Quick Wear: I'm Really Not a Scumbag

Zhao Yanwei and Zhao Chengyan had a meal in the Empress Dowager's palace, and then under Zhao Chengyan's pressure, the matter was left unresolved, and the civil and military officials in the court did not dare to bring bad luck again.

The only casualty was Chen Sishi, who had been demoted to the rank of seventh-rank official, a court official. Even so, the censors refused to let him go. Upon learning that the fourth daughter of the Cui family had divorced him, the censors proposed beheading him in public, partly to serve as a warning to others and partly to comfort the prince of the Shunguo Mansion.

He got his current official position with the help of the eldest princess.

—Shunguo Mansion

"Is this matter just over like that? The emperor is being too kind to the eldest princess." Cui Xianxun raised his eyebrows.

The princess wasn't even scratched, and even the Li family didn't dare to say a word. This was simply not something that Li Ge Lao would do. How could he possibly tolerate his son being cuckolded and take the blame for the princess for nothing?

This time, many people are involved in his son's affairs. It is said that the marriage of the eldest princess's daughter Li Jiatang has also been affected, and it is unknown whether this marriage can continue.

Wang Yunxi chuckled nonchalantly and said, "My husband, you don't know this. If the Li family had made a big fuss, this matter might have been easier to handle. Right now, it's the most disadvantageous to the eldest princess."

She did have a certain sense of politics, influenced by her father. He would often talk to her mother about these things, and she had heard them since she was a child. However, her mother never influenced her father's decisions in public. At most, she would only give him some pointers before going to bed at night. Her mother was quite talented, but she was just a woman.

Cui Xianxun loosened the sleeve he was playing with and asked, "Oh? What do you mean?"

He knew that although Wang Yunxi looked generous and gentle and naive, she was actually a very opinionated person. Since she said so, he was of course happy to listen.

"There are so many Li family officials in the court, but this time not even one person expressed dissatisfaction with the eldest princess. This shows that Lord Li had already made arrangements in advance. If the emperor really sided with the eldest princess, he would definitely take actions to support her, perhaps by rewarding her or promoting someone she values, but he didn't do so this time." It was as if he was intentionally postponing the matter and waiting for the right time to deal with it.

The emperor's reward to my eldest brother will surely come soon.

"You mean, the emperor is trying to smooth things over? He doesn't support the eldest princess?" He didn't think so far, he just thought that the eldest princess had a special status in the emperor's heart.

Now think about it, the emperor can even kill his own brother-in-law, and he killed many of the emperor's brothers back then. It is unlikely that he would be much better to the eldest princess who was not born of the same mother. The emperor's daily support for the sixth princess did not seem fake, after all, the sixth princess was his biological sister.

The only difference is that if Zhao Chengyan did not have the support of the empress dowager, he would have had no chance to enter the late emperor's sight. It was precisely because of this relationship that the emperor had always been lenient towards the eldest princess.

After all, the eldest princess was the Queen Mother's only child, and the rest either died early or had no chance of being born at all.

The biological mother of the current emperor was just a palace maid, and was just a noble lady before her death. The emperor did not like her and only had sex with her twice after drinking. Both times she happened to be pregnant with the emperor's seed.

It was such good luck, but unfortunately he was unlucky. Before the emperor ascended the throne, he contracted some strange disease and died. The emperor was deeply saddened.

Wang Yunxi didn't deny his words, "Maybe he's waiting for the right time."

Cui Xianxun suddenly realized, "I just heard my elder brother, second brother, and my father discussing matters in the study room and heard the news that the Queen Mother's health is getting worse. Could it be that the Emperor is only temporarily tolerating it because of the Queen Mother?"

This is very likely.

"This is a royal secret, Second Master must not tell anyone about it." Wang Yunxi was worried that he couldn't keep his mouth shut.

The Duke and the Crown Prince really couldn't control him. The only thing they could do was to clean up the mess behind him. Fortunately, he was not completely without progress.

"Don't worry, I'm not that stupid." He suddenly touched Wang Yunxi's belly.

"It would be great if you could get pregnant." Cui Xianxun's eyes were a little dazed.

Wang Yunxi put down the book in her hand and asked, "Husband, do you really want a child?"

She didn't really want it that badly. Childbirth was difficult for women, and it would be better for their health if they could have it later. This was what the old doctor said, but most people didn't think so. They all thought that if a couple hadn't conceived a child after one or two years of marriage, there was something wrong with them.

Fortunately, her father-in-law and mother-in-law have always been generous. They have never urged her and have never forced any women into their son's backyard.

Everyone else laughed at the father-in-law and said he was a fool, having spent his entire life with the mother-in-law, but they didn't know that this was what she wanted most.

Cui Xianxun never flirted with other women, nor did he treat her harshly. For these reasons, Wang Yunxi naturally thought he was a good person. However, recently, she had heard Cui Xianxun muttering that it would be great if Yan'er was his son. He even smiled foolishly in his dreams while calling his nephew's name.

It's like she's crazy about wanting a child.

"Of course, I want to have a child like Yan'er, well-behaved, sensible, smart and quick-witted." In his eyes, his nephew is extremely good, and no one else's or his own children can compare to him.

He had always thought that raising children was a very troublesome thing.

"What if our child looks like you?" Wang Yunxi couldn't help laughing.

"You don't hate him, do you?"

Cui Xianxun shook his head firmly and said, "How could that be? Of course I love my child. Even if he is a fool, I will take care of him for the rest of his life. How can I abandon him?"

Wang Yunxi quickly covered his mouth, "Pfft, ffff, ffff, stop talking nonsense..."

—Seogwi-ga Street, Gyeonggi-do.

An elegant woman wearing a cone hat was standing in front of the door holding the hand of a plump and wealthy young man.

The woman squatted in front of the young master and said, "This is our third time here. Are you confident that you can pass the test, sir?"

Chen Xuyan's eyes sparkled, and the dark circles under his eyes were very obvious. "Yan'er will definitely succeed this time! Mr. Yun will definitely agree to take me as his apprentice!"

Seeing that he was full of fighting spirit, Cui Can straightened his clothes and said, "Mother believes that Yan'er can do it."

Cui Can understood Yun Qishi’s intention, and not only did he not point it out directly, he even gave him enough face.

"Go."

Chen Xuyan took his things from the servant and knocked on the gate.

A bearded, unkempt man opened the door. He glanced at Cui Can, who was not far away, then looked down at Chen Xuyan and said, "Come in."