After rebirth, the Prime Minister's wife always wanted to leave her father behind and keep her

"That little girl in red looks familiar."

"Grandpa Emperor, that's my master's wife. You saw her at the last Burning Tail Banquet." Prince Ning Zhao pulled the emperor's sleeve and said with joy on his face.

"Oh?" Emperor Longxi laughed, glanced at Cui Yuanqing behind him teasingly, and said to Ning Zhao, "Master's wife? After today, she will no longer be that."

Ning Zhao looked at Cui Yuanqing in confusion. The latter looked surprised and glared at him. Ning Zhao had always been afraid of this master, so he shrank his neck and stuck out his tongue.

Emperor Longxi went out of the palace incognito today without disturbing anyone. He only sent someone to inform Prince Xiang and his wife when he arrived at the garden. At this time, they learned that Prince Xiang was in the front hall. Only Princess Xiang and Ning Zhao came to receive him and took him to a high seat. They happened to finish watching the game of Cheng Songan and others.

"Xuanzhen," Emperor Longxi turned around and pointed at him, "Cheng Qing has three daughters in total, but you have ruined two of them."

Cui Yuanqing lowered his head and frowned, saying, "I am guilty."

Emperor Longxi stared at the field with a solemn gaze for a long time without saying a word, with a faint smile on his face, as if he was thinking of something long ago.

Princess Xiang's heart moved, and she immediately understood the message that Cheng Song'an had given Duan Zhuyudai. She bowed and said, "Father, it will be dark soon, and the Lantern Festival will begin soon. Why don't we go to Tianxiang Pavilion and take a seat first?"

Emperor Longxi shook Yuchuan'er in his hand and took Ning Zhao's hand: "Let's go and take a look first."

Princess Xiang hurriedly and quietly ordered people to arrange Tianxiang Pavilion inside and out. As soon as she entered the courtyard, she saw hundreds of palace lanterns hanging high, illuminating the courtyard.

Emperor Longxi had not participated in such a lively lantern festival for a long time and was in a good mood. He asked Ning Zhao a few riddles. Ning Zhao was smart and had been taught by Cui Yuanqing, so the small riddles were naturally not difficult for him. He answered them one by one correctly, which made Emperor Longxi very happy.

As they were talking, Prince Xiang also arrived and glanced at Cui Yuanqing. The two nodded silently and then stepped forward to pay their respects to Emperor Longxi. Emperor Longxi glanced at him indifferently and said, "Ning Zhao will come to the palace to stay with me for three days every month next month."

King Xiang was stunned and looked at Cui Yuanqing again. The latter had no expression on his face. He quickly knelt down to express his gratitude.

When Cheng Songan followed everyone to Tianxiang Pavilion, Emperor Longxi was already sitting in the first seat, with Ning Zhao sitting next to him, Prince Xiang and his wife standing nearby, and Cui Yuanqing sitting at the lower seat.

"I've come here at the last minute, so there's no need to be formal. Just sit down." Emperor Longxi was in a very good mood and told everyone to sit down as if it were a casual occasion.

Although these young masters and young ladies from aristocratic families were noble, they still felt a little restrained in front of the most noble person in the world. They were as quiet as they were on the field just now.

Emperor Longxi said to Ming Zhan, "I heard that Xiu Rong came back to the capital to discuss marriage. Which girl has he decided on?"

Ming Zhan blushed, and subconsciously glanced at Cheng Songan beside him before explaining, "Please forgive me, my lord. I am still young, and it won't be too late for the marriage to take place in two years."

Emperor Longxi laughed and said, "You are already seventeen, isn't it too late? My son married your sister when he was seventeen."

As he said this, he pointed at Prince Xiang in the air, and Princess Xiang immediately said, "My brother is very strange. To be honest, if he doesn't like someone, even if it's arranged by our father, he will disobey the order."

Ming Zhan then breathed a sigh of relief, lowered his head, and glanced at Cheng Songan casually.

The young man's love was so obvious that even Emperor Longxi could see it. After noticing this, he looked at Cui Yuanqing again with a teasing look and said, "Marriage requires mutual affection. Otherwise, it would be bad if they end up being resentful of each other. Don't you agree, Xuanzhen?"

