Rebirth of the High Family's Beloved

Shen Zhaoyi was stunned when he heard this. He paused as he spread out the drawing paper and looked at Yan Ci with hurt and confusion in his eyes.

"Why? Isn't it good to be my queen?"

"I don't want to be a queen."

Shen Zhaoyi stood up and walked down from the desk. "Don't rush to refuse. Just ask for anything you want. I will satisfy you. I sincerely hope that you can stay by my side. I will give you the honorable position of queen and everything you want."

"Shen Zhaoyi, did I do something to make you misunderstand me? I don't like you, so I don't want to be the queen, and I don't want anything you give me. Please take back the imperial decree."

Shen Zhaoyi's face darkened for a moment. He turned his back to Yan Ci and took a deep breath to control himself. His closed eyes showed a tough look that could not be concealed. "The imperial decree has been issued and cannot be taken back."

"Your Majesty, please withdraw the imperial edict!"

A loud male voice suddenly came from behind Yan Ci and Shen Zhaoyi.

They both turned around and saw Xie Chengyin walking in quickly, and Zuo Chun trying to stop them.

Although Yan Ci was somewhat surprised by Xie Chengyin's arrival, he thought that Qiu Fuqiu knew that he had received the imperial edict, so it was not surprising that Xie Chengyin knew about it.

Shen Zhaoyi's face became even more gloomy when he saw Xie Chengyin coming uninvited. He knew that Xie Chengyin and Yan Ci had a special relationship, and Xie Chengyin had proposed to Yan Ci many times. Although he was rejected, he still enjoyed doing so.

He glared at Zuo Chun, his eyes full of accusation as to why he didn't stop the man.

But Zuo Chun was also in a very difficult situation. How could he, a weak eunuch chief, stop Captain Xie who was extremely skilled in martial arts?

Xie Chengyin walked to Yan Ci and stood beside him. He looked at Yan Ci with a faint smile, then blinked and gave Yan Ci a reassuring look, and then said, "Your Majesty, there is no need to blame Eunuch Zuo. I barged in by force."

Shen Zhaoyi withdrew his gaze from Zuo Chun and said, "You go down first."

Zuo Chunru was pardoned and immediately ran out of Yuqing Palace.

Shen Zhaoyi sat back in the chair in front of the desk and looked at the two people standing side by side below.

He said to Xie Chengyin in a bad tone: "What are you doing here?"

Xie Chengyin smiled: "Your Majesty is going to snatch my wife away, how can I not come?"

"Your wife?"

"Yes, although Ah Ci did not agree to marry me, I accepted the betrothal gift. Moreover, Ah Ci was promised to me personally by my uncle Emperor Qing. Even if you are the emperor, you cannot take someone else's love away."

Shen Zhaoyi's eyes were sharp, and a sneer appeared at the corner of his mouth, "How could I not know the decree issued by my father? It has been such a long time, you are not lying to me, are you?"

"How dare I? I'm just worried that you won't believe me. I've brought the imperial edict with me."

As Xie Chengyin spoke, he took out an old imperial edict from his sleeve and said, "Your Majesty, please read it."

Jing Feng, who had been like an invisible man beside him, walked down, took the imperial edict from Xie Chengyin's hand, and unfolded it on the desk in front of Shen Zhaoyi.

The familiar handwriting on the imperial edict, the jade seal on the corner that had not faded at all, and the names of the two people on the imperial edict.

Each of them proves that this imperial edict is indeed as Xie Chengyin said.

Shen Zhaoyi slowly clenched his hands on the desk. He didn't expect that his father had actually written such an imperial edict.

Things had come to this point, and he could no longer use the imperial edict to force Yan Ci to marry him. His father's edict gave them a legitimate reason to get married.

His imperial edict could not refute his father's imperial edict, so naturally it could not hinder the marriage of Yan Ci and Xie Chengyin.

If she was willing to be his queen, then the previous imperial edict would naturally be invalid.

Shen Zhaoyi looked at Yan Ci with burning eyes.

"Yan Ci, the choice is yours, you make the choice."

Yan Ci looked at Xie Chengyin beside him, stretched out his hand and grabbed Xie Chengyin's, "I choose him."

It's expected, but a little sad.

Shen Zhaoyi lowered his eyes to hide his disappointment, "Forget it, I am the bad guy. Since you two know each other well, you should get married soon."

Yan Ci bowed, "Thank you, Your Majesty. I will have the betrothal gifts sent back to you as soon as possible."

"No need, just consider it as my wedding gift to you."

Yan Ci still wanted to refuse, but Xie Chengyin secretly squeezed Yan Ci's hand and gave her a wink, and Yan Ci said nothing more, which was considered as her tacit consent.

Watching the two of them walk out of Yuqing Palace hand in hand, Shen Zhaoyi rolled up the painting on the table and handed it to Jing Feng, "Find a box and lock it up."

The glory of his youth and the longing for more than ten years have finally come to an end.

Walking on the long and wide palace road, the two people held hands, like a young couple reunited after a long separation.

"Why didn't you let me refuse the betrothal gifts?"

"He already said it was a wedding gift for us, so it would be a waste if we didn't accept it."

"Won't you feel nauseous?"

"Of course... I will! So I decided to sell it for silver when I get back. The emperor's betrothal gift to marry the queen should be quite expensive, and it can be exchanged for a large sum of silver."

"It's just a few boxes of betrothal gifts. I've already said I'm going to return them, but you're still being sarcastic. Besides, do you really need this little bit of money..."

The voices of the two gradually disappeared in the silent palace road.

Joyful laughter gradually rang out in the Yan family, in the General's Mansion, and in the Qiu Mansion.

"Oh, I heard you were getting married. As your sister, I don't have much to give you, so I saved up a box of jade last year and gave it to you."

Yan Ci looked at Yan Ru's arrogant look and curled her lips. She had been brooding over Yan Ci's death and had hardly met Yan Ru in the past year or so. Even when they did meet, she ignored her.

But Yan Ru didn't seem to have a good life in recent years. Although she rose rapidly to become the imperial concubine, she was sent to a nunnery after only three months. She ate vegetarian food and chanted Buddhist scriptures for half a year. Because the nunnery was flooded, she was able to return to the Yan family. But after all, she was once the imperial concubine of the previous emperor.

Yan Ci didn't want to pay attention to her, but Yan Ru grabbed the corner of his clothes and asked, "Why, are you still disgusted with me?"

Yan Ci looked back at Yan Ru's pale face and softened his heart, "Of course, you are a concubine, and it is not in line with your status to bring a box of jadeite with you."

"Yan Ci, don't push your luck. You don't know what kind of concubine I am. I saved up this box of jadeite by cutting down my expenses. If you don't want it, I won't give it to you."

"Hey, hey, it's already been given, there's no reason to take it back. Chunzhi, Dingsi, hurry up and go to Xiezhuyuan to move the jadeite, it will be gone if you're too late."

"okay!"

Seeing that his younger brother was about to get married, Xie Chengyi could no longer wait. He couldn't, as the eldest brother, fall behind his younger brother.

After inviting the most skillful matchmaker and bringing generous gifts, Xie Chengyi arrived at the Qiu residence.

I thought I would have to persuade Qiu Fuqiu with all my heart and kowtow three times and nine times before she would agree to marry me, but as soon as I arrived at the gate of Qiu's house, I met Qiu Fuqiu running out.

And the person chasing after him was none other than his future mother-in-law, Qiu Yuzhu.