Farewell Flower Festival

After Chaoyan walked around twice, Mu Tianling asked her to come over and sit down for a while and poured her some tea.

After Chaoyan came over and sat down, when she reached out to take the teacup, a section of the jade bracelet was exposed from her sleeve. Mu Tianling glanced at it, his face a little gloomy, and said, "If you can't take it off, break it." Chaoyan stretched out her other hand to show him, and there was a white jade bracelet on it.

Seeing Chao Yan wearing the bracelet he gave her, Mu Tianling's expression eased a little. Chao Yan then said, "I've also been wearing the hairpin you gave me these two days."

Mu Tianling picked up the teacup and took a sip of tea, seemingly trying to hide his inner joy.

Chao Yan also drank a sip of tea and asked casually, "How is Miss Liu doing recently?"

Mu Tianling took another sip of tea and answered casually, "I don't know."

Chao Yan observed him secretly and asked casually, "Didn't they invite you to go to the lake or the lantern festival again?"

Mu Tianling replied nonchalantly, "No."

Chao Yan secretly observed his indifferent look, put the teacup on the table, straightened her clothes, and said, "It's getting late. I'll go home first."

As soon as she stood up, she was pulled into Mu Tianling's arms. He had a smile on his face, and his dark and deep eyes looked at her with a half-smile, and asked, "Are you jealous?"

Chao Yan turned her head away and denied it stubbornly, but the two suspicious blushes on her face betrayed her.

Mu Tianling raised his hand and gently hooked her chin, asked her to look at him, and said: "Don't meet that Han Er in the future, I don't like him." His tone was a bit overbearing.

Chaoyan also raised her hands to hold his face and asked, "What about you? Are you still flirting with other girls?" Mu Tianling seduced in a low voice, "What do you think~" He came closer, Chaoyan's heartbeat became faster and faster, her face was like a sunset, and she closed her eyes unconsciously.

Then a voice of "Your Highness" came from outside the door.

As soon as Qian Feng shouted, he felt a murderous aura coming out from inside. He felt that maybe, maybe he shouted at the wrong time. When Mu Tianling opened the door, Qian Feng saw the resentful look on his face and knew that he shouted at the wrong time.

"What's the matter?" Although Mu Tianling's tone was light, his eyes revealed a sense of low pressure, "You'd better be in trouble or you're dead."

Qian Feng replied: "Eunuch An came over just now, and the Emperor wants to see His Highness."

"Now?" Mu Tianling suppressed the murderous intent in his eyes.

Qianfeng nodded.

Mu Tianling went to say something to Chaoyan, and after coming out he said a few words to Qianfeng, asking him to send Chaoyan back, and then left with Feiyu.

After entering the palace, Mu Tianling found that not only he was summoned, but also Mu Tianqi and Mu Tianchen.

Emperor Mu first summoned Mu Tianyuan alone, and Eunuch De took the three of them to the tea room to wait.

After the maid finished serving tea and left, Mu Tianqi picked up the teacup and scraped it, then spoke first: "Father summoned us here probably because of the recent rumors."

Mu Tianling said: "Don't worry, Second Brother, it's just a rumor. Father doesn't really think that you have an affair with the palace maids. Second Brother has always been clean. I once thought that Second Brother was not interested in girls."

"Ahem," Mu Tianchen had just taken a sip of tea when he choked when he heard these words.

Mu Tianqi's face also flashed a trace of embarrassment and strangeness, but he still maintained his demeanor and said, "Fourth brother, you are joking. Our marriage is decided by our father. If the third and fourth brothers have a favorite girl, they should ask the father to grant the marriage as soon as possible, so as not to be snatched away by others."

Mu Tianling said: "There is an order of seniority. My second brother hasn't even gotten married yet, so how can my third brother and I get married first?"

Mu Tianchen didn't say anything until Mu Tianqi asked him what he was busy with recently. He said he was not busy, and that was the end of it.

Then the three of them stopped talking, and the tea room was so quiet that the only sound was the scraping of teacups.

Finally, Eunuch De came and took the three of them to the imperial study.

After Emperor Mu asked about what happened between Mu Tianyuan and Chao Yan, he asked the three people what their impressions of Chao Yan were.

Mu Tianqi replied: "I think the princess is straightforward and innocent, unlike ordinary women."

Mu Tianchen did not comment.

Mu Tianling replied: "I think Second Brother is right."

Emperor Mu glanced at Mu Tianchen and asked, "Third Brother, what do you think?"

Mu Tianchen replied: "I am not familiar with the princess."

Emperor Mu thought for a while and said, "A few days ago, the imperial concubine mentioned to me that you are all getting old, and it's time for me to choose a wife for you." Emperor Mu glanced at the three people in turn and asked, "Do you have a favorite girl?"

Mu Tianqi said: "It's up to the emperor, father, to decide."

Mu Tianling clenched his fists, knowing that this was a test, but afraid that if he missed this chance, there would not be a next time. But if he said the wrong thing this time, he would also have no chance. Time passed second by second, and for a moment he almost spoke, but was restrained by his reason.

"Don't tell me now. When the time comes and I grant you the marriage, don't blame me for matchmaking." Emperor Mu said.

"Father," Mu Tianling just spoke, and three pairs of eyes looked over. He paused, suppressed the restlessness in his eyes, and said, "I want to marry someone who is both talented and beautiful."

Mu Tianqi smiled and said, "Does Fourth Brother have any other requests?"

Mu Tianling asked back: "Second brother, don't you want to marry a beautiful and talented wife?"

Mu Tianqi said: "Marry a virtuous wife, and her appearance is secondary."

Mu Tianling said: "I am superficial."

Emperor Mu said, "Old Third, what do you want?"

Mu Tianchen replied: "Be filial to your mother."

After coming out of the imperial study, Mu Tianqi said, "Why didn't Fourth Brother tell Father which girl you liked? If Fourth Brother had told Father, Father might have granted the marriage."

Mu Tianling said that he had something else to do at the Jiuxing Division, so he left first. Mu Tianchen was going to visit his mother, Concubine Shu, so he left first as well. Mu Tianqi went to Mu Tianyuan first, sat down to drink a cup of tea and talked for a while, and then went to visit his mother, Concubine Yin.

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On the other hand, Shen He sent someone to find out about Li Er's aunt through his cousin. His aunt did work in the Shangshufang, but she was a handyman in the back kitchen.

Those gossips were heard by his aunt from the cook's daughter Erya, who heard them from one of her younger sisters, who heard them from her mother. Her mother worked in the mansion of the Marquis of Loyalty and Bravery and was an old woman brought over by Zhao from her natal family.

Lin Rou blamed herself for having offended Zhao two days ago, and the other party held a grudge against her, so she spread rumors to defame Chao Yan.

Shen He wants to go to the Marquis' Mansion to settle accounts with Zhao Zhong. Chao Yan wants to go with him, and Shen Cheng also wants to go. Lin Rou wants to persuade Shen He to think twice, but Shen He has made up his mind.

"Dad, if the tiger doesn't show its might, the Zhaos will think we are easy to bully. Let's bring more people with us, so that we won't suffer any loss if a fight breaks out."

"Dad, Xue'er is right. We should teach Zhao a lesson. If he dares to spread rumors and defame Xue'er this time, who knows what he will do next time."

Shen He summoned the guards, and the group went to the Mansion of the Marquis of Loyalty and Bravery in a mighty manner.