At this point, the purpose of Chu Qi's trip to Jinzhou was completely revealed to Shen Wanjun.
Shen Wanjun was not in a hurry to say anything more. Instead, he picked up the tea cup and took a sip. His eyebrows were lowered, not knowing what he was thinking.
Chu Qi should not continue to pursue him, otherwise it would easily arouse Shen Wanjun's resentment.
The atmosphere remained tense until Butler Tao came again to break the situation.
"Your Majesty, the kitchen has prepared the ingredients. Please ask your Majesty when the stove will be started."
Shen Wanjun looked outside the door.
"Let's get ready now. We'll go find Shen Liang and Chu Shile and tell them they can come back and serve."
"yes."
Butler Tao bowed and retreated, and then Shen Wanjun said to Chu Qi with a smile:
"The status of Prince Consort, given that there is only Princess Yanzhu in Dayan, can be said to be a combination of countless glory. I have never been dissatisfied with the late emperor or your Chu family, and I can even call it a pleasure. The relationship between your two families has become closer."
"but."
"As I said, as long as I, Shen Wanjun, am not in the Shen family's military camp, I have to listen to the little ancestor for all matters in the house. He asked me to go east, but I am determined not to take another look to the west."
"So Chu Qi, you should talk to him about this matter at the wine table later. As long as he is willing to nod, the Shen family's betrothal gift will be enough."
The ball was kicked to the feet of Shen Liang who was still unaware.
In Chu Qi's view, his imperial sister is the apple of the eye of the entire Dayan, and she is also considered to be extremely beautiful in terms of appearance. The only shortcoming is probably that she has been pampered since she was a child and is a little domineering.
But after all, no one is perfect. If Shen Liang can control his sister after marriage in the future, then it will be Shen Liang's ability.
If Shen Liang didn't have this ability, it would be nothing more than a temple deal for both parties.
The worst outcome is that you play with yours and I play with mine. It is enough to occasionally show up together on some big occasions to show affection and ensure that the Shen family will never betray the Chu family.
Yes.
The new emperor sent the Flame Pearl, apparently because he wanted to use the love between the two juniors to bind the two families together for generations.
But behind the scenes, why not put Shen Liang under house arrest as a hostage within the high walls of the palace in order to invite the emperor to enter the urn?
It was precisely because Shen Wanjun had anticipated this that it was easy to predict that he just asked Chu Qi one more question -
After the wedding ceremony, should they settle in the imperial capital of Zhongzhou or return to Jincheng, Jinzhou?
Chu Qi's answer clearly revealed the imperial family's heart.
Shen Wanjun said that he was willing to agree to this marriage, but in fact, he believed that as long as his youngest son was not a fool, he would not be able to break his wings on his own and be willing to live as a golden bird under the roof of the Chu family for the rest of his life.
The next topic was cleverly changed by Shen Wanjun from getting married to family issues.
For example, ask how the new emperor is doing, how your mother is in good health, and what kind of government affairs your brothers are busy with recently.
Chu Qi, who was obsessed with meritorious service, was not interested in talking about these things. However, due to his status as King Jin, he could only answer whatever was asked, while always maintaining a smiling expression of "Thanks King Jin for thinking about him".
It wasn't until a burst of noise came from the front yard of the main hall that the two of them interrupted their conversation, which had no nutritional value at all.
"General Qinglong! There is an order in the army that you are not allowed to leave your post without authorization during your duty. If you don't give me two an excuse, if this matter is known to the King of Jin, our lives will be difficult to save!"
"I dare to ask General Qinglong why he wanted to arrest us and two of us indiscriminately today!"
The hall door was open, and Chu Qi looked out curiously. Shen Wanjun stood up first, but he didn't show any signs of surprise. He just slowly put his hands into his sleeves and invited him with a smile:
"Since the food and wine haven't been served yet, why don't the Third Prince come out with me?"
Chu Qi wished he had something else to do to interrupt the tense solitude with Shen Wanjun, so he nodded immediately and said:
"If King Jin doesn't shy away from it, Chu Qi is willing to have a look with King Jin."
"We're all one family, so we can't avoid anything."
Saying that, Shen Wanjun led Chu Qi out of the hall. In the middle of the huge front yard, more than ten Qinglong warriors, led by the green-skinned Xu Longyi, escorted two sixth-level generals wearing the Shen family's standard black armor. They stopped. Among these more than ten iron-blooded soldiers, there were also three dirty young girls.
Aren't these three young girls with good looks and potential beauties the same as the three poor girls that trafficker Liu Ma planned to trade with Ma Xiang, the big boss, on the top of Tianlang Village yesterday?
Shen Wanjun already knew everything about the abduction and trafficking of these three young girls.
Seeing Chu Qi frowning slightly with a puzzled look on his face, he took the initiative to explain to him:
"When a man reaches his crown, there should be a crown-reaching test before saluting. My son Shen Liang single-handedly went to Tianlang Village yesterday and killed 126 bandits in one fell swoop. He also rescued three poor girls who were abducted up the mountain."
Chu Qi nodded when he heard this, and took the initiative to ignore the "fact" that he firmly believed that Shen Liang was not alone, but was secretly assisted by Shen Jiajun.
"Yesterday, His Highness returned to the city after his victory. I happened to be watching at the city gate. People often say that His Highness cannot achieve success without military skills. But in Chu Qi's opinion, that is just because His Highness is humble and disdains to show off his talents."
After pretending to praise Shen Liang, Chu Qi continued:
"To wipe out the bandits and restore the people to live and work in peace and contentment is a great merit. Now that we have rescued three lost young girls, it is really an added merit on top of the merit. It is indeed an example for my man, Dayan!"
No one wants to hear others praise their children. Even if the other person is 90% not sincere, it still makes Shen Wanjun smile with joy.
"Hahaha, the third prince must not let that brat hear what he said, otherwise his tail will be raised to the sky!"
A sneeze——
Before Chu Qi could continue to argue with Shen Wanjun, an extremely exaggerated sneezing sound came from the door of the side courtyard not far away.
Shen Liang had just shot Yang Fan's head, and returned to the front yard with Chu Shile. After glancing at Xu Longyi and others, he looked at Shen Wanjun with a sinister expression and asked:
"Shen Wanjun, did you secretly say bad things about me again?!"
Upon hearing this, the Tianzihao executioner immediately waved his hands like a mouse seeing a cat.
"The third prince is here to praise you. Who in Jinzhou dares to say bad things about you, our little ancestor, behind your back?"
Shen Liang curled his lips angrily.
"As far as I know, from the time I was born to now, there have been many people stabbing me in the back."
"Huh? Is this happening? Come on, come on, tell dad who you heard from, make a list, and dad will ask someone to bring them all to the house and question them one by one!"
Shen Wanjun was very interested in getting to the bottom of it, but he and Shen Liang both knew that those short-lived ghosts who really had no control over their words had already gone to report to the Lord of Hell.
The father and son bickered for a while, and when Shen Liang and Chu Shile approached, Chu Qicai couldn't help but ask:
"I see that the two people kneeling on the ground are wearing the same clothes. They should also be members of the Shen family army. They seem to be two sixth-grade military generals. Why..."
"They."
Shen Liang looked at the two of them with cold eyes and added two words without emotion.
"Damn it."
