"My body is failing, and I am half buried in the ground. I won't live for more than two years. I just want to see Yu'er marry Wanxin and give me two more great-grandchildren. Then I can die with peace of mind."

The Queen Mother held onto Xiao Jinyu and spoke slowly, taking two breaths after every sentence, as if she would die in the next second.

Normally, Xiao Jinyu would definitely reply with a few words, but now seeing that the empress dowager was breathing more than breathing in, sensitive and fragile, how could he dare to say more? If he said something wrong and was provoked, he would be a sinner.

The emperor soothed her gently, "Mother, you need to rest more now. When you are well again, you can host Yu'er's wedding."

The Queen Mother looked at Xiao Jinyu after hearing this, her cloudy eyes full of expectation: "So Yu'er is willing to marry Wanxin?"

"...Grandma Empress." Xiao Jinyu almost cried. He didn't want to marry Wanxin, but he was afraid that the Grandma Empress would be upset. However, he couldn't nod and agree. It was really too unfair.

The Queen Mother looked at Xiao Jinyu expectantly, waiting for his answer.

Seeing that his son was still silent, the emperor patted his son on the shoulder and said, "Yu'er, your grandmother is asking you a question."

"Grandma, my grandson..." Xiao Jinyu looked at the empress dowager, hesitating for a long time, but couldn't say the word "willing".

Shen Chuwei hugged Xiao Jinyan's arm tightly, and felt sorry for Xiao Jinyu when she saw that he was forced to marry a woman he didn't like and at the same time had to break his promise to the woman he loved.

It also made her realize that even though Xiao Jinyu was a prince, the most favored prince, he could not decide his own marriage.

She raised her head and looked at Xiao Jinyan, thinking back to when he was first made the Crown Prince, the Queen found twenty women for him to choose from, which really made it difficult for him.

However, Xiao Jinyan did not make a choice at that time, but let the Queen be fully responsible for taking concubines.

Xiao Jinyan noticed Shen Chuwei's gaze towards him, and he lowered his eyes to glance at her, only to see that she was looking at him with a very sympathetic look, and then a look of heartache.

He held her hand tightly without saying a word.

In the end, under the double pressure, Xiao Jinyu was forced to nod.

The Queen Mother then smiled and said, "No wonder I love you."

The Queen Mother was seriously ill and needed rest. After visiting her, everyone left one after another.

Xiao Jinyu walked out with a dejected look on his face. When he passed by the corridor, he met Wanxin. He paused, raised his head and asked her, "What do you think of what the Empress Dowager meant?"

Wan Xin slowly raised her head and looked at Xiao Jinyu with her tender eyes, "I am alone, and the Queen Mother treats me like a family member, so I will naturally listen to her."

Xiao Jinyu showed a trace of pity in his eyes: "You are so wronged."

After saying that, he strode away.

Wanxin stood in the corridor, watching Xiao Jinyu's back as she left. Xiao Jinyu was really gentle, spoke directly, and had no scheming intentions. There was nothing wrong with her being a concubine.

Xiao Jinyu did not go back directly to Qiancheng Hall, but went to the East Palace. It was dinner time when he arrived.

Xiao Jinyu looked at the table full of food, turned his head to look at Shen Chuwei, and said aggrievedly: "Sister-in-law, is there no wine?"

Shen Chuwei looked at Xiao Jinyu's aggrieved expression and it seemed that he wanted to drown his sorrows in alcohol.

"Yes, I'll get it for you."

There was a lot of wine at home, but Xiao Jinyan had no habit of drinking during meals, so there was no wine on the table.

Shen Chuwei took out a bottle of Bamboo Leaf Green and placed it on the dining table.

Xiao Jinyan glanced at the Bamboo Leaf Green on the table, only to see Xiao Jinyu pick up the bottle and fill it up for him, then drink it all in one gulp, and then pour a second glass.

He reminded: "You can drink, but no more than three glasses."

Xiao Jinyu paused while raising his glass, and looked at his brother the Crown Prince aggrievedly, "Brother, your brother is already like this, why don't you drink a few more glasses?"

Xiao Jinyan said calmly: "Drinking won't solve the problem."

"It's because I can't solve the problem that I want to drink a few more glasses. I don't know how to tell Miss Han when I go back." Xiao Jinyu said, then raised the glass and drank the wine in one gulp.

Xiao Jinyan's eyes paused. He had experienced this himself, so he could naturally understand how his brother felt at the moment.

"Since there is no solution, then accept it. You only agreed to marry her, but you didn't agree to live in harmony with her."

"That's what I said, but I can marry someone... Miss Han," Xiao Jinyu felt depressed, poured himself another glass of wine, raised his head and drank it all in one gulp: "What's the point of being a man if you can't do what you say?"

Shen Chuwei took a bite of the braised pork, and seeing Xiao Jinyu so sad, she took the initiative to pick up the bottle and pour him some wine, "Although drinking can't solve the problem, but you can sleep well when you are drunk. If you have any troubles, you can talk about it when you wake up tomorrow."

Xiao Jinyu looked at Shen Chuwei gratefully, "Sister-in-law, do you want to drink?"

Shen Chuwei shook his head vigorously, "I don't drink. My alcohol tolerance is too low and my drinking habits are not very good either."

She got drunk twice, and both times she took advantage of Xiao Jinyan in various ways. The point is, it's easy to lose your memory when you're drunk, and if she reveals that she's a time traveler, then it's all over.

"What's the big deal? With my brother here, no one dares to bully you." Xiao Jinyu said, turning his head to look at Xiao Jinyan, "Brother, am I right?"

