——Don’t you feel resentment towards the Fifth Princess?
Yan Cheng guessed that Xie Guangling probably wanted to ask this.
It seemed that many people thought that he should hate the Fifth Princess, who had replaced him and enjoyed many years of wealth and glory, and they would find it strange to see him and the Fifth Princess getting along harmoniously.
"Actually, I don't really care about my status as a prince. To me, the status of a prince is both noble and shackled."
Just like now, he was locked in the palace and had to get permission from his so-called father to go in or out.
Just like in the future, he might be locked up in the capital, losing the chance to seek freedom; or he might be driven to a fiefdom, and not allowed to leave the fiefdom without being summoned.
"Compared to being a prince, Prince Yong, or Qu Zhaoyun, I prefer being Yan Cheng. If possible, I would rather the Fifth Princess remain the same Fifth Princess, and I remain the same Yan Cheng."
Yan Cheng said this to Xie Guangling.
Xie Guangling was silent and quietly looked at Yan Cheng's profile, which looked radiant in the sunlight.
To be honest, he also hoped that Yan Cheng was still the same Yan Cheng as before, rather than the current Eighth Prince.
——After Chengdi became the eighth prince, the distance between them seemed to be getting farther and farther.
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When a girl from Daxia got married, her brother would carry her all the way to the bridal sedan. When Xie Ke got married, it was Xie Guangling who carried her.
There is also a little episode happening here.
When Xie Ke came out of her boudoir in her wedding dress, there were two people waiting to carry her, one was Xie Guangling and the other was Xie Mingyun.
Xie Guangling was very angry at that time. It was ok that Xie Mingyun would snatch things from him on normal days, but today his own sister was getting married, and Xie Mingyun also wanted to snatch things.
He couldn't help but scold Xie Mingyun several times.
Xie Mingyun looked like he was bullied by him, and said aggrievedly that he and Xie Ke had been siblings for more than ten years, and he hoped that his brother could fulfill their brotherly relationship today.
Xie's mother, who was present, naturally helped Xie Mingyun. She spoke nicely in front of others, saying that Xie Mingyun was his younger brother and he should give in to his younger brother.
Xie Guangling was so angry that his liver hurt. Xie Mingyun had no blood relationship with him at all.
But no matter what others said, Xie Ke still chose Xie Guangling.
This made Xie Guangling's mood instantly improve. When he carried Xie Ke on his back, he gave Xie Mingyun a look that showed that he had understood the situation. Then, it was Xie Mingyun who was so angry that his liver hurt.
Xie Mingyun never expected that Xie Ke would betray him and choose Xie Guangling instead.
Xie Guangling carried Xie Ke for a long distance. Yan Cheng looked back and saw a girl of about fifteen or sixteen comforting the depressed Xie Mingyun.
Curiously, he asked a young man beside him, "Who is that?"
The young man looked at it, curled his lips and spoke with disdain.
"She is the youngest legitimate daughter of the Marquis of Yingchuan. She used to love chasing after Xie Mingyun. Now that Xie Mingyun is a fake, she's still chasing after him. She's never on the list of legitimate marriage proposals."
"I don't know what tricks Xie Mingyun used to make a little girl so devoted to him."
Marquis of Yingchuan?
Isn’t that my mother’s half-brother?
Isn’t the daughter of Marquis Yingchuan my mother’s niece?
Yan Cheng looked at the youngest daughter of Marquis Yingchuan a few more times and found that she was quite similar to Chu Yuan, especially in terms of eyes. Both of them had big and lively almond eyes.
Pretty eyes.
Unfortunately, my vision is not very good.
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The son of the Marquis of Haining was a tall, thin and handsome young man. He looked as strong as a mountain and was riding a tall and handsome horse with high spirits.
But in fact, he is just a man with a bright appearance and an empty heart. Otherwise, he would not be unmarried at the age of 25 or 26.
This emptiness does not refer to his spiritual emptiness, but physical emptiness.
That’s right, the Prince of Haining is not capable of this.
He is missing two testicles, which are said to have been bitten off by a dog when he was a child.
Originally, only the Haining Marquis knew about this matter.
But many years ago, when the wife of Marquis Haining was looking for a girl for her son, something happened to the eldest son of Marquis Haining.
One night that summer he was beaten and passed out, then stripped naked and thrown outside the Marquis of Haining's mansion.
The early bird catches the worm. Many people get up early in the summer morning, and many of them see the lower body of the Prince of Haining.
Then……
The family that had already discussed the marriage with the Prince of Haining changed their minds overnight.
From then on, everyone in the capital knew that the Prince of Haining was a eunuch.
In order to disgust Xie Guangling, Xie's father and mother promised Xie Ke to such a man, which shows their attitude towards Xie Ke.
Prime Minister Xie was very concerned about his reputation. At that time, the two families had already exchanged engagement letters, so it was not easy for him to cancel the engagement.
In fact, the main reason is that his granddaughter does not hold such an important position in his heart.
Later, when Xie Guangling and Xie Ke had a better relationship, he wanted to help Xie Ke solve this marriage problem and even asked Yan Cheng for help.
Xie Guangling rarely asks Yan Cheng for help.
Even if he knew that some things could be easily solved with Yan Cheng's intervention, he would not go to Yan Cheng, but would do it himself.
He didn't want to leave Yan Cheng with the impression that he was incompetent and had to ask others for help in everything.
Yan Cheng had already figured out how to help Xie Ke turn down the marriage proposal with the Marquis of Haining.
But when Xie Guangling excitedly told Xie Ke that he could help her cancel the marriage, Xie Ke rejected his kindness.
Xie Ke's original words were,
"It doesn't matter who I marry. Everyone knows that the Prince of Haining is infertile. If I marry him, I'll be a widow. I can endure the pain of bearing children, and I won't have to worry about my husband's family disliking me for not having a son. What's wrong with that?"
After Xie Mu's younger sister married into her husband's family, she gave birth to four daughters in a row. She was disliked by her husband's family and died of depression two years ago.
Less than a year had passed, and Xie Ke watched with her own eyes as her aunt's husband married someone new.
Her cousins no longer had the smiling faces they used to have, but instead looked exhausted, which showed that life with a stepmother was not easy.
Rather than taking a gamble on the possibility of marrying a good man, Xie Ke would rather marry a eunuch and live a life of widowhood.
At least she wasn't the one with the problem, and no one could point out her fault.
Moreover, she has the Xie family behind her, so the Haining Marquisate dare not treat her too harshly.
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The sedan chair swayed towards the Haining Marquis' Mansion, and Xie Guangling stood at the door with red eyes.
He is actually a very emotional and tearful person.
"Brother Cheng, why do you think that when girls reach a certain age, they have no choice but to get married?"
"Xie Ke is very smart. She has also studied the Four Books and Five Classics. She knows more than many scholars. I don't think she is weaker than men."
"She never asked me why women couldn't take the imperial examinations, but I knew she wanted to. She had many books about the examinations in her study..."
Yan Cheng listened, but couldn't respond.
The customs in Daxia were relatively open. Women were allowed to appear in public, engage in business and open shops, and ride horses and shoot arrows, but it was not yet at the point where women could take the imperial examinations.
Xie Guangling has always been brooding over the fact that Xie Ke married the son of the Marquis of Haining, and he fantasizes about another path that Xie Ke could have taken.
"She is very smart, independent-minded and rational. If she could serve in the imperial court, she would definitely be an accomplished official."
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Yan Cheng met Chu Zhizhi for the first time at the wedding of Xie Ke and the Prince of Haining.
He met Chu Zhizhi again at the June birthday banquet, but this time Chu Zhizhi was very undignified.
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