"Zhang Aiqing."

"The minister is here."

Zhang Xiaochi hurriedly knelt on the ground and replied.

"Get up, don't kneel down without moving."

Under the emperor's strong request, Zhang Xiaochi had no choice but to obey the order and stood up straight under the envious eyes of everyone.

"I just found out that the two beautiful girls behind you seem to have a very close relationship with you."

"Your Majesty, she is Lin Xiaoxi, the wife of the minister, this is Zhao Ling'er, the daughter of General Zhao Hongde."

Zhang Xiaochi replied honestly.

He replied very rationally, but as soon as he finished answering, Zhao Ling'er's little face immediately drooped, and his eyes were full of resentment when he looked at Zhang Xiaochi.

On the side, Lin Xiaoxi noticed Zhao Ling'er's expression, and was very helpless about Zhang Xiaochi's answer to the emperor's words, so he had to comfort him softly on the side.

"Zhang Aiqing, since you already have a wife, then Mrs. Lin's daughter is going to marry you as a concubine?"

"Your Majesty, the people are willing."

As soon as the emperor's words fell, Lin Caier knelt on the ground and expressed her sincere attitude.

As soon as these words came out, Mrs. Lin almost jumped up angrily, and could only stare at her daughter with eyes that hated iron and steel.

"Okay, what a dedicated girl."

The Queen Mother applauded, then looked at Mrs. Lin, and said with a kind smile.

"Mrs. Lin, since young people have a good impression of each other, what if they are concubines."

"Although Zhang Aiqing is young, she has outstanding ability, and she will definitely not let your daughter Mingzhu be dusted."

"What the Queen Mother said is extremely true."

Even if Mrs. Lin didn't want to agree in his heart, but the emperor and the queen mother had spoken, he could only grit his teeth and nod secretly.

"Queen Mother, you can personally choose a good day for Zhang Aiqing's marriage."

The emperor reminded on the side.

"Your Majesty, the minister wants to go back to Qingwa Town to hold a wedding."

As soon as he heard the emperor's words, Zhang Xiaochi hurriedly reminded him, after all, he just promised Lin Caier to help him refuse Gao Yao, but he didn't really want to marry her.

"That's right, your fiefdom is Qingwa Town, and you are still from Qingwa Town, it's good to go back to the wedding, which shows that Zhang Aiqing values love and righteousness."

The emperor smiled slightly and took off a piece of jade pendant from his waist.

"This jade pendant is a gift from me to you for your wedding."

As soon as the emperor said this, the faces of all the court officials at the scene changed greatly, and then they looked at Zhang Xiaochi with fiery and jealous eyes one by one.

Although Zhang Xiaochi doesn't understand the jade pendant, this is something that the emperor wears with him, and combined with everyone's fiery eyes, he can also judge the preciousness of this jade pendant.

"Your Majesty, this thing is valuable, and Weichen doesn't dare to ask for it."

Zhang Xiaochi resigned.

"I said take it."

"Yes, thank you for the reward."

Seeing Zhang Xiaochi take the jade pendant, a flash of joy flashed on the emperor's face, turned his head to look at the ministers, and said majestically.

"Everyone, Aiqing, seeing this jade pendant is like seeing me."

"Yes!"

"Long live my emperor, long live, long live!"

The cry of the mountains resounded throughout the palace.

……

The Queen Mother's birthday was celebrated for three days, and for three days, at least on the surface, the entire capital was shrouded in laughter.

In three days, Zhang Xiaochi took gifts to Taifu's house under the urging of Lin Xiaoxi and Zhao Ling'er, and Mrs. Lin naturally didn't have a good face for Zhang Xiaochi, but the wood was already in the boat, especially when the emperor and the queen mother agreed to this marriage, he could only receive Zhang Xiaochi with a black face.

However, when Zhang Xiaochi was about to leave, Mrs. Lin forcibly kicked Lin Caier out of the house, although she didn't say anything about severing the father-daughter relationship, but the meaning was similar.

"Sister Cai'er, your father has gone too far, the marriage was approved by the emperor and the queen mother, and he drove you out of the house, just to blame the emperor and the queen mother for being unfair."

"I'm going to the emperor to sue the emperor!"

Zhao Ling'er was angry that Mrs. Lin said to Lin Cai'er like this, with her hands on her hips, and said angrily.

"Ling'er, don't!"

Lin Cai'er's face changed greatly, and her beautiful face showed a look of begging.

"Ling'er, although my father doesn't recognize me, he is my father after all, and this matter is because I am not filial and did not obey my father's arrangement."

Looking at Lin Cai'er's pear blossom with rain, Zhao Ling'er showed reluctance on her face, patted Lin Cai'er's shoulder with her little hand, and comforted her softly.

"Sister Cai'er, you are too kind, Mrs. Lin wants to use you to take advantage of Gao Yu's line."

"Who is Gao Yu?"

"We are the number one corrupt official in Dayue Country, and if you mix with him, there will definitely be no good end."

"Also, Sister Cai'er, don't worry, I won't sue."

On the side, Lin Xiaoxi naturally walked to Zhang Xiaochi's side and said in a low voice.

"Husband, go and comfort Sister Cai'er."

Zhang Xiaochi was stunned for a moment, his expression was a little embarrassed, but he couldn't stand Lin Xiaoxi's pleading eyes, and finally came to Lin Cai'er's side and comforted him softly.

"Miss Lin, don't worry, I will do my best to convince Mrs. Lin that he is a smart person, give him time, and he will definitely understand that we are doing this for his good."

"Really?"

Lin Caier asked with teary eyes.

"Of course."

Zhang Xiaochi nodded seriously.

After being appeased, Lin Cai'er's mood improved a lot, she looked back at the Taifu Mansion with the door closed, and said in a low voice.

"Let's go."

Because the emperor ordered Zhang Xiaochi to stay in the capital to guide the blacksmith to forge the bicycle, the group still lived in the Zhao family's mansion in the capital.

Back at Zhao's house, Zhao Ling'er and Lin Xiaoxi pulled Lin Cai'er to choose a room, Zhang Xiaochi was idle, and the emperor's plan had not been upgraded yet, so he pulled Zhao Qiankun to play chess.

"Xiaochi, I almost forgot, on the day of the Queen Mother's birthday, you almost fought with Gao Yu's No. 1 general, and then you were interrupted by Hamza."

"I want to ask, do you feel that Gao Song is powerful, or is it that Hamza brings someone who is powerful?"

Zhang Xiaochi showed a look of memory, Zhao Qiankun didn't say it, he almost forgot about this stubble.

"Takamatsu has an aura that Haller and others don't have, and my first feeling is that Takamatsu is stronger than them."

"What a high boy, the emperor almost lost his face, this old guy still didn't let Gao Song play!"

Zhao Qiankun scolded angrily.

"This old guy probably doesn't want to expose his strength in front of the emperor at will."

Zhang Xiaochi replied.

"He guessed that I might be easy to clean up, so he asked Takamatsu to come forward and plan to teach me a lesson, but after seeing the strength of Temujin Haller and others, he felt that it was too high-profile, so he didn't let Takamatsu make a move."

"But that's okay, Gao Yu has seen my strength, and if he wants to do something to me secretly, he has to weigh it!"

"Not to mention that we have the jade pendant and death-free gold medal given by the emperor himself, our strength is far from being exposed."

Zhang Xiaochi smiled confidently.

"You kid!"

Zhao Qiankun also laughed evilly, others don't know Zhang Xiaochi's true strength, but he knows it very well, when he was in Qingwa Town before, he still had the idea of learning, but now, this kind of thought has never appeared again.