Princess Zhaoping was even more surprised to see the Empress Dowager looking listless and clearly showing signs of old age and decline.
It seems that a lot must have happened in the palace while she was waiting to be married.
And these are all major events.
After the aunt and niece chatted for a while, the Empress Dowager became somewhat listless.
Princess Zhaoping noticed that the Empress Dowager intended for her to kneel and pay her respects, so she hesitantly brought up the matter of Shang Chuyue.
Unexpectedly, the Empress Dowager suddenly looked at her intently and said in a deep voice, "You shouldn't have pleaded for her in this matter."
"Why?" Princess Zhaoping asked, puzzled.
“My dear princess, do you think the Emperor would suddenly marry off a princess? Doesn’t the Emperor have any pride?” Seeing that the Empress Dowager was having a hard time speaking, Aunt Sun continued, “She offended the Ninth Prince. Her marriage was the Ninth Prince’s idea.”
Princess Zhaoping was stunned: "Then the Sixth Princess came to beg me..."
"That's why the Empress Dowager said you shouldn't have come to plead for her. She knew you were about to marry the Ninth Prince, and she knew it was the Ninth Prince's idea for her to marry outside the family, yet she still came to plead with you. It's clear she only thinks of herself and doesn't care about you at all," Aunt Sun said angrily.
Princess Zhaoping was also somewhat angry after hearing this.
"Now your most important task is to wait peacefully for your marriage and strive to win the favor of the Ninth Prince. Don't concern yourself with anything else," the Empress Dowager said, slightly out of breath, clearly exhausted.
Princess Zhaoping was deeply moved upon hearing this: "Your Majesty, thank you for all the hard work and dedication you have done for me. I will remember it all and will continue to encourage my brother Xiye to take good care of you together."
"Um……"
The Empress Dowager answered weakly, a complex glint flashing in her eyes.
Seeing that she was really listless, Princess Zhaoping sat for a while and then got up to take her leave.
Aunt Sun personally escorted her out of the palace gate.
Princess Zhaoping had just turned the corner outside Cixi Palace when she encountered the gaunt and haggard Shang Chuyue.
“Sister Zhaoping…” Shang Chuyue looked at Princess Zhaoping’s slightly angry expression, and the faint hope in her eyes gradually faded away.
Seeing her like this, Princess Zhaoping had the words of rebuke on the tip of her tongue, but in the end she couldn't bear to say them. She didn't say anything and led her people straight past Shang Chuyue.
Shang Chuyue felt a sudden dizziness and fainted in the hands of the palace servants.
The New Year holidays are passing by day by day.
Although the manor remained unchanged and no one mentioned the upcoming "happy event," the scattered items quietly arranged in the manor silently reminded Ji Fengyao that a new person was about to enter this residence.
“Miss, you and your husband have such a good relationship, can’t you ask him not to marry that damn princess? Wouldn’t it be better if we just lived peacefully and happily?” Xi Que had been feeling down every time she went out these past few days.
"It's alright. Even if they enter the manor, we can still live peacefully and harmoniously. If they are the ones who are not peaceful and harmonious, it will be them, and it won't affect us," Ji Fengyao said nonchalantly as she continued to clean the medicinal herbs.
During the New Year holidays, they emptied the Crown Prince's and Duke Chen's treasuries of their accumulated private stashes, which contained many precious and rare medicinal herbs.
Ji Fengyao would spend a few hours each day organizing things, and then casually mix up some prescriptions or new poisons that she or those around her might need.
Xi Que was still a little worried: "Princess Zhaoping is fine, at least we've met her, and the groom doesn't seem to care much about her. But I've heard that Miss Song is incredibly beautiful, and she's a famous talented woman in the capital. I've heard that many wealthy young men and talented scholars in the capital have proposed to her."
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