The queen is crazy and spoiled, and the tyrant bows to her

Chapter 537 Extra Thank You Banquet (4)

However, Xie Zhiyan looked at Xiao Jingheng with an indifferent smile.

Xiao Jingheng was extremely angry. He swung his sleeves and shouted sternly: "Do it!"

The guards of the Marquis' Mansion all drew their swords in unison, the cold light reflected on the red silks all over the street, and a murderous atmosphere suddenly arose.

Just as they were about to take action, a voice as deep as a bell came from the back of the crowd...

"I don't know who dares to touch my master!"

Before he finished speaking, the sound of horse hooves was heard.

Zhao Hu was seen leading the way, followed by a large group of police officers in Dali Temple official uniforms swarming out from behind him, instantly surrounding the entire Pingyang Marquis Mansion.

Zhao Hu jumped off his horse, drew his sword, and stood in front of Xie Zhiyan's man and horse.

"You want to touch my master..."

Zhao Hu swept his gaze over the surrounding guards with awe-inspiring force, finally landing on Xiao Jingheng, whose face was gloomy. He said in a cold voice, "Young Marquis, why not ask our Dali Temple first if they agree?"

For a time, the two sides began to fall into a tense stalemate.

Xiao Jingheng's face was frighteningly ugly, veins popped out on his forehead, and his eyes were bloodshot: "Xie Zhiyan, you are bullying me by taking advantage of your power!"

"As an official appointed by the imperial court, you dared to abuse your power in public and surround the Marquis of Pingyang's mansion to seize my bride!"

"Do you still have any respect for rules and regulations?!"

Seeing this situation, the ministers who came to the banquet could not bear it anymore and stood up to accuse Xie Zhiyan of being audacious.

"Ridiculous!" A white-bearded old official was the first to walk out, "Lord Xie, as the Minister of Justice, dares to openly snatch the bride from the emperor. How dare you do that?"

"That's right! Today's marriage was personally granted by His Majesty. Sir Xie, are you acting in defiance of the Emperor's authority?"

Others also echoed: "That's right! That's right..."

"As the Minister of Justice, he has absolutely no regard for the law, is extremely audacious, and bullies people too much..."

Everyone was talking at once, wishing they could drown the Xie Zhiyan banquet with their spit.

Xie Zhiyan seemed not to hear anything, but his deep eyes never left the scarlet wedding sedan.

A straightforward and burning gaze, without any disguise.

This made Xiao Jingheng, who was standing by, even more anxious. His eyes turned red due to bloodshot, and the anger surging in his eyes almost made him want to tear Xie Zhiyan to pieces.

Scholars can be killed, but not humiliated!

He said angrily: "So what about Dali Temple?!"

"My Pingyang Marquis Mansion is not a pushover either!"

"Someone, do it!"

Before he finished speaking, countless cold lights surged...

In a flash, Xie Zhiyan suddenly chuckled.

He raised his hand, signaling everyone from the Dali Temple to leave.

Looking at the angry Xiao Jingheng, Xie Zhiyan raised his eyebrows and smiled, saying, "I think Young Marquis Xiao may have misunderstood..."

"It's true that I'm here to pick up the bride, but I'm not here to 'steal the bride' as you say."

"You're making nonsense!" Xiao Jingheng said angrily.

Xie Zhiyan laughed sarcastically and ignored him. Instead, he looked at everyone present and said calmly, "You all should know that the young Marquis Xiao is getting married today. His wife is Jiang Wanfu, the eldest daughter of the Jiang family and his childhood sweetheart."

"But as far as I know, Jiang Wanfu, the eldest daughter of the Jiang family, has entered the palace for the selection today..." He paused and looked at Xiao Jingheng again, with an unclear smile, and spoke word by word, "So... Young Marquis Xiao..."

"Are you sure you are marrying your own bride?"

"Instead of...robbing someone else?"

As soon as this statement came out, the scene was in an uproar.

Everyone's surprised eyes wandered between the two of them, and they talked about it...

"what happened?"

"Didn't Young Marquis Xiao marry Miss Jiang?"

"Why did Lord Xie say that Miss Jiang had gone to the palace for the selection?"

"Then the bride on the flower bridge isn't Miss Jiang? Who else could it be?"

"Could it be that Young Marquis Xiao doesn't even know who the young lady he married is?!"

"No way, there is such a ridiculous thing?"

"..."

The surrounding voices of discussion are rising one after another...

However, the most panicked people at this moment were the people from the Prime Minister's Mansion who were accompanying the wedding sedan.

Especially the matchmaker in front of the wedding sedan, who looked very panicked.

Jamel Xiao's face was frighteningly ugly. He clenched his fists and said angrily, "What nonsense!"

"Fu'er and I have been engaged since childhood. How could she possibly enter the palace for selection?"

Xie Zhiyan sneered, his tone mocking: "Whether it is true or not, Master Xiao will know it once he opens the sedan chair."

At this time, Jiang Wantang, sitting upright in the sedan chair, looked calm and composed, listening attentively.

It was as if everything that was being argued outside had nothing to do with her.

She quickly thought about the conversation between the people outside...

Her parents brought her to Beijing, but the reunion was fake. The real purpose was to let her marry into the Pingyang Marquis's Mansion in place of her elder sister Jiang Wanfu.

Therefore, she was not familiar with this young Marquis Xiao.

But what about Xie Zhiyan, the Dali Temple Minister?

Why does it sound like it's directed specifically at her?

But she had just arrived in the capital and did not recognize such a person.

While he was thinking, Xiao Jingheng's furious voice was heard outside again.

"Xie Zhiyan, what on earth do you want?"

"Even jokes have their limits. The one in the bridal sedan is my wife, whom I personally married. I naturally know who she is better than an outsider like you!"

Xie Zhiyan's lips curved into a smile, his eyes cold: "Wife?"

As he spoke, he sneered, raised his eyes to look at the vermilion gate of Pingyang Marquis Mansion, and said coldly: "You haven't entered the house yet."

"It's good that Young Marquis Xiao is confident. I hope you can continue to be so confident..."

The tone was cold, but it was full of indescribable irony.

“You…” Jamel Xiao’s face was gloomy and he was furious.

"What's wrong? What happened outside?"

"The auspicious time is almost here, why hasn't the groom brought the bride back home yet?"

At this time, Lord Xiao, who was confused, and a group of guests in the mansion heard the noise and came out, including Xie Chong from the Yong'an Marquisate who was treated as a guest of honor.

When the two marquises walked to the door and saw the tense situation and their sons facing each other with cold faces, they were stunned for a moment and looked at each other.

Lord Xiao asked, "What's going on?"

Xie Chong looked at his son with a cold expression and had a hunch that it was not a good thing.

Sure enough, the next moment, someone reported that the Dali Temple Minister Xie Zhiyan led people to surround the marquis's mansion and blatantly kidnapped the bride.

Stealing a bride? !

The two marquises' pupils shone when they heard this.

Xiao Hou looked at Xie Chong in disbelief, while Xie Chong looked at Xie Zhiyan in shock.

Xie Chong would rather believe that his cold-blooded son killed someone in public than believe that he would steal the bride!

joke!

He doesn't like women, so why would he snatch them away?

Before either of them could open their mouths, there was a sudden commotion from behind the crowd.

Everyone looked back and saw a huge group of people walking towards the Pingyang Marquis's residence. The one holding the whisk at the head was Wang Fuhai, the chief eunuch in front of the emperor. Behind him were eight young eunuchs holding bright yellow imperial edicts, hurrying towards him...