After rebirth, the abstinent prince wants to marry me every day

"Princess, the Marquis stayed at Qu Garden last night!"

As Wangshu was tying the princess's hair, she detailed the news she had learned this morning. The princess had been traveling without her for some time, and Wangshu had been bored to death in the mansion.

"That's a good thing!" Zhu Qing'an looked at himself in the bronze mirror, with an amused smile in his eyes.

"Well, the Marquis just stayed in Qu Garden for a short while before, and this is the first time he stayed overnight in Qu Garden! But this concubine Qu is extremely capable. During the time you were away from home, all the affairs of the mansion, big and small, were taken care of by concubine Qu, and everything was managed in an orderly manner!" Wangshu couldn't help but praise.

Zhu Qing'an was not surprised by this. She had always known that Aunt Qu was a smart person, but she just didn't like to compete before. If she really wanted to compete, her good mother would not be her opponent at all.

"Madam Qu is a good person, as long as she can keep her original heart! Go and deliver the gifts I brought from Lingzhou to Qu Garden!" Zhu Qing'an put on a pair of earrings and said meaningfully.

As long as Aunt Qu maintains her original intention, both she and her two children will grow up safely.

"From what I can see, Madam Qu won't do anything stupid!" Wangshu muttered.

Zhu Qing'an also thought so, but people's hearts are fickle, so how can one expect it to last forever?

Breakfast was served in the main hall. Marquis Wen An sat at the upper seat. When he saw his daughter coming, he looked a little unnatural.

Last night, he was just angry about his wife's behavior and wanted to go to Qu Garden to sit for a while. After all, every time he was upset, Madam Qu could make him feel comfortable like a breeze.

He originally just wanted to sit there for a while, but later, for some reason, he favored Concubine Qu.

"Tingfeng, right?" When Wen Anhou saw Shui Tingfeng, his attitude was very kind. He not only cared about Shui Tingfeng, but also asked about the situation of everyone in Shui Mansion.

"Stay in Ancheng for a while longer, and tell Qing'an if anything happens!" Every word that Marquis Wen'an said was full of care for the younger generation.

This surprised Shui Tingfeng a little. Before, he only knew that his uncle was the unattainable Marquis Wen'an, who was far superior to their Shui Mansion.

But after getting to know him, Shui Tingfeng discovered that this uncle was not only elegant, but also very kind and without any airs.

Shui Tingfeng had met the old man of the Yang family. In his opinion, there was no comparison between Yang Yu and his uncle. He didn't know what his aunt had been struggling with all these years.

After breakfast, Zhu Qing'an asked the housekeeper to accompany her second cousin out for a stroll, while she went to the palace to visit her aunt. After all, she should personally discuss the matter between her and Shen Shixin with her aunt.

When I think of Shen Shixin, my chest still feels a little stuffy, but not as uncomfortable as it was before.

Sure enough, time is the best medicine in the world.

However, Zhu Qing'an did not expect that she would meet the Loyal King Bian Jingsheng at the palace gate.

"Greetings, Your Highness. When did Your Highness return from Chongzhou?" Zhu Qingan sat in the carriage and asked the tall and graceful Bian Jingsheng.

Bian Jingsheng was wearing a dark robe, his eyes were deep, and his angular face had a cold and hard curve. But when he looked at the girl in the carriage, even the lines on his face softened a little.

"The affairs in Chongzhou have been almost resolved! Is the princess going to the palace to pay her respects to the empress dowager?" Bian Jingsheng asked, his eyes passing over Zhu Qing'an's cheek, and he felt slightly relieved.

I still remember that when Zhu Qing'an left Chongzhou, her eyes were sad and her whole body was thin. Now, she seems to have regained her former brightness, and her little face has gained some flesh, which makes her look very pleasing to the eye.

Before, he was afraid that Zhu Qing'an would still be obsessed with Shen Shixin, but now, seeing that, he admired Zhu Qing'an's character of being able to take it and let it go.

"Well, Your Highness, please go first!" Zhu Qing'an nodded slightly towards Bian Jingsheng.

However, Bian Jingsheng let Zhu Qingan's carriage go first. After watching Zhu Qingan's carriage enter the palace gate, he felt joy at seeing Zhu Qingan, but also worried.

It was simply because he heard that Zhu Qing'an did not come back alone from Lingzhou this time, but brought a man back to Ancheng. Even though he knew that the man was Zhu Qing'an's cousin, he still felt uneasy.

Therefore, he would rush back from Chongzhou first.

He had missed it once and would never miss it a second time.

Zhu Qingan arrived at the Cining Palace and happened to see her aunt drinking tea. She quickly went over and said, "Aunt, Qingan looks like you!"

"I see that you are having so much fun that you don't want to leave!" When the Queen Mother saw Zhu Qing'an, she quickly waved her hand and led him to sit next to her.

