The imperial concubine is charming and charming, and only seeks power and wealth

Xie Anning couldn't understand: "Why are you comparing yourself to Wang Shaofu? I've always treated you as my younger brother. What I said back then was because you were too childish and noisy. I just said it to comfort you. And the military commanders... I don't mean to look down on them..."

"You're kidding me?" Ishihara Qing's body stiffened, he looked at her intently, and said, "But I took it seriously."

"For this reason, I dropped my spear and picked up a brush. I rejected the marriage arranged by my parents, suppressed all my temper, and learned to be a scholar from an aristocratic family like Wang Shaofu."

He smiled and said, "Sister An Ning, I'm nearly thirty and still haven't married."

"...You," Xie Anning's pupils slowly widened, "Because of me?"

"Yeah," Ishihara nodded slightly, "because of you."

Deathly silence.

Peirong, who was standing in the corner, raised her head in surprise.

Xie Anning was so shocked that he was stunned.

She stared at the man in front of her without blinking, as if she were looking at a monster.

"...You were only ten years old at the time. How could you have such thoughts about me...about me?"

"I don't know either, but I have wanted to marry you since I was a child," Ishihara Qing pursed his lips, "You think I'm too young and it's impossible for you to wait until I grow up, so you chose Wang Shaofu."

Xie Anning was speechless.

This is how he understood it.

"I'm not a kid anymore, I have all the looks you like."

He is gentle, dignified, polite, unhurried and unhurried, and he can also present himself in this way.

"Sister An Ning," Ishihara Qing said with a shy look on his face, "Can you choose me now?"

…………

The scene of a third-rank official offering himself for the bed was so quiet that you could hear a pin drop.

Xie Anning's inner feelings were so complicated that they were hard to describe in words. She almost wished she was dreaming.

She pinched her palm hard, felt the pain, and was stunned again.

Finally, he had to accept this reality, took a deep breath, calmed his emotions, and tried to persuade him: "Yuan Qing, I am five years older than you, and I have always treated you as my younger brother. I..."

"What brother? He's five years older than me, so what?"

Age was Ishihara Qing's biggest weakness. He couldn't stand hearing this and immediately exploded, "I've inquired about it. Of the six male favorites given to you by the imperial concubine, three are still under the age of 18. You accepted them, but you rejected me on the grounds that they were five years older than you!"

His voice was very loud and fierce, just like the unruly and arrogant look he had as a child.

Xie Anning blinked in confusion.

After he reminded her, she finally remembered that she seemed to have several male favorites in her backyard.

...and they are indeed not very old.

"Nothing to say?" Lord Shi, who had already revealed his true feelings, was furious and said with a red face, "Don't tell me that you thought I was young sixteen years ago and now you think I'm old."

"No, no, no," Xie An Ning shook his head repeatedly, frowning and saying, "That's not what I meant. I regard you as my brother. We have a childhood friendship. How can I compare myself to them? Besides, those people are just a temporary measure. I don't have..."

Realizing she had said too much, she stopped talking.

"What expedient?" Ishihara Qing was not a fool and grasped the key point immediately.

Thinking that her divorce agreement was written by Old Master Wang on his behalf, he immediately guessed the reason, "Is it because she was worried that Wang Shaofu would come back and pester her, that the Imperial Concubine gave you a male concubine?"

Seeing him expose it, Xie An Ning no longer tried to hide it and just acquiesced.

"I see." The depression in Ishihara Qing's heart suddenly disappeared.

He took a deep breath and smiled at her. "Send them back. No matter what your intentions are towards them, I alone am enough to take on six of them."

That smile was so bright, handsome and elegant.

Fortunately, Xie Anning is not young and has never seen many strange men. She is a girl who can be easily seduced.

She is already a woman with considerable experience and extensive knowledge.

So, she just glanced at it and shook her head, "No."

Without waiting for his reaction, she continued, "Yuan Qing, in my eyes, you are like my younger brother. I have no other thoughts about you. It has nothing to do with age or the number of male favorites."

She paused and said, "Compared to you, I want those male favorites who haven't come of age yet, they are easier to accept."

It’s no exaggeration to say that I’ve watched him grow up as a little kid following behind him since he was young.

How could she...

Isn’t this a beast!

younger brother.

Such heartless words made Ishihara Qing laugh angrily, "You treat me as your brother?"

Xie Anning did not back down and nodded decisively.

"I haven't seen you for so long, how can you be called my brother?" Ishihara Qing took a step forward and raised his hand as if to hug her, but stopped in mid-air and slowly put it down.

He looked at her and said, "Xie Anning, I've waited for you for sixteen years. You can't go back on your word! And you can't just dismiss me with a joke!"

"You are talking nonsense, right?" Xie An Ning frowned.

No matter what, she refused to believe that a boy of eleven or twelve years old could be so deeply in love.

She is already married!

What does getting married mean?

This means that unless something unexpected happens, she will be Wang Shaofu's wife for the rest of her life.

Live in the same quilt, die in the same hole.

The likelihood of this 'accident' is so small that it can be completely ignored.

In other words, if he really loved her so deeply that he ignored her married life and waited for her for sixteen years, it meant that he had made up his mind to remain single for the rest of his life.

...that's ridiculous.

It’s not that Xie Anning doesn’t believe that there is such true love in the world.

But in her opinion, Ishihara Kyo was too young and such true love was impossible for them.

It's almost like a brother-sister relationship.

Xie An Ning tried her best to convince herself. She forced a smile and said dryly, "Yuan Qing, my sister's divorce was her own choice. It's not what people say, that she was kicked out of her husband's family for not being able to have children. Leaving the Wang family will only make my life easier... Don't deliberately tease my sister to distract me."

Ishihara Qing lowered his eyes and listened carefully. He didn't know what he understood, but his eyes became brighter and brighter.

Finally, upon hearing the word 'fun', he chuckled, "I wouldn't talk nonsense about this sort of thing, much less tease you, sister. But it doesn't matter if you don't believe me. Anyway, now that you've divorced, you should fulfill your promise to me."

Xie Anning blinked.

……promise?

He calls those words that are obviously used to coax a child a promise?

"I think you are probably sick and unconscious. I can't explain it to you. Go back home and ask your doctor to prescribe a prescription for you."

She raised her hand to her forehead, not wanting to continue talking to him: "It's getting late, I won't keep you for dinner."

Ishihara Qing remained motionless, "Sister An Ning, are you really not going to admit what you said?"

"..." The accusatory tone made Xie An Ning speechless. "I can't take responsibility for this."