"..." Xiao Jinyan: "After this cup, you are not allowed to drink anymore."

Xiao Jinyu knew the Crown Prince well and always kept his word, so he could only bargain.

"Can I have another drink to give myself some courage? Otherwise, I don't know how to talk to Miss Han when I go back."

Shen Chuwei looked at Xiao Jinyu's cowardly look and couldn't help laughing, "Your Highness, Prince Yu is controlled by his wife."

Xiao Jinyan asked: "What do you mean?"

Shen Chuwei explained: "As the saying goes, I am afraid of my wife."

Xiao Jinyu felt the need to explain after hearing this, "This is not fear, this is respect."

Xiao Jinyan looked at his brother and poured himself another glass of wine. Isn't he afraid that he needs more wine to give himself courage?

But even so, Xiao Jinyan only let his brother drink one more glass and then stopped him from drinking.

"Stop drinking."

Xiao Jinyu showed a pleading look, "Brother, I'm not drunk yet."

"Do you think you can tell Miss Han about this when you are drunk?" Xiao Jinyan told his brother the truth calmly: "You will just fall asleep."

After hearing this, Xiao Jinyu thought for a while and felt that what the prince said made sense, so he stopped drinking.

But the only hope in my heart was gone, and my sorrow suddenly doubled.

Shen Chuwei clenched her chopsticks and picked up ten pieces of braised pork into her bowl, then reluctantly pushed the remaining braised pork in front of Xiao Jinyu, "Eat some braised pork, meat can also relieve your worries."

Xiao Jinyu sighed, picked up a piece of braised pork and put it into his mouth, chewed it, and after eating it, he picked up another piece of braised pork and put it into his mouth.

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Shen Chuwei watched Xiao Jinyu eat her favorite braised pork bite by bite, and she felt so distressed.

Looking down at the braised pork in the bowl, she was glad that she had left ten pieces.

After Xiao Jinyu finished his dinner, he left the East Palace.

I drank five glasses of wine. I didn't feel drunk at the time, but the aftereffect was a bit strong. I was a little tipsy on the way back.

The freezing cold wind at night sobered Xiao Jinyu up a little. After being blown by the cold wind all the way, he was almost sober.

Xiao Jinyu returned to Qiancheng Hall in a dejected mood. When he opened the door of the bedroom, he saw Miss Han sitting in front of the peach blossom wood table. He suddenly felt extremely guilty.

Miss Han has never changed her habits as a person.

"Miss Han, you haven't slept yet?"

Xiao Jinyu walked over and just sat down when she heard Miss Han ask, "Have you drunk?"

As soon as Xiao Jinyu stepped into the bedroom, Miss Han smelled alcohol. Xiao Jinyu only drank when he went out to play. Ever since she said that he was not allowed to drink, Xiao Jinyu had restrained himself a lot and would only drink secretly occasionally.

"I had dinner at my brother the Crown Prince's place. You know, being the Crown Prince is a bit stressful. My brother asked me to have a few drinks with him, and as his younger brother I couldn't refuse, right?" Xiao Jinyu's heart beat faster than usual when he lied, and he didn't even dare to look at Miss Han.

Miss Han picked up the teapot and poured him a cup of tea and placed it in front of him, "How much did you drink?"

"I didn't drink much, only five..." Xiao Jinyu originally wanted to say five cups, but fearing Miss Han would be angry, he immediately changed his words: "Just three cups, my brother drank five cups."

After Xiao Jinyu finished speaking, he picked up the tea in front of him and lowered his head to drink it, in fact, to hide his guilty conscience.

"I'll ask someone to prepare hot water for bathing first." Miss Han said as she stood up and walked out.

Xiao Jinyu secretly breathed a sigh of relief, fortunately Miss Han didn't find out that he was lying. He continued to drink his tea.

How should he tell Miss Han that he must marry Wanxin? How should he start...

Miss Han came over from outside and said, "The hot water is ready."

Xiao Jinyu was just thinking about how to start talking when he suddenly heard Miss Han's voice. He was so scared that he almost dropped the teacup.

He hurriedly placed the teacup on the table, then stood up and walked behind the screen as if escaping.

Miss Han lowered her eyes to glance at the tea spilled on the table, then raised her eyes to look behind the screen and walked over.

While taking off her clothes, Xiao Jinyu was thinking about how to talk to Miss Han and how to make her not angry.

"Let me help you undress." Miss Han walked up to him and reached out to untie his belt.

Xiao Jinyu looked at Miss Han who suddenly came over and forgot to breathe. She was so scared.

He let Miss Han untie her belt, take off her outer robe and put it on the hanger beside her, and then put on her inner garment.

As the belt was untied, the collar opened wide, revealing his strong chest muscles.

Although Xiao Jinyu was an idle prince, he often went to the training ground to practice riding and archery. Over the past three years, not only had he grown a lot taller, but he had also developed a good figure, with both chest and abdominal muscles.

Miss Han looked at the fair and rosy skin in front of her. Xiao Jinyu's skin was very fair, and it only turned red when she drank. The more she drank, the more obvious it became.

Her rosy white skin showed that she had drunk more than three glasses of wine.

Xiao Jinyu was feeling guilty at the moment, and Miss Han helped him take a bath. Under normal circumstances, he would still be very happy and would have pulled her along to join in.

But now, he just wanted to finish washing quickly.

During the whole process of bathing and changing clothes, Xiao Jinyan wanted to bring up that matter, but when he saw Miss Han's cold eyes, he couldn't open his mouth.

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ps: I wish Baozi, who is taking the college entrance examination, good luck in getting into his ideal university.

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