Shen Shurong understood her gaze and gave it directly to Yang Qian when she was ten years old.
After only two years of study, she knew the treasury's account books like the back of her hand and could see through Yang Qian's business tactics with the shopkeepers at a glance.
Chen Shurong had high hopes for her. Now that someone had taken over the treasury, all that was left was for Ayi to choose a concubine.
Once the Crown Princess is chosen and Ayi is old enough to succeed to the throne, she and her husband can rest assured.
Xie Zhiyi has the physique of his father and looks like his mother. He is very smart. He has learned martial arts since he was a child and is also good at studying.
The main thing is that this child loves to laugh, which makes everyone happy when they see him. He is also filial and often goes to Prince Xuan's Mansion to pay his respects to his grandparents.
What's more, he is the next emperor, and every family expects their daughter to marry him.
The eldest princess's daughter Yi Tong liked him in her heart. She was the princess's study companion and she fell in love with the prince when she was very young. She asked her mother to ask her aunt Nujun for marriage.
The eldest princess didn't dare to mention it directly, but she went to the palace to meet Shen Shurong and proposed to hold a flower viewing banquet so that the prince could meet the noble ladies of the capital.
Chen Shurong asked his son who he liked, but Xie Zhiyi always said no one.
It’s a good idea to hold a flower-viewing party. Maybe I can meet a girl that my son likes.
"Just do it in your house, and get the money from the Ministry of Internal Affairs."
The eldest princess was stunned. Such an important matter was entrusted to her...in the Princess Mansion?
Is this to flatter her?
Realizing that she had lost her composure, she quickly picked up the handkerchief to cover her lips, her voice trembling with excitement: "Okay, don't worry, the Princess's Mansion will definitely take care of it."
When I came here, I was afraid that the lady would think I was overstepping my bounds, so I only dared to test her slightly.
When he walked, there was a breeze under his feet and he looked very energetic.
Just as she was leaving the palace gate, a child bumped into her arms. She was so scared that she almost lost her soul. She quickly squatted down to see if the child was hurt: "Second Prince, watch the road and don't run. Where did you get hit?"
"Wow...Mom...wow..." The boy rubbed his nose and burst into tears.
Shen Shurong hurried out to check and gently touched his youngest son's nose: "It's okay, it will be sore, but it will be fine after the pain passes."
"The aunt is bad, mother, the aunt hit her son."
The eldest princess had sweat dripping down her forehead, with a look of grievance on her face that she was wronged but couldn't speak out, and she looked up at Shen Shurong.
Shen Shurong wondered, was she that scary? "Royal sister, please go back home first. Zhihan is fine. She was spoiled by me."
The eldest princess quickly bowed and took her leave, and this time she walked more steadily.
Xie Zhihan hugged his mother's waist and said, "Mom, you keep saying it's okay, but I'm so sad. Do you think I don't care about you anymore?"
"Mom, no. Mom loves you the most." Chen Shurong rubbed his little head. He was even more difficult to deal with than Ayi when he was a child.
"Mother, remember, you must love your son for the rest of your life, and for the rest of your life...ah..."
A big hand lifted up the back of his neck, and another big hand patted Xie Zhihan's butt: "You are so spoiled. You don't study, you don't learn martial arts, and you only know how to pester your mother?"
"Dad, put me down. You carry me around every day. I have no face left in front of so many people!"
"If you stay away from my wife, I won't lift you up."
"No, I just want to follow mom forever."
Chen Shurong carried his son down: "Okay, stop making trouble. I'll ask the Grand Princess to host a flower viewing banquet and choose a wife for Ayi."
"Okay, pick a few for Zhihan too. He'll naturally not need his mother anymore once he has a wife."
Shen Shurong couldn't help laughing: "You are not afraid of being heard by mother."
Xie Yunzhao didn't care, his mother had known about it for a long time.
