My stepmother is here, all the rebellious sons and evildoers should kneel down!

The door was ajar...

Wen Qiqi heard everything the Lu brothers and sisters said clearly.

Die Jiu looked at Madam: "Madam, why don't you go to bed and sleep for a while, I will return to my husband later, but Madam is not feeling well, so you don't need to go see the Thirteenth Prince."

Since marrying into the Shen family, the lady has rarely even set foot in the Forbidden City. She certainly doesn't want to face the past right and wrong again.

Wen Qiqi turned around and looked at Die Jiu.

"Prepare a set of elegant clothes for me. Today, I will go with Lu Zhanyao to meet the Thirteenth Prince."

Die Jiu was shocked. The lady looked serious and didn't seem to be joking.

My thoughts drift back to four years ago.

At that time, the Thirteenth Prince born to the Empress Dowager and the Fourteenth Prince born to Concubine Xiao both had a special affection for Wen Qiqi.

The Empress Dowager and Madam Xiao had been at odds for many years. In order to help her son marry his sweetheart, the Empress Dowager personally went to the Wen Mansion several times, intending to let the Wen family make the decision and marry Qiqi to the Thirteenth Prince.

But Concubine Xiao did not shirk her responsibility and sent a generous betrothal gift to the Wen Mansion before the Empress Dowager.

Wen Qiqi's mother was in a dilemma. She followed her daughter's wish and hoped that Qiqi could marry the man she admired most in her heart.

After some probing, Wen Qiqi said that she only had a brotherly feeling towards the Thirteenth Prince, and as for the Fourteenth Prince, he was her best friend, and neither of them was the person she wanted to entrust her life to.

Wen Qiqi's mother was very happy. In fact, she didn't want her most precious daughter to marry a royal heir.

Just as the palace gate is as deep as the sea, it is a sorrow when the beauty is gone.

Who would have thought that after the Thirteenth Prince learned that Concubine Xiao had gone to the Wen Mansion to propose marriage, he decided to go all out and went straight to his brother, the Emperor, and said that he would not marry anyone other than Wen Qiqi in his life. If Qiqi was willing to be his Thirteenth Prince, he would never take a concubine again in his life.

The emperor was moved by the Thirteenth Prince's sincerity. In addition, since the Fourteenth Prince was not his brother from the same father and mother, he naturally favored him.

A few days later, in the court, the emperor personally issued an edict, granting the marriage in front of all the civil and military officials!

At that time, the Fourteenth Prince was very angry, and Empress Xiao was seriously ill because of this incident. Rumors spread in the court that the two princes were about to turn against each other in order to compete for the daughter of the Wen family...

Wen Qiqi was so worried that no one could persuade her!

In a fit of anger, Wen Qiqi made a decision on the spot. She would throw the bouquet to decide her lifelong event.

When the daughter of the Wen family threw the bouquet, the men from ordinary families naturally did not dare to come forward. Even if the sons of officials in the court were tempted, the Thirteenth Prince and the Fourteenth Prince were arguing fiercely, and the arrow was on the string. How could these ministers dare to seek death!

So on the day when Wen Qiqi stood on her boudoir and was about to toss the bouquet, the crowd of onlookers downstairs was so dense that the entire street was blocked.

There were only two people standing in the middle of the street!

They are the Thirteenth Prince and the Fourteenth Prince...

The two men were young and full of energy, and they were on edge. They all stood straight, staring at the hydrangea in Wen Qiqi's hand with burning eyes!

Die Jiu was so anxious at the time that she whispered, "Miss, are you sure General Ye will return to the court today?"

Wen Qiqi, who was in her twenties, had a rosy complexion and smiled shyly: "The news is absolutely reliable. General Ye has returned triumphantly and set off in the early morning. He should have arrived in Kyoto by now... Wait a little longer..."

As they were talking, they heard the sound of horse hooves approaching from afar.

"Get out of the way! Get out of the way! General Ye has returned in triumph!"

"Everyone, get out of the way! Watch out for the war horses... General Ye is about to return to the court to report!"

Wen Qiqi turned her back to the crowd with a look of joy on her face. Die Jiu was ready. Seeing everyone making way for her, the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Princes were both stunned. Die Jiu quickly whispered, "Miss, General Ye is leading the way... He will be downstairs soon! Throw..."

At that time, Wen Qiqi made up his mind and closed his eyes.

Ever since she first saw Ye Guitu at the age of thirteen, she had secretly fallen in love with the taciturn boy.

Both the Ye and Wen families are from military families, and their fathers have died for their country.

Ye Guitu was sent to war at the age of sixteen. At that time, Wen Qiqi's father, General Wen, was still alive. He sighed that Ye Guitu was a young hero with a bright future. He also said bitterly: "Among my many sons, none can compare to Ye Guitu. If Qiqi was a son, perhaps we could have fought him."

Later, Wen's father and five brothers were plotted against by villains, and were defeated in a battle in the north of the city.

The enemy originally wanted to dismember the bodies of the Wen father and son to vent their anger and humiliate them.

On his way back at night, he led his army to capture the leader first, and exchanged the body of the other party's son for the intact bodies of the Wen family's father and son, thus maintaining the last face of the old man and his brothers!

Wen Qiqi was grateful and her love for Ye Guitu became even stronger!

However, both the Ye Mansion and the Wen Mansion are military families, and the Thirteenth Prince and the Fourteenth Prince are in love with her. Wen Qiqi cannot speak frankly to the Emperor or the Empress Dowager at this time. She can only leave her marriage to fate by throwing an embroidered ball!

Night journey home, next!

At that time, when we heard Qiqi Xiuqiu's move, the war horse returning home at night was just downstairs.

He knew that this was Qiqi's boudoir. Seeing so many people gathered downstairs, he thought something had happened to Qiqi. Although his horse was galloping at a fast speed, the general looked upstairs with a deep look!

Big red hydrangeas fell from the sky!

The Thirteenth Prince and the Fourteenth Prince came to their senses and jumped up one after another.

On the way back at night, I instantly understood Wen Qiqi's feelings...

He stood up directly on the horse's back, catching the hydrangea steadily with one hand and tightening the reins with the other.

The war horses were neighing and the crowd was cheering. Wen Qiqi turned around and saw Ye Guitu smiling at her affectionately and carefreely. That smile lasted a lifetime.

Hydrangea is for life!

The Emperor and the Empress Dowager had no choice but to agree to the marriage.

But the war broke out suddenly at that time, and he returned to the court three days later. He quickly reorganized his soldiers and rushed thousands of miles away.

The two agreed in a letter that the day they returned from their journey at night would be their wedding day.

Wen Qiqi will never forget that she saw him off, handed him a purple purse sachet she had sewn by herself, and promised in person: "I will wait for you... no matter if it takes a few months or three to five years."

On his way home at night, he carefully held the sachet in his arms and whispered in her ear, "I will definitely come back alive!"

Half a year later, Wen Qiqi received the blood-stained sachet from the Fourteenth Prince...

"Death in battle on the way home at night."

These seven words made Wen Qiqi's eyes go dark and she passed out.

My father and five brothers died, and he also died on his way home at night.

Mother Wen felt so distressed when she saw that the innocent Qiqi no longer had a smile on her face. She also knew that Qiqi didn't want the Fourteenth Prince and the Thirteenth Prince to become enemies because of her, so she decided to find an ordinary civil servant in the court and let Qiqi marry him, as long as everything went smoothly and safely.

The Empress Dowager and the Emperor felt sorry for Qiqi and agreed to Wen's mother's wish.