Chapter 243: Bo Qiaohui 55
Bo Nie looked back in the direction of the emperor's finger. Liu Wu was caught by her cold gaze and felt a little nervous and excited.
The girl ignored the other's passionate gaze, her eyes retracted as soon as they met, and when she turned around again, she still had that indifferent look: "Your Highness Prince Liang, I thank you for your kindness, but why should you be so kind to me, Your Highness?"
"Nephew, there is no need to feel guilty. This was my own will."
The expressions of the people present were a little distorted for a moment. They had seen many stupid people, but this was the first time they had seen someone so stupid and blindly confident. King Liang was really a good person. He came to Chang'an specially to broaden their horizons.
Is that guilt? How come I can't understand what he's saying or what he's saying? Oh, his last name is Liu, forget it.
The corners of Bo's nephew's mouth twitched, and his originally nervous mood became calm, and he even felt like laughing.
"Your Highness may have some misunderstandings. The reason I don't want to marry is not because I am ashamed of myself, but because I am worried about your fate."
Bo Ji knew that this would sound like she was deliberately cursing Prince Liang, so before he could get angry, she unleashed her prepared remarks: "Over the past few years, the Empress Dowager and my parents have worked tirelessly for this minister's marriage. The whole of Chang'an has witnessed it all."
"I, your humble servant, believe that although I may not be even a fraction as good as the Empress, I am no less beautiful than the other beautiful ladies in Chang'an. Why has it been delayed until now?"
"If you're being picky, my family only values character, not family background. Even if you compare it to any decent family in Chang'an that wants to marry off their daughter, you can't say my Bo family is too demanding."
When Bo Nie said this, she felt a little happy. Since she had escaped and looked at her marriage again, many things had become very clear to her.
If her marriage wasn't going well because she didn't want to at first and so she made all kinds of excuses, then ever since Prince Liang expressed his wish to marry her and the Queen Mother herself stepped in to act as a matchmaker and couldn't find a good match, there must be a big hand behind it. Who were those hands?
Isn't this obvious?
The thought of how she had foiled the Supreme Being's plans today suddenly gave her an indescribable sense of pleasure. Standing at the pinnacle, stirring the storm under the gaze of millions, was far more satisfying than hiding behind the scenes, offering advice to others and not even leaving a single word in the history books.
Bo Ji sneered inwardly, but his face became increasingly sincere: "This humble servant has been increasingly worried lately. I feel deeply ashamed towards the Queen Mother and my parents. I've even lost my appetite."
"The Empress Dowager saw that my appearance was gradually declining, so she told me something."
When Bo Jie said this, everyone perked up, realizing that what she was about to say was the key point: "It turns out that in the time of the late emperor, the Marquis of Nanpi met a fortune teller who introduced him to the empress dowager. This fortune teller left three prophecies."
"Which three?" Even though Liu Qi knew that Bo Nie was talking nonsense, he couldn't help but be drawn to it and asked subconsciously.
"First, the Empress Dowager has few close relatives, and there is a risk of conflict between siblings, which will affect three generations in the future. Second, Your Majesty is the one chosen by Heaven, and the Empress Dowager must be the mother of the Son of Heaven."
In just two short paragraphs, Bo Nei spoke with cadence and intonation, his gestures and movements truly possessing the grace of a storyteller. He even paused slightly at crucial points, piqued everyone's interest, before speaking calmly, "As for the last one, the Empress Dowager requested that the physiognomist use it on His Royal Highness Prince Liang."
After she said this, Liu Qi actually believed it a little. He looked at his nephew suspiciously, and seeing how confident she was, he even began to wonder if he should go find his mother to test the waters.
"The fortune teller cast a divination for the then-young Prince Liang. The divination indicated good fortune in every respect, except for one ominous factor: when Prince Liang turned eighteen, he would face a calamity related to love."
"If this disaster not only affects the heirs of His Royal Highness Prince Liang, it may even shorten the lifespan of the Queen Mother."
Bo Nie bowed and said, "This calamity happened to me."
"Even if Wu'er really had a calamity as you said, how can you be sure it was you?" Liu Qi looked at her with amusement. Whether Bo Nie was making up a story or it was true, I believed it just because you said it? Don't I care about my reputation?
"Your Majesty, you may not know that I am destined to be alone. I have few relatives, I am neither a father nor a mother, I will punish my husband, my friends, my sons, and my daughters."
Listening to his nephew's constant stream of slander, even Liu Qi was a little shocked. Liu Wu, standing beside him, felt even more aggrieved and shouted in disbelief, "You actually cursed yourself like this just to avoid marrying me?"
Nephew Bo ignored his words and continued to drop a bombshell: "Few outsiders know that I am not of the Bo family bloodline, but rather followed my mother into the Bo family. But these things are surely clear to those present."
"But apart from this, probably no one knows that my mother is not my biological mother. My biological parents have long passed away. It was my current mother who saw that I was alone and helpless at that time and took pity on me. That's why she adopted me. That's how I was able to meet noble people like the Bo family."
Nephew Bo's self-explanation of his shortcomings had the effect of momentarily frightening Liu Qi and Liu Wu. Liu Qi even glanced at Nephew Bo, wondering where to send him after this was over. He must not allow this unlucky man to come into contact with the Empress and her children.
But now...
Liu Qi narrowed his eyes, a smile that looked sinister no matter how one looked at it. "If that's the case, why are your adoptive parents and siblings okay? You, a star born out of nowhere, are still living a fulfilling life?"
"That's because the Bo family and my sister are nobles, but even so, mother didn't dare to let me enter the Bo family ancestral hall. Even my adoptive mother was saved by my sister and Your Majesty."
When Liu Qi heard her say this, he also remembered that year, the child and her mother almost died at the hands of that stepfather. He and Aqiao happened to pass by by chance and saved her life, but the man died in an accident.
This time even Liu Qi was silent.
Could it be that she was truly doomed? Was it just a coincidence that the Bo family was her benefactor, so she hadn't been killed? People always like to imagine things, and the emperor was even more so. For a moment, he even thought that the reason he had intervened to influence her marriage was perhaps fate.
At this moment, Liu Wu stood up and said, "The idea of ghosts and gods is illusory, not to mention fate. Even if you are truly doomed, if the Bo family can survive, why can't I?"
"Of course you can't, absolutely not!"
Everyone in the hall looked at the newcomer in shock, only to see Empress Dowager Dou hobbling in, leaning on a cane. Her cloudy eyes looked around, finally stopping on her nephew.
She was in a very heavy mood at the moment. She had hurried as fast as she could after hearing the news, but Wu'er's words "unlucky star" as soon as she entered the hall made her realize that she was still a step too late.
Dou Yifang didn't expect that her nephew would pay such a huge price in order not to marry Wu'er, and she felt heartbroken for a moment.
This is truly an injustice from a previous life. Now that her nephew has said such things, how can she get married in the future?
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