The two talked for a while, and Concubine De looked at the Second Prince who was listening obediently and didn't dare to interrupt.
"Why doesn't the Emperor grant you marriage?"
Didn’t the emperor want to choose concubines for several princes before? Why is there no action now that he knows the truth?
"Your Majesty, it's the fault of this servant."
Du Shuyan explained her family's affairs, "The Second Prince didn't ask the Emperor for permission to marry him because of his grandfather."
Concubine De nodded and said, "The Second Prince's Mansion and the Du Mansion are both in the capital. If you really get married, it won't affect you at all."
As the sunlight gradually faded, Concubine De said to the Second Prince, "It's getting late. Send Shuyan back home first. I have something to say to you when we get back to the palace."
The second prince answered yes, took the cloth given by Concubine De, and took Du Shuyan out of the palace.
As the two were talking, they soon arrived at the gate of the Du Mansion.
"Your Highness."
Du Shuyan got off the carriage and called out to the second prince who was about to turn around.
The Second Prince stopped and turned to look at Du Shuyan, "What's wrong?"
Du Shuyan walked closer to him and asked seriously, "Your Highness, do you really want to marry me?"
Without waiting for the Second Prince to answer, she continued, "You say you're not in a hurry, but I know it all. If you really weren't in a hurry, you wouldn't have brought me to see Concubine De today."
"Yan'er, I..."
Du Shuyan raised her hand to block the Second Prince's lips, and looked at him with a curved lip, "I don't mean to blame Your Highness, otherwise I wouldn't have entered the palace with Your Highness."
She understood what it meant to enter the palace to see Concubine De.
While the second prince was in a daze, Shuyan took her hand away.
"If you can convince Grandfather to agree, then..."
"Then I will go and ask my father to grant us the marriage," the Second Prince said with undisguised excitement. "Ayan, since you have already gone with me to see my mother, I will take this as your consent."
After saying this, he turned around and left happily, as if he was afraid that Du Shuyan would go back on her word.
Watching him almost leap away, Du Shuyan muttered in a low voice, "Fool."
…
The second prince returned to the palace happily. When he arrived at the door of Concubine De's bedroom, he exhaled heavily at the door and comforted himself.
It’s okay, mother will just talk, not do anything.
Besides, there is my third brother, the unlucky guy who kidnapped my cousin, to take the blame.
After preparing himself mentally, the second prince walked in.
As he entered, he felt that the atmosphere inside was not right. The servants all had their heads down and did not speak.
Defei was sitting on the chaise longue, without a smile on her face. When she heard footsteps, she looked up at him and said in a deep voice.
"Yu Hengyi, you've become more capable."
The second prince lifted his clothes and knelt on the ground.
"Mother, my cousin likes my third brother and I can't stop her."
Concubine De sneered, "So you knew about this a long time ago but kept it a secret from me. From what you said, did you even bring the two of them together?"
The second prince hung his head guiltily.
Seeing his reaction, Concubine De picked up the teacup on the small table next to her and threw it heavily next to the Second Prince, breaking the teacup into pieces.
"You really are trying to match them up. I know you and Xue'er don't have a deep relationship, but you can't just match them up casually. Wait until your uncle finds out and see if he doesn't break your legs."
Looking at the broken teacup beside him, the second prince breathed a sigh of relief.
Fortunately, his mother didn’t hit him on the head, otherwise he would have been disfigured.
"I did bring them together," the Second Prince said, not daring to look at Concubine De, "but it wasn't just me."
De Fei raised an eyebrow, "Not just you? Who else?"
She actually pushed her niece into the fire.
"It's Father."
It turned out to be the emperor. Concubine De frowned slightly.
Damn it, the emperor must have deliberately brought them together because he wanted to see my brother get upset.
She rubbed her temples, but she couldn't joke about her niece's lifelong event.
"Mother, my third brother treats my cousin very well."
Knowing that his mother was worried about his cousin, the second prince couldn't help but speak up for the third prince.
After all, it was he who revealed the matter, and he still felt a little guilty.
"My third brother came back from Changshan specially on the day of my aunt's memorial. He accompanied my cousin, and she was much happier."
Concubine De snorted coldly and walked up to the second prince.
"You actually spoke up for him."
"If mother is worried, you can let my third brother come to the palace to meet me."
After the second prince finished speaking, he silently apologized to the third prince in his heart.
"That's right," De Fei returned to her chair and sat down, saying calmly, "Get up."
Upon hearing this, the second prince stood up and walked in front of Concubine De.
"Thank you, Mother."
Seeing that the Second Prince was still standing aside after he finished speaking, Concubine De asked knowingly, "Why don't you leave? Is there something else?"
"Mother," the Second Prince smiled flatteringly as he picked up the tea beside him and handed it to Concubine De. "You are so beautiful, generous, dignified, and intelligent. You must know that I have something to ask of you."
De Fei rolled her eyes at him and motioned him to put the tea aside. "Tell me, what's the matter?"
"As for my son's lifelong affairs, doesn't mother like Yan'er very much?"
The second prince stood up straight, folded his hands in front of him, and looked at Concubine De expectantly.
"About this matter," Defei picked up the tea, took a sip, and put it down before speaking slowly.
"I really have to help with this matter. Shuyan looks like that. If I don't settle her down first, what if she regrets it after her eyesight improves? Where can I find such a beautiful daughter-in-law?"
Second Prince: “…”
"Okay, I'll help you."
…
The Second Prince happily left Concubine De's bedroom and when he walked to the Imperial Garden, he saw the Fourth Prince coming towards him.
He paused fanning himself. Why was his fourth brother also invited into the palace?
Madam Shufei is very quick in her actions.
"Fourth brother, you are going to the palace too."
The Fourth Prince stopped and said, "My mother asked me to come to the palace, but I don't know what it is."
The Second Prince didn't know what Concubine Shu thought of Qin Qianqian, so he patted the Fourth Prince's shoulder guiltily when he heard it.
"What could be the matter? I guess the Concubine Shu missed you and asked you to come to the palace to talk."
The Fourth Prince curled his lips and said, "Second Brother, you must feel guilty even saying this."
There must be something that my mother wants to talk to him about.
Looking at the fourth prince's departing back, the second prince sighed.
I hope Concubine Shu won’t beat my fourth brother for this.
The Fourth Prince did not know that he had been tricked by the Second Prince, and was still guessing why Concubine Shu allowed him into the palace.
"The Fourth Prince has arrived."
The Fourth Prince came to his senses and walked into the bedroom.
"Mother, what is the matter that you want me to enter the palace?"
Concubine Shu glanced at the Fourth Prince and motioned him to sit down.
The fourth prince widened his eyes in surprise. Why was his mother so gentle today? Was she trying to trick him?
He slowly moved to the chair and checked that it had not been tampered with before sitting down.
"I heard that you and Qin Qianqian are together. Didn't you despise her before?"
"Who told you this, mother?" The Fourth Prince placed his hands on his knees, as if he had the answer in his mind.
"Second Prince," Concubine Shu played with the teacup, "I thought I had damaged your brain and made you unable to see your own heart. Now it seems there is still hope."
"Tell me, when do you plan to get married? Does the Qin family know about you two?"
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