Zhou Qiongyue was both surprised and impressed. She had been worried that Princess Yongchun would not be able to get over it, but she didn't expect that she was able to let go of it easily.

"Congratulations, Your Highness!" Zhou Qiongyue sincerely congratulated her friend. She was very happy that her friend escaped the ending of the original book.

Princess Yongchun was touched when she saw her friend rushing to the palace to give her a sign, just to persuade her. She decided to tell Zhou Qiongyue about her recent discovery.

Yongchun suddenly ordered the servants around him, "All of you leave. I want to have a private conversation with Princess Shuxian."

"Yes!" The servants in the hall immediately responded respectfully and quickly retreated.

"Your Highness, what are you trying to say?" Zhou Qiongyue was puzzled because hadn't they just said the main point? Were they just saying polite words?

Princess Yongchun waved at Zhou Qiongyue mysteriously, motioning her to come over.

Zhou Qiongyue came closer out of curiosity and heard Princess Yongchun say, "I always feel like something big is going to happen. Father is really anxious for me to get married quickly. It's like... it's too late.

Given the love my father has shown me in the past, he should be reluctant to let me leave the palace and build my own residence so soon."

Zhou Qiongyue glanced at her friend after hearing what he said. She felt a sense of gratitude. As expected of someone who grew up in the palace, even someone as naive as Yongchun had her own intuition.

Zhou Qiongyue pondered for a moment and decided to remind him, "The Second Prince's concubine, Xie Zixin, had a dream that there would be a severe drought in Yuan'an the following year, with no harvest for two years. The Emperor must have believed it."

"Ah?" Princess Yongchun exclaimed in surprise, then covered her mouth tightly.

After Yongchun calmed down for a while, he asked in a low voice: "Really?"

It’s no wonder Princess Yongchun didn’t believe it. If Zhou Qiongyue hadn’t had her own adventure, she wouldn’t have believed it either.

"When it was said, the Second Prince and my fifth brother were also present. Anyway, it sounded quite true." What Zhou Qiongyue meant by this was that she believed it.

Yongchun looked at his friend with a strange look, and the meaning of that look was very clear, 'I just didn't expect you to believe in this kind of thing.'

Zhou Qiongyue shrugged her shoulders. "It's obvious that he believed it. But Your Highness can't tell anyone else. I dare not acknowledge any rumors outside this palace..."

"Don't worry, Shuxian. I won't tell anyone, not even my mother."

Princess Yongchun knew the importance of things. Once her mother knew about it, more people would know about it. After all, everyone had their own important people, so it wouldn't take long for the whole Yuan'an to know about it.

Anyway, she will just make some preparations in advance and take better care of her mother and her maternal grandparents.

Princess Yongchun was thinking about this, and suddenly remembered that Xie Zixin was the second prince's true love. She looked at Zhou Qiongyue with sympathy, and it suddenly dawned on her that the second prince had chosen power!

Zhou Qiongyue couldn't keep up with her friend's outburst. "Your Highness, what's with that look in your eyes?"

Princess Yongchun approached Zhou Qiongyue mysteriously and gossiped, "Do you think Second Brother truly loves that person?"

"That should be it!" Anyway, that's how her second cousin behaved, so she believed it. She was not involved in the matter, so she didn't care!

Seeing her friend's reaction, Yongchun had no idea what she was talking about. She actually admired her second brother. For that matter, true love came out without hesitation. He was really amazing. "Tsk tsk! The people in the palace are all filthy!"

Zhou Qiongyue also admired Princess Yongchun, who would even scold herself when she got angry. "Your Highness, please allow me to remind you that you are also a member of the imperial palace."

"Hehe, I'm actually similar to the second prince. If there's a man like Xie Zixin who can dream about good or bad luck, I'd be willing to do that." Yongchun has a good relationship with Zhou Qiongyue now, and he seems to be revealing his true nature in front of her.

What could Zhou Qiongyue do? She could only give her friend a look of admiration.

Afterwards, Princess Yongchun invited Zhou Qiongyue to have lunch in the palace and made an appointment to go to Miaoqing Temple to burn incense together next time. Only then did Zhou Qiongyue leave the palace with her people.

Miaoqing Temple was a famous temple in Yuan'an, where fortune-telling was said to be particularly effective. Princess Yongchun and Zhou Qiongyue hadn't gone there solely for its reputation.

Princess Yongchun wanted to go and see it. Most importantly, she wanted to leave the palace, and it didn't matter where she went. Zhou Qiongyue, imprisoned in the Marquis's mansion embroidering her dowry, also wanted to go out for a walk. So the two of them hit it off.

After Zhou Qiongyue returned home from the palace, she took a nap in the afternoon. After she woke up and rested well, she took people straight to her grandfather's study and waited in the study for her grandfather to come back from duty.

Zhou Qiongyue was not shy and asked the waiter to bring tea and snacks. She picked and chose from her grandfather's bookshelf, and finally chose a book on the founding history of Tianyuan Kingdom and began to read.

Normally, as a woman, she would never have access to this type of book. Since it was in her grandfather's study, of course she wanted to take a look.

So she ignored the disapproving looks from the waiters next to her and chose this one directly.

As soon as Marquis Cheng'en returned home from duty and arrived at the front yard, a servant reported that the eldest lady was already waiting in the study.

Marquis Cheng'en rubbed his forehead. If it weren't for the inevitable situation, he really wanted to run to the backyard. What was going on with this father and daughter? He seemed like someone who was easy to talk to.

No matter what Marquis Cheng'en was thinking, his legs still went towards his study.

When he entered the study, he saw his filial granddaughter at ease. If he hadn't known he was in the right place, he would have thought he had mistakenly entered Zhou Qiongyue's study!

Marquis Cheng'en could only clench his fist and put it to his mouth and pretend to cough.

When Zhou Qiongyue heard her grandfather cough, she immediately stood up and bowed politely, "Granddaughter greets grandfather, grandfather..."

Marquis Cheng'en was already sitting at the desk in his study, tea already in hand. Seeing that his granddaughter was about to start a long speech, he immediately interrupted her, "Tell me, what's the matter?"

Zhou Qiongyue gave an order to the servants in the room. Everyone in the room looked at Marquis Cheng'en. When they saw Marquis Cheng'en nodded, they retreated.

Seeing that no one else was in the room, Zhou Qiongyue spoke confidently, "My granddaughter has some big news that she wants to share with you, grandfather. Are you willing to pay the price?"

"Oh!" Marquis Cheng'en did not believe that this granddaughter could have any great news. He just felt that this granddaughter was coveting his things again.

He is indeed the son of that unfilial son Zhou Wencan. This behavior of picking things out of his hands is exactly the same as his.

Zhou Qiongyue didn't care about Marquis Cheng'en's attitude and spoke again, "This news concerns the future survival of everyone in the Marquis' Mansion."

After Zhou Qiongyue said this, she stopped talking and even drank tea leisurely, and even commented on the tea-making technique.

Marquis Cheng'en... He actually felt like he was being manipulated by someone.