, "It's absolutely true, sir," the housekeeper said in fear, "That's the news from the palace! I heard that the eldest princess even...confronted the Holy Father in public in order to grant a marriage!"
Qiu Chudong was shocked and nervous, and asked: "Then what? ?â
âI donât know what His Majestyâs reaction is, but he hasnât agreed to the marriage yet...â The housekeeper wiped his sweat and said cautiously, âBut I heard that Princess Lehe insisted on asking for the decree... I think that with how much His Majesty loves the princess, This thing... probably can be done."
Qiu Chudong suddenly stood up: "If the news you got is true, then..."
What a coincidence.
He had just finished an argument with Qiu Che, and I'm afraid that little brat wouldn't easily bow his head and listen to his words to marry the princess.
But thatâs the eldest princess! The overwhelmingly favored eldest princess!
She was picked up even if she entered the cold palace. She was the only princess in the name of the Holy Emperor who was a concubine but was recorded as a legitimate daughter. She was also the first first-class eldest princess in the Great Xia Dynasty.
If the eldest princess really marries into the Qiu family, the Qiu family will be able to rise to the top and return to its glory a few years ago without Qiu Che having to work harder.
The expression on Qiu Chudong's face was ecstatic for a while, then worried for a while, and his expression was twisted to a point of horror.
After pacing back and forth in the hall for a few times muttering to himself, he suddenly raised his head and said to the housekeeper eagerly: "Go and check, has Qiu Che ever seen the eldest princess?"
The housekeeper shook his head: "I have already checked before. After that, according to Yun Yan, the second young master's personal maid, she never left. She stayed with the second young master every day, and rarely left the two girls before he bought him back. "
This is strange.
Since Qiu Che has never met the princess, why did he fall in her eyes?
The originally exciting mood in autumn, early winter and early winter slowly died down again.
Could it be something that happened in the past two days?
Qiu Chudong scratched his head, feeling a little anxious. He was about to ask the housekeeper to leave first, when a figure suddenly appeared at the door and said in a dissatisfied tone: "Dad, I heard you all!"
Qiu Chudong paused, waved his hand for the housekeeper to leave, and then He asked, "Why are you here?"
Although his tone was full of anger, he subconsciously smiled.
Qiu Zhe said dissatisfied: "Of course I came to you for something... Who knew I heard you talking about that idiot Qiu Che... I also heard you say that the princess fell in love with him? Which princess?"
Qiu Chudong pulled Qiu Zhe and signaled He lowered his voice, and then looked at the door again. After making sure that no one was there, he put down his thief-like expression and whispered:
"Don't be so loud. There is no confirmation on this matter. If the Holy Spirit knows that we are arrogant, Princess Speaker, you are going to be beheaded!"
Qiu Zhe's eyes lit up and his focus turned to other places: "Princess Princess? You mean that... Heyue... is called Princess Heyue, right? Is it her?"
Qiu Chudong said with a headache, "That's Lehe!"
Qiu Zhe waved his hands indifferently: "It doesn't matter whether it's Heyue or not."
"...It's her."
Seeing that she couldn't hide it anymore, Qiu Chudong also let out a long sigh and said, "If she really likes Qiu Che and wants to marry into the Qiu family, that would be a great thing, but I'm afraid... I'm afraid that Qiu Che won't agree."
"Qiu Che . Che Qiuche, Qiu Che again!"
Qiu Zhe's focus was off the mark.
He grinded his teeth and said in a low voice, "Even if he is better at reading than me, why does he have to interfere with the woman I like!"
"What?" Qiu Chudong keenly grasped the key information and asked hurriedly, "You and the eldest princess... also know each other?"
Qiu Zhe met his father's vaguely expectant gaze and remembered the embarrassing scene of being rejected last time. Qiu Zhe was a little speechless.
After a while, he looked away with a guilty look and said impatiently, "I just like that face a little bit. I met her once before, and I asked her to follow me...she didn't know what was going on and ran away."
Later he found out that it was The eldest princess is happy.
Qiu Chudong was frightened when he heard this. The fatherly smile on his face disappeared when he heard this, and he couldn't help scolding: "How can you have the courage to provoke her? You are stupid! If Lehe files an imperial complaint, then you, me and the Qiu family will They're all going to die!"
Qiu Zhe was a little weak and lowered his head without retorting.
