"What are you embroidering? A sparrow or a pheasant?"
Li Wenshu glared at He Lin: "Mandarin ducks."
"Mandarin ducks?" He Lin looked at it carefully. The strange bird on the purse didn't resemble a mandarin duck at all.
Then, in front of Shu'er, he put the purse into his pocket.
"Did I say I would give it to you?" Li Wenshu said, but she didn't take the purse after all.
She had a stern face and no expression.
But He Lin saw Shu'er's expression and didn't think she was cold or aloof. Instead, she seemed shy.
"If Shu'er isn't seeing me off, could it be that she's giving it to Qian'er instead?"
Li Wenshu turned around, her back to He Lin: "Why not give it to my senior brother?"
"I don't care who you want to give it to, it's mine now that it's in my hands." He Lin smirked, took a step forward, and forcefully pulled Li Wenshu around.
Let's look at Li Wenshu again.
Unable to contain his excitement, for the first time, he boldly reached out and pulled her into his arms.
"Stop keeping me at arm's length."
"Shu'er, I love you, and I want to be with you for life, as one and only."
He moved very carefully, afraid that Shu'er might push him away if she became unhappy.
However, Shu'er did not, but only murmured to herself, "One life, one love, one couple."
He sensed something was wrong with her body and looked down at her cheeks.
Surprisingly, for the first time ever, a few more blushes appeared.
At that moment, his heart was filled with ecstasy.
He leaned in and covered his lips with his...
In a split second, a report was heard from outside the courtyard.
"Li Wenshu, receive the imperial decree!"
Li Wenshu looked puzzled, and in an instant pushed He Lin away:
"His Majesty has issued an edict to me. Do you know what it is about?"
He Lin shook his head, a bad feeling creeping into his heart.
"Receive the imperial decree first."
Li Wenshu nodded and left the room.
He Lin did not go along because he did not want anyone to know that he had appeared at General Li's mansion.
Li Wenshu went out to receive the imperial decree. At this moment, Li Zheng and his wife, along with Gu Qian, appeared beside the eunuch.
"By the mandate of Heaven..."
He Lin was right behind the bend at the time.
Looking back now, all he remembers is feeling somewhat uneasy after hearing the imperial edict.
Li Wenshu, her face pale, received the imperial edict with trembling hands.
...
"So, it was an imperial edict ordering a marriage." Gu Xiaoran had already guessed the contents of the edict after hearing what He Lin said.
"Yes, the late emperor betrothed your mother to Prince Rui."
"And then what happened?"
"later……"
Three months later, the wedding date was fast approaching.
On the eve of the wedding, everyone in General Li's mansion was busy preparing for Li Wenshu's marriage.
On this day, Li Wenshu, the person involved, came looking for He Lin.
At this moment, He Lin was sitting on the artificial hill in the courtyard, staring blankly at the scattered figures inside the mansion.
He was thinking that even with General Li's strong support, his elder brother still had Qian'er.
However, the thought that Shu'er would soon become his eldest brother's princess made him so sad that he couldn't breathe.
No, he couldn't just stand by and watch Shu'er marry someone else.
"What are you thinking about, so engrossed?"
A clear, cold voice interrupted He Lin's thoughts.
He turned around and saw Li Wenshu sitting beside him.
"He Lin, do you still stand by what you said back then?"
"What did you say?" He Lin asked instinctively, only to see Li Wenshu get up, turn around, and walk away.
He quickly chased after her and grabbed her wrist.
"It's arithmetic, it's arithmetic! He Lin loves Shu'er, and that will never change!"
Li Wenshu: "I want you to steal my bride in a sedan chair tomorrow. Do you dare?"
She still refused to accept being toyed with by fate...
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