Early the next morning, Mrs. Gong came to Xu Zining's room and said straight to the point: "Miss Xu, how have you been thinking about it these days?"

He helped Mrs. Gong sit down on the chair, and then poured her a cup of tea. Xu Zining sat down next to her. Her face was as beautiful and peaceful as a few days ago, but the faint dark halo under her big eyes showed her recent past.

She had not had a good rest: "Old madam, I have thought about it. I am willing to marry the second young master as my wife."

"Have you really thought about it?" Although she had expected that Xu Zining would agree, Mrs. Gong was still a little surprised by her straightforwardness: "Don't you regret it?"

"I object!"

Before Xu Zining said anything, a clear voice suddenly sounded, and then a young woman wearing a green dress rushed from the inner room to the two of them. She had a delicate face, handsome eyes and eyebrows, and there was a hint of heroism between her eyebrows.

Staring at the young woman who suddenly appeared, Mrs. Gong had a kind smile on her face, and a hint of anger in her eyes that was fleeting: "Miss Xu, who is this girl?"

"Back to the old lady, she is my distant cousin Li Xue. I sent someone to send a letter to my father saying that I was getting married. However, my father broke his leg when he went to collect herbs in the mountains a few days ago, so I asked my cousin to come to the wedding instead.

"Xu Zining explained softly, then turned to look at Li Xue: "Cousin, this is the old lady."

Seeing the pleading look cast by his cousin, Li Xue saluted Mrs. Gong and said, "Li Xue has met the old lady." There was always anger and depression on her delicate face.

Giving Li Xue a wink, Xu Zining looked at Mrs. Gong and apologized: "My cousin grew up in the mountains. She has always been outspoken but has a simple nature. She doesn't understand the rules of the palace. Please forgive me, Mrs."

"It doesn't matter." The smile on Mrs. Gong's face did not change, but her eyes kept staring at Li Xue: "Miss Li, tell me why you oppose this marriage?"

Li Xue didn't have the timidity and fear that she should have after knowing that the person in front of her was the old lady of the royal family. Instead, she said angrily: "We know that our family is poor, so we have never thought about joining any rich family, let alone trying to get married.

Marry into a rich family and live a young life;

My cousin asked someone to bring a letter saying that they wanted to get married. My uncle originally thought that the other party was from an ordinary family. He thought that it was time for the cousin to get married now that he was eighteen years old, so he did not object and asked me to attend the wedding on his behalf.

Only when I got here did I find out that my cousin was married to a prince, not to mention a ghost marriage. How should we accept this? If word spread, wouldn't the villagers point their fingers at us and scold us for selling our daughters for glory and destroying our consciences?

?”

"cousin......"

Seeing the stagnant smile on Mrs. Gong's face and her eyes as deep as the abyss, Xu Zining hurriedly tugged on Li Xue's sleeves and whispered: "Cousin, stop talking."

"Why don't you say it?" Li Xue slapped Xu Zining's hand away, looked at Mrs. Gong who pursed her lips tightly, then looked at Xu Zining and asked: "Cousin, tell me, did they force you to do this? Don't be afraid.

Even if I risk my life, my cousin will protect you and seek justice for you. I don’t believe there is no justice and royal law in this world?"

"The old lady didn't force me, I volunteered." Xu Zining said eagerly, fearing that his cousin's impulsiveness would cause trouble.

Li Xue stared at Xu Zining with wide eyes after hearing this, and asked in disbelief: "What did you say?"

"I said this is all of my own free will and has nothing to do with others." Xu Zining said firmly: "For more than a year, the old lady has been very good to me. She loves me as much as my own granddaughter. I can't bear to leave the old lady."

"Even if the old lady treats you well, you can't sacrifice your life's happiness just to repay your kindness!" Li Xue angrily shouted with a look of hatred on her face: "Don't forget, you are only eighteen years old, but you are going to marry someone...

....How are you going to survive the countless long days and nights in the future?"

Looking at Mrs. Gong, Xu Zining's calm tone revealed firmness: "I will always be filial and take care of the old lady, and provide for the old lady until the end of her life."

Mrs. Gong, who had been watching the two people arguing quietly all the time, smiled when she heard this, and she was secretly pleased that she had indeed seen Xu Zining correctly.

"What about your father? Don't you care about your father?"

"My dad..."

There was a hint of sadness and self-blame on Xu Zining's beautiful face, and a layer of mist gradually appeared in his eyes. After a moment, he bowed to Li Xueyingying: "My dad asked my cousin to take care of me. Please tell my dad, just tell me.

I would rather be unfilial than ask my father to be my father... I am my daughter."

"You..." When Li Xue heard this, he immediately became furious. He blushed and pointed at Xu Zining's nose and cursed: "Zining, when did you become so greedy for vanity? For the sake of the glory and wealth of the palace, you actually got married.

Even if your father doesn’t recognize you, are you still a human being?”

Xu Zining lowered his head and said nothing, but held the precious silk handkerchief tightly with both hands on his knees, as if he wanted to tear the silk handkerchief into pieces.

Mrs. Gong was very satisfied with Xu Zining's approach. In her opinion, as long as she could achieve her own goal, even her close relatives could give up resolutely.

But it's obvious that Xu Zining still needs a lot of experience. If he can't be cold-hearted and ruthless, Xu Zining is not worthy of being her pawn.

