Chapter 178: Chonghua courtships
Facing Chonghua and Jingxing's panic about the people of Wu Guo, Wei Rui didn't have extra time to worry about this, she was busy opening a store.
Regarding the location of the store, planning, and how to operate, Wei Rui spent a long time researching, and now her preparations for opening the store have been almost done, because of the emperor's permission, there is no shortage of start-up capital, and there is no shortage of lists, it can be said that it is half a state-owned enterprise, but the government and government do not participate in the control, only collect taxes and silver.
This was also decided by Wei Rui after negotiating with the emperor at that time, after all, although most officials had experienced the imperial examination and were full of knowledge, they still lacked some knowledge of business.
Therefore, Wei Rui is very satisfied with the current situation, and in such a big place as the capital, he must make a good profit.
In the past two months, everyone has been busy, and there is little time to sit down together and chat quietly.
Han Wulou's leg condition recovered very well, but for many reasons, he was still hidden from the outside, and he was still paralyzed in bed all day.
Everyone had a tacit understanding not to disturb Jingyue and Han Wulou, as well as Mingzhou and Chonghua.
However, even if Jingxing was prepared and hid Chonghua well, some accidents still came so suddenly.
It was the night of the Lantern Festival, and it was already late when Jingxing came back from the palace, a rare festival, so all the people in the palace gathered together to celebrate, even Chonghua, who had been living in the backyard. She had liked the customs of the Great Yin New Year celebration before, and she had always wanted to see her once, but she never had the opportunity, so this time, she was originally allowed to enjoy it.
Just when everyone was gathered in a circle, busy eating and watching the fireworks, Emperor Qing suddenly pushed open the door of the house.
That night was a disaster, so to speak.
Originally, on the day of the Lantern Festival, Emperor Qing had the habit of getting drunk and running around, but he had not been to the Ming Wangfu once during his reign, after all, the Ming Wangfu was dilapidated and not a place to be driven.
However, this time, he didn't know what kind of wind he smoked, and he actually came to the Ming Palace.
All the people couldn't avoid it, especially the most eye-catching Chonghua on the table, she was so good-looking, because it was a festive day, so she wore a festive red dress, and the whole person was very bright.
Therefore, even Emperor Qing, who was drunk, saw her at a glance and recognized her.
No one would worry about the less than one percent chance on such a festive day, but that's how it happened, Wei Rui didn't know how to remember that when she was in elementary school, every time she was late, the teacher would be early, and if she was early, the teacher would be late.
It's weird, it's such luck.
Jingxing was called to the palace by Emperor Qing and severely criticized, asking him why he wanted to hide it, what his intentions were, and considering Chonghua's reputation, Jingxing didn't dare to say much. Seeing that he was silent, Emperor Qing was naturally angry, so he beat him up.
He was carried back to the palace, Wei Rui thought that he would give up with a simple reprimand, but when she saw Jing Xing, who was pale and had open skin, she was completely shocked.
She had seen Jingxing punish people many times, but it was the first time she had seen him punished, and in such a tragic way.
From the moment she saw Jing Xing being carried back, Wei Rui's head began to go blank, and there were only three words echoing in her mind, why was that?
Why did he treat Jingxing so much, why was Emperor Qing so ruthless, why didn't Jingxing resist at all, why didn't he make it clear whether Chonghua was bullied or poisoned?
Everything made her have no time to think and just wanted to question, but Jingxing seemed to understand her thoughts, and when she was about to rush out, he grabbed her with all his strength.
Wei Rui didn't go after all, she held Jing Xing's hand and cried for the first time.
Everyone said that the palace was difficult, and she didn't think it was at first, but this time she seemed to have found evidence to support such statements, and began to believe it.
Chonghua was recruited into the palace since the day of the fight, worried that she would have poisonous hair, Jingxing asked Mingzhou to enter the palace to take care of her, but Mingzhou was driven out by the emperor, but fortunately, Mo Wenming was still in the palace and could take care of it at any time.
Facing the beauty he missed, Emperor Qing naturally wouldn't let it go so easily, so going to Chonghua every day almost became a must-do for him, Chonghua was tormented, but she couldn't tell what happened before, she wanted to live.
She has someone she cares about and wants to be with all the time.
It is comforting that because of Chonghua's identity, her refusal is very important in the eyes of Emperor Qing, and Emperor Qing does not dare to touch her at will.
When Jingxing's injury was almost healed, winter passed, and the lord of the Witch Kingdom also set off from the Witch Kingdom.
Seeing that the lord of the Wu Kingdom was getting closer and closer to Dayin, everyone began to panic in their hearts, especially Mingzhou, who was simply restless.
Fortunately, Mo Wenming's antidote has been successfully developed, and Chonghua has taken it, as long as it takes three days, Chonghua will no longer be ill, and he will be completely cured.
In fact, at this point, logically speaking, the fate of Chonghua and Mingzhou is over, but obviously neither of them is willing.
On the day when the lord of the Wu Kingdom arrived in Dayin, in order to greet him and put on the momentum of a strong country, the capital was quite lively, the streets were full of traffic, and many alleys were blocked.
