Chapter Nine
"Your Highness?" Li Zhiwei looked at Xu Heming with a puzzled expression, thinking to herself, "Didn't they say that the south was flooded and the court was short of money?"
Could it be that the information is incorrect?
Otherwise, with all that dowry, wouldn't she be able to get the Emperor's two requests?
She didn't make any difficult requests, did she?
"Father, the Emperor didn't agree?" Xu Qingshi asked, somewhat puzzled, thinking to himself, "Could it be that the Emperor doesn't want his father to marry a stepmother for him?"
Even the old princess looked at her son with a puzzled expression.
"Hmm." Xu Heming found it difficult to speak. He felt that he was still a bit shy, otherwise he wouldn't have been unable to say it.
"Father, what are you 'uh'ing about? Tell me, what happened?" Xu Qingshi asked anxiously.
After all, the Marquis of Ru'an was making a scene at the entrance of the Prince's mansion today, and he didn't want to lose to the Marquis of Ru'an's mansion.
Thinking of this, Xu Qingshi looked Li Zhiwei up and down and thought, if all else fails, he will marry Li Zhiwei, hmph!
Even if I marry him, I can't let Lin Jitong be so proud.
"Alright, Father, I'll marry her, okay? Anyway, I'm the one who brought her back." Since Xu Qingshi had decided to marry Li Zhiwei, he said it directly.
Li Zhiwei was startled. She only wanted to escape the fire pit, not to harm a child.
Besides, Prince An's son could have any kind of girl he wanted, so why would he want a merchant's daughter who was about to be rejected by her fiancé?
She concluded that she had no intention of harming Xu Qingshi.
"Your Highness, Your Highness, Your Highness, Your Highness, this is absolutely unacceptable! I know my status is too low and I am not worthy of Your Highness," Li Zhiwei said in a panic as she knelt before them.
The old princess was at a loss for words. She was extremely unwilling to let Xu Qingshi marry Li Zhiwei.
Putting aside Li Zhiwei's age, her status is indeed somewhat unworthy of her grandson.
"How about I marry her?" Xie Yanzhi said this without certainty.
After all, if his father knew that he was the one who instigated Xu Qingshi to snatch Li Shi back, his father would break his legs.
"Yanzhi, this matter has nothing to do with you." The old princess's lips twitched. There was no reason to make someone else take responsibility for this. At worst, she could act as a matchmaker for this girl. In the capital, there were probably plenty of men willing to marry her.
"I beg Mother to arrange my marriage with Lady Li," Xu Heming sighed before speaking solemnly to the old princess.
Xu Heming did not explain the reason.
"Then I'll have someone pick an auspicious day..." The old princess didn't ask why, thinking that as long as her son was willing to get married, she wouldn't care about the other party's family background or anything like that.
"Mother, there's no better time than today. Your son will marry Li today," Xu Heming said without hesitation, stopping the old princess from speaking.
"Today? Isn't that too fast?" The old princess glanced at Li Zhiwei beside her and thought to herself, "Although this girl is beautiful, her son is so impatient." She felt a little uneasy.
"Li, you said that the two conditions you agreed to exchange for your dowry still stand, right?" Xu Heming looked at Li Zhiwei. He didn't really want to take advantage of her situation, but this was the Emperor's decision, and he couldn't ruin the Emperor's plans.
“Mother, let’s do as your son says,” Xu Heming said firmly.
The old princess stared at her son for a moment, then sighed and instructed the steward Liu Ming to do as Xu Heming had said.
Li Zhiwei was dumbfounded. How come it seemed like no one had asked her if she was willing?
"Your Highness? This is not appropriate." Li Zhiwei quickly grabbed Xu Heming's hand and said anxiously.
"Could it be that Miss Li still wants to marry into the Marquis of Ru'an's family?" Xu Heming frowned as he looked at Li Zhiwei. He was puzzled. Hadn't he already helped her resolve the marriage with the Marquis of Ru'an's family?
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