Before the aunt and niece could reminisce about the past, Zhu Qingan suddenly held her aunt's hand and asked, "Aunt, are you feeling unwell?"

"What's wrong with me? I'm fine!" The Queen Mother smiled helplessly and tapped Zhu Qing'an's eyebrows with her finger. "You are too anxious!"

"You're trying to hide this from me, right? You never use makeup on weekdays, but even today, even with makeup on, it couldn't hide your haggard look. Besides, you smell like medicine, which even incense can't hide!" Zhu Qing'an stood up anxiously. "If you don't tell me, I'll ask Guan Gongling!"

The Queen Mother was also at her wit's end and could only admit, "You are becoming more and more shrewd. I can't hide anything from you! I just caught a cold because of the sudden change in the weather recently. The imperial physician examined me and prescribed medicine. It's nothing serious!"

The Queen Mother also felt that her niece was too concerned about her health, and in order to reassure her niece, she concealed the truth, but she didn't expect that she hadn't concealed it yet.

"Really?" Zhu Qing'an asked suspiciously.

"How could I possibly lie to you?" The Queen Mother smiled helplessly.

"Aunt, your health is a serious matter and must not be taken lightly! You'd better see more doctors!" Zhu Qing'an advised. She was really afraid that something would happen to her aunt suddenly, just like in her previous life.

The Queen Mother originally thought that her niece was making a fuss out of nothing, but seeing her niece's worried frown, she finally fulfilled her wish.

"Okay! I'll do as you say!" the Queen Mother said lovingly.

"Aunt..." Zhu Qing'an hesitated and moved closer to his aunt, thinking about how to tell her about the matter. After all, Shen Shixin was the husband that his aunt had carefully chosen for him.

In fact, my aunt had good judgment. At least in her previous life, Shen Shixin was indeed a good husband. Unfortunately, the Shen Shixin in this life was different from the Shen Shixin in the previous life.

"What's wrong?" The Queen Mother noticed that her niece was in a bad mood and asked hurriedly with her head down.

"Qing'an wants to cancel the engagement with Master Shen!" Zhu Qing'an made up her mind and told the truth. The person she least wanted to hide the truth from in this world was her aunt.

After hearing this, the Queen Mother's eyes were as calm as ever. She just patted Zhu Qing'an's arm gently with her palm, full of comfort.

"But he betrayed you?" asked the Queen Mother.

The Queen Mother saw clearly that her silly niece had fallen in love with Shen Shixin, and Shen Shixin also had feelings for her niece. Originally, the Queen Mother thought this was a perfect marriage, but after only a few months, it had come to the point of breaking off the engagement.

"I didn't let him down!" Zhu Qing'an denied. She snuggled up to her aunt and said coquettishly, "Before, I thought Mr. Shen was a good person, but after getting to know him, I feel that he is not the person I expected! I don't want to let myself down, and I don't want Mr. Shen to be wronged!"

Even though there was no possibility for her and Shen Shixin to continue to be husband and wife, even though she had realized that the Shen Shixin today was not the same person as the Shen Shixin in her memory.

But she still didn't want to make things difficult for Shen Shixin, and she still hoped that he would get better.

The Queen Mother naturally did not believe this. She was a little angry when she heard it suddenly, but looking at her niece's attitude, she seemed more relaxed and at ease.

If her niece had already let it go, but she still kept chasing after him, it would be meaningless.

"Since you have made up your mind, I will naturally respect you!" The Queen Mother sighed. She originally thought that she had chosen a suitable marriage for her niece, but she never expected that even she had made a mistake, leaving her niece sad.

"I knew that my aunt is the best!" Zhu Qing'an couldn't help but hug her aunt and act coquettishly.

Only my aunt could remain calm when she heard such a terrifying thing as that I had to cancel the engagement. She was even willing to fulfill my wish without asking the reason or whether it was right or wrong.

Since she was a child, her aunt seemed to have always respected her in this way. When other girls had to learn knitting and needlework, her aunt never forced her just because she didn't like it.

My aunt once said that she only wanted to be able to do what she wanted, rather than living for the man of the moment.

"Just put this cancellation of the engagement on hold for now. It won't be too late to cancel it later!" The Queen Mother pondered for a moment, then explained, "The Emperor is becoming increasingly arrogant. If you cancel the engagement, I'm afraid he'll set his sights on you again!"

When Zhu Qing'an heard this, his heart couldn't help but lift.

"Qing'an, you understand. Let your aunt decide everything!" Zhu Qing'an nodded obediently. Now Shen Shixin is not in a hurry to cancel the engagement, so it will probably be fine after some time.

"I heard that Your Majesty is not only planning to build a summer resort, but also to increase taxes?" Zhu Qing'an couldn't help but think of what he had heard.

When this matter was mentioned, the Queen Mother's face was also slightly angry.

