Chapter 152 A chance to see the light of day again (asking for monthly votes)
"Did Lady Changsun Qi ask me to come here just for the pair of night pearls?" In the pavilion, Chang Suining sat down on a stone bench and asked straight to the point.
Chang Sunxuan did not sit down, but looked at the girl with a little surprise.
After a moment, he nodded calmly: "That's right."
She looked at the girl sitting there, raised her eyebrows and said, "I like your pair of night-shining pearls very much."
She was obviously trying to test the other party's attitude by saying something that seemed like she was trying to snatch it away, but unexpectedly, the other party said calmly: "I like that pair of beads too. I never give away anything I like."
Chang Sunxuan stared at the girl steadily - so, was she going to declare war on her directly?
At this moment, the girl said casually, "But I only like beads. I don't like or want anything else."
Chang Sunxuan was stunned for a moment, then met those non-hostile eyes. She raised her lips slightly and said, "I don't want the beads, I just want something else."
Chang Suining nodded with an expression that said "that's great" and said, "That depends on the abilities of Lady Changsun Qi and your family."
Chang Sunxuan did not comment, but stood there looking at her doubtfully: "Are you really not going to fight with me?"
Chang Suining corrected him, "The person who wants to compete with Zhangsun Qi Niangzi is not me, nor will it be any other candidate for the Crown Princess—"
Chang Sunxuan's eyes moved slightly: "Of course I know."
What she was really fighting against was the Holy Will.
"But now the will of the emperor is on you." She looked at that calm and beautiful face and asked, "Is it up to you whether to fight or not?"
"Allow it." The girl nodded, her tone firm and relaxed.
This rather arrogant answer made Chang Sunxuan startled again, and then she asked with some amusement: "Do you know what you are talking about?"
Chang Suining also asked back with amusement: "Then why are you asking me?"
Chang Sunxuan was surprised for a moment, then she pursed her lips and smiled, and this time she really smiled.
Soon, she sat down as well.
"I asked you this because I knew you would answer. You were helpless." The girl's tone was inexplicably more approachable. "So I can try to help you."
"That's not necessary." Chang Suining said, "If the Saint finds out that I'm colluding with your Changsun clan, I'll be in big trouble."
Chang Sunxuan said "ah" and nodded: "That's true."
She shrugged lightly: "Then I can't help you."
He added: "I hope that what you said 'let it be' is true."
Chang Suining just smiled and said nothing further.
The girl who was sitting opposite her seemed to have opened up her mouth. She leaned her upper body slightly towards her and asked in a low voice, "Do you really not want to be the Crown Princess? Or do you think you can't win against me, so you gave up the idea?"
Chang Suining shook his head: "I really don't want to."
Chang Sunxuan confirmed that the girl in front of her had not lied, so she said, "Yes, being a crown princess is very troublesome."
"But I'm not afraid of trouble." Chang Sunxuan raised her chin slightly, with a gleam in her eyes: "Since I was young, I have been thinking that I can be a mother of the country like my eldest aunt in the future."
At this moment, the girl revealed a frankness and innocence that she had never shown to anyone before.
She has always appeared dignified and noble to the outside world, and her naive side was hidden under the bright and respectable appearance of the eldest daughter of the Changsun family.
She didn't have any real close friends, and her interactions with those noble ladies were just to maintain interpersonal relationships.
Perhaps the girl she met today was different from the others. She felt particularly comfortable talking to her, and for some reason she had the desire to confide in others.
After saying that, he came to his senses. He even said something like "Mother of the Country"? Chang Sunxuan realized that he had said something wrong, his face was slightly hot, and he warned her a little uncomfortably: "Don't laugh at me."
Chang Sunxuan's maid, who was guarding not far outside the pavilion, had been paying attention to the situation in the pavilion. Seeing her girl's expression at this moment, she couldn't help but feel puzzled - why was the girl still acting coquettishly!
Chang Suining: "It is a good thing for people to have something they really want to do while living in this world. There is nothing to laugh at."
On the contrary, she felt that it was a very free and easy thing for a woman to openly express her "ambition" to reach a higher position.
After taking a serious look at her, Chang Sunxuan couldn't help but say, "I didn't expect you to be so likable."
The maid of Changsun's family, who had been listening to the conversation in the pavilion, was even more stunned when she heard what was said - how could the girl confess her love?
Then I heard the Chang family lady say immodestly: "There have always been many people who like me."
Thinking of those rumors, Chang Sunxuan looked at her suspiciously: "Is it because you beat away all those who don't like you?"
