25 Chapter 25
◎I want to marry her.◎
"No, no, the Wei family's daughter won't work, but the future young lady of the Wei family will work, right?"
Wei Che suddenly opened his eyes, with a hint of coldness in them.
Fu Zongying disagreed, "Why are you glaring at me? Don't you think about it? After the results are announced, it will take another half a year, maybe even less than half a year, before he or she really becomes a member of the Wei family. By then, you can see him or her whenever you want. Instead of hesitating, why not meet him or her more often now?"
"Then I really thank you for your advice." Wei Che glanced at him and lay down on the couch. He supported the back of his head with his hands, looked at the beams, and let out a long sigh.
"The more this happens, the less I want to see her."
Fu Zongying blinked and asked him why.
Wei Che said, "Knowing that she likes someone else and wants to marry someone else and have children in the future, why should I try to get close to her? It would be a waste of effort."
"You're talking as if you weren't the one chasing them out of the city, willingly jumping off a cliff to save them from the assassins." Fu Zongying rolled her eyes at him. "Also, it's as if you weren't the one who inexplicably wanted to form an alliance and make a deal with them, finding people and drawing the map."
To put it bluntly, they are just being stubborn. They are not as straightforward as those people in the underworld who just say whatever they want.
Wei Che was so angry that he kicked him. Fu Zongying was only fifteen years old, how could he be so capable of poking someone's lungs?
Fu Zongying can not only poke people's sore spots, but also quickly predict and avoid Wei Che's kick.
He sat on the table and poured himself some water. Seeing Wei Che's expression of despair, he asked, "Hey brother, if you like it so much, don't you want to fight for it again?"
"Strive for it?" Wei Che chuckled softly. Perhaps the candlelight in the corridor was too bright, making his eyes dry and slightly painful. He raised his hand to cover his eyes, sighed, and said, "That depends on her willingness."
Fu Zongying asked, "Why are you unhappy? Did you lie to Ruan Ling and me about your lifelong commitment to the princess?"
Wei Che laughed softly, "Who lied to you? She really liked Xie Qi back then, but later she really didn't like him anymore, so she broke off the engagement. And now, she's attracted to Wei Ming, so why would I, Wei Che, get involved?"
With obvious self-mockery.
Fu Zongying raised his eyebrows, not knowing whether to agree or not. "Oh, then don't look for her in the future, lest you ruin her good marriage."
Wei Che was unhappy, so he took his hand away, opened his eyes and looked at him, saying resentfully, "How did it happen that we missed our marriage? I just wanted to see her, not force her to marry me."
Fu Zongying laughed and said, "Okay, then you can go ask the princess about the Wei family study. This is a good opportunity for you to meet her. I won't do the hard labor of lying on the roof."
How could Wei Che not know what this young man was planning?
He scoffed at Fu Zongying and said, "Fu Zongying, if you don't want to stake out the Wei residence anymore, just say so. Why bother talking about other people? Do you think Xu Qinghe can find my weakness?"
Fu Zongying didn't pinch his weak spot, but Wei Che pinched Fu Zongying's vital point.
"If you don't want to do it, then go back to your martial arts world as soon as possible. I'll find someone else to help. Others may not know, but Ruan Ling will definitely help me."
"You're playing dirty! You have no moral principles!" Fu Zongying suddenly jumped up, moved closer to Wei Che, pointed at his nose and scolded him, "How old is she? Thirteen! How can she do such dirty and dangerous work!"
Wei Che spread his hands and said helplessly, "There's nothing I can do. Your parents promised to help me overturn the case, and since you won't help, I have no choice but to find someone else."
Fu Zongying was young and was so angry after just a few words that his face turned red. He turned around, picked up the teacup on the table and drank it all in one gulp. Then he walked out of the door angrily and continued to lie on the roof of the Wei family.
Wei Che looked at his angry back and laughed for a moment.
As he laughed, the corners of his mouth slowly turned downwards, the noise just now stopped abruptly, and he was the only one left in the empty dormitory.
He peeled an orange and put it in his mouth. It was very sour.
If it weren't for his treason back then, he and Xu Qinghe would probably be at this age, just like Fu Zongying and that girl Ruan Ling, either fighting or being affectionate, just waiting to get married when they were old enough.
Even though the orange was very sour, Wei Che still ate it all.
After washing up and lying down on the bed, he took out the two jade pendants from under the pillow, took the one that belonged to Xu Qinghe, and stroked it carefully.
**
At the same time, inside the palace.
Xu Qinghe had finished chanting in the Buddhist temple and was supported by Nanzhi as he walked back to the bedroom.
She had to kneel in the Buddhist temple and chant scriptures for an hour every day. After a few days, her knees became red and swollen again, and they would hurt as soon as they got wet.
This was definitely not a normal way to bathe, but the princess loved cleanliness, so Nanzhi had no choice but to carefully wipe the princess' body with a towel every day.
Xu Qinghe used to like taking baths very much. The steaming hot water could always wash away all her fatigue.
Now she was injured and had to copy Buddhist scriptures at the Queen Mother's command. She felt tired and sleepy more easily than usual.
She sat on the couch with her head propped up, and Nanzhi wrung her hair dry behind her.
Just as he was about to fall asleep, Xu Qinghe blinked, calmed his mind, and forced himself to wake up.
"Nanzhi, first give me the ears of corn that I haven't threshed in the past few days, and I'll thresh them a couple more times."
It is not difficult to weave a tassel of corn, but the difficulty lies in the fact that the work is delicate and requires patience. It is very easy to get sleepy while doing it. Over the past few days, Xu Qinghe took some time out from his busy schedule to start weaving it.
