Becoming a widow for the sake of good fortune? The short-lived prince lived a hundred years

Yan Xiaozhen's expression changed slightly. Even though he looked down on Prince An, the sickly man, he was not the brainless Xue Rongrong and would not show it openly.

He quickly laughed it off and pretended to be calm, saying, "It was my fault that I did something wrong."

But as soon as he turned his head, his gaze instantly became sharp, but Yan Xining didn't even look at him. He tried to suppress her gaze, but it was useless. With Chu Jinxun staring at him, his anger surged, but he had to hold it in. He also bowed to Yan Xining and said, "Greetings, Princess!"

Yan Xining laughed and said, "Father, you are too polite! There is no need for this. Please don't be polite!"

Yan Xiaozhen was almost furious. What a rebellious girl!

Chu Jinxun pushed a cup of tea in front of Yan Xining: "The temperature is just right, but the tea leaves are a little astringent! I always drink ginseng soup, cough cough cough... I can't drink tea either. Can you help me drink it!"

Yan Xiaozhen was angry. He sat down at the main seat to the side, drank a sip of tea to calm his anger, pretended not to hear what he said, and tried to speak calmly, "My dear son-in-law, how long have you been here?"

Chu Jinxun coughed lightly and said, "I just arrived not long ago, cough cough cough... I usually don't go out, but I heard that I have to come with my parents when they return home, otherwise it would be unlucky. Finally, cough cough cough... I am finally here to celebrate. With Xining's blessing, I feel a little better, cough cough cough... naturally, I will do whatever is auspicious."

Seeing him coughing and looking weak and out of breath, Yan Xiaozhen secretly felt relieved. A barely perceptible hint of gloating flashed across his eyes, but he tried his best to conceal it in an instant.

He quickly put on a smile that seemed to be extremely concerned, and his tone softened a bit: "That's good! My dear son-in-law, you must take good care of your body. I have spoiled Xining since he was young. If there is anything he does that is not right, please bear with me!"

"Spoiled since childhood?" Chu Jinxun was surprised. "Didn't Xi Ning get lost when she was little? It took a lot of effort to find her, and she's only been back in the capital for over a month. The Marquis's favor can be spread thousands of miles away? I admire you!"

Yan Xiaozhen was choked and speechless.

Looking at the innocent, curious and simple face in front of him, he felt unlucky.

Is this Prince An stupid? Does he even know what polite talk is? That's how God made him talk to death!

"Don't worry, my Lord. I'm in such poor health... ahem... I'm so lucky to have someone willing to marry me. Besides, if marrying her hadn't saved my life, I wouldn't be sitting here with you today. I can definitely handle it!"

Although they only exchanged a few words, Yan Xiaozhen had already evaluated Prince An in his heart: He is ignorant of worldly affairs, uncomprehending, and inflexible, so he is not to be feared!

A person who is ignorant and short-lived does not require too much thought.

He smiled and said, "What does my dear son-in-law do on a daily basis?"

"Seeking a doctor, seeing a doctor, taking medicine, falling into a coma, and waking up!" Chu Jinxun answered seriously.

Yan Xiaozhen felt it was exhausting chatting with such an ignorant person. He patiently asked, "Do you read or do something else in your spare time? Like, something to keep fit?"

Chu Jinxun shook his head: "What's the point of reading? Ahem... I often do things to strengthen my body."

Yan Xiaozhen became interested: "So what methods does the prince use to strengthen his body?"

"Drink the medicine like water, and the ginseng soup like tea!" He sighed, shook the teacup in his hand, turned his head and asked Jingfeng: "I've been talking for so long that I'm thirsty. Where's our ginseng?"

Jingfeng and Jingqing had been standing behind him like two strong bamboos. When asked, Jingfeng said dully, "I didn't bring it!"

"You, how could you not bring it? Do you want me to die of thirst?"

Jing Feng's eyes widened: "Prince, you are accompanying the princess to her parents' home. This is the Marquis' Mansion. How can we bring our own tea? Will the Marquis' Mansion be short of tea for you? Isn't this looking down on the princess's family? How dare I bring any tea!"

"Ahem... This King... huffs and puffs, tea, tea..."

Jing Feng exclaimed, "Your Highness, are you okay? I didn't expect the Weiyuan Marquisate wouldn't even offer you a cup of ginseng tea. Are you about to get sick? What should I do?"

Yan Xining also hurried over and helped him calm down while saying, "I didn't know the prince drank ginseng tea. I didn't prepare it in advance. It's my fault!"

"Alas, you are right, it's my body that is not strong enough!" Chu Jinxun looked at Yan Xiaozhen with innocent and simple eyes.

Even if Weiyuan and his wife wanted to pretend to be stupid, they couldn't do it now.

Yan Xiaozhen hurriedly said to Tian Jiaying, "Hurry up, why don't you serve the ginseng tea?"

Tian Jiaying stood up and left.

Jing Feng shouted from behind: "It has to be at least 200 years old. My prince can't drink anything younger than that!"

Tian Jiaying stumbled and almost fell.

Two hundred years, why don’t you go and rob it?

There was indeed a 200-year-old ginseng in the storeroom, but she was planning to give it to the Queen the next time she entered the palace. The Queen had praised Xueqi highly last time, and she wanted to use the ginseng as an excuse to bring Xueqi back to the palace, giving her more opportunities to spend time with the Sixth Prince!

