Chapter Thirty-Five: The Imperial Decree Arranges a Marriage

  Rong Jing was right, only in this way could they catch the old emperor off guard and take control of the initiative. The old emperor would never have expected them to be so brazen as to ask for an imperial decree to marry, breaking the unspoken rule that had been in place for a hundred years between Yun Wang Fu and Rong Wang Fu. Only then could they shock the old emperor into giving up on dealing with the empress.

  Yun Shang's fighting spirit was stirred up, and with this matter joining in, it would definitely be a lively scene. She could imagine that today, he and Rong Jing asking for the emperor's permission to get married would cause a huge stir, regardless of whether the old emperor agreed or not. Tomorrow, it would shake the entire world. From losing her memory until now, she seemed to have done nothing but force the old emperor to abolish the ancestral teachings at the Meridian Gate that day. This time, why not make some noise? Besides, marrying Rong Jing, although she felt a bit too young, didn't seem like an impossible thing to do!

  Qin Yujing is one year younger than her! Wasn't she also married off to Ye Tianqing?

  Yun Shallow Moon thought of this and made up her mind, thinking that today she would see how the old emperor would take it.

  "Good girl! You're right!" Rong Jing saw Yun Shang Yue nodding, the corner of his mouth slightly hooked up, and a warm smile bloomed on his jade-like face. He reached out to touch her head, bent down to kiss her lips.

  The cloud was shallow and the moon was slightly tilted, she dodged his kiss and looked at him sideways with her eyes, "Did you have this intention all along?"

  "Hmm!" Rong Jing responded with a low hum, his face stern as he leaned in to kiss Yun Shangyue's lips.

  Yun Qian's eyes rolled over and she covered her mouth with her hand, "Stop messing around, or how are we going to see people later?"

  "That's more realistic!" Rong Jing opened her hands, and her lips accurately covered Yun Shangyue's lips, gently kissing. The space between their lips seemed to have infinite tenderness and entwinement.

  Yun Shallow Moon's face turned red, even if it was a royal decree to marry her, she couldn't bear the thought of so many eyes staring at her face and mouth. Although she was captivated by his kiss, she still pushed him away, whispering: "Stop messing around! You don't care about losing face, but I do! Later on, everyone will say that I used my charms to bewitch the Young Master Jing. Look at how you're behaving! From the clouds to the ground, even a drop of saliva can drown you. What are you proud of?"

  Rong Jing let go of Yun Shang Yue with a lingering intention, smiling lightly, "That's also your skill to charm me! Others don't have this skill!"

  The clouds are shallow and the moon is speechless, I lift my head to gaze at the sky, what I see is a pitch-black car shed.

  Rong Jing smiled as he gazed at Yun Qian Yue, his warm and gentle eyes scanning every detail of her face from her eyebrows to the bridge of her nose, to her lips, and down to her collarbone. Finally, his gaze settled on her speechless expression, and he suddenly chuckled softly, a joyful smile spreading across his face, as if all the flowers were about to bloom at once.

  Yun Shang Yue withdrew her gaze from the eaves and looked at him. Although she was used to seeing this face, which was as exquisite as a poem or painting, she was still amazed every time. She covered her eyes with her hand, controlling herself not to pounce on him, and asked: "What are you smiling about?"

  Rong Jing smiled but did not speak.

  Yun Shallow Moon waited for half a sound without hearing him speak, took away her hand, and gave him a sideways glance, warning: "Don't laugh too early!"

  "Hmm!" Rong Jing responded with a smile that he couldn't hide.

  Yun Qian Yue looked at Rong Jing, her heavy mood suddenly dissipated in his laughter, and she couldn't help but smile too. There was such a person in the world, he had this kind of skill, when he laughed, all things in the world would bloom with spring warmth.

  The two men said nothing more, and outside the carriage wheels creaked as they drove slowly towards the imperial palace.

  Half a time later, the horse carriage arrived at the palace gate. Before the sound of the zither had even faded away, a familiar voice rose up in anger, seemingly accompanied by a ball of fire. "Weak and beautiful person, what do you mean? You sneakily plotted behind my back to make me and Xiao Yu lose the horse racing competition, that's fine. But why did you have the horse that was supposed to be given to Xiao Yu sent back?"

  Yun Qian Yue listened to this voice and thought about Ye Qing Ran, guessing that she was very angry. She turned her head to look at Rong Jing.

  Rong Jing seemed not to have heard anything and sat still.

  "I'm asking you a question! Don't tell me you've become mute?" Ye Qingran stepped forward with large strides, about to lift the carriage curtain.

  Xuan Ge immediately reached out to stop Ye Qing Ran, "Young Master Wang, three feet away! My family's young master's carriage, except for Shallow Moon Miss, no one is allowed to approach within three feet!" Ye Qing Ran's footsteps paused, and he suddenly became furious, "What if I approached today?" As soon as the words fell, he slapped Xuan Ge.