Compared to the diligence and thriftiness of the late emperor and the empress dowager, Your Majesty has been squandering the national treasury lavishly since ascending the throne, and has no intention of caring for the people.

It was also because of this that the Empress Dowager and Your Majesty often had disputes and frictions. When Your Majesty heard that the construction of the river in Chongzhou was successful, he became furious.

"Your Majesty is becoming more and more absurd! The lives of the common people are already difficult, but he only cares about pleasure all day long! He even values ​​civil affairs over military affairs and wants to completely eliminate my influence in the court!" The Queen Mother's eyes were cold when she mentioned His Majesty.

"Aunt..." Zhu Qing'an carefully leaned close to her aunt's ear and said, "Your Majesty is not a blessing to the people, but a disaster to them! Aunt should have made plans earlier!"

After all, as long as His Majesty is in power, there will be a knife hanging over the heads of my aunt and the entire Wen'an Marquis Mansion, and no one knows when the knife will fall.

Zhu Qing'an didn't understand what the country and the people were, but she remembered her aunt once said that she hoped the people could live and work in peace and contentment, that the court could put the people first, and that the emperor on the dragon throne should set an example.

But His Majesty has nothing to do with these.

The Queen Mother suddenly exuded a solemn air. She glanced suspiciously at her niece beside her. If she didn't know her niece so well, she would have thought that her niece had changed her mind.

You know, my niece is kind-hearted and intelligent, but she never asks about the affairs of the family and the country. Although she was brought up by me to be more open-minded and generous than other noble ladies, she is definitely not the kind of woman who plays power games.

Now that her niece suddenly mentioned this matter, the Queen Mother was shocked, but then very relieved.

"I understand! Don't worry, I have my own plans!" The Queen Mother sighed, and the wrinkles between her brows seemed to deepen a little.

The Queen Mother had seen what Your Majesty had done before and had such plans, but now the royal family has died out and the remaining princes are not as good as Your Majesty, so the Queen Mother has remained inactive.

But now, the niece's reminder made the empress dowager suddenly feel enlightened. Her niece could see that the current emperor was inaction. If she continued to indulge him, only the people would suffer.

"My aunt once said that there is no hierarchy among people in this world. In this case, some positions should be occupied by those who are capable. Do you think so, aunt? Among the princes, there must be some outstanding ones!" Zhu Qingan asked naively.

She knew that Bian Jingsheng would eventually rise to a high position, but her aunt didn't know, so she reminded her.

Moreover, during the time Zhu Qing'an had spent with Bian Jingsheng, she felt that Bian Jingsheng was a very good person both in strategy and character. At least she was sure that if Bian Jingsheng took that position, the people would not suffer, and the Wen'an Marquisate would not be suppressed.

"Qing'an..." The Queen Mother looked at Zhu Qing'an. She understood what her niece meant. This was something she had never considered before.

But when she met her niece's determined eyes, the Queen Mother had to consider her niece's proposal and had to admit that what her niece said was very true.

This is simply the best of both worlds. She has been thinking too much over the years and has ended up in a dead end.

Zhu Qing'an watched his aunt fall into deep thought and sat aside without disturbing her.

She knew that with her aunt's scheming, she only needed to remind her a little and she would be able to think of more things. Compared to herself, her aunt had more means, more cunning, and more power. As long as her aunt wanted to, there was definitely nothing Zhu Qing'an couldn't do.

Zhu Qing'an didn't know that just after she left the Cining Palace, a figure quietly stepped into the Cining Palace.

At this moment, the Queen Mother was looking at Bian Jingsheng, who had grown into a towering tree. She had never considered it before, but now the Queen Mother felt that among the princes, only Bian Jingsheng was worthy of sitting in that position.

As for the fact that Bian Jingsheng did not have royal blood, it was not important. After all, the empress dowager never thought that royal blood was more noble.

He was the child she had watched and raised. No one knew better than the Queen Mother how outstanding Bian Jingsheng was. What was even more rare was that he had a heart that loved the people like his own children.

"Sheng'er!" The Queen Mother spoke in a low voice and waved for Bian Jingsheng to come forward.

When Bian Jingsheng heard what the Queen Mother said, even though he was always prudent and mature, he was shocked.

"Empress Dowager, you?" Bian Jingsheng said with a complicated expression. He had only wanted to be a wise minister who could assist the emperor before, but later, seeing that the emperor was so lustful and foolish, he wanted to be a good general to defend his country.

But now, the Queen Mother actually asked him to seize the throne.

"I know that you, Sheng'er, have no desire to compete for the throne, but you have also seen that His Majesty is incompetent and foolish. If he continues like this, the people will suffer terribly, and the foundation of Xuanlong Kingdom will be ruined by him!" The Queen Mother said with great sorrow.

Bian Jingsheng knelt in the main hall with a solemn expression. He thought for a long time and then nodded.