Jiang Mengzhen never asked anyone for help when it came to Hao Cheng's affairs. At first, he didn't know how to comb a woman's hair, so he took time out to learn from the servant who served him personally. He didn't cut the clothes, but he had to choose the materials and people who made the clothes himself. He basically took care of Hao Cheng's food, clothing, housing and transportation.
She was drunk, and the hangover soup was brought to her by the servants, but Jiang Mengzhen fed her the soup himself. In order to make her sleep more comfortably, Jiang Mengzhen even untied her wrinkled coat for her.
When he was taking off his clothes, he casually hung the coat on the rack beside the bed. When he took off his coat and was about to sleep next to Hao Cheng, he suddenly saw a small thing stuck on Hao Cheng's coat.
He couldn't sleep well at that moment, so he tiptoed off Hao Cheng's body and reached out to take the small thing off the clothes.
It was a very delicate leaf brooch. When Hao Cheng was bumped into, she had this thing hanging on her clothes. But she was tipsy at the time and didn't notice any changes in her clothes from when she came out. The brooch looked like a button and was fastened in the right place. Others would only think it was an original decoration on the clothes and naturally would not remind Hao Cheng anything.
But this dress was picked by Jiang Mengzhen himself, and he was very sure that when his wife was wearing it today, there would definitely not be such a little thing on the dress.
He glanced at Hao Cheng, who was still sleeping with her eyes closed, so he did not wake her up. Instead, he took the pin off his clothes, played with it in his hand for a while, then put on another coat and went out.
After walking for a quarter of an hour, he stopped in front of a stone tablet and fiddled with the hidden patterns inside. A part of the ground was moved away, revealing a hole that was two people wide.
Jiang Mengzhen held the leaf collar pin and went down the cave. The two sides of the dim tunnel were inlaid with night-shining pearls for lighting. He walked around the long tunnel, pushed open the door of a dungeon, stopped the man who had tortured the two secret guards, and held up the leaf to ask, "Where did this thing come from?"
The two secret guards still had some consciousness left, and said in a hoarse voice: "This should be the thing that the Thirteenth Emperor pounced on."
The Thirteenth Emperor's nickname contains the word "Chun", and the shape of the leaves matches the leaves of the tree. Jiang Mengzhen usually does not have much contact with this cousin, because his biological father is said to have a bad relationship with his biological father and brothers, and another reason is that although he is an emperor, he is not favored by the emperor.
In short, it has no practical use value, but it is easy to cause trouble. If his memory is correct, the other party is now thirteen years old, and in two years, it will be the age to talk about marriage.
The Thirteen Imperial Ministers were born in the Imperial Palace. Unless they were protected by a powerful paternal family and were deeply loved by the Emperor, no matter how innocent they appeared on the surface, their hearts would not be pure at all.
When he married Hao Cheng, although he did not go out to entertain guests, according to the report of the butler, the Thirteenth Emperor came to attend the wedding banquet that day, so he should know Hao Cheng.
He knew that this was his wife, but he still rushed over. Of course, he had bad intentions. He held the leaf tightly in his palm and said in a deep voice: "What was the expression on the Thirteenth Emperor's face after he rushed over?"
It's not surprising that he reacted like this. After all, Hao Cheng was ten years younger than him. There were many old wives and young husbands in the world. Ever since he married Hao Cheng, he had been very wary of those young and handsome young men who had not yet married.
The two secret guards endured the pain from their wounds and finished their words intermittently. Jiang Mengzhen then left the secret passage holding the leaf. When they returned to the room, Hao Cheng was still sleeping in the bed. Her sleeping posture was very proper, and she didn't even move her hands.
He originally wanted to wake up Hao Cheng and ask her about the leaf, but in the end he didn't have the heart to wake her up. In the end, he put the things at the bottom of the dressing box, lay down next to Hao Cheng with a heavy heart, and fell asleep.
Because of the hangover, when Hao Cheng woke up, she had a splitting headache. She pressed her temples to try to relieve the pain.
When she came to her senses, Jiang Mengzhen, who usually slept lightly, was also awakened by her. He straightened up, and the thin blanket on his body slipped off his shoulders. Jiang Mengzhen's eyes were still a little bleary: "Why don't you sleep a little longer?"
Hao Cheng glanced at the timer in the room: "It's getting late. If I sleep any longer it will be noon." Her stomach was rumbling with hunger. She had slept for nearly seven hours.
Jiang Mengzhen yawned, and her eyes focused on his face again. She was surprised when she saw him. "Why do you look so haggard?"
