Li Chengqian of the Tang Dynasty: Please say long live His Majesty

Chapter 153: A Night of Spring is Worth a Thousand Gold, Drunken Talk Leads to Beheading (Part )
The bridal chamber is full of candles and the beauty is smiling.

After washing up, Li Chengqian, who was clean all over, sat on the bed and looked calmly at Wei Wei opposite him.

A bowl of longevity noodles was placed between the two of them. After Li Chengqian took a few bites, he watched Wei Wei eat.

At this time, she no longer had those timidity, and looked heartless.

"Eat more. You've been tired all day. Be careful not to run out of energy soon." Li Chengqian looked at Wei Wei with a smile.

Wei Wei looked up in confusion, then nodded subconsciously.

Li Chengqian couldn't help but burst out laughing.

Wei Wei immediately realized that something was wrong and quickly restrained herself.

"It's okay, you continue." Li Chengqian looked at the maid beside him and waved his hand, saying, "You all can go down."

"Yes!" The maids bowed and retreated carefully.

Li Chengqian then looked at Wei Wei and said, "My beloved, please continue!"

"No, I'm full." Wei Wei shook her head shyly and put down the red chopsticks in her hand.

"You are really full." Li Chengqian leaned forward slightly.

"Yeah!" Wei Wei nodded quickly.

"Okay then." Li Chengqian reached out, picked up the small table and placed it under the bed.

Wei Wei suddenly shuddered, clasping her hands to her chest, and cautiously said to Li Chengqian: "Your Highness!"

"Hmm?" Li Chengqian smiled, then stepped back slightly. Wei Wei felt relieved. At this moment, Li Chengqian reached out and untied the curtain on one side, and the light and shadow dimmed instantly!
"Your Highness!" Wei Wei's heart was suddenly startled.

"Don't be afraid." Li Chengqian stretched out his hand and looked at Wei Wei from inside the curtains, saying seriously, "My beloved, give me your hand."

Wei Wei bit her lip and hesitated slightly, but still reached out her hand.

Li Chengqian took advantage of the situation and pulled Wei Wei into his arms. Then he lowered his head, looked at her fair face, and gently stroked it.

"Your Highness!" Wei Wei murmured.

"Don't talk." Li Chengqian lowered his head gently, and in a blink of an eye, his lips touched hers, and while his tongue was stirring, his hands also unbuttoned her collar.

“Eh… wow…”

"Your Highness..."

"What are you afraid of? I like it..."

……

The spring night is worth a thousand dollars, and the flowers are fragrant and the moon is cloudy.

The singing tube tower is quiet, and the swing courtyard falls deep at night.

……

"What's the point of being a princess's daughter? In the end, she will be sent to my bed." A drunken nonsense was uttered in a brothel in Pingkangfang, and then spread throughout Pingkangfang and Chang'an in an instant.

Princess Nanchang’s Mansion, inside the central hall.

Princess Nanchang, dressed in a dark green robe, sat in the main seat with a stern expression. She looked at the household official standing in the hall and asked through gritted teeth, "Did he really say that?"

"Yes, the young master of the Wei family spoke out of turn after drinking, but somehow, the news got out and has now spread widely." The housekeeper bowed with a solemn expression.

"Damn it!" Princess Nanchang slammed the table and glared, "They are trampling on the dignity of the royal family."

The three brothers Su Jun, Su Gan and Su Yu stood on one side, their faces also ashen.

Su Jun stepped forward and said, "Mother, how about canceling the engagement with the Wei family?"

Su Yi was engaged to the Wei family, but she was insulted like this before she even got married. Even if she reluctantly married into the Wei family in the future, she would still be inferior to others.

Life will definitely not be easy.

Princess Nanchang fell silent. Once she cancelled the engagement with the Wei family, it would be equivalent to completely breaking off relations with the Wei family.

Princess Nanchang naturally didn't care about this, but she had to consider the future careers of her three sons.

Although she is a princess, it is not a big deal while the emperor is around. If the emperor is not around in the future, and her family is at odds with the prince and then falls out with the Wei family, her children and grandchildren's future attempts will inevitably be frustrated.

Especially... especially the King of Wei, with whom they are close, is currently disliked by the emperor.

After a moment of silence, Princess Nanchang looked at Su Xu on the side and said, suppressing her irritation, "Why don't you tell me what to do about this?"

