After crossing, I was forced to hold on to my thighs and build a kingdom

The Prince of Dingbei, who has always been calm and wise, lost his mind because of his mother's sudden pressure to get married.

In a state of panic, he somehow thought of a shield.

Anyway, that person is far away now, so just use it!

So without thinking twice, he sold someone out: "Son, I already have someone I like!"

Princess Du was half-seriously teasing her son, but she broke the teacup with a loud crash.

Yan Ming's questioning voice came from outside the door: "Princess?"

Princess Du took a deep breath and replied in a gentle voice, "Nothing."

I really can't believe that my silly son, who is calm and polite in his behavior but emotionally cold and unintelligent, actually has a girl he likes!

What a pleasant surprise!

When the sound of Yanming's footsteps faded away, Princess Du grabbed her son and asked anxiously, "Tell me quickly, which girl has my son taken a fancy to?"

Without waiting for her son's reply, she began to make arrangements: "Those crabapple trees in our yard are in full bloom. How about we send out an invitation tomorrow and invite the young lady to come to our house to enjoy the flowers?"

Seeing his mother so happy, Su Cheng'an couldn't help but feel a little regretful. If he had known that his mother was so concerned, he shouldn't have randomly hooked up with other girls just for the sake of momentary pleasure!

If I tell her now that I lied to her just to avoid her urging me to get married, she will definitely not believe me!

It’s all because Su Cheng’an used to be so serious and rarely joked, which made it so that now he can’t even find an excuse to joke.

I thought of Jinchu's poverty, her graceful demeanor, and her humorous nature.

Su Chengan muttered to himself, "I'm sorry, little wild cat! If we meet again, I'll prepare something precious to make amends to you!"

With an idea in mind, Su Cheng'an spoke with more confidence. He looked at Princess Du, who was full of hope, and poured cold water on her without hesitation: "I'm afraid you will be disappointed, mother. That girl can't come to your flower viewing banquet."

"Why?" Princess Du asked in surprise.

Considering the high status of the Dingbei Palace, it is not impossible that they cannot invite a young girl. If they really cannot, there is probably one reason!

Her thoughts raced as her beautiful eyes flickered, and she said with certainty, "That girl is not in the North."

"Mother is indeed wise. Just as you expected, the girl is thousands of miles away. I'm afraid you won't be able to see her anytime soon."

Su Cheng'an flattered Princess Du at the right time.

Princess Du frowned slightly, a look of disappointment creeping onto her face as she murmured, "I thought it was going to be a joyous occasion, but it turned out to be an empty one..."

On second thought, although he couldn't see the girl, it was indeed a happy thing that his son, who was as stupid as ice, had someone he loved.

At her family's current level, they no longer needed to rely on marriage alliances to stabilize the Dingbei Palace's status. Furthermore, the one sitting on the Dragon Throne in the Imperial Capital was plotting to force their family to death, so how could he tolerate the Dingbei Palace marrying another daughter-in-law from a prominent family to increase their support?

Especially at the end of last year, after Cheng An narrowly escaped death, although the northern border and the capital city still maintained peace and tranquility on the surface, they had already been wary of each other in secret and were irreconcilable!

In recent years, droughts and floods have been uneven, crops have failed year after year, and the number of refugees and displaced persons has increased.

The emperor, however, was only concerned with abusing his power and acting arbitrarily, showing no concern for his subjects. He continued to impose heavy taxes to fill the treasury. Under the eulogies of his sycophants, he pretended that his country was flourishing and his subjects were prosperous and well-off.

Since the fall of Marquis Wu'an, the northwestern Rong people, who were no longer restrained, repeatedly invaded the border. Chen Tianyao, the Northwestern General who succeeded Marquis Wu'an Ye Shengpei, adopted a strategy of building a large city wall and hiding in the city, only defending and not attacking, after being defeated three times in frontal battles.