  Xuan Ge immediately accepted the challenge.

  The two of them started fighting outside the carriage in an instant.

  Although Yun Qianyue couldn't see the situation outside the carriage, she could hear Ye Qingran's angry shout and imagine how furious he must be. She glared at Rong Jing, thinking that even if they were just friends, there was no need to bully him so much! She pushed Rong Jing away, lifted the curtain and shouted: "Stop fighting!"

  Xuan Ge immediately stopped his hand.

  The night was lightly dyed, as if unheard, the palm momentum did not converge, and in an instant, a strong gust of wind blew the zither song out one zhang away.

  Xuan Ge hummed a sound, his body retreated several steps before stabilizing, and angrily said: "Ran Xiao Wangye, Shallow Moon Miss have all called for you to stop, you..."

  "This little king has been wanting to beat you up for a long time, she yelled stop but it wasn't me who yelled!" Ye Qingyan coldly hummed and cut off Xuan Ge's words.

  The zither's song is lost, and with a sorrowful gaze, I look up at the shallow moon amidst the clouds.

  Yun Qianyue knew that the gentle night had just lightly stained the palm of his hand, although he only used three tenths of his strength. Although it was nothing if Xuan Ge endured a blow in normal times, today he was injured from fending off those assassins. She took a glance at Xuan Ge who looked at her with a pitiful expression and smiled, "Your family's young master indeed deserved a beating today, consider this as him taking the hit for you!"

  Xuan Ge immediately fell silent, and the sorrowful look on his face instantly vanished.

  Yun Qian looked at Ye Qingran again, who still had a trace of anger on her face. She smiled lightly and said, "What's wrong? Has that horse come back to find you? It really has a spirit."

  Ye Qing Ran hummed and looked at Yun Qian Yue unhappily, "Didn't you leave with Nan Ling Rui? Why are you still entangled with this weak beauty?"

  Yun Qian smiled, "The second miss of the Rong Wang Fu chased after us during the horse racing and accidentally got hurt. Nan Lingrui escorted the beauty back to the Rong Wang Fu and naturally abandoned me."

  She naturally wouldn't say it was her and Ye Tianyi who left Nan Lingrui behind!

  "This Flower Crown Prince!" Ye Qingchen said angrily, looking at Rong Jing in the carriage with a gloomy face, "Are you pleased with yourself today?"

  "Hmm, quite pleased!" Rong Jing nodded, his tone changing as he smiled warmly and said: "However, it's not as if you, Young Master Wang, are enjoying a spring breeze of delight. Thanks to Princess Ye going to request an imperial decree for our marriage from the Emperor."

  Clouds shallow moon one daze.

  The night lightly dyed his face, and in an instant it became even more gloomy.

  Yun Qianyue looked at Ye Qingchen's gloomy face with some surprise, wondering what day it was today. Were everyone rushing to ask for a royal marriage? She turned her head to look at Rong Jing, who raised an eyebrow at her. She shifted her gaze and asked Ye Qingchen in astonishment: "You and Ye Qian went to ask for a royal marriage? How did it go? Did the Emperor agree?"

  As they spoke, she glanced out at the palace gate and saw that many carriages had already stopped there. Several young masters and misses were looking over in their direction, but apart from Ye Qing, there was no one else she recognized, nor did she see any sign of Ye Qian.

  "No!" Ye Qingyan shook her head stiffly.

  "Does Princess Ye not agree with you? So all your anger is vented on me?" asked Rong Jing with a smile.

  "Get that stinky woman out of here!" Ye Qingyan snorted, looking at Rong Jing, "Weak beauty, don't be too pleased with yourself. Don't think I don't know what you're thinking."

  "It's fine if you know!" Rong Jing's smiling face returned to normal, and he glanced at Ye Qingran with a faint gaze. His jade-like hand gently smoothed out Yun Qianyue's strand of black hair behind her ear, the action intimate.

  Ye Qingyan watched Rong Jing's movements, his face growing increasingly dark. Especially when he saw Yun Shangyue not moving at all, and being very natural with his actions and touches. He turned away, coldly saying: "Time is almost up, what are you still hesitating about? The Emperor, the Empress Dowager, and the various palace ladies are all waiting in the Hundred Flowers Garden."

  Rong Jing seemed to be in a daze and hadn't heard anything, and then helped Yun Shang Yue tidy up her clothes that weren't even messy.

  Yun Qian Yue wanted to open Rong Jing's hand, but felt that letting Ye Qing Ran understand now was also good. To avoid a sudden shock when they went together to ask the old emperor for permission to get married. So she sat quietly and let him arrange things. She smiled at Ye Qing Ran: "Alright, we'll get off the carriage now!"

