Chapter 636 Your son wants to fulfill his filial duty to you.

Mo Ji hesitated for a moment, then whispered, "My lord, I think the prince and princess will be sad and upset."

Xiao Qingyuan was stunned for a moment before he murmured, "Yes, only my father and mother would be sad. I wonder how much my mother would cry after I committed suicide in my previous life."

Mo Ji was tired of hearing him talk about his past life. He used to not believe it and just thought he was delirious.

At that moment, he began to believe it.

Because the master never considered whether the princess would be sad or cry. He only complained that the princess was too controlling and that she wouldn't let him marry Chu Yanluo and Liu Nanshi.

He couldn't help but ask, "My lord, why did you commit suicide in your past life? The princess doted on you like the apple of her eye. Aren't you afraid she would cry herself to death?"

"I……"

Xiao Qingyuan felt a pang of guilt he had never felt before: "I didn't think about this at the time. I was too sad and wanted to die."

"Ah, this..."

Mo Ji scratched his head, thinking that his master was simply living too well and didn't know the hardships of the world, which was why his mind was full of love and romance.

A servant like him, for a few taels of silver, is busy every day, his feet barely touching the ground. He can fall asleep as soon as his head hits the pillow at night, and he has to eat an extra bowl of rice during the day so that he won't be too tired to work.

If he had a master with such a good background, he would be overjoyed. How could he possibly give up a good life and commit suicide?

"My lord, I have seen how much the princess loves you. Since you have already died once in your past life, don't do anything foolish in this life. Live well and be a good son to the princess."

Xiao Qingyuan clenched his fist: "You're right, I should live well. There's no one in this world worth dying for!"

Mo Ji breathed a slight sigh of relief upon hearing this.

It's wonderful that my master is so impulsive and always acts on a whim. It's all the better that he's become rational now.

Otherwise, if the master dies, how can he, as a servant, possibly survive?

"Moji, let's go back to the manor! I want to take good care of my mother and make up for the pain I caused her in my past life!"

"Alright, sir, let's go back to the manor!"

The master and servant quickly returned to the palace.

In the dead of night, Xiao Qingyuan rushed into Princess Ning's room.

The maid Qiu Shui, who was on night watch, was startled and hurriedly asked, "Young Master, why have you come at this hour?"

"I've come to check if Mother is sleeping well."

As Xiao Qingyuan spoke, he pushed the maid aside and entered the inner room.

Princess Ning was already having trouble sleeping, and Xiao Qingyuan's sudden intrusion woke her up.

She sat up abruptly: "Yuan'er, what's wrong? What happened?"

"Nothing happened."

Xiao Qingyuan sat down by the bed, his tone filled with guilt: "Did I wake you up? Go back to sleep, I'll cover you with a blanket."

Princess Ning was both amused and annoyed: "It's so hot. I have several bowls of ice in my room and it's still warm. Why would I need to cover myself with a blanket? Tell me, what happened that made you come here in the middle of the night to fawn over me?"

“Nothing really happened. It’s just that I feel my son was very unfilial before, but now he has realized his mistake and wants to be filial to you.”

Princess Ning was stunned: "Really nothing happened?"

"No, really."

"Have you truly repented?"

"Yes, I've truly repented."

"No wonder I objected to your marriage to Chu Yanluo and Liu Nanshi?"

"No wonder. Now I realize that I was right. Neither of them are good people. They were both lying to me. In this world, only I truly love you. All the other women have ulterior motives towards me."

Princess Ning's eyes instantly reddened. She couldn't help but hug her son, choking back tears as she said, "My son, you've finally come to your senses! Before, you wanted to become a monk and even tried to kill yourself because of them, which scared me so much that I couldn't sleep at night. Now that you can see their true colors, it's truly a blessing from heaven!"

Xiao Qingyuan leaned against her, feeling slightly awkward. It had been a very long time since he had been this close to his mother.

Ever since he fell in love with Chu Yanluo, he and his mother have been constantly arguing, and their relationship has become very strained. He even made his mother vomit blood several times.

“Mother, I was wrong in the past. I apologize to you. I will take good care of you from now on.”

Princess Ning stroked his head with relief: "It's alright, why apologize? We're mother and son, how could we hold a grudge overnight? No matter how angry you are with me, you're still my flesh and blood. I only hope you're well. As long as you're well, I'll do anything."

She just found it strange that her son seemed to have grown up overnight and suddenly knew how to be filial to her.

However, she didn't ask too many questions, afraid that if she asked too many, her son would become resentful. Now that they had finally managed to have a semblance of motherly love and filial piety, she didn't want to ruin it.

“Mother, I want to marry Shen Wantang. I’ve looked at her and I feel that she is the most suitable woman for me. She is much better than Chu Yanluo and Liu Nanshi. Otherwise, the Duchess would not have chosen her. If she didn’t have real skills, Gu Qianhan would not like her. I know Gu Qianhan. He likes people who are exceptionally intelligent.”

Princess Ning sighed, "I also wanted you to marry her, but you didn't listen to me earlier. Now it's probably too late. That shameless scoundrel Shen Guannian had clearly agreed to our Ning Prince's family's marriage proposal, but a few days later, he sent someone to deliver a letter saying that he had already betrothed Shen Wantang to the Duke's family."

Xiao Qingyuan gritted his teeth: "Then I'll fight Gu Qianhan for her! In my past life, he stole my woman; in this life, I'll steal his!"

Princess Ning patted him and said reproachfully, "What's the point of fighting over her? Although Shen Wantang is indeed quite good, we don't necessarily need her. Since she has already been promised to the Duke's Mansion, we can just find someone else. In fact, I'll find you someone even better than Shen Wantang, someone who will outshine the Duke's Mansion and Gu Qianhan!"

Xiao Qingyuan shook his head: "Impossible. There is no one better than Shen Wantang. Besides, I married her in my past life, and I don't want to change people in this life. I don't want her to marry Gu Qianhan either."

"Yuan'er, you..."

Xiao Qingyuan stood up abruptly: "Mother, I've made up my mind, I'm going to steal the bride!"

"What?!"

"On the day of Gu Qianhan's wedding, I will snatch Shen Wantang away! I will make Gu Qianhan watch helplessly as I marry Shen Wantang!"

"Yuan'er, calm down!"

"Mother, give me all the guards in the Prince's mansion. I'm going to cause a huge uproar, and everyone will know! I want everyone to know that Shen Wantang is mine! Gu Qianhan can't take her from me!"

"Nonsense! This is no child's play! The Duke's Mansion is no small, insignificant family that you can just steal a bride from! The Duke of Zhenguo holds military power, and even the Emperor has to give him some leeway! You're trying to steal a bride from the Duke's Mansion? Aren't you courting death?!"

"Is Mother scared? Mother may be scared, but I'm not! I'm going to take this marriage!"

After Xiao Qingyuan finished speaking, he turned and left.

Princess Ning, left behind, clutching her chest, fuming with anger: "That scoundrel! I thought he'd finally become sensible and filial, but he's still the same! I'm going to be driven to my death by this scoundrel sooner or later!"