Chapter 46：Declare War

"Fu Yanqing!"

His full name was the first thing Fu Yanqing had heard after arriving at the palace.

The one who shouted it was no other than Zhang Yuan, the Chancellor.

Fu Yanqing calmly ignored his calls and headed towards Jade Hall. The loud voice of Zhang Yuan followed him until he arrived and sat on his office table that was piled with a mountain of paperwork.

Fu Yanqing stared at the countless number of scrolls. He would have to finish all of this overnight so he could go back and spend time with his little woman before their wedding day.

"Fu Yanqing!"

He looked up to see Zhang Yuan closing the doors with an aggrieved expression that was full of injustice.

"You..." Zhang Yuan pointed his finger at him.

"How can you be so calm right now? After what you did, those ministers had been pressuring me nonstop. And just now, tell me honestly, are you really going to get married three days from now? I saw your bride-to-be and she looks no older than my sister!"

Zhang Yuan paced around as he said his lines one after another.

"You got that baby doll pregnant! You must have forced her, didn't you?!"

Fu Yanqing halted upon hearing this. His brows twitched to indicate his annoyance. Zhang Yuan who had known him all his life saw this and immediately gasped.

"Are you serious? Fu Yanqing, did you really forced that baby doll? I am so disappointed in you! Even if you are so thirsty, how could you take advantage of an innocent little fairy?" Zhang Yuan said in an exasperated tone.

This sworn brother of his can be such a beast? Zhang Yuan slapped his forehead as he tried to remember all the times Fu Yanqing had scrubbed his own skin raw whenever a woman was bold enough to throw themselves at Fu Yanqing.

This was a certified woman hater but unexpectedly, he could actually embrace a woman? This was the real truth?

Zhang Yuan trembled. Was Fu Yanqing's real preference that unique? He likes little girls so much that he was only gone for a month and his bride-to-be was pregnant already?

All kinds of thoughts were running inside of Zhang Yuan's mind at the moment.

Fu Yanqing looked at him with a disgusted expression as if he was an ant.

"It was an accident. This prince is not promiscuous! Halt your evil thoughts!"

Zhang Yuan made a face. He was certainly not having evil thoughts. The evil one was Fu Yanqing.

"An accident? Still, that baby doll is too young. You were only gone for a month; how did this happen?" Zhang Yuan was frowning. He hadn't received the whole story just yet because Fu Yanqing was keeping it a secret.

Now, Zhang Yuan was determined to get an answer from his longtime friend and brother.

Fu Yanqing placed down the scroll he had opened and grabbed a brush. Calmly, while reviewing the documents presented in front of him, he recounted the events that led to him marrying Zhao Yan. That also included the drugging incident his mother, the Empress Dowager had done.

Of course, Fu Yanqing kept it brief. Not wanting to exaggerate anything nor did he want to share what happened between him and his little woman. He was selfish enough to want to keep those precious memories with him.

At the end of this all, Fu Yanqing said, "Yanyan is not fourteen or fifteen. She turned nineteen this year."

"Seriously...?" Zhang Yuan sat down on the nearest chair as he tried to digest all the information he had received today.

This Fu Yanqing could be so lucky to escape death but also got saved by a little medicine fairy? He could not believe just how lucky this guy was!

But this was quite good.

Fu Yanqing was finally getting married after twenty-five years of being a bachelor and woman hater.

It was also very good that Fu Yanqing's soon to be wife knows medicine. They won't have to worry about any minor drugging or poisoning incidents.

But Zhang Yuan was very worried. Of course, not for Fu Yanqing but for the poor soul who ended up getting entangled with this cold blooded beast of a man.

Did that little medicine fairy know just what kind of man she was going to marry? Because even if Zhang Yuan was a woman herself, he'd commit suicide if he was ever forced to marry Fu Yanqing.

That damn slave trader was always abusing his position and forcing Zhang Yuan to finish his own pile of work.

God knows just how many times this Fu Yanqing had taken advantage of him and made him work overnight while Fu Yanqing himself was leisurely reading in his study room.

It was truly unfair!

He was going to resig--

"Chancellor Zhang, give me a brief report of what happened this past month." Fu Yanqing said before Zhang Yuan could declare his resignation.

Zhang Yuan's face changed into business mode and due to reflex, he recounted all the things that had happened in the palace including the small bribery incidents that had occurred among the palace guards and which minister was secretly meeting with people from outside.

There was also the small incident of the Empress Dowager's maternal family causing a disturbance when he was gone.

The third miss, Feng Xiaofei, who was the Empress Dowager's niece and Fu Yanqing's maternal cousin tried to commit suicide after word got out that Fu Yanqing was going to get married. The girl had always been infatuated with Fu Yanqing but had maintained her distance in order to preserve her reputation. Even a man like Zhang Yuan was aware that the Empress Dowager's niece wasn't truly a demure and gentle woman.

She was another vixen that wanted to climb in Fu Yanqing's bed to gain power and status. Such incidents and people were normal and by now, Fu Yanqing had been desensitized about it. The same goes for Zhang Yuan who was already a married man.

This incident spread over the capital half a month ago. It hadn't been such a big issue before but after Fu Yanqing came back, rumors started to go around again.

They said that Prince Jing was going to marry an outsider that was easy to control because he didn't want his wife's family trying to suppress him. There were also rumors that Prince Jing was going to marry a cripple because no woman was willing to stay and marry such a man who has killed more women than men.

Parents dare not try to marry their daughters to Prince Jing anymore after the rebellion a few months ago and after a strange rumor circulated.

Prince Jing didn't like women because he was impotent!

Fu Yanqing's lips twitched after hearing this. Who dares say that he was impotent? There's a living proof of his virility residing inside his mansion right now!

Fu Yanqing was annoyed but this was a trivial matter so he ignored it. He was already used to his bad reputation. They could continue smearing mud and he would still wear white and remain clean.

Zhang Yuan rolled his eyes upon seeing his arrogance but he continued his report.

"There is also the issue of Tang Country planning to declare war on Xing Country." He said in a serious voice.

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