Chapter 210

Chapter 210: Good Goose!

Thinking that, Shang Xing Yu turned around and faced the Shang Residence people again.

Their expressions looked terrible.

Shang Xing Yu smiled even wider. “Why is General Shang pulling such a long face? With that expression, His Majesty might think you are unhappy to become his in-laws.”

“Oh, right. I almost forgot.” Shang Xing Yu pointed at the residence under their feet. “General Shang, do not forget this residence is also my mother’s. It is listed in the Dowry Inventory too, so when is it convenient for you to move out?”

“Xing Yu!” Shang Xiu Yuan could not endure it anymore. “You have gone too far! This is the Fengguo General Residence. How dare you tell Father to move out? You are unfilial and unjust. If His Majesty finds out, His Majesty will never let someone like you become a prince consort.”

“Then Elder Brother can go into the palace and report me.” Shang Xing Yu lowered his voice. “Let us see whether Elder Brother’s words matter, or the great gift I gave His Majesty matters.”

At that, Shang Xiu Yuan shut his mouth.

Shang Xing Yu shook the imperial edict in his hand and left again.

Time was tight, and the task was heavy.

Just now, the palace eunuch had taken Shang Xing Yu’s birth date and eight characters. That meant the Imperial Astronomical Bureau would match his fate with the Princess’s.

Shang Xing Yu could not sit idle.

Foreign Envoy Palace.

Lu Chuo picked up a chess piece.

The piece was carved from white jade, warm and smooth in his hand. It was beautiful to the extreme, yet hard to truly understand, just like the woman he had seen that day.

Lu Chuo had not expected that the deal he thought was foolproof still failed to move the Emperor of Sheng Kingdom.

Lu Chuo still had other things that could tempt the Emperor of Sheng Kingdom, but if Lu Chuo paid that much for a woman he only liked somewhat, Lu Chuo still hesitated.

Lu Chuo’s fingers hovered above the board, wavering, when a palace attendant entered from outside.

After hearing the palace attendant’s report, Lu Chuo sighed and regretfully scattered the half-played game.

Lu Chuo truly had not expected that between Lu Chuo and Shang Xing Yu, Princess Qing Ning would choose the other man.

From what Lu Chuo knew, Shang Xing Yu had a terrible reputation and no real skill.

But since Shang Xing Yu had managed to scheme against Hu Shu Xie and Jin Ri Xu on the drill ground, Shang Xing Yu likely had some small cleverness.

Was that what Princess Qing Ning valued?

Or did Princess Qing Ning simply look down on a sickly prince like Lu Chuo?

Thinking that, Lu Chuo smiled and shook his head.

At the same time, the other residences in the capital also learned the news.

Ye Rong was reading when Ye Rong sprang up from the chair. “What did you say? Who? Who was marrying the Princess? Shang Xing Yu?”

Ye Rong sucked in a sharp breath. Damn it!

Ye Rong had known Young Master Shang Er was not right.

Had Shang Xing Yu liked Princess Qing Ning for a long time?

It was that day outside the teahouse. Shang Xing Yu said he would build a carriage so the Princess could ride in luxury-

No, not that. It was even earlier.

Yes-it was the day of Qi Shu Xian’s reward ceremony.

They had agreed to go to Drunken Spring House, but when Young Master Shang Er saw Princess Qing Ning step down from her carriage, Young Master Shang Er said he would not go.

Ye Rong hissed. Ye Rong felt like Ye Rong had discovered a huge secret.

His Elder Brother, Young Master Shang Er, truly had guts that reached the sky.

Duke Residence.

Meng Yang also heard the news.

“Is it true?” Meng Yang laughed. “Only a playboy like Shang Xing Yu would take a fancy to a worn shoe like her! Where is the Heir Apparent? Has the Heir Apparent come off duty yet?”

Meng Yang wanted to hurry and tell Qi Shu Xian.

Sheng Zhi Wan was going to become a playboy’s woman. No matter how unwilling Qi Shu Xian felt inside, Qi Shu Xian should let go now.

But Meng Yang waited and waited. The sky grew dark, and Qi Shu Xian still did not return.

That afternoon, Shang Xing Yu hunted geese for half the day.

At Xuan Yue Lake on the outskirts of the capital, Shang Xing Yu shot through the flock from tail to head. In the end, Shang Xing Yu only turned back once the most cunning, strongest lead goose finally fell.

Only then did Shang Xing Yu return to the city, satisfied.

When the horse’s hooves entered the capital, Shang Xing Yu straightened his back.

