Zhou Qiongyue looked at her fifth brother's dejected expression and couldn't help but comfort him, "Fifth brother, don't worry. The fact that you can bring Prince Fu'an into the Marquis Cheng'en Mansion must have been approved by my grandfather, father, and eldest brother.
Otherwise you would have been beaten long ago before I met him."
"Really?" Zhou Zhiquan only thought that his sister was there to comfort him. His grandfather never cared about his affairs, and his father and elder brother didn't care about his friends either. They just strictly supervised his studies.
Seeing that his fifth brother didn't believe him, Zhou Qiong thought for a moment and added, "My father just went to see me at Qiongyue Pavilion. I came to the front yard with him. I also told him that I wanted to come see you, but he didn't say anything."
Zhou Qiongyue felt that someone must have come to the front yard and reported it to her grandfather and father.
What's more, he was a big shot like Prince Fu'an. It was impossible that my grandfather and father had not received the news. The fact that my grandfather and father did not show up to accompany him was already strange.
When Zhou Zhiquan heard his sister say this, he thought about it seriously and felt that this was indeed possible. He instantly felt relieved that he had escaped a disaster.
But he thought that if his father and the others acquiesced to this matter, wouldn't his sister be married off soon? He thought it would be better to let his eldest brother beat him up!
Seeing that her fifth brother was still unhappy after all her analysis, Zhou Qiongyue quickly promised, "Fifth brother, don't be unhappy! If Dad and Big Brother beat you up, I will definitely go and plead for you. If that doesn't work, I'll block it for you."
Seeing his sister being so nice, Zhou Zhiquan felt even more annoyed. He said with a droopy look:
"It's not because of this. I just... I just don't want you to get married so soon."
Zhou Qiongyue looked at her fifth brother who was reluctant to let her get married, and her heart was filled with emotion. She rubbed her eyes and adjusted her mood. Then she slowly stood up, tiptoed, patted her fifth brother's shoulder, and said calmly:
"Oh, I thought it was something else! I guess they will first ask the emperor to grant the marriage and finalize the status. As for getting married, it's definitely too early for me! Aren't the eldest brother and the fifth brother still unmarried? I will definitely have to wait until you are all married before it's my turn."
"Yes, not only my eldest brother and I haven't married yet, but your five brothers haven't married yet either! Even if we hold two weddings a year, it will take three years.
Besides, apart from my eldest brother, the remaining four of us don’t even have a fiancée.”
The more Zhou Zhiquan spoke, the happier he felt. As for the fool who thought he would get married soon, whoever wanted to remember him could remember him. Anyway, Zhou Zhiquan felt that he could not remember him at this moment.
"Fifth brother is right!" Zhou Qiongyue agreed with fifth brother without hesitation.
She was just anxious to get her status settled, not to get married. She was really afraid that the royal family would go crazy again one day and drag her into the mess.
Zhou Qiongyue felt that it would be better for her to be taken.
Especially for someone like Prince Fu'an, whose family is full of meritorious service, as long as the emperor grants the marriage, Prince Fu'an will show that he likes her very much.
Even the emperor would not be able to arrange any marriages at random, let alone other people. Who would dare to snatch his beloved wife from the only son of a loyal and brave family?
Zhou Zhiquan was very curious at this time, especially after he knew that he would not be beaten and his sister would not be married for the time being, he wanted to go to his father's place to watch the fun even more.
Zhou Zhiquan wanted to go, so he said to Zhou Qiongyue happily, "Then sister, please go back to the backyard first! I have something to ask father."
If Zhou Qiongyue hadn't known what Fifth Brother was thinking, she would have believed his lies. But Fifth Brother wanted to watch the fun, and she had no intention of stopping him. Instead, she calmly extended her hand to him.
Zhou Zhiquan didn't understand what his sister meant for a moment. He touched his head and said, "Sister, what are you doing..."
Zhou Qiongyue looked at Fifth Brother with a smile on her face, as if she had written "I see through you" on her face. "Fifth Brother wants to watch the fun, shouldn't he make some compensation to his reluctant sister?"
Zhou Zhiquan pretended to be reluctant and took out ten taels of silver from his purse and put it in Zhou Qiongyue's hand. Zhou Zhiquan was very happy to give money to his sister.
But his sister wanted to see him feel sorry for the money, so as a good brother, he had no choice but to fulfill her wish.
Zhou Qiongyue knew that this should be all the belongings of his fifth brother. This should be all that was left of his monthly allowance.
Otherwise, considering how much Fifth Brother dotes on her, he should have given her more than this.
But Zhou Qiongyue was not greedy. She only picked one weighing about two taels and stuffed the rest back into her fifth brother's hands.
After Zhou Qiongyue stuffed the remaining eight taels of silver back, she immediately left with her men. She was deeply afraid that her fifth brother would have to return it to her. "Sister, I have something else to do in Qiongyue Pavilion, so I'll go back first."
Zhou Zhiquan watched his sister leave quickly with her group, and the smile on his face grew even wider. He took the silver his sister had returned and tossed it in his hand.
She muttered to herself, "Such a good sister of mine is now the Prince of Fu'an."
Fugui, who was standing by, thought his master was telling him something and he didn't hear clearly. He quickly stepped forward and asked, "Fifth Young Master, please forgive me, I didn't hear what you just said."
Zhou Zhiquan came to his senses and beckoned Fugui to leave, "It's okay, let's go! Let's go pay our respects to father!"
Zhou Qiongyue was not worried that her parents would disagree. Instead, she was more worried about what the emperor would say.
But this time she was overthinking it.
Yuan Bohua obtained Zhou Wencan's consent that day and immediately went to the palace to ask for the imperial decree. The emperor did not make it difficult for Yuan Bohua and immediately agreed.
And just as the palace gates were about to be locked, someone sent the imperial edict out.
So, on the afternoon Zhou Qiongyue agreed, she received the imperial decree granting her marriage. To be honest, Zhou Qiongyue was a little confused.
Generally speaking, everyone in the Cheng'en Marquisate was confused. Zhou Wencan and Jin Shi both thought that the Emperor and Prince Fu'an would need to negotiate for a while before they would agree.
Liu was just dissatisfied. She didn't even know about her granddaughter's marriage, but she still decided on it.
She had originally wanted to question the eldest couple, but she was dragged away by Marquis Cheng'en. Before leaving, Liu glared at the eldest couple unwillingly.
Marquis Cheng'en agreed with this marriage. As for not telling Liu, it was simply because he was afraid that she would do something bad.
As for the rest of the people, no matter what they thought in their hearts, they could only congratulate them on the surface.
Zhou Qiongyue was of course happy, and even a little relieved. Prince Fu'an was handsome, high-ranking, and had a good relationship with her second cousin. He was even a little interested in her.
Zhou Qiongyue felt that this was her best choice if she didn't marry into the royal family.
As for marrying down, since she wanted to live a comfortable life, she had no interest in poverty alleviation.
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