In the years of famine, I led a comfortable life with my husband

The banquet ended in an absurd way. Sigoya accepted the emperor's proposal and planned to stay for a while, under the pretext of cultivating feelings with Xu Miao.

Xu Miao breathed a sigh of relief. Since the emperor did not agree immediately, there was still a chance to turn the situation around.

Su Zhizhi and Xie Chengjin accompanied Xu Miao back to the princess's mansion. Seeing Xu Miao's worried look, Su Zhizhi sighed heavily. No one had expected that things would evolve to this situation.

Xu Miao looked at Su Zhizhi, who was anxious, and forced a smile. "Zhizhi, I'm fine. I believe father will have a way. Don't worry about me."

Su Zhizhi became even more worried upon seeing this and wanted to follow, but was stopped by Xie Chengjin, "Don't go, let her stay alone for a while. This shock is too great, no one can handle it."

Xie Chengjin's words made sense, so Su Zhizhi had no choice but to give up. She glanced at Xu Miao's back and followed Xie Chengjin back home.

In the following days, Xu Miao's house was closed to visitors, and Su Zhizhi had no way to go in to visit him. She could only worry at home, but she had no other way to deal with this matter.

What worried Su Zhizhi the most was Xu Miao's condition. Not long after, news came from the princess's mansion that Princess Changle was on a hunger strike.

Su Zhizhi didn't expect that Xu Miao would use such extreme means to resist the marriage.

Naturally, this news reached the ears of the emperor and Sigoya. The emperor loved his daughter Xu Miao very much and cursed Sigoya thousands of times in his heart. But when Sigoya heard the news, he just smiled and passed it off without any burden, as if he was not the one who forced Xu Miao to become like this.

Seeing that Su Zhizhi was in a bad mood due to worrying about this matter, Xie Chengjin blamed Sigoya more and more. After thinking it over again and again, Xie Chengjin decided to go to Sigoya in private to discuss it and try to find out what Sigoya's attitude was.

Sigoya was not surprised that Xie Chengjin came to his house, or rather, he seemed to be particularly looking forward to Xie Chengjin's visit.

Seeing Xie Chengjin come in, Si Geya made a friendly gesture to Xie Chengjin to sit down, "Master Xie, please sit down."

Xie Chengjin hadn't expected Si Geya to be so friendly to him. He pursed his lips, then sat down opposite Si Geya and said straight to the point