She didn't know she was crying, but her face was already covered with tears. Xu Zekun looked at her tearful face and his heart trembled: "Susu..."
"Grandpa," Yao Susu raised her little face, her eyes full of hesitation and despair, "What should I do to be with my child?"
Xu Zekun swung his body, hugged Yao Susu in his arms, and said, "Susu, wait a little longer, I promise."
Yao Susu is in so much pain, and Xu Zekun must be suffering as well.
But he had never imagined that his mother would be so tough.
As long as Susu becomes his wife, all problems will be solved. It is only natural for the children to be raised by their stepmother.
Xu Zekun made up his mind. Since his father and mother did not agree, he would try another way, a way that they could not refuse.
He wanted to ask the emperor to grant him a marriage, but this was neither a trivial matter nor an easy one.
Although the emperor favors him, he would not agree to his somewhat absurd request.
However, he had a solution. Annan, a small border country of the Great Zhou, had always been a major concern for the emperor. In the past ten years, they had often come to the border of the Great Zhou to burn, kill and loot, leaving rivers of blood wherever they went, and their methods were extremely cruel.
However, because the terrain was easy to defend and difficult to attack, and the harassment was not constant but rather irregular provocations, the Great Zhou had no way to deal with him.
A year ago, a coup d'état occurred in Annan, and the powerful official Zhao Yi seized power, establishing the Wei Dynasty. Legend has it that this man was eight feet tall, incredibly brave, and invincible on the battlefield. Immediately upon ascending the throne, he was ambitious, constantly sending troops to encroach on the border territories of the Great Zhou. This year, he even directly cut off the tribute to the Great Zhou that had been maintained for ten years.
His wolfish ambition is obvious.
The emperor could no longer tolerate this and had already thought about sending people to wipe out the rebellion, but because of Annan's superior terrain and the fact that a war would be costly and costly, he was hesitant.
Xu Zekun wanted to go, he wanted to use his military merits to buy a status for Susu.
However, because the emperor had not made up his mind, and war was unpredictable, even if he went, he was not sure of victory.
If his parents knew that he wanted to go to the border because of Susu, Susu's situation would be even more difficult, so he couldn't tell them now.
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Xu Zekun had his own plans, which no one knew about. The old lady was not idle either. Although the banquet to choose a new wife for Xu Zekun was not held, she asked her family to carefully select a woman of the right age, Wu Qingli.
In October, a sedan chair entered the Ningyuan Marquis Mansion, and cousin Wu Qingli successfully moved into Shou'an Hall.
Although on the surface she was accompanying her aunt, anyone with a discerning eye could tell that she was clearly the next Crown Prince's Consort.
Wu Qingli is only twenty years old. Although her face is not as outstanding as Yao Susu's, she is also dignified and beautiful.
The old lady particularly liked her talent. She was not only proficient in music, chess, calligraphy and painting, but also in poetry and songs.
Such a talented woman was very much to Wu's liking.
Apart from a marriage arranged at the age of seventeen, it did not take place because the man died of illness.
The old lady knew in her heart that if Xu Zekun had never been married, Wu Qingli would definitely not be a good match for him.
But now that we have illegitimate sons and daughters, Wu Qingli is already a good choice.
What's more, she is related to me by blood, so I know her well. This will be good for her grandchildren.
The first time Yao Susu met Wu Qingli was in Shou'an Hall. She held her child affectionately and looked at her with a gentle, yet subtly superior gaze.
Wu Qingli was naturally also looking at Yao Susu, the famous concubine.
Indeed, she was beautiful enough. Wu Qingli lowered his eyelids, but what was the use? When it came to his cousin's wife, he looked not at her appearance, but at her family background.
"This must be the Aunt Yao that my aunt was talking about. She's so pretty." She smiled and her voice was so clear and pleasant that it gave Yao Susu goosebumps.
Before coming to Shou'an Hall, she didn't even know Wu Qingli existed. She opened her mouth but didn't know what to say.
The old lady said in a deep voice: "This is my niece, Qingli."
Yao Susu understood from just this short sentence and Wu Qingli's calm demeanor.
Will she become Xu Zekun's next wife?
It was not until this moment that Yao Susu truly understood her position.
It turned out that even though she gave birth to Lingyi and Yaoguang, and she and Xu Zekun loved each other, because of her identity, she still could not stand by Xu Zekun's side.
And she has to endure the pain of separation from her own children and let her children call someone else mother?
She couldn't seem to... do it.
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In the wing room next to Shou'an Hall, as soon as Wu Qingli came back, she quickly asked her personal maid Hongmian to find her some clean clothes.
Just now, because I was holding two children, my body was covered with the smell of milk, and the smell made me want to vomit.
Hongmian knew her young lady's personality. She loved cleanliness and was also very proud. Otherwise, she would not have wasted her life until she was twenty years old after the engagement was broken off. But now, after being taken to the Ningyuan Marquis Mansion, Hongmian realized that her young lady's fortune was yet to come.
Wu Qingli changed into new clothes, and her slender and soft body leaned lazily on the kang table, holding a cup of hot tea in her hand.
Hong Mian massaged her legs and said, "The young master and young lady are so beautiful."
Thinking of the two children, Wu Qingli found it difficult to say against his will that they were not cute, but after all, they were not his own children, so he did not feel any love for them from the bottom of his heart.
Especially, as soon as she got married, she became a stepmother, and no one would be happy about that.
However, Wu Qingli lowered her eyes and wiped the teacup lid. Life is not completely perfect. Being able to marry her cousin is already a great fortune for her.
She was impressed by her cousin when she first met him from afar when she was young.
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