Chapter 166 Deeply shocked, what is the purpose of this forced marriage?
Qiao received the information from an attendant sent by the Marquis of Zhongwu's residence.
This matter has not yet alarmed Ji Qingrong, who is pregnant; it was Lu Juan who secretly sent someone to inform her.
Qiao said, "It was during the morning court session today that Wei Ting asked the Emperor for a marriage decree, and personally told him that he wanted to marry you."
Before Ji Qingwu's astonishment had subsided, another bolt from the blue struck.
Wei Ting actually pleaded with the emperor in front of everyone in the morning court session.
Moreover, he acknowledged the child as his own in front of Emperor Wusu.
Ji Qingwu was deeply shocked.
In front of the child's biological father, she had to admit that Wei Ting had been accused of something inappropriate, and she couldn't help but wonder if he had suffered some kind of trauma over the years and was mentally unstable.
When I saw him in the palace, he still looked as dignified and refined as ever.
Now his style of doing things has changed drastically, from steady and methodical to thunderous and ruthless.
Ji Qingwu was mostly surprised by Wei Ting's proposal to marry her.
Actually, what Wei Ting said doesn't matter; the key is how the person in control of the situation makes a decision.
Although Wei Ting returned to Lin'an, he had been stationed on the border for many years and held military power over 200,000 troops in the northern frontier, making him a formidable military force.
It is unknown how Emperor Wusu would react to such a request from a powerful minister, and whether he would agree.
Ji Qingwu calmed herself down and asked, "Mother, what was the Emperor's reaction?"
Madam Qiao shook her head and said, "I heard the scene was in complete chaos, and the Emperor had a headache from all the noise, so he adjourned the court."
That means there's no conclusion yet, and Ji Qingwu breathed a slight sigh of relief.
Qiao had been observing her reaction. Seeing that she was not as single-mindedly focused on marrying him as Wei Ting had said, she was more shocked than happy when she heard about his proposal.
She asked, "What exactly is going on between you and Wei Ting? Wei Ting said you've always been in love with him."
Ji Qingwu did not want to hide it from the Qiao family, but the matter of the child-rearing system was too unbelievable to tell.
But once you tell one lie, you have to tell countless more to cover it up.
If the truth is revealed, Qiuqiu and Yuanheng's true identities will inevitably be exposed. Furthermore, it wouldn't be good for the Qiao family to know the details of this affair.
Why not just let the mistake go and let it pass?
Ji Qingwu covered it up by saying, "Mother, that's all in the past. Everyone has... the ignorant years of a young girl's first love."
Qiao frowned and said, "It's not enough for you to say it's all in the past. Wei Ting also produced the letter you once wrote to him."
He actually still kept her "evidence"?
Thinking of the contents of those letters, Ji Qingwu awkwardly touched his face.
To be honest, she had no experience in pursuing people. In order to win over Wei Ting, she specifically found a few popular storybooks and copied the methods of pursuing him exactly as described.
Who said that it's easy for a woman to pursue a man?
There was clearly a layer of sandpaper between them.
They practically toughened Ji Qingwu's skin, but he still couldn't break through.
Later, Ji Qingwu began to devise traditional methods, using old-fashioned love phrases such as vows of eternal love and promises of forever.
What she couldn't say aloud, she wrote down on paper and conveyed through letters.
However, Wei Ting did not respond after receiving it. He simply smiled faintly after opening it in front of her.
Ji Qingwu frowned. One of the cards was rather special. Could it be that Wei Ting had just pulled out that one?
It can't be such a coincidence...
The letter was given to her by someone else; Ji Qingwu naturally couldn't have come up with such a "romantic trick."
Besides military doctors, there was another category of women in the military camp: military prostitutes.
In this world, how many women would want their lips to be tasted by thousands? Most of them are forced into prostitution because they have no choice in the matter.
Among them was a beautiful Hu woman who was sold by human traffickers. She fell seriously ill shortly after joining the army, and Ji Qingwu had treated her.
This Hu woman had a bold and outspoken personality. She laughed at her clumsy methods of pursuing men, telling her that she should be bolder if she wanted to express her love. She also told her that all men were just pretending to be virtuous; once they were pushed down and pinned to the bed, they were all the same.
He generously taught her many techniques, both literary and martial arts.
This play is a play of flirting.
The action scene was rejected righteously by Ji Qingwu, whose face was redder than a campfire and who was still unaware of the nature of love.
The stories of Xi Shi washing silk and Bodhi sitting on a lotus were ultimately used, just not on Wei Ting.
One method for writing literary pieces is to use bright red lipstick prints to form a heart shape on letter paper.
Ji Qingwu could barely accept it, as the Hu woman personally instructed her, but later complained that she was too slow, so the Hu woman had to put the lip print on her instead.
Thinking of this, Ji Qingwu blinked and asked, "Mother, do you know which letter Wei Ting took out?"
Qiao met her gaze and said, "Xiao Wu, did you really write him a letter?!"
Ji Qingwu nodded honestly: "I have written it."
There's no denying it; the letter Wei Ting produced was indeed written by her.
Upon receiving an affirmative answer, Qiao's wrinkles deepened with worry. She sighed deeply, realizing that Wei Ting was telling the truth.
Ji Qingwu added, "And it's not just one letter."
Qiao's sigh stopped, turning into melancholy.
It turns out that Xiao Wu and Wei Ting really did have such a past.
When his youngest daughter returned home, he was worried that she would be reminded of the sad things that had happened while she was away, so he didn't question her carefully and just assumed that Qiuqiu's father was some lowly soldier.
Qiao Shi even exaggeratedly thought that as long as they weren't royalty, the Ji family and the Qiao family could protect Xiao Wu.
They forgot about Wei Ting, the powerful minister who was deeply favored by the emperor.
If Xiao Wu is to marry into the Wei family...
The Wei family is large and powerful, with over a hundred members. Old Madam Wei is not someone to be trifled with.
Even as a child, Wei Ting was an outstanding figure in the city, and now that he has military power, he's even more formidable. No matter how you look at it, he's someone her innocent fifth son couldn't possibly control.
If I really marry him, I'll have to suffer some grievances.
Qiao was far-sighted, and the furrows between his brows deepened.
Infected by her mother's emotions, Ji Qingwu also felt a little worried.
She wondered, "But he never agreed to be with me before, nor did he ever say he wanted to marry me. Why has his attitude changed so drastically now?"
Qiao's eye twitched, and she quickly turned her head away.
Looking at Ji Qingwu's beautiful face and bright eyes, she stretched out two fingers and tapped her forehead with a look of exasperation.
"You actively pursued him, wrote so many love letters, and yet you still couldn't win him over back then?!"
Ji Qingwu rubbed the hem of her clothes with her hands, and said somewhat embarrassedly, "I didn't succeed."
Qiao Shi also realized why Xiao Wu had ended up in a small town in Nan Chu. It turned out that he had run away with the child after suffering all kinds of grievances.
Immediately, his impression of Wei Ting worsened.
Ji Qingwu pursed her lips, the mother and daughter each lost in their own thoughts.
She wasn't entirely without feelings for Wei Ting.
Her purpose in coming to the military camp was not simple; it was to survive.
She treated Wei Ting as a blind date selected for her by the system, and worked hard towards the goal of getting married, having children, and living happily together as a family.
It's just that Wei Ting's psychological defenses were too high.
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