"Third."

He said in a pretentious tone, "There is also the Prajna Hall."

"As everyone knows, the current emperor came from Prajna Hall. Generally, whoever Prajna Hall supports is the heir to the throne. But now, Master Yikong of Prajna Hall has clearly stated that the Prajna Hall will be inherited by Shen Ruyi in the future. She is the heir of Prajna Hall."

"The Emperor already knows about this."

"Um--"

Hearing this, the old man of the Gu family also sighed deeply. The atmosphere in the room became extremely solemn. Even Concubine Li and the Second Prince, who were sitting behind the screen with their faces covered, were no longer calm and became a little restless.

Gu Qinghua was even happier. "Fourthly, the Ninth Prince and Shen Ruyi have two common masters, but he cannot ascend the throne. In other words, whoever Shen Ruyi marries in the end, the Ninth Prince will definitely protect that person."

"What's more, there is Prince Yan's Palace!"

He knew them all, as if these forces were standing behind him, supporting him to talk freely in this family.

“…”

The room was as quiet as a chicken, and everyone was on edge.

Finally, Concubine Li behind the screen could no longer sit still and spoke directly, "Qinghua is right. The marriage between Gu and Shen Ruyi must be successfully completed no matter what. Not only must it be completed, but it must be done in a dignified manner, and the couple must be served well!"

"When she becomes the daughter-in-law of the Gu family and has a child, even if she doesn't consider herself, she will have to consider the child. By then, we can use all these forces and we won't have to worry about not being able to accomplish our great goal!"

She couldn't help but walked out from behind the screen and looked at the old lady of the Gu family and Shen Yuewan, "Mother, sister-in-law, you should not be too obsessed with the things in the backyard. You should look further ahead. As long as Shen Ruyi marries in, can Rong Yan still chase her to the backyard?"

The old lady of the Gu family: "..."

Shen Yuewan: "..."

Both of them were somewhat unwilling. After all, no one wanted to have a daughter-in-law who could only be supported to marry into the family. That would be bad for them.

However, both of them were very clear.

A new emperor appoints his own ministers.

Now that the princes have grown up, when the emperor passes away, if it is not the second prince who ascends the throne, but the throne falls into the hands of another prince, then what awaits the Gu family is only a downhill road.

They must support the Second Prince unconditionally.

Concubine Li also didn't want to end up being thrown into the cold palace, or for the second prince to be placed under house arrest, become an idle prince, or even die.

She took the initiative to ask Gu Qinghua: "Qinghua, what did Shen Ruyi say? Will she come to your grandmother's birthday party tomorrow?"

Gu Qinghua clearly felt Concubine Li's attention to him.

This was something he had never felt in all these years.

As he pondered this feeling, he couldn't help but feel a little emotional. He spoke with a bit of pretense, and his voice became sweeter: "Ruyi said that she prepared a surprise for grandma. She will definitely come tomorrow."

If you don’t know, you might think that he and Shen Ruyi have a very sweet relationship.

Upon hearing this, the Second Prince also came out from behind the screen, looked at him and asked, "What about Shen Jiaojiao? What happened between you and Shen Jiaojiao is equivalent to betraying Shen Ruyi. Does she really have no grudges in her heart?"

He felt somewhat complicated.

Gu Qinghua is really blind.

The child he had been engaged to since childhood was his precious treasure, but he didn't see it at all and caused so many troubles. He had a good hand, but he played it like this, and in the end he had to clean up the mess.

To be honest, the current situation behind Shen Ruyi made him want to control her himself.

But he also couldn't lose the Gu family.

For a moment, the second prince's mood was very complicated.

Gu Qinghua didn't notice this, but a look of reminiscence appeared on his face, and he firmly believed: "She must be feeling uncomfortable, otherwise she wouldn't have hit me that day. But, after all, we grew up together as childhood sweethearts, and she has been chasing me around in order to win me back this past year."

"Even though I feel a little uncomfortable, I am still her favorite person after all, and she won't let go."

Yes, for so many years, Shen Ruyi has been calling "Tsinghua Brother" one after another for more than ten years. How could it be possible to change overnight?

Gu Qinghua began to look for evidence that Shen Ruyi still loved him: "Besides, she also asked the Ninth Prince to help prepare birthday gifts for her grandmother, which shows that the person in her heart is me, and she just regards the Ninth Prince as her senior brother."

As he spoke, he gradually became more and more confident, and he extremely enjoyed the feeling of being the focus of everyone.

The Second Prince nodded. Although he couldn't stand seeing a villain like him succeed, it was better than things getting out of control, so he said, "It's good that you have confidence."

Then he turned and looked at Minister Gu, "Uncle, as long as Shen Ruyi can be successfully married, our great cause can be accomplished without any suspense."

Minister Gu finally came back to his senses and nodded, "Yes, outside we have Fengyu Pavilion and Southern Shaolin; inside we have the Prime Minister's Mansion, the Ninth Prince's Mansion, the Prince of Yan's Mansion, the Priest's Hall and our Minister's Mansion. This means we have already occupied one-third of the court, it would be hard not to win."

In the end, the only choice left for the Gu family was to please Shen Ruyi and coax her into the family no matter what.

Gu Qinghua patted his chest and said, "I will take care of marrying her! It won't be long before I get her pregnant and she will only think about the Gu family."

Minister Gu nodded: "Not only the wedding banquet on the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, but also the birthday banquet tomorrow is very important. As long as Shen Ruyi comes tomorrow, we have to maintain the scene well and cannot make any mistakes."

The second prince smiled when he heard this, "Uncle is right. Then at tomorrow's birthday banquet, the Shangshu Mansion must give Shen Ruyi enough face. After all, we should not give face to the monks. If we embarrass her, it will be a slap in the face of Shaolin Temple, Fengyu Pavilion, and also a slap in the face of my father."

"Yes, she also has a title, Ziwei Fuxing!"

Minister Gu sighed, "The Shangshu Mansion will definitely be well prepared and treat her as a distinguished guest, whose status is only lower than that of the nobles in the palace."

"Well, then our victory is just around the corner!"

The second prince was overwhelmed with emotion.

He even wished that Shen Ruyi was his own fiancée.

The blessing of Ziwei alone is enough for him to ascend to the throne.

However, now that she is Gu Qinghua's fiancée and the two families are in-laws, he can only go with the flow...

The second prince looked at Gu Qinghua deeply and said nothing more.

Gu Qinghua had a vague feeling that the Second Prince seemed to have something on his mind, but he was so immersed in pride and joy that he did not realize what it was.

Things between the men were sorted out.

Concubine Li looked at the old lady and Shen Yuewan, and warned: "Mother, sister-in-law, even if you are dissatisfied with her tomorrow, you must not mess it up. This matter is related to the honor and disgrace of our family!"

"Tomorrow, I will worship her as my ancestor," Old Lady Gu rolled her eyes, "I think I'm not the centenarian, she is!"