My Lord, the princess doesn't want you anymore.

Shoukang Palace.

When Cui Qimo walked in, he heard the Queen Mother complaining to Aunt Kuang: "The Third Master is so stupid. He even lost such a good daughter-in-law."

"Queen Dowager, please don't worry so much. Your children and grandchildren will have their own blessings..." Nanny Kuang was also helpless. The Queen Dowager would scold "The Third Prince is so stupid" several times a day. She listened to it every day and felt that Prince Jing was really a fool.

"That girl, the more I look at her, the more I like her... Alas... What a pity - Emperor, you are here, come quickly and talk to me." When the Queen Mother saw Cui Qimo, she found a new person to confide in, "Emperor, do you think that girl is becoming more and more likable the more I look at her?"

"Uh, it's OK!" The emperor said perfunctorily, chatted for a while, and then got to the point of this trip, "I want to ask my mother, are there any princesses or princesses waiting to get married in the royal family now?"

"Who does the emperor want to be a matchmaker for?"

"Just ask."

"Just asking?" The Queen Mother narrowed her eyes and looked at the Emperor. "Tell me what happened."

Cui Qimo cleared his throat. "Before, the deposed crown prince plotted rebellion, and the Emperor of Xiling sent Wei Mengyun's head to me. He also helped my Great True to wipe out the rebels entrenched on the border. I thought that if I could send a princess or something over, it would be a good thing to have good relations with Xiling for generations."

The Queen Mother's face turned bad when she heard this. "The people of Xiling are cunning by nature, and the land is poor and remote. Are you willing to let our princess suffer?"

The emperor's face darkened. "This is the duty of the daughters of the royal family! On ordinary days, they do nothing, but just because of their birth, they enjoy all the glory and wealth. When the court needs them, they should stand up."

"Emperor, what happened?"

Cui Qimo said sternly, "I won't hide it from my mother. Right now, my Great True One urgently needs to further consolidate its relationship with Xiling, for example, through marriage. To put it more seriously, this concerns the life and death of my Great True One."

"Ah..." The Queen Mother was surprised, but she didn't ask any more questions, as it was related to state affairs. She was a reasonable person and knew that the Emperor must have his own reasons for doing so.

She sighed, "But there are no princesses waiting to be married under the emperor's lap. There is only one Princess Pingjin, and she is only fourteen years old."

Pingjin is the treasure of the Empress Dowager and the Emperor, and they are reluctant to give it up.

"Then, are there any women of the right age in the various clans?"

The Queen Mother thought for a long time, "The Marquis Zhongde's Mansion does have a daughter. The legitimate daughter, Liu Feifei, is the eldest princess's daughter, but she had smallpox when she was young, leaving some spots on her face. Moreover, I heard that the child likes the second child and is determined to marry into the Prince Qi's Mansion."

Cui Qimo hesitated: "There are pockmarks on the face? Mother, are there any other candidates?"

The Queen Mother shook her head. "Alas, your father doesn't have many brothers, nor do heirs. So, the royal family must focus on reproducing offspring..."

The Queen Mother has become more talkative since she fell ill.

Seeing that she was about to go off topic again, Cui Qimo quickly stopped her and asked, "That Liu Feifei, did the emperor give her a title?"

"No, the eldest princess has tried many times to get a title of princess for her daughter, but your father has never agreed. Because of this, the eldest princess and Marquis Zhongde both have some complaints. In addition to some previous misunderstandings, the people in the Marquis's mansion have been less active in the palace in recent years."

"Then, according to your opinion, mother, if I make this Liu Feifei a princess and send her to Xiling to marry, is that okay?"

"But the Emperor of Xiling is almost fifty years old!" The Queen Mother was unwilling.

"Doesn't Xiling still have a crown prince?"

Queen Mother: "But the prince already has a wife. How can I, a daughter of the Dazhen royal family, marry the Xiling prince as a concubine?"

Cui Qimo forced a smile without any expression, "If she has no ability, even if she becomes the Crown Princess, she will be pulled down by others. If she is smart, she can be the Crown Princess and may become the Queen of Xiling in the future!"

The Queen Mother was startled and stopped talking. She was able to become the Queen Mother, so she must understand the reason.

In Cui Qimo's eyes, if Liu Feifei had no ability, it would not be a pity even if he died in the fight in Xiling Palace.

It's just a life.

