Unfortunately, he could only complain in his heart and dared not show the slightest dissatisfaction. "Sister, stop thinking about His Highness the Crown Prince. That's not something you should be thinking about. Listen to your parents and agree to the marriage with the Cheng family."
“That kid Cheng Youan has liked you since he was a child. He follows you around every day, letting you hit and scold him without any complaints. His parents also like you. If you hadn’t been chosen as the Crown Prince’s concubine, they would have proposed marriage to you long ago.”
"So many years have passed, and Cheng Youan still hasn't married, or even had a maidservant. Apart from you, I haven't seen him treat any other girl the way he treats you."
"I don't want to!" Xie Shiyi said reluctantly. "Cheng Youan is stupid and dumb!" She didn't want to.
Seeing her unwilling expression, Xie Yuanming didn't want to say anything more. Although his sister was unwilling, all of this was caused by the Emperor and the Crown Prince, and had nothing to do with his sister.
Seeing Xie Shiyi leave, An Shuyi knew there was no excitement to be had, so she could only ask the boatman to row the boat to the shore so she could go home for dinner. She could watch the excitement another time.
As An Shuyi lay in bed that night, watching Xia Hua wiping her face, she said, "Hua Hua, do you think the female lead or the male lead has a health problem? They still don't have a child."
"Furthermore, the male lead did have maids before, but he made them disappear before the marriage. However, there were no rumors of any of those maids being pregnant. Could it be that the male lead is impotent?"
If that's the case, that would be really interesting. But thinking about it, it's impossible. If the Crown Prince were to fall ill, there would be no way there wouldn't be any news. After all, there are no secrets that stay hidden forever.
Xia Hua put her things down, lay down on the bed, and said, "Don't worry, neither the female lead nor the male lead has any health problems. This is a novel. If the male lead had a problem, then we should question whether the author has a problem with his brain."
She had never seen an author who would write the male protagonist of their novel as incapacitated. Of course, the novels she had read also lacked a female protagonist, although it was possible that she would eventually be cured.
"But in this novel, even after Xiao Zicheng became emperor, there was no news that he was incompetent. Otherwise, the emperor wouldn't be stupid enough to pass the throne to an incompetent prince."
"Even if he loves Xiao Zicheng very much, he won't. So, the male lead is definitely not a problem. If there is, it's because the Emperor doesn't know, or even Xiao Zicheng doesn't know."
An Shuyi leaned closer to her and said, "Do you think it's possible that he's capable, but he can't let anyone get pregnant? He didn't know before, but he'll definitely find out later when he has many concubines."
"Those emperors in ancient times, didn't they have a hard time having children? They must have been sick."
"Why do you insist that he's sick?" Xia Hua didn't understand her thought process.
“Hehe,” An Shuyi chuckled, “Of course I’m here to watch the show. I don’t really like Xiao Zicheng’s arrogant and conceited manner. I don’t know what Xie Shiyi’s taste is that makes her like him.”
“Xiao Zili is good enough, and if that doesn’t work, Xiao Zimu will do too. Why does it have to be Xiao Zicheng?”
"You just like watching the excitement, but the novel doesn't cover what happened next, so don't expect to see the excitement. After all, they can only live for two or three years at most." They are just waiting now, waiting for the emperor to die.
An Shuyi nodded, "Then it seems we won't have a chance to see this excitement. Let's go to sleep. How about we go to see a play tomorrow?"
Every time they come, watching a play is a must. And now there is a storyteller in the teahouse who is particularly good. His stories are the best to listen to. He has all kinds of stories, such as stories of heroes and immortals.
Sometimes, the stories he tells are even based on true events, which are much more interesting than reading the storybooks she buys herself. And since it's the time for the imperial examinations, the storyteller will definitely talk about the exams.
"Go on, anyway, there's nothing to do these days, watching a play is fine too, let's go to sleep!" Watching a play is fine, at least it's not noisy.
The next day, An Shuyi didn't get up until noon. Although she was forty-eight years old, she slept well every day thanks to the medicine prescribed by Dr. Liu. Seeing that Hua Hua wasn't there, she figured she must have gotten up long ago, but she hadn't called her.
After she washed up, changed her clothes, and went to the front yard, Xia Hua was sitting in the hall. Yan Zhen and the others were not there; it seemed they had gone out to play. Wen Er and the others had already returned to the village yesterday.
The goods they bring are all from regular sellers. They just need to bring the goods over. They're busy and can't stay here doing nothing. They'll come back when the test results come out.
"Get up!" Xia Hua said when she saw her.
"Hmm, I had no idea what made you get up," An Shuyi said, sitting down next to her.
"I got up just as dawn broke. You were sleeping so soundly, how could you possibly hear me?" Actually, she had gotten up so quietly and even lit some calming incense, which was why she slept so well.
"I slept soundly, but why did you get up so early? What, couldn't you sleep?" Logically speaking, as long as you've taken your medicine, you shouldn't have trouble sleeping, and they ate together.
"You slept very well, but you slept for too long and your body couldn't take it, so you got up and exercised. I asked Tao to set out the meal. After you finish eating, aren't you going out to see the play?" Xia Hua said as she walked outside and asked Tao and the others to bring the food up.
This was prepared in advance by Tao Shi and kept warm, just waiting for Shu Shu to wake up so she could eat it.
After watching Tao and the others put the dishes out, An Shuyi picked up her chopsticks, took a bite of food, and said after swallowing, "Tao's cooking skills are getting better and better."
Xia Hua picked up a piece of vegetarian food for her and said, "Eat more if you like it, but don't eat too much meat, or it will be hard to digest. I've already asked Tao to stew some bird's nest. You can drink it while watching the play."
Upon hearing this, An Shuyi hurriedly put down her chopsticks and hugged her tightly. "Huahua, how can you be so good? You're like a goddess to me. I'm so proud of you."
"Stop being so cheeky. You're not young anymore. It's not good if people see you like this. Hurry up and eat." Although she meant it this way, she was actually very happy.
"I'll eat now, but I'm not that old at all, I'll always be eighteen."
"Yes, 18-year-old grandma, hurry up and eat!"
After the two finished their meal, they carried their food boxes to the teahouse. When they arrived, the place was already full, but they had reserved seats there, so no matter when they came, they would always have a place to sit.
An Shuyi had just sat down when she started listening intently. She was so lucky to find that this was the storyteller she had been talking about. Xia Hua, on the other hand, put down her food box, then poured tea, and placed melon seeds and peanuts on the table before sitting down.
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