It stands to reason that this Japan should be the best day to open a business, however, Wei Rui is not in the mood at all.
She heard Jingxing say that Chonghua might be sacrificed to the gods, so she was worried all the time, and the scheduled opening date was postponed.
Emperor Qing decided to surprise Chonghua by letting Chonghua dance on the day the lord of the Wu Kingdom came. Emperor Qing also knew that Wu Guo had been looking for the last witch for a long time, so he wanted the people of Wu Guo to owe him a favor, originally, Jing Xing was the hero.
Chonghua had no way to refuse, if she didn't cooperate, Emperor Qing would inevitably find trouble with King Ming, so she could only accept it.
A beautiful woman is beautiful in everything she does, but a few simple actions, Chonghua is unique in the world, Wei Rui stood next to Jing Xing, feeling that Jing Xing, who had always been not interested in them, was stunned, and felt a little unhappy in his heart.
However, the follow-up development was not as beautiful and smooth as the Lord of the Great Yin Kingdom thought, because the person who the Lord of the Witch Kingdom came with him was none other than the new Witch Witch.
There has never been a precedent for two witches at the same time, so one is bound to be deposed, and it is really expected that one of them will be abandoned.
It's just that no matter what the lord of the Wu Kingdom does, he will have a reputation for not remembering his old feelings, so Emperor Qing is not helping him at all, but making trouble for him.
Sitting at the banquet, Wei Rui could feel the embarrassment and embarrassment of the atmosphere without moving, Chonghua and the new witch sat at a table, the lord of the witch country wanted to ask Chonghua how he was doing, but in front of the new witch, he didn't say much.
The witch of the witch kingdom can predict the fate of the lord of the kingdom, so each witch will be especially respected by the lord of the kingdom, and they will always maintain their innocence, because in this way the gods will be especially favored, and even the lord of the kingdom she serves.
Therefore, a shrine maiden who loses her virginity is a desecration of the existence of the gods and will be used for sacrifice.
The lord of the Wu Kingdom didn't know what Chonghua had experienced, but his disappearance in Qiguo would make people think of those things somewhat, so he could only give up Chonghua.
It was originally a banquet to catch the wind, but everyone chewed wax together, and it ended hastily.
Wei Rui looked at Chonghua and sighed heavily when she saw that she had a lot of loss under her eyelids.
Jingxing seemed to know her worries, so she explained: "This is inevitable, whether you want to or not, when you are given up, there will always be some loss." ”
Wei Rui took Jing Xing's hand and whispered, "Thank you." ”
Thank you for his hard work to protect Chonghua, thank him for not thinking that she is an enemy because of what happened to Chonghua, thank you for not looking at women with everyone's eyes, and thank you for him for enduring pain and humiliation for all this.
The deposed witch will be sent to the Taoist temple of the witch country, and she will be left to fend for herself, and most witches can't bear this too big identity gap, so they choose to commit suicide.
Judging from these traditions, Chonghua seems to have no way to live.
But no one thought that Chonghua would ask for marriage with the lord of the Wu Kingdom.
This is simply an unprecedented thing in the history of the Wu Kingdom, so much so that the Lord of the Wu Kingdom confirmed several times whether she had said anything wrong, and moreover, it was not only the Wu Kingdom that was surprised, but even Jing Xing was shocked.
Emperor Qing thought that Chonghua had been with him for a long time, and he was moved by his daily greetings, so he wanted to serve him, so he had been very happy to watch Chonghua courting the lord of Wuguo, but when she said her name, everyone was shocked.
She said that the person she wanted to marry was Jingxing.
As soon as this sentence came out, before Jingxing could say anything, Wei Rui stood up first, and Mingzhou, who was standing behind her, looked even more incredulous.
Not only that, Chonghua also said that he and Jingxing were already married and pregnant.
At this moment, there was an uproar in the room, Emperor Qing was so angry that he couldn't sit up straight, Jingxing looked at Chonghua, trying to know what she was doing and what her purpose was. And Wei Rui was stupid, she didn't expect that her Jingxing was actually snatched away!
Without waiting for everyone's reaction, Chonghua walked up to Jingxing and dragged him up, then knelt down in front of the Lord of the Witch Kingdom, took out the piece of black jade from his sleeve and handed it to the Lord of the Witch Kingdom.
"The divine jade is returned to you, I served the gods with all my heart in the past, but this is the only matter, I ask you."
Naturally, it was impossible for the lord of the Wu Kingdom to agree, so he flipped the table and turned to leave.
Emperor Qing was in a dilemma at this time, he didn't know what to do, this matter was related to Jingxing, if it was true, the lord of the Wu Kingdom would definitely not let Jingxing go, but if Jingxing was abandoned, there would be no available candidates for the frontier for a while.
Besides, who knows if the people of the Umno Kingdom took this opportunity to damage their own soldiers?
He squinted his eyes and glanced at Jing Xing, got up with a cold snort and said, "Go to the right minister, the Ministry of Rites, the Ministry of War, and come to the imperial study." ”