But Cui Qimo didn't expect that before his imperial edict left the palace, the eldest princess came into the palace with dishevelled hair and knelt at his feet with a plop, "Royal brother, Royal brother...you have to make the decision for me!"

Cui Qimo frowned.

Just as the Empress Dowager said, the late Emperor named his daughter the eldest princess purely to appease the old Marquis Zhongde who had served the emperor well.

However, the hereditary Marquis Zhongde was weaker with each generation. The current generation lived like a shadow, unable to manage state affairs or family affairs. In addition, the eldest princess was always arrogant and domineering, which really disappointed the late emperor. Therefore, he never granted Liu Feifei the title of Princess. The eldest princess was even more resentful and had never been close to her father and brother.

In Cui Qimo's impression, except for the routine visits to the palace during the New Year holidays, the eldest princess has not visited the palace to pay her respects to the empress dowager for many years.

But thinking of the marriage to Xiling, he still patiently asked, "What happened?"

It turned out that an hour ago, Liu Feifei was stopped by a masked man at the gate of her house when she was returning home from going out. Without saying a word, the man raised his knife and cut more than ten cuts on her face, and then broke one of her legs.

After finishing the job, the masked man walked away.

"Royal brother, committing a crime in front of the gate of the Marquis's mansion is clearly intended to embarrass the royal family! I beg you to help me, brother. I only have this one child, brother..."

After hearing this, Cui Qimo felt a surge of anger in his chest, because the person who was to marry into the Xiling clan was gone.

"Hurry up and call the doctor!" Seeing the princess's distraught look, Cui Qimo's heart softened a little and he helped her up. "Okay, see if you still look like a princess... All right, the doctor will be there soon, you go back and take care of your daughter first. Liu, Liu Feifei is also my niece, don't worry, I will have someone investigate strictly and find the murderer to avenge you."

After finally persuading the crying princess to leave, Cui Qimo felt his heart palpitations again, and Eunuch Li quickly fed him a pill.

After he recovered, he suddenly remembered something and quickly ordered, "Ask Mei Xueer to go over and take a look. The face and legs may be healed."

So, Mei Xueer went to the Mansion of Marquis Zhongde.

When she first heard the news, she secretly gloated and cursed "retribution".

She was not willing to treat Liu Feifei's injuries. It was the same as before between her and Cui Hongjing. She treated him with a compassionate heart as a doctor, but who knew that it would end up like a story of a farmer and a snake.

But Liu Feifei is a venomous snake herself, she doesn't want to be a saint.

But this was an imperial decree and she could not refuse it.

So she hesitated for a long time before arriving at the Marquis' Mansion.

As soon as I entered the door, I heard Liu Feifei's painful cry: "Brother Qi Wang, it hurts so much. Mom, can you help me call Brother Qi Wang to come, okay? I want Brother Qi Wang to accompany me."

The princess held her hand tightly and cried, "I have asked people to look for him, but he is not at home. I don't know where he went. My daughter, please bear with it. Everything will be fine."

When the imperial physician saw Mei Xueer coming, he hurried over and said in a somewhat awkward tone, "Ms. Liu's face was cut more than ten times. Her appearance is ruined. I really can't do anything. Otherwise, you can take a look."

Mei Xueer walked over, and when Liu Feifei saw her, she started to curse, "It's all your fault, you vixen, you bewitched Brother Qi, and he won't come to see me."

Mei Xueer shrugged, "If Miss Liu doesn't want treatment, I'll leave now. It's up to you!"

The princess became anxious when she heard this. She still had some rationality and had heard of Mei Xueer's medical skills. She grabbed her and said, "Miss Mei, she is still a child. You should be a man who does not bear grudges. Don't bother with her. Please, please save her. If her face is ruined, what will she do in the future..."

"Still a child?" Mei Xueer sneered, "If I remember correctly, Miss Liu should be the same age as me!"

The princess was startled. "I said the wrong thing. Anyway, please save her. I, I kowtow to you!"

As she said this, the eldest princess actually began to kneel down.

Marquis Zhongde, who had been wiping his tears and saying nothing, also quickly followed suit and knelt.

Mei Xueer held her in place and let out a long sigh.

Even though the eldest princess was domineering and mean, she was willing to fight for her own children.

She sat down beside the bed, took out a pill from the medicine box and put it into Liu Feifei's mouth.

"Miss Mei, what kind of medicine is this?" Before the princess could stop him, the medicine had already been swallowed.

Mei Xueer: "Don't worry, Princess. I just want her to sleep for a while. The noise is annoying."