Chapter 337 Supporting Characters (Part 2)
Xu Siyu had been living her life as the eldest daughter of the Minister of War according to the rules. However, her life became bright and smooth after she met Su Zhenzhen, the eldest daughter of the Minister of Revenue and Grand Secretary of the Cabinet.
Xu Siyu gave herself a thumbs up. She was indeed lucky. It was right for her to run up to Su Zhenzhen and pester her when she saw her.
Who made her obsessed with looks? She likes beautiful women. At that time, Su Zhenzhen was only seven years old, and she looked like a unique beauty in the crowd.
The third day of the third month in the twenty-sixth year of Yuantai.
Well, this day was the day of His Royal Highness Prince Yan's triumphant return. She and Zhenzhen booked a private room on the second floor of Zuixian Tower. Zhenzhen already had a fiancé, Xie Cijing, the top scholar and the eldest son of the Minister of Rites.
Xu Siyu certainly didn't think that she could be favored by His Royal Highness Prince of Yan. She was self-aware, but people just liked to look at handsome men, especially since His Royal Highness Prince of Yan was the God of War of their Great Qin, Fenglangjuxu!
Unexpectedly, her younger sister was so capable. She just waved to her second brother Su Yu and was loved by His Royal Highness Prince Yan at first sight.
Xu Siyu was shocked for several days after she learned that His Royal Highness Prince Yan had asked His Majesty for permission to marry her that same day. She was also happy for Su Zhenzhen. His Royal Highness Prince Yan was willing to be with Zhenzhen for the rest of his life. A plot that had never even appeared in a storybook actually happened in reality.
When Xu Siyu came of age, Su Zhenzhen also attended her coming-of-age ceremony, and then her father and mother began to choose a husband for her.
It should be said that although her father was a second-rank assistant minister of the Ministry of War, he had a good impression of scholars and chose Zhou Xi, the second son of the Marquis of Qingyuan, for her. Zhou Xi ranked ninth in the second class of the imperial examination and was only sixteen years old, but he was very promising.
When Xu Siyu first saw the handsome Zhou Xi, she subconsciously shuddered. Why did this guy look so much like the scumbag in the storybook?
Thanks to Zhenzhen, Xu Siyu secretly read a lot of storybooks with her and knew that many scumbags relied on their good looks to deceive the hearts of ladies and then favor concubines over their wives.
But after a few dates, Xu Siyu fell in love with Zhou Xi, who was elegant, gentle and considerate to her. However, Zhou Xi frankly said that he would not accept maids or concubines, and that he was only focused on his career and had no time for love.
Xu Siyu, who was trapped in emo, felt very uncomfortable. As a young girl who was just beginning to fall in love, although she didn't know what love was, at most she had some feelings for him, but she still felt a little lost.
Fortunately, she was enlightened by Zhenzhen during the autumn hunt. After adjusting herself, Xu Siyu came to terms with it. She thought that having a rich, powerful man who was also clean, wasn't she making a profit?
Zhenzhen is right, men are unreliable!
Only little sisters are real!
Zhou Xi was willing not to take a concubine, wasn't it because he saw that she was Zhenzhen's close friend?
Before Zhenzhen and His Royal Highness Prince Yan left the capital, they specially came to attend her wedding. Xu Siyu was so moved that she burst into tears. She knew that Zhenzhen treated her best.
After marriage, Xu Siyu saw that Zhou Xi was gentle and considerate to her. She heard that even the personal maid who served her before was replaced by a servant.
What Xu Siyu didn't expect was that Zhou Xi was too utilitarian. He had helped her to please her mother-in-law and sisters-in-law in advance, and she only had to pay her respects on the first and fifteenth day of each month.
Her elder sister-in-law taught her how to manage the household very enthusiastically, and her mother-in-law was also very kind. Xu Siyu, who had been cramming for a while, was so scared that she didn't know what to do.
As Zhou Xi caught the favor of His Royal Highness the Prince of Yan, and his outstanding abilities caught the eye of Prime Minister Su, his official career became smooth sailing.
When Xu Siyu was pregnant, a maid wanted to seduce Zhou Xi. The man handled it himself and she didn't ask about it. After all, whether he wanted to or not was his own business.
Anyway, the money of their second house was in her hands, and Zhou Xi's salary and monthly salary were also in her hands, so Xu Siyu lived a happy life.
