Chapter 533 We Are Mutual
"Yu'er, I heard everything. You fell ill and lost so much weight while trying to save the Third Prince. How can you replenish your body if you don't drink some chicken soup?" Su Su's voice was as gentle as ever. She looked at her and said with a smile, "Yu'er, drink this soup quickly. I won't make chicken soup for you tomorrow."
"Really?" Xiao Jiuyue's eyes narrowed with a smile. After she finished drinking the chicken soup, she heard Su Su say, "Tomorrow, I will stew Angelica and Chicken Soup Tea for you." It's good for replenishing qi and blood.
"Ah? Didn't you say you don't want to stew soup anymore?" Xiao Jiuyue felt that the chicken soup in the bowl was no longer fragrant.
"Instead of stewing chicken soup, this is angelica egg tea. It's not much, just a small bowl. You can drink it as tea." Su Su explained, "Yuer, you've been tired from hunting. Go to bed early. Your grandmother said that you don't need to go to her place today. Rest well."
After saying this, Su Su left and didn't let Xiao Jiayuan disturb her.
Xiao Jiuyue looked at the chicken soup and felt that she would have to drink soup for a long time in the future.
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"Brother Bo, you said that the emperor is going to grant a marriage to Yue'er and the third prince? Isn't the third prince ill?" Su Su had just returned and heard Xiao Fu asking her to prepare the dowry. Su Su was so scared that she almost dropped the soup in her hand.
"Be careful, don't burn yourself." Xiao Fu took the chicken soup, looked at the rich and fragrant chicken soup, and praised: "This chicken soup has to be made by you, it's delicious."
If Xiao Jiuyue heard this, she would definitely roll her eyes. Who was it that praised her stewed soup and cooked dishes as being so delicious that even gods wouldn't trade them?
"Why are you still drinking soup now? Tell us about the marriage. Just because you saved the third prince, you will be granted the marriage? This, this is too easy, right?" Su Su always felt that this was too hasty.
"The Third Prince gets rashes when he's with everyone except Yue'er," Xiao Fu replied.
Su Su said again: "But, but, is Yue'er willing? No, I have to ask."
"Su Niang." Xiao Fu grabbed Su Su and pulled her to sit down. Seeing that she was as anxious as an ant on a hot pot, Xiao Fu comforted her, "Don't worry."
"How can I not be anxious?" Su Su heard this and immediately said to him, "Xiao Fu, I see clearly now. You don't care who Yue'er marries, right?"
Su Su's eyes were red. Her daughter had to marry into the royal family, or it had to be an arranged marriage. If she didn't want to, how would she endure the rest of her life?
"Suniang, Yue'er is our daughter, how could I not care?" Xiao Fu immediately retorted when he heard this: "When the emperor asked me for my opinion, I asked Yue'er in advance."
As soon as the rescue incident happened, Xiao Fu sent someone to pass the message to Xiao Jiuyue that day, asking her if she would be willing if the marriage was granted.
"You said Yue'er volunteered?" Su Su heard the tears in her eyes, ready to fall at any moment: "She is a very sensible child, she..."
"Suniang, Yue'er has always been independent-minded. If she really doesn't want to, she won't agree even if it's an imperial decree." Xiao Fu said earnestly.
Su Su didn't care. Her mind was now filled with worry that her daughter would spend the rest of her life with someone she didn't love, treating them with respect and affection. In the future, she might even have to smile and take a concubine for her husband...
Thinking of this, Su Su could no longer sit still, so she stood up and ran towards Xiao Jiuyue's yard.
"Su Niang." Xiao Fu looked at Su Su's departing figure, stood up and chased after her for a few steps, then stopped and sighed, "When have I ever lied to you?"
Xiao Fu turned around and looked at the fragrant chicken soup in the bowl, and suddenly it didn't taste good anymore.
Xiao Jiuyue was yawning and about to go to sleep when she saw Su Su coming over with red eyes: "Mom, did Dad bully you?"
"Yuer, are you willing to get married?" Su Su held Xiao Jiuyue's hand, and choked up as soon as she opened her mouth.
Xiao Jiuyue now understood why. She pulled Su Su to sit down beside the bed, wiped her tears with a handkerchief and said, "Mom, I am willing."
"Don't lie to me." Su Su took the handkerchief and wiped her tears while sobbing: "Every time we talk about marriage, you are unwilling or you just make excuses. How can you be willing?"
"It's all mother's fault. If I had arranged a marriage for you earlier, why would you... marry into the royal family!" Su Su hugged Xiao Jiuyue and cried. The more she thought about it, the more she blamed herself and the more regretful she became.
If she were to marry into another family, with the Xiao family's status, she might still have a chance of getting the other party to not take a concubine, but the other party is the Third Prince, even if he is not favored...
"Mother." Xiao Jiuyue felt her heart break when she heard Su Su crying. The beautiful mother looked so pitiful when she cried. She said, "Mother, please don't say that. The Third Prince and I are in love with each other and we are willing to get married."
"What?" Su Su stopped crying and looked at Xiao Jiuyue in shock.
"You, you've only met a few times..." Su Su recalled the time when the Third Prince came to Hongdu and came to the Su family, acting as his cousin...
"Mother, I've met him many times." Xiao Jiuyue recounted the details. "When I left Shengjing, he stopped Mu Yinqiu's taunts for me. When we were seeing my father and grandfather off outside the city, he stopped the officials."
"Hongdu, he risked his life to block an arrow for me. Xiangcheng floods, mudslides, we experienced life and death, but he disregarded the danger to come find me."
"Also, last year Hongdu was exceptionally cold, and all that silver charcoal was sent by him."
Xiao Jiuyue recalled the moments she and Jun Lie had spent together. They might not have seen each other every day, but every time they met, it left a deep impression on her. When Xiangcheng was hit by floods and mudslides, Jun Lie risked his own life to save her...
The scenes of the past made Xiao Jiuyue very determined. She would definitely win this lifelong gamble.
"Mother, he and I have feelings for each other." Xiao Jiuyue's voice was particularly gentle, and her bright eyes lit up when she mentioned Jun Lie. She looked at the shocked Su Su and said, "He also promised me that we would be together for the rest of our lives."
"He is the prince." Su Su said anxiously. Xiao Jiuyue said, "I believe her." Her crisp voice and three short words revealed incomparable firmness.
Su Su looked at her, moved her lips, wanting to say something, but didn't know how to say it.
"Mother, please believe in me. No matter where I am, I will live a happy life." Xiao Jiuyue smiled firmly and changed the subject, "Mother, the imperial decree will be issued soon. The wedding date will probably be set at the end of this year. I'll have to trouble you to provide my dowry."
"Your dowry has already been prepared by your mother." Su Su knew that she was volunteering and that she and the Third Prince were in love, so she felt relieved. Suppressing her worries, she said, "The wedding dress is also ready. When the time comes, you can embroider a few stitches on it and try it out to see if it fits you."
"Okay." Xiao Jiuyue responded with a smile. Listening to Su Su's chattering, a trace of reluctance appeared in her eyes. She would no longer be able to see her mother every day like she did now.
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