Cui Yuanqing stood up, lowered his head and said nothing.

Emperor Longxi said to the crowd again: "You may not know yet, but Madam Cui divorced Minister Cui. Hahahaha, she is the first heroine in our Daqian Dynasty."

Cheng Songan was startled. Emperor Longxi's words were like a spring thunder. She looked at Cui Yuanqing in surprise. The latter had a calm expression on his face, but judging from his straight lips, he was not calm.

Is this the imperial decree Cui Yuanqing requested? He was willing to let the whole world laugh at him in order to save her reputation. It was not a divorce, nor was it a divorce, but she divorced him!

Sure enough, the expressions of those disciples from aristocratic families who had already looked up to her changed a little. Some looked at her with disdain, some with ridicule, but most were shocked.

But it was different for the girls from aristocratic families. They could only admire him. With Cheng Songan as a precedent, if they were wronged in the future, they would fight to the death to regain some face for themselves. At worst, they could divorce their husbands.

Duan Zhuyu was the first to applaud: "Good! Your Majesty is wise. Yu'er offers a toast to you!"

Princess Xiang scolded: "Yu'er, don't be rude."

Emperor Longxi waved his hand and smiled gently: "You spoiled this girl, and now you are scolding her. I think you are being too nosy."

Duan Zhuyu proudly raised her head and smiled at her aunt and uncle, and then struck while the iron was hot and said to Emperor Longxi: "The saint allowed Yu'er to act nonsense, and Yu'er wanted to ask for mercy for my uncle."

Emperor Longxi asked, "What grace?"

Duan Zhuyu cleared her throat and was about to speak, but Lu Qingshan interrupted her and bowed, saying, "Your Majesty is happy today, and good things come in pairs. I, your humble servant, want to get a piece of the cake before Miss Yu."

Cui Yuanqing's eyebrows twitched, he raised his eyes, slowly turned the wine glass in his hand, and a sneer appeared at the corner of his mouth.

Emperor Longxi became interested: "Oh? Which girl does Lord Lu like? Tell me so I can hear it."

Duan Zhuyu was very anxious. Lu Qingshan's intentions were obvious to everyone. It was obvious that he wanted to snatch Cheng Songan from her, but she wanted Cheng Songan to be her aunt-in-law.

She immediately jumped out and pointed at Lu Qingshan and said, "Minister Lu is going too far. I said it first, how could you get ahead of me?"

Lu Qingshan rolled his eyes at her, and the two of them glared at each other, both wanting to speak first.

"I heard that Minister Lu once swore in front of his ancestral tablets that he would never get married until he took back the five towns in the northern border and established a career," Cui Yuanqing said quietly, "but I didn't know that the five towns in the northern border have been taken back."

When talking about the five towns in the northern border, Emperor Longxi's expression was not as warm as before. He put his fingers on his knees and tapped them from time to time, and the whole hall suddenly fell silent.

Lu Qingshan's eyes showed a fierce look. He lifted up his robe and knelt heavily on the ground: "I swear here that within five years, I will take back the five towns in the northern border and help your majesty. I dare not take credit for it. I only ask your majesty to grant me marriage when the time comes!"

Ming Zhan also knelt down: "My heart is the same as Lord Lu's!"

Emperor Longxi clapped his hands on his knees and shouted, "Good!"

After a cheer, there was a bit more consideration in the look he gave Cheng Songan.

Fortunately, Emperor Longxi could not sit for long, so after staying for a while he carried the imperial carriage back to the palace, allowing this group of young people to have some fun.

Cheng Songan was surrounded by a group of girls in the center of the party, and he also had a lot of fun, guessing riddles, playing with lanterns, and drinking a glass whether he won or lost. It didn't take long before he got drunk.

Cui Yuanqing walked over and said, "Don't drink too much."

Cheng Songan smiled at the young ladies and said, "Look, I divorced him, but he still cares about me."

Cui Yuanqing's eyes darkened. Without saying a word, he took the wine glass from her hand and drank it.