"Your subject intends to ask Your Majesty to rescind the decree of marriage."

"Once the imperial edict has been issued, how can it be withdrawn?"

The Empress Dowager gave a cold rebuke!

"If you bring this up, you're giving your father a handle to use against you!"

"and!"

The Empress Dowager looked at Gu Jingchun and couldn't help but sigh again.

"Don't forget, she has a child. How can she possibly enter the Eastern Palace?"

"Why can't I get in?"

Shen Hechuan said angrily, "Since Father Emperor was able to let my mother enter the palace, I can also let her enter the palace."

Upon hearing this, the Empress Dowager's expression completely changed.

"You...you..."

She looked at Shen Hechuan, but couldn't bring herself to say the rest of the words.

The matter concerning Shen Hechuan's mother was something everyone in the palace knew, but it was also something Shen Hechuan was most unwilling to mention.

But she never expected that Shen Hechuan would go to such lengths for Gu Jingchun.

At this moment, Gu Jingchun, who was kneeling on the ground, wanted to remind them.

She did not agree to marry Shen Hechuan.

Luo Ziqian was her carefully chosen marriage partner, and she didn't want to give him up.

Moreover, not long after the matter of the Marquis of Yong'an's residence is settled, she will "die suddenly" again and leave Tiandu.

Therefore, they don't need to think about things that far ahead.

However, neither of them showed any intention of asking for her opinion.

Therefore, Gu Jingchun simply stopped talking, since in the end she wouldn't be the one with the headache.

Fortunately, the Empress Dowager quickly calmed down.

She looked at Gu Jingchun and asked again.

"What kind of magic does she possess that makes you abandon your position as crown prince to be with her?"

Upon hearing this, Shen Hechuan also straightened up.

He looked at Gu Jingchun, then suddenly reached out and took her hand in his own. He smiled and slowly spoke.

"This, I don't know either."

"For the past five years, I have been trying to forget her."

“But, Grandmother, you saw it too.”

"Your son will never forget her."

"Not only can I not forget her, but my longing for her has only intensified."

"To the point that he could no longer touch any other woman."

"Now that Heaven has given me the chance to meet her again, I will definitely seize it and never let go again."

Gu Jingchun was even more shocked upon hearing this.

What does it mean to be unable to touch other women?

Is that what she meant?

This was so unbelievable that it surprised and intrigued her.

Her astonishment was also noticed by Shen Hechuan.

He looked at Gu Jingchun's bewildered expression and smiled indulgently.

Upon hearing this, the Empress Dowager understood and quickly asked, "Could she be the woman you met before?"

Shen Hechuan nodded.

“Yes, five years ago, I was in danger at the border and was being secretly hunted down. She saved me and personally treated my wounds and took care of me every day. That’s how I survived.”

"At that time, she did not know my identity and was devoted to me wholeheartedly."

"I knew she was the one for me back then, and I wanted to bring her back."

"However, the war had not yet ended at that time, so I had to leave first and go to the border. But when the war ended and I went to find her again, I learned that she had been murdered by villains and her whereabouts were unknown."

"I met her not long ago and learned that the daughter that Marquis Yong'an had found was actually her."

Unfortunately, by then, she had already been betrothed by her father, the emperor.

After hearing this, the Empress Dowager had to admit that fate is cruel.

She never imagined that Gu Jingchun and Shen Hechuan had such a connection.

Moreover, when she saved Shen Hechuan, she also saved countless ordinary people.

Under these circumstances, the Empress Dowager could no longer bring herself to say that she would kill Gu Jingchun.

But……

The Empress Dowager then thought of Gu Jingchun's identity.

She sighed softly.

"If that's the case, then I can no longer stop it."

"However, given her status, she cannot enter the palace. How about I arrange a residence for her outside the palace..."

Gu Jingchun frowned upon hearing this. Just as she was about to refuse, Shen Hechuan interrupted the Empress Dowager.

"grandmother."

Shen Hechuan said earnestly:

"Your subject will not let her be a concubine. Gu Jingchun can only be my legal wife in this life."

Upon hearing this, the Empress Dowager was even more surprised.

How could a widow like her become the Crown Prince's principal wife?!

Looking at Shen Hechuan's serious expression, the Empress Dowager knew that her grandson had always been stubborn, and no matter how much she said, it would be useless.

She simply sighed, waved her hand at the two of them, and dismissed them from her concern.

She watched the two figures disappear into the distance.

It's truly a feast for the eyes.

But in the end, fate played a cruel trick on us, what a pity.

After Gu Jingchun came out of the main hall of Shou Kang Palace, he was led to a side hall by Shen Hechuan.

She didn't want to be alone with Shen Hechuan anymore.

But wanting to understand Shen Hechuan's personality, and also wanting to clarify some things with him, she simply went along.

Along the way, the two did not encounter any palace maids or eunuchs, presumably because the Empress Dowager had cleared them out beforehand.

They arrived at the side hall.

As soon as Gu Jingchun entered, he was embraced tightly by Shen Hechuan.

The familiar scent filled his nostrils; it would be a lie to say that Gu Jingchun wasn't moved.

But she knew very well what was permissible and what was not.

Therefore, she immediately tried to push Shen Hechuan away.

But Shen Hechuan held her tightly.

"Don't move, just let me hold you for a while."

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