But soon he became confident and muttered: "What are you afraid of? It's just a woman. I don't believe that the Holy One really loves her so much that he would destroy the entire Qiu family for her."
"Besides," Qiu Zhe rolled his eyes. He sneered, "I was frightened when I learned her identity when I came back that day, but it's been half a month now and there hasn't been any news in the palace... I guess it was because she wanted to protect her reputation. Tell the public about this."
"That's good, that's good!"
Qiu Chudong felt that what he said made sense, so he stopped being nervous, patted his chest and relaxed.
Qiu Zhe curled his lips and said mockingly: "Then why is dad worried about this matter? Don't you also think it's a good thing that the princess likes that nerd Qiu Che?"
"You don't understand," Qiu Chudong said with a sad face, "I'm afraid of my father. What if the news is false? What if... Qiu Che refuses to marry the princess? "
"Why not?"
Qiu Chudong muttered something, saying that you don't understand, as if he was wandering.
Qiu Zhe looked puzzled, and then thought of Li Qingwu's hibiscus face. He couldn't help but licked his lips and said with a smile, "I don't understand. Anyway, with the face of the eldest princess, she is the most beautiful woman in the capital, and there is no man who would not be tempted by her." It's so cheap for this kid to marry Qiu Che..."
He muttered: "Since you are so worried that he won't marry you, you might as well give it to me to fill a house."
What he said was outrageous, because the princess was interested in her . Qiu Che is not him. Even if she marries him, she cannot fill his house.
If these remarks were heard by someone who was interested, I am afraid that the nine clans would be punished for a serious crime.
But Qiu Chudong's admonishing words suddenly got stuck in his throat.
He grabbed Qiu Zhe's hand and said excitedly: "What did you just say?! Say it again!"
Qiu Zhe was startled by him and stammered: "Uh... I said that marrying Qiu Che would be an advantage for him. Why not... you might as well fill in the house for me."
Qiu Chudong was stunned for a moment, then suddenly burst into laughter and said, "Look at me! Why didn't I think of that? Zhe'er, you are so smart! Thanks to you, my father was able to figure this out!"
Seeing Qiu Zhe's expression of confusion, Qiu Chudong slowly stopped laughing and motioned for him to come over and whisper a few words to him.
After a moment, Qiu Zhe said in shock: "...he...she, dad, you mean, he is...he is..."
Qiu Chudong smiled and nodded: "Otherwise, how can you think that as a father, you can be sure that she will..." Agree to the father's request?"
Qiu Zhe was stunned.
"It's different when you become an official," Qiu Chudong said pointedly, "If the Holy One finds out... the crime of deceiving the emperor by the imperial official will be punished."
Qiu Chudong curled her lips and looked. Looking at the faces of his son and Qiu Che in front of him, which were almost identical, the cruelty flashed through his eyes: "For this reason, if she still wants to live, she should make way for you."
...
The next day, Qiu Che's pity Zhuge once again welcomed the uninvited guest of autumn and early winter.
She arranged the old books on the desk without looking back: "Why did father come here this time?"
Qiu Chudong choked before she could speak, and her original intention of paving the way for persuasion was gone. He said with a cold face: "Do you know Princess Lehe?"
Li Qingwu?
Qiu Che turned his back and paused, but there was no emotion in his tone: "Of course, the current Holy Emperor is extremely fond of Princess Lehe, and everyone knows about it... But, what does this have to do with me? "
She silently counted to three in her mind.
Sure enough, the next moment, Qiu Chudong said exactly the same words as in the previous life.
Even the tone was exactly the same - if it hadn't happened half a month earlier than she remembered.
"I want you to marry Princess Lehe. Be the eldest princess's consort."
For a long time, Qiu Che turned back in silence, with a bit of doubt and amusement in his eyes: "Is father joking with me?"
She casually stuffed the book in her hand. She put it in the basket next to her: "You know clearly that I can't get a wife."
Yes, Qiu Chudong knew her female status.
Qiu Che has been dressing up as a man since she was born - Qiu's father really favored sons over daughters. At that time, the number of people in the Qiu family was very small, and Qiu and early winter were eager to have a few more sons to extend the family in order to obtain the person in charge of the Qiu family at that time. , Autumn and early winter, motherâs approval.
Mrs. Wang was afraid that she would be rejected by Qiu Chudong because she was a girl, so she bribed Po Wen at the time and lied to her that she was a boy.
