My Lord, your wife is spreading rumors about you again.

Chapter 65: Crying as if my father had died

"An imperial decree granting marriage?"

Ming Boyuan stood up and walked over quickly. Zhang Zhi stood in front of him. The young man was handsome, slender and straight, full of youthful spirit. There was a gentle smile on his lips, but also a hint of hostility, just like a sharp sword hidden in the spring breeze.

"Zhang Qihui."

Ming Boyuan stared at Zhang Zhi, his eyes filled with unclear emotions: "Do you know what the crime of deceiving the Prime Minister and falsely conveying the imperial edict is? Even if you are the nephew of the Queen, the nephew of Prime Minister Lin, or the son of the Marquis's mansion, none of them can protect you!"

Zhang Zhi raised his eyebrows and smiled, his eyes narrowed slightly: "If you don't believe me, please check it out. Or, I can ask you directly in the morning court tomorrow."

Zhang Zhi did not bring out the prince to maintain order. He was afraid that Mingli did not really want to surrender to Shen Ke as she said today. He did not say anything at this moment to leave a way out for her.

Ming Boyuan took the imperial edict and confirmed that it was written by His Majesty himself. He didn't expect it to be such a coincidence that His Majesty was ready to grant the marriage when he was about to send Mingli to the harem?
But why does Your Majesty suddenly want to grant a marriage?
By the way, Meng once said that Mingli and Zhang Zhi have been very close in recent days. Could it be that they have had an affair long ago? Ming Boyuan lowered his eyes and thought deeply. In fact, if he thought about it from another perspective, marrying Zhang Zhi might be a roundabout way to save the country.

The Zhang family has extensive connections, and they are related to Lin Wei, the Queen, and the Crown Prince by blood. They are truly royal relatives. If the Zhang family has a daughter from the Ming family as an insider, then maybe she can become the key chess piece for him to overthrow the Zhang and Lin families in one fell swoop.

It just so happens that that rebellious girl would rather die than enter the palace.
Then you can move into the Marquis' Mansion. To be honest, the crazy fire in the ancestral hall just now really frightened Ming Boyuan.

Thinking of this, Ming Boyuan suddenly smiled. He rolled up the imperial edict and held Zhang Zhi's hand again: "Since it is the order of His Majesty, I will obey it. It is a great honor for both Ming and Zhang families that my son-in-law can get the imperial edict to grant marriage!" Ming Boyuan laughed and said, "How about this, I will call Li'er and we will discuss a festive day and hold the wedding in a lively manner!"

Old Lord Zhang curled his lips. He had been fighting with Ming Boyuan for more than twenty years, and the other party knew what he was going to do just by looking at his butt.

This old beast must have thought of some sinister way to harm others and benefit himself!
Ming Boyuan shouted outside: "Inkstone!"

After several breaths, Yan Tai finally came back in a hurry, "Prime Minister."

Ming Boyuan ordered, "Go, bring the second girl out, and tell her that His Majesty has granted her a marriage with the son of the Marquis of Zhenbei. The Zhang family has come to propose marriage, and I have already agreed. Let her come out and meet the people."

"This"

Yan Tai's forehead was covered with cold sweat, and he refused to obey for a long time. Zhang Zhi was the first to notice something was wrong. He grabbed Yan Tai and asked sternly, "What's going on? Where's Ming Liren? What happened to her?"

"Speak! What's wrong!"

Ming Boyuan was also anxious. Ming Li was now his most important chess piece. Even the entire Ming family combined were not as important as her.

Yan Tai knelt down and said in a trembling voice, "Prime Minister! The second young lady disappeared after she burned down the ancestral hall. I went to the young lady's yard just now and found that Shancha, Liuliu, Li Mama and some common items in the house were all gone. I think they might have gone with the second young lady."

Zhang Zhi frowned tightly and glared at Ming Boyuan, "Burning down the ancestral hall? Prime Minister Ming, what did you do to her? She is the most docile person, and you forced her to burn down the ancestral hall and run away from home?!"

Ming Boyuan: ".Docile?"

There was dead silence.

Even Lord Zhang had nothing to say. Son, please think before you speak next time, right?

Your future daughter-in-law is really not docile at all.

Archery at the flower-viewing banquet, horseback archery competitions, verbal battles in Kyoto Prefecture, and today's burning of the ancestral hall, each of these events is something that even a man might not be able to handle.

Zhang Zhi had a gloomy look on his face. He stuffed the imperial edict into the hands of old Marquis Zhang, turned around and strode away.

"Wuwei! Gather all your men, with Mingfu as the center, and search in all directions. Even if we have to dig deep into the ground, we must find the person safely!" "Yes!"

Since Shancha and the others were gone, I guess Mingli wanted to leave. Why did she leave? Was it because Jinri knew that he had approached her with a purpose from the beginning?

He deserves to die!
She should have knelt down at that time! Now, she left without saying a word and I can't find her anymore. Are you satisfied? She must be very angry and hate herself!
However, at this time, on a small hill not far from the outskirts of the capital, Mingli and his group were happily moving things and tidying up the hut.

Mingli brought a rocking chair from the house, took a palm-leaf fan, and lay down comfortably. Shancha also brought her a small table and placed it next to her, with tea, fruit and snacks on it.

The moon rises above the willows, and its clear light shines across the mountains.

There was a bluestone path beside, the sound of gurgling water was heard, and everything was quiet except for Liuliu's mumbling and whispering, which made Mingli want to hit him to death with a fan!
Liuliu carried a bag of herbs: "Girl, the herbs are so heavy. Is the moon beautiful?"

Liuliu took five or six dresses and said, "Girl, there are so many dresses. Is the rocking chair comfortable?"

Liuliu brought two boxes of snacks and floated behind her like a wandering soul: "Girl, the snacks smell so good. Is the breeze cooling you down?"

Mingli gritted his teeth, he could no longer endure it, he didn't need to endure it anymore!

"Snapped--"

"what--"

Liu Liu screamed, squatted on the ground with his hands covering his head, and looked back at Mingli with grievance. Just as he was about to speak, he saw clusters of flames burning in the distance.

"Girl! Fire, fire, fire! It's on fire!"

Upon hearing this, Nanny Li ran out to see what was happening. "It's not a fire, it's a torch. Someone must be searching the mountain."

"Search the mountain?" Mingli sat up from the rocking chair. Who would have nothing better to do than search the mountain in the late evening?
Shan Cha also came out. She guessed, "Second Miss, could it be someone sent by the Lord?"

"No, he's not that free."

Mingli directly denied it.

She thought about the dozen packets of poison powder hidden in her sleeves. Forget it. It was too tiring to hide here and there. If it was an enemy who came, she would just poison him to death. It would be a good way to provide nutrients for this land. It would also be nice to grow some medicinal herbs in the future.

She lay down again and waved her hand: "Nothing, you all go in and have a rest, just pretend you didn't see anything."

The three of them looked at each other, but seeing that Mingli had closed her eyes, they could only do as she said.

In just a moment, torches and footsteps arrived outside the gate of the courtyard. The leader was Wuwei, who immediately saw Mingli lying comfortably.

Instantly, tears welled up in her eyes, and she turned around and shouted, "Master! The second girl is here!"

Is this, inaction?
Mingli was quite confused when he heard the familiar voice.

She sat up again, and saw a white shadow rushing towards her at lightning speed. He knelt on the ground, hugged his legs tightly, and cried as if his father had died.

Mingli's face darkened: "Zhang Zhi, are you crazy?"

(End of this chapter)