  Ye Qian heard Yun Shangyue say "we" and furrowed her brow, but didn't speak.

  "Alright!" Rong Jing was extremely satisfied with Yun Qian Yue's quiet and obedient attitude, and he smiled warmly at her as he said, "Let's get off the carriage!"

  Yun Qian nodded slightly and jumped down from the carriage with a light body.

  "How un-ladylike!" Rong Jing slowly got out of the car and commented on Yun Shang Yue.

  "You're not just finding out now! It's still not too late for you to regret and not marry me." Yun Shang Yue raised an eyebrow, looking at Rong Jing.

  "Never mind, getting used to it also feels pretty good. Let's just leave it at that!" Rong Jing immediately changed his tone.

  Yun Shallow Moon curled up the corners of her mouth and smiled, "You're still sensible!"

  "Hmm! I've always been sensible." Rong Jing reached out and took Yun Shangyue's hand.

  The cloud is shallow and the moon is bright, he can pull it off anyway, after all, we have to ask for an imperial decree to get married, since that's the case, let's just make a big show of it today.

  Ye Qing Ran was startled for a moment when he heard the words "It's not too late to regret and not marry me now." He turned his head to look at the two of them, and when he saw Yun Shang Yue's smiling face and being held by Rong Jing, his expression changed. The two were standing together, intimate and inseparable. His heart suddenly tightened, feeling as if something had shattered, and he disbelievingly said: "Little girl, you..."

  Yun Qian Yue pretended to be calm, compared to Ye Tian Yi Cai who had only met her once or twice, she was the one person she least wanted to hurt. The first time she woke up after losing her memory, he was the one who gave her a good impression, in the imperial palace's royal garden, he risked his life to save her from Ye Tian Qing, even if it meant going against him and almost getting into a bloody fight, afterwards they rode horses together, at Xiang Quan Shan Ling Tai Si temple he roasted fish for her, etc., all of these were so vivid, unfortunately she had always positioned him as just a friend. Even though she said she wanted to make Ye Qing Ran hers, in her heart she never had any romantic thoughts about him. Now she clearly knew that her attitude must be clear, some people didn't want to get hurt, so they had to let them know as soon as possible, to minimize the harm. And Ye Qing Ran was a carefree person, she believed his feelings for her weren't that deep either, maybe he already understood that Rong Jing and she were no longer ordinary friends, therefore, when facing Ye Qing Ran's gaze, she didn't dodge or hide.

  "You... you all... little girl you..." Ye Qingran took a step back.

  Yun Jian's voice was as calm and gentle as a smile, "It's just what you see! I like Rong Jing! I plan to marry him!"

  Yun Shallow Moon's words fell, and Rong Jing's heart was like being blown by the spring breeze of March. He looked at Yun Shallow Moon with a moved expression, never knowing that she would admit to liking him and wanting to marry him in front of others. Now that he heard it with his own ears, he felt as if he were floating in the clouds.

  Ten years without stopping, specifically how many days in ten years, he had already messed up his memory, only feeling that his thoughts about her were very deep, deep into the bone marrow, deeper than his life. At this moment, only he himself knew how long he had been waiting! No one else could empathize.

  "You... you're going to marry him? How is that possible? You... you two..." Ye Qingran's words were incoherent. Her face was no longer pale from being angry, but had turned white in an instant. Although she had vaguely known that there was something between them that no one could intervene in, on the day he burst into the Purple Bamboo Pavilion and saw Yun Shang sleeping in Rong Jing's room, she already understood, but she still held onto a thread of hope. Now, hearing it with her own ears and seeing it with her own eyes, she was still dealt a heavy blow.

  Yun Qian Yue looked at Ye Qing Ran, feeling a bit unbearable, but being slightly unbearable might lead to big mistakes in the future. She tried her best to calm herself down and smiled: "How is it impossible? This person has a poisonous mouth and tongue, a black heart and lungs, and still goes around causing trouble everywhere, so I'll just take care of him first! Replace the world's women to get rid of a big scourge. Isn't that great?"

  Rong Jing's face changed color and he retreated, smiling at Yun Shang Yue.

  The night lightly dyed, and for a moment, all words were lost.

  Xuan Ge looked at Yun Shang Yue and thought that this moment's Yun Shang was the most pleasing to his eyes, it wasn't in vain that the young master had endured hardship for so many years. His eyes were a bit sour, thinking of those days and nights, the young master sat on the warm jade bed enduring the pain of the cold poison, the days when he could freeze the water in the hot spring pool into ice, and every time he found out that Yun Shang had done something, but those things were always about other people, revealing a proud and wounded expression. He didn't know what the young master's state of mind was like back then, but now thinking of the past days still made his heart feel like it was being cut by a knife. Now it could be said that heaven had given the young master a stroke of good luck.

