Chu Xinxin was bewildered: "What do you mean, 'touched his hand'?"
An Yi: "You don't know?"
What should I know?
"He can't touch women. If he does, he'll spit out rashes all over his body, just like those on Chu Yun's face just now."
What kind of CEO problem is this?
Chu Xinxin was speechless.
An Yi then launched into a long string of gossip about Zhou Huaichuan: "It's true! Everyone in the capital knows that he's had this problem since he was a child. Otherwise, why do you think he's still not married at his age?"
Chu Xinxin: "Wait a minute, how old is he? How old is he this year?"
"Twenty-eight."
"......"
“Those who are the same age as him already have eldest sons who are about to get married.”
That evil feudal society! Getting married so early was a disaster for children!
An Yi looked Chu Xinxin up and down three times: "What were you two talking about? I feel like you two know each other."
A blush rose on Chu Xinxin's face: "He is my husband."
"What?" An Yi's eyes widened. "He's your husband!"
Chu Xinxin became sad again: "Yes, sob sob..."
"Don't cry, what happened?"
Chu Xinxin: "He fell off a cliff, and coincidentally, it happened to be the same house as mine. I saw that he was good-looking, so I saved him."
Sister, you know, for poor families like ours, buying medicine takes half a year's savings.
Good heavens, when he woke up, he said he had amnesia and didn't have a single copper coin on him!
What can I do? I've already done it, I'll wait until he gets better before making any decisions.
To my surprise, he said I was kind-hearted and beautiful, and wanted to marry me, even giving me this string of Buddhist beads as a token.
Once his memory returned, he turned on everyone and left without warning.
There's an old saying in my area: "A woman follows her husband wherever he goes, whether he's a chicken or a dog." Of course, I'm going to find him.
I just met him, and he told me to get through it myself and that it had nothing to do with him. Waaah, sister, you be the judge, is he even human?
Waaaaah, my life is so miserable!
Chu Xinxin was in tears, her voice heartbreaking. An Yi couldn't bear it any longer and patted Chu Xinxin's shoulder: "Don't be sad. Let me tell you, his mansion is right next to mine. Tomorrow, kneel down at his door and repeat what you just told me. You'll definitely be able to enter the Prince An's mansion!"
After she finished speaking, she muttered to herself, "My account was banned because of the same character as this scumbag. Ugh, what bad luck."
Chu Xinxin: "Princess, I am of lowly status and have an unusual appearance. I'm afraid I'll be driven away before I even get close to Prince An's residence."
“It is indeed a problem.” An Yi thought for a while, resting her chin on her hand. “How about this, I can’t stand this kind of thing where wives are abandoned. Don’t tell a third person yet. I will have someone find you when Prince An appears.”
"Really? Thank you so much, Princess."
"Since I'm helping you so much, aren't you going to tell me what's really going on between you and Chu Yun?"
Chu Xinxin didn't hide anything and gave a general account of her situation and the Chu family.
An Yi's eyes lit up with excitement: "Sister, don't worry, I'm determined to take care of this. I will definitely help you!"
Chu Yun has been swaggering around with the title of the eldest daughter of the Chu family all day long. Now that a real one has arrived—the daughter of her stepmother—let's see how arrogant she can still be!
An Yi's gaze towards Chu Xinxin grew increasingly intense as she plotted how to expose these matters and deliver a painful blow to Chu Yun and her mother.
Chu Yun still likes Prince An. If Chu Xinxin really marries Prince An, Chu Yun will be even angrier!
An Yi cleared her throat and said, "Sister, how's your face?"
Chu Xinxin's body stiffened.
An Yi quickly waved her hand to show that she meant no harm: "Doctor Wang, who has been helping my mother to take care of her health, just happens to be out of the house today. Please take a look at me first, and I'll ask him if he has any solutions."
"Alright then." Chu Xinxin lifted her veil.
Beneath the veil was uneven skin, like that of an eighty-year-old.