Chang Suining said "Ah" lightly: "Now that you put it that way, it seems to be true."
Chang Sunxuan covered her mouth and laughed out loud.
Chang Suining also likes the seventh lady of the Changsun family a little.
Speaking of which, when she was Li Xiao, she had accumulated a lot of grievances with the Changsun family. The Changsun family intended to support the third prince, so they regarded "her" as the prince's mortal enemy, and the open and covert attacks on her never stopped.
But "she" was not born as the legitimate heir to the throne. Perhaps "she", whose mother was of low status, was the one who overestimated her own abilities and took the initiative to fight.
The Changsun family had used many methods on "her", and she and the Queen Ming, who was tied to her at the time, did not have clean hands either.
In her eyes, there is no right or wrong in political disputes, it all depends on one's ability.
Moreover, in the contest with Changsun and the Third Prince, she was the winner.
Only later did I gradually realize that she had never won for herself.
A new emperor appoints new ministers. Now she is neither Li Shang nor Li Xiao, so she has no connection or hostility towards the girl in front of her.
"Come to think of it, since you have no intention of becoming the Crown Princess, there is no need for you to test anything with me... Then why did you agree to come here to see me? Aren't you afraid that I might do something bad to you?" Chang Sunxuan asked curiously at this time.
"If it's disadvantageous to me at this time and place, it's equivalent to being disadvantageous to myself. I think a girl raised by the Changsun family should not be unable to understand this little bit of interest."
Chang Sunxuan said "Oh", "Then I'll take it as a compliment."
She has always been very qualified as the daughter of the Changsun family.
"As for why I came here, there are two reasons." Chang Suining said, "One is that I don't want to make unnecessary enemies. Rather than being unclear, it's better to talk about this matter face to face, and it will also make a good relationship."
Make a good connection? Chang Sunxuan smiled and said, "You have made a good connection."
Then he couldn't help but feel a little regretful: "But unfortunately, we are not suitable to be friends now."
Although she really liked the lady from the Chang family, she was one of the few people she felt compatible with and wanted to get close to, but she was not blinded by this affection.
The two people's positions at this moment are contradictory and awkward. If they get too close, it will not be good for either of them.
"But maybe there will be a chance in the future." She looked at Chang Suining with an expectant smile in her eyes.
Chang Suining also nodded with a smile: "Yes, maybe there will be a chance."
The situation is always unpredictable and no one can predict what will happen in the future.
"What's the second reason why you came here to see me?" Chang Sunxuan asked.
"The second one..." Chang Suining said, "Because the wife of Duke Zheng invited me to talk, I happened to pass by here on the way to her place, so I came to see you on the way."
Chang Sunxuan: “?”
So she had prepared a lot for this meeting, but he just came to see her? "You don't take me seriously enough, do you?" The girl was a little dissatisfied.
"You need to take it seriously when you meet an enemy. You and I are not enemies."
"Oh, that's true..."
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At the same moment, at the home of Duke Zheng's wife, Duan, in addition to Wei Miaoqing who lived with her mother, Wei Shuyi who came to pay his respects was also there.
"...I have a good idea which is cunning but can take advantage of the opportunity!" Wei Miaoqing said with shining eyes.
Hearing the particularly honest words such as "although cunning" and "taking advantage of the opportunity", Wei Shuyi looked at his sister: "How cunning and taking advantage of the opportunity?"
"Brother, why don't you go and tell the Saint that our Wei family and General Chang's Mansion have already discussed marriage in private. This will not only help Madam Chang solve her urgent problem, but also allow brother to..."
"What nonsense are you talking about." Wei Shuyi interrupted his sister with a smile: "Let's not talk about whether Madam Chang agrees or not. Just considering my status, I can't do this."
Wei Miaoqing frowned: "Why?"
"I am a close minister of the emperor, and I am trusted by your majesty. I must abide by the loyalty between the emperor and his subjects." Wei Shuyi said, "Even if others can do this, I can't do it--"
"Your Majesty doesn't have to make Madam Chang the Crown Princess. It's not like there are no other candidates!" Wei Miaoqing made up her mind: "Otherwise, go tell the Saint that I am willing to be the Crown Princess!"
Then let her replace Madam Chang!
Wei Shuyi: "..."
Don't be so crazy.
He picked up the teacup and said, "Not to mention that you can't change it just because you want to. Even if you can change it, Madam Chang will never agree to such a ridiculous thing."
"This won't work, and that won't work. You don't even try it, and you don't even ask. How do you know it won't work?" Wei Miaoqing's anger was written all over his face: "Brother, you were born with such a smart head in vain. You are too smart and arrogant. You always calculate everything you do!"
