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"Mother Liu was worried about the old lady being alone, so she asked her maid to ask the third young lady to come over and take a look." The visitor explained the situation to Hu Shanxiang.

Hu Shanxiang got up and went out, asking as she walked, "My second brother has gone home, but there is no news from grandma?"

"No, at least not before I came here."

Hu Shanxiang walked quickly down the corridor and came to the front of the hall. When the people saw her coming, they came forward to greet her.

"Grandma is still motionless?" Hu Shanxiang asked anxiously.

"Reply girl, isn't it? There has been no movement all this time?"

"Okay, I'll go in and take a look."

"Grandma," Hu Shanxiang walked around the screen and saw her grandmother sitting there alone. She didn't hear her voice, so she walked over to her, "Grandma."

Old Madam Hu suddenly came to her senses and asked, "My dear, why are you here?" When the old lady saw her granddaughter and thought about what happened just now, she felt sad.

"You didn't call anyone for a long time, and my second brother had been gone for a long time, so they called me to come and see you." Hu Shanxiang explained, and then asked, "Has grandma talked to my second brother?" After asking, she lowered her head embarrassedly.

Old Madam Hu looked at her granddaughter and didn't know what to say. How should she tell her that the person she wanted to escape from, not only did she not escape but she also met him earlier.

"We did talk about it for a while. Grandmother didn't want to point it out, so she just sounded out your second brother's attitude. There's no rush for this matter."

"Grandma, do you think this method is feasible?"

"Let grandma think about this carefully."

"it is good."

On the other side, Hu Xuan went back and told his elder brother what happened today.

"What you mean is that judging from grandma's expression, she doesn't want my third sister to be involved with His Royal Highness the Crown Prince?" Hu An immediately grasped the key point.

Hu Xuan carefully recalled the tone and expression of his grandmother when she spoke to him, and said with certainty: "Yes, not only that, but grandma even blamed us for adding fuel to the fire in this matter."

"We are not wronged in this." Hu An was frank.

"Then, big brother, what should we do now? The crown prince is still in Shuntian Prefecture. What if something happens to the third sister?"

"It is indeed a problem. My eldest sister is also in the palace now. It is not convenient for her to meet with us to discuss the matter. Who else can we find..." Hu An thought about it and realized that there was only one person who could handle this matter now.

In the evening, Hu Rong was preparing to go to the study to handle official business. As soon as he sat down, his two sons came to him together. This surprised him. His sons have been able to work independently in the past two years and rarely come together like this. This made him very curious and he couldn't help but pay attention to it and put down the pen in his hand.

"Greetings to father." The two of them saluted together.

"Well, what's going on here?"

They had originally agreed to come together to explain the matter of the third sister to their father, but when the time came, the two brothers looked at each other and didn't say anything for a long time.

Hu Rong was getting impatient: "What's wrong with you two? What do you want to talk about?"

"Brother, how about you say it?" Hu Xuan said.

Hu An thought to himself, "Second brother knows more about the matter, so you should be the one to speak."

"You are rather humble. Boss, tell me what's going on?" Hu Rong called on his eldest son to speak.

Hu An complained bitterly, but he could only bite the bullet and tell the story of how the prince came home to see his third sister, their various meetings, and his grandmother's attitude.

After listening to this, Hu Rong's eyes widened for a long while, with an expression of disbelief in his eyes. He was so surprised that he didn't say a word for a long time.

After a long while, they heard him speak: "Such a big thing, why did you tell me now? How could you, especially you, let your sister see a man other than you?"

"We couldn't be sure of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince's true intentions before, we were just guessing, so..." Hu An explained.

Hu Rong couldn't calm down for a long time and couldn't help but stand up and walk around.

"Father, what do you say we should do now? It seems that grandmother doesn't want my third sister and the crown prince to..." Hu Xuan was almost dizzy from Hu Rong's tricks, and couldn't help but ask.

Hu Rong interrupted him immediately: "No, if the palace insists on doing this, we can't let this happen. Okay, I'll talk to mother about this tomorrow. Doesn't she understand the seriousness of this matter? Such a good thing, it will be a great blessing for our family, for Shanxiang, to be able to do this."

Seeing that their father had an idea, the two brothers didn't say anything and went back after a while.

The next day, Hu Rong finished his work early and came to the old lady.

Old Madam Hu was not in good spirits today and did not even let her daughter-in-law pay her respects. She only perked up when she heard that her son had come in person.

The old lady had nothing good to say to them now: "They finally invited you, the great Buddha."

"What are you saying, mother?" It was the first time that Hu Rong heard the old lady speak so impolitely. He was really not used to it, but also very curious.

"What do you mean, you don't understand?"

Hu Rong touched his nose. He really didn't understand before yesterday, but now he understood it very clearly. Those two guys were waiting for him here?

Hu Rong had no choice but to go ahead and say, "Mother, I just found out about this. Those two bastards kept it a secret."

The old lady really didn't want to listen to his nonsense. After a long time without getting to the point, she interrupted him directly: "Okay, whether you just found out or have known about it for a long time, I want to ask you, what do you think we should do about this matter?"

Hu Rong also thought about it until midnight last night. "My son thinks that this matter is no longer something we can interfere with. If it is true as An'er and the others said, that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is determined to get Er, then we can't disobey his order. Besides, this is a great honor, a good thing blessed by our ancestors, and even more a blessing for Er."

The old lady was so angry at his words that her chest heaved. Although she had known that he would word it this way, it was a completely different feeling to hear her son say it himself.

"That's great. You only thought about the wealth and glory this incident would bring to your family and the benefits it would bring to you, without caring about your daughter's happiness at all."

"Mother, what do you mean by this? I heard from Xuan'er that Xi'er and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince get along well. How come you are now disregarding your daughter's happiness?" Hu Rong suddenly felt wronged. Although he valued the benefits of this matter, he also heard from his son that Xi'er had a good impression of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, so he thought this was God's will.

The old lady had no choice but to say, "That's because Xu'er doesn't know his identity. If she knew he was the Crown Prince, Xu'er would not want to enter the palace."

"She doesn't want to enter the palace. This..." Hu Rong really didn't expect this result. "She doesn't want to enter the palace. Does she know that it's a place that others can't go to even if they want to? She's not willing to marry His Royal Highness. What is she thinking?"