What made her even more satisfied was that Zhou Xi was a good father. As if he wanted to make up for his own childhood, he treated their son Hengger very well.
Xu Siyu finally waited for her little sister, who had spent two years on honeymoon, to return to Beijing. She was very tactful and only went to visit Zhenzhen when His Royal Highness Prince Yan was not around, so His Royal Highness Prince Yan had a good impression of her.
When Xu Siyu gave birth to her second child, Zhenzhen became the Crown Princess from the Princess of Yan, and after giving birth to a daughter, she became the Queen.
Originally, Zhenzhen agreed to let Hengge'er be the young master's study companion, and now Yiyue has become the prince's study companion.
They also went from being ordinary dignitaries in the capital to being hot figures in the top circles.
Xu Siyu looked at the man beside her who could hardly hide his joy and smiled in her heart. Thanks to Zhenzhen, her life was already perfect in a way that others could not even imagine.
As for love? Does she need it?
As long as Zhou Xi is still alive in the Yuanxi Dynasty, he will always be good to the three of them, mother and son.
Where are the real benefits in love that can move people's hearts?
Not all men in the world are as love-brained as Your Majesty.
The most important thing that cannot be retained in this world is the red face leaving the mirror, the flowers leaving the trees. Xie Cijing sometimes wondered if it was because of his name that he could not find love in his life.
But he also knew clearly that he had missed the opportunity.
I clearly feel jealous and unhappy when I see Zhenzhen talking to other young men, so why do I take it for granted that Zhenzhen will accept me, a former maid, without any qualms after marriage?
Xie Cijing has been in a daze these years, and every time he is extremely grateful that he has not yet taken the maid he used to have in his room.
Otherwise he wouldn't know how to face his dirty self.
Having played a good hand of cards badly, Xie Cijing always hoped in his dreams that he could have a chance to start over. Even though the imperial power was above everything else, he still wanted to have Zhenzhen's true heart.
After the truth hidden by the rules was ruthlessly exposed by His Royal Highness Prince Yan, Xie Cijing finally realized that his love for Zhenzhen was not deep enough, at least he subconsciously put Zhenzhen behind the rules of the aristocratic family.
Unable to bear watching his beloved girl marry someone else, Xie Cijing confessed his feelings to his parents and then asked to be sent away.
His Majesty also seemed to want to compensate him. In addition, he was a student of Su Qiyang, so he ordered him to serve as the fourth-rank prefect of Hejian Prefecture. He worked as a sixth-rank editor in the Hanlin Academy for three years and was promoted several levels in succession.
Although in the eyes of some people, he was abandoned on this trip and was first piloted in the Hejian Prefecture to reform the Single Whip System, the position of fourth-rank prefect given to him by His Majesty was compensation.
The following year, he saw Su Zhenzhen, who was as bright and charming as ever. She was living a good life, but His Royal Highness the Prince of Yan was still as jealous as ever.
Many years passed in the blink of an eye. Xie Cijing felt that although he was only in his thirties, his mentality was no longer young.
Ten years later, he has become the second-rank Henan Provincial Administration Commissioner. His Majesty did not deliberately suppress or make things difficult for him, but instead promoted him based on his actual performance.
Xie Cijing was transferred from a local official to the capital this time. After serving as an official in the local area for ten years and being in charge of a region, he was finally willing to reconcile with his former self.
After not seeing each other for many years, His Majesty is still the jealous His Majesty. Although Xie Cijing finds His Majesty annoying from the perspective of a love rival, as a subject, he truly feels that the current ruler is a wise one.
Xie Cijing has no mood for love. He has been working diligently over the years, taking it as his responsibility to be a good official for the people, which also gives him a reason to put his mind at ease.
But facing His Majesty's concern for him to get married, which was expressed explicitly and implicitly from time to time, he still wanted to laugh. Xie Cijing knew that His Majesty would never grant him a marriage because His Majesty did not want to become the white moonlight in the heart of the Queen.
Xie Cijing looked at the Empress who was the same as before, and he suddenly smiled. Before he could salute, the Empress was carried into the bedroom by His Majesty, followed by the seven-year-old prince.
Walking into the Imperial Garden, he looked at the weeping crabapple tree that His Majesty had planted for the Empress, and then at the azure sky, his eyes filled with relief...
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