Chapter 191 Introducing Marriage Partners
Beside the fountain in the banquet hall.
Because the fountain water creates a mist when it falls, there aren't many guests sitting here, so it's quite quiet.
After the Crown Princess led Qiao Mei to their destination, she looked at the silver-haired boy who was still closely following her and raised an eyebrow, asking, "And this gentleman is...?"
Qiao Mei generously introduced, "This is my boyfriend, Cang Ao. We plan to get married before the end of this year."
"Cang Ao?" Upon hearing this, the Crown Princess asked carefully which two characters it was, and after memorizing them, she planned to go down and investigate. Then she explained the real reason why she had called Qiao Mei over.
"It's like this, I had originally planned to introduce you to a good marriage today, but now you say you have a boyfriend, which is rather unfortunate."
"Even so, your status is rather special. It is your freedom to choose which boyfriend to date and how many boyfriends you want. As for your marriage, it is still up to your father to decide. Although you no longer live in the royal family, you still have half royal blood in your veins. Marriage is a major event that cannot be taken too lightly."
As Dai Qin spoke, she gave Ao Cang a critical look with her frog-like eyes.
"Your boyfriend is quite good-looking, but his background must be rather ordinary, right? Otherwise, given his circumstances, I would have heard of him before."
Dai Qin is the Crown Princess, and she has seen at least eight hundred, if not a thousand, handsome men. In her eyes, Ao Cang, although he could get a relatively high score, is only good-looking.
Even so, letting Qiao Mei marry him is already a bargain for her.
While pondering, she suppressed the darkness in the frog's eyes, turned on her personal computer bracelet, and pulled up what she wanted Qiao Mei to see.
"Look at this young master, he's from a warlord family in the Federation. He's about your age and handsome. I've met him before; he seems honest. If you marry him, you'll definitely have a good life."
Qiao Mei glanced at the projection on the personal terminal and found that the so-called young master was, well, let's just say, a bit hard to describe in terms of appearance.
Not only did he have a bulbous nose and sausage lips, but his face was also pockmarked, and the dark circles under his eyes were very obvious. He was comparable to the Crown Prince, and they both looked like people who indulged in excessive pleasure.
Although he didn't have much fat on his body and looked quite thin, he was so thin that he looked too emaciated, almost like a skeleton.
By any measure, he has nothing to do with being handsome and honest.
Upon seeing this, Qiao Mei glanced at Dai Qin and, sure enough, saw some ill intent in her eyes. Remembering the royal secrets Xu Hui had told her before, she roughly understood what Dai Qin wanted to do.
Xu Hui told her that the Crown Prince was extremely fond of beautiful women, and that out of a hundred women in the harem, eighty or more were quite attractive.
When she entered the palace, she was considered the most beautiful among them.
Although Dai Qin came from a good family, she was not good-looking and was never favored by the Crown Prince.
As a result, during that period, Xu Hui, as the Crown Prince's favored concubine, was frequently targeted by the Crown Princess.
It wasn't until she lost faith in Qiao Ziming and fell out of favor that Dai Qin stopped using those underhanded methods.
Logically speaking, by this point, the conflict between the two should have been largely resolved.
However, Xu Hui also said that Dai Qin is a petty person and felt that Dai Qin would definitely not let go of the humiliation she had caused her back then, and might take revenge on her. Therefore, she told Qiao Mei to be careful and try not to provoke her.
At the time, Qiao Mei thought it might not be as Xu Hui said, but now it seems that Xu Hui's guess was correct.
Qiao Mei pretended not to notice the Crown Princess's deliberate obstruction, moved closer to where Ao Cang was, and sighed, "The person you introduced is indeed very outstanding, but I've already decided to marry Cang Ao, so I'm sorry, but anyway, thank you..."
Dai Qin narrowed her frog-like eyes, her fake smile vanished, and her tone turned cold as she interrupted her, saying, "Are you suggesting that you're disregarding your father's opinion and making a decision on your own?"
"Qiao Mei, just because I gave you a few nice looks, you think you can take advantage of me?"
Hearing her use even the pronoun "this palace," Qiao Mei's eyes turned cold. She pretended to be puzzled and said, "There is no law in the interstellar world that stipulates that children's marriage must be approved by their parents. Besides, my mother definitely approves of my relationship with Cang Ao. Even if my father doesn't approve, I can't break up with Cang Ao because of him. I don't know why you are suddenly angry?"
What she meant was that the Crown Prince was neither her mother nor her father, yet he was more concerned about her marriage than either of them, which was really meddling in her affairs.
“You…!” Having spent so many years in the palace, Dai Qin could still discern some of the unspoken meanings in the words. She immediately wanted to attack Qiao Mei, but was stopped by Ao Cang.
"Even if you are the Crown Princess, there is no reason for you to force someone else's child into marriage, is there?"
When Ao Cang heard Dai Qin say that she had found a boyfriend for Qiao Mei, a sense of unease enveloped him.
Seeing that she actually wanted to hit her, he immediately became angry. The coldness in his golden eyes made Dai Qin shiver involuntarily, as if someone had a knife to her neck.
She was furious. Remembering the family benefits she had promised the Crown Prince just yesterday, she told Qiao Mei to wait, and that she would have the Crown Prince come over right away.
"If I can't persuade you, how could the Crown Prince, your biological father, not persuade you?!"
As she spoke, she turned on her smartwatch and walked away into the distance.
Qiao Mei didn't move, but took off the gloves she was wearing, revealing the red agate bracelet that Xu Hui had given her before she left.
Only after confirming that they were conspicuous did they wait for the Crown Prince to arrive.
But before the Crown Prince could arrive, she saw Shang Duojin arrive with Lei Ting.
He said there were some novel and delicious pastries at the ball, and he brought them specifically for her to eat.
Dai Qin knew about the young master of the merchant, and she was particularly impressed by him because he often wore blue and white striped clothes that looked like hospital gowns.
Seeing that he had come specifically to see Qiao Mei and that they seemed to have a pretty good relationship, the frog-like girl rolled her eyes and, after Shang Duojin left, began to subtly probe into their relationship.
"It's my friend. Is there something you need, Your Highness?"
"Friends? What kind of friends? Do you know anything about the four women in the merchant's household?"
Shang Duojin's older sisters are all quite capable, but they are still single.
According to Qiao Mei, the engagement of the Crown Prince Qiao Haojie has not yet been finalized. Judging from Dai Qin's appearance, she seems to have her sights set on the merchants.
Just as I was about to give a perfunctory reply, I heard Qiao Ziming's voice coming from behind me.
"Your Highness, what is it you wish to summon me here for?"
Ao Cang: You think I'm dead?
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