The emperor seldom spoke such heartfelt words to Gu Zhili. Not only these words, he rarely spoke to him in such a tender and affectionate manner.
Gu Zhili had previously thought that his uncle was not very satisfied with him, but he did not expect that his uncle valued him so much.
He was not only deeply moved, but even looked at the emperor with tears in his eyes.
"Uncle, don't worry. Zhili will never let you down and will always be an open and honest person."
"It's not just that." Seeing his nephew so moved, the emperor didn't feel guilty at all. He said, "When you cancel the engagement, you must kneel down outside the Marquis' Mansion and apologize."
"We need to let the world know that the cancellation of the engagement wasn't because Miss Jiang Wu was a bad person, but because of you."
"As men, we must stand tall and upright. We cannot let innocent women bear the blame because of our own mistakes."
"Zhili, I believe you can do it. I am waiting for your good news. When your baby is one month old, I will go there in person."
Gu Zhili immediately patted his chest and assured, "Just wait for good news from your nephew."
"Nephew, go back to the palace and prepare a generous gift."
"There's no need to return to the palace." The emperor said to the eunuch beside him, "Wang Baoquan, go to my private treasury and prepare a generous gift."
"And then there's this."
The emperor handed the bamboo slips from his own staff to Gu Zhili and said, "These are some of the speeches I wrote for you. You must memorize them carefully and recite them when the time comes."
"If that doesn't work, I'll have someone write it on your hand. If you forget, just take a peek."
Gu Zhili was so moved that his nose started running, "Your Majesty, you treat your nephew so well."
Not only did they prepare generous gifts for him in advance, they also prepared the words for him.
This is not just treating him as a nephew, this is treating him as a son.
"You grew up under the Queen Mother's watch. If I'm not nice to you, who else can I be nice to?"
Gu Zhili continued, "The Emperor treats his nephew even better than my mother."
His mother knew clearly that he didn't like the ugly Jiang Yi, but she didn't cancel the engagement for him all these years.
I have only now started making plans for him.
"After all, I am your elder. I always want to see you happy. I don't want you and your future wife to get tired of each other in the future."
When Gu Zhili arrived at the gate of Wu'an Marquis Mansion with tears and snot, it was one o'clock in the morning and there were the most pedestrians on the road.
Gu Zhili carried a whip on his back, and was accompanied by four attendants holding generous gifts of apology.
This scene quickly attracted many people.
Seeing this, the doorman of the Marquis Mansion was very confused. Knowing Gu Zhili's identity, he hurriedly said, "You are..."
"The Crown Prince of Xin's Mansion, Gu Zhili, requests to see the old lady, the third young lady, and the fifth young lady of the Marquis' Mansion."
The doorman naturally did not dare to delay and hurried to report.
When Jiang Lian heard that Gu Zhili was coming, she immediately became very excited. She went to find Geng, "Grandma, do you think the prince is here to break off the engagement? He told me a long time ago that he has been holding back on Jiang for a long time."
"The prince said that when he was out and about, everyone laughed at him for having an ugly wife, and also laughed at the possibility that his future child would also be ugly."
"He has long wanted to stop wanting to marry Jiang Yi."
"He also said that I was gentle and considerate, and that I was many times better than Jiang Yi."
Geng smiled at her and said, "My Lian'er is naturally much better than Jiang Yi, the orphan. Her father had a lowly fate, and all the family property he worked hard for became ours. How precious can Jiang Yi's fate be?"
"Even this is my only marriage, it can only be a stepping stone for my Lian'er."
"Hurry up, dress up first, and make sure the prince likes you even more."
"My dear grandson will become the Crown Prince's consort, or even the Crown Princess in the future. Appearance is the most important thing."
Then he asked the maid in his room to tidy up Jiang Lian's room.
Over here, Jiang Yi was also putting on makeup in front of the mirror, but compared to Jiang Lian, she deliberately made herself look ugly.
Prince Xin wanted to break off the engagement with her because she was ugly and had no face. Before breaking off the engagement, she naturally wanted to maintain her original appearance.
Wearing a veil, Jiang Yi came out after Geng's grandparents and grandchildren.
There were already many people gathered outside. It was a very cold winter day. Gu Zhili knelt outside for a long time and felt his hands and feet were stiff.
He was puzzled as to why no one in the Marquis' Mansion came out, leaving him cold and embarrassed. However, thinking of his uncle's earnest hope for him, he endured it and did not leave, but only asked someone to urge him to leave.
The Geng family's grandparents and grandchildren had just come out, and when Jiang Lian saw Gu Zhili's appearance, she immediately burst into tears out of heartache.
"Prince, what are you doing..."
"The ground is cold, you get up first."
However, Gu Zhili only looked at Jiang Yi, and this sight startled him.
In the past, he had only heard people say that Jiang Yi was extremely ugly, and his friends often made fun of him about Jiang Yi, so that before he even met Jiang Yi, he was extremely disgusted with this wife who was not yet married to him.
It's all her fault, she brought shame upon him.
But he didn't expect that Jiang Yi looked quite beautiful with a veil on.
At this moment, Gu Zhili felt a little regretful. He should have come to see Jiang Yi first.
I don't know what's underneath the veil...
But in this situation now, it’s too late to regret.
No matter how harsh the words he had said to Jiang Yi in private were, now that Gu Zhili had actually seen Jiang Yi, he stopped talking.
He said, "Where is Miss Jiang Wu?"
"My daughter is here." Jiang Yi came out. She still stood behind Geng and knelt down to greet Gu Zhili. "Greetings, Prince."
Puzzlement flashed across her clean and lively eyes, "Prince, why did you come to look for me like this..."
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