When Chu Xinxin has no expression, she looks fine, but when she smiles, the wrinkles pile up, and paired with her clear eyes, she looks both old and young, which is indescribably creepy.
An Yi stood rooted to the spot, enduring the discomfort to comfort Chu Xinxin: "Dr. Wang is a miracle doctor, he will definitely have a solution."
Tears welled up in Chu Xinxin's eyes at that moment: "Princess, you are such a good person."
"No, no." An Yi turned her face away. "The banquet is about to start, let's go over first."
"good."
The Hundred Flowers Banquet, despite its fancy name, was actually a large-scale matchmaking event for the noble ladies and gentlemen of the capital.
Beautiful young girls and dashing young men, usually confined to their chambers and schools, are bound to put on a show when they finally have a chance to come out.
Poetry, songs, calligraphy, painting, music, chess, and even a young martial artist practicing swordsmanship under the flowers—Chu Xinxin almost couldn't stop drooling.
Sister, can you please tone down your tendency to fall in love with every guy you meet?
The system couldn't stand it anymore: [Wipe your drool, honey. You don't look like you're looking for a husband, you look like you're choosing a concubine.]
Chu Xinxin lowered her head and touched the corner of her mouth; it was clean.
"You lied to me again. Cough cough, never mind, it's not important. Where is my Prince An husband?"
[He was conversing and admiring flowers at the Hundred Flowers Pavilion with Emperor Zhou, Princess Pingyang, and other princes and nobles.]
Chu Xinxin was about to look up when the system stopped her: [Don't move, they're watching you, and they're talking to you.]
"Um?"
Emperor Zhou wished to see you, but the eldest princess refused, saying your appearance was unusual and unsuitable for an audience.
"Then why are you still looking at me?"
Oh, An Yi said you stole her sweetheart.
"Holy crap? Who's her crush?"
Chu Xinxin couldn't help but look towards the Flower Appreciation Pavilion, and her gaze met Zhou Huaichuan's.
Zhou Huaichuan seemed to have changed his clothes, wearing a dark jade purple robe, his hair half-tied up with a mutton fat jade hairpin, he looked less sharp and more noble, standing at the end of the group of princes and dukes, his eyes looking at her were not warm.
[It might not have been available before, but it just came into being.]
"who?"
Zhou Huaichuan.
"......"
Inside the Hundred Flowers Pavilion, An Yi was throwing a tantrum on Emperor Zhou's lap: "Waaah, Uncle Emperor, An Yi feels so guilty, so painful, so struggling, but Uncle Emperor, An Yi really likes my cousin."
Princess Pingyang, standing nearby, looked displeased: "An Yi, what kind of behavior is this, crying and sobbing? Get up right now!"
"No! Uncle Emperor, please do justice for An Yi!"
Emperor Zhou glanced at Chu Xinxin in the distance, then at his elder sister, then at his son, and finally at his beloved niece. Thinking of the Empress Dowager in the palace, he felt his headache was about to flare up again.
"An Yi, you said someone stole your heart..." Emperor Zhou glanced at Princess Pingyang and immediately changed his tune: "You said someone stole Huai Chuan, but what's your evidence?"
An Yi: "I just saw them whispering over in the plum garden!"
Emperor Zhou: "I see. Huai Chuan, what exactly happened?"
Zhou Huaichuan: "Father, I do not know that woman. She was just lost and asked me for directions."
Emperor Zhou immediately breathed a sigh of relief: "Oh, I see. An Yi, did you hear that? Get up quickly."
An Yi stood up unhappily: "Uncle Emperor, I won't get up unless you grant me a marriage!"
Upon hearing this, everyone in the Hundred Flowers Pavilion changed their expressions.
The eldest, second, and third princes, especially the favorites to seize the throne, were on tenterhooks, fearing that Emperor Zhou might make a mistake and agree.
An Yi is the apple of the eye of Emperor Zhou, Princess Pingyang, and the Empress Dowager. Prince An already holds military power. If An Yi were to join him, wouldn't that be like adding wings to a tiger?
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