"No Wedding Unless Enemies and Lovers" 《不是冤家不拜堂》Chapter 131

 Hearing what was said Ji Yu Qing's eyebrows rose, tilting her head to stare at  imperial uncle, "Imperial uncle, what you're saying isn't right, what do you mean by making a fuss about nothing? What do you mean by it's common for signature dishes to be the same, could you be thinking the same way as me, then why didn't imperial uncle's Deqing restaurant not produce the signature dish before me?"

Imperial uncle's beard trembled, pointing at Ji Ling Xue's nose, no one dared to speak to him like this.

"Also, I have to stress, I didn't smash up your shop because there's the same signature dishes, rather the ruffians you hired smashed up my store, injured my people, my main chef severed half her palm trying to take back the recipe book..."

"Do you know how important a pair of hands is to a chef, do you know without her hands, she can longer be a chef, she can no longer pick up a knife, with no way to make a living, I smashed up your store to seek justice for them, moreover none of your people were injured, at least I have more virtue."

"You...you...you..." You silly girl actually dare to insult a great figure of the country inside the imperial study in front of the emperor? 

In front of the emperor, the imperial uncle didn't finish the rest of the sentence, he shook his finger at Ji Ling Xue's nose, speechless for a while, the next moment he knelt in front of Xiao Yi Mo with weak knees crying: "Your majesty, your majesty, this humble servant has been wrongly accused, this humble servant definitely didn't send any ruffians to cause trouble with Qingfengyashe, maybe it's my jealous subordinates who did the wrong thing, your majesty please be forgiving, it's this humble servant who didn't teach them properly...this humble servant will go back and find out the truth to give princess Chen justice."

Xiao Yi Mo nodded in perceived agreement, he couldn't deal with this matter, on one side was the empress's older brother, the other side was his younger brother who had many meritorious deeds, it was hard to keep this scale balanced, now imperial uncle had found a way to get him out of this situation, at least there was a justification to this.

Xiao Yi Mo said: "En, we give you three days to investigate this and offer an apology to princess Chen, princess Chen, you were also impulsive, no matter how angry you are you can't just smash up someone's store, apart from your own image, you almost made a scapegoat out of your own prince."

Ji Ling Xue tilted her head to look at Xiao Yi Chen standing to the side, she didn't see any unhappiness on his face/

Xiao Yi Mo continued to reprimand: "Princess Chen, do you know what you've done wrong?"

Ji Ling Xue bowed her head and knelt on the floor apologising: "Please punish me your majesty."

Without anyone around Xiao Yi Mo readily called her "cousin", now he had the air of an emperor, she couldn't not respond.

Xiao Yi Mo nodded his head, "Then we will punish you to kneel for half a day at the Wu gate." He waved his large hand, indicating for the three of them to leave, he had been harassed since early this morning, there had been no peace.

Xiao Yi Chen pulled on Ji Ling Xue to pay her respects and left, imperial uncle was a step behind them in leaving the imperial study.

At the Wu gate, Ji Ling Xue sincerely knelt on the ground, above her was the scorching sun, to one side Xiao Yi Chen and imperial uncle were exchanging conventional greetings with their hands cupped together and saying goodbye.

Ji Ling Xue rolled her eyes to the sky, this imperial uncle really was great at acting, he was probably this smooth and slick from being in the officialdom for so long, one minute he was crying out his suffering in front of the emperor, leaving the palace he was now a noble imperial uncle.

Imperial uncle left, only Xiao Yi Chen remained to stand beside Ji Ling Xue, Ji Ling Xue raised her head to look at Xiao Yi Chen, "Prince, the sun is very bright, you should go back."

The emperor had punished her to kneel, he didn't have to be in the sun with her.

Xiao Yi Chen smiled slightly, his mood was pretty good.

Xiao Yi Chen turned around and strode away, Ji Ling Xue curled her lips watching his back.

Just when Ji Ling Xue's legs turned weak from kneeling, the sun above her causing her to feel dizzy, a shadow suddenly enveloped her, did the clouds cover the sun? 

Ji Ling Xue raised her head, she saw a paper umbrella over her head, Xiao Yi Chen was smiling at her holding the umbrella, in that moment the wind was gentle and clouds are pale, the wind blew over Ji Ling Xue's sweat soaken long hair, caressing her pounding heart.

"Why did you come back?" Ji Ling Xue asked a long while after.

"Accompany you!" Xiao Yi Chen stood perfectly straight, holding the umbrella without moving.

Ji Ling Xue smiled, saying: "Thank you."

The two of them, one stood, one knelt for four hours before an eunuch came to say: "Princess Chen get up, his majesty said you have shown you understand your wrongdoing, go back quickly and rest."

Ji Ling Xue nodded, her body was stiff and couldn't move, Xiao Yi Chen stepped forward to help Ji Ling Xue, passing the umbrella into her hands, picking her up into his arms.

Ji Ling Xue carried the umbrella in one hand, another hand embracing Xiao Yi Chen's neck, leaning her head against his shoulder, even though she felt wronged, she still felt very warm, at this moment Xiao Yi Chen felt she had someone she could rely on.

Xiao Yi Chen carried Ji Ling Xue all the way back to the residence, a lot of passer-by's watched in surprise and whispered, what they spoke of she didn't know, her gaze was fixed on Xiao Yi Chen, her thoughts were everywhere.

Prince's residence, Yi Lan courtyard, Xiao Yi Chen placed Ji Ling Xue on the bed, sending Mo Xiang away, personally massaging Ji Ling Xue's numb legs, his movements were incomparably gentle, Ji Ling Xue who was quite the entire way asked: "Are you not angry?"

