After marrying the fierce god, her handsome young husband was pampered to the extreme.

"Your face, is it given to you by the young master?" Yin Cheng's tone was indifferent, but it was not hard to hear the contempt in it. "That's quite a lot of face."

"Let's go." Yin Cheng didn't want to get entangled and miss the auspicious time that the old men from the Imperial Observatory had spent three days calculating.

Once today's wedding ceremony is over, none of these people will be able to escape.

The soldiers immediately told the musician playing the suona, "Keep playing."

Before the musicians could even begin to play, the scholar shouted, "Your Highness, do not underestimate us commoners. We have presented this to the Prince's Palace today and we demand an explanation. Otherwise, how can we appease the people?"

"We study the classics and are concerned with the rise and fall of the nation. For the Yin royal family to marry a worthless woman is a misfortune for the country. Your Highness's actions have chilled the hearts of all scholars!"

Yin Cheng's reputation among scholars has never been good, but he doesn't care about that.

"It is indeed inappropriate to shed blood on such a joyous occasion," Yin Cheng sneered. "But if I hear another word from you that insults my husband, I won't hesitate to leave your mouth here for the rest of your life."

"Though I am but a mayfly, I still harbor lofty ambitions. If I truly perish here today simply for remonstrating with the emperor, I will accept it!"

Lin Nian couldn't listen anymore, so he lifted the beaded curtain of the sedan chair and stepped out.

Hearing the commotion behind him, Yin Cheng dismounted and helped him up, saying, "Be good, go inside and wait."

Lin Nian shook her head. "Ah Cheng, I want to stand with you."

Yin Cheng paused for a moment, then smiled, took the little beauty's soft hand, and said, "Okay."

Lin Nian stepped forward, extended her right hand, and exposed the virginity mark on her forearm to everyone.

Yin Cheng was startled and quickly pulled down the beautiful woman's sleeve. "What are you doing?"

Lin Nian said loudly, "I don't need to say more, I'm sure you all have already made your judgments about what just happened."

An older man said, "What a tragedy! What grudge could possibly lead a young man to publicly reveal his virginity to prove his innocence?"

"I don't think this scholar is a good person. What kind of scholar points fingers at a young man like that?"

Before the scholar could react, Lin Nian continued, "You said you have lofty ambitions?"

"You, a grown man, instead of thinking about how to achieve great things, impose your so-called national honor on young men. Is this your lofty ambition?"

"A virtuous person is cautious even when alone, does not deceive himself in secret, cultivates humility, and does not deceive his own heart. I ask you, how much of this can you do?"

"You are unworthy of being a scholar."

Lin Nian paused, then said, "If all the scholars in the Great Yin were like you, then it would truly be over."

After he finished speaking, he turned around and got into the bridal sedan chair with an air of nonchalance, completely unaware of the man's admiration and respect for him at that moment.

Yin Cheng mounted his horse and inadvertently gave the guards a meaningful look.

It seems the scholar and the beggar are in cahoots.

After the wedding procession left, someone on the street suddenly exclaimed, "Well done! This young man... no, Prince Cheng, is truly admirable!"

"He's even a good match for His Highness Prince Cheng."

"Although she was wearing a veil, judging from her voice, you could tell she was a beautiful woman."

"Who does he think he is, trying to ruin someone's wedding? Doesn't he know how much our young master values ​​his wedding? I wonder which academy he's from, what a disgrace."

The scholar was about to slink away when suddenly everything went black and he fainted.

……

Jingyi craned her neck to look at the alley entrance and finally saw a splash of red.

"Coming, coming! Quick, quick, set off the firecrackers!" Jingyi said hastily. "Go and bring the brazier over."

Upon hearing the report from the guard, Yin Mo, who was sitting in the main seat, chuckled softly, "It seems that Xiao Cheng has quite a good eye for choosing a husband."

The matchmaker stuffed the red sash that had been prepared beforehand into the hands of the two, saying, "Your Highness, you must hold on tight. You cannot let go of it until you reach the bridal chamber."

