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The Zhao couple rushed to the room of the east yard. They saw Zhao Pingqing's two maids standing outside the room, knocking on the door with anxiousness written all over their faces.

Madame Zhao hurried over and asked, "What happened?"

The maid bowed and said worriedly, "Reporting to Madam, the moment Miss returned, she locked herself in her room. No matter how the servants knocked, they refused to open the door."

Madame Zhao hurried forward to knock on the door. "Pingqing, it's Father and Mother. Hurry and open the door."

Marquis Zhao stepped forward and said, "What Princess Pingyang said just now was just a moment of anger. She didn't really want you to marry Xu Jingzhi. Father will go to the Pingyang Kingdom later. Don't worry."

"No matter how powerful the Pingyang Mansion is, we can't do it with one hand. We will definitely think of something." No matter how hard they tried to shout, they didn't get a response from Zhao Pingqing. Instead, there came a sound of something heavy falling on the floor.

When the door opened, Madame Zhao cried out in alarm. Her face was as pale as the snow that had yet to melt behind her. If it weren't for the maid's support, she would have fallen to the ground by now.

A pair of feet wearing white embroidered shoes were stamping in the air. A white silk ribbon was wrapped around Zhao Ping's neck. The latter's eyes had already turned white, and his tongue was sticking out. It was a scary sight.

Master Zhao reacted first. He didn't have time to shout for help. He rushed up and grabbed Zhao Pingqing's legs. The servants also reacted. They went up to Zhao Pingqing and saved him. They carefully laid him on the ground.

Madame Zhao stepped forward and held the unconscious Zhao Pingqing, saying with tears in her eyes, "Pingqing! Ping Qing, wake up quickly. Don't scare your mother, wake up quickly! " The couple were over a hundred years old, but they could only have this kind of daughter. They had treated her like a jewel in their palm since childhood, and with great difficulty, they raised her up.

Zhao Pingqing finally woke up. She didn't say anything. She just looked at the Zhao couple and kept crying.

Marquis Zhao said with some lingering fear, "Why are you so silly? What can't be resolved? You must take this dead end."

"My daughter would rather die than marry Xu Jingzhi." The red marks on her neck caused her voice to become hoarse, and her face was covered with wriggling tears.

"Father knows, father knows everything." Marquis Zhao could not help crying as well.

"It's my daughter's fault for provoking Shen Xijun and causing my parents to suffer. I'm sorry."

"Silly girl, we're family. Why do you need to say such words?" Madam Zhao signaled her servant to help Zhao Pingqing to lie down on the bed. She held Zhao Pingqing's warm hand and said seriously, "Pingqing, I have something to ask you. You have to answer honestly."

Zhao Pingqing looked at her for a while and gathered up her courage. She said, "Mother, you don't need to ask. Shen Xijun is right. Your daughter really does like King Rui."

Madame Zhao shook her head and said in pain, "Child, why aren't you telling me about such a big matter?"

Zhao Pingqing said hoarsely, "Although my daughter likes Prince Rui, my daughter doesn't have any extravagant hopes of marrying him. King Rui's heart is already filled with Princess Xuanji, it's not something my daughter can stop her; all this while, my daughter's wish is for him to be happy; he doesn't like Shen Xijun, he has never liked her, so my daughter knew that the empress dowager would bestow his marriage to Shen Xi, so she secretly told him about it."

Madame Zhao suddenly understood, "The thing you said yesterday was to go see King Rui?"

Zhao Pingqing nodded. "It's not good for either King Rui or Shen Xijun. It's a pity that Shen Xijun doesn't understand."

"If she knew, she wouldn't have shamelessly come looking for us." "Master Hou, at least Concubine Zheng still has a bit of a relationship with us, why don't we …" Madame Zhao said unhappily. Ask her to help you think of a way? "

"I know." Master Zhao answered. He turned to Zhao Pingqing, "Father and Mother will try their best to help you. But you must promise me that you will never do anything stupid again."

Zhao Pingqing's gaze was as cold as water. "It's no use. Your daughter knows Shen Xi Jun's mother's character very well. She won't stop until she reaches her goal. And the empress dowager doted on them very much. Even Zhengfei wouldn't change anything."

Madame Zhao comforted her, "Zheng Fei just so happens to be carrying a dragon embryo. Her words are much more important than before. Besides, the empress dowager isn't an unreasonable person. She'll definitely be fine." Even though she said that, she didn't have much confidence in herself.

Zhao Pingqing wiped away her tears and nodded. "Anyway, even if my daughter dies, I will never marry her."

Madame Zhao held her shoulders tightly. "Mother knows that even if mother gave up her life, she wouldn't let Princess Pingyang's scheme succeed."

The Zhao couple had spent the entire night with their matchmaker in Jinling City to find a few young men who were close to them and had never been married or of good character. They recorded all of this in their records, and the next morning, they prepared gifts and went to the palace to meet with Zheng Fei. They didn't dare to openly speak of their feud with Princess Pingyang and could only excuse Zhao Pingqing's growing older.

Consort Zheng had been with her for many years, and even after the Zheng Family fell, she was still one of Dong Fang Qian's favoured concubines. Naturally, her mind was not simple, and she quickly understood the problem, because under her questioning, the Zhao couple had no other choice but to mention the matter of the Princess of Pingyang; upon learning that the matter involved the Duke Ping Yang Mansion and Empress Dowager Wei, Zheng Fei did not dare to get involved, and so regardless of the Zhao couple's pleas, they only refused.

After they helplessly left the palace, the Zhao couple ran around again. Unfortunately, when they heard the two words' Pingyang Kingdom ', they avoided it like snakes. Not to mention helping, they didn't even want to talk to them for fear of attracting disaster.

The news of Zhao Qingping's impending marriage to Xu Jingzhi spread like wildfire, as if they had heard it with their own ears. The news spread like wildfire, making everyone feel as if they had heard it with their own eyes and ears.

The couple was very angry. There were only a few people who knew about this. It was very likely that Princess Pingyang had sent someone to tell them about it. She had deliberately set this matter straight and ruined the peace for the rest of their lives.

The only fortunate thing was that there was no marriage decree sent down from Ning Xiaoyao's palace. They had also gone to Ning Xiaoyao's palace to seek an audience with the empress dowager, but they couldn't find her. They had no idea what she was planning.

After begging for a while, they came to the Prince Rui's mansion. Dongfang Yi was their last hope. If they still couldn't do it, then Zhao Pingqing would have to marry Xu Jingzhi.

When the Zhao couple arrived, Dongfang Gu was in the study discussing matters with Dongfang Shou and Mu Qianxue. After they chatted for awhile, they both sat down.