Chapter 688: Fetching Water with a Basket

The front yard gradually became lively. Guests came into the house one after another, sent congratulatory gifts, said a few birthday wishes, and were immediately arranged to sit down.

The older people sit together and talk about officialdom, sons, and family and country affairs; the younger people sit together and talk about elegance, career, and beauties.

During the dinner, cups were exchanged, glasses were exchanged, and the atmosphere was lively.

Xie Jin naturally sat at the table of young people, and several children from aristocratic families automatically gave up their seats to him. Xie Jin was not polite, and the old man sat and drank comfortably.

The young people on the left and right had never had any dealings with him, but now they couldn't wait to get in touch with him and toasted him one after another. Especially Ruan Kang, the legitimate son of the Ruan family, holding the wine glass, almost wanted to thank him. Go up to Jin.

"Thank you, Master. I'll toast you and ask for your advice in the future."

Xie Jin glanced at him and took a sip from the wine glass. As for giving advice, he really had no interest in giving advice to someone who couldn't hold up the wall and was full of mess.

"Master Xie is really young and promising. He has taken the position of Minister of the Ministry of Justice at such a young age. It is really admirable."

"Yes, Mr. Chief Assistant has taught you well. Mr. Xie has outstanding abilities and his future is limitless."

Xie Jin modestly said: "They are all promoted by Her Majesty the Queen and the Prince Regent."

Over there, Mr. Ye, Mr. Wang, and a few county princes who could no longer be named were also holding wine glasses, and they took turns toasting, for fear that they would be robbed of the opportunity by others.

Seeing that his birthday banquet was stolen from the limelight by the twenty-year-old Xie family's heir, Uncle Xiping's face was already a little ugly, but he suddenly heard a voice during the dinner: "Where is Chang'er?"

Uncle Xiping was stunned.

Master Ye looked around, but didn't see his son, and frowned slightly: "Chang'er came with me, where are you now?"

Uncle Xiping also felt strange and looked at his son: "Kang'er, have you seen Mr. Ye?"

Of course Ruan Kang knew that he was the one who led Mr. Ye to the Northwest Hospital in order to create a chance encounter with Qing Ling. He should have succeeded by now.

Now if you take someone with you, you will definitely see some wonderful things, just enough to make the two of you happy.

He gestured and thought for a while: "I just saw Mr. Ye heading towards the northwest courtyard. Mr. Ye, my nephew will take you to look for him."

Lord Ye nodded.

"It's not good! It's not good!" A boy ran over in a panic, "Something happened to Mr. Ye!"

Mr. Ye was startled and stood up: "What happened? Tell me quickly!"

The boy's face was pale, and his expression was frightened: "Ye... Master Ye, you should go and see for yourself."

During the dinner, the guests realized that something was abnormal and looked at each other for a while: "What happened?"

"I don't know. Let's go over and have a look."

"Let's go and take a look."

Uncle Xi Ping had an ominous premonition in his mind, and he and Mr. Ye headed straight to the wing room in the northwest courtyard under the guidance of the servant.

The group of people hurried to the northwest courtyard and saw two people lying outside one of the rooms. Master Ye recognized that these were the guards beside his son. He was suddenly startled and stretched out his hand to push open the door.

"What happened?" Mrs. Ruan pushed aside the crowd and hurried into the room, "Is it Qing Ling——"

"Chang'er!" Mr. Ye was shocked. He quickly stepped forward to help Ye Chang up and asked angrily, "What's going on? Who did this?"

Ye Chang was so painful that he could not speak.

Mrs. Ruan's expression suddenly changed. She looked left and right but didn't see Qing Ling who was supposed to be here. The fact that Mr. Ye looked like he was seriously injured made her heart sink, and her uneasy premonition became stronger and stronger.

"Come here! Go and ask Qingling to come over!" Uncle Xiping immediately ordered, "Go quickly!"

After giving the instructions, he explained to Master Ye: "Qing Ling is a medical woman. Let her come over to diagnose and treat Mr. Ye to see what the problem is."

Mrs. Ye hurriedly knelt down next to her son, her face pale and anxious: "Chang'er! Chang'er! How are you?"

"Men and women are not intimate, so it wouldn't be appropriate for Miss Qingling to come over and see Young Master Ye for his injuries." Xie Jin walked across the threshold unhurriedly and glanced at Ye Chang's condition casually, "Young Master Ye should be fine. , that is, your hand is slightly injured, and there is a bit of paralyzing poison on the wound, so don’t be too alarmed.”

"Mr. Xie, are you serious about what you said?" Mr. Ye stood up, "Chang'er is really nothing serious?"

Xie Jin said: "I judge that there should be no serious problem. If Mr. Ye is worried, you might as well ask someone to go outside and ask a doctor to come in and take a look at him. Miss Qingling is a woman after all, so it is inconvenient——"

"Qing Ling is about to marry into the Ye family. There is no inconvenience." Mrs. Xipingbo said, "Ask Qing Ling to come over quickly."

"Miss Qingling is about to marry into the Ye family?" Xie Jin raised his eyebrows, "I'm afraid this won't work."

As soon as these words came out, not only the Xipingbo couple and the Ye family couple were surprised, but also the people who came to watch were also stunned.

What's the meaning?

Under the gaze of more than a dozen pairs of eyes, Xie Jin calmly took out a bright yellow scroll from his arms: "Uncle Xiping listens to the order."

Seeing this bright yellow color, the expressions of everyone present changed, and then they all knelt down with a bang, and they all bowed to the ground in panic.

"Your Majesty has decreed that Ruan Qingling, the concubine of the Xiping Prefecture, is intelligent, kind, knowledgeable, and sensible. He specially gives Chu Nanyi, the concubine of the Chu family, as his wife. They will get married on a selected day. I appreciate this."

There was silence in the wing.

"Long live, long live, long live!" A clear and respectful voice sounded outside the door, "I thank your majesty for your grace."

Everyone subconsciously turned their heads to look. Wasn't the one kneeling outside the door the other person in the decree, Chu Nanyi, the illegitimate son of the Chu family?

"Lord Xiping, please accept the decree." Xie Jin put away the decree and handed it to the stiff-faced Lord Xiping, "So my master said that men and women should not touch each other, Lord Xiping should agree."

Lord Xiping stretched out his trembling hand to take the decree: "I agree... I agree, Mr. Xie is right, I, I... I accept the decree! Thank you, the Queen for your grace!"

Tao froze on the spot, as if all the strength in her body had been drained, and she couldn't say a word.

She and Madam Ye had just discussed the marriage and planned to get married when they got married... With an imperial decree, all the betrothal gifts were declared to be gone.

What on earth is going on?

Obviously... Obviously Qingling should appear here...

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