Shen Qingqiu remained silent.
Liu only said: "Since you are willing, I will communicate with Qin and start to arrange your engagement with Dao Yue."
Shen Qingqiu nodded, "Mom, go and do it. It doesn't matter what you do."
If she was so well behaved in other matters, Liu would be very happy, but it was her own marriage. Liu smiled and shook her head, "You, when you were seven or eight years old, you looked like a little kid, but now you still look like a child. I really don't know why Dao Yue likes you?"
Shen Qingqiu was stunned for a moment, "He likes me?"
Liu said, "How can I not like you?" Liu looked at her daughter's increasingly outstanding features. She was good in every way except that she was still not smart enough and did not understand the ways of the world.
"I hope you can understand more things after you get married." Liu said.
Now thinking that her daughter had grown up and was about to get married, she felt even more melancholy.
Shen Qingqiu lowered his eyes, and somehow he suddenly thought of Gu Yanwei... He thought of his handsome face with cold eyes, and his heart was in turmoil.
She quickly shook her head, getting rid of these inappropriate thoughts in her mind, and then she calmed down again.
"Now that you've decided, you have to prepare for some things." Liu said, "Tomorrow, stay at home with Jin Cai and embroider your dowry. Don't run around outside anymore."
Shen Qingqiu's face fell when he heard this...
But she knew that it was useless to confront her mother, and she couldn't do it either. Anyway, her mother wouldn't be able to find out if she sneaked out at that time.
However, what Shen Qingqiu didn't expect was that her mother would actually do such a thing. The next day, she asked Jin Cai to buy the things needed to embroider the dowry, and she also took a stool and sat outside her door, watching her embroider in the house.
Shen Qingqiu was overwhelmed. Her hands were fine for chopping people with a knife, but now she was asked to embroider?
Are you kidding me?!
Liu had no intention of joking with her. "Just stay at home and embroider for me. If you don't embroider well, don't even think about going out."
At this moment, my son can hardly escape even if he has wings.
Shen Qingqiu had no choice but to stay at home and embroider her own dowry. Liu didn't really want to embroider her, knowing that she couldn't embroider, but marriage was the most important event in life, so she had to save face and let outsiders know that she was the one embroidering at home. As for whether it was her embroidery, how would outsiders know?
As for not letting Shen Qingqiu go out, she herself knew the reason.
Now that she was getting married, it meant that the emperor's plan to grant her marriage was in vain. The common people didn't know about this kind of thing, but how could the officials of the court not know about it? I didn't know how chaotic it would be outside at this time, so I didn't go out if I could.
Otherwise, with Shen Qingqiu's ability, if she really wanted to slip away, who could stop her?
The Marquis' Mansion was busy preparing for the wedding, but the Ninth Prince's Mansion was desolate and cold.
Wang Xi has been with their master since he was a child. He may not have understood His Highness's thoughts at first, but since the princess got engaged, His Highness hasn't even had a smile on his face. How could he not understand now?
"Your Highness, if you really like the princess, why don't we go find her? In my opinion, the princess is so worried about your health that she traveled thousands of miles to such a remote place to find medicine for you. It doesn't seem like she has no feelings for you."
The more Wang Xi talked, the more likely it seemed. But then Gu Yanwei waved his hand and said, "No need to say more."
Wang Xi closed his mouth, but he felt more and more that his prince and the princess were a perfect match. The princess was skilled in martial arts and medicine, and his prince was talented and of noble status. No one could be more suitable than this.
Unfortunately, Gu Yanwei had already stood up, "Wang Xi, go prepare the gifts."
Wang Xi thought that His Highness had figured it out, "Are you going to the Marquis' Mansion to propose marriage? I will go right away."
Gu Yanwei glanced at his servant and discovered for the first time that he had such a clear train of thought. He just said, "The weather is good today, let's go to the East Palace to see the Crown Prince and the Crown Princess."
Wang Xi's face showed disappointment, but his master had already given the order, so he naturally prepared the carriage and horses.
Soon they arrived at the East Palace.
"Please don't blame me for visiting you so late at night, my royal brother." Gu Yanwei bowed.
The prince waved his hand to ask him to get up, and said with concern: "It's getting late and the dew is heavy. You're not feeling well. What are you doing here so late at night?" The two of them had always had a good relationship, and the prince was genuinely concerned about his younger brother's health.
Gu Yanwei smiled, and his already perfect face looked even more transcendent under the moonlight.
"Brother always took good care of me. I know you've been in a bad mood recently, so I brought some wine here."
When the prince heard him call him that, a smile appeared on his face again. He looked at the wine in his hand and patted his shoulder, "I appreciate your kindness, but..." Gu Yanwei knew what he was worried about and took the initiative to extend his hand, "Don't worry, brother, I'm much better now, don't worry about me."
Gu Tang held his hand and was surprised to find it was warm.
