The empress is pregnant, and the emperor's incense continues

"Tonight, Elder Chen met Yao'er alone and said that he would definitely help Yao'er find a suitable husband. If Yao'er doesn't like any man in the capital, his Chen family will definitely cover her. He also gave Yao'er a personal white jade and said that as long as Yao'er is willing, Yao'er will always be the daughter-in-law of the Chen family."

"Tell me, isn't he hinting to Yao'er that she should marry him? What does this mean?"

It seems to be somewhat like that, but it also seems like something is wrong.

Old Master Meng added: "What if we make a mistake? Wouldn't that make us laugh?"

"How could that be? Father, think about it. The Chen family has been so good to Yao'er over the years. Chen Qianmo is still a child. The gifts were all sent by Chen Yanqing. And today he almost emptied the Chen family of the betrothal gifts. Now the betrothal gifts are still in our house. Isn't this a plan to make Yao'er marry him no matter what?"

"Cough cough!"

Old Master Meng coughed twice and interrupted General Meng. It was obvious that the Chen family was at fault regarding the betrothal gift, and they were too embarrassed to take the initiative to ask for it back.

Moreover, today was the Meng family's birthday party, and the family was too busy to have time to sort out the betrothal gifts and return them.

He was just thinking about taking some time out tomorrow to have someone send the betrothal gifts back, but he didn't expect to be misunderstood by General Meng like this.

"Well, Boss, I think there's something wrong with this marriage, so don't think too much about it."

Old Master Meng was reluctant to say that General Meng had misunderstood, as that would be too embarrassing, so he had to give him a subtle reminder.

Unexpectedly, General Meng did not understand the implicit meaning at all. He was stunned and said dissatisfiedly: "Father, this is your fault. What's wrong with Chen Yanqing? His character, talent and appearance are all top-notch in Beijing. He is just a little older, but that's not a big deal. When you are older, you will know how to care for others. Besides, he is only in his teens, so it's nothing."

Old Master Meng was speechless, so he had to be more straightforward: "Maybe Lord Chen is just being polite. With his power and status, if he wanted to get married, he would have done it a long time ago. He hasn't married for so many years, why did he change his mind when it comes to Yao'er? I think he is just being polite, don't take it seriously."

"Can our Yao'er be the same as other families?" General Meng retorted.

"Yao'er saved the only child of the Chen family. She is the great benefactor of the Chen family. Isn't it obvious that Elder Chen wants to repay his kindness? Besides, father, have you forgotten that when Yao'er saved Qianmo, our two families consulted a master and read the horoscopes of both of us. The master said that Yao'er's horoscope would be both auspicious and beneficial to Qianmo."

"Chen Yanqing has only one child. He definitely doesn't want anything to happen to Chen Qianmo. Since Yao'er is good for Chen Qianmo and Chen Qianmo doesn't want to marry her, it's very likely that Chen Yanqing wants to marry her and raise her to protect his son!!"

Somehow, Old Master Meng actually felt that what General Meng said made some sense, but there was still a string in his mind, that is, this matter was most likely a misunderstanding.

He pretended to have a headache, covered his head and said, "Hey, I'm old now, I just hope you young people are all well, get married soon, have children soon, so that when I die one day, I can feel at peace. You can handle Yao'er's affairs yourself, I'm waiting to drink Yao'er's wedding wine."

By saying it so vaguely, Old Master Meng just wanted to make the best of a bad situation and let General Meng do the hard work. If it didn't work, he would come out to smooth things over. If it worked, it seemed like a good idea too.

However, with General Meng's understanding ability, he thought that Old Master Meng urged him to quickly implement this matter. He said happily: "Father, don't worry, not to mention drinking Yao'er's wedding wine, you can even hold your great-grandson. Just wait and see."

That night, General Meng was so excited that he couldn't sleep. He was still very nervous when he thought about the time when he could become a relative of Lord Chen.

Every time he met Lord Chen, he was a little servile. Even when Chen Qianmo came to pay New Year's greetings, he was very polite and did not act like a father-in-law at all.

Things will be different from now on. He is no longer Chen Qianmo's father-in-law, but Chen Qianmo's grandfather. He will definitely make that boy kowtow to him several times.

And as for Chen Yanqing, should we ask him to kowtow as well? He only kneels to the emperor, and in the future he will have to kneel to his father-in-law as well.

General Meng thought so and almost woke up laughing in his dream.

The next morning, he did not go to the yamen and went straight to Chen's house.

Uncle Fu, the steward of the Chen residence, knew that his son had broken off the engagement yesterday. He thought that the Meng family had not fallen out because of yesterday's birthday celebration. Since General Meng was coming today, he would definitely argue with him. Therefore, he smiled from ear to ear and was very polite to General Meng.

"General, Master Chen is not at home today. He went to the Imperial College. What do you think?"

General Meng strode in and waved his hand, saying, "I'm not looking for that guy. I'm looking for Elder Chen."

"That's right. Marriage is a matter of parents' decision." Uncle Fu muttered and hurriedly welcomed General Meng in. In fact, he couldn't stop him even if he wanted to.

As he walked, he explained, "It's really unfortunate. As you know, the elder has many things to do in court every day, so he is not in the mansion at the moment."

"I know." General Meng continued walking forward.

Now Uncle Fu was panicking. Knowing clearly that the Chen family had no master, General Meng still kept rushing in. Was he trying to destroy the Chen family?

He risked his life and finally stood in front of General Meng.

Seeing Fu Bo's fearless look, General Meng asked in confusion, "What are you doing?"

Uncle Fu quickly retracted his two arms and smiled again, "The elder and the young master are not at home. I am afraid that I cannot entertain General Meng well this time. How about you leave your visiting card and come back another day?"

"A visiting card? No, our two families are so close, why would I need one? You don't have to entertain me. I will just wait here for the Lord to leave the court."

As he spoke, General Meng gave Uncle Fu a gentle push, causing him to spin around on the spot.

When Uncle Fu stopped again, he saw that General Meng had walked away.

He took small steps and shouted from behind: "General, slow down. Wait a minute, I will make you some tea."

While chasing General Meng, Uncle Fu caught a servant and whispered, "Go to the palace gate and guard the old man. Tell him that General Meng is here to attack us."

After giving the instructions, he went to the front hall and drank tea with General Meng with a smile.

The court session had just ended, and Chen Yanqing knew that the news of his son's broken engagement had spread throughout the capital, so after the court session ended, he did not stop, for fear that someone would stop him and make fun of him.

Although he didn't care, he didn't like it.

Fortunately, he walked fast. As soon as he arrived at the palace gate, he saw his servant. The servant ran to Chen Yanqing and said nervously, "Lord, do you think we should invite the people from the Five Cities Military Department to join us? General Meng is killing people in our palace."