Chapter 97 – Two Happy Events Come One After the Other

After listening to Miantang’s “accusation”, Cui Xingzhou lifted his handsome eyes, “You have been eating sweet food recently. Aren’t you a child?”

 

When Miantang heard this, she was worried. She looked down at her relatively flat belly and said, “I don’t know why, I just love to eat, and even the waist of my clothes is a little tight. It seems that I can’t neglect my practice, and should pick up my fist and foot skills again… How about practicing boxing with you tomorrow morning?”

 

In fact, Miantang mentioned this a while ago, and Cui Xingzhou naturally agreed. But in the morning, the mayor of Huaisang County woke up late. Even the Prince could not wake her up.

 

So now Miantang has made a vow again, and Prince Huaiyang just listened.

 

The two men snuggled together and talked in the moonlight pavilion. It was just at the time of the honeymoon. Cui Xingzhou suddenly said, “There is a job in the Capital. I have gotten the edict of the emperor, hoping that I can join the court as the captain of the Military Horse Division.”

 

Miantang was stunned and hesitated, “Your Majesty… What does that mean?”

 

Cui Xingzhou didn’t say anything, just put his jade chopsticks on the teacup, and put a cake on each side of the chopsticks. Then he pointed to the two cakes and said, “These two cakes can be regarded as me and Prince Sui. The emperor is using this way to use his royal minister to balance the situation in the court.”

 

Miantang understood that it was now a foregone conclusion for Prince Sui to enter the Capital. When he entered the capital, he would be supported by Empress Dowager. At that time, Liu Dan, the emperor who emerged halfway, would be embarrassed and be put in a difficult position.

 

So Liu Dan expected to use Prince Huaiyang to suppress Prince Sui!

 

Miantang took a deep breath and asked, “What do you think, Your Highness?”

 

Cui Xingzhou was silent for a while and said, “If there were no chaos in the State of Zhen, I would not have bothered to wade in the muddy waters of the capital. Isn’t it happier to be a happy Lord in the State of Zhen? But now… I must go to the capital…”

 

Miantang understood what he meant. Prince Sui had evil intentions toward Prince Huaiyang. Once he had done something in the capital and succeeded, it would be easy to deal with Prince Huaiyang backhanded. If he were to accuse a crime of deceiving the king and conspiring against you, he could make famous officials bear the eternal blame.

 

Cui Xingzhou went to the capital to compete with Prince Sui. He must not let him succeed in what he was going to do. However, the emperor, Liu Dan, although he wanted to use Prince Huaiyang, did not necessarily trust him. Even if Prince Sui is defeated, will the emperor get rid of him as soon as he has done his job?

 

Miantang suddenly felt that all the fighting on the battlefield was not worth mentioning compared with the intrigues surging in the imperial court. After all, there are clear swords and guns on the battlefield. As long as the tactics are appropriate, everything can be strategized. But how should they guard against hidden arrows in court disputes? The prosperous place of the capital is also the bottomless abyss of cannibalism…

 

Cui Xingzhou seemed to see Miantang’s anxiety. This intelligent girl saw things better than average people, so she could understand the danger of going to the capital.

 

“I have told the messenger and said that if they want me to go to the capital, they should leave all my family in the State of Zhen. The staffing of the State of Zhen will remain unchanged, and there will be heavy guards. Once the matter in the capital changes, you will have time to deal with it.”

 

Cui Xingzhou doesn’t want to be separated from Miantang, but he doesn’t want Miantang and his mother to take risks with him.

 

Miantang shook her head firmly and said, “If you go to the capital to fool around, I will not interfere with your beautiful task. But you are going to walk in the jungle of swords and guns. Can I stay in the State of Zhen regardless of you? The Old Princess Consort will stay in the State of Zhen, but I will go with you!”

 

Cui Xingzhou’s heart was hot, but his face was taut, and said, “No! I have decided, you must not play around!”

 

It is a pity that Miantang is not Old Princess Consort Chu. She is not afraid of Cui Xingzhou’s cold face at all. She just calmly said, “I must go to the capital. If you don’t bring me, then we won’t get married. Then, I will be free. Nobody can care about me! If you were caught, I would enter the palace to be an imperial concubine, say some good words on behalf of you to the saint, and save you. What do you think of it?”

 

This really stabbed Cui Xingzhou’s lungs. He slowly stretched out his long finger and squeezed Liu Miantang’s chin, “Say it again!”

 

Miantang, with her charming eyes wide open, simply fell into his arms and put it close to his ear. She said tenderly, “What’s the meaning of saying it again? If you have the ability, don’t take me along and I’ll prove it to you…”

 

Cui Xingzhou knows that this little girl dares to speak and do. If she was put on the North Street, he’d have to give her a good beating as no man could bear the irritating words she said.

 

But the little girl’s skin, which is as slippery as a loach, can’t be beaten. Otherwise, she would have run away. Cui Xingzhou really felt that he had spoiled her and made her more and more shapeless. He decided to teach her a lesson, so he lifted her up and strode toward the bedroom.

 

But Miantang also shouted in a low voice, “What are you doing, my yard is over there, I won’t go to your house!”

 

Cui Xingzhou also learned the way she had just used towards him, and said in her ear, “It’s too late, you will be punished tonight!”

