sure enough, the young eunuch revealed:

"They also want to settle accounts with the eldest princess... saying that the prince Mu Linghao is not the son of the prince consort at all, but their biological son."

"Eighteen years ago, when the Marquis was giving birth, she was stolen away by Princess Yuehua."

"…Brothers and sisters cannot get married! So I'm defying the order and refusing the marriage!"

Mu Shaoheng: ???

The whole person froze!

It took him a long while to come back to his senses and look at Princess Yuehua.

If what the young eunuch said was true, then she was really...

This poisonous woman!

Mu Shaoheng's gaze gradually became sharp and terrifying!

Princess Yuehua was terribly panicked. She stepped back step by step, her sharp nails digging deeply into her palms.

Suddenly, she remembered something. It had been eighteen years since the child was stolen, and the perpetrators had long been killed.

Even if Fu Xiaotian and Tao Ying noticed something was wrong, there would be no evidence!

Thinking of this, Princess Yuehua calmed down suddenly. She held on to the beauty bed tightly, bravely met Mu Shaoheng's gaze, and said stubbornly:

"My dear Prince Consort, I have never done anything so harmful to the world! They are slandering me! You can't be like them and wrongly accuse me!"

The young eunuch saw that the couple was about to quarrel here, and hurriedly urged: "Princess, Prince Consort, please go to Jiaotai Hall quickly, the emperor is still waiting there."

Mu Shaoheng glanced coldly at Princess Yuehua and rushed out without saying a word.

Princess Yuehua also chased after him stubbornly. She didn't believe that Tao Ying and the others could produce evidence for a matter where there was no evidence at all!

If they can't produce it, she will accuse them of false accusation!

~

On the way, Mu Shaoheng strode forward with a sullen look on his face. Princess Yuehua almost had to jog to catch up with her husband. She held the man's arm and kept saying aggrievedly:

"Prince Consort, please believe me, I really didn't do anything evil!"

Although Princess Yuehua swore solemnly, Mu Shaoheng is not an idiot. Yuehua is so keen on bringing Haoer and Fu Yuzheng together, could she not have any ulterior motives?

But Mu Shaoheng had planned everything, but he never expected that Hao'er was not his biological child!

Princess Yuehua is not a virtuous woman, he admits it!

But she rode on his head, pissed and shit on him, even exchanged his blood with him, and wanted to hand over the ancestral foundation that his Southwest Mu Mansion had built up over hundreds of years to her old lover...

this--!

Tolerable or unbearable!

Mu Shaoheng fiercely shook off her hand that was holding his arm and rushed forward in a rage.

"If you push me off now, I won't let you hold my hand anymore!" Princess Yuehua threatened loudly towards Mu Shaoheng's back.

Seeing that the threat didn't work, she bit her lower lip and stomped her feet hard!

Just wait, wait until she has punished Tao Ying and her daughter for the "crime of false accusation", then see how she will deal with the prince consort. She will make him "kneel on the washboard and admit his mistake"!

Unexpectedly, Princess Yuehua's legs went weak as soon as she stepped into Jiaotai Hall with such a aggressive look on her face.

Her eyes widened!

How can it be?

how come?

It was like seeing a ghost in broad daylight!

How can someone come back to life from the dead?!

There were three women kneeling beside Fu Xiaotian and Tao Ying. Although eighteen years had passed and their faces had aged, Princess Yuehua still recognized at a glance that they were the accomplices who stole the baby boy.