Yan Cheng's guess was extremely accurate, and things developed just as he expected.
Originally, Chu Zhizhi was going to get married in a grand ceremony soon, but somehow the news that she had tried to force Xie Mingyun to marry her but failed two years ago got out.
Her future husband's family thought her behavior was too shameful, so her fiancé personally went to the Chu family to break off the engagement.
If Chu Zhizhi was simply chasing after Xie Mingyun, then at least she could be said to be sincere.
But Chu Zhizhi even did something as shocking as forcing a marriage. As a result, the word "sincerely" can no longer be spoken.
Instead, it makes people feel that Chu Zhizhi is too unscrupulous and is definitely not a suitable candidate to be a wife who can live a good life.
The Chu family had no choice but to cancel the marriage.
Once this marriage proposal was rejected, Chu Zhizhi's already bad reputation became even worse.
The Chu family believed that she had younger sisters and nieces, and she could not be an old maid left at home as an unloved girl, so she had to be married off.
The Chu family searched everywhere, but all the men willing to marry Chu Zhizhi were ugly. Regardless of whether Chu Zhizhi was willing to marry, even the Marquis of Yingchuan couldn't stand it.
In the end, out of desperation, he could only find the fifth prince.
The Fifth Prince thought that marrying Chu Zhizhi might gain the full support of the Chu family, so he nodded in agreement.
Anyway, even if his wife and concubines are all unpleasant, he still has many concubines to entertain himself.
Then, there were the invitations that were sent to various prefectures at an extremely fast speed.
*
There was nothing lively at the wedding banquet of Prince Li and his concubine.
Although the first wife of Prince Li was Princess Nanyou and the concubine was the daughter of the Minister of Personnel, there was no dispute between the two.
It can even be said that the relationship is very harmonious.
The Queen's friendliness and warmth towards Concubine Hai were extremely obvious, as if Concubine Hai was the one who wanted to spend her life with the Queen compared to the Fifth Prince.
The process of the youngest daughter of the Marquis of Yingchuan entering the Prince Li's Palace went extremely smoothly, without any excitement at all. Yan Cheng couldn't help but feel a little disappointed.
Then, he felt that there seemed to be something wrong in the fifth prince's backyard.
When coming out of Prince Li's Mansion, he happened to meet Chu Yuan and the Fourth Princess, the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, and Yan Cheng asked them quietly.
The fourth princess actually knew the inside story. She had a very good relationship with Concubine Hai before, and they often interacted after they got married.
When the Fourth Princess thought of what her good friend had said to her in private, she couldn't help laughing, and at the same time she was full of sympathy for the Fifth Prince.
"Zhenzhen said that Fifth Brother will have many beautiful concubines in the future and won't care about her. But Fifth Sister-in-law, as the princess, will have to remember her for the rest of her life. It's better to befriend Fifth Sister-in-law than to please Fifth Brother."
"In fact, the fifth sister-in-law also thinks so. She said that she is also a princess and would not try to please a man with a garden full of concubines."
"They both think that the fifth brother is not a good person. Instead of trying to please him, they would rather raise the child together."
Yan Cheng couldn't help but twitch the corners of his mouth. What a guy, he actually treated his love rival as the person he would live with for the rest of his life.
Among the three women listed in the imperial edict, two of them have no love for this only man. Thinking about it this way, the fifth brother seems quite pitiful.
I don’t know whether Chu Zhizhi, the youngest daughter of Yingchuan Marquis and the fifth brother’s cousin, has the fifth brother in her heart.
Of course the answer is yes.
After Chu Zhizhi entered the mansion, she discovered the special situation in the mansion and found that the princess and the concubine Hai had no intention of competing for favor. She suddenly became full of fighting spirit and ambition.
Determined to win the heart of the Fifth Prince, she sent him soup every day.
Chu Zhizhi was the only woman in the palace who cared about him among the women listed in the imperial edict. The fifth prince was very satisfied with her and drank the soup sent by Chu Zhizhi every day.
Then, Chu Zhizhi sterilized the fifth prince.
Yan Cheng: “…”
Yan Cheng stood there in disbelief, as if he had been cast under a spell, standing there in a daze.
After a long while, he said to the eunuch who came to report the news: "Say it again."
The eunuch thought that he spoke too softly just now, so the Eighth Prince didn't hear clearly.
So this time he raised his voice and said loudly: "The imperial physician said that Prince Li will not be able to have children in the future!"
"What? King Li is dying!"
This scream of shock that almost broke his legs was not made by Yan Cheng.
Although Yan Cheng also wanted to shout out in shock, his reaction speed was not as fast as those enthusiastic onlookers.
"Quick, tell me in detail what's going on."
Yan Chenggang turned his head and glanced at the group of onlookers who had just left the court.
His relatively stable body was pushed aside by several anxious people working together.
The eunuch who delivered the message was instantly surrounded by a group of older officials in three layers.
Yan Cheng: “…”
What on earth are these people doing? They are so unpresentable!
On this cool spring morning, the eunuch stood there, facing the scene of being surrounded by officials of all ranks for the first time in his life.
Sweat began to slowly seep out of his forehead, and his legs trembled slightly involuntarily.
"Why can't Prince Li have children? Tell me now!"
"Prince Li only has two sons and one daughter. If he really can't have children, then what will happen in the future... Oh, I won't say anymore."
"Where did you get the news that Prince Li was dying? Is this news true or false?"
The officials asked questions at once, the noisy voices buzzing in his ears, making the eunuch's head confused and he didn't know whose question to answer first.
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