Chapter 354 You Love Him?
What kind of evil spirit is this?
Li Mu's roar almost echoed throughout Fanghuayuan as he angrily rolled up his sleeves and rushed out.
"Father, where are you going?"
Li Nanke grabbed him.
Li Mu's chest trembled with anger. "Of course, we should go to the palace and refuse this matter. She is the Crown Princess, after all!"
She might become the empress, spending her entire life in the palace, enduring a life of compromise and humiliation.
"Ke'er, your father will never let you live like this!"
As soon as Li Mu finished speaking, Song Yi's voice came in from outside.
"That's right. Your father and mother only hope that you will live a peaceful and safe life, find a considerate and loving husband, and live a happy life. That's enough for you."
The palace is a place of intrigue and conflict; Ke'er must absolutely not enter it.
Song Yi walked in with red eyes.
Li Nanke felt a lump in her throat.
Her father and mother always thought only of her happiness, and she was already extremely happy to have their protection.
Li Nanke sniffed, holding onto Li Mu's hand tightly.
"It's no use for Father to go to the palace now. His Majesty is already preparing to depart, and he is probably asleep right now."
Even if your father goes to the palace, His Majesty will not see you. To put it another way, even if he does see you...
"Father's outright refusal is tantamount to humiliating the Crown Prince. If His Majesty were to punish Father in a fit of rage..."
Li Mu frowned. "I am not afraid of being punished."
"But I'm scared."
Li Nanke gripped Li Mu's hand tightly, "I just want to live a peaceful life with Father, Mother, and Chenchen for the rest of my life."
Li Mu stomped his feet.
"Are we just going to do nothing and wait for the emperor to summon you to the palace?"
Li Nanke said, "I thought about it on the way back. His Majesty has only made a preliminary selection so far."
However, the selection of the Crown Princess and the concubine both require the Empress's approval. The Empress has never liked me, so she certainly won't agree to me becoming the Crown Princess.
Li Mu's eyes lit up.
"Yes, the Empress certainly hopes that the Crown Princess will be chosen from the Xue family."
She will definitely find a way to prevent you from becoming the Crown Princess.
Song Yi looked worried. "What if the Empress's methods are too radical and harm Ke'er?"
Are we just supposed to wait for the Empress to make a move? My husband, I'm so worried.
"Why don't we arrange a marriage for Ke'er before the imperial decree is issued? His Majesty can't possibly break up someone else's marriage, can he?"
Li Muchou scratched his head.
In his heart, his daughter was well-behaved, cute, smart, and good at making money. No man in the world could be worthy of her.
The thought of his daughter possibly being kidnapped by some scoundrel in the future made Li Mu feel so uncomfortable that he couldn't breathe, as if he had drunk a bucket of aged vinegar.
"At this critical juncture, where are we going to arrange a marriage for Ke'er? Besides, Ke'er's future husband must be one in a million."
In this rush, what if we find the wrong person, Ke'er?
Song Yi glanced at him, her expression suggestive.
"If we're talking about candidates, there is one right in front of us."
"who?"
Li Mu suddenly looked up, so excited that he felt his hair was about to stand on end.
"Our daughter isn't even of marriageable age yet, could it be that someone has proposed to you?"
Song Yi glared at him. "What are you thinking? I mean, doesn't our daughter have a childhood sweetheart? Our Ke'er sees him every day."
Li Mu frowned. "You mean that kid Chen Cong?"
“He’s a prince, don’t keep calling him ‘that kid.’”
Song Yi glared at him.
Li Mu curled his lip in disapproval.
“I disapproved of their relationship when Ke’er was a child, but they were both studying at Jingxing Academy, so I couldn’t completely avoid them.”
That kid looks sickly; he's definitely not going to live a long life. He can't do it, absolutely not!
Li Nanke interrupted him angrily.
"Father, don't talk nonsense. The Prince will live a long life, he definitely will!"
She spoke with absolute certainty, and even repeated herself.
"He will live a long and healthy life, free from illness and disaster!"
"You...you little brat!"
Li Mu felt a pang of jealousy, but when she met her daughter's eyes, which were clearly filled with anger, she could only suppress her sourness and agree with her.
"Alright, alright, he'll live to be a hundred, okay?"
Li Nanke's expression finally softened.
Li Mu muttered to himself, "My daughter isn't even of marriageable age yet, and she's already siding with outsiders. My heart aches..."
Song Yi pinched the soft flesh on his waist and glared at him secretly.
"Shut up!"
Li Mu touched his nose in frustration.
Song Yi turned around, took Li Nanke's hand, and asked softly.
"Ke'er, there are no outsiders here. Your mother is asking you, do you... do you love Prince Xuan?"
Li Nanke opened his mouth, but didn't know how to answer.
Is it Xin Yue Jiu Ge?
She didn't know, and hadn't thought about, this question.
He initially approached Shen Cong in order to change the fate of his entire family, which was to be confiscated and exiled.
Later, she wanted to join forces with Shen Cong to fight against the fate in the dream.
But after seven years, she had long since gotten used to Shen Cong being by her side, and that they could discuss things and take care of each other.
Is this... liking someone?
Li Nanke felt lost, hesitated for a moment, and then shook his head.
"I don't know, and I haven't thought about it."
"If your parents arrange a marriage between you and Prince Xuan, would you be able to accept it?"
Li Nanke thought about it carefully.
Should she marry Shen Cong?
The thought arose from the bottom of her heart, and strangely enough, she felt no repulsion towards it.
No one knows a daughter better than her mother. Song Yi understood immediately and gently patted her hand.
"Mother understands. I will have your father ask Prince Xuan what he thinks."
"Should I go ask?"
Li Mu pointed to the tip of his nose, showing strong resistance.
“What kind of woman rushes to get engaged? Not to mention I never liked that sickly man in the first place… Even if Prince Xuan really wanted to get engaged to Ke’er, it should be him who took the initiative.”
Song Yi was furious.
"What time is it? Are you really going to just watch Ke'er go to the palace?"
Li Mugeng straightened his neck.
"Of course not."
"Then why don't you go ask?"
Li Mu scratched his head hesitantly.
"Is there... no other way?"
Li Nanke said, "Father, Mother, I'll go ask myself."
Li Mu jumped up in a flash.
"No, no, absolutely not! A woman should never take the initiative in something like this. What if Shen Cong looks down on you?"
Li Nanke was very certain, "The Prince wouldn't do that; he's not that kind of person. It's settled then. I'll go ask him tomorrow."
On the other hand, no sooner had the emperor set off for the Luoyang Palace than Empress Xue summoned Lady Xue, the wife of the Duke of Xue, to the palace and gave her some instructions.
After listening, Lady Xue pondered for a moment and said, "Does Your Highness mean to use Zhao Wanqing to remove Li Nanke from the list of candidates for Crown Princess?"
Will this...will this work? What if Zhao Wanqing doesn't fall for it?
Empress Xue was very confident.
"The Zhao family comes from a poor background. Zhao Hong and his wife, Madam Song, have been scheming and manipulative all these years. They are quite resourceful and cunning."
My sister-in-law just needs to leak the information I gave her, and I guarantee they'll take action against Li Nanke.
Ideally, the two of them should fight to the death, then we can sit back and reap the benefits!
Lady Xue gave a thumbs up.
"Your Majesty's move is truly brilliant!"
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