Nanzhi brought over the basket of ears of corn, her face showing concern as she softly advised, "Aren't you tired, Princess? Your hair will be dry soon. Why don't you just rest?"
Xu Qinghe shook her head. She didn't want to drag things out. The sooner she finished it, the sooner she would be free.
While Nanzhi was braiding her hair, she advised, "The Queen Mother asked the princess to copy Buddhist scriptures for the eldest son of Wei to pray for him. The princess's hands are already sore, so it's better to let Nanzhi do such a small thing."
She thought about it and agreed.
Anyway, the ears of corn all looked the same, so Wei Che had no way of telling whether she made them or not.
"That's fine, just hurry up and figure it out in the next few days."
The fifteenth day will come in a few days, and Wei Che should then go to the palace to pay his respects to Concubine Zhao.
At that time, she was still under house arrest, so she asked Lin Xiao to take Suizi for a walk around Concubine Zhao's palace. When Wei Che saw them, he would naturally give the map to Lin Xiao.
When Lin Xiao saw Wei Che, he couldn't help but feel strange. How could such a good-looking prince look so tired?
She remembered that people in the capital said that the prince often lingered in brothels and prostitutes. If that was the case... then it wouldn't be surprising that the prince acted like this?
"What are you thinking about?" Wei Che saw that she was lost in thought, so he waved the map in front of her.
These days he had to deal with the wife of the Duke of Fuguo and his cousin, and he had to travel around with the young men in the capital to gather information. He also had to switch shifts with Fu Zongying from time to time to lie on the roof of the Wei family's house. He was more exhausted than the previous night marches.
After Lin Xiao took the picture, Wei Che reached out again, "Where's the ear of corn I want? Has your princess finished making it?"
Lin Xiao handed over the golden-red tassel.
Wei Che took the tassel and looked at it for a long time. Finally, he couldn't help laughing, "Who is she trying to fool me with?"
Lin Xiaoke didn't know about this. She usually did some unimportant work in the yard and rarely saw Xu Qinghe and Nanzhi. Naturally, she didn't know the reason for this ear of corn.
"How does the prince know that this wasn't done by the princess?"
Of course Wei Che knew.
The skill of making tassels was taught to her by his mother. When she first learned it, she made tassels for him a lot. Things like long swords, folding fans, and jade pendants were all hung with her tassels.
I guess she was really annoyed with me and even wanted to deal with this casually.
He threw the tassel back to Lin Xiao and said, "Tell her I only want what she makes, not what others make."
Lin Xiao replied "yes". She was about to leave but was stopped again.
"How is she...recently?"
As soon as Wei Che asked the question, he immediately found it funny.
What could a princess like her, raised in the palace as a precious treasure, do? Naturally, she was pampered with good food and drink.
He had just heard Concubine Zhao mention that the Spring Examination was approaching, and the girl had been staying in Empress Dowager Wei's Buddhist temple all day copying scriptures and praying for Wei Ming. She was really sincere to him.
Since he already knew everything, why did he ask this question?
Asking for trouble.
"Forget it, there's no need to say more. I know everything."
"......" Lin Xiao gritted his teeth, hesitated for a moment, thought about it, and finally said: "Sir, perhaps you really don't know the princess's current situation?"
Wei Che was just like usual, with a smile on his face, but he still had a bad feeling in his heart.
Lin Xiao briefly recounted the incident on the night of the Shangsi Festival, when Empress Dowager Wei rebuked Xu Qinghe. Finally, he said, "My Lord, the princess is an orphan in this palace. The royal courtesy she has received is far less than the grievances she has endured."
Wei Che's ears buzzed and he stood there in a daze, the curve of his lips still frozen there.
At this time, a gust of wind blew behind him, but there was no sound of wind in his ears, only sharp buzzing sounds.
In the end, he didn't know how he sent Lin Xiao away, nor how he returned to Concubine Zhao's palace, and he didn't know what the wife of the Duke of Fuguo said to him after complaining to Concubine Zhao.
He got on the carriage in a daze and sat opposite the wife of the Duke of Fuguo, with a sullen face and vacant eyes.
"You, child, why are you so distraught after leaving the palace?" The wife of the Duke of Fuguo scolded him, and then said, "Today I told your aunt about your marriage, and your aunt still wants to find a better girl. What do you think?"
Wei Che didn't hear what she said, he only saw the wife of the Duke of Fuguo's mouth opening and closing.
When she didn't get a reply, the wife of the Duke of Fuguo kicked him and said, "What are you thinking, kid? Tell your mother. Don't let me find someone else for you and then you refuse to accept her."
Wei Che finally came back to his senses. "What did you say?"
The wife of the Duke of Fuguo frowned, "Why are you so strange today?"
"I'm fine." Wei Che shook his head, a smile returning to his face, but his eyes were dim. He asked, "Mother, you just said you wanted to find a new husband? I think we should change families too. I don't think that cousin wants to marry me either."
"Change, change, change. If you say change, change it. So what kind of girl do you want? Which girl do you want? You have to tell me."
After all, she spoiled her son and doted on him too much, which led to his bad reputation. Men of equal status were unwilling to marry their daughters to him, and she looked down on men from poorer families.
"Can a mother really agree to whatever her son wants?"
After he said this, the wife of the Duke of Fuguo knew the difficulty of this matter, but in order to satisfy her child, she still said: "Whether it is possible or not, I will know it only after you tell me."
Wei Che smiled and said:
"Mother, I want to marry the Princess Qinghe."
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