"Three ways." Su Xu sat calmly on the other side, turned around calmly, looked at Princess Nanchang, his expression indifferent.

Princess Nanchang's anger suddenly turned to joy. She looked at Su Xu and said, "Your Highness is the one who has a plan. You came up with three solutions right away."

Su Xu shook his head and said, "First, there were many people drinking with Wei Shizi in Pingkangfang last night. Find someone to take responsibility for this matter on Wei Shizi's behalf."

Princess Nanchang frowned and said, "That's a good idea, but I'm afraid others wouldn't dare to say such a thing now, right?"

"This is something the Wei family needs to consider. This is the explanation they originally gave us." Su Xu looked up calmly.

"What the prince consort said is true!"

"The second is to let the Wei family find someone to spread similar rumors in Chang'an City. Didn't they spread rumors about Yiniang? Let them find someone to spread rumors about other princes' palaces, dukes' palaces, marquisates, and earl's palaces, and spread rumors about the Jingzhao Du family, Xue family, Yang family, Pei family, Liu family, Cui family, Wang family, Lu family, and Zheng family." Su Xu looked indifferent.

"If that's the case, the Wei family will offend a lot of people." Princess Nanchang couldn't help but take a breath.

"If this muddies the waters, no one will pay attention to Yiniang anymore." Su Xu's eyes were slightly cold.

Since Wei Jiazi did something wrong, the Wei family should naturally bear the consequences.

The three brothers Su Jun, Su Gan and Su Yu also relaxed at the same time.

In this way, the impact on Su Yi was much lessened.

"Third." Su Xu raised his head, his eyes calm as he spoke, "Send a message to Wei, have his son punished with forty strokes of the Wei family cane, and then send him to the princess's residence to make amends."

After forty blows, the three brothers Su Jun, Su Gan and Su Yu were stunned.

Forty strokes of the cane, even the lightest, would be enough to shatter a person's buttocks. Princess Nanchang gritted her teeth and said, "If possible, let the Wei family do all this, and have someone take the blame while muddying the waters. Finally, let the Wei family's son be caned forty times and sent to the palace to make amends."

"Since you are here to apologize, Princess, you can ask for more at that time. Make sure that Yiniang will not be bullied when she marries into the Wei family in the future." Su Xu turned and looked at Princess Nanchang with a serious expression.

"Your Highness, this is the right way." Princess Nanchang nodded.

"Mother." Su Yu stood at the side and asked carefully, "Can't the engagement be cancelled? My son heard from the Crown Prince that the Western Branch of the Wei family has been declining in recent years?"

"Don't just look at the present." Princess Nanchang looked at her youngest son and sighed, "In the Western Branch of the Wei family, there was Wei Zhen, the Minister of State and Duke of Pingqi County, during the Northern Zhou Dynasty; there was Wei Zhen, Marquis of Jingxing, and Wei Shi, the Governor of Bianzhou, during the Sui Dynasty; and there is also Wei Deqian, the Governor of Langzhou, and Wei Huaijing, the Right General of the Guards. The younger generation is just in chaos now, and they will be better when they grow up. As for the Crown Prince..."

Princess Nanchang hesitated. The Crown Prince was the heir apparent. If the future of the Wei family's Western Concubine's House was not favored by the Crown Prince... but the King of Wei...

"Princess!" A voice suddenly interrupted Princess Nanchang's thoughts.

Princess Nanchang looked up. The court attendant stood at the bottom of the hall. With a solemn expression, he bowed and said, "Princess, the Minister of the Imperial Household, Wei Cong, and his son have arrived. They are now requesting an audience at the palace gate."

"Why are they here?" Princess Nanchang glanced at the palace gate in surprise. Then she frowned and asked, "How did they get here?"

"The Wei family has brought valuable gifts." The court attendant bowed seriously.

"Is it just a courtesy?" Princess Nanchang frowned.

The court attendant was a little puzzled, but still bowed and said, "The Wei family father and son brought more than a dozen servants and a large number of gifts."

"They only brought gifts?" Princess Nanchang's breathing became heavier. She turned to look at Su Xu, gritting her teeth and angrily said, "What do they think of me? Aren't they just country women who have never seen money? They caused such a big mess, but they don't admit their mistakes at all, and they don't repent at all..."

As she spoke, Princess Nanchang became increasingly angry and annoyed. She turned around and said, "Come here, change your clothes. I want to go to the palace. Prince Consort, go write a memorial. I want to go to the palace to find the emperor and ask the Wei family to give me and the entire royal family an explanation."