 

However, this night’s heavy punishment was not able to continue.

 

Halfway through the nonsense, Miantang suddenly felt a stomachache.

 

Cui Xingzhou saw that she was not pretending. Her face was pale with pain, so he hurried to call the doctor.

 

The doctor came in a hurry with a medicine box in his hand. The pregnancy news was the diagnosis. It’s just that the fetus is slightly unstable, so she has to lie still to protect the fetus.

 

Cui Xingzhou heard that Miantang was pregnant and his reaction was as if he was struck by lightning. He recalled his actions to her little by little. The more he thought about it, the more frightened he was that he would slap himself.

 

At last, he wrapped Miantang’s hand and held it tightly. Even if Miantang drank the anti-abortion medicine later and fell asleep safely, he didn’t let go.

 

When the Old Princess Consort learned that Miantang was pregnant, she finally found her mother’s dignity and scolded her son Cui Xingzhou.

 

Miantang escaped the scolding of the Old Princess Consort because she was unwell, but the Old Princess Consort looked at her future daughter-in-law’s appearance and sighed, “You are very smart, how can you be so careless? I was still wondering how you can eat so much these days, and I also thought of whether to find a doctor to give you a check. But I didn’t think it was true… You still allowed him to play around with you! If this baby was hurt, you will regret it!”

 

Miantang also didn’t think that she was pregnant before marriage. She was also confused for a while. She regretted that she didn’t take contraception measures early.

 

Her identity as Lu Wen has not been told to Cui Xingzhou. She doesn’t know to which extent they can go before their marriage. She didn’t expect to have a child so soon. What if they both turnover and scatter in the future… What should the child do?

 

Thinking of this, she reached out and touched her relatively flat belly, where a weak little life was in.

 

Miantang decided that she couldn’t tell her identity right now. Now she is not strong enough to bear the wrath of the prince. She was not afraid, but the child in her belly couldn’t bear the mistakes.

 

Fortunately, the prince is a man, and if he abandons her in the future, he will not be afraid of delaying his youth. And if he really can’t tolerate her, she will also take her children and leave!

 

The Old Princess Consort originally thought that her future daughter-in-law will be ashamed and confess her misbehavior, so her shortcomings will be held in the hands of the Old Princess Conosrt. By then, she would comfort Miantang with great generosity, and she can also shake the prestige of mother-in-law and regain the face of some elders.

 

But she didn’t expect that Miantang still had a calm face and was still in a daze from time to time.

 

The Old Princess Consort waited and waited, till she was a little bored, and then reminded her, “You are pregnant before marriage. If you spread the words out, not only will your face be pale, but also the child in your belly will be affected by you…”

 

Cui Xingzhou, who was sitting by the side, didn’t like to listen and said with a cold face, “She is pregnant with my child. How can she be ashamed? If she is pregnant with a boy, she is the eldest son of the royal family. He will be the one that will be taking over my throne in the future. Why will he be affected?”

 

The Old Princess Consort was so blocked by her son that she glared at him angrily, “It’s awesome! You are marrying a legal wife, not a concubine! I haven’t seen any Prince doing such an extraordinary thing of allowing your fiancee to get pregnant first!”

 

Miantang then took the abacus from under the pillow and began to calculate. The Old Princess Consort looked at it dumbfounded, “What are you… What is this?”

 

Miantang pulled a circle and said, “The doctor said that I was pregnant for more than a month. If I get married in two days, I should also be able to fool the past when the child is born… The Old Princess Consort doesn’t have to worry too much, these are small things… If the marriage is ahead of schedule, it may cost some money. I can calculate whether I can even the account simply…”

 

Cui Xingzhou said, “Recently, silver has been added to the residence. You don’t have to think about saving. It’s a once-in-a-lifetime event. It’s really a shame for the residence by holding the marriage so shabbily!” He also got up and went to his desk to check the almanac on it. “The day after tomorrow is good. If there really isn’t a choice, just bring it up to the day after tomorrow…”

 

Miantang stretched her neck and looked at the sky outside the window and said, “If it rains these two days, the wedding dress prepared before is too thin, and some cannot be worn. I’m afraid it will have to be replaced with thick ones… It’s better to postpone it for a few days. The wedding dress was sewn by the embroidery lady in the Capital. The pattern is particularly beautiful. I want to wear that one.”

 

Even if Miantang wants the stars in the sky now, Cui Xingzhou would use the artificial ladder to pick them for her. Hearing that Miantang was afraid of rain and could not wear a beautiful shirt, he immediately turned back and said, “How about ten days later? Generally, at this time of the year, it’s all cool weather…”

 

The Old Princess Consort was too angry to continue listening, so she got up and went back. In any case, her son and future daughter-in-law are very ambitious. It’s not her turn to worry.

 

She has to go back and take good care of herself and live a long life.

 

The next few days before the exact date. The steward and servants of the residence were all busy.

 

The ceremony can’t be postponed any longer. Such news must be covered up. People can’t be aware that the legitimate son of the royal family is the origin of the unmarried son! So all the wedding invitations sent out were canceled, and the wedding date was put forward for more than a month.

 

At this time, the Lian family also came to deliver the message. They agreed to the proposal of the fifth master.