Shang Xing Yu deliberately showed off that big goose, its body huge and its feathers neat and beautiful.

Then Shang Xing Yu saw someone blocking the horse.

Shang Xing Yu snorted from above.

Qi Shu Xian stood there, reeking of wine.

Their eyes met, and Shang Xing Yu suddenly smiled. “This City Gate Guard, why did you not salute when you saw this Prince Consort Commandant?”

Looking at Shang Xing Yu’s smug face, Qi Shu Xian suddenly remembered how Qi Shu Xian had felt when Qi Shu Xian received the imperial edict over two years ago.

Qi Shu Xian had lofty ambitions. Qi Shu Xian had not wanted to marry a princess.

Sheng Zhi Wan had knelt in Zi Sheng Hall for three days without eating or drinking, begging, until she finally obtained the imperial edict to marry down.

That same day, the Empress Dowager summoned Qi Shu Xian into the imperial palace.

The Empress Dowager made Qi Shu Xian kneel for a long time and spoke many lectures, warning him again and again, making him promise to treat Zhi Wan well.

What had Qi Shu Xian thought then?

Qi Shu Xian would naturally treat Sheng Zhi Wan well. Why did anyone need to command him?

Instead, the Empress Dowager’s words had filled Qi Shu Xian with resentment.

What about Shang Xing Yu?

A playboy like Shang Xing Yu would definitely not be able to take those words either. So why had the Empress Dowager never summoned Shang Xing Yu into the palace to lecture him?

Qi Shu Xian’s drunken gaze fell to Shang Xing Yu’s hand.

A goose?

Qi Shu Xian sneered and ignored Shang Xing Yu’s question.

A useless man who only got the Prince Consort Commandant post by marrying a princess was not worthy of Qi Shu Xian’s salute.

Yet when Qi Shu Xian thought of Sheng Zhi Wan being with the man in front of him in the future, Qi Shu Xian could not restrain the rage and jealousy in his heart.

Qi Shu Xian stepped forward and lowered his voice. “I heard Young Master Shang Er used your mother’s relics to beg His Majesty to marry the Princess. But what you gave up everything to get, this Heir Apparent got with ease.”

The smile faded from Shang Xing Yu’s face. Shang Xing Yu’s eyes narrowed sharply.

Seeing that, Qi Shu Xian continued, “For the sake of marrying me, Sheng Zhi Wan knelt in Zi Sheng Hall for three days without eating or drinking. With that kind of love, does Young Master Shang Er really think it can be erased so easily?”

Shang Xing Yu clenched the reins tight.

Qi Shu Xian was not drunk at all.

Qi Shu Xian knew what consequences those words would bring. Qi Shu Xian also knew these two lines would leave a thorn in Shang Xing Yu’s heart forever.

No man could accept that his wife still held another man in her heart.

With that thorn, Shang Xing Yu and Sheng Zhi Wan would never be able to truly trust each other.

And so what?

Qi Shu Xian did not want Sheng Zhi Wan to truly trust anyone. Qi Shu Xian did not want Sheng Zhi Wan to have a peaceful, harmonious marriage with anyone else.

Qi Shu Xian watched Shang Xing Yu grip the reins and waited for Shang Xing Yu to fly into a rage.

But at that moment-

That lead goose, the one Shang Xing Yu had chased and shot at all afternoon, rolled its small black eyes and suddenly flapped toward Qi Shu Xian’s head.

Then Qi Shu Xian felt a cold splatter on the top of his head, and something dropped near his feet.

The fire inside Shang Xing Yu vanished at once.

Shang Xing Yu patted the lead goose that had been pulled back and spoke loudly enough for people in the distance to hear. “Good goose! You even knew the Heir Apparent was bald?”

Shang Xing Yu laughed. “It really is not an ordinary creature. In the future, this Commandant will make sure you have meat at every meal!”

With that, Shang Xing Yu rode away, laughing.

Countless gazes turned toward Qi Shu Xian.

Qi Shu Xian was not completely bald, not yet. That day, Liu Shang had sprinkled the powder unevenly. Qi Shu Xian lost a lot of hair on the top and front, but the back of Qi Shu Xian’s head and the sides by his ears were still thick.

But because of that, it looked even more strange and ridiculous.

A few children not far away burst into laughter.

With a loud rush in Qi Shu Xian’s ears, Qi Shu Xian could not care about anything else. Qi Shu Xian snatched up the hat from the ground, covered his face with one hand, and used lightness skill to flee.