  "Let's go!" Yun Qianyue said, seeing that Ye Qing couldn't open her mouth and didn't know what to say next, she turned to Rong Jingdao.

  "Hmm!" Rong Jing nodded and pulled Yun Qianyue along as they walked towards the palace gate.

  Ye Qing Ran looked at the two figures walking together and opened her mouth, but no sound came out for a while.

  Yun Qian walked a few steps and felt that it wasn't right to just leave Ye Qing Ran behind, as he had always been very good to her. She suddenly stopped in her tracks and turned around, seeing him standing still. Suppressing her impatience, she smiled and beckoned to him, "Ye Qing Ran, what are you standing there for? Come on! You came to pick us up, but instead you're the one who's being left behind. If the Emperor doesn't see you soon, he'll definitely tease you."

  Ye Qingran gazed at the shallow moonlit clouds, as if he hadn't heard her words.

  "Has everyone arrived? Has the banquet started yet? I haven't eaten all day and I'm starving to death!" Yun Shangyue said again.

  Yè Qīng Rǎn zuǐ chún dòng le dong, yī rán méi fā chū shēng yīn.

  Translation:

  Ye Qing's lips moved slightly, but still didn't make a sound.

  Yun Qian Yue suddenly withdrew her hand from Rong Jing's grasp and walked back, Rong Jing's eyes flickered slightly, but he didn't stop her.

  Yun Shallow Moon walked to Night Light Dye's face and stood still, tilting her head to look at him, pretending to be relaxed and smiling: "Are you scared? Rong Jing is too black-hearted, too sinister, he's a wolf in sheep's clothing. Didn't you want to get rid of him long ago? From today on, I'll take the law into my own hands and deal with him. Every day, I'll make him pay, and never let him harm anyone again. Consider it revenge for me."

  The night lightly dyed, gazing at the shallow moon in the clouds, as if transformed into a statue, with countless emotions surging out of her eyes, yet remaining completely still.

  Yun Qian Yue looked into Ye Qing Ran's eyes, where there was something very deep trying to be concealed, yet still couldn't help but seep out. That thing called sorrow and pain destroyed her deliberately casual tone. She vaguely knew that Ye Qing Ran had some thoughts about her, but hadn't expected it to be so deep. Her smile faded, and she wanted to say more casual words, but suddenly couldn't say a single sentence anymore.

  "Why?" Ye Qing Ran suddenly asked in a low voice, "Is it because the Emperor is going to take action against the Empress today?"

  Clouds were shallow and the moon was stunned, looking at Ye Qingran's light dye. Although she had long known that Ye Qingran would not be simple, who in the Holy Capital City was simple? But in her emotional world, her positioning of Ye Qingran was always that of a carefree and uninhibited royal outcast. Now, with one sentence, he pulled her back to the rational side. Rationally, Ye Qingran was the young master of the De Qin Wang Fu, the future De Qin King. He had been traveling outside for seven years, which couldn't be just for fun, and in those seven years without returning, he still knew all about the various dynamics happening in the Holy Capital City like the back of his hand. Now that he was back, quickly taking over the military camp showed his strategic means and clever plans, only he had never shown them to her before. It wasn't surprising that he knew the Emperor had a move to use Su Su's obscene words and songs to abolish the harem and implicate the Yun Wang Fu. The De Qin Wang Fu was originally the old emperor's trusted force.

  "You all want to challenge the Emperor?" Ye Qingran asked again.

  Yun Piao Yue naturally knew that the old emperor would not tolerate Yun Wang Fu. Was she waiting for death without putting up a fight?

  "Little girl, the Emperor will never agree to it. Don't you know about the unwritten rule that the Rong and Yun royal families are not allowed to intermarry? Weak and foolish people can go crazy, but do you have to follow suit? Do you really think you two can be together?" Ye Qingran stared at Yun Shangyue, her eyes unblinking. "Do you know the consequences?"

  "Unwritten rules are not rules, nor are they ancestral teachings. The emperor has no reason to use this to stop us from being together." Yun Qianyue looked at Ye Qingran, her expression changing to one of unbearable emotion, calm and cold. At this moment, the person in front of her was not Ye Qingran, but Dye Xiao Wangye.

  "I like Rong Jing, it's true. If liking is mixed with so many considerations, thinking ahead and worrying about the consequences, being afraid of this and that, not daring to face it, or retreating due to certain reasons, then it's not really liking! I like him, putting my liking first. Also following my own heart's intention. No matter if the emperor agrees or disagrees, no matter what consequences there are, I will still like him, and won't take back this liking just because he disagrees. So, can you understand?"

  The night lightly dyed his body and he shuddered once.

  "The human heart is the most uncontrollable thing, I really like Rong Jing, even beyond my own control. Now it's deeper than liking, even much deeper than liking, so deep that no one else can live in my heart anymore." Yun Qiu Yue looked at Ye Qing Ran, saying calmly and word by word: "This kind of liking is enough for me to be willing to marry him, regardless of the consequences!"

