Chapter 257: Bo Qiaohui 69
"Ten."
"What?" Bo Qiaohui didn't quite hear clearly, so she walked closer and leaned in to listen. Liu Cheng hesitated, then hummed softly, "Ten numbers."
"...You only squatted and counted ten in this state?" Bo Qiaohui looked at Liu Che in confusion: "Che'er, how long did you let him count by himself?"
Liu Che was also somewhat helpless: "One breath is counted once, he counted ten times in total and it became like this."
"You still want to learn after all this?"
Bo Qiaohui supported Liu Cheng, and the palace maids hurriedly took the small tripod away. Liu Cheng leaned against his mother for a long time before he felt his legs less sore. When he looked up, his brother and mother were looking at him worriedly. He was so scared that he quickly waved his hands:
"I'm fine, I really am. Mother, you can't stop the Crown Prince from teaching me martial arts and archery!"
"It's not about whether or not the Queen Mother can stop me, but Cheng'er, your talent isn't there. Even if you work hard, you'll only get half the result with twice the effort."
Liu Che took the opportunity to teach Liu Cheng a lesson. However, if he could be so easily shaken, it would not have caused the emperor and empress a headache for so long. Liu Cheng clenched his hands and said firmly:
"I know I have no talent, but I still want to persevere one more time!"
Looking at his brother's determination, if he was not his brother, or if he was not such a gifted genius, Liu Che would definitely applaud his spirit.
Now, Liu Che could only hold his forehead and sigh, and continue to fight with his stubborn brother.
"Since you insist, Ah Cheng, your mother will not persuade you." Bo Qiaohui had anticipated the result and gave a few words of encouragement without much concern. Then she turned her attention to Liu Che:
"Che'er, do you have anything important to do tomorrow?"
Although she asked this, as the queen, she knew very well whether the Crown Prince, who lived in the palace, was busy recently.
"Nothing, I just agreed with Ah Cheng to continue to accompany him in martial arts training. What are your instructions, mother?"
"The Queen Mother mentioned your marriage today, so I suggest that General Zhou's wife bring Nianxue to the palace tomorrow for her to see her in person. You should go with me to meet the Queen Mother tomorrow."
Liu Che nodded indifferently, not focusing on the fact that he would meet his fiancé tomorrow. Instead, he noticed the message revealed in his mother's few words:
"Why did the Empress Dowager suddenly think of my marriage?"
"Is it strange that elders are concerned about the marriage of their juniors?"
Liu Che couldn't help laughing when he heard this. "Under normal circumstances, there would be nothing wrong. But now that Uncle Wu has committed a grave offense, the Queen Mother is already worried about her own beloved child, and she's still concerned about my marriage? How could I possibly have the nerve to do that? Mother, listen to this for yourself. Is this even possible?"
"You little brat, you're making fun of our elders." Bo Qiaohui patted him twice and couldn't help laughing.
"Let me guess, besides Nian Xue, I'm afraid that Chen A Jiao will also come tomorrow?"
After Liu Che finished laughing, he leaned over the table, squinted his narrow, long, almond-shaped eyes, and said something ambiguous: "You are greedy."
"Just know what's going on. Your grandmother and we won't agree with her plan. As for Gillian, she's not a bad person by nature. It's just that Guantao has spoiled her like this, and I'm afraid she can't change. Just understand the limits."
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The next morning, Bo Qiaohui took her son to the Queen Mother's palace. She thought they were early enough, but unexpectedly, when they entered Guantao, they found A Jiao already there.
Qiaohui looked at the little girl beside Guantao and couldn't help but say that she was truly pleasing. She was clearly only in her teens, yet she was as bright and graceful as a peony, truly worthy of the title of "a national beauty and a heavenly fragrance."
Even Liu Che, who was not interested in this style, took a second look at it, because everyone loves beauty.
Guan Tao was very pleased with himself when he saw this. He smiled sweetly and said to Liu Che, "Che'er, what do you think of our Ah Jiao? Is she beautiful?"
"Sister A Jiao is naturally beautiful." Liu Che admitted openly, causing Guan Tao to chuckle again: "Then how about making her our Che'er's wife?"
"Aunt, do you want to take my sister as my concubine?" Liu Che asked sincerely, "Is my sister... willing too?"
"Be your concubine?!" Chen Ajiao screamed in disbelief. Seeing that the doubt on Liu Che's face did not seem to be fake, she thought her mother really wanted her to be the prince's concubine for the sake of glory and wealth. She immediately stood up and shouted at Guantao:
"Mother, that's not what you told me when I came here. How could you let me become someone else's concubine?"
Her slender fingers were about to poke Liu Che in the face. Liu Che, who was originally watching from the sidelines, narrowed his eyes, with a smile on his face, but the aura around him was slightly cold.
"When did I say I wanted you to be my concubine? Sit down now! Don't you think you're embarrassed enough?" Guan Tao hurriedly pulled his daughter to sit down. After finally getting her to settle down, he could finally focus on questioning the person who started this.
"What did Che'er mean by that? Could it be that someone looks down on our Gillian and deliberately made you say such rude words?"
"Aunt, why do you say that? Do you need anyone to teach you this? Nianxue and I have already been engaged. This was decided by my father and mother, so it will not be changed. Now that you are saying this, aren't you asking Sister A Jiao to be your nephew's concubine?"
"Oh, so that's how it is. But Che'er, you and Zhou Nianxue haven't gotten married yet, and this matter hasn't been finalized yet."
Guan Tao smiled meaningfully, but Liu Che remained straightforward. "Aunt, I don't understand what you mean. Can the decision of the Emperor and the Empress be changed at will? Or can you ask the Emperor to retract his will?"
"Of course she can't," Dou Yifang couldn't bear it any longer. She beckoned Liu Che to sit over and glared at Guan Tao with disapproval. "Your aunt is just joking with you. Your father's decision cannot be changed at will. Since Nianxue has already been chosen, if A Jiao insists on marrying, she can only be a concubine."
"Mother!"
After Dou Yifang said this, Chen Ajiao no longer had the chance to become the queen. Guantao looked at his mother in disbelief, but saw that she was holding Liu Che in her arms and not even looking at her.
The eldest princess had never suffered such a great humiliation since she was born. The little quarrels between her and the queen would make Guantao angry for a long time, let alone today's big show of being exposed by her own mother in front of the juniors and the queen.
"I won't marry. Who is Liu Che? He's just a prince. He wants me to be his concubine? Dream on!"
At this moment, Chen Ajiao, just like she had done to her mother before, did not disappoint Bo Qiaohui this time. She slammed the table and threw the phoenix crown on her head to the ground:
"Whoever wants to marry can marry!"
After saying that, she picked up her skirt and ran out without looking back.
Guantao didn't care about others, and she was too embarrassed to save face at the moment, so she just took the opportunity to chase Gillian and ran away.
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