"I, your grandson, can swear to the Empress Dowager that I, Chen Tingsi, will never have anything to do with Jiang Xiancao in my life. She is her, I am me, and we each go our separate ways."
The Queen Mother was stunned for a moment and said unexpectedly:
"How come Xiao Jiu'er has suddenly become so sensible? Didn't you always say that you wanted to decide your own marriage, and that you would marry a woman based on your feelings, not family background?"
Jiang Xiancao smiled and said:
"In the past, I was a bastard, relying on the favor of my grandmother and father to do whatever I wanted, and I didn't know how to share your worries. But now I understand, and I intend to be filial to you two. Naturally, I will not act so willfully anymore."
The Queen Mother opened her eyes wide, looked her up and down several times in disbelief, and then said with emotion:
"Eunuch Sun and I said you were sensible, but I didn't believe it. I thought you were coming up with some trick to amuse me and your father. I didn't expect you to be sensible."
Jiang Xiancao smiled and poured tea for the empress dowager.
But in my heart I was thinking, Chen Tingsi is so old, almost twenty years old, how can he still be called a child?
It was because the Empress Dowager and the Emperor spoiled him unconditionally that he became a "big kid".
No, to be precise, Shen Tingsi is a big idiot.
Real children are much smarter and cuter than him.
But such an idiot who knows nothing can receive the sincere love of his family, but what about her?
She understood things since she was three years old. She knew that an unfavored child had to learn to read the adults' expressions and had to make constant humble efforts in exchange for a little warmth from her "relatives."
Sometimes, the more she gave, the less she was valued. She was despised and ignored by her "relatives", who thought that she owed them all her efforts.
People have different destinies.
Just when Jiang Xiancao was feeling mixed emotions, the Queen Mother suddenly spoke:
"Xiao Jiu'er, tell the Empress Dowager the truth. Can you really let go of Second Miss Jiang?"
Jiang Xiancao knew she was still worried, so she smiled and said:
"I saved her simply because I couldn't stand the Jiang family's abuse of the weak, and because I wanted to repay her for saving me. There was no other reason."
The Queen Mother nodded, but did not say anything about bringing Jiang Xiancao back to the palace. She just asked Chaoyue and Huayi to come in and told them to take good care of Miss Jiang Er.
After the Queen Mother left, Chaoyue originally planned to personally go and settle Miss Jiang Er, but was stopped by Jiang Xiancao:
"You don't have to go there yourself, just let someone else take care of it."
She knew that Chaoyue was meticulous in her work, and she would definitely make careful arrangements for every detail. She would also wait until Shen Tingsi woke up and explain everything to him before leaving.
This gave Shen Tingsi and Chao Yue the opportunity to meet privately.
After all, Chaoyue is Shen Tingsi's personal maid, so this is very dangerous.
Chao Yue hesitated, "But this is what the Empress Dowager instructed. Otherwise, I should go there myself—"
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