Marrying?
How old is Xiao Ai now? Ye Qinghan looks to be at most eight years old!
Marrying?
How could Xiao Ai possibly know what marriage meant at that time?
However, Xiao Ai nodded with a blank expression. She hadn't seen her mother for half a month, and could only hear her mother returning to her bedroom at night.
Xiao Ai thought her mother was just teasing her and didn't take it seriously. After all, it was already a rare treat for her mother to make time for her!
This is a small garden next to the council hall. When Xiao Ai's father spends too much time in his room, he sometimes reviews documents here.
In the center of the garden was a small bamboo pavilion, surrounded by an artificial hill and a small pond. Stepping along the path paved with different colored pebbles, Xiao Ai saw a very beautiful woman sitting in the pavilion from afar.
Her skin was as white and smooth as mutton fat, her figure was perfect, and her long hair cascaded down to her waist like a waterfall. Her lips were slightly parted, and her eyes shone with a gentle light, etched with tenderness. She was truly a woman of natural beauty and captivating charm.
She wore a cream-colored strapless dress with an embroidered short jacket over it, exuding wealth without being ostentatious, and simplicity without being plain.
"Mom, is that beautiful woman your good friend?" Xiao Ai asked, tilting her head.
"Thank you for your compliment, little princess." The beauty seemed to have super hearing; as soon as Xiao Ai finished speaking, she looked in their direction.
Xiao Ai has a loud voice; people could hear her from far away. The little one even became shy and buried her head in Chi Yao's arms.
"Yes, this beautiful woman came specifically for Xiao Ai," Chi Yao thought to herself. Her precious daughter was actually praising another woman's beauty in front of her; she was about to get jealous!
Despite her reluctance, shy Xiao Ai was placed on the ground by Yaochi. "For me?" Xiao Ai peeked out from behind Yaochi and asked cautiously.
"She wants Xiao Ai to be her daughter!" Chi Yao's mischievous smile couldn't stop; she wanted to see if Xiao Ai's face would turn ripe.
Xiao Ai didn't understand what Chi Yao meant at all.
Xiao Ai had seen a story in a picture book earlier about a mother sending her child away, and she thought that Chi Yao was going to give her to the woman in front of her.
"Mother? You really don't want Xiao Ai anymore?" As she spoke, a small pearl was about to drip down, and before Chi Yao and the other two could even react, the small pearl had already slid down their cheeks.
"Oh, oh? How could that be? Haha, how could your mother not want you?" Chi Yao quickly picked up Xiao Ai, whom she had just put on the ground, and gently stroked her little head. "She wants you to be her daughter-in-law, that is, to find you a husband."
"Wh...what? Husband!?" Xiao Ai was stunned. She stammered and was so shy that she wished she could pry open Yao Chi's mouth and hide inside Chi Yao's belly.
The woman also stood up and gave a slight bow to the little princess. "I am the Queen of King Irel. You can call me Princess Pingji. That's my name."
Pingji didn't hide anything either; with a wave of her hand, a photograph appeared out of thin air and was handed to Xiao Ai.
"So, how about it? Would you like to marry into my family?"
But how picky is Xiao Ai?
She didn't even look at the photo that was handed to her: "No, no! I'm a princess, only a prince is good enough for me!"
Even the usually dignified and elegant Pingji couldn't help but laugh out loud upon hearing Xiao Ai's words!
Then, looking at Chi Yao, he smiled and said, "Your Highness is right. However, he is indeed a prince, and he is very likely to become the king of Iriel in the future. If Xiao Ai marries into my family, perhaps she can become a queen like your mother!"
A prince?
Xiao Ai slowly peeked out. She had never seen a real Prince Charming, and knew about him only in picture books.
Among her brothers and sisters, there were some who could be considered princes, but they were far from what Xiao Ai had imagined; they were from completely different worlds...
Xiao Ai looked at the photo Pingji handed her, and then at Pingji's confident expression. Could it be...?
Could he really be Prince Charming?
At this moment, Ye Qinghan and Li Shiyao, who were watching from the side, also became interested and gathered around, since these people couldn't see them.
Xiao Ai thought that it wouldn't hurt to take a look, and as a princess, she couldn't very well refuse her mother's friend, could she?
So I simply took the photo, and it would have been better if I hadn't looked at it...
Ye Qinghan and Li Shiyao were also stunned!
The man in the photograph is handsome and dashing, dressed in armor, wielding a giant sword, riding a black-armored warhorse, and with tens of thousands of soldiers behind him—he looks incredibly imposing!
At this moment, Xiao Ai felt that Prince Charming doesn't necessarily ride a white horse, does he?
What if the white horse gets sick?
Although there was no white horse, this prince was indeed handsome!
This is the first time Xiao Ai has ever seen such a handsome prince!
My mother said that the things in the picture book are fake, but aren't there real ones?
Chi Yao glanced at Ping Ji, then at Xiao Ai in her arms who seemed lost in thought, and burst out laughing!
"Pfft! Look at our princess, what's wrong? If you like him, how about calling him our little Ai's husband?"
At this moment, Xiao Ai was also extremely shy, no longer the domineering person she had been just now. Her blushing face immediately buried itself in Chi Yao's arms, but her little hands were still clutching the photo and wouldn't let go!
"Ugh, Mom!"
Chi Yao and Ping Ji were both laughing uncontrollably: "Oh? You hate me? If you hate me, you won't have a husband anymore~ Hehehe~"
Chi Yao seemed eager to see Xiao Ai's shy expression, gently stroking her pink-haired head with her delicate hand. However, Xiao Ai was already too shy to show her face, clinging tightly to Chi Yao.
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