With everything resolved, Xinrong's entry into the palace was finally put on the agenda.
"Yongqi, what kind of attitude is that from your mother? And what about you and Xiaoyanzi? Xiaoyanzi's identity is now Princess Huanzhu. With that identity, you are just siblings and it's impossible for you to get married."
"Saying it was a mistake would damage the royal family's reputation, and the Empress Dowager would absolutely not allow it. You'd better think carefully about how to handle this."
The group chatted idly on their way to pick up Xinrong.
While the Empress Dowager approves of the two, she will absolutely not allow anything that damages the royal family's reputation. If they were to force a marriage, it might backfire.
“My mother didn’t think it was a big problem. My mother knew Xiao Yanzi’s identity and remained silent. However, she was neither angry nor did she say she agreed or disagreed.”
However, as you all said, the issue of Xiao Yanzi's identity as Princess Huanzhu is indeed a bit troublesome. Do you have any good solutions?
When Yongqi mentions Xiao Yanzi, his eyes are full of doting affection, but there is a hint of sorrow between his brows.
"Yongqi, if I asked you both to give up your status as princes and princesses and live as ordinary people, would you two be willing?"
Shen Nian felt there was really no good solution to this; it was already quite an achievement that the Empress Dowager could accept both of them.
If the royal family were to have to pay for the two of them, the Empress Dowager would absolutely not agree, and might even oppose them.
Moreover, historically speaking, Emperor Qianlong lived to be over eighty or ninety years old, and by the time the emperor abdicated, Yongqi was no longer young.
"Sure, I'm willing. Chen Nian, do you have any good ideas?"
Upon hearing Chen Nian say he wanted to live a normal life, Yong Qi didn't hesitate for a moment and excitedly asked Chen Nian if there was any solution.
He was exhausted from being groomed as the heir all these years. Everyone had extremely high expectations for him, but no one considered whether he was willing to accept it. It was Xiao Yanzi's appearance that gave him a chance to breathe in the oppressive palace.
Especially her mother, because she could see that her father and mother cared about her, and that they kept a close eye on her in everything they did, so that she would do her best in everything.
I'm so tired.
He preferred to live an ordinary life with Xiao Yanzi, eating three meals a day, going through all four seasons, working at sunrise and resting at sunset, just an ordinary person.
He was quite talented and capable, enough to support himself and Xiao Yanzi. If all else failed, he and Xiao Yanzi could perform for a living. He truly disliked this noble prince status.
No one knew that his childhood dream was to be a peddler, traveling from street to street, observing life in different places. He told his mother about it when he was a child, but he was beaten severely in return. That was the first time he was beaten by his mother, and the reason for the beating was...
I thought about things I shouldn't have.
At that time, he began to think about not being a prince.
However, his living environment left him unsure how to rebel or make changes. Everything he had learned was too rigid; neither the books nor his master had taught him how to rebel.
Until he finds a way to change things, he can only numbly follow the path they want him to take and tell himself what to do.
He still remembers what his mother said back then.
"You are a prince, those things will never belong to you, you must do everything to the best of your ability..."
The endless suppression forced him to bury those things deep in his heart again. Xiao Yanzi's cheerful and unrestrained nature reminded him of his childhood self when his dreams had not been extinguished, which deeply attracted him, eventually leading to his demise.
"You really want to?"
Yongqi's words, his excited gaze as if he wanted to know the solution immediately, and his eager look as if she were his savior startled Shen Nian.
Good heavens, Yongqi looks like he can't wait to get rid of his prince status!
"Yes, yes, Chen Nian, please tell me what to do."
Yongqi nodded firmly.
He's willing to die, hurry up and tell him, he can't wait any longer. If you don't tell him now, he'll be in a bad mood and cry in front of her.
The others also turned their attention to Chen Nian, wanting to know what his method was.
Ever since Xiao Yanzi's identity was revealed, Yongqi has been tormenting them every day, demanding that they help him find a way to resolve his relationship with Xiao Yanzi.
Everyone knows from the cleverness that Chen Nian displayed at Baoyue Tower that Chen Nian is like a kitten hiding its claws; in reality, she's quite intelligent.
"Well, I haven't decided yet..."
Under everyone's expectant gaze, Shen Nian hesitated for a moment, reluctant to discourage them, but still told them what she really wanted to say.
She came up with this on the spur of the moment, and this Yongqi is completely different from the one in the drama. At least in the drama he was conflicted, but this time he just blurted it out.
She had been vaguely starting to think about it, but Yongqi's decisive words interrupted her train of thought, leaving her unable to come up with a solution for the time being.
"You really don't have it?"
Upon hearing Chen Nian's words, Yongqi felt somewhat disappointed but still asked again, unwilling to give up.
"No."
He shook his head, deeply moved.
"Alright then, Chen Nian, could you please help me think of a solution? To be honest, when I was a child, my dream was to be a peddler."
However, for various reasons, it was erased. I can give up this princely status and live as an ordinary person with Xiao Yanzi.
After Yongqi's disappointment, he looked embarrassed, but he was unusually serious. In the middle of the video, when he said that he wanted to be a peddler, his voice was much weaker.
Will they look down on me?
But surrounded by his own people, Yongqi no longer wanted to hide his true thoughts.
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