The towering red palace walls stood silently, the man with his eyes lowered, blending into the stillness of the walls.
A faint smile appeared on Shen Wangshu's face.
Who wouldn't love to go out and find their loved one waiting for them?
She strode forward and, with a broad smile, took Fang Xuan's rough hand.
This was actually a very improper thing to do, but Fang Xuan only felt happy in his heart, and didn't even care about his reputation. He just looked down at his and Shen Wangshu's intertwined hands, saw her unconcerned about their roughness, saw her radiant smile at him against the sunlight, and for a moment, the emptiness in his heart was filled with satisfaction. He also saw this beautiful and noble woman happily say to him, "The Empress is going to bestow a marriage upon us, we are going to get married!"
The smugness in her eyes made one's lips involuntarily curl into a slight smile.
"Can I really marry you?" Fang Xuan was afraid he was dreaming.
He feared that when he woke up, everything before him would be nothing but his own wishful thinking.
Dream……
For some reason, Fang Xuan trembled violently when he thought of this sentence.
A blinding flash of light seemed to appear before his eyes, and within that light was…
"You must be able to marry me." Shen Wangshu didn't see the fleeting emptiness in Fang Xuan's eyes. His lips twitched, and he said with a rather comical expression.
Um... this time it's Ah Xuan who's going to marry her.
Great, this is very matriarchal.
She paused slightly, about to recount the hardships she had endured to obtain the imperial marriage, and to insist that Fang Xuan listen to her and treat her well in the future, when she noticed Fang Xuan's dazed expression. She couldn't help but nudge him, and seeing the man seemingly snap out of his reverie, staring blankly at her, a strange feeling suddenly welled up within her. She waved her hand in front of his face, and seeing him silently and boldly take her hand, holding it against his, she gently asked, "Is there any difficulty? If so, just tell me. We will be husband and wife from now on, and we must face everything together."
"I think I saw two people."
"The top female scholar." Ah Xuan said softly.
These are probably Ah Xuan's memories from his previous lives. In those previous lives, Ah Xuan would slowly recall his past memories. Shen Wangshu nodded and said with a smile, "Perhaps, we are destined to be together for several lifetimes."
"Love and destiny..." Fang Xuan fell silent.
No… the figures in the image were blurry, but he couldn’t feel any love between the two people. In fact… he felt that one of them was himself, and the other, tall and slender person, was not the woman smiling at him with her eyes crinkled.
It was a man, giving him some instructions.
He lowered his eyes and gripped that soft hand tightly.
The two figures were blurry, but he instinctively didn't want to see their faces clearly.
He couldn't forget, he absolutely couldn't forget... but he wanted to forget.
Whatever it is.
“We will be together,” he said softly.
"Of course we'll be together." This is a matriarchal world! She is the noble Princess Luan! It won't be easy for Fang Xuan to change his mind.
Shen Wangshu rubbed the man's hand with a hint of smugness, and as he obediently followed her out of the palace, she said with an air of self-importance, "After you marry me, you must know the three obediences and four virtues, and you must know that your wife is the only one who matters to you!"
She tilted her head back, a mischievous glint in her eyes. Looking at his radiant lover, Fang Xuan felt nothing but joy and longing. His heart softened like a pool of spring water; all the gloom from before vanished, and his eyes were fixed solely on his beloved. He nodded gently, "Mmm."
"What do you mean by 'hmm'?" Women, before marriage, they have to pretend to be attentive, but after marriage, of course their true colors will be revealed.
Even if she manages to deceive both men, she can't remarry, right? That's why His Highness Prince Luan is exceptionally shrewd.
"The Three Obediences and Four Virtues," General Fang said honestly.
"Not only must you adhere to the three obediences and four virtues, but you must also work hard... serve diligently, and earn more money for my expenses, understand?"
"I know." General Fang did not strike the woman with his sword, but continued to be obedient, which was truly rare.
This is what it means to be a kept man who lives off his wife.
Shen Wangshu hummed twice, her charming eyes sweeping over the exceptionally obedient man. Satisfied, she continued to lead him away. Once outside, Shen Wangshu asked, "Why did we leave the royal palace? I wanted to go back and talk to the royal sister."
She paused, stopped, and looked up at the man who was taciturn, or rather, like a piece of wood, utterly devoid of any charm, and who would only be a decoration in someone else's home. She said softly, "I'm good to you, but I'm afraid there will be gossip in the capital, saying that I'm after your military power."
“You’re not that kind of person,” Fang Xuan interrupted abruptly.
He didn't even want to hear other people's doubts about his lover.
He felt that these doubts were also an insult to his lover.
"You treat me sincerely, not because of the military power I hold." Fang Xuan found these insults unbearable even to think about. He paused for a moment before saying in a low voice, "However, the military power I hold can help you in some way; that's a benefit for both of us."
The cunning CEO loves me fiercely. True feelings are true feelings, but military power is military power; I understand both.
He was a somewhat dull man, so what he said might not have been understood by another person. Shen Wangshu, however, understood everything. She smiled, nodded, and said, "Once my elder sister ascends to the throne, we'll leave the capital. Then we'll be all over the world, just the two of us."
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