She didn't care. In her opinion, the person she would choose in the future, and who would also like her, probably wouldn't care either.
At worst, I can follow the example of Peng Wu-guniang, not get married, and just stay in the army.
She could both relieve the Empress Dowager's worries and solve her cousin's problem.
After she was betrothed, her cousin went on a hunger strike for two days. The Empress Dowager sent someone to say something, and her cousin recovered and even got engaged.
She lived up to the Empress Dowager's expectations, giving the three Rongguo Dukes a severe lesson and humiliation.
With the addition of the lily of the valley, the Duke of Rong probably no longer wants a princess as his daughter-in-law!
Unfortunately, she still holds the title of the Rongguo Duke's fiancée, and the marriage was arranged by imperial decree. Before she finds a partner, the Rongguo Duke can forget about having a legitimate grandson.
Once Li Muyan's numerous concubines have given birth to sons, and she finds a partner and breaks off the engagement, he will marry a legal wife. At that time, the Rongguo Duke's mansion will be quite a sight, with a bunch of illegitimate sons vying for the title with the legitimate son.
Let the Duke of Rong see for himself, is this the kind of descendant you want to carry on the family line, a descendant who kills each other?
Upon hearing these words, the Gu siblings had to admit that the Empress Dowager was truly brilliant.
"Thank you for sacrificing yourself, Princess. It's all my fault for being so useless!" Gu Nian was now able to speak to Princess Jinghe openly.
"Don't call me Princess, just call me Sister Zhen. Jinghe is my title, my name is Ye Zhen. We are all sisters, from the same ancestor. Your grandfather and my grandfather were brothers. Don't be shy!" Princess Jinghe hugged Gu Nian, which can be described as very unrestrained.
"Wow! So you really are my sister! Sister Zhen, I felt so close to you the first time I met you, just like a sister!" Gu Xin was overjoyed.
She used to envy those big families with all sorts of cousins, both older and younger, while she only had her own cousins.
Now she has a large family of cousins from different branches of the family.
Princess Jinghe said seriously, "Let me tell you, only my brother and I don't mind you, but other members of the royal family with the surname Ye will. So, don't think too highly of those people with the surname Ye!"
Gu Xin: "Would Uncle Ye, or rather, the Emperor's children mind?"
Princess Jinghe tapped Gu Xin on the head: "Of course! They're the ones who mind the most. Look, Grandfather should have inherited the throne, which means two of you four sisters would be proper princesses and two would be noble princesses. Those princes and princesses might bother you, but their mothers will be. So, don't trust them too much. Only my brother and I are on good terms. Anyway, in our Kang Prince's Mansion, only princesses and princes will be allowed to be princesses!"
Gu Xin nodded: "I understand. It's just like Yuanyuan's family. He should be the heir, but his stepmother, stepbrother, and stepsister all want to kill him. Now that he's gone, his stepbrother becomes the heir and inherits the title. No one will force his stepmother to burn incense and kowtow to his mother anymore."
Princess Jinghe asked, "Who is Brother Yuanyuan?"
Gu Hui: "Look around the capital, which family is like this? That unlucky kid is Xin Xin's brother Yuan Yuan."
Princess Jinghe thought for a moment: "There are quite a few cases like this in the capital. The first wife dies, the second wife frames the first wife's children, and the head of the household turns a blind eye. Just last year, something like this happened. The heir of the Duke of Zhenguo's mansion was said to be a jinx to her by the second wife, so he was sent back to his hometown at the age of ten. Last year, that unfortunate child was burned to death in his hometown and was sent back. You don't know, the Duke of Zhenguo's wife, Madam Lin, was so happy that she went to make a lot of jewelry for her daughter, and she was severely punished by Lu Zheng's maternal grandmother and didn't leave the house for a month!"
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