General Chen, who was in dire straits, was stationed in Jiaocheng, the southernmost city, and tried his best to suppress the southern barbarians, and only then was he able to achieve a temporary peace.

The Northern Di people were even more restless. Every year in the winter, they would go south to attack Youyun City several times. If King Dingbei had not led his troops to resist, the Di people would have already whipped their horses south and entered the imperial capital!

In this situation of unrest on the border and smoke of war everywhere, the emperor can only be forced to wait for a suitable opportunity to attack the Dingbei Palace again; similarly, with the knife already on its neck, the Dingbei Palace is also preparing for war and waiting for the right opportunity.

Although she couldn't see the girl Cheng'an loved, Princess Du, with a loving motherly heart, still kept asking her son questions like an ordinary woman: "Cheng'an, how did you get to know that girl? Where is she from? What's her personality like? What does she look like? Tell me..."

Su Cheng'an stared in amazement at his mother, who had always been graceful and elegant. She instantly transformed into a gossipy woman from the streets, and he suddenly felt a headache.

Today he finally felt the feeling of having to rely on more lies to cover up a lie!

But now that things have come to this, I can only bite the bullet and continue.

After a brief thought, Su Cheng'an spoke half-truthfully, "Mother, that girl is my savior. Last year, I was murdered by Zhao Yuzhang, the prefect of Lincheng, and fled to a mountain outside Lincheng. It happened that the girl went up the mountain to catch rabbits, and she happened to sit under the tree where I was hiding. It was by chance that we met that we met..."

Thinking of his unpleasant first meeting with Jin Chu, Su Cheng'an couldn't help but smile.

Seeing the joy on her son's face, Princess Du couldn't help but sigh in her heart, this is really a hundred-year-old iron tree that has finally blossomed, and it has blossomed into a big one!

Her son is good in every way except that he is very slow in emotions.

In the past, so many girls from the North came to his house to play. Every time they met, he was very polite and there was nothing wrong with him. In the end, he treated them all as his sisters!

Later, he was entrusted with important tasks by the prince, and he went out more and more often. As a mother, she only saw her child a few times throughout the year, and gradually gave up the idea of ​​finding him another wife.

This year it was because the child was really older, and after escaping death last year, Princess Du herself was also afraid.

Other people of her son's age have already become fathers, or at least have married and are living happily together.

Only his own prince was still devoted to external affairs and didn't care about the thoughts of men and women in the inner chambers.

Since her son didn't care at all, Princess Du had no choice but to act like a stepmother and urge him to get married, and quickly find him a wife.

It will also help to tame his wild mind, so that he will be more cautious when going out in the future and will not act so recklessly.

Now he has a girl he likes, and that girl also saved his life. Just for this reason, the girl won the great favor of Princess Du, whom she had never met.

Su Cheng'an's unintentional act actually laid a good foundation for the harmonious relationship between Jin Chu and her mother-in-law when she married into the Dingbei Palace in the future.

Su Cheng'an originally wanted to deal with his mother in a perfunctory manner, but when he thought of the pretty but malnourished little girl with a yellow face half a year ago, he couldn't help but become interested and told his mother most of what he said and did with Jin Chu during their few days together.

Princess Du laughed even more when she heard this. When she heard Jin Chu making fun of him for not knowing where ordinary people kept their keys, she also gave her son a look of disgust.

When he heard that the girl was using rabbits for experiments in order to heal his injuries, he couldn't help but praise the girl for her cleverness, intelligence and ingenuity.

Finally, when he heard that Su Cheng'an had only left 500 taels of silver notes for the girl before leaving, he blamed him for not leaving more silver notes when he knew that the girl was having a hard time.

The mother and son talked enthusiastically for a long time about a girl who was thousands of miles away.

It was not until Yan Ming knocked on the door to inform them that today's main guest, the former Grand Tutor Cui's old man, had arrived at the gate that the mother and son hurriedly ended the conversation and rushed to greet the distinguished guest.