"If he were twenty years younger, I'd consider it... We'd be a match made in heaven!"
"Hmm, Mother thinks he's quite handsome. Perhaps you could ask them if Ghost Valley Mountain has any methods to make people young again?"
"Giggle giggle..." The mother and daughter burst into laughter.
Yueyue suddenly asked, "Mother, is it possible that the Grand Preceptor's beloved is you?"
The princess's heart skipped a beat, and she scolded playfully, "What nonsense are you talking about! Mother has always treated him like a younger brother!"
"Oh, You Ran said that relationships between older women and younger men are also great!"
"You little brat...all you do is talk nonsense with You Ran all day long!" The princess was so angry that she twisted her ear.
But she didn't realize that a spring breeze had suddenly blown into her heart, which had been dead for many years.
She's only thirty-two years old and has been widowed for many years; it would be a lie to say she doesn't want someone to take care of her.
Over the years, she helped her younger brother support the court when she was young, and later she and her husband supported the Xue family army to protect the peace of the southern border. Even after her husband passed away and her posthumous child died in childbirth, she gritted her teeth and endured it all by herself.
When a person is used to being strong, it's not so easy for them to show weakness.
Moreover, although she and Wu Wang had known each other since they were young, she had always truly regarded him as a younger brother. Although the two were familiar with each other, their relationship was more like that of family members.
Upon arriving at the mansion, the two first went to check on Xuan-ge'er. After confirming that he was alright, Yue-yue pushed her mother out, saying that since she would be accompanying Xuan-ge'er, it was getting late and her mother should go and rest early.
The eldest princess looked at her daughter, who had grown up, with satisfaction, and returned to her main courtyard.
However, upon entering the inner room, one could smell an extremely strong odor of alcohol.
She was startled and tried to call for help, but suddenly found that she couldn't make a sound.
Just then, a warm body pressed against her from behind, clearly drunk. "Princess... Sister..."
Upon recognizing Wu Wang's voice, the princess immediately relaxed and tried to speak, but still couldn't utter a sound.
She could only gesture for him to let go of her, but Wu Wang was so drunk that he couldn't even open his eyes, so how could he see her gestures?
Today, Wu Wang, emboldened by alcohol and emboldened by the powder Yue Yue had given him to suppress his senses, felt even more compelled to pour out the words he had kept bottled up for two lifetimes, "Wu You..."
The princess's maiden name, which hadn't been called in years, was uttered tenderly by a drunken man, and she suddenly felt a pang of tenderness in her heart.
In addition, her body, which hadn't been held in years, was now nestled in a man's embrace, and her whole body felt weak.
Seeing that the person in his arms had stopped struggling and that he heard no objections, Wuwang continued, "Wuyou... I'm back... I won't let you suffer anymore, and I won't let anything happen to you..."
The princess tried to produce a syllable through her throat, but no sound came out.
She suddenly remembered that when Yueyue was laughing and playing with her and rolling around in her arms, she seemed to smell a strange fragrance.
How could she forget that her daughter is a master of poisons?!
That stupid daughter!
It must have been Su Youran's scheme again! She's been used as a pawn without even realizing it!
A gentle voice reached her ears again, "Wuyou, I was wrong. I shouldn't have abandoned you to go to Ghost Valley Mountain back then. But thankfully, you're alright in this life... You're all alright... Wuyou, I don't want to miss you again. I've loved you for a long time... Now that I'm the Imperial Advisor, I'm finally worthy of you... Will you marry me? Will you marry me? In this life, I will protect you until we grow old..."
The eldest princess was stunned.
So, is the person in one's mind truly oneself?
Could it be that Wu Wang has always harbored such thoughts?
Looking back on all the good he had done for her over the years, she remembered how he always stayed by her side when her husband had just passed away, diligently investigating the real culprit, and sometimes even staying up all night on her rooftop. At that time, she thought he was grieving because of his husband's death.
Later, when Yuan Bai was forced to leave the capital, she asked him to take him as her disciple, to teach him martial arts, military strategy, and political maneuvering. She also frequently asked him to deliver messages between the capital and Taizhou. He always agreed and carried out her requests.
Later, she became pregnant, and he disappeared for six years.
Then she was pleasantly surprised when he appeared as the Imperial Advisor.
But she never expected that he had gone into seclusion to cultivate in order to obtain an identity worthy of her.
Amidst her chaotic thoughts, she felt her whole body go even weaker, and she leaned helplessly against the man's chest.
She wanted to say, "No, I'm older than you."
She wanted to say that you are still young and have many young and beautiful unmarried women to choose from.
She wanted to say that she was getting old and had two children, one of whom was of marriageable age.
She also wanted to say, "Back when the prince consort was alive, you followed us around calling us 'brother' and 'sister'..."
However, she didn't utter a single word.
Moreover, she felt a stirring in her heart.
Wu Wang held the person he had been longing for. Seeing that she did not resist or object, he was overjoyed. He gently pressed his lips to her earlobe, which was close to his chest, and took it in his mouth.
The princess trembled, and a strange heat suddenly surged through her body.
Damn it, could Yueyue have... even given her aphrodisiacs?
Wuwang asked again, "Wuyou, since you didn't object, it means you agreed to marry me, right?!"
The princess felt she should shake her head in protest, but her body betrayed her, pressing itself against him and wanting to get even closer.
Wu Wang took it as her being shy and reserved, and hugged her even tighter with delight, as if he wanted to meld her into his very bones.
"Wuyou... my Wuyou... I'm so happy... I'm going to marry you!"
Sweet words stimulated her senses. With the last bit of clarity in her mind, she thought, "Hmm, she's a widow, he's unmarried, she can marry him. She's actually the one who's profiting."
Then, she suddenly turned around and buried herself in his arms.
...
The next morning, outside the Princess's door.
Su Youran and Yueyue peeked around curiously.
Su Youran asked, "What exactly happened last night? Didn't we agree that you would come to eavesdrop?"
Yueyue was very annoyed, "I was with my younger brother, trying to coax him to sleep, but I ended up falling asleep myself first."
"Are you sure Master went in last night and didn't come out?"
"I'm sure he went in, but I don't know if he came out!"
"Sigh..." Su Youran said anxiously, "Aunt Jinxiu! Let's go ask her if she called for water last night?"
Yueyue quickly covered her mouth, "Aren't you ashamed? How old are you? Do you even know what water is?"
"What's so strange about that? When I was six, after my mother got married, she and her new father would call for water several times a night..."
Yueyue blushed and covered her face, exclaiming, "You're so dirty-minded!"
"Where did I go wrong? I just said it was water!" Su Youran said matter-of-factly!
"Oh dear, you're still just..." The two argued without reaching a conclusion when the door suddenly opened from the inside, and the two of them instantly fell inside.
The eldest princess's face turned ashen. "Kneel down!"
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