His ninth brother had been in poor health since he was young. He took care of him and naturally knew that his body was always cold. It was rare for his hands to be warm like today. "Good! I hope he's getting better!" This was the only thing worth being happy about recently. "We have to celebrate."
He immediately took Gu Yanwei to the pavilion in the courtyard and sat down.
Gu Yanwei opened the cork of the wine, and a strange fragrance came out. He poured wine for the two of them and said, "This is the wine that Wang Xi buried in the past. It is said that my mother buried it on the day I was born." It's just that his mother was unlucky and passed away not long after.
After hearing this, the prince had no choice but to pick up the wine glass and drink it all with him.
"Now looking at the Crown Princess lying on her sickbed, although I can't remember what my mother looked like, I can't help but associate her with the Crown Princess..." said Gu Yanwei.
Hearing this, the prince felt a little uncomfortable, "The princess is just sick, she will be fine after a few days of rest."
"Brother, do you believe what you say?" Gu Yanwei asked with a smile.
The prince was stunned, "What do you mean?"
Gu Yanwei said, "Big brother has been sincere to me since childhood, so I will speak my mind. I think you know everything about the Crown Princess' illness and why Prime Minister Wang's family was impeached and imprisoned. Some things cannot be resolved by delaying. If you delay until the end, I will only worry that you will have nothing."
The prince laughed at himself, "I thought I had kept it a secret, but even you knew about it."
Gu Yanwei did not speak. Naturally, there was little information leaking out about Empress Pei and the Crown Prince, but he had his own sources of information over the years. It was just that he could not tell the Crown Prince in detail.
"I know that all my brothers envy me because I was born in the Queen's womb, and I was made the Crown Prince since I was young. But if they knew that I have been living like a puppet all these years, I wonder if I have to be so careful to protect my wife and children now. Would they still envy me?"
The prince raised the wine jug and gulped down a large cup. "If it's really possible, I don't want to be a prince!"
Gu Yanwei's eyes fell on him. Among these brothers, only the prince treated him sincerely. Even though Empress Pei and he were mortal enemies, he had never thought of taking action against the prince.
But now that he wants to grab that position, the person in front of him has become a stumbling block.
"Brother, if I asked you to give up that position, you could live the rest of your life with the Crown Princess and your child in peace, would you be willing?"
If someone else heard such a question, they might have changed their face immediately, but Gu Tang didn't take the position of crown prince seriously. When he heard Gu Yanwei ask this, he just curled his lips and smiled, "If I can live a carefree life with a wife and children, what do I need this crappy position for?"
There wasn't a trace of reluctance to give up power on his face, and Gu Yanwei slowly shifted his gaze away from him.
He stood up and looked at the big brother whom he always looked up to, "What if I say I can help you?"
"Prince, are you willing to give up your position as Crown Prince and live a carefree life?"
With a bang, the wine jug in the prince's hand fell to the ground and shattered into tiles. A stream of clear liquid flowed out, filling the air with the charming aroma of wine.
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Early the next morning, Wang Qingluo dressed up and went to meet Queen Pei.
"Your Majesty, Queen Mother. May you live a thousand years and a thousand thousand years." She saluted respectfully to Queen Pei.
Even though she was extremely dissatisfied with her daughter-in-law, Empress Pei was a person of etiquette after all, and she would not let anyone talk about her when the Crown Princess was still pregnant. "Why is the Crown Princess performing etiquette when she is pregnant? Why don't you get up quickly?"
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Wang Qingluo also followed the help of the palace maid and sat on a chair nearby.
"You are pregnant, so didn't I exempt you from greeting me? Why are you here again today?" Queen Pei pinched her temples lightly, seeming to have a headache.
Wang Qingluo lowered her head and said, "My Queen Mother, I came to see you because of something concerning my family."
Empress Pei's hands moved down from her head, and she opened her eyes. Her cold gaze pierced directly at Wang Qingluo like smoke. She gritted her teeth, feeling a little scared by such a gaze, but thinking about what she was going to do next, she still insisted on looking back.
"Don't you know that your father's case was judged by the emperor himself? Now you come to ask me, are you dissatisfied with the emperor?" Queen Pei asked coldly.
Wang Qingluo quickly shook her head, "I dare not."
"Then why did you come to see me?" Queen Pei looked at her coldly.
Wang Qingluo clutched the handkerchief, as if she had made a decision. She looked at the queen and said, "I understand what you mean, mother, and why you have done so much. I ask nothing else, but to spare my parents' lives so that they can return home and retire in peace."
"As for me, I will ask to leave the palace because of my parents' crimes."
Empress Pei sat up from her chair and looked at Wang Qingluo straight in the eyes, "Does your promise count?" It would be better if she could ask to leave the palace on her own accord. After all, being labeled a widower would not look good even for the crown prince.
Wang Qingluo knelt down and said, "If my parents are safe and sound, I will definitely ask His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to agree. I beg you, Mother, to agree!"
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