She had caused such a huge issue today, offending the current most influential imperial uncle, making him another enemy.

Xiao Yi Chen looked into Ji Ling Xue's eyes, smiling: "My woman like to make trouble because this prince has spoiled her, with this prince here, who dare to bully you, just come back, this prince will support you."

Ji Ling Xue smiled: "But I offended imperial uncle today, before the emperor he of course couldn't lash out, but there's no stopping him from using dirty tricks against you."

Xiao Yi Chen raised his hand to pinch Ji Ling Xue's nose, "Actually we had already offended the imperial uncle."

Ji Ling Xue blinked, "Ah?!"

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Seeing Ji Ling Xue cute stupefied expression, Xiao Yi Chen emotions were stirred, he kissed Ji Ling Xue's lips, then said: "Do you remember the underground casino at the western city walls, that was also how imperial uncle amassed capital, it was seized by this prince, everything was confiscated, he was unable to voice his anger."

Ji Ling Xue rolled her eyes, "What does imperial uncle want with so much money, isn't he afraid of angering the emperor?

Xiao Yi Chen nodded: "Precisely that the emperor knows imperial uncle has quite a few personal properties, that's why he has allowed this prince to seize and confiscate a few things, what's more today, the emperor punished you to kneel at Wu gate to give an explanation to imperial uncle, this was also to warn him, he has already insulted you, if he makes any other moves, he won't tolerate it."

Ji Ling Xue gave an understanding oh, it turns out there was a lot of hidden meanings behind the emperor's words.

Ji Ling Xue said: "So the emperor is siding with me, hehe, I didn't waste my time bribing the wrong person with food, next time I'll make more good food to thank him."

Hearing Ji Ling Xue wanted to make good food to bribe other men, his face darkened: "Ji Ling Xue, you really..." Really bite the hand that feeds you!

Ji Ling Xue pulled on Xiao Yi Chen's hand, "Prince, I'm tired, let me take a nap." She yawned as she spoke.

Xiao Yi Chen's lips twitched, this was her telling him to stop talking.

Xiao Yi Chen said: "This prince doesn't like to clean up messes, if you give me an incentive, I can think about it."

Ji Ling Xue without hesitation cupped Xiao Yi Chen's face and kissed him on the lips, blinking she said: "Prince, please!"

Xiao Yi Chen suddenly held Ji Ling Xue's neck and kissed her deeply...

After an hour, Xiao Yi Chen walked out of Ji Ling Xue's room perfectly content, the gentleness on his forehead still hadn't dispersed.

Inside the study, Chi Feng was already waiting, seeing Xiao Yi Chen he immediately went to greet him, "Prince, you've finally returned."

Xiao Yi Chen resumed his stern face nodding: "How did it go?"

Chi Feng nodded: "After the princess was invited into the palace by the eunuch, this subordinate took the chef and ruffian and locked them up in a safe place to prevent the imperial uncle from having the opportunity to kill them."

Xiao Yi Chen gave him a praising look, "Not bad."

Chi Feng continued to say: "Prince, there's something I need to tell you..."

Xiao Yi Chen raised his eyebrow, his hesitant expression, could something have happened?

Chi Feng immediately said: "After the princess entered the palace, this subordinate found a teahouse to drink tea, I didn't expect someone to be spreading the rumour princess isn't the daughter of Ji Bai Chuan, prince, if this is true, it will be detrimental to the princess."

Xiao Yi Chen frowned, "Did you find out who is spreading the rumour?"

Chi Feng shook his head, pushing open the door someone brought the storyteller in, the storyteller's grizzled beard trembled even more when he saw Xiao Yi Chen, "Prince...prince, I am merely a storyteller providing entertainment, I didn't mean to slander the princess."

The coldness in Xiao Yi Chen's eyes increased, "Who told you to say these things?"

The storyteller stammered: "It's...someone gave me a hundred silvers, telling me to just say what is written in a book, there was no reason not to take the money, so I just recited what was written."

Xiao Yi Chen spread out his hands, telling the storyteller to hand over the book.

The storyteller nodded,  immediately taken the book out from his chest and handed it to Xiao Yi Chen.

While Xiao Yi Chen was flipping through the book, Chi Feng asked: "Who is this person you spoke of?"

The storyteller said with a pained expression: "That person was wearing a mask, I couldn't see their face, they were around your height, voice...I can't remember their voice, their Chinese wasn't fluent, there was a little stutter."

Chi Feng's lips twitched, with such little information, it was no different from finding a ghost!

Xiao Yi Chen glanced over the book, then he raised his hand, the book in his hand was crumpled in his hand, then in a blink, it turned into dust.

The storyteller's lips were trembling, the way he looked at Xiao Yi Chen held terror and reverence, his legs shook, "Prince, I spoke the truth, there's no lie."

Xiao Yi Chen suddenly smiled, "Tomorrow's story, have you thought about what to say?"

The storyteller felt his neck turn cold, strongly nodding: "I think...I have..." He didn't want to turn into dust, he couldn't say he didn't know what to say.

Xiao Yi Chen nodded: "That's good, tomorrow this prince and princess will go listen to your story at the teahouse, Chi Feng, let the old mister stay in the prince's residence, be hospitable."

"Yes." Chi Feng dragged the weak legged storyteller out.

A moment later, a guard of the residence respectfully greeted from the door: "Prince, constable Zhao is asking for an audience, he said there's a development in the faceless female corpse case."