"Princess." Su Xu was a little dazed. He didn't understand why Princess Nanchang was so angry all of a sudden, and stood up in a daze.

Princess Nanchang's expression suddenly turned stern. She looked at the housekeeper and said, "Let's do this. Go and ask the Wei father and son to return home and wait patiently. Even if the emperor doesn't behead them this time, he will definitely exile them. I want everyone in Chang'an to understand that the Princess Nanchang Mansion is not something to be trifled with."

"Yes!" The housekeeper ignored Su Xu and bowed.

How could the princess of the Tang Dynasty be so easily provoked?

……

At the Prince of Wei's mansion, Chai Lingwu, sitting in the official residence, looked at his men and asked with a frown, "Princess Nanchang entered the palace just because of the Wei family's affairs. Why? Is she really going to break off relations with the Jingzhao Wei family?"

"Sima said that he will not be coming today and needs to take care of some business at home." The subordinate bowed.

Chai Lingwu knocked lightly on the table and said to himself, "This is very strange!"

It's normal for Wei to drink a lot. He always does this during the New Year. It would be strange if he didn't drink a lot when he's with a bunch of bad friends.

But why did he bring up Su Yi, and speak so shamelessly and arrogantly?

What’s even more bizarre is that this incident spread in a very short time, as if an invisible hand was pushing it secretly.

Now, Princess Nanchang entered the palace directly.

This matter is out of control.

When Chai Lingwu first heard Wei's son's nonsense about Su Yi, he was extremely angry.

After all, Su Yi is his cousin, and Chai Lingwu also married a princess. If someone said this about his daughter in the future, he would definitely kill that person. However, after calming down, Chai Lingwu rejected the idea in his heart.

Not to mention that this matter itself showed signs of human calculation, not to mention the Jingzhao Wei family, no matter what, they could not directly ruin the marriage because of drunken words.

At least they should be given a chance to apologize, but now, Princess Nanchang has already entered the palace.

Princess Nanchang is the emperor's sister, and her husband Su Xu is now compiling the "Guo Di Zhi". Moreover, their insults have damaged the reputation of the entire royal family.

In particular, Wei's son mentioned the princess by name.

At this moment, the entire royal family, including more than 20 princesses, will probably make a fuss, and the situation will get out of control.

Wei Conghui, the Junior Minister of the Imperial Household, would be dismissed from office, and even if his son was not beheaded directly, he would be exiled to the Anxi Army and would not return until his death.

More importantly, Wei Cong was the Junior Secretary of the Imperial Household, and there were some things in the Wei family that others didn't know about, and they were done by Wei Cong.

Chai Lingwu frowned. Things seemed to be going more and more wrong recently.

First it was the Qi family, then the Lu family, and now it is the Wei family.

Chai Lingwu always felt that there was an invisible hand fiddling with something in secret.

Suddenly, Chai Lingwu looked up and asked, "Where is the prince now?"

"Sir-in-law, the Crown Prince accompanied Crown Prince Liangti back home today and went to the Duke of Zheng's Mansion." The subordinate bowed carefully.

Chai Lingwu tapped his forehead lightly. How could he forget that today was the day when Crown Prince Liangti Wei would return home.

From last night to today, the prince must have been immersed in the gentleness of life, and he probably had no time to think or do anything to target Wei.

Besides, there was no hatred between the prince and Wei.

The biggest consequence of this incident was that Wei Cong was dismissed from office, his son was exiled, and the Western Branch of the Wei family could no longer marry into the royal family in the future.

That's it.

It seemed so, but Chai Lingwu still felt something was wrong.

In this matter, is it that someone has set their sights on the Wei family's trade route, or is it that someone does not want Su Xu, the Prince of Wei's Mansion, and the Jingzhao Wei family to be implicated?

Wei Du of Jingzhao is three feet away from the sky.

If the Prince of Wei's Mansion could get help from the Wei family, the Prince of Wei might have a chance to turn the tables.

"Someone!" Thinking of this, Chai Lingwu immediately looked up and shouted, "Go and find out who Wei Shizi was drinking with and why he suddenly said such words. Everything must be thoroughly investigated."

"Yes!" The subordinate immediately bowed.

"Also, send someone to stand guard outside Duke Zheng's gate and watch carefully to see if the Crown Prince has any special plans."

"Here!"

(End of this chapter)