As he spoke, he lifted the chin of the maid in his arms and ate the grapes she had bitten, mouth to mouth, looking intoxicated.
"Hey, this is what you call sensible."
"What kind of beauties don't I have by my side? Why would I marry someone who would harm me?"
"Is it because she lost her virginity to me?"
"But she was stupid at that time. What did she do to me?"
Xie Zhun got more and more arrogant as he talked, and spit out a few grape juice at Yu Chengguang, looking very contemptuous.
Yu Chengguang had never been so humiliated in all his years as an official in the court, but for Yu Shuen, he could only endure it.
"Your Majesty, what happened last time was really just a misunderstanding, it was not my daughter's intention..."
"My daughter only cares about the prince, so how can she harm him?"
Xie Yu stared at him coldly, "But she has already been harmed."
"My military achievements are outstanding, no less than yours, Lord Marquis, but now I can only stay at home."
"Marquis Dingyuan, why do you think I will marry your daughter?"
He seemed to have thought of something particularly interesting, and raised his eyebrows at Yu Chengguang.
"It's better to do this. It's freezing cold today. I want to take a bath."
"But none of the servants in this mansion satisfy me. Why don't you, Lord Marquis, serve me and bathe my feet?"
"If you make me happy by serving you, I will naturally marry the eldest daughter of your family as a concubine. How about that?"
Xie Zhun knows Yu Chengguang's temper best, and those who fight on the battlefield are somewhat proud.
He wanted to see what Yu Chengguang could do for his unfulfilled daughter.
Unexpectedly, Yu Chengguang agreed without even thinking about it.
"Okay, I will wait for His Highness to bathe your feet."
Xie Zhun gave an order, and the attendants quickly brought a basin of hot water and things for foot baths.
Yu Chengguang nodded and said respectfully, "Your Highness, please take off your boots."
Xie Zhun immediately clicked his tongue, "Are you serving me, or am I serving you?"
Yu Chengguang understood, and gently held Xie Zhun's feet with a pair of calloused hands from holding weapons for many years.
He took off his boots and socks.
He carefully put Xie Zhun's feet into the hot water, but Xie Zhun kicked him away.
"Don't you try the water temperature? You want to burn me to death!!"
The water splashed Yu Chengguang's clothes, but he still stood up calmly without any anger.
"Yes, I will test the water temperature for Your Highness."
He raised his hand and put it into the footbath. He noticed that the water was a bit hot, so he ordered someone to add some cold water.
But no one dared to move without King Chengan's order.
Yu Chengguang had no choice but to prepare new foot-washing water by himself.
After a lot of twists and turns, Xie Zhun kicked over three basins of water before finally putting his feet into the water.
"Master Marquis, why are you standing still? I am tired. Please press my feet for me."
Yu Chengguang's expression became increasingly gloomy, but he was still busy serving Xie Zhun.
Perhaps Yu Chengguang was too obedient and humble, so Xie Zhun stopped embarrassing him and started chatting with him.
"Master Marquis, others say you are the most spirited and proud, but now you actually stoop down to this for the sake of the eldest lady?"
"Tell me, what kind of picture do you have?"
Yu Chengguang replied respectfully, "Shu'er has lost her mother. Now her only wish is to marry His Highness. As a father, I naturally have to make the decision for her."
Xie Zhun sighed, "It doesn't matter, there are many people like her in this palace."
"If you really want to come, come."
"I'm just curious. Compared to the eldest lady, is the second young lady in your family more pitiful?"
"You can't just ask that bandit who humiliated her to marry her?"
"Oh, that doesn't seem right. You've already torn that bandit into pieces~"
Xie Zhun's words were obviously sarcastic, and Marquis Dingyuan's face was also very ugly, but he could not get angry.
He not only owed Chu'er, but also Shu'er...
"Thank you for your concern, Your Highness. Regarding Chu'er's affairs, I have an old minister to make the decision for her."
Having reached this point, Xie Zhun extended an olive branch to him again.
"Master Marquis, let's do this. If you join my army, I will take your second daughter as well."
Now in Xie Zhun's eyes, Yu Nianchu has lost his innocence and is no different than a broken shoe, but his father is precious.
As he said, there is no shortage of food in the house, so it is okay to marry one more person.
Unexpectedly, Yu Chengguang shook his head.
"Thank you for your kindness, Your Highness. It's just that Your Highness is Shu'er's sweetheart, and I don't want them to share the same husband."
The assistant sighed, the Buddha of Dingyuan Marquis is really difficult to convince, no wonder the emperor brother has used him for so many years.
"That's all." He raised his feet and raised his hand towards Yu Chengguang.
"Master Marquis, please go back and send Shu'er to my palace in three days."
"This king has something else to do, so I won't see the Marquis off."
Yu Chengguang cupped his hands with a calm expression, "Yes, I will leave."
On the way back to the house, the butler beside him was full of complaints. His Lord Marquis was so powerful that even the emperor had to give him some respect.
But this prince has gone too far! He actually asked Mr. Hou to wash his feet! ! !
"Master Marquis, why are you doing this? With your status, it is not difficult to choose a good marriage for the eldest lady!"
"Why go to Cheng'an Prince's Mansion and suffer such humiliation!"
Yu Chengguang waved his hand, "Hey, it doesn't matter."
"I can choose a son-in-law for Shu'er, but the one Shu'er wants to marry most has always been King Chengan."
"And they are already married. If they marry someone else again, Shu'er will be looked down upon."
The housekeeper frowned and saw it started to snow in the sky, so he immediately held an umbrella for Yu Chengguang.
"Hey, Mr. Marquis, you are really kind to the eldest lady. I hope that the eldest lady will be your highness's concubine in the future and stop stirring up trouble."
"Otherwise, not even you, Master, can save her."
Yu Chengguang looked at the falling snow in the sky with a smile, and the burden in his heart finally became lighter.
Now, only his first son is left.
…
On the other side, Yu Nianchu changed into casual clothes early in the morning and went to Tianhuan Pavilion, where she also met the beauty Yunque who entertained her last time.
Wearing a bamboo hat, she casually gave Yunque a piece of silver.
"Girl, I want to see your Pavilion Master."
Yunque's expression was complicated, but he did not dare to accept Yu Nianchu's money.
Last time he only received a few pieces of silver from her, the master of the pavilion gave away all the money bags. The treasures and gold in them were enough to buy half of Tianhuan Pavilion.
Skylark doesn't want to do such a loss-making business, and doesn't dare to do it.
She gently shook her round fan and looked up and down at Yu Nianchu in front of her with a pair of regretful eyebrows.
"Hey, please come back, miss."
Yu Nianchu frowned. Could it be that he was recuperating in the East Palace because he was seriously injured in the hunting ground?
"He's not in now?"
Yunque didn't intend to hide it from her, so he told the truth.
"Indeed, the Pavilion Master came back yesterday."
"It's just that since you left last time, the Pavilion Master has given us an order. From now on, Miss, he will not be there when you come."
