"I am ashamed and do not deserve such praise!" Zhu Jingchen's words made Wei Jing'an even more uneasy.
I have no idea what the Emperor is planning.
Li family
When Li Zhiwei returned to Xiliu Lane, she saw that her father was already waiting there.
"Father, why did you come out?" Li Zhiwei felt a little awkward and quickly went to greet him.
"My dear child, I was so worried something had happened to you." Li Tianyou breathed a sigh of relief when he saw his daughter return safely.
Li Tianyou was afraid that his daughter would be kidnapped again, just like last time.
At that point, it's uncertain whether anyone will be able to rescue her in time.
“Father, the security in the capital isn’t that bad. Last time it was because Lin Jitong instigated others,” Li Zhiwei quickly said.
"Okay, let's go inside and talk." Although Li Tianyou agreed verbally, he still felt a little scared.
The father and daughter sat in the living room, and Li Zhiwei was about to tell him that the Emperor would be granting her and Prince An a marriage the next day: "Father, the Emperor has granted my marriage to Prince An, and the imperial decree will arrive tomorrow."
Thinking of this, Li Zhiwei felt a little uneasy. After all, they were just merchants, and receiving an imperial edict was something they had never experienced before.
Li Zhiwei was even more afraid that they would do something wrong and the emperor would blame them.
"Did Prince An tell you this?" Li Tianyou's heart sank upon hearing this.
He hadn't expected it to happen so quickly.
“Yes, Prince An said that the imperial edict should be issued tomorrow. Father, we should probably start preparing for receiving the edict.” Li Zhiwei quickly said.
"Sigh! Father will have Zhou Tong make the arrangements in a moment. But, Weiwei, have you thought it through?" Li Tianyou looked at his daughter, fearing that she was only marrying Prince An because he had saved her.
What worries me even more is whether my daughter will marry Prince An as his principal wife or a concubine.
Although he was just a merchant, he was unwilling to wrong his daughter into becoming someone else's concubine, even if that person was Prince An.
"Father?" Li Zhiwei looked at Li Tianyou with some confusion, not understanding why her father would ask her this question.
“Weiwei, if you’re not willing, we can always leave this capital city.” Li Tianyou said to his daughter with a serious expression.
"Father, this is a marriage bestowed by the Emperor," Li Zhiwei said, her heart pounding with fear.
If she disobeyed the emperor's will, it would be a crime punishable by the extermination of nine generations of her family. Li Zhiwei knew that she had no brothers or sisters, but she still did not want her parents to lose their lives because of her.
“Father knows that I am incompetent and that I have made you suffer in this capital. I was stubborn before and did not listen to you. This time, if you are unwilling, I will risk my life to change all of this,” Li Tianyou said.
“Father, Prince An is a good man, and I have no objections.” Li Zhiwei thought carefully before looking at Li Tianyou and saying this.
“Although Prince An is a good man, he holds a high position and wields great power. If you suffer any injustice in Prince An’s mansion, Father…” Li Tianyou felt a tightness in his chest as he said this. If his daughter were to marry into a high-ranking family, and if others bullied her, he would not even have the power to stand up for her.
“Father, Prince An is usually busy with official duties, so he probably doesn’t have time to let his daughter suffer any injustice, right?” Li Zhiwei thought for a moment and then said.
"Hmph, who knows? Besides, if you marry him, you'll be his second wife, and he'll have a child with you!" Li Tianyou sighed again when he thought of Xu Qing. If it were just someone else's child, Li Tianyou might think it would be fine, but if it were to become his daughter's stepson, it would be a bit upsetting.
His daughter, whom he had pampered all his life, suddenly had such a grown son, which made him feel somewhat uncomfortable.
Thinking back, Xu Qingshi used to call her stepmother all the time.
Li Tianyou was even more upset.
“Father, the young master is a very good person. Besides, if it weren’t for the young master, I might still be suffering in the Lin family right now,” Li Zhiwei quickly said.
"That kid isn't a bad person, it's just his mouth..." Li Tianyou thought of the rumors circulating outside that Xu Heming was walking around the capital shirtless.
"Father, have you heard the rumors outside too?" Li Zhiwei thought of how Xu Qingshi had ruined Xu Heming's image by arguing with a child. She wanted to laugh, but she was also worried that her father would not want her to marry Prince An because of this.
"What rumors?" Li Tianyou frowned. Was there something he didn't know?
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