readsfreenovel Chapter 192: The Wise King and His Newly Married Wife Return Home
Chapter 192: The Wise King and His Newly Married Wife Return Home
'My beloved wife:
Our fate in this life is short, please forgive my cowardice. I hope I can break through all the shackles in the next life and meet you again in a free, passionate and beautiful world. There is no hope in this life, but we will continue our fate in the next life.
Everything that happened yesterday is still fresh in front of my eyes. You must be strong and keep going. Don’t give up your thoughts and wishes for anyone. I want to see the world you created. I want to see how this dirty world full of filth will change.
Don't stop because of a feudal and cowardly person like me. I hope you can regain joy and happiness.
I hope you stay strong and brave, and for the rest of your life, I will use all my strength to always, forever support you.
Mu Qingchen'
This letter was brought by Yingzhu Nightingale on that day, along with the letter was the indenture contract between Yingzhu and Hehuan. The contract looked very new, as if it had just been signed.
After Qiao Shinian's inquiry, it turned out to be true. That afternoon, everyone in the palace who decided to follow her signed a contract to sell themselves, waiting to be by her side after everything was over.
"I have burned the indenture. You are now free. You do not need to be bound by this thing, and you do not need to come to my side and continue to protect me."
After Qiao Shinian finished speaking, Yingzhu held Qiao Shinian's hand. Tears flashed in her and Hehuan's eyes. They knelt down solemnly and kowtowed to her, looking up at her: "We have followed the prince since we were young. The prince is the person closest to us. And the person he loves the most is you, so we follow you voluntarily."
He Huan added: "We are just here first, and everyone else will come later. You don't have to worry, we all come here voluntarily. If there are those who don't want to, the prince has already given them resettlement fees and let them leave later."
"We will all sign the indenture contract. It's not that we don't trust you, but the prince said that you don't need to care about this piece of paper. However, when we go to Chuwen Country in the future, they will need this piece of paper to confirm our loyalty." Yingzhu said, raising her hand to wipe away her tears, "From now on, you are the only one left for us. Protecting you is like protecting the prince."
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Return in three days
Mu Qingchen rode a horse and Mu Qinglan sat in a carriage all the way to the Duke's Mansion.
Mu Jin had already been waiting at the door.
Along the way, Mu Qingchen remained silent. After getting off the horse, he came to the carriage and stretched out his hand to help Mu Qinglan get off.
Seeing the two of them getting along, Mu Jin's tense nerves relaxed a little, and he strode down with a smile to greet the two of them: "Prince, my sister is in your care. She will be happy, and I am relieved."
Mu Qingchen nodded without saying anything, but just helped Mu Qinglan walk inside.
Mu Qinglan's face was filled with happiness, and she called out to Mu Jin, "Brother."
"Yeah." Mu Jin couldn't help feeling a little worried. Everyone in the capital city saw clearly what Mu Qingchen had done before.
He brought Qiao Shinian to meet almost everyone, and implicitly announced to everyone that Qiao Shinian was his future wife.
Now like this...
He looked at Mu Qingchen again, and it seemed that she didn't hate his beloved sister as much as he had imagined.
"Your Highness, the wine and food have been prepared in the mansion." Mu Jin followed Mu Qingchen's footsteps and walked inside. He should have been the host, but his position seemed to have changed in a moment of distraction. At this moment, he was like a butler, greeting the prince who had returned to the mansion.
After entering the Duke Su's Mansion, Mu Qingchen let go of her and followed Mu Jin inside.
The maids and servants behind him were all newly bought into the mansion by Mu Qingchen before the marriage. The leader at this time was still the butler Mo Yang. He ordered his men to hand over the return gifts to the people from the Duke of Su's Mansion and then led them back.
"Sister-in-law." Mu Qinglan turned to look at the person next to her and whispered, "Has my brother calmed down?"
Madam Mu nodded and smiled softly, "The day after you got married, your brother secretly cried."
Mu Qinglan felt relieved. Before she could ask anything else, Madam Mu asked in a low voice, "How are you and the prince? Has he treated you badly?"
