Looking at Lu Qingyan's current state, Liu Su felt a pang of sadness.
"Princess, are you giving up so easily?"
Lu Qingyan sighed: "What can we do if we don't give up? Marriage is a matter of parental arrangement and matchmaker's words. The Empress will definitely not agree to this marriage. Even Father Emperor won't budge now. Do you think Shen Jiyan can elope with me? He is the eldest son of the Shen family. How could he do something so foolish?"
"He is the eldest son of the Shen family, but he also promised the princess—"
“Even if you hear something, you can’t take it seriously.” Lu Qingyan thought of her vows to Shen Jiyan and felt a little lost: “Even if he were willing, I would not elope with him.”
"Princess?"
“In this kind of world, women always suffer more. If we really just leave, the rumors outside will only be about how I shamelessly seduced Shen Jiyan, not about Shen Jiyan himself. When things really get too difficult, he might be able to return to the Shen family, while I will only be left to grow old alone.”
"Does the princess not believe Young Master Shen?" Liu Su didn't understand. Even as an outsider, she could clearly see the princess's feelings for Young Master Shen. They were so deep and intense. How could the princess say such a thing?
Lu Qingyan said meaningfully, "I don't know why, but I always think about leaving myself a way out, a way to survive. Maybe it's the right thing to do!"
In reality, some things are neither right nor wrong; it's just a matter of making different choices.
Lu Qingyan was constantly worried about what kind of husband Crown Prince Lu Qinglin would choose for her, but she never expected that she would not live to see that day.
Less than five days after Lu Qingyan met the Emperor, he passed away.
The imperial physician said that the Emperor was already seriously ill, yet he had been working tirelessly for the country without rest, which is why he arrived. Lu Qingyan scoffed at this news. Now that most of the court was under the control of the Shen family, what urgent matters could the Emperor possibly have to attend to?
The Emperor was so desperate for a son that he was practically going mad, and the number of beauties in the palace kept increasing. His current illness is probably related to this. It's just that his health wasn't good enough then, so he couldn't pull through.
“Princess, the Emperor has passed away. Are you also going to observe mourning and not marry? But you are already of marriageable age. If you delay any longer, you will become an old maid.” After saying this, Liu Su quickly covered her mouth: “Princess, you should pray for the Emperor’s well-being. This servant will find some scriptures for you to copy.”
Lu Qingyan turned her head and saw that it was Granny Chang who had arrived.
After leaving Lu Qingyan, Granny Chang went to a remote palace to live out her days and rarely came over. I didn't expect her to come now.
She used to be Lu Qingyan's mother's wet nurse. Now she is very old and has to walk with a cane, and she walks unsteadily.
"This old servant greets the princess." As she spoke, she was about to throw down her cane and kneel down.
Lu Qingyan quickly went to help Granny Chang up: "Granny, please get up. How can you bow like this? I haven't seen you for so long, I really didn't expect you to come at this time."
"Propriety cannot be disregarded. As long as I live, I will respect the princess." Granny Chang pushed away Lu Qingyan's outstretched hand, coughed twice, and bent over shakily, almost falling.
In the end, it was Liusu who quickly caught Chang Mama.
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