Seeing that she was just bowing her head in thought and not saying a word for a long time, the Queen Mother lost her patience and asked, "What do you think of this?"
Huan Ci smiled and shook his head: "How can I comment on this matter? What's more, I am also an unmarried person, how can I care about other people's marriage affairs."
The Queen Mother looked at her deeply and said: "You know, Tang'er's father left not long after I gave birth to Tang'er. At that time, Xuner had just ascended the throne and his status was not stable. I was too busy helping him at that time.
I don't have time to take care of Tang'er. Now that she has grown up, she doesn't listen to me very much. I think you are about the same age and talk and laugh on weekdays. Why don't you go talk to her and see what she thinks?
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Huan Ci spent a lot of effort to resist the urge to roll his eyes.
No wonder this man failed to help Zong Zhengche keep the throne. His thoughts were all written on his face, and his ability to lie was really poor.
She smiled and made a quip: "The Queen Mother is absolutely right. She is willing to have a heart-to-heart talk with me. I will go and ask her tomorrow."
As for how to ask and what to say later, the Queen Mother has no control over it, but she can just do Tai Chi with her.
"Since you have this intention, why not go now."
Huan Ci couldn't help but twitch the corners of his mouth.
This is too impatient. A grandson is a biological grandson, so isn’t a daughter a biological daughter?
This thought suddenly reminded her of her father.
But the situation was different after all, and she did these things voluntarily.
Huan Ci stood up dullly and said, "In that case, I will go over and sit down now."
The Queen Mother immediately turned her worries into joy and held her hand excitedly: "Good boy, you are still sensible."
As soon as she walked out of the door, a hand reached out and held her arm firmly.
"I'll send the princess there." Li Qi looked at her.
"Thank you." Huan Ci smiled sweetly at him.
Zong Zhengtang has been living in the courtyard in front of the small building on the west side of the main hall in recent days, which is quite far from the Queen Mother's palace.
Ayao stood on the other side of her, staring at Li Qi curiously.
"Just tell me if you have anything to say." Seeing Li Qi staring at A Yao warily, Huan Ci said.
Li Qi shook his head and lowered his voice: "The Queen Mother has been paying close attention to me recently, and I have not been able to get in touch with the prince."
This is true. Zong Zhengche dealt with many people after returning to Beijing, and Huan Ci had heard about these things. Since he was so grand, the Queen Mother would definitely not be idle.
However, she recently received a letter from her father, saying that he would come to the capital to see her off in marriage. Her wedding to Zong Zhengche was scheduled for April 21st, which was not many days away from now.
Huan Ci was always worried about her father coming to the capital. Although she wanted to see her father, she didn't want him to come here. However, Zong Zhengyuan's servants issued an imperial edict to allow princes from all over the country to enter the capital before April 20th.
Li Qi saw her gloomy look and thought she was upset because of the Queen Mother's instructions, so he said, "Young lady, don't pay attention to Princess Jiarou's affairs."
Seeing that they were about to arrive, Huan Ci looked at the palace maid coming out of the corner and said to Li Qi: "Just send it here. Thank you, father-in-law."
"Yes." Li Qi saluted her and hurried away.
When she entered, Zong Zhengtang was sitting alone on the arhat, weeping. As soon as the woman saw her, she hurriedly wiped away her tears and ordered her servants to have tea.
"No need." Huan Ci sat down opposite her, "I'm just here to talk to you."
"Did the Queen Mother ask you to come?"
Huan Ci was noncommittal.
Zong Zhengtang lowered his head and grabbed the handkerchief in his hand, tears falling uncontrollably on his clothes.
"I already know what you are going to say." She murmured.
Huan Ci lowered his head and smiled: "I have nothing to say, and I don't know what to say."
"I thought you would persuade me to listen to my mother."
"This is your own business, you should make your own decision."
"What about you?" Zong Zhengtang looked up at her.
"Me? What?" Huan Ci looked at her puzzled.
"You obviously don't like the prince, why did you marry him?"
"It's not important to me." Huan Ci smiled.
"What should Fu Shen do?"
Huan Ci's smile froze on his face, and he stared at the woman in front of him for a moment.
"You don't have to look at me like that, you can't hide your things from me." Zong Zhengtang said softly.
Huan Ci did not respond for a long time and sat in front of her without saying a word.
Zong Zhengtang pulled the broken hair around his ears, looked at her and said: "I didn't want to believe it at first, but after a trip to Puzhou, I found out that it was true. You two are actually quite obvious to me.
.It’s just that I don’t know why you still want to marry the prince since your relationship is unresolved?”
"It's impossible for us." Huan Ci interrupted her, "Besides, this is my own decision and has nothing to do with others."
"Does the prince know about this?" Zong Zhengtang asked.
Huan Ci looked sarcastic: "Even if he knows, he will pretend that he doesn't know."
"You are right." Zong Zhengtang looked sad, "The Queen Mother and he want too much. I have known this since I was a child."
"you--"
Huan Ci suddenly remembered the words of the Queen Mother. In order to keep the young Zong Zhengche as the crown prince, the Queen Mother must have spent a lot of energy. Zong Zhengtang was even younger at that time, how did she grow up?
Compared to Zong Zhengtang, she was much happier. Although she had lost her mother since she was a child, her wet nurse treated her like her own daughter, and her father and the people under him had always cared for her.
Growing up, she had hardly suffered any grievances. Instead, she was manipulated into being a bit domineering and even a bit stupid. It wasn't until she saw Zong Zhengyuan's viciousness that she began to understand her father's depression.
Compared with her, although Zong Zhengtang also grew up in fine clothes and fine food, he was much more sensible than she was at that time.
"Actually, I had already guessed it when my mother asked me to meet Su Changyou. But at that time, I wanted to go to Puzhou and really didn't want to pay attention to it. Maybe it was because I went to Puzhou that I seemed to have accepted her arrangement.
But I just don’t want to give in.” Zong Zhengtang couldn’t help but cover his face and sob.
Huan Ci looked at her blankly, feeling like he wanted to cry.
But her tears had been shed in countless nights three years ago. The day she broke up with Fu Shen, the day she was maliciously slandered by the Li family, and even the night she heard that he had been lucky enough to win the lottery.
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The tea on the table finally cooled down, and Zong Zhengtang was finally tired of crying. She looked at Huan Ci with red and swollen eyes, and she didn't know when the woman's eyes turned red.
Early the next morning, the news of the engagement between Princess Jiarou Zong Zhengtang and Prime Minister Su's eldest son Su Changyou spread throughout the streets and alleys of the capital.
Now Huan Ci had a partner to learn the rules with, and the two of them learned a lot from the old nuns in the palace.
Now she actually understands most of the things that she never worried about in the past. For example, how to organize weddings, funerals, birthday banquets for different people, and even arrange for the prince's concubine to sleep with him.