  Her lips were tightly pursed, her pale face almost translucent.

  The clouds were shallow and the moon was low, she no longer spoke, feeling that she had already said too much, almost pouring out her inner thoughts to him. If he still couldn't understand, couldn't put down his thoughts about her, then she would be powerless. She no longer looked at Ye Qingran, turned around and walked towards Rong Jing.

  Rong Jing's face was warm as he watched Yun Shang Yue walk towards him. At some point in the past, he had thought that he was the most unfortunate person, and that heaven was treating him unfairly? But now he felt that heaven was just, letting him wander in hell for ten years, but now giving him a great happiness. Although this happiness still had many storms to weather, as long as she was by his side, he would not be afraid.

  Yun Shang Yue's heart, which had been somewhat unsettled by the emotions stirred up by Ye Qing's warm and gentle face as he turned around, suddenly calmed down. If she were to like only one person in this life, and accompany only that one person until old age, she would want that person to be Ye Qing. "A stranger on the road is like jade, a noble son without equal." The palpitations of that first moment, the subsequent avoidance, the later playful teasing as if unaware of her feelings towards him, and then later still, because of his angry kiss in anger, and because of a memory of a certain scene, she reached out to grab hold of him without thinking, wanting him to take responsibility. From that moment on, she decided not to avoid him anymore.

  It's hard enough to simply like someone, now she's willing to go crazy with him!

  Rong Jing waited for Yun Shallow Moon to walk to his side, stretched out his hand and grasped hers, warm and powerful, gave her a gentle smile, then looked at Ye Qing Ran with clear and cool eyes, his voice calm and cold, "I've waited for her for over ten years before she finally liked me! No one can take her away from me. Not the Emperor, not you, not Ye Tian Yi, no one!"

  The emotions in Rong Jing's eyes surged like a stormy sea, with thousands of knives and swords shooting straight at him.

  The scenery is invisible at night, and the light dyeing her eyes is gentle. Her complexion is pale, and she looks calm and composed. "She will be my wife, not today, but sooner or later!"

  Yè Qīng Rǎn jì qǐ yǎnjīng, lěng shēng dào: "Ruò měi rén, nǐ wèi miǎn tài zì fù!"

  Translation:

  Ye Qing Ran raised her eyes and said in a cold voice, "Weak beauty, you are too arrogant!"

  "Xiao Wangye, you're wrong, I'm confident!" Rong Jing threw out a sentence and pulled Yun Shangyue to turn around.

  Yun Shallow Moon pulled the corner of her mouth, and followed Rong Jing to turn around. It's hard not to say that she likes Rong Jing's self-confidence, suddenly looking forward to this journey, she wants to see how he will clear the thorns and give her a ten-mile red silk road leading to Rong Wang Fu.

  As soon as they turned around, they saw Sixth Princess standing at the palace gate with tears all over her face.

  Yun Shangyue looked at the Sixth Princess, a beauty dressed in magnificent attire, with high hair buns and jade decorations, gold, silver, pearls, and kingfisher feathers. A face with tear stains that had smudged her makeup, looking so dazzling yet so pitiful. She glanced at Rong Jing and whispered: "A rotten peach blossom!"

  "There's also one behind you, we're even!" Rong Jing picked up the conversation.

  Clouds shallow moon recalls the night after gentle dye, lost the fun of refuting again.

  "Jing Shizi... you... how could you... to Yun Qianyue... how could it be... what's wrong with Yun Qianyue..." The Sixth Princess looked at Rong Jing and Yun Qianyue holding hands, she pointed at the approaching pair, speaking incoherently.

  Rong Jing didn't seem to hear Liu Gongzhu's words and pulled Yun Shangyue along, bypassing her and entering the palace gates.

  Yun Qianyue felt that being infatuated with someone was not wrong, so she naturally wouldn't gloat about her happiness to Liu Gongzhu at this time, nor would she coldly mock her. She silently followed Rong Jing and passed by Liu Gongzhu into the palace gates.

  "Cloud Shallow Moon, stop right there!" The Sixth Princess didn't let Cloud Shallow Moon off the hook and reached out to grab her.

  Yun Qian's eyes sparkled as she dodged, leaving Liu Gongzhu grasping at air. Just as Liu Gongzhu was about to reach out and grab her again, Yun Qian gazed coldly at her, "I don't like being touched either. If you don't want this hand of yours, feel free to come and grab me!"

  The Sixth Princess was too shocked at this time, and she couldn't listen to Yun Shangyue's words anymore. In anger, she stretched out her hand again to grab her, and said: "Yun Shangyue, what right do you have to let Jing Shizi...?"

  Yun Qian's words had barely fallen when she struck out with lightning speed, her profound strength sending Sixth Princess flying.

