On the second day of Sheng Cen's succession to the throne, Empress Xia prepared a family banquet in the Lan Palace,
Of course her husband would not participate, because he had voluntarily and consciously moved out of the palace to recuperate. Sheng Cen also thoughtfully sent his most beloved son there to reunite them.
In this family banquet, in addition to the family, Empress Xia also invited Tang Qiyuan to go.
After Tang Qiyuan received the news, he naturally went there happily. Empress Xia has always taken care of him for these years, and he has already regarded Empress Xia as his family.
This time, he didn't ask Sheng Cen to pick him up from school, but went to Lan Gong by himself after class.
On the first day Sheng Cen took office, he had a lot of business to do. After finishing the business, he realized that it was Tang Qiyuan's off-duty time. He quickly picked up the key and walked out in a hurry.
His car was parked in the Lan Palace, and he walked over from the front yard. Just as he was about to go to the parking lot, he heard Empress Xia calling to stop him.
He turned his head to look at Empress Xia, then looked down at his watch, and said anxiously, "Mom, what's the matter? If there's nothing urgent, I'll talk about it after I pick up Xiao Qi."
After he finished speaking, he turned around and wanted to leave, but Empress Xia grabbed him and asked in a deep voice: "I thought about it all night yesterday, do you really not want to marry Xiaoqi?"
"... Mmm." Sheng Cen replied softly, and said, "Mom, don't mention this matter again in the future, I'll go pick up Xiao Qi first."
Empress Xia didn't stop him this time, but went back to the house a little disappointed.
Sheng Cen's face was slightly condensed, and he turned around and walked towards the parking lot. As soon as he reached the garden, he saw Tang Qiyuan walking in by himself. He couldn't help but froze, and asked with a frown, "How did you come here?"
"Take a taxi." Tang Qiyuan smiled, "You are busy now, so you don't need to pick me up in the future."
Sheng Cen frowned, and before he had time to speak, Tang Qiyuan continued, "I'll go ahead and help Auntie."
He lowered his head and walked past Sheng Cen, unconsciously avoiding Sheng Cen's gaze.
Empress Xia was instructing everyone to set up the banquet hall, with a sad expression on her face, as if she was thinking about something.
"Auntie." Tang Qiyuan called obediently.
Seeing Tang Qiyuan, she was stunned for a moment, then immediately laughed, waved to Tang Qiyuan, and said softly, "Xiao Qi, come here quickly."
Tang Qiyuan walked over with a sweet smile, "Auntie, is there anything I can do for you?"
"I don't need your help. I'm all ready. Why did I leave so early last night? Auntie didn't bother to talk to you." Empress Xia took Tang Qiyuan's hand and sat down on the sofa.
"My dad drank too much last night, so he was in a hurry to go back." Tang Qiyuan replied with a smile.
Sheng Cen walked in after Tang Qiyuan, sat opposite to Tang Qiyuan and Empress Xia, picked up the newspaper next to him and flipped through it a few times.
Empress Xia didn't look at him, but looked at Tang Qiyuan and smiled, and suddenly asked: "Xiao Qi, I heard that your brothers are all married, right?"
Tang Qiyuan nodded, "Well, they're both married."
"Is General Tang in a hurry to get you married?" Empress Xia asked with a smile.
Tang Qiyuan shook her head, "No, my dad said he hoped that I could spend more time with them, and don't rush to get married."
"What about you? You're so old, you should fall in love even if you don't get married, do you have any ideas?"
Sheng Cen stopped flipping through the newspaper, looked up at his mother, and wrinkled unconsciously between his brows.
Tang Qiyuan froze for a moment, his first reaction was to look up at Sheng Cen, which was his habit for so many years.
Over the years, every time he encountered a question that he didn't know how to answer, or encountered something that he didn't know what to do, he would unconsciously rely on Sheng Cen, but this time he worked hard to suppress the desire to see Sheng Cen. Impulsive to Sheng Cen, he didn't raise his head, but thought for a while and said, "Auntie, I haven't thought that much yet."
"It's too late to think about it now." Empress Xia looked at him gently, and said softly, "Auntie has a good candidate here, and I want to introduce you to him, would you like to?"
"Mom!" Sheng Cen raised his head from the newspaper and cried out in astonishment.
Empress Xia glanced at him indifferently, stretched out her hand to twirl the hair around her ear, and said flatly: "I can't control you whether you get married or who you marry, but Xiao Qi can't delay any longer. Don't worry about it."
Sheng Cen frowned very tightly, and remained silent for a long time with a dark face. He pretended to lower his head and continued to read the newspaper irritably, but his ears perked up unconsciously.
Empress Xia looked at Tang Qiyuan, and asked softly, "Xiao Qi, what do you think?"
Tang Qiyuan lowered her eyes, was silent for a while, and said to Empress Xia in a very soft voice: "...I listen to you, auntie."
Sheng Cen stopped holding the newspaper, and raised his head in disbelief. If he was just astonished just now, he was already astonished this time.
When Empress Xia heard Tang Qiyuan's answer, she immediately laughed, took Tang Qiyuan's hand affectionately, and said, "The person I want to introduce to you is a distant nephew of mine named Xia Ming. He looks handsome and has outstanding abilities. I watched him grow up, and I guarantee that his quality and three views are all right. He should come over later, so please take a look. If you are satisfied, I will give it to you introduce."
