"My aunt sent you to pick me up and take me home? Which aunt..."
"Of course it's Brother Ze's mother, the Princess of Hejian. Who do you think it is, Brother Ze?" Qin Leshi was half a head taller than Qin Yuanze, and her bowed head and smiling manner made her look like an older sister looking at a friend.
"Heh! What a joke! My mother is far away in Hejian Prefecture, why would she let you take me home... Hahaha..."
Qin Yuanze laughed wildly, tears streaming down his face, but the panic in his heart only intensified.
Finally, tragedy struck. Qin Leshi took out a yellow scroll from her hand. As a learned and talented pillar of the royal family, Qin Yuanze could tell from the patterns on the silk that it was an imperial edict from the Empress.
Qin Yuanze tremblingly extended his hands, accepted the imperial edict, and carefully examined it, reading every single word. The elegant and unrestrained handwriting expounded a long and profound truth, but at its core, it was a marriage decree.
"Your Majesty, I, Yuanze, am unworthy and have never done anything to wrong the Great Xia! Why are you trying to frame me... why are you trying to frame me!"
As Qin Yuanze cried out in anguish, Qin Leshi's fox tail twitched up, and she laughed three times, shouting arrogantly, "No matter how clever and cunning you are, you still can't escape my grasp. If you had submitted to me earlier, I might have treated you better. But now... hahahahaha."
"Hmph! You dare to steal my business? Since you like going to brothels so much, I'll give up this habit of yours." Wang Yushi said resentfully in Fengning Palace, while her accomplice and henchman Qing Ning nodded in agreement.
Years later, when Qin Yuanze's third son got married, the still dashing Qin Yuanze took Qin Mo's hand, pointed at Qin Leshi who was waiting for her daughter-in-law to serve tea, and said with genuine emotion, "Everyone else has three wives and four concubines, but I'm all alone, and I have to accept whatever comes my way. I have no choice in the matter. All of this is thanks to you! You... you've ruined your brother!"
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