  The Sixth Princess still didn't know what was going on and single-mindedly wanted to stop Yun Qianyue.

  "Sixth Princess, stop!" Ye Qingyan rushed over at this moment and pulled her away just as Yun Qianyue was about to make a move.

  "What are you pulling me for? Get out!" The Sixth Princess had already forgotten her usual fear of Ye Qingchen. At this moment, she didn't care about anything else! She only knew that Jing Shizi's previous words were to marry Ding Yunshang, then how could she still have a chance?

  "Don't want to die? Then stop!" Ye Qingyan's voice was cold and stern as she grasped the Sixth Princess's hand.

  The sound of Ye's gentle voice was something Yun Shang had never heard before. She paused in her steps, not wanting to get entangled anymore, and continued walking forward.

  Rong Jing continued walking without stopping, his footsteps still as light and elegant as ever, without even turning back to take a glance.

  The sixth princess was startled by Ye Qing's voice and immediately stopped all her movements.

  "You still like Rong Jing with this attitude? If you have the ability, take it yourself. If not, don't cry and whine!" Ye Qing Ran flung off Liu Gong Zhu with disgust, threw down a sentence, and stepped into the palace gate.

  The sixth princess was thrown off and fell to the ground with a thud, staring blankly at the three figures walking away in the distance.

  "You weak beauty, I've been watching you, wondering how you managed to marry Xiao Yatou. If you have the ability, take good care of her. Otherwise... humph!" Ye Qingran caught up with Rong Jinghe and Yun Shuoyue in a few steps, walking beside Yun Shuoyue with his head tilted, saying: "Xiao Yatou, do you know my thoughts? Don't think that just because you like him and want to marry him, I'll give up. My thoughts aren't something that can be taken back once they're out. Even if I could take them back, this king won't! Let's see how long this weak beauty can keep an eye on you."

  Yun Qian Yue suddenly felt a headache, and turned to look at Ye Qing Ran. Seeing that he no longer had the painful expression from just now, but was instead boldly challenging Rong Jing, she couldn't help but feel a sense of relief in her heart. Only Ye Qing Ran could be so carefree and bold. She smiled at him, not saying anything.

  Rong Jing glanced at Ye Qing with a cold and detached expression, "Naturally, it will be taken care of!"

  "That's the best!" Ye Qingyan raised an eyebrow, "Originally I was going to help Xiao Yatou rescue Empress Dowager today, but now let's see what skills you have that made Emperor brother agree to marry Xiao Yatou to you."

  "Then you'd better keep your eyes wide open and take a good look!" Rong Jing no longer looked at Ye Qingran, his gaze fixed on the front.

  Ye Qing Ran let out a cold hum, and with one swift motion, pulled Yun Qian Yue away, scolding: "You're being too flirtatious, it's not like you're already married, don't make me look at something that doesn't please my eyes."

  The cloud was shallow and the moon was not bothering her, but she was lightly stained by the night and pulled to his side. She stood firm, her face a little red.

  Rong Jing glanced at Ye Qing with a tilted head, but unusually didn't react to his action of pulling open the Yun Qian Yue's movement, and continued walking forward.

  Ye Qingran let out a cold hum and seemed to have released her breath, then walked forward as well.

  Yun Qian smiled and followed the two of them, this was the familiar Night Light that she knew.

  The three of them headed towards the Hundred Flowers Garden.

  The Hundred Flowers Garden is an independent garden in the Imperial Garden, where people are specially raised to cultivate hundreds of flowers. It is said that the founding emperor planted it for Empress Zhenhuan many years ago, and it will be open once a year on Qixi Festival. Usually only the empress has the qualifications to enter and admire, even the four concubines who are most favored in the harem do not have the qualifications.

  The palace was as serene as a light cloud, with all sorts of decorations hanging everywhere, mostly sachets, in various shapes and sizes, embroidered with different patterns, each one meticulously stitched. The fabrics used were the finest silk brocades. The palace maid thought that even she couldn't get her hands on such fine materials. She assumed they must have been embroidered by the imperial consorts themselves. After all, there were three thousand beauties in the harem. Compared to women, the vast palace grounds still seemed too small.

  There were very few palace maids and eunuchs on the road, and after seeing three people bowing respectfully, they hurriedly carried away the melons, fruits, tea and other items. Another path came, except for a small number of palace maids and eunuchs and the guards of the Imperial Forest Army, there was no one else, it was very quiet. Yun Shang thought that perhaps everyone had already arrived at the Hundred Flowers Garden! Hua Sheng said that the imperial palace had added three thousand Imperial Forest Army. But in her opinion, it wasn't entirely true, she could now feel the hidden guards a few steps away, and there were probably several thousand of them. Today's imperial palace was truly impenetrable. It seemed that the old emperor would have to make his move against the empress today, and he would definitely succeed!

