After Zhuangzhuang said this, she drank three more cups in a row. The strong liquor was choking, and she coughed for a long time before she returned to normal.
"Just when everything was settled, my brother passed away, and the crown prince ascended the throne and named me the Grand Princess. My sister-in-law was also named the Empress Dowager. She always loved me, so she pleaded with the emperor and took out my father's will, which said that no one could force me to do anything I didn't want to do."
Zi'an was puzzled when he heard this, "Why didn't you take out this will earlier?"
Zhuangzhuang looked at Zi'an and smiled bitterly. "She was my brother's queen at the time, and my brother had kept the will. She couldn't get it. Even if she did, do you think my brother would let her announce it to the world? She got the will only after my brother passed away, and the emperor is her son, so she has a say. After the will was taken out, the emperor's sister-in-law read it out in the court. My brother agreed to break off the engagement and sent an envoy to Liang State to break off the engagement. Xiao Xiao and I can finally be together legitimately. He made a wedding dress for me. It was made by twelve embroiderers. It was bright red satin with exquisite patterns embroidered in gold thread. After the wedding dress was made, he gave it to me. I tried it on in front of him, and he looked at me for a long time without moving his eyes away. He said that when I turned sixteen, he would propose to the emperor and marry me."
Sweetness gradually appeared in Zhuangzhuang's eyes. She saw beautiful pictures slowly unfolding before her eyes. Those were the beautiful memories and beautiful days belonging to her and Xiao Xiao.
However, this beauty did not last long, and she was suddenly startled.
"On my sixteenth birthday, he told me that he would give me a gift, a gift that I would never forget. I woke up in the morning and waited for him to come. I knew where he went because Qin Zhi had told me that he went to the Imperial Study. I waited and waited from morning to night but he didn't come. He still didn't come the next day. Qingqiu and Yaozhi saw that I was sad and anxious, so they went to the Imperial Study to inquire about the news. When they couldn't find any news, they left the palace to look for Xiao Xiao. They didn't come back that day. Neither of them came back. On the third day, Yaozhi's body was found in the moat. She was pushed into the moat and killed, but I didn't find the murderer. On the fourth day, Qingqiu came back. , she knelt in front of me and said that Xiao Xiao wanted to marry her and that they were already husband and wife. I was hit by a double blow and almost collapsed. I rushed out of the palace to find Xiao Xiao. He seemed to have changed into a different person, looking at me with strange and hateful eyes. He said that since he saw me hugging the crown prince of Liang, he was sure that I had changed my heart. Everything he did afterwards was just to get revenge on me. The person he really liked was Qingqiu. He ordered people to drive me away, and on the same day, I went to the palace to ask the emperor for a marriage. The emperor was furious and wanted to beat Xiao Xiao to death. Jingguo Hou went to ask the empress dowager, who saved Xiao Xiao and personally granted Xiao Xiao a marriage. After the marriage decree came down, he came to me in person to get his wedding dress back. "
When Zhuangzhuang narrated the last part, he spoke very quickly, almost without pausing, and finished it without any emotion, as if the person who was hurt was not her at all.
When she said this, her tears had dried up, her whole body was shaking, her teeth were chattering, and she seemed very cold.
Zi'an thought about it carefully and decided that Xiao Xiao would definitely not change his mind suddenly, and there was no such thing as revenge. The problem probably lay in what happened on Zhuangzhuang's sixteenth birthday.
What happened that day? He went to see the emperor and said he was proposing marriage. Was the proposal successful? He did not go to find Zhuangzhuang that day, nor did he come the next day. Zhuangzhuang sent people to look for him. Han Qingqiu and Yaozhi, who were sent out that day, did not come back either. Yaozhi's body was found on the third day. On the fourth day, Han Qingqiu came back and said that he and Xiao Xiao were actually married.
What happened in these four days
How could Xiao Xiao be so heartless to Zhuang Zhuang!
Could it be that when Han Qingqiu went to find Xiao Xiao, he said something in front of Xiao Xiao
No, this assumption is not true. According to Zhuangzhuang's words, his seriousness and persistence in this relationship have exceeded everyone's imagination, so he will not break up with Zhuangzhuang because of what Han Qingqiu said.
However, Han Qingqiu was really married to him, so this must be true, otherwise the emperor would not be so angry.
Xiao Xiao said in front of Zhuang Zhuang that he and Han Qingqiu were truly in love, which was obviously false, because if they were truly in love, there was no reason for him to stay alone at the border after getting married without taking Han Qingqiu with him.
There was a war at the beginning, but after the war, he stayed at the border to reorganize the soldiers and garrison for a long time. This is unreasonable.
Zi'an believes that anything that is unreasonable must be a problem.
However, she did not analyze these things with Zhuangzhuang. She couldn't say anything before she figured out the whole thing, so as not to give her false hope.
Zi'an considered it again and again and felt that he must go find Xiao Xiao.
Zhuangzhuang was drunk, so Zi'an told Qinzhi that they didn't want to eat here, and he and her helped Zhuangzhuang go back to rest.
Zi'an saw Zhuangzhuang sleeping soundly and was about to leave. Just as she was getting up, Zhuangzhuang grabbed her hand and looked at her, "Zi'an, have you ever experienced loving someone very much? Loving someone so much that you don't know what to do!"
Zi'an almost cried and stroked her head gently, "Yes, you, I love you very much."
Zhuangzhuang laughed, drunkenly. She breathed a sigh of relief, "If I were a man, I would marry you too. It's a bargain for Laoqi, the old dog."
She slowly closed her eyes, breathed a sigh of relief, and fell asleep.
The more pity he felt for Zhuangzhuang, the more angry he was with Xiao Xiao.
Zi'an originally wanted to spend more time with Zhuangzhuang, but she really couldn't hold back the anger in her heart.
After leaving the Princess's Mansion, he ordered Boss Dao, "Go find Xiao Xiao and see if he is in the Marquis' Mansion or the General's Mansion!"
"General Xiao? He's coming to the palace today!" said Boss Dao.
"How do you know?" Zi'an asked.
"I heard it from General Su yesterday."
"Go back home!" Zi'an ordered.
When they returned to the palace, Xiao Xiao was there as expected. Ni Rong said that he was talking to the prince in the study.
Zi'an was waiting at the door of the study. They chose to discuss the matter in the study, so it must be about state affairs. She still knew how to distinguish between public and private matters.
"Do you want to tell the prince that you are waiting here?" Seeing that Zi'an looked unhappy, Ni Rong thought that the couple was having a quarrel.
Zian shook his head, "No, I'll wait here."
Ni Rong had no choice but to push him away, thinking to himself: Prince, you're on your own!
Zi'an waited at the door for half an hour before Xiao Xiao and Murong Jie opened the door and walked out.
Seeing Zi'an waiting outside, Murong Jie was a little surprised, "You're back? Didn't you say you were going to Prince Liang's Mansion?"
Seeing Zi'an's angry face, Xiao Xiao thought that there was a conflict between the couple, so he said to Murong Jie: "I'm leaving first."
As soon as he walked down the stone steps, Zi'an said coldly: "General Xiao, are you in such a hurry to leave? That's right, your wife is pregnant, so you must go back and take good care of her."
After hearing this, Xiao Xiao couldn't help but look back at Zi An, "What did you say?"
(End of this chapter)