The Queen Mother heard this and said, "This child is thoughtful. Come, Fulan, come to me."

Zhao Fulan stood up and walked over with light lotus steps. A eunuch had already brought a brocade stool and placed it under the empress dowager's chair.

The Queen Mother pulled her to sit down, looked her over and over, and said to the Queen, "Fulan is so beautiful that she outshines all my granddaughters."

"Empress Dowager, Fulan is just a weakling, how can she deserve such high praise from you? The princesses are all extremely noble people, with celestial looks and extraordinary temperament. They are real fairies." Zhao Fulan spoke the business flattery sincerely, which made the Empress Dowager smile happily.

"Listen, this little mouth is really good at talking." The Queen Mother held Zhao Fulan's hand and turned to the Queen: "Is Fulan betrothed to someone? If not, I would like to ask Fulan to be my grandson's wife."

The Queen said, "Fulan went to the secular fairy gate to learn magic since she was a child. She just returned home not long ago. My eldest brother even said that he wanted to keep her at home for a few more years."

The Queen knew that Zhao Fulan was a disciple of the Immortal Doctor Sect. If it were usual, she would definitely not hide it like this, but the Immortal Doctor Sect had a terrible reputation in recent times, and she subconsciously did not want people to know that Zhao Fulan was a disciple of the Immortal Doctor Sect, so she just blurred the story by saying "the Immortal Doctor Sect in this world."

Fortunately, the Queen Mother was not interested in those sects and did not ask any further questions. "Although a good girl is not afraid of marrying late, Fulan is not young anymore. It's time to find a boyfriend for her. Such a good girl, who knows which boy will marry her in the future."

Zhao Fulan just lowered her head shyly and did not respond.

The Queen Mother said: "Fulan, how about I find you a suitable husband?"

Zhao Fulan said softly, "Your Majesty, I already have a lover."

The Queen Mother immediately perked up, "Who is it?"

But Zhao Fulan said, "I don't know either."

"Ah? How could you not know your own sweetheart?"

Although Shen Yizhi did not deliberately listen to the conversation between the Queen Mother and Zhao Fulan, her hearing was quite good. They did not try to avoid others when speaking, so every word reached her ears.

She was feeding Nian Nian with soup, and she couldn't help but complain in her heart when she heard it. What is Zhao Fulan going to do again? It's not that she is worrying about nothing, but she always feels that she is coming for her, or to be more precise, for Gu Xueting.

Let’s see what Zhao Fulan has to say.

Zhao Fulan took out an emerald green and crystal gourd from the brocade bag on her waist. The gourd was only the size of a thumb, but it was emerald green, fresh and lovely, and it was obvious at first glance that it was not an ordinary item.

She stroked the belly of the gourd and fell into memories: "When I was four years old, I entered the palace. I played too much and fell asleep in the fake cave. When I came out, it was already dark. I was scared, and then a brother who was only a few years older than me appeared. Seeing that I was crying sadly, he took off the jade gourd from his waist and gave it to me, and tried to cheer me up.

"When I stopped crying, he took me by the hand and led me to a place where there were people. After that, I kept trying to find him, but I could never find him. For so many years, I have been carrying this jade gourd with me, hoping to meet that brother again one day."

She raised her eyes and said, "Your Highness, my sweetheart is the owner of this jade gourd. If I am lucky enough to find him, I will marry him and repay his kindness. If I cannot find him, I will never marry in this life."

"Oh, what do you mean? How can you not get married? Since there are traces of this jade gourd, just find out its owner. What's the difficulty? I will make the decision for you then and fulfill your wish." The Queen Mother patted Zhao Fulan's hand.

Zhao Fulan was deeply moved. She immediately stood up from the brocade stool and bowed deeply to the Queen Mother: "I am deeply grateful."

"Hurry up and get up." The Queen Mother reached out and helped her up. "But what if that man already has a wife?"

Zhao Fulan lowered her eyes, calmly and firmly saying, "It's okay even if I become your concubine."

The Queen Mother frowned, "You are the legitimate daughter of the Zhao family. The Emperor is your uncle, and the Crown Prince is your cousin. Who in the world can't you marry? Why do you have to be reduced to being someone's concubine?"

Zhao Fulan knelt down in front of the Queen Mother and said in a sad voice: "Your Majesty, I miss that man day and night and have long been deeply in love with him. If I cannot marry him, I would rather end my life like this."

The Queen Mother sighed heavily, as if she couldn't do anything about her: "Forget it, I will do it for you this time."

Zhao Fulan entered the venue with a dance to invite the moon, which strongly attracted everyone's attention. Her ethereal and pure appearance made many people fall in love with her.

Those people never took their eyes off her from beginning to end, paying attention to her all the time, so naturally they did not miss what she said to the Queen Mother.

Some people started to think, since Miss Zhao didn't know what the owner of the jade gourd looked like now, why not pretend to be her? If they could get away with it, they could take Miss Zhao into their room. If not, there would be no loss.

So——

"Your Majesty, Queen Mother, to be honest, the jade gourd in Miss Zhao's hand belongs to me."

A slightly plump man stood up.

This man is a prince, and strictly speaking, he is the emperor's cousin.

Zhao Fulan looked at this man and sneered in her heart. How dare such a fellow have such ambitions towards her? He really didn't know how to live or die.

"Really? Then tell me, is there any mark under this jade gourd?"

Huh? There's a mark under the gourd? The prince was dumbfounded. He touched the back of his head and said with all his strength, "It's been more than ten years. How can I remember it? But I did save a little girl in the palace when I was a child, and I gave her the jade gourd. That's true."

Anyway, he was determined to pretend to be the owner of the jade gourd.

The Queen Mother looked at Zhao Fulan and asked, "Is it him?" Zhao Fulan shook her head.

"Okay, Anping, Fulan said it wasn't you, so stop making trouble here." The Queen Mother said with a headache.

She always knew that her nephew was a bit of a scoundrel, but she didn't expect that he would even pretend to be someone else's benefactor.

Prince Anping was still not willing to give in: "Aunt, how could I be fooling around? This jade gourd is obviously mine..."

The emperor shouted, "Alright, Anping, sit back down."

The emperor spoke, and Anping County Prince Gu Sui reluctantly sat back down. The two friends next to him winked at him, their ridicule too obvious.

Gu Sui picked up the grapes on the table and threw them at the two men, but they caught them, peeled them and put them into their mouths to eat.