  She snorted coldly in her heart, then let's see who will die first!

  The three of them walked in silence and arrived at the Hundred Flowers Garden.

  "I, a humble servant, pay my respects to Master Jing, Young Master Wang, and Miss Shallow Moon! You've finally arrived! The Emperor and Empress, as well as the ladies of the various palaces and the young masters and misses of the various estates, have all arrived. Only the three of you were missing. The Emperor originally instructed me to come and fetch you, but the Sixth Princess said she would go instead, so I waited here for you. Please, hurry along!" Wen Lei stood at the entrance of the Hundred Flowers Garden, and upon seeing the three arrive, he hastily stepped forward. His words were neither servile nor flattering, fully embodying the demeanor of a high-ranking eunuch in the imperial palace, far surpassing the obsequiousness of Lu Gonggong.

  "Hmm!" Ye Qingyan responded with a soft hum, glanced at Rong Jing and Yun Shangyue, then lifted her feet and walked in.

  Yun Qian Yue looked at Rong Jing, Rong Jing winked at her and walked in, she pouted and followed the two.

  As soon as I stepped into the Hundred Flowers Garden, a wave of fragrance wafted up to my nose. With a glance around, I was immediately struck by its beauty.

  The Hundred Flowers Garden is not just a small garden as she thought, but a paradise piled up with hundreds of flowers. The imperial palace's royal garden is already very good, but it can't compare to the Hundred Flowers Garden. The royal garden has artificial hills and stone carvings, pavilions and waterside pavilions, the scenery is beautiful and luxurious, but too complicated, while the Hundred Flowers Garden is a pure and simple home for hundreds of flowers. Roses, camellias, jasmines, peonies, magnolias, lilacs, wisterias, chrysanthemums, water lilies, butterfly orchids, gardenias, lotus, mandrakes, gentians... too many to count.

  Yun Shallow Moon's eyes turned around in a circle, but didn't see the peony! The Hundred Flowers Garden cultivated a hundred flowers, but didn't have the king of the hundred flowers, the peony! This was indeed an interesting thing! Her mouth slightly hooked, looking towards the very center of the Hundred Flowers Garden.

  There, a emerald lake was surrounded by hundreds of flowers, and on the lake stood a pavilion that could hold several hundred people, built with pillars as thick as two men's arms. At this time, when the sky was about to darken, star-studded lanterns were lit at each corner of the pavilion, their colors varied - red, orange, yellow, green, blue and purple, making the flower garden even more like a fairyland.

  The pavilion was already filled with people, and at a glance, everyone was dressed in bright and beautiful clothes. The old emperor and empress sat at the top of the pavilion, their bright yellow and red imperial robes standing out from afar. They were surrounded by a group of concubines with high ranks in the palace. In front of them, below, sat a group of princes and princesses, among whom Ye Tianyi's figure was particularly eye-catching. Further down were young masters and misses from various noble families, all dressed in the same color. On the periphery were seated civil and military officials from the imperial court, clearly indicating that today's Qixi Festival was a day for young people, with distinct social hierarchy.

  The clouds are shallow and the moon is just right, the night is lightly dyed, and the flying dust has already landed on the eaves.

  This lake is not big or small. At night, the light dye doesn't move the Jade Bridge, and his figure glides across the water's surface, without even needing to touch the lotus flowers on the water's surface with his toes. In an instant, he has reached the center of the lake, where the Lake Heart Pavilion is located, and it's a sight to behold. As soon as his foot touches the ground, he raises an eyebrow at Rong Jing and says in a clear voice: "Weak beauty, aren't you the number one prodigy of Tian Sheng? If you have the skills, take this little girl and walk around the lake without getting your feet wet. Only then will I, Xiao Wang, admire you! Otherwise, I advise you to take off the high hat of being the number one prodigy of Tian Sheng and give it to someone else who deserves it!"

  Yun Shallow Moon heard the words and was stunned for a moment, Rong Jing has not recovered yet! How can he do it? She tilted her head to look at Rong Jing, with some schadenfreude in her low voice: "Ye Qingran openly provoked you, you had no power to fight back, this time your reputation is ruined!"

  Rong Jing smiled and said in a low voice, "Can't I rely on you?"

  Yun Shallow Moon looked at Rong Jing, could she make it? She herself could make it, but bringing someone along would probably not work. After all, the lake surface was too vast.

  "How would you know if you don't try?" Rong Jing raised an eyebrow, "Do you really want me to lose face? If that's the case, then your status after marrying in will be lower, it's not a good thing. Sometimes this reputation is still useful."

  "Want to give it a try?" Yu Shuoyue's mouth twitched slightly.

  "Give it a try!" Rong Jing nodded firmly.

  "What if I throw you into the water?" Yun Qiu Yue asked.

