How could the Queen not know this? She was also secretly distressed. The Emperor's attitude towards the Crown Prince had been very harsh recently, to the point of being pathological!
She was really afraid that one day the prince would incur the emperor's dislike and lose his position.
The prince has so many outstanding brothers, including the third prince.
Whenever she saw the Third Prince and the Crown Prince standing together, her eyebrows would twitch.
The emperor praised the third prince far more than the crown prince.
Seeing that the Queen did not answer and just stared at the cup in her hand in a daze, Xia Yuning was not sure what she meant.
"Yu Ning will be coming of age next month, right? Have you found a suitable family?" The Queen suddenly changed the subject.
In this era, when a girl reached the age of marriage, it was almost time for her to be engaged to a family.
I heard before that Prince Rong's Mansion was interested in marrying with the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion and promising their only daughter to Shen Zhao.
Later, Princess Mingzhu was found and the previous marriage was invalidated. The Queen Mother personally issued an imperial decree to grant the marriage, promising Princess Mingzhu to Chen Zhao.
So what should Xia Yuning do?
Princess Rong and Xia Yuning didn't know why the Queen brought up the marriage, and they were both a little confused.
"I think the Third Prince is extremely talented and handsome, and he and Yu Ning are a perfect match. How about I propose to the Emperor that Yu Ning be married to the Third Prince?" The Queen said with a smile.
After hearing her say this, Xia Yuning began to think about the possibility of marrying the third prince.
Princess Rong laughed and said, "Your Majesty, you are so kind to our Yu Ning. I just hope that Yu Ning will have a peaceful and smooth life in the second half of her life."
After hearing what Princess Rong said, the Queen gave up the idea. It was impossible to let the Crown Prince marry Xia Yuning anyway.
Xia Yuning is only the adopted daughter of Prince Rong's Mansion. Her real mother's family lives in a small town in the south of the Yangtze River thousands of miles away.
Not only does it not help the prince at all, it is also a trouble.
If he knew that Xia Yuning had become the imperial concubine, he might cling to her like a dog-skin plaster!
Princess Rong and her daughter left the palace with depressed looks on their faces.
Originally, he wanted the Crown Prince to settle the flood in Jiangnan so that he could gain face in front of the Emperor and take away the credit for Shen Zhaohe and the Third Prince's achievements!
This way, the Crown Prince would remember her kindness and they would have such close contact that it wouldn't be awkward for Prince Rong's Mansion to take the opportunity to propose picking up the bride.
But the Queen's words, involving Xia Yuning's marriage, changed the nature of the matter.
Not long after Princess Rong and her daughter left, the Crown Prince came in. He came back every day to pay his respects to the Queen, and recited the lessons left by Tutor Guo. Sometimes he would even say that Tutor Guo praised him for his solid schoolwork.
The Queen always praised him out of respect, but when he said these things today, the Queen's mouth never curled up.
"What's wrong with you, mother?" asked the prince.
"The prince has made great progress in his studies recently, and his mother is very pleased. But because of the flood in the south of the Yangtze River, your father only sent the third prince to deal with it, and his mother is quite uneasy." The queen looked worried.
The prince asked the emperor why he was not allowed to do this matter. The emperor simply said that as the crown prince, he could only be safe if he stayed in the palace.
He only needs to give orders, and someone will naturally do these things for him, and these will become his political achievements in the future.
The prince finally calmed down, but when the queen brought up the matter again, he became confused.
Seeing him like this, the queen made up her mind to support him in his attempt to go to Jiangnan.
This time, the emperor agreed, but the process was not very pleasant.
In the imperial study, the emperor scolded the prince for being too eager for quick success and short-sighted, but thinking that he had a heart that served the country and the people, he agreed.
Xia Yuning took her maid out of the house and went to Wanbao Tower.
In her previous life, she accidentally discovered that Wanbaolou was a jewelry store on the surface, but secretly it was doing things to help people get rid of disasters.
So this time she found the right way accurately, and after coming out, she bought some jewelry to cover herself up.
Three days later, just as the sky was getting light, the third prince led his men out of the palace. As soon as he arrived at the door, he saw the prince and his brows subconsciously frowned.
"Third brother, I am going with you to Jiangnan to control the flood in the name of our father." The prince explained his purpose in one sentence.
The third prince didn't mind the extra person, and after meeting up with Chen Zhao and the others, they set off together.
At this time, Bai Zhirou was still staying in the mansion. She said she didn't want to move, so she just lay comfortably under a big tree to enjoy the cool air.
Princess Rong brought people and fabrics for the wedding dress, and told her to stay in the mansion and embroider the wedding dress herself.
Whether in her past life or this life, Bai Zhirou could count on one hand the number of times she had used needle and thread.
Asking her to embroider a wedding dress, isn't this clearly a way to trap her in the mansion?
"Just leave it there. I'll start working on it when I have time." Bai Zhirou closed her eyes and was too lazy to look at the two people who were looking for trouble.
Princess Rong was so angry at her arrogant and rude attitude that she trembled. "Is this how you talk to your biological mother?"
Bai Zhirou felt like a fly was buzzing in her ear.
"Sister Zhirou, you've only been back for a few days. I don't blame you for not learning etiquette, but you can't be so rude to mother."
Okay, now there are two flies.
When Xia Yuning saw her turn over and close her eyes comfortably, a fire started in her heart.
She walked forward and ripped off the book that Bai Zhirou had covered her face with. "You are still young. If you learn more about etiquette, morality, and integrity, you might be looked up to by the Shen family when you marry into it in the future."
"But if you act like a scoundrel and anger Mother, will you feel guilty about it?"
Xia Yuning was about to label Bai Zhirou as unfilial in just a few words.
Bai Zhirou then lazily sat up, opened her eyes and looked at her.
"I don't think you're worthy of saying the words 'propriety, righteousness, integrity, and shame'. If you really knew how to write them, you should come with me to Jiangnan to visit your biological parents!"
Bai Zhirou looked at her with her eyes slightly narrowed, not missing any expression on her face.
Xia Yuning was frightened by her words, especially the look in her eyes, as if she was sure that she didn't dare to go!
She just thought about it for a moment and nodded in agreement.
"Sister Zhirou, what you said makes sense. My parents gave me the gift of bearing children. Even if we are not destined to have children in this life, it would be good to meet them."
Not having the fate of having children means that she will never return to her real home in the small town of Jiangnan in this life.
Bai Zhirou thought she would refuse like before, but she didn't expect her to agree so readily this time.
When something is abnormal, there must be something wrong!
She has to be careful about everything.
Princess Rong was also full of doubts about Xia Yuning's decision. Only after returning did Xia Yuning tell her her plan.
After hearing this, Princess Rong agreed with her decision.
"Mother Yu Ning is truly talented and intelligent. She could actually come up with such a good idea. But this time, mother will go with you to express her gratitude to them for giving birth to you."
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