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Zi Yan, however, did not think this far and asked happily, "Empress, which household did the prince point out for her? Why have I never heard the Prince mention it before? "

After a long silence, Zhao Pingqing said in a low voice, "It's the one with the silver horn."

Zi Yan said with a frown, "Although we are servants, we can't help but follow by the side of the esteemed wangfei. Especially the cuckoo, she can even play the zither. It would be a bit unfair for her to marry a silver-haired shop assistant." As she spoke, she saw that her body was trembling slightly. She quickly took her hand and asked, "What's wrong?"

The cuckoo didn't pay any attention to her. He looked at Zhao Pingqing and said, "His Royal Highness …" Did he know something? "

"Not only do you know him, you know him perfectly well!" Zhao Pingqing's eyes were filled with uncontrollable fear when he thought of Dongfang Gu's face, which was full of anger and joy.

After Zhao Pingqing told her everything that had happened, she was stunned. She hadn't thought that she would lose her life just to find out more information.

When she came back to her senses, she stood in front of Zhao Pingqing and sobbed, "Lady, save me! Please save me! Please save me!" "Save me!" No matter how stupid or stupid she was, she could see that Dongfang Zhi was not referring to marriage, but was clearly punishing her!

Zhao Pingqing shook her head and sighed. "It's not that I don't want to save him, it's just that I can't."

The cuckoo anxiously replied: "That won't happen, the prince favors you so much, if you open your mouth, the prince will definitely listen, otherwise …" It's fine to delay it for a while. "

"Pet me?" Zhao Pingqing sneered. She took out a pink peach blossom and said word by word, "He doesn't have any feelings for me!"

"The prince personally proposed marriage to the empress dowager, and even spent so many nights with the empress dowager. How could there be no feelings?" She shivered at the thought of marrying such a poor boy and living a life of poverty.

"I don't know why he married me, but he really has no feelings for me!" Zhao Pingqing clenched her fist as she spoke. The bones of her fingers were arched on the back of her hand. When she stretched them out again, the peach blossoms that had looked so tender just a moment ago were all gone.

Cuckoo was at a loss as he said, "Then... "Then what do we do now?"

A maid stood outside the door and said respectfully, "Empress, Steward Cai has come. He said that he is here on the orders of the Prince to bring elder sister Dujuan."

The cuckoo panicked. She held Zhao Pingqing's legs tightly and said with tears in her eyes, "Please save me!"

"Please go to the side hall and wait. I'll be there shortly." After the maid left, Zhao Pingqing stroked her tear-stained face and slowly said, "Your highness is determined to marry you. If you don't, there is only one way. It's not worth it."

The cuckoo knew that it was a dead end. She didn't want to marry a poor guy, but she didn't want to die either.

The cuckoo desperately bit her lower lip until it left two bloody marks before finally releasing her bite. Her eyes were hazy with tears as she said, "Is it really unchangeable?"

Zhao Pingqing pulled her in. Her eyes were cold like the snow in the middle of winter. "Ten years is not too late for a noble man's revenge. I promise you, I will avenge you!"

What they wanted to repay was not only the hatred of the cuckoo; in the past eighteen years, only she had borne the burden of others and had never been held responsible, but today … Yet, she was played in circles by the person she loved the most. How could she be willing to accept this?

The cuckoo nodded helplessly and packed her bags along with Zi Yan. Zhao Pingqing was grateful and gave her several hundred taels of silver to live in the future.

Cai Yuan, who was waiting in the side hall, hurriedly stood up and bowed when he saw them enter. "Pingfei is so lucky."

Zhao Pingqing nodded and said blandly, "The cuckoo has been cleaned up. Take her to thank the king for his grace."

Chief Steward Cai vaguely knew the reason, but he didn't say anything. He only chuckled and said, "Yes, you should thank me. I've been with the prince for so many years, but this is the first time I've seen him propose marriage. Lady Dujuan has a lot of face."

Zhao Pingqing forced a smile and said, "Let's go. Don't let the king wait too long."

After she reluctantly sent the cuckoo away, Zi Yan wiped away her tears and said: "Prince, you're really vicious. You're just asking around and forcing her to marry someone, but you won't let her stay an entire night. Fortunately, she's married in Jinling City, so we still have a chance to meet in the future."

Zhao Pingqing looked at her coldly. "Don't go to see the cuckoo if you don't want to die."

Zi Yan said in astonishment, "This …" "Why is that?"

Zhao Pingqing walked outside and looked up at the half-moon in the sky. All this while, she thought she should just marry two people to King Rui's Palace. Now she knew that she had to deal with three people …

Dongfang Yi, I love you so much, and yet you treat me like this. How could this be possible!?

The night was as cold as water, the wind blew outside the window, several lamps lit up the study, and Dongfang Gu was sitting in his chair with his eyes closed, his long index finger tapping against the table.

"Creak!" Cai Yuan walked in with the door opening, and said respectfully, "Reporting to Your Highness, I have already handed the cuckoo to the silver-haired servant."

Dongfang Zhi slowly opened his eyes. "Did Consort Ping say anything?"

"It's nothing, I just said that I would ask Dujuan to thank you for your grace." After a slight pause, he added, "But I know that the prince is unwilling to see her, so I decided to let the cuckoo thank her for the favor outside the study."

"Alright." Dongfang Wenshui replied. Seeing that Cai Yuan hadn't retreated yet, he frowned slightly. "What? Is there something else?"

Cai Yuan glanced at him and whispered, "In reply to your highness, Princess Xuanji has come. She said that she wants to see you."

Dongfang Wenshui's eyes darkened. After a long while, he said softly, "Invite her in."

"Yes." Cai Yuan left with quick steps. Not long after, an extremely familiar slim figure slowly walked out from the darkness, causing Dongfang Yi to pause for breath.

Thousand Snow …

He closed his eyes, forcefully suppressing the longing that had spread throughout his body as he coldly said, "Princess, why have you come here so late in the night?"

Mu Qianxue took out a triangular yellow talisman from her sleeve and handed it over. "This is a talisman for the peace that Qianxue has requested from the temple. Please enlighten the abbot so that he can protect Your Highness from this trip."

"Are you afraid that if your lordship cannot win this battle, your plans will be ruined and your plans destroyed?"

Mu Qianxue calmly met his gaze. "You can plan again if the plan breaks down, and you can plan again if the plan breaks down. Qianxue only wishes for your highness to be safe!"

Her words caused Dongfang Yi's heart to fiercely tremble, and he was almost unable to control his emotions. He hurriedly took a deep breath, suppressed his stirred heart, and indifferently said, "Since when did the princess become so concerned about me?"