  "Ten years ago, you pushed me into the water and saved me. What about now?!" Rong Jing smiled: "You call it artificial respiration. It's been ten years since I last experienced it, trying again wouldn't be bad!"

  Yun Qian Yue was suddenly speechless, and then she stretched out her hand to hold Rong Jing's waist, and laughed loudly at Ye Qing Ran: "I'm coming!"

  As soon as she finished speaking, she didn't wait for the night to lightly dye her words. With a light tap of her toes, she took off with Rong Jing in tow. Her body was as light as a swallow as she skimmed across the lake's surface. When she was three feet away from the pavilion, she felt that her true energy was insufficient and it would be difficult to reach inside. She stretched out her hand to pull out the light gauze wrapped around her arm, but her hand grasped at nothing, only then remembering that she had torn the gauze to shreds while racing horses with Nan Lingrui. In a moment of urgency, she yanked off Rong Jing's waistband from his waist and just as her toes were about to touch the water, the waistband flew out and hooked onto one corner of the pavilion. With a slight boost, she floated up onto the pavilion with Rong Jing in tow.

  She had just landed, and all of a sudden there was a loud gasp from the crowd on stage. She ignored everyone, pulled back her waistband, and in an instant she had put it on Rong Jing's body, covering up the white brocade jacket with the same pattern underneath.

  This move was done in the blink of an eye, and everyone on stage stared at her in shock. What's even more shocking is that Rong Jing didn't get angry when Yun Shang Yue unceremoniously undid his belt in front of so many people.

  "Little girl, I said let Weak Beauty come, what are you doing here!" Ye Qing Ran looked at Yun Qian Yue with dissatisfaction.

  "Is there any difference between me and him?" Yun Qianyue raised an eyebrow, warningly glancing at Ye Qingran. If he dared to make things difficult for her today, forget about being friends. Even if he wanted to cause trouble, it had to be in the right setting, and this wasn't a situation where she'd want to lump Ye Qingran together with him!

  Ye Qingran immediately stopped talking after receiving Yun Shangyue's warning. He had just been trying to make things difficult for Yun Shangyue because he was angry that Rong Jingxuan had stolen her heart. Now that he knew Yun Shangyue and he were on the same side, although it didn't feel right in his heart, he also felt that this wasn't the time to be petty about men.

  "Haha, great lightness! It seems that Moon Girl's martial arts have recovered! Not having seen you for a few days, let me take a new look at you!" The old emperor laughed loudly. Looking at Cloud Light and Rong Jing, his eyes flashed with a hint of sharpness, but it was just a flash and disappeared, making it impossible to notice. Before Cloud Light could speak, he smiled again: "But that's not right! Little Demon King clearly wanted Young Master Jing to demonstrate the 'Treading Water Without a Trace' lightness skill, what are you doing jumping into the fray? I haven't seen Young Master Jing's skills in many years, and now I want to see it for myself!"

  "Your Majesty's uncle, am I not the same as him? After all, we both use lightness skills, could mine be any worse?" Yun Shangyue raised an eyebrow.

  "How is your lightness skill compared to Jing Shizong's? He is him and you are you." The old emperor also raised an eyebrow.

  "From today on, it's not like that! He is me, I am him." Yun Shangyue looked into the old emperor's eyes. Although the lights around were changing and flickering, the lake heart pavilion was still extremely bright, and every person's expression could be illuminated clearly. Especially the old emperor's fleeting sharpness, Ye Tianyi's tightly pursed thin lips, and the shocked expressions of the crowd that had not yet recovered.

  "Oh?" The old emperor's smile faded, his eyebrows raised, "This is a new one! How did you say that?"

  "It's me who wants to marry him, and he wants to take me. The Emperor's uncle has a happy wine to drink!" Yun Shangyue suddenly smiled and said in a clear voice.

  The old emperor was taken aback.

  The Queen has arrived at Tengdi Station.

  Ye Tianyi and Ye Tianqing also stood up with the queen.

  The people around had just come back to their senses when they were shocked again and stared at Yun Shangyue with wide eyes, looking at her in disbelief.

  The pavilion in the middle of the lake is quiet, with several hundred people as if there were no one.

  "Look! I finally told the truth for once and no one believes me! You tell him then!" Yun Qian Yue said, tilting her head towards Rong Jing.

  "Good!" Rong Jing nodded, smiling gently, looking at the old emperor, and said in a warm voice: "Your Majesty said that if I had someone I liked, you would grant me a marriage. Today is the Qixi Festival, a very auspicious day. And I have also found the one I admire, so I came to ask Your Majesty for permission to marry!" As he spoke, he pulled Yun Shangyue down on one knee with him, his tone serious, "Rong Jing wishes to take Yun Shangyue as his wife, this life only this one wife, unique and unmatched. Requesting Your Majesty's permission to marry!"

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