"I don't want a wife, I just want a mother." Xie Zhihan leaned on Shen Shurong's legs and made faces at his father.
Xie Yunzhao deeply doubted whether he could live a life of two people after passing on the throne with this stinky son around.
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When the eldest princess learned that the two emperors would also come secretly, her heart rose to her throat and she was no longer happy. Fearing trouble, she asked her sisters to send people to help.
The location for viewing the flowers was chosen to be by the lake, which was a large area with a water pavilion in the center of the lake. The prince could watch the noble ladies viewing the flowers by the lake from the pavilion.
After the banquet begins, some poetry games will be prepared, and the prince can also take the opportunity to ask some questions.
Yi Tong prepared with her mother. She was responsible for the poetry part. She chose some that she was good at, and then the prince would be able to see her skills.
On the day of the flower-viewing banquet, Chen Shurong and Xie Yunzhao walked through the forest path into the water pavilion. Gu Kaizhi followed Xie Yunzhao with his twelve-year-old daughter and also entered the water pavilion.
"Brother, although our Tangtang is a little small, she is cute."
Xie Yunzhao wanted to beat him. His son had been courting Xixi since he was a child, and now that Xixi had found a husband, he started to courteously show his affection to his youngest daughter.
Now he is trying hard to sell his daughter to Ayi, who is only twelve: "Are you stupid?"
Gu Kaizhi scratched his head and grinned: "My silly elder brother already knew that Tangtang will be a marriageable girl in three years, and I want to get closer to you, elder brother."
Xie Yunzhao waved his hand, not wanting to delay him and Rongrong from going out to play: "Ayi can't wait."
Gu Kaizhi curled his lips and sat there quietly without saying anything.
They came secretly, and no one knew except the eldest princess and the servant who led the way.
After all the noble ladies have arrived, the eldest princess will bring Xie Zhiyi in in front of all the noble ladies. No one knows that the two emperors are also watching them.
Outside the Grand Princess's Mansion, carriages of noble ladies stopped one after another.
Xie Zhiyi and Cao Xize came together. As soon as they got off their horses, they saw the Fifth Princess entering the palace with her son and a woman.
Xie Zhiyi frowned slightly. Why did they come here? Could it be that they wanted to choose someone for her son?
Logically, he wouldn't do that. How could he dare to choose when he knew the party was held for him?
The eldest princess saw the fifth princess coming over and asked, "Why are you here?"
"Royal sister, my sister-in-law is here to bring my daughter to see the world."
The eldest princess glared at her, fearing that she might mess up. "Then why did you bring your son here?"
"He's still young, he's just here to join in the fun, don't worry about him."
The eldest princess asked the servants to keep an eye on the fifth prince's son and make sure he didn't run around, but he said he wanted to go to the woods by the lake, hide behind a tree and watch, promising to be quiet and not cause any trouble.
The servant thought it wouldn't be a big disturbance there, so he led the way.
The fifth prince's son glanced back at the young man dressed as a servant and nodded slightly.
When he turned back, he missed the hint of sarcasm in the servant's eyes.
The servant's hand gently stroked the double-shot crossbow in his lapel. As expected, everything needs double protection.
Xie Zhiyi followed the eldest princess into the waterside pavilion and greeted his parents.
The twelve-year-old Gu Chutang was also familiar with him. After greeting each other, he asked generously, "Brother Crown Prince, can't you wait for three years?"
Xie Yunzhao glared at Gu Kaizhi.
Chen Shurong and the eldest princess were amused. This little girl was really brave.
Xie Zhiyi and Cao Xize couldn't help laughing. Did she understand what it meant?
Xie Zhiyi rubbed her head: "If I can't choose, I'll wait for you."
Gu Kaizhi's droopy puppy eyes lit up.
Gu Chutang also smiled happily: "Okay, then I hope that Prince Brother won't be chosen."
Everyone was amused again, and suddenly a woman's singing was heard, interrupting several people's conversation.
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