Changsheng: Peak at the Beginning

Chapter 1508: Legend of the Hidden Sea 28

The next morning, Xiao Jinyue and Zang Hai were woken up by maids. They also needed to go to the palace to pay a visit to Emperor Zhenshun.

It was rare for clan members to return to the capital, so they would take this opportunity to keep in touch with each other, and treating each other to dinner was inevitable. Especially since Xiao Jinyue and Cang Hai's marriage was very special, everyone wanted to watch the excitement, so banquets came one after another.

Xiao Jinyue's biological mother was just an ordinary concubine of Emperor Zhenshun in the palace. Although she was not born a palace maid, according to the conventions of this dynasty, her status was not very high.

What's more, when Emperor Zhenshun got married, the previous emperor's favorite concubine, Concubine Li, had already passed away. The previous emperor was not very concerned about the marriage of his son, Emperor Zhenshun. If it were not for the attempt to wrestle with the Empress Dowager, who was the Empress at the time, Emperor Zhenshun would probably have married a woman from a peasant family as his princess.

Xiao Jinyue's mother was the daughter of an ordinary seventh-rank official in the capital. Her family treated her indifferently. It was the princess consort of Emperor Zhenshun who happened to go out and saw her rather outstanding appearance. She also heard that she was related to her family in a roundabout way, so she simply made her her concubine to go against the empress dowager who was still the queen.

But because of this incident, Xiao Jinyue's maternal family disappeared from the capital city, and there has been no news of them since her mother died of complications during childbirth.

So no matter how good or bad the Queen Mother had done over the years, Xiao Jinyue would not tolerate the Queen Mother's party just because she made her maternal family disappear for the sake of a fight. So he seized the opportunity and killed the eldest grandson who the Queen Mother had high hopes for, the first Prince of Linzi.

Xiao Jinyue's mother, who did not even have a proper name, is now lucky enough to have a small, simple tablet in the Fengxian Hall just because of her contribution in giving birth. On it is only her surname - Liu.

Emperor Zhenshun himself did not even know the full name of poor Liu, who gave birth to his only son. When she was in the palace, she was always called "Little Liu in the Princess's Room". Now she has been posthumously named a noble concubine, and in the future she may be posthumously named queen or empress dowager.

This is why Emperor Zhenshun would not easily doubt Xiao Jinyue even though he was jealous of her abilities and means, because they, father and daughter, shared the same suffering and both had no family outside their mother's family, so it seemed that they could only rely on each other.

Xiao Jinyue's three meals a day have always been of various types but small quantities. Over the years, Emperor Zhenshun has long been accustomed to it. It can be said that if it were not for such eating habits, he might have collapsed under the high pressure of the Queen Mother and Prince Linzi.

Zang Hai had never formally eaten with Xiao Jinyue, so today's meal was naturally very different. Emperor Zhenshun looked at his handsome sons and sons-in-law sitting on his left and right, and he couldn't stop smiling.

Zang Hai has never been particular about food, as long as it is edible, but when his family broke up, he had already grown up, so he still remembers the taste of the meals at home during his childhood.

However, the masked men had always trained him to hide his identity, so of course he had to try his best to cover up his previous eating habits, and even take the initiative to conform to the customs of Qingquan Town. After arriving in the capital, he had eaten at many banquets, but he always went to the appointments with a purpose in mind. Food was just a small matter, and a few polite words should not be taken seriously.

Even though he later had a skilled master as the housekeeper, the group of grown men in his house could only cook until the food was well cooked and tasty, but it was far from being delicious.

Today's breakfast included meat, eggs, milk, rice, noodles, and even all the flavors of sour, sweet, bitter, spicy and salty. He felt 70% full after just one bite of each. It was really interesting.

Emperor Zhenshun saw that Zang Hai ate well and enjoyed his meal, just like an ordinary elder. The more he watched, the more he liked him. He couldn't help but praise him: "This matter of diet can be big or small. If you don't have a good body, how can you serve the court?"

"Son-in-law, you eat well, which is good. I was worried that your body would not be able to withstand Yue'er's abandonment."

Zang Hai was very aware of his own skills. He couldn't help blushing when Emperor Zhenshun said this. He had experienced Xiao Jinyue's skill of swinging his hands.

So Zang Hai spoke of his shortcomings with a little embarrassment: "My family has no habit of practicing martial arts since I was a child. Later, when I was fortunate enough to become his disciple, my master said that my bones were too thin and I was not suitable for martial arts. I have not learned martial arts for so many years. I am sorry that Your Majesty has been wronged..."

Seeing this, Xiao Jinyue was too lazy to explain. According to the results of his investigation last night, although Zang Hai's physique was not excellent, it was not the kind of aptitude that could not achieve anything no matter how hard he worked.

He must have been deceived by the masked man.

However, Xiao Jinyue looked up to Zhao Bingwen for this. This old guy was indeed scheming. Zang Hai's brain was very sharp and he was also dexterous. If he had good martial arts skills, he would have been out of control long ago. It was estimated that Zhao Bingwen's identity could not be hidden for more than three days.

There was no court meeting today, so Emperor Zhenshun put various matters on hold early. It was not enough for him to chat while eating in the morning, so after breakfast he dragged Zanghai to do carpentry work.

Whenever Zang Hai wanted to please someone, he would succeed, not to mention that the person in front of him was Emperor Zhenshun, who already had a good impression of him, and now their identities were even father-in-law and son-in-law.

Of course, when Zang Hai was trying to please his father-in-law and immediate superior, he would not forget his new wife Xiao Jinyue. He sketched out a set of Twelve Flower God Hairpins with a few strokes, and Emperor Zhenshun immediately praised his aesthetic taste. Then Zang Hai took the opportunity to say that the real thing had been placed on Xiao Jinyue's dressing table, and Emperor Zhenshun was even more satisfied.

The father-in-law and son-in-law waited eagerly for Xiao Jinyue's opinion. Xiao Jinyue sighed helplessly, but finally gave a smile: "These December flowers are really common. It's rare that you can break the mold."

At this time, the emotions briefly took over the Emperor Zhenshun, who could not help but sigh: "If Kuai Duo could see today, I wonder how happy he would be!"

Unfortunately, as soon as he said this, Emperor Zhenshun regretted it in his heart. He didn't even dare to look at Zang Hai's expression. Xiao Jinyue had to change the subject: "I don't like you guys who always want to continue the friendship between your peers to the next generation, especially in the form of marriage. It's the most unacceptable."

Emperor Zhenshun said angrily, "Does it feel wronged that Canghai is married to my son?"

Zang Hai also looked at Xiao Jinyue with a little grievance, and cooperated very well to explain what Emperor Zhenshun had just said, "My Lord, is there something wrong with me?"

Xiao Jinyue just felt that she should let the father-in-law and son-in-law be embarrassed, "You are very good, and I deserve all the good things in the world."

Zang Hai felt even more aggrieved, "Isn't it enough that the prince has me?"

Emperor Zhenshun was waiting for Xiao Jinyue's answer with a little shock. If things turned out like this on the first day of their marriage, how would they live in the future?

Emperor Zhenshun wished he could personally teach Xiao Jinyue how to balance the harem, no, the backyard. Unfortunately, his cheap son-in-law Zang Hai was still present, and he could not openly support his daughter in having girls all over her.