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Chapter 155 Every memory is a heavy shackle
"Eunuch, may I ask why the Emperor summoned me? Why did he bring my wife with him? My wife has returned to her parents' home. I will bring her back and then we can enter the palace together."
"Master Cheng, good fortune is yet to come for you! It's a good thing. Go pick up your wife today and we can go to the palace together tomorrow morning."
"Thank you, eunuch." Cheng Rui asked Xiao He to give the reward silver to the eunuch who delivered the imperial edict, but the eunuch refused to accept it, so Cheng Rui had to give up.
This is the future prince consort. The emperor dotes on Princess Changping the most. He is so busy trying to please her that how could he dare to accept the reward money!
Cheng Rui sent the eunuch out and asked Xiao He whether he had found out the whereabouts of his wife.
"Sir, the Madam is not in the Shangshu Mansion. After returning to Yuecheng, the Madam mostly lives in the Protectorate General's Mansion. Occasionally, she returns to the Shangshu Mansion to stay for a day or two. The Shangshu Mansion does not seem to have any objection to the Madam living in the General's Mansion for a long time."
"This is ridiculous! A married woman, not only can't go back to her parents' home often, but she also stays in someone else's house for a long time. The Shangshu Mansion is really well-educated!
Send someone to the General's Mansion to inform her that as someone else's wife, she should obey her husband. It is against ethics to stay in the mansion of a man who has no family. Tell her to come back quickly!"
"Sir... this..."
Xiao He felt that the master was a little strange today. Although what the lady did was not right, he felt that the master's tone was a little inappropriate. The lady worked hard for the master and this family, he saw it all and kept it in mind. He was very grateful that the lady could devote so much to her master.
"I'll go if you're asked to. Do you have any objection?"
"No, no, I'll go right away."
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Zeng Qian'er has been feeling a little low these past two days. When she revisited the old place in Qingshui Town, the dusty scenes flashed through her mind like movies.
Those sweetness, those shyness, those heartbeats, it turned out that only she felt them. She was really deceiving herself and always living in the past.
The old wounds of the past were torn open, and the bloody flesh was placed before my eyes. The reality is so painful. Unrequited love is not love, and every memory is a heavy shackle.
Shangguan Yue looked at Zeng Qian'er, who was sitting in Junlanwan but absent-mindedly, and knew that she had returned to the old place yesterday and was sad when she recalled the past.
Chen Bianbian and Shangguan Yue were trying to make Zeng Qian'er laugh, and the atmosphere was just right, but Zeng Qian'er's maid Hua'er came in and said that Cheng Rui was calling her wife back home.
"Hua'er, you said Cheng Rui sent someone to call your wife back? What about him? Where is he dead? He hasn't seen her for such a long time, and he doesn't even want to pick up his wife. Not to mention that they are so close, even if the journey is long, he is such a great husband! In my opinion, big sister, you shouldn't care about him. You have taken care of everything for him, but he is used to enjoying it..."
Chen Bianbian became furious when talking about Cheng Rui. If her Shangguan Yan dared to do this, she would have kicked him away long ago. A man who does not love his wife and sits back and enjoys the fruits of his labor with a clear conscience is a scumbag.
"Mom, please stop for a moment. Hua'er, Cheng Rui has called someone to notify him. Tell him to come in. Big sister, don't think too much. Find out what's going on first."
Shangguan Yue stopped Chen Bianbian, because the more he talked, the paler Zeng Qianer's face became.
"I greet the general's wife, the eldest lady, and the madam." After Xiaohe came in, he saw that the ladies looked unhappy, and he didn't dare to ask them to go back home.
"So it's you! Xiaohe, right? It's been a few months since Lincheng saw you, and your master still hasn't made any progress! Is there something wrong with his feet?"
Chen Bianbian's tone was a bit sarcastic. Xiaohe felt it, but when the masters were fighting, he was like the cannon fodder the lady had mentioned before!
"Madam General, my master's legs and feet are fine, there is nothing wrong with him."
"If he wasn't crippled, why didn't he come to see me? He didn't show up at my father-in-law's place either! He really knows etiquette! Our first-rank general's mansion is not worthy of him coming to meet us, let alone the second-rank general's mansion!"
Chen Bianbian really hated Cheng Rui now. She didn't expect that he was so handsome, but actually turned out to be a scumbag and a pig's hoof. It was really a waste of his face. Zeng Qianer must have been defeated by his face back then!
"Madam General, it's not like that. It's just that the Lord is too busy."
"He is so busy that he has no time to visit his father-in-law or pick up his wife in twelve hours a day? How busy is he? He doesn't need to sleep or eat, he is always busy, right? Does his father-in-law live thousands of miles away, or does his wife live on top of the clouds?
They all live in the Imperial City. When you said that, I thought he lived in the Eighteen Layers of Hell, and he had to pass through layers upon layers, get fried hundreds of times, and get burned thousands of times before he could get to the surface, right?"
"Pfft!"
Shangguan Yue and all the maids in the room laughed together. Bai Zhi thought she was laughing too loudly, so she quickly covered her mouth, her little face turning red.
Xiao He's face turned even redder. He really felt that what his adults did was wrong, but he couldn't tell others that what the adults did was wrong!
"Xiao He, tell us exactly what your master said, word for word, no more and no less, otherwise your wife will definitely not go back."
Shangguan Yue looked at Xiaohe's expression and knew that Cheng Rui might have said something bad, so even the servants didn't dare to say it out loud. She would never let anyone bully Zeng Qianer. Cheng Rui should be responsible for what he said.
"This, slave, slave..."
"If you don't want to tell me, then go back! My eldest sister won't go back. The three of us are sworn sisters. She is my father's sister-in-law. As her family, we will never let her suffer any injustice."
"Miss, Miss Shangguan, please be kind and let my wife go back! The emperor will summon you and your wife tomorrow."
"Hasn't he already met the Emperor? Why does the Emperor suddenly want to see him again, and even me?"
Zeng Qian'er was very confused. She was unhappy and didn't want to go back, but the emperor wanted to see her, so she had to go.
"I don't know either. I only know that the Master went to the palace yesterday and came back in a very happy mood. This morning, the Emperor sent someone to deliver the appointment letter, official uniform, and official seal..."
"Weren't they sent to Lincheng a long time ago? Why are they sent again? No, could he be..."
"Yes, Madam, the Emperor has promoted him again. He is now a third-rank official in the Ministry of Rites. He is a favorite of the Emperor! He hasn't even taken up the post of Minister of the Ministry of Rites yet, but he has been promoted directly to Minister of the Ministry of Rites. Madam is so lucky."
Xiaohe was also very happy. The master was so lucky and his wife was so lucky for him!
"The Emperor couldn't have promoted him again for no reason. What did Cheng Rui do?"
Shangguan Yue was very puzzled. It was impossible that Cheng Rui would be promoted suddenly after just one meeting with the emperor. Cheng Rui was not a person with particularly outstanding talents. For the emperor to promote him on the spot, something big must have happened. Unfortunately, that was the imperial palace and Xiaobai and the others could not enter.
"I don't know. My Lord didn't say a word about it after he came back."