Yan Xiaozhen was still urging: "What are you still standing there for? Go quickly!"

Tian Jiaying stammered, "No, there aren't any that are 200 years old!"

"Then go buy some of these things. How can the mansion not have some of these things?" Yan Xiaozhen felt extremely ashamed. As a marquis's mansion, they couldn't even produce a hundred-year-old ginseng. He really didn't know how Tian Jiaying managed this family.

Tian Jiaying saw that she couldn't refuse, and she turned and walked away, feeling distressed and angry. As she walked, she said, "I'll send someone to buy it right away!"

Yan Xiaozhen felt his sleeve being grabbed. He lowered his head and saw a bony hand tightly gripping it. It looked as if the owner was in extreme pain, even the knuckles were turning white. Then, he heard Chu Jinxun's intermittent voice: "If, if there really isn't anything, cough cough cough... forget it. I, I will hurry back. There's still time!"

"What are you talking about, son-in-law?" Yan Xiaozhen comforted him, "Don't worry, son-in-law, it will definitely come. It's too late for you to rush back now, so just wait patiently."

Chu Jinxun wheezed for a while, and after a while, his coughing stopped. He took a long breath and smiled at Yan Xiaozhen: "Don't worry, my lord. It's an old problem. Drinking some ginseng tea can suppress it!"

Yan Xiaozhen rolled his eyes inwardly, but smiled awkwardly: "It's because your family wasn't well prepared, and I've let my son-in-law suffer!"

After chatting for a while, when Tian Jiaying dawdled for a long time and asked someone to bring the ginseng tea, she saw Chu Jinxun sitting there quietly, talking incoherently, and she felt depressed.

"Here comes the tea!"

Yan Xining brought it over, smelled it herself first, and gave it to Chu Jinxun: "It's still a little hot, take a sip first!"

Chu Jinxun drank from her hand and breathed in comfortably: "Thank you!"

"Your Highness, please don't be so polite. We're going back to my parents' home. If something happens to you because of a sip of ginseng tea, wouldn't people think my family is so poor that they don't even have a single ginseng root?"

Tian Jiaying gritted her teeth secretly and kept looking at Yan Xiaozhen.

Yan Xiaozhen certainly saw her look, but he pretended not to see it. After all, she was a woman, with long hair and short knowledge. Why not handle such a small matter in a more elegant way?

He smiled and asked, "How do you feel now, son-in-law?"

Chu Jinxun nodded: "It feels great to have ginseng tea here! I just came all the way here, the Marquis's Mansion is very magnificent, I would like to take a look around, is it possible?"

"Of course you can. I will accompany the prince on the tour!"

Tian Jiaying said with a forced smile, "The prince and the marquis have something to discuss. Xining, come with mother. Mother has something to tell you!"

Yan Xining also smiled: "It just so happens that I also have something to say to Madam!"

After leaving the main hall, Tian Jiaying's face darkened and she stopped pretending. She looked at Yan Xining with a look that was as if poisoned. "Tell me, what exactly did you want to do by coming back today?"

"Go back home!"

"You silly girl, don't think you can put on airs in front of me just because you're a princess. I can make you a princess, but I can also make sure you don't become one. You'd better know your place!"

"How can you be so tactful?" Yan Xining chuckled. "Thanks to you, I'm already Princess An. Can you marry me again?"

"You..." Tian Jiaying turned around suddenly: "You don't think that marrying Prince An will put you at ease, do you? Prince An is in such a bad condition, how many years do you think he can live? When you become a widow, who will be able to protect you?"

"So, Madam, what you mean is that men are unreliable? Then does that mean your mother's family is reliable?"

Tian Jiaying narrowed her eyes at her, but she only saw a calm expression, neither happy nor angry. The timidity that had once lingered between her brows had completely disappeared, and she didn't know where this calmness and composure came from.

It's only been two days, how come he seems like a different person?

"Of course, who can you rely on if not your mother's family?"

"So, I'm sure the Marquis and his wife won't treat me unfairly?"

Tian Jiaying gave a fake smile: "As long as you know what's good for you, I won't treat you unfairly!"

"Since I won't be treated unfairly, shouldn't Madam Hou return my mother's dowry to me?"

"What?" Tian Jiaying's voice suddenly rose an octave.

Yan Xining shook her head: "Madam, you are aging prematurely and your hearing is decreasing. This is not a good thing! You should see a doctor right away. Don't wait until you are terminally ill. It will be too late to treat it then!"

"You are the one who is sick, you are terminally ill!" Tian Jiaying gritted her teeth.

"Madam, you don't think that by changing the subject, you can avoid returning my mother's dowry, do you? I only heard that the dowry can be paid later, but I haven't heard that it will be swallowed up!"

"Who told you that? How could your mother have any dowry?"

"Hey, didn't my mother have a dowry? I heard that when Marquis Weiyuan married my mother, he was still a poor family, so poor that he didn't even have money for renovations. But after marrying my mother, he got land and shops, and his life became better and better?"

"Oh, do you think you can make a dead person alive with just empty words?" Tian Jiaying sneered: "Where is the evidence?"

When Luo Yiyun died, she handled everything cleanly. She sent away all her old friends. Without evidence, no matter what she said, it would be a waste of breath.

Yan Xining rolled his eyes, smiled, and said, "It seems that you have decided not to return it?"