Fortunately, in the past few years in autumn, early winter and winter, she was busy acting like a monster in the family and did not come around Wang family much. In addition, she was raised by Wang family alone and never dared to borrow anyone to take care of her, so she continued to hide it.
The discovery was an accident.
After that accident, Qiu Chudong's attitude towards her plummeted.
In the past, it could not be said that she was held in the palm of one's hand, but at any rate, she was considered caring. Later, she was only scolded and scorned.
Qiu Che thought of this, lowered his head and glanced at his hands hidden in his sleeves calmly.
There was a lavender butterfly mark on the wrist bone under her forearm, but it was rarely exposed, so almost no one knew about it.
Autumn and early winter as well.
She moved her fingers slightly and thought of her previous life again.
Although Qiu Zhe and she were not of the same mother, they both adopted Qiu Chudong's youthful appearance, especially after Qiu Che put on men's clothing, their appearance was very similar.
Even Wu Yiqi said that they just have completely different temperaments. If they don't look carefully or deliberately imitate and disguise, no one can recognize that they are two people.
But it happened that Li Qingwu recognized it.
A person who had been ignored by her for ten years and had never met a few times, who was comparable to a stranger, later saw Qiu Zhe disguised as Qiu Che and recognized him as a fake when he met him for the first time.
How?
Qiu Che was a little lost in thought and rubbed his wrist.
Qiu Chudong's disdainful voice interrupted her thoughts: "I ask you to marry me, just marry me, why is there so much nonsense? I have my own solution."
Solution?
Does it mean that Qiu Zhe will be replaced by his own name and become the new "Qiu Che"?
Qiu Che raised his lips sarcastically, and then said coldly, "You're dreaming."
"I'll just tell you the truth," she said calmly, "I can't marry Li Qingwu, regardless of whether she is a princess or not. No matter the past, present, or futureâ"
"No matter what method you use," Qiu Che paused and said, "In short, it is impossible for me to marry a wife, let alone marry her."
The subtext is, You can give up.
No matter what feelings Li Qingwu had for her in his previous life, now that Qiu Che has been reborn, he has made up his mind not to implicate the other party even for the revenge of his previous life.
The best and simplest solution is to cut off the connection between them as soon as possible before everything starts.
The salary from the sixth-grade official position and the reward from the top prize were enough for Qiu Che to buy a villa in the capital. Although the salary has not been paid yet, there is always a solution.
She originally planned to leave the Qiu family as soon as possible to avoid long nights and dreams. But one day her name was used as a spearman by the Qiu family father and son, and she still couldn't tell the pain.
If her mother hadn't been too indecisive, they would have left here yesterday.
But it doesnât matter, Qiu Che thought.
Anyway, if she wants to leave, Wang will follow her even if she doesn't agree.
Letâs talk about what happens next. Anyway, now that he has lived a new life, Qiu Che has had enough of being under someone elseâs roof and being used by others.
She goes crazy on anyone who takes advantage of her.
Let's talk about it when we are happy, after all, it's not like she has never died.
ââThe main theme is that going crazy makes people happy, and they donât care about life or death with their eyes closed.
Qiu Che glanced at the basket on the ground, ignored Qiu Chudong's livid face, and thought about how many important things he still needed to take away.
Qiu Chudong stared at her with a gloomy expression for a moment, as if he wanted to get angry, but held back.
He looked disappointed: "This is the last chance my father gives you. Are you sure you want to do this?"
Qiu Che ignored him and turned his back, expressing that he did not want to communicate.
Qiu Chudong stroked his chest and laughed angrily: "Okay, you are really good! Since you are so courageous, then don't stay in Qiu Mansion! Go to Ganyu Temple outside the city and think about the past! When I figured it out, when will I come back?"
Qiu Che was stunned for a moment, but his reaction was beyond Qiu Chudong's expectation.
She quickly agreed and said, "Okay."
Just now she was thinking about how she could buy a house since her salary was not paid.
She would rather live in a clean and peaceful temple than sleeping on the street.
It's great that she doesn't have to pay for it.
Qiu Chudong couldn't understand what she was thinking. He was stunned for a moment and cursed: "You idiot who doesn't understand the overall situation! Sooner or later you will regret it!"
Then he walked away again.
