Jiang Yuwei couldn't help but find Qinglan's words amusing. Qinglan's initial determination to marry no one but Ning Huaizhi had vanished, and now she was plotting to break off the engagement with Ning Huaizhi.
Jiang Yuwei smiled and looked at Qinglan, saying:
"What do you mean by this? I don't think I need to listen to your ramblings here."
Qinglan looked at Jiang Yuwei and slowly spoke:
"If I say I can cancel my engagement with Huai Zhi, what benefits will you give me?"
When Jiang Yuwei heard her say this, she could hardly believe that the person in front of her was the same proud and arrogant Princess Qinglan from before.
"Hmph, what benefits do you come here to ask me for?"
As she spoke, Jiang Yuwei picked up the teacup on the table and took a small sip.
"If you've come here today to ask me for favors, then please leave. After all, I've come to terms with it now. If you really marry into the General's Mansion, then Huai Zhi's career will surely soar to great heights."
Jiang Yuwei glanced at Qinglan's disgusted expression, then continued with a half-smile:
"Right now, I also need to plan for the future of my son and daughter. If our General's Mansion has a princess like you as the mistress, it will be of great help to Ning Zhao's future and Ning Wan's marriage."
After saying that, Jiang Yuwei put down her teacup, stared at Qinglan for a long while, and then slowly spoke:
"Tell me, with a position as a proper mistress like you, where am I supposed to find someone like you if you don't marry Huaizhi?"
When Qinglan saw Jiang Yuwei say such shameless things, she couldn't help but clench the handkerchief in her hand.
"Jiang Yuwei, I really underestimated you before. I didn't expect you to be such a cunning person. I will definitely not let you succeed. Your General's Mansion can forget about using my name to rise to the top!"
After saying that, Qinglan got up and left angrily.
Jiang Yuwei watched her slam the door and leave, a slight smile playing on her lips.
"Isn't it you who always said you wanted to be Ning Huaizhi's help? Now that I've said it, it's no longer acceptable? You really are fickle."
After leaving the Delicious City, Qinglan went straight to her carriage. Yang Liu, who was waiting outside, saw this and hurriedly and cautiously asked:
"Princess, where shall we go now?"
Qinglan lifted the curtain and glared at her.
"You still have the nerve to ask? It's all your fault! Where are you going? Of course, you're going to the palace to see the Empress Dowager!"
After saying that, Qinglan glared fiercely at Yangliu again, then lowered the curtain.
Yang Liu felt flustered under Qing Lan's glare. Earlier, she had gone to the outhouse because she couldn't hold it in at Jingweifang and had caused a big problem when she came back.
When she returned to her residence, the princess scolded and beat her for a while. Seeing that Princess Qinglan was still angry, Yang Liu dared not say anything more and could only quietly instruct the coachman to hurry to the palace.
When Qinglan arrived at the Empress Dowager's palace, she happened to meet the Empress who came to pay her respects. So Qinglan smiled and bowed to the two of them before sitting down next to the Empress Dowager with a worried expression.
The Empress Dowager was talking to the Empress and did not notice the change in Qinglan's expression.
But when the Empress asked Qinglan with a smile...
"Qinglan, how's the preparation of your dowry going?"
Then Qinglan burst into tears. The Empress Dowager and the Empress were both surprised and quickly asked:
"Qinglan, why are you crying?"
Qinglan sobbed, gasping for breath:
"Grandmother, Your Majesty the Empress, I am so sorry, Qinglan has made a fool of herself in front of you."
Upon hearing Qinglan's words, the Empress Dowager frowned, wondering what kind of trouble Qinglan was up to now. Recently, the Empress Dowager had noticed that Qinglan never brought anything good whenever she entered the palace.
Thinking this through, the Empress Dowager pinched her brow and said coldly:
"What's wrong with you? Just say what's wrong. I'm old enough to take your crying and tantrums."
Seeing that the Empress Dowager's expression was not right, Qinglan quickly wiped away her tears with a handkerchief and spoke with red eyes:
“Grandmother, last night I dreamt of my mother. She held my hand and told me that I must never marry Ning Huaizhi…”
The Empress Dowager, upon hearing Qinglan's words, couldn't help but ask suspiciously:
"Why would you dream about your mother out of the blue?"
Qinglan shook her head.
“I don’t know either. The more I thought about it this morning, the more suffocated I felt. Perhaps this is a sign from my mother. I really can’t figure it out myself, so I thought I’d go to the palace to ask my grandmother.”
The Empress Dowager and the Empress exchanged a glance, and the Empress smiled and comforted them:
"Qinglan, perhaps you've been too busy with the preparations for your dowry these past few days, which is why you're having these wild thoughts. Dreams are the opposite of reality, so they don't count."
Upon hearing the Empress's words, Qinglan quickly shook her head and said:
"No, my mother repeatedly told me in my dream not to marry Ning Huaizhi, otherwise she would die with regrets."
The Empress Dowager paused slightly in her teacup, then looked at Qinglan again.
What are your plans?
Qinglan sighed helplessly.
“I’ve been thinking about this dream all morning. Now it seems my mother was right. We’re getting married soon, and Ning Huaizhi can go to war on the border without even saying goodbye to me. It’s obvious he’s trying to avoid me.”
As she spoke, Qinglan looked at the Empress Dowager with a wronged expression.
"After getting to know Jiang Yuwei, I feel that she is not a kind person. If I really marry into the General's Mansion in the future, I will definitely be suppressed by her. Rather than that, it would be better to marry someone who is not clean and has no family."
Upon hearing Qinglan's words, the Empress Dowager frowned.
"You already know what kind of attitude Ning Huaizhi has towards you, and Jiang Yuwei has also been married to Ning Huaizhi for a long time. Why didn't you say you couldn't handle it before? Now that my decree of marriage has spread like wildfire throughout the capital, you come to tell me these things?"
Seeing that the Empress Dowager's expression was not right, Qinglan quickly got up and knelt down before her.
“Grandmother, it was Qinglan’s fault. Before, Qinglan was so focused on marrying Ning Huaizhi that she was blinded by impulse. Now that I’ve calmed down and thought about it, what my mother told me in my dream wasn’t unreasonable.”
As she spoke, Qinglan swallowed hard and continued:
"Right now, Qinglan only asks that her grandmother cancel this marriage for her, and that she will not bother her grandmother with marriage matters again in the future."
Upon hearing Qinglan's words, the Empress Dowager slammed her hand on the table.
"Nonsense! You're utterly ridiculous! Marriage is no child's play! You think you can just decide to get married and then cancel it? Where do you put my dignity? Where do you put your own reputation?"
After saying this, the Empress Dowager began to cough violently...
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