The wife of the Marquis of Jing'an cried bitterly, "Princess Kang, you are really slandering me. I meant that Xuan'er is like a disabled person now, and I asked you to take good care of him and find a miracle doctor for him. Maybe he can be cured. Besides, it's a fact that Miss Ye was praised for donating grain. You take care of Xuan'er in the palace every day, and I was just talking to you to cheer you up. If you misunderstood, blame me!"

"You, you are making excuses!" Princess Kang was so angry that her face turned red.

Ye Qingyu looked at the two people confronting each other with a cold expression, and layers of frost filled her eyes.

Lady Jing'an?

Ye Qingyu looked dimly at the person sitting on the other side, watching the show with dignity.

She had completely forgotten that she had such an enemy.

Princess Yongjia, who was looking down in deep thought, suddenly felt a burning gaze. She turned around and saw Ye Qingyu looking at her quietly with a half-smile on her lips.

Her heart trembled, but she showed no sign of it on her face. She kept a proper smile and smiled kindly at Ye Qingyu.

The meaningful smile on Ye Qingyu's lips deepened, and she returned Princess Yongjia's leisurely smile.

Such a brilliant smile, in the eyes of Princess Yongjia, seemed like winter ice, piercing straight into her heart.

She couldn't help but frown slightly. Could it be that Ye Qingyu discovered something?

The Emperor and the Empress Dowager had long been fed up with the quarrel between Princess Kang and Lady Jing'an, and had them both dragged out.

His Majesty the Emperor could hardly conceal his anger. "Give me both of their imperial edicts, and don't come into the palace to cause trouble again!"

The Emperor relaxed his expression and said to the Empress Dowager with a guilty look on his face, "Mother, I was inconsiderate. I let these two disrupt your birthday party. It's all my fault."

The Empress Dowager shook her head and said, "What does this have to do with you, the Emperor? Princess Kang has always been a fool. Sooner or later, something will happen. Fortunately, no one was killed. From now on, let her stay quietly in the mansion and take good care of Xuan'er."

His Majesty the Emperor nodded, "That's what the Queen Mother said."

Seeing that everyone was in a bad mood because of what had happened before, the Empress Dowager suppressed her anger and said, "Today is my birthday, so we should celebrate it properly. Emperor, the fourth and fifth sons are already grown up, so it's time to find them wives."

The Emperor smiled and said, "Your Majesty is right. Today is your birthday, and all the ladies from the capital have come to celebrate your birthday. How about choosing a granddaughter-in-law for them?"

Everyone looked at the emperor and the queen mother singing the same tune and couldn't help but sigh in their hearts. It was already a matter of decision to choose the principal wives for the two princes today, but now it was such a show.

Concubine Liu smiled brightly and agreed, "That's right, Xiaowu deserves a wife to take care of him. Your Majesty the Queen Mother, you have excellent taste and will definitely choose a suitable wife for Xiaowu."

The Queen Mother laughed and joked, "As a consort, you didn't give him a good choice, but pushed it to me, an old woman."

The Emperor then laughed and said, "Of course, the Queen Mother has the best vision."

The Empress Dowager smiled and said, "For such a good match, it's naturally up to them to like each other." The Empress Dowager looked at the Fourth and Fifth Princes sitting below her and said, "Little Fourth and Little Fifth, do you two have a girl you like? Tell me, and the Imperial Grandmother will arrange your marriage today."

The Fourth Prince and the Fifth Prince hurriedly stood up.

The fifth prince was always sweet-talking. "Whatever the Imperial Grandmother chooses for me is naturally the best. I will listen to her."

Shen Mingxiu nodded in agreement, "It's all up to the Empress Dowager."

The Queen Mother nodded and said, "In that case, I will show you carefully."

The emperor smiled and said, "Thank you for your hard work, mother."

All the ladies present could not help but sit up straight with their backs erected. Some of the bolder ladies even plucked up the courage to secretly glance at the two princes standing in front of them, their hearts full of anticipation.

Ye Qingyu drank tea indifferently.

Then the Empress Dowager asked Concubine Liu, "You are Xiaowu's mother, so you know best what kind of girl would be a good match for Xiaowu. Among the ladies present, is there any that you like? Please tell me and I will give you some advice."

Concubine Liu glanced vaguely in Ye Qingyu's direction and said, "Your Majesty the Queen Mother, I do have a few candidates."

The Queen Mother raised her eyebrows and asked with a smile: "Oh, who are these girls from?"

Concubine Liu looked at Ye Qingyu and smiled softly to the Queen Mother, saying, "I have my eyes on the daughter of the Marquis of Qingyuan. She is from a military family and I think she will get along well with Xiaowu's rough personality. If it were a girl from a scholarly family, I'm afraid she would dislike Xiaowu's rudeness."

Although the two spoke in low voices, their eyes were on Ye Qingyu, and everyone could see it clearly.

Ye Qingyu turned a deaf ear to him, as if she didn't notice any gazes falling on her. She drank her tea calmly and glanced at Princess Yongjia vaguely.

Princess Yongjia did not restrain the hostility in her eyes, which was just seen by Ye Qingyu casually. She was startled and turned around.

Ye Qingyu snorted coldly.

It seems that she had known for a long time that Concubine Liu intended to let the Fifth Prince marry her, so she instigated Concubine Kang to attack her and tarnish her reputation.

In her previous life, Ye Qingyu was almost married to the Fifth Prince. She heard about Concubine Liu's intentions and noticed that the Fifth Prince treated her differently, so she begged her grandfather and the Emperor to marry Shen Mingxiu.

Since her rebirth, what was supposed to happen has happened irreversibly. The last time she saw the Fifth Prince, he still seemed to be interested in her, and that would not change. Naturally, this arranged marriage would still happen.

Now that she had not asked her grandfather to ask the emperor for a marriage on her behalf, she had to find a way to solve this marriage on her own. This was why she wanted to curry favor with the emperor.

She would not let her grandfather use the accumulated honors of the Duke's Mansion to ask for an imperial decree to grant her marriage when he went to the emperor. She had the praise of providing grain, and the empress dowager and the emperor were currently in the best mood for her. If she disobeyed the decree, although it would displease the emperor and the empress dowager, even if they were angry, they would definitely listen to her reasons.

What she wanted was the emperor's patience with her.

When the Empress Dowager heard that Concubine Liu was interested in Ye Qingyu, she couldn't help but look at Ye Qingyu.

She still had a good impression of this child. He was polite and well-behaved, and what was rare was that he had a kind heart.

She asked the emperor, "What do you think of the daughter-in-law chosen by Concubine Liu?"

The emperor did not know Ye Qingyu, but Ye Qingyu's name was registered in front of him. She donated food in the south to help the court, and provided porridge to refugees outside the city in Kyoto, and donated grain and charcoal. She was indeed a good girl.

The emperor thought about it, but he didn't know whether the Duke of Zhenguo would agree. He had wanted to arrange a marriage for his granddaughter before, but he had retorted with a dark face.

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