"I understand." Yin Cheng thought to himself, he's not stupid, he wouldn't abandon Qian Hong halfway.

Stepping over the fire basin, offering incense and candles, performing three salutes, bowing three times, and serving tea to elders...

After the elaborate ceremony, Lin Nian was led into the bridal chamber by a maid and sat down, while Yin Cheng had to go out to greet the guests.

He didn't have many friends in the capital, but he was well-connected among military officers.

Several officers from the Golden Guard tried to get him to drink with them.

"That wouldn't be right. My alcohol tolerance is extremely low; I'm practically a knockout after just one cup," Yin Cheng tried to argue. "Or perhaps I could substitute tea for wine?"

"Hey! Your Highness, what are you saying!" The military officer instructed his friend, "Fill it up, fill the prince's cup."

Yin Cheng: "..."

Even the strongest liquor from the North couldn't intoxicate Yin Cheng, let alone the gentle fragrance of pear blossoms in the capital.

Half an hour later, Yin Cheng shook the several generals at the table who had drunk themselves into oblivion, "Are you all any good? Is this all you can drink? Get up and continue. Today, I'm going to show you what real strength is."

"Alright, alright, you're really pushing it." Yin Mo said, both amused and exasperated. "Aren't we going to have our wedding night?"

Yin Cheng immediately came to his senses, "Well, we still need to."

Yin Mo kicked him, "Aren't you going? Be careful your new husband doesn't get angry with you."

Yin Cheng ran towards the bridal chamber with a big smile.

"That idiot..." Yin Mo chuckled, but after his brother left, his expression changed immediately. "Investigate. Whoever it is, kill them on the spot."

Several dark figures leaped over the wall and quickly disappeared from sight.

In the bridal chamber, Huayue brought in a plate of rice cakes. "Young master, would you like honey flavor or milk flavor?"

Lin Nian was somewhat surprised, "It even tastes like milk?"

"Mmm," Huayue said, "The pastry chef that the manor specially hired is said to be able to make pastries from all over the country."

Jingyi tapped Huayue on the head. "You should call him King now."

Hua Yue covered her head pitifully and said, "Oh, I know."

Xiao Fu said, "Wang Jun, both the honey and milk flavors are delicious, you should try them both."

Two young men sat on either side of Lin Nian's feet, and the three of them ate rice cakes together.

Jingyi said, "I'll go outside and take a look." He added somewhat worriedly, "Huayue, don't you dare steal any of those peanuts and longans scattered on the bed, understand?"

Hua Yue pouted, "I don't really want to eat that much."

He glanced furtively at the red dates on the bed, feeling guilty. They were huge dates; they must be very sweet.

After Jingyi left, Lin Nian asked softly, "Huayue, how old is Jingyi?"

Hua Yue thought for a moment, "Brother Jingyi seems to be a year younger than the Prince."

"So young, and already the head servant of the household?"

"Because Brother Jingyi is amazing," Huayue said. "When the prince was fighting in the northern border, all the rewards given by His Majesty were brought into the mansion. It was Brother Jingyi who managed to send all the money to the northern border."

Lin Nian frowned. "Why send them to the Northern Border?"

"These officials embezzled 100,000 taels of silver in the capital, but by the time they reached the northern border, they were reduced to only 10,000 taels, or even less."

"The northern border is so harsh. If you don't have money, you'll go hungry," Huayue said. "During the worst times, the prince and his soldiers dug up grass roots to eat. When winter came, they didn't even have a cotton-padded coat. That winter, there was a lot of snow, and many soldiers froze to death."

Before Lin Nian could even feel sorry for the man, Hua Yue continued, "From then on, every time the prince received a sum of money, he would send someone to the capital to report the amount. If it was less than the amount, he would arrest all the officials responsible for transporting the money along the way, without exception."

"and then?"

"Confiscate their property!" Huayue said. "So much silver! The Northern Territory has never suffered such hardship again."