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Zhao Liangchen's words were false. He wanted to clear Su Qin's name and didn't want Su Qin to be criticized by others.

Su Qin understood what he meant, but Su Qin could see from Zhao Liangchen's eyes that what he said was not entirely false.

The affection in his eyes was genuine, and he was taking this opportunity to truly express his affection.

Su Qin had never seen such passionate and sincere affection in Zhao Liangchen's eyes.

Although she had sensed Zhao Liangchen's feelings for her before, Zhao Liangchen concealed it well and never made her feel uncomfortable or at a loss.

But this time Su Qin was really at a loss.

It’s not that she hasn’t been confessed to before. A girl who is not ugly and smart will always encounter confessions from various men on her road to growth.

But Su Qin never took those confessions seriously, because what Su Qin felt from them was possession, appreciation, interest, and even harassment, but she did not feel such warm sincerity.

She knew that Zhao Liangchen really loved her, and this love made her feel a little helpless because she didn't know how to respond.

Because she knew that here men have three wives and four concubines and the husband is the most important person, so she used to think that after getting married she would be a useless little person who doesn't fight or compete with others.

But if the person she marries loves her wholeheartedly, she can't possibly not respond at all. But if she does, she's afraid that she won't be able to control her heart. What if that person changes his mind, or his love fades? What if she can't control her heart then?

So when she saw Zhao Liangchen looking at her with tenderness in his eyes, she wanted to run, to hide, and didn't want to give any response.

The two of them just stared at each other, and everyone present could feel the affection surging between them. The emperor became even angrier when he saw this.

For some reason, a feeling of malice welled up in his heart, and he didn't want to fulfill their wish.

The Empress, who had been observing the Emperor's reaction, saw what he was thinking. She calmly held the Emperor's hand and said gently, "Your Majesty, Deputy Commander Zhao is a meritorious official who pacified King Liang. Last time, he didn't ask for a reward, but only for a promise. Didn't he ask for a marriage at that time?

I think they are a perfect match, so why not take advantage of this auspicious day to marry them? It would be a great achievement."

The emperor gradually came to his senses from the queen's gentle voice. Yes, Zhao Liangchen was a meritorious official, his confidant, and the person he wanted to win over.

The reason he initially wanted to take Suqin as his concubine was not because he fell in love with Suqin, but to win over the court officials.

Since Zhao Liangchen likes Su Qin, why not just grant them the marriage and let them get married?

Zhao Liangchen is his man. With his involvement, Mr. Zeng and the Su family will definitely be used by him.

But Zhao Liangchen's contribution was so great that granting him a marriage could also consume some of his contributions, killing two birds with one stone.

Thinking of this, the Emperor looked at Zhao Liangchen and said, "Liangchen, when you gave me the reward last time, you said you wanted a promise, something like a marriage. Did you already have it in mind at that time, and wanted me to grant you a marriage with Miss Su?"

Zhao Liangchen didn't actually mean that. He wanted that promise so that if Su Qin left in the future and he regretted it, the emperor would agree to let him resign and go find Su Qin.

But at that time he had not thought that the emperor would allow Su Qin to enter the palace. Now in this situation, he could only follow the emperor's words. At that time, it was just to grant the marriage, otherwise there would be no way to end it.

Therefore, he kowtowed solemnly: "Your Majesty, yes, I have always wanted Your Majesty to grant me and Miss Su a marriage, but at that time Miss Su was traveling with her teacher and was not in the capital. I had no choice but to ask Your Majesty for a promise first, so that I can wait for an opportunity to ask for a marriage."

The emperor said readily, "Okay, in that case, I will issue an order to grant you marriage."

Su Qin subconsciously wanted to stop him, but Zhao Liangchen had already pulled her to kowtow and express his gratitude.

Although the emperor was angry, he was not so angry when he thought about the fact that the Su family had another daughter and the daughters of other officials.