The newspaper in Sheng Cen's hand was wrinkled by him, he snorted coldly and said, "Just like Xia Ming, how handsome is he?"
Empress Xia turned her head and glared at him angrily. Ever since Sheng Cen said yesterday that she would not marry Tang Qiyuan, she has been displeased with Sheng Cen.
The good daughter-in-law she had loved for many years just disappeared, who would be angry if she left it there
"What does it have to do with you when I talk to Xiaoqi?" Empress Xia looked at him angrily, and said displeased: "Everyone says that Xia Ming looks a lot like you, so what you are saying now is to say Your mother, did I make you look bad?"
Sheng Cen couldn't refute, his brows furrowed deeper, and he said reluctantly: "I don't look like him at all."
Empress Xia snorted softly and turned her head to ignore him. When she looked at Tang Qiyuan, her brows and eyes became as soft as before. She smiled and said softly: "Don't listen to him, Xia Ming looks really good , He is very energetic, you will know when you see him, and he is a gentleman, not as bad-tempered as this kid, if you are together, he will definitely treat you well."
Tang Qiyuan nodded lightly, feeling a little dazed in her heart, unable to tell what it was like for a moment.
Empress Xia said: "Don't put too much pressure on it. Even if you don't like Xia Ming, it doesn't matter. Auntie still has many suitable partners waiting to be introduced to you. Don't worry, Auntie will definitely find you a satisfactory partner."
"...Thank you, Auntie." Tang Qiyuan smiled.
He tried his best to ignore the incompatibility in his heart, and kept telling himself that it was right to do so. He should study hard at the age of study, and fall in love at the age when he should be in love. This is the life he planned for himself. This is long overdue.
Empress Xia couldn't help being overjoyed when she heard his answer, and immediately called to urge Xia Ming to come soon.
After Empress Xia left, Sheng Cen looked at Tang Qiyuan, raised the corners of his lips coldly, and said in a deep voice, "What? Are you in a hurry to get married?"
Tang Qiyuan didn't look up, he hesitated for a moment, then nodded slightly.
Sheng Cen's expression was shocked, and his face suddenly sank, "Tang Qiyuan, you..."
His voice was choked, and he didn't finish his words for a long time. He knew what the feeling of loss in his heart was, but he couldn't say anything. He just stared at Tang Qiyuan tightly with incredible, shocked, and incredulous eyes. There are also people who don't know what to do by being caught off guard.
Tang Qiyuan blinked lightly, raised her head to look at him, and said flatly, "It's time to think about it when you're old."
Sheng Cen froze for a moment, the anger in his eyes dissipated, and there was a flash of bewilderment.
His well-behaved, always step-by-step little deskmate is old and really wants to fall in love.
Tang Qiyuan pursed her somewhat dry lips, endured the discomfort in her heart, and slowly persuaded: "It's not just me, you are now the emperor, you should also find a partner. I hope you can start a family soon, I heard that the daughter of Chief Li's family is good, and the son of the Sun family... "
Before Tang Qiyuan finished speaking, she was interrupted by Sheng Cen.
Sheng Cen sat up from the sofa all of a sudden, looked at him with deep eyes for a long time, said with a cold face, "You don't have to worry about my affairs, whether I want to get married or not is more important." Don't worry about it."
Tang Qiyuan was stunned for a moment when he heard his words, he paused, then nodded dully, "... oh... good."
Tang Qiyuan's eyes darkened, and he unconsciously remembered what Sheng Cen said to Empress Xia yesterday.
"Am I crazy? It's not enough to be under his control for so many years, and let him control me for the rest of my life?"
It was only now that Tang Qiyuan was a little slow to realize that he had indeed taken care of Sheng Cen too much these years, and he had already surpassed the scope of being a tablemate, a little over the line. He can't go on like this.
He reflected on himself, and quickly promised, "Then I won't care about you from now on."
Sheng Cen looked back at Tang Qiyuan in surprise.
His little deskmate said to leave him alone
Oh, his little deskmate wants to fall in love, so leave him alone.
Sheng Cen realized the fact that he was abandoned, his eyes became more serious, and his heart was filled with great loss and sourness that could not be ignored.
He looked at Tang Qiyuan, angrily dropped a word and turned to leave, "It's up to you!"
Sheng Cen's back was indifferent and straight, every step seemed to be filled with anger.
Tang Qiyuan lowered her head and sighed. After so many years, the temper at the same table is still so bad. His temper is so moody. I don't know who can stand him. Can everyone wait for the future queen of their empire
Although Tang Qiyuan said that she didn't care about Sheng Cen, she still couldn't help but worry about her tablemate.
He decided to go to the bookstore to buy a few love guidebooks for his deskmate when he had time, so that his deskmate could learn some love skills.
His deskmate is so smart, he believes that the deskmate will learn how to fall in love very quickly, and he should also buy a copy for himself, after all, they should all fall in love, and they each fall in love with different people.
But he is a little stupider than his deskmate, and he may not learn as fast as his deskmate. When his deskmate gets married, he should be able to find a partner. When his deskmate's child is born, he should be able to learn how to fall in love, right
No matter what, when spring comes, the flowers will always bloom.