Duan just sat there holding her forehead.
Ever since her daughter fell in love with the lady from the Chang family, she no longer needed to speak up on this matter, and her daughter had become her mouthpiece.
"Plot?" Wei Shuyi was stunned when he heard it. What was he plotting?
"Isn't it just calculating everything? Calculating the gains and losses in front of the saint, calculating the response of the Chang family lady, and also calculating your own face if you are rejected by the Chang family lady... Brother, if you really like someone, you shouldn't be so timid and only calculate the gains and losses!"
He did use his intelligence to figure everything out, but what good could it do except go around in circles? Wei Shuyi still had a funny look in his eyes: "Then tell me, what should you do if you like someone?"
"If you like someone, you should put your heart and sincerity into it and let them see your feelings first!"
Wei Shuyi found it more and more funny: "This is clearly the behavior of a gambler."
"That's better than being a coward and not even daring to show your feelings!" Wei Miaoqing said angrily, "I think you're just trying to save face, and you're holding on to the pride you brought from mom's belly. I'm afraid you'll keep your feelings hidden until you're old!"
"Where did you learn these perverted ideas——"
"I learned all this from the storybook for my brother. Now it seems that all my efforts were in vain."
"I didn't know you were so eager to learn before." Wei Shuyi lowered his eyes to blow the tea, and said slowly: "Besides, when did I ever say that I like the lady of the Chang family?"
Wei Miaoqing was furious: "Mother, let's just ignore him from now on!"
"Let him figure it out on his own." Duan glanced at her son and said, "When the New Year's Eve comes, we'll see what he chooses."
Wei Shuyi seemed not to hear and just drank his tea quietly.
However, only he himself knew that his heart was not as unmoved as he appeared to be.
At this time, a maid came with a message, saying that the lady from the Chang family had arrived.
All the disdain she had for her son disappeared from Duan's face, and she quickly asked someone to invite Chang Suining in.
Duan dismissed the maid, and then asked Chang Suining in a low voice: "...Regarding the rumors about the future Crown Princess, Suining, do you have any plans now?"
She asked cryptically, but the concern in her eyes was undisguised.
Even if we put aside the issue of her son, it was true that she and this little girl got along particularly well. Even if she couldn't become her daughter-in-law, she now truly treated her as her own child.
The reason I called my son here today was not just to "take advantage of the opportunity", but because I really wanted to help him come up with some ideas.
"We have a plan and a strategy." Chang Suining said with a smile, "Madam, don't worry."
"You've got a solution so quickly?" Duan was surprised and relieved: "This couldn't be better."
Wei Miaoqing also breathed a sigh of relief and secretly looked at his brother - humph, his brother was still hesitating, not knowing that he didn't even have the chance to contribute.
"I know..." Wei Shuyi looked at Chang Suining with a smile: "How can such a small matter be difficult for Madam Chang."
Chang Suining nodded in agreement: "Yes, it's just a trivial matter."
If worst comes to worst, she could go and grab Ming Jin, who had just lost her reproductive rights, and beat him up. She could then become a nun and that should be enough to get out of this predicament.
There are many similar methods. In short, as long as she is willing to hurt herself, this matter will not trap her.
But because she had an exceptionally sincere and unreserved friend, she was able to come up with a more comprehensive plan and now was able to escape without hurting herself.
Meeting those relaxed eyes, Wei Shuyi inexplicably developed a sense of emptiness in his heart as if he had not had the chance to participate.
He wanted to ask her how she was going to solve the problem. Perhaps he could help her weigh the options or come up with a more appropriate solution. But just as he was about to speak, he heard the girl and her mother say, "I have something to discuss with Madam alone."
Duan was puzzled for a moment, but she immediately took the girl's hand and said, "Then let's go to the inner room and talk."
Chang Suining nodded and went into the inner room with Duan.
"But is there still any difficulty?" Duan held Chang Suining's hand, and before sitting down in a hurry, she lowered her voice and said, "If there is any difficulty, just talk to your aunt."
Chang Suining shook his head slightly and said, "I dreamt last night about the place where Her Royal Highness the Princess hid the box."
Duan's eyes widened in surprise and she almost cried out, "Really?"
Will her unique storybooks, all her wealth from her youth, and many of His Highness's treasures ever see the light of day again?
Thanks to everyone for the monthly votes, today the ranking has climbed up four places~ I hope to keep it stable! Please tolerate my nagging for votes at the end of the month (づ￣3￣)づ╭ (End of this chapter)
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