As Hao Cheng's expression changed, Jiang Mengzhen hurried to find the Western glass mirror. Sure enough, the man in the mirror looked extremely haggard, and he was no match for those young people who looked and felt very good.
Although he went to bed early yesterday, he was so worried that he didn't sleep well the whole night. It was natural for him to be in this state now.
Hao Cheng didn't know that Jiang Mengzhen was like this because of the matter of the Thirteen Emperors. He thought he was like this because of Fang Yu and the fact that she walked out yesterday.
She immediately felt a little guilty, and she reached out to hug him and said, "I've thought about Sister Fang's matter. If you really don't like her, I'll ask the doctor to be careful and let her move out. It was my fault yesterday for not controlling my temper. In the future, we should discuss this kind of thing before making a decision. Please don't be angry with me, okay?"
She couldn't remember much after drinking, and she had obviously forgotten the conversation she had with Jiang Mengzhen after she came back yesterday.
Jiang Mengzhen was embraced by such a warm embrace, and his whole body was warm. He realized that Hao Cheng might have forgotten something, and he felt a little amused. He did not intend to take the opportunity to change his mind, but said: "Didn't you tell me yesterday when you came back? Fang Yu can live in the mansion, anyway, she can't eat much by herself. If you really like her as a friend, I won't force you. But there is one thing, you can't visit her every day, and you must not be sick of her."
Hao Cheng's heart softened a bit more. He looked at Jiang Mengzhen with sparkling eyes for a while, then kissed him on the cheek and replied with a smile, "I know, I know. I know that my husband treats me the best." Jiang Mengzhen is her husband, and Fang Yu is not. It is enough for her to visit Fang Yu every day. Of course, it is impossible for her to forget her husband for her sister.
After the kiss, she cautiously asked, "So we are reconciled now, right?"
Jiang Mengzhen said unhappily: "I thought I had reconciled with you yesterday."
Hao Cheng hugged him tighter, resting his chin on Jiang Mengzhen's shoulder, his face still against Jiang Mengzhen's right cheek: "I forgot, right? Then let's not quarrel anymore, okay?" Trust between husband and wife is important, but harmony is equally important. She didn't want the so-called happy enemies who quarreled all day long.
Because their faces were close to each other, Jiang Mengzhen could clearly feel the vibration caused by her words. He responded softly, "Okay, whatever you say is fine."
After waiting for a while, Hao Cheng finally let go of Jiang Mengzhen's waist. After tying his hair and putting on a crown for him, he asked the servants to get two boiled eggs from the kitchen.
Jiang Mengzhen frowned and looked at the two eggs: "I don't eat this." He quite liked the egg custard made by Hao Cheng, but he had no interest in this tasteless boiled egg.
"It's not for eating." She responded, and carefully cracked the egg from the small end. When the two smooth and white eggs were peeled, she held one in each hand and rolled it over Jiang Mengzhen's dark circles. She stopped when the indigo color under his eyebrows disappeared a little.
She was originally planning to cook to celebrate their reconciliation, but Jiang Mengzhen pulled her out of the kitchen and said, "I have something else to do today, so we probably won't have lunch at home. You still have to prepare for the palace exam in a few days, and we can do whatever we want after that."
When it comes to the palace examination, Hao Cheng becomes depressed. But she is not alone now. In order to prevent Jiang Mengzhen from being looked down upon by others and to gain a better foothold in the capital, she must prepare well for the palace examination in the near future.
The purpose of cooking is to make the eaters happy. Jiang Mengzhen didn't come back for dinner, and he didn't want her to cook, so Hao Cheng gave up on this idea. She immediately agreed, "Then I'll listen to you. Come back early, and I'll wait for you to have dinner together."
After making up after a quarrel, people are always closer than before. When Jiang Mengzhen left the house, Hao Cheng stood at the door and watched him go. She waited until the carriage disappeared into a dot in her sight before she reluctantly went in.
Jiang Mengzhen also waited until he turned the corner and could no longer see Hao Cheng standing at the door before he lowered the curtain on the side of the carriage and ordered the coachwoman to drive to Mingyue Tower, which he had ordered early that morning.
Jiang Mengzhen seemed to have arrived a little early. He waited in Mingyue Tower for half an hour, but the person he had an appointment with finally showed up.
The Thirteenth Emperor mentioned by Xie Bingxin walked down from an inconspicuous sedan chair, still wearing women's clothing that was convenient for walking outside.
The other party was completely different from the timid little white rabbit he had been yesterday. He was not at all overwhelmed by Jiang Mengzhen's aura. Instead, he walked towards him step by step, very steadily.
"He" sat down in front of Jiang Mengzhen with an elegant posture and said with a smile: "I wonder why my cousin asked me out?"