"Okay, okay, since you are determined to want glory and wealth without relatives, let's make a clean break. I will tell my uncle to pretend that I don't have you as a daughter, and I don't have you as a cousin!" After saying that, Li Xuefeng rushed into the inner room as if he were a daughter.

, a moment later he rushed out with a small wooden box in his arms: "This is the dowry prepared by my uncle for my daughter. I want to take it back and return it to my uncle. As for your wedding, there is no need for me to attend. Farewell!"

"Wait!"

Following Mrs. Gong's order, Li Xue, who had just rushed to the door, was stopped by Xiang Cui and the other four in time.

Li Xue was startled, and then tried desperately to rush out. Unexpectedly, the four people from Xiangcui lined up side by side blocked the door and could not get out, so she had to give up, turned around, and glared at Mrs. Gong: "What do you want to do?"

Xu Zining also immediately raised his head and looked at his angry cousin, who suddenly stood up and walked to Mrs. Gong and knelt down: "Old Madam, Cousin... Li Xue has always been very irritable and reckless in words and deeds. The elders in the family

There was nothing they could do to her, and Zi Ning was about to marry the second young master. Zi Ning didn't want anything unlucky to happen on this happy day, so he thought it was to bring good fortune to the second young master and Zi Ning, and begged the old lady to be kind to him.

Let her go."

"Zi Ning, get up quickly." She stretched out her hand to help Xu Zining up. Seeing the anxiety and worry in her eyes, Mrs. Gong felt quite unhappy, but she said with kindness on her face: "Zi Ning, don't worry too much. I'm leaving Li Li behind."

The girl just asked her to attend the wedding between you and Xiong'er, and after the wedding is over, someone will naturally send someone to take Miss Li back."

Seeing Xu Zining opening his mouth to say something, Mrs. Gong said majestically: "Don't worry, although you have broken off the relationship with her, the visitor is a guest. If outsiders know that the palace has driven away the guest, how can the palace have the dignity to stand on the world?

Zi Ning said, is this true?"

"It's Zining who doesn't think well. Thank you, old lady, for teaching me." Xu Zining lowered his head in shame.

"Good boy, from now on I will slowly teach you how to be the mistress of the palace." The smile on Mrs. Gong's face became more and more amiable: "Miss Li is a guest, and it is not appropriate to live here anymore. So, from now on.

As soon as you get up, you can move into the guest room, and I will send two maids to take care of Miss Li, so you can prepare for the wedding with peace of mind."

Xu Zining nodded: "Zi Ning will obey the old lady's arrangements in everything."

Instructing Xiangcui and Xianghuan to take Li Xue to the guest room, Mrs. Gong also took a meaningful look at the wooden box in Li Xue's arms. Xiangcui and Xianghuan immediately understood. Xiangcui reached out and touched Li Xue's acupuncture point to prevent her

Yelled and ran away, and then left with Xianghuan and Li Xue.

Mrs. Gong took Xu Zining's hand and sat down next to her. She looked straight into her eyes and asked, "Zi Ning, I know that you feel wronged by marrying Xiong'er. I allow you to think about it again."

"Zi Ning is deeply grateful for the old lady's love. He should do his best to be filial to the old lady."

"Don't regret it?"

"No regrets!" Xu Zining's eyebrows showed perseverance and strength.

"You are such a good granddaughter-in-law." Patting the back of Xu Zining's hand, the old lady of the palace said lovingly: "From now on, you will be the second young lady of the palace, and soon you will be the head mistress of the palace, and in the future you will be the queen of the country.

, if anyone dares to be disrespectful to you, I will never forgive you!"

Although he tried his best to appear calm, Xu Zining's face still showed a hint of excitement: "Zi Ning will definitely live up to the old lady's love and cultivation."

"Very good." Mrs. Gong nodded with satisfaction.

After hesitating for a moment, Xu Zining asked cautiously: "Old madam, I wonder when the wedding will be held?"

"Zi Ning is anxious?"

Hearing the narrow-mindedness in Mrs. Gong's tone, Xu Zining's beautiful face suddenly turned crimson, as charming as a peach blossom in the rain, and she said coquettishly: "Old Madam..."

"Well, getting married is a good thing and there is nothing to be ashamed of." Mrs. Gong smiled and said: "I have already chosen the day, which is the second day of May."

"Today is April 27th, and there are only five days left until the second day of May. Isn't this... time tight?" Xu Zining asked cautiously.

Mrs. Gong waved her hand and said, "It's okay. The Wangfu family has a big business, so it's no problem to hold a wedding. And from the day Xiong'er went to learn martial arts, I started preparing betrothal gifts for him. So far, there are sixty boxes.

I won’t wrong you.”

"Does the prince agree?" Xu Zining carefully observed Mrs. Gong's reaction.

After hearing this, Mrs. Gong's expression changed slightly, showing a hint of anger.

She tried all kinds of methods and even threatened to die, but her son still refused to return to the palace, let alone arrange for Xiong'er's funeral arrangements, enter his name in the family tree, and bury him in the ancestral grave. If Xiong'er could not be included in the family tree, Zining's identity would be

Without recognition, it would be impossible for her to legitimately obtain the right to rule Jiuyuan County.

No! No one can stop her plan!

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