She was emotional, but the expression on Ying Ze's face never fluctuated. After Xiao Yunxiang had scolded enough and vented, he slowly opened his mouth and said:

"Gu didn't come here to ask your opinion, I just wanted to let you know in advance for the Empress Dowager's sake."

Xiao Yunxiang couldn't believe it:

"Ying Ze, are you crazy? You know that I like..."

Before she finished speaking, Ying Ze interrupted her with a serious expression:

"Xiao Yunxiang! You are not a child anymore, stop being so childish!"

Because of Empress Dowager Xiao, Xiao Yunxiang and Ying Ze grew up together, they were childhood sweethearts, but the two had been at odds since they were young, and would fight whenever they met. Xiao Yunxiang even threatened to marry Fei Wusu and become Daqing's regent princess.

Ever since Ying Ze succeeded to the throne, she was often too busy to see anyone, and the relationship between the two became increasingly estranged. However, even since she was a child, although Ying Ze would mock her dreams from time to time, she never really stopped her from pursuing her dreams. Regent.

This was the first time Xiao Yunxiang saw Ying Ze's tone so impatient after she became an adult, and she completely denied her dream as soon as she said it:

"You are seventeen this year. If you are in another courtier's house, you should be talking about marriage. You go to see the emperor's uncle in different ways every day. This is the lonely and empress dowager supporting you. People don’t dare to say anything publicly, but do you know what they say about you in secret? Do you know how to be ashamed?!”

Xiao Yunxiang was usually stubborn, but he was easily attacked in this matter. When Ying Ze said this, his teardrops did not say hello at all, and several tears fell in an instant, but he still insisted on saying:

"Who wants you to support me! They talk about whatever they like, anyway, I just like His Royal Highness the Regent, and I'm not afraid of their comments! If I'm alive, if I can't even pursue the person I like freely, then what am I going to live for?" Son?!"

Ying Ze looked at her condescendingly, she refused to lose her momentum, she stared back with her eyes wide open, while wiping the tears that kept rolling down, she stubbornly refused to admit defeat.

In the end, it was Ying Ze who was defeated first, heaved a long sigh, and said to Xiao Yunxiang:

"Xiao Yunxiang, you and I are not children anymore."

A sentence with the same meaning, but a completely different tone. This time, Ying Ze's tone carried a lot of exhaustion and helplessness that he hadn't noticed.

Xiao Yunxiang was soft but not hard, and when Ying Ze's tone was tough, she refused to admit defeat, but now the man in front of her softened his tone, like a wolf king who has traveled through the wind and snow for a long time, showing his fragile neck and neck in front of the warm fire. With the warm and weak abdomen, Xiao Yunxiang felt a little at a loss.

Ying Ze looked at the teardrops on Xiao Yunxiang's cheeks, moved his fingers hidden behind his back slightly, and wanted to reach out to wipe them away for her, but in the end he didn't reach out, just remained silent for two seconds, and said:

"The border of Nanliang is very peaceful. I have the intention to call Xiao Aiqing back to the capital during the wedding. If the timing is right... Maybe I can find another general to replace Xiao Aiqing and go to Nanliang to guard the border."

When Xiao Yunxiang heard the words, he quickly understood what Ying Ze meant, and said in shock:

"Yingze...you...how can you be so shameless!"

The Xiao family is sparsely populated, and there are only three women and children in the house. Xiao Li is her elder brother, her sister-in-law's husband-in-law, and Yu'er's father. Xiao Li has been stationed in the frontier for many years, and the three of them miss each other very much. I hope that Xiao Li can return to Beijing as soon as possible.

But according to what Ying Ze said, it seemed that he was willing to let his brother go back to Beijing only if he agreed to marry him. He knew that Xiao Yunxiang cared about this matter, but he chose to blackmail him with this matter, so Xiao Yunxiang would say that he Shameless.

Ying Ze's throat choked up. In fact, he didn't mean it that way. He had made up his mind a long time ago. He wanted Xiao Yunxiang to enter the palace as his queen, and Xiao Li's return to Beijing was just his compensation.

But after thinking about it, he didn't intend to listen to Xiao Yunxiang's opinion at all, saying that it was a threat. In fact, what he did was probably more shameless than the threat.

This realization made him a little disheartened, so he turned around and stopped looking directly into her eyes:

"I am lonely because you have no intentions, and I will not be married to you after the big marriage. Now I am still in love with you. When I meet the person I love, I will make peace with you. If the emperor has not yet fallen in love with you, I will marry you." Man, you can continue to pursue freedom."

"This is already the biggest concession Gu Neng can make. Xiao Yunxiang, freedom comes at a price. Being born in Xiao's family is your destiny. You should go back and think about it."

Before Xiao Yunxiang could speak again, Ying Ze waved his hand to call the internal officer in, dragged her out halfway, and called Leng Yulan in instead.

Xiao Yunxiang stood alone in the side hall for a long time, what Ying Ze said to him just now echoed in his mind, and he didn't even know when Leng Yulan came out.

It was Leng Yulan who worriedly came over and held her hand, Xiao Yunxiang was startled, and quickly showed a far-fetched smile, shook it back, and said:

"Sister-in-law, don't worry, I'm fine."

Leng Yulan felt her ice-cold hands, how dare she believe her sister-in-law's nonsense?

However, there were so many eyeliners in the palace, Leng Yulan still didn't speak, she just patted her sister-in-law's hand to express her comfort.

When the two of them went out of the palace and took the carriage back home, Xiao Yunxiang seemed to be belatedly aware, and the tears flowed unstoppably.

Leng Yulan comforted her:

"Xiang'er, don't be sad. If you don't want to marry, then we won't marry. With your brother around, His Majesty will not completely disregard your wishes."

Xiao Yunxiang stammered while weeping and hiccupping and asked:

"Sister-in-law...don't...don't want brother...back...back to Beijing?"

Leng Yulan slowly stroked her back and gave her comfort:

"I want to, of course I want to, but if I want to see you again, I can't sacrifice your happiness. If your brother knows how sad you are, he won't be happy even if he can return to Beijing."

Hearing this, Xiao Yunxiang couldn't bear it any longer, threw himself into Leng Yulan's arms and wept loudly, until he returned to Xiao's mansion, he couldn't stop crying,

Later, when the servants in the mansion reported back, the crying in Xiao Yunxiang's room never stopped that night.

At dawn, Xiao Yunxiang walked out with red and swollen eyes. When he saw Leng Yulan again, his first words were:

"Sister-in-law, Xiang'er is willing to marry."

At the end of spring and the beginning of spring, the warbler flies and the grass grows, which happens to be the most comfortable time of the year. The news that the emperor wants to make the Xiao family Xiao Yunxiang his queen spreads throughout the entire capital overnight like the wind blowing through a long forest.

Those who originally dreamed of sending their daughters to the palace through the draft were all dumbfounded, and the officials who urged the emperor to draft the draft were even more unexpected. She still refuses to give up trying to stuff her daughter into Yingze's harem.

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