Ali took a step back and looked at Prime Minister Shen fearlessly.
"Father is in a bad mood today and is not suitable for conversation. I'm leaving." After saying this, Ah Li turned around and left.
"Stop right there!" Prime Minister Shen strode forward, stopped Ah Li, and raised his hand to hit her.
Ah Li raised her eyes, and those watery eyes, which were exactly the same as her mother's, stared at Prime Minister Shen.
"Father, are you going to hit me?" Ah Li chuckled, as if mocking him.
Her voice was soft, exactly like the woman in Prime Minister Shen's memory whom he had tried hard to forget for a long time.
That year, he proposed to her that he would bring her to the capital and find a house for her to live in.
She scolded him for being cold-blooded and wanting to make his first wife a concubine. He was so angry that he raised his hand...
She also asked him if he was going to hit her.
Prime Minister Shen staggered back half a step, all the memories of the past flooding into his mind, and he felt a little unsteady.
"Since father is not going to fight anymore, Ali is leaving." Ali said calmly.
This time, she called herself Ah Li instead of daughter.
She was no longer his daughter. She was just Ah Li, her mother's Ah Li, her own Ah Li. But she was not the daughter of Prime Minister Shen who lived a humble life in the Prime Minister's Mansion.
Ali strode all the way back to Fenfang Garden.
She said nothing.
The atmosphere was dull and depressing.
Aunt Yucui sighed twice, and finally said nothing and arranged for guards.
Ah Li sat on the couch, feeling a pang of sadness in her heart. She knew that these were the remaining emotions of the original Miss Shen, and she could understand her.
Abandoned by his father since childhood, his mother died of hatred, and he was abused growing up. Now, his father actually...
Who wouldn't be sad?
"Miss Ali, please eat something." Aunt Yucui cooked a bowl of noodles herself and brought it in.
The fragrance spreads.
Ah Li's stomach growled twice. "Thank you, Aunt Yucui. I am indeed hungry."
"When you're full, your stomach will feel warm, and your heart will feel warm too." Aunt Yucui said softly.
Ah Li smiled and nodded, "Aunt Yucui is right."
Just as Ah Li was about to start eating, someone fell into the yard and was immediately stopped by Gu Qichuan's men.
"It's me." Songbai spoke.
"Songbai, why are you here?" Manzhu asked.
"The general asked me to bring some midnight snack to Miss Ali." Songbai handed the oil paper package over.
Manzhu swallowed and said, "It smells so good."
"Send it in first. The general said that after he gets married, he will do it for us brothers when he has time." Songbai said with a smile.
"Did the general make this himself?" Manzhu was stunned. Could it be that his general was bewitched by Miss Ali? How could he become so unbelievable?
"Go quickly, if it gets cold, it's your fault."
Manzhu turned around immediately, "Ms. A-li, Aunt Yu-cui, the general has sent some midnight snacks."
Aunt Yucui walked out with a smile, "Our general has grown up and knows how to care for others."
Everyone smiled at each other.
Aunt Yucui took the oil paper package and handed it to Ah Li.
"It smells so good." Ali exclaimed.
Gu Qichuan learned how to cook barbecue from Shen Qingli.
He wanted Ah Li to try it. He would also cook a lot of food and learned a lot from Shen Qingli. He would cook it for Ah Li little by little in the future.
"It smells quite nice." Aunt Yucui praised.
"Aunt Yucui, please eat with me." Ali invited.
"I won't eat it. I have already eaten a lot for dinner. Besides, this is the general's gift, and it is for Miss Ali to enjoy herself. We will have another chance in the future." Aunt Yucui said with a smile and turned to leave the room.
Ah Li narrowed her eyes slightly and started eating with big mouthfuls.
It's so comfortable, hot soup noodles, and perfectly cooked meat skewers, perfect.
After eating and drinking, Ali walked around the room a few times before taking a shower, changing clothes and going to bed.
She no longer thought about Prime Minister Shen.
After marrying Gu Qichuan, she will leave the Prime Minister's Mansion, and they will try not to see each other in the future.
Meeting each other only maintains a surface balance.
Ali fell asleep quickly.
Prime Minister Shen couldn't sleep tonight. He sat alone in the dark room of his study, looking at the portraits he had painted himself, and the pain in his heart slowly faded away.
early morning.
The palace gates had just opened.
The soldier guarding the gate saw a wheelchair approaching from a distance.
Several people hurriedly saluted and said, "Greetings, General Gu."
"This general requests an audience with the Empress Dowager." Gu Qichuan began to speak. He had been thinking about proposing marriage all night. What if the Prime Minister's Mansion found some reason to reject it?
Or maybe they are using some dirty tricks in secret!
It’s hard to say.
He absolutely cannot let Ali be in any danger.
Songbai handed over the jade pendant given by the Queen Mother.
Before Gu Qichuan traveled through time, General Gu once saved the Queen Mother, who rewarded him with a jade pendant and promised that he could ask the Queen Mother for a wish with the jade pendant.
Someone immediately took the jade pendant to the Empress Dowager's Palace.
The Queen Mother was old and sleepy, so she had already woken up and heard the noise outside.
"What's going on so early in the morning?" The Queen Mother stood up, holding the hand of her attendant grandmother.
"Your Majesty, it was General Gu who came to see you early in the morning with a jade pendant," the chief eunuch said hurriedly and respectfully.
"This kid has always been calm and has not left the house since he was injured. Why did he come to see me so early today? Quickly summon him." The Queen Mother said hurriedly.
"Change clothes."
"Yes, my lady."
When Gu Qichuan arrived at the Empress Dowager's Palace, the Empress Dowager had already changed her clothes and was sitting on the throne waiting for him.
"Greetings to the Queen Mother." Gu Qichuan held onto Songbai's hand and was about to kneel down.
"You sit there." The Queen Mother stood up quickly, and several palace maids and eunuchs came forward to help Gu Qichuan sit down.
"Thank you, Her Majesty, for your consideration."
"My boy, why do you need to perform such formalities so early in the morning?" asked the Queen Mother.
"Yes, I... have fallen in love with a girl and would like to ask the Empress Dowager for a marriage." Gu Qichuan said with a red face.
"What a nice thing to say. Which girl is she?" the Queen Mother asked with a smile.
"Shen A'li from the Prime Minister's Mansion." Gu Qichuan said, and his voice became a little softer when he mentioned A'li's name.
"Hasn't the Emperor issued an edict allowing your two families to marry? Why are you still begging me for help?" the Queen Mother asked curiously.
"I'm afraid of marrying the wrong person. I want to get married earlier. I can only ask the Empress Dowager for help." Gu Qichuan said in a low voice.
"Hahaha, now I'm curious about what kind of girl can make our General Gu so obsessed." The Queen Mother laughed and was in a good mood.
"Go, call the girl into the palace and let me see her," said the Queen Mother.
"Yes." The chief eunuch went to the Prime Minister's residence in person to invite someone.
"Call the people from Qintianjian to come over, and have them calculate on the spot the nearest auspicious day. This kid has taken out all the jade pendants from that year. I must help him with this." The Queen Mother laughed happily.
Gu Qichuan's eyebrows were smiling, although they couldn't see his expression, but everyone could feel his happiness.
It is rare to see the happiness of the living King Yan.
In a short while, the entire harem knew that Gu Qichuan wanted to marry Shen A-li, and everyone in the harem was also full of curiosity about A-li...
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