"Zixuan, what's wrong with you?"
Back at the Xu family home, Xu Zixuan's dejected appearance made his mother feel sorry for him.
He quickly pulled the person in front of him, carefully examined his son's condition, and then gently inquired.
"Mother~"
"The princess is going to marry the regent!"
Xu Zixuan didn't hide anything and directly told him the information he had found out.
But after he said that, Xu's mother didn't have any special reaction.
"You and the princess have already dissolved your engagement. It is only natural for her to marry someone else. Why are you acting like this, my son?"
Xu's mother was somewhat puzzled.
Didn't my son take a fancy to Liu Wanru from the Liu family?
Why is he unhappy that the princess is getting married? What's with his reaction?
"I broke off my engagement with the princess and refused to marry her, but how can she marry someone else?"
"Was all her affection for me fake back then?"
Xu Zixuan said with a wronged expression, he really couldn't understand how someone could just stop loving someone like that.
It's true that he doesn't like princesses, but that doesn't stop him from marrying her, does it?
“Zixuan, given what you did to the princess back then, any woman with a sound mind would never want to have anything to do with you again.”
"How can you possibly think that the princess would still be thinking about you after you did something like that?"
This was the first time Xu's mother had realized that her son seemed to have a problem with his brain.
I only knew that my son was good at studying, but I never expected him to be so confused about matters of the heart.
"I……"
"I didn't do anything!"
Xu Zixuan still hasn't figured out where he went wrong.
There is no conflict between marrying a legal wife and being with other women. Since ancient times, men have had three wives and four concubines, so why can't he?
"You're always hanging out with that girl from the Liu family. The princess invited you, but did you keep your appointment?"
"Even in front of the princess, you still couldn't resist flirting with the Liu family's daughter. If the princess didn't like you, she would have chopped your head off long ago!"
When her son was engaged to the princess, she, as his mother, did her best to dissuade him.
Even if he really liked that Liu family girl, he would have to wait until after he married the princess to make his move.
Who would have thought that her son didn't take her words to heart at all, and didn't care about the princess's affairs at all.
To be honest, Xu's mother was on tenterhooks every day at that time, and she only breathed a sigh of relief when the emperor issued an edict to dissolve the engagement between the two.
Fortunately, the son is alright, and the Xu family is also safe.
Even so, because of her son, her husband's career came to an end.
I thought my son was so good at studying that he should understand the reasons behind it, but after seeing him today, I realized what a blockhead I gave birth to.
"Can……"
"I only intended to marry Liu Wanru as a concubine, so how could that possibly affect the princess's status?"
Xu Zixuan's voice grew softer and softer as he spoke, recalling his different attitudes towards the two of them back then.
Xu Zixuan is just a little stupid, but he's not really dumb.
"Oh……"
"How could my brain be so muddled? I should have kept my distance from Miss Liu. Now that the princess has rejected me, my career path will probably be very difficult!"
Seeing her son slumped in the chair, Xu's mother felt utterly exhausted.
When the emperor dissolved their engagement, his son's career had already come to an end.
This idiot only realized it now.
no.
She needs to talk to the master to see if they can have another child.
This main account is ruined. I'll try to create a new alt account to make up for it!
Thinking of this, Madam Xu ignored her eldest son, who was still looking dejected, and went straight to the front yard to talk to Lord Xu.
Xu Zixuan had no idea that his own mother was already disgusted with him because of his behavior today.
Who knows, maybe some younger brothers will appear in the future and fight him for the family fortune...
Inside the palace.
"Royal sister, look! This is the latest batch of glass we've developed!"
"Look at this crystal bottle, it's so clear and sparkling in the sunlight."
"And these glass bowls! If these were used to serve at a state banquet, they would probably dazzle the visiting envoys!"
Lin Beichen introduced to Lin Xue one by one the things he had been working on during this period of time.
In addition to these, there were also some carved ornaments, and the windows of the Imperial Study were replaced with transparent glass.
The lighting problem that used to bother us has now been solved, and even in winter, we don't have to worry about feeling cold when we open the door.
"Brother, can't we broaden our horizons beyond this little bit of glass?"
"The world is vast, and there are countless novel things. How could a mere piece of glass have captured your attention?"
What is commonplace to Lin Xue may be exceptionally precious to Lin Beichen.
But she really had no interest in being kept here by Lin Beichen, constantly fiddling with those glass bottles.
"My dear sister, this is Liuli! Don't you even value Liuli?"
Lin Beichen carefully picked up a glass inkstone, his most cherished possession, which he used every day when reviewing memorials.
There was also a glass spittoon placed at his feet.
In all the vast lands of the world, which monarch would need a spittoon made of glass?
"Brother, you've simply seen too little!"
Lin Xue looked at Lin Beichen with some pity.
This boy has lived in the palace since birth, and the farthest place he has ever been in his life is probably Jiangnan.
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