Mu Qinglan lowered her head shyly and shook her head slightly: "He... treated me very well. In these three days, he has already handed over all the expenses of the palace to me. He said that I will be the only mistress of the Xianwang Palace from now on, and I will be in charge of the entire palace."
Mu Qinglan then thought of something and her eyes dimmed slightly. For the past three days, Mu Qingchen had been living in the study and refused to step into her yard. She could only see him when she went to the study to look for him.
She knew that her conspiracy with Concubine Liu and the Queen Mother had finally succeeded, so Mu Qingchen resented her, but Mu Qingchen also made it clear that there would only be one mistress in the Prince Xian's Mansion in the future, so she thought he was a responsible and good man.
She believed that given enough time, she could warm his heart.
At the wine table, Mu Jin stood up and admired Qing Chen: "My younger sister has some shortcomings in her work, please forgive her for the sake of the Duke Su's Mansion.
From now on, no matter what the prince needs, the Duke of Suguo's Mansion will do its best to help."
Mu Qingchen ate the food in silence, and Mu Jin, who raised his hand to hold the glass, felt a little embarrassed.
Mu Qinglan, who was sitting next to Mu Qingchen, called out in a low voice: "Prince."
Mu Qingchen then put down his chopsticks, picked up the wine glass with one hand, raised it to Mu Jin without looking up, and drank it all in one gulp.
The Mu family members thought that Mu Qingchen was angry, so Mu Jin still smiled, drank the wine in the glass and sat down.
The atmosphere at the dinner table was somewhat silent. Mu Jin looked at the shy Mu Qinglan, and his eyes changed slightly: "Prince, I know you have a favorite girl. Although she is of low status, if you need, I will recognize her as my sister, and you can marry her as a concubine in the future. What do you think?"
Mu Qingchen finally raised her head to look at Mu Jin, then turned her head to look at Mu Qinglan's astonished eyes, her voice calm but with a hint of coldness: "On the day of the wedding, she said that her greatest wish in life was to become the virtuous princess."
After finishing speaking, he paused and said, "Since she wants to marry regardless of her reputation, in order to fulfill her lifelong wish, from now on, the Xianwang Mansion will only have her as the princess. I can assure you, Duke Su, that the Xianwang Mansion will never take concubines or concubines."
Mu Jin was stunned, and there was a hint of uncertainty in his eyes when he looked at Mu Qingchen.
"It's normal for a man to have three wives and four concubines. I'm not a jealous woman and will tolerate other women." Mu Jin smiled and looked at Mu Qinglan, "The young lady has been working hard to become a princess since she was a child. You haven't been with her for a long time and don't know her true nature. She is the most considerate and generous. She will become a good princess."
Mu Qinglan lowered her head slightly and said nothing. She knew that her brother's words were not only to tell Mu Qingchen about her good qualities, but also partly meant for her to make appropriate concessions.
Since she became the virtuous princess consort through dishonorable means, then in order to improve her image in Mu Qingchen's heart she should be magnanimous and allow that lowly girl to enter the palace, and make plans later.
Mu Qingchen continued eating: "I believe she will be an outstanding and virtuous princess."
After dinner, Mu Qingchen went straight home.
Mu Qinglan sat in the carriage, opened the curtain and looked at him, and said in a tender voice: "My Lord, I know that you and Miss Qiao are in love. I will clean up the east wing in two days, and you can welcome her home in style."
"It's completely impossible for her and I to be together. From now on, just be a virtuous princess and don't cause any trouble. This is my final warning to you." Mu Qingchen responded coldly.
Mu Qinglan's face froze and she lowered the car curtain awkwardly.
When the carriage drove along the main road and passed the teahouse, Mu Qingchen couldn't help but steal a glance at the people in the teahouse.
When they passed by, Yingzhu whispered in Qiao Shinian's ear, "Miss, the prince and his men have passed by."
"Yeah." Watching the back figure disappear around the corner, Qiao Shinian put down the teacup in his hand and stood up: "We should go back."
"Girl, eat something first. You've been..." He Huan looked at the cakes on the table and said worriedly, "If you continue like this, your body will collapse."
Qiao Shinian took a long time to react before looking at He Huan: "What are you talking about? These past few days, I have been eating well, drinking well, and sleeping well, just like before."