Qiu Che looked at his back in silence, then looked up at the three words on the plaque at the door: Lianzhu Pavilion. After a long time, he chuckled.
Lianzhu, Lianzhu.
When she named her yard these two words in autumn and early winter, she thought it meant loving and loving jewelry, and she was happy for a long time.
Now that I have relived my life, I look at these three words again and realize that they mean pity and ridicule.
Pity her for her blindness and ridicule her for being sentimental.
Father's love is a very strange thing, it comes and goes, like charity, like a gift.
When you're expecting it, every move you make becomes self-conscious.
When you stop expecting, everything around you will become clear to you.
What she sees now is all proof of not loving.
How can people not love their children?
Qiu Che thought.
Therefore, Qiu Chudong is not a human being at all, and he is not worthy of being her father.
In a corner where no one noticed, a figure stood quietly for a moment and then quietly left.
Imperial Palace, Fengyang Pavilion.
Li Qingwu held a half-finished handkerchief in his hand, and his fingertips were suddenly pricked by a needle.
Fu Ling exclaimed and hurried forward to check the injury.
But Li Qingwu just twirled his fingertips and shook his head, indicating that it was okay.
Then she turned to look at Fufeng, who had a venomous tongue beside her but was very silent at this time. Her tone of voice was unclear:
"He...really said that?"
"Yes," Fufeng lowered his head, but his tone was a little angry. , "The second son of the Qiu family is really arrogant, and he actually said such arrogant words!"
"If it weren't for the princess now... how could it be his turn to be picky about the princess? Aren't there a lot of outstanding men in the capital who are eager to let the princess choose?"
Li Qingwu murmured: "There is no one better than him."
Fufeng couldn't help but raise his voice and said dissatisfied: "But he despises His Highness so much! Besides, since Your Highness is looking for a lover, why can't he find another one?"
"He said this, I must have my own reasons. If I don't ask clearly, I won't give up so easily." Li Qingwu said softly.
Fuling and the two looked at each other, and Fufeng was a little worried: "Sister, you should give His Highness some advice!"
Fuling was confused: "Although you are right, it is rare for His Highness to like someone so much, and I... can only try my best. I helped His Highness achieve his wish."
Fufeng: "..."
Li Qingwu laughed.
She thought for a while and whispered to Fufeng: "Now, you are the only one under me who can leave the palace. Please help me find out what kind of girl the second son of the Qiu family likes, but he has a sweetheart?"
Fufeng frowned: "Your Highness, you I think..."
"Not necessarily." Li Qingwu asked someone to inquire about the private affairs of these children. Li Qingwu's face was a little red, but it was not obvious. He still looked calm, "It's just an inquiry. Just do as you are told.
" He reluctantly agreed and was about to leave when the palace door was suddenly opened.
He reacted quickly and immediately retreated behind Li Qingwu, assuming the posture of a hidden guard.
Li Qingwu looked at each other and had a bad intuition.
She pressed her wildly beating eyelids, put away the handkerchief as quickly as possible, stood up, opened the curtain and went out.
The moment he stood up, his knees, which had not recovered from the punishment of kneeling yesterday, became weak.
She was so painful that she curled up her fingers unconsciously, then straightened up again and asked without changing her face:
"Who?"
After a burst of noisy footsteps, the eunuch chief Fuzi stood in front of the palace door and sighed deeply to Li Qingwu who came out to greet him. Take a breath.
"This old slave has come to pass on His Majesty's instructions. I understand that Her Royal Highness the Princess was unwell and fainted yesterday. She doesn't have to kneel this time."
Even so, Li Qingwu looked at him with a pity-like expression, as if to say: Anyway, I will still have to kneel in the future. Lots of them.
Li Qingwu's eyes flashed, and he lowered his head respectfully, revealing the white and fragile back of his neck.
Just like countless times before, he kept his eyebrows low, his etiquette was appropriate, and he couldn't find any faults.
"Princess Lehe has violated her etiquette in front of the palace and has refused to change despite repeated admonitions. She is now ordered to secretly go to Ganyu Temple outside the city to recite Buddha's words and reflect on her past in front of the wall. During the period of contemplation, her whereabouts shall not be disclosed to the outside world. I appreciate this."
"Your Highness," Fuzi turned sideways and gave way. On the way, two rows of strict Jinwu Guards were revealed outside the palace.
"please."