In front of so many people, General Mei's face instantly fell. Especially when he saw the Emperor's gloomy expression, he hurriedly scolded Mei Shu 'er: "Shu' er, don't be rude."
Mei Shu 'er turned a deaf ear to General Mei's scolding. She didn't care about the Emperor's ugly expression and only looked straight at him.
General Mei's scolding already gave Mei Shu 'er a way out, but not only did Mei Shu' er ignore it, she chose to continue being aggressive. Even the Emperor was a little annoyed.
He watched Mei Shu 'er grow up, but he wasn't General Mei. There was no reason for him to selflessly tolerate Mei Shu' er.
If it was in the past, the Emperor would definitely directly approve Mei Shu 'er's request for marriage. However, after seeing Jiujiu today, for some reason, the Emperor didn't want to agree to Mei Shu' er's request. He didn't know what to say, so he simply looked at Huang Yixiao: "Beloved official, what do you think?"
Huang Yixiao put down his chopsticks and stood up. He looked at Mei Shu 'er and said: "This one appreciates Miss Mei's good intentions, but this one already has a madam in his heart. I'm sorry."
After Huang Yixiao finished speaking, he lowered his head to look at Jiujiu. Coincidentally, Jiujiu raised her head. The two's eyes met, and there was an indescribable warmth and beauty.
Everyone originally thought that Jiujiu was just a peasant woman, but after seeing Jiujiu, their views instantly changed.
Not only was Jiujiu good-looking, but she also had an exceptional temperament. That kind of temperament that radiated from within, compared to Mei Shu 'er who didn't have good eyesight, she was more like a lady from a noble family.
A true lady from a noble family wouldn't forcefully get involved when she knew that the other party already had a family background. Huang Yixiao's answer made everyone cheer.
Seeing this, the Emperor directly said: "Shu 'er, since beloved official Huang has no intention, then let's leave it at that."
This was bluntly rejecting Mei Shu 'er. However, Mei Shu' er couldn't refute it. As a woman, it was already outrageous for her to take the initiative to ask for marriage. Now that she was rejected by a man, if she continued to stick to him, she would lose all her face.
Mei Shu 'er left in a daze. As for what she would face next, Huang Yixiao and Jiujiu did not care.
What Jiujiu cared about was the Emperor sitting at the head of the table, while Huang Yixiao cared about Jiujiu.
In today's banquet, no one was more humiliated than General Mei.
His position was high and he had a good relationship with the Emperor. In the past, everyone would smile when they saw him. Now that Mei Shu Er had done such a shameful thing, even General Mei had lost face. Until the end of the banquet, General Mei's face was ashen.
The next day.
It was unknown who leaked the news of Mei Shu 'er asking the Emperor to grant her marriage. As the saying goes, good news never leaves the house, but bad news travels a thousand miles. In less than a day, Mei Shu' er's matter had spread throughout the entire capital. Even if General Mei wanted to stop it, it was too late. Mei Shu 'er's reputation was completely ruined.
Moreover, the most terrible thing was that it was unknown who spread the news of Mei Shu 'er forcing Jiujiu in Mountain Village. She even pretended that she had a physical relationship with Huang Yixiao and was pregnant with Huang Yixiao's child. The person described it vividly and vividly, as if he had personally seen the scene of Mei Shu' er forcing Jiujiu. Mei Shu 'er's reputation in the capital wasn't very good. Now that she had done such a thing, it was completely ruined.
Mei Shu 'er's reputation was completely ruined. She had publicly proposed to Huang Yixiao and refused. Moreover, she had done such a rebellious thing. It was simply a disgrace to all the women in the world.
In short, Mei Shu 'er's reputation was completely ruined. Even if her family background was good and she was beautiful, everyone knew that she liked Huang Yixiao. Which man would be willing to marry a woman who had another man in her heart?
Moreover, anyone with a little bit of face wouldn't be willing to accept a woman like Mei Shu 'er.
With this delay, several years had passed.
Among them, there were some who wanted to marry Mei Shu 'er, but they had ulterior motives. They only valued General Mei behind Mei Shu' er. For such people, even if they treated Mei Shu 'er well out of respect for General Mei, how long would it last?
General Mei naturally wasn't willing to marry Mei Shu 'er to such a person. Thus, Mei Shu' er was unable to get married until she was twenty years old.
Because of Mei Shu 'er's matter, General Mei was so worried that his hair had turned white.
Mei Shu 'er had also given her body for true love in the beginning, but now, she had shut herself in.
She also wanted to go out, but once she went out, she would be pointed at by everyone. She could no longer see the admiring and jealous gazes of the past. What was left was only disdain and disdain. In order to not see such gazes, Mei Shu 'er simply shut herself in and avoided everyone's strange gazes.
However, some things wouldn't disappear just because you avoided them. Even if Mei Shu 'er avoided them, her bad reputation still spread to every corner of the capital.
At the same time, the love between Huang Yixiao and Jiujiu was also engraved in the hearts of the people in the capital along with Mei Shu 'er's reputation.
All the ladies in the capital wished that their husbands were like Huang Yixiao.
In the end, Mei Shu 'er still wasn't able to get married because of her bad reputation and the rebellious things she had done.
In contrast to Mei Shu 'er, Jiujiu and Huang Yixiao had been in love for their entire lives.
What Jiujiu didn't expect was that the day before the Emperor passed away, he specially came to find Jiujiu.
The moment the Emperor saw Jiujiu, it was as if he saw the woman who had hugged him and coaxed him to sleep many years ago. He even heard that gentle voice supporting a lullaby, coaxing him to sleep.
The Emperor dismissed everyone and looked at Jiujiu as he softly called out "mother empress".
Jiujiu was stunned and her eyes instantly turned red. She didn't expect the Emperor to recognize her. Jiujiu quickly walked to the bed and held the Emperor's old hand as she softly replied, "It's me."
"It's really you, mother empress." The Emperor was already old and his face was covered with wrinkles. Compared to Jiujiu's young face, he looked more like Jiujiu's father. However, his eyes were red as he held Jiujiu's hand and softly told her how much he missed Jiujiu.
Jiujiu's eyes were red as she listened to the Emperor's words. Her throat was so choked that she couldn't spit out a single word. She could only listen to the Emperor ramble on about the things that had happened to him over the years and how much he missed Jiujiu after she passed away.
In the end, the Emperor opened his mouth and wanted to ask Jiujiu why she had become another person. However, when he thought about how there were many things in the world that he couldn't explain, he chose to remain silent.
The next day, the Emperor passed away.
As for the conversation between Jiujiu and the Emperor, other than the two of them, no one else in the world knew about it.
However, Jiujiu would carry this secret with her until her death.
In this life, with Huang Yixiao's love, Jiujiu lived a very happy life.
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