Fu Qianran said, "I can't become the Crown Princess. Being rejected by the Crown Prince ruined their years of planning and made me a pariah. Later, when the Dali Temple was handling my brother's case, they also arrested several Fu family disciples. The Fu family asked me to ask Shi An for mercy, but I refused, which led to my family's rejection. I thought marrying my father a concubine would help me reconcile with him, but I was overthinking it."
Yun Xiangye consoled her, "You've just given birth, so the most important thing is to take care of yourself and be happy."
Fu Qianran smiled gently at Yun Xiangye and said, "Well, I've already let go of the Fu family. Now that the child is born, my life is pretty good."
Yun Xiangye smiled, helped Fu Qianran up and went to the dining room.
There were not many relatives in the Xie family, so men and women sat at two separate tables, all laughing and chatting happily.
Yun Xiangye hadn't experienced such a scene of relatives and friends gathering together for a long time. She looked at Nuonuo who was eating red eggs beside her and smiled gently.
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Inside the East Palace.
Zhao Rui hurried to the East Palace. Zhao Yun had just returned to the East Palace bedroom and picked up little Yuer.
Seeing Zhao Yun, Zhao Rui hurriedly said, "Royal brother, I don't want to go to Miss Yu. I already have a lover. Please don't grant me a marriage."
Zhao Yun saw Zhao Rui gasping for breath, and he could imagine how anxious he was.
Ye Wanhe looked at Zhao Rui and asked, "Oh? Who is the girl you like?"
Zhao Rui scratched his head and said, "I can't tell you for now. It concerns her reputation."
Zhao Yun said, "What's so unacceptable in front of me? I won't ruin that girl's reputation. What rich girl could possibly catch your eye?"
Zhao Rui walked to Zhao Yun and whispered his name in his ear.
Zhao Yun couldn't help but frown and said, "Why don't you look in the mirror?"
Zhao Rui said, "Brother Emperor, why didn't I look in the mirror? Tell me, in this Chang'an City, besides you, is there any other man of nobler birth than me, more handsome than me? How did she lose out by marrying me? I only dare to say this after looking in the mirror."
Zhao Yun said, "Don't even think about asking the Emperor to grant you a marriage with Junior Sister Lin."
Zhao Rui smiled and said, "Of course not. I won't use the marriage proposal to force Sister Lin. I will make her marry me willingly."
Ye Wanhe lowered her eyes slightly. It seemed that Xiangye was right. Prince Rui had high standards. Her sister could only look for another husband.
After Zhao Rui said goodbye, Zhao Yun said to Ye Wanhe, "He's quite picky. After so much picking, he actually chose Lin Bolan. If Lin Bolan hadn't been a little younger back then..."
Seeing Zhao Yun pause, Ye Wanhe smiled faintly and said, "She was the one who was originally chosen to be the Crown Princess."
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