The Found Stepmother, Your Dowry Is a Bit Too Much

On Vermilion Bird Avenue, a wedding procession stretching for miles advanced in grand splendor.

The gilded bridal sedan, carried by sixteen bearers, shimmered under the sunlight. The embroide...

Chapter 285 A Little Warmer (2/2)

The person in front of him was actually a girl, and she was so familiar with Xu Heming.

Li Zhiwei looked at Xu Heming with a puzzled expression. Had he noticed the problem?

"You're so rude!" Xu Qingshi frowned as he looked at Cheng Qingli in front of him. He noticed that this person had been staring at his beautiful older sister.

I was extremely displeased!

But his own father, the king, said nothing.

Xu Qingshi always left in a hurry whenever she saw Cheng Qingli. After all, Zhu Hanyu disliked this aunt very much and therefore did not want to see her much. Xu Qingshi also avoided Cheng Qingli as much as possible.

Moreover, he had never seen Cheng Qingli dressed as a man.

At this moment, Xu Qingshi did not equate the slick-haired young master in front of him with the female demon Cheng Qingli at all.

"Oh, Xiao Qingshi, you're not running away now that you've seen me?" Cheng Qingli found it extremely amusing to see Xu Qingshi looking at her warily.

In the past, Xu Qingshi and the Third Prince would run away whenever they saw him.

She was extremely disappointed that she never had the chance to tease them.

"Why should I run away? Father, this is how you react when he looks at your future queen?" Xu Qingshi asked Xu Heming with a dissatisfied expression.

"Alright, stop fooling around." Xu Heming sighed slightly. What could he do? The person in front of him was Cheng Qingli. Originally, he had planned to introduce her to Li Zhiwei in a few days, but who would have thought that, by such a coincidence, the two of them would meet today.

He knew, of course, that the way Cheng Qingli stared at Li Zhiwei just now was extremely rude, but wasn't that because she was a woman?

If it were a different man, would he have such patience?

"My beauty, you are so pretty. Look at your fiancé, he doesn't know how to cherish a lady. Why don't you consider coming with me? I promise I will take good care of you." Cheng Qingli laughed inwardly after hearing Xu Qingshi's words.

Xu Qingshi actually felt that he had feelings for Miss Li?

Thinking of this, Cheng Qingli's desire to tease Xu Qingshi and Li Zhiwei became active.

Holding the fan in his hand, he raised an eyebrow and made a face at Li Zhiwei.

"Alright, that's enough!" Xu Heming said to Cheng Qingli with a frown.

He was displeased with her frivolous behavior; what if she frightened Li Zhiwei?

Although Li Zhiwei guessed that the person in front of her was a woman.

But what exactly is her relationship with Xu Heming?

Li Zhiwei looked at Xu Heming with some confusion, clearly dissatisfied with his conciliatory attitude.

"Zhiwei, this is the second young lady of the Cheng family, Cheng Qingli." Xu Heming was afraid that if he spoke too late, Li Zhiwei would misunderstand him, so he quickly said it.

"Qingli, this is my future princess, Miss Li! Don't be ridiculous, or I will definitely go to the Empress and demand an explanation!" Xu Heming introduced Cheng Qingli to Cheng Qingli.

At the same time, it also stopped Cheng Qingli from making this pointless joke.

"Miss Li, I've heard so much about you, and I'm so glad to finally meet you today. You are indeed a great beauty." Cheng Qingli wasn't annoyed at all. Instead, she smiled and greeted Li Zhiwei.

Li Zhiwei never expected that the person in front of her was Cheng Qingli. Xu Heming's mention of the Empress made Li Zhiwei, who was unaware of Cheng Qingli's identity, understand: the Cheng family is the Empress's maternal family, so this second Miss Cheng is the Empress's legitimate sister.

"Greetings, Miss Cheng!" Li Zhiwei greeted Cheng Qingli with the courtesy due to a peer.

She never expected that Xu Heming would be so close to the Empress's sister.

Why didn't the emperor grant them a marriage?

Is this person in front of me not more suitable than myself?

Thinking of this, Li Zhiwei looked at the two of them. For some reason, she felt that the relationship between the two was somewhat subtle.

After all, Xu Heming had always given people the impression of being cold.

I don't know if it's because I'm wearing a crimson dress today, or because Cheng Qingli is here, but the feeling I get is a bit warmer.