Zhu Hanyu looked at Xu Qingshi as if he were a fool.
“Yes, let me tell you, my stepmother is very beautiful,” Xu Qingshi said with a smug look on his face.
"Didn't your mother tell you that the more beautiful a woman is, the more poisonous she is?" Zhu Hanyu thought of all the beautiful women in the harem, all of whom were poisonous.
They wouldn't dare try anything that they gave themselves.
I'm afraid of being poisoned.
His mother said that when he was little, he was almost poisoned to death.
Very few princes survived in the imperial harem.
"No, my mother died right after giving birth to me. She didn't even have time to say anything to me. I don't even know what my mother looked like." Thinking of this, Xu Qingshi rested his chin on his hand, looking disappointed. He also wanted a mother.
"That's true. I'm sorry, I misspoke just now." Zhu Hanyu then remembered that Princess An died in childbirth when Xu Qingshi was born, so she really didn't have time to teach him anything.
"It's okay. But I think my stepmother is a good person. She promised to give me the Nine-Linked Rings." Xu Qingshi was very excited when he thought about Li Zhiwei's promise to give him the Nine-Linked Rings.
"Stop! You are the heir apparent of Prince An. How can you be bought off by such a paltry sum? She's being nice to you now, but who knows if it's just to put on a show for your father and grandmother. Anyway, I don't believe there's any good stepmother." Zhu Hanyu thought of all the women in the palace who were so nice to him on the surface, but either they had ulterior motives or they wanted to harm him.
Apart from my mother, no one will ever truly care about me.
Zhu Hanyu was only seven years old. In his mind, he was like the concubines in the palace. But how could these concubines possibly treat him sincerely?
Either they're vying for his favor, or they're trying to do something malicious to him.
This instilled in the seven-year-old third prince the deep-seated impression that all women other than his mother were bad people.
"You mean, my stepmother will harm me?" Although Xu Qingshi didn't quite believe that Li Zhiwei would harm him, he also felt that the Third Prince wouldn't lie to him.
For a moment, I was also somewhat at a loss.
After all, he really wanted a mother.
"You absolutely must not believe that woman's nonsense," Zhu Hanyu solemnly instructed Xu Qingshi.
Imperial Study
"Since that's the case, you'll have to stay at Prince An's residence for a while. Once this matter is settled, I will take charge and dissolve your engagement." Zhu Jingchen said this deliberately, seeing how Xu Heming had protected Li Zhiwei earlier.
"Huh?" Li Zhiwei didn't know how to reply to the Emperor for a moment, and just looked at Xu Heming with a pleading expression.
“Your Majesty, Zhiwei is already my wife.” Xu Heming said with a dark face. He didn’t believe that the emperor couldn’t understand.
He's already made it obvious enough.
In his opinion, the emperor was deliberately trying to make a fool of himself.
"Li, are you truly willing to marry this dead-faced Prince An?" Zhu Jingchen asked Li Zhiwei, suppressing a laugh.
“Your Majesty…” Li Zhiwei was now in a dilemma. If she said yes, would Prince An think that she was trying to climb the social ladder? If she said no, what if Your Majesty really separated them?
"Your Majesty, please don't make things difficult for my princess." Xu Heming sighed and quickly shielded the person behind him.
"Alright, alright, I won't make things difficult for you two anymore. But have you thought about how you're going to go back to the Marquis of Ru'an's residence?" Zhu Jingchen was actually quite happy about Xu Heming's plan to find a second wife.
After all, Xu Heming has too many things to do, but Xu Qingshi also needs someone to discipline him.
However, the Emperor was speechless at the shamelessness of the Marquis of Ru'an's family, but there were some things he couldn't say.
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