He originally wanted to use this joyous occasion to hint at the matter of selecting a concubine, but the queen, who saw his intention, was afraid that he would be slapped in the face and embarrassed if he said it out loud.

He smiled and said, "Your Majesty, this is a happy event. Today is a good day. Why not take advantage of this auspicious day to grant marriages to a few more beautiful couples? This will also be a good thing since Your Majesty took power."

The emperor was curious: "Oh? Who else wants me to grant you a marriage? Tell me all of them. I am happy today and I will grant you all a marriage."

The Queen glanced towards the Wuning Marquisate, the Su Family, and the Xu Family, and said with a hint of meaning, "Today, I have heard that there are several families that have recently been engaged. Why not take this opportunity to tell them and ask the Emperor to grant you marriages to add to the joyous occasion?"

Marquis Wuning and his men immediately understood what the queen meant, so he came out and knelt down to ask for her permission.

"Your Majesty, I beg Your Majesty to grant my second son a marriage."

The emperor became interested and asked, "Which girl does your second son like?"

Marquis Wuning: "Your Majesty, it's the daughter of the Xu family."

The emperor didn't react for a moment: "Which Xu family?"

The main reason was that the Xu family came from a farming family background and had no connection with the Wuning Marquisate, so the emperor didn't think about them.

At this time, Xu Chunshan stepped out and said, "Your Majesty, Young Master Qi is discussing marriage with my daughter."

The moment the emperor saw him, his face darkened: "Are your two families discussing a marriage?"

Marquis Wuning: "Your Majesty, the engagement has been completed and the betrothal gifts have been given, but I still want to ask Your Majesty to issue an imperial decree granting the marriage to bring more blessings to these two children."

The emperor asked sullenly, "When did your two families start discussing marriage?"

Marquis Wuning: "It was when Miss Su just returned to the capital. At that time, Miss Su brought Miss Xu to visit my family's farm. My second son fell in love with Miss Xu at first sight and came back to beg me to propose marriage.

Your Majesty, you know that my son has a bad reputation. His mother and I have worried a lot about his marriage. Now that we have finally found a girl we like, we have immediately gone to propose marriage."

Many people present began to beat their chests and stamp their feet in regret, wishing that the marriage between Zhao Liangchen and Wuning Marquis would be better.

The Wuning Marquis's Mansion is rich and powerful, and the staff there are simple. If you marry there, you will have wealth and status.

In the past, Marquis Wuning deliberately acted badly so that good families would look down on their son, but now everyone knows that they are deliberately hiding their incompetence.

Qi Jingde and Qi Lusheng are not only good-looking, but one is a general leading troops and has a title, the other is the emperor's confidant, works for the emperor, is rich and has status, and looks good.

Marrying any of them would be a perfect marriage, but now Qi Lusheng actually fell in love with a girl from the countryside. How could those ladies who wanted to marry into the Wuning Marquis's Mansion not be angry?

The emperor was in an even worse mood. He now vaguely felt that Zhao Liangchen and Qi Lusheng were engaged not because they loved each other, but because they did it on purpose, deliberately not wanting Su Qin and Xu Yunguo to enter the palace.

The emperor wanted to get angry, but he had already made a big promise. Besides, he did not tell Su Qin and the others to enter the palace in advance, so their engagement was not considered as deceiving the emperor.

The emperor was feeling frustrated because he couldn't vent his anger. Wang Runsheng also knelt down and asked for permission: "Your Majesty, I also want to ask for an imperial decree to grant marriage."

Looking at the guard who had just been transferred to his side, the emperor's eyelids twitched. He had a premonition that this imperial decree granting marriage was not what he wanted to hear.

Seeing that the emperor was silent, the queen asked, "Which girl do you want the emperor to grant you a marriage with?"

Wang Runsheng: "Your Majesty, it's the Su family's second eldest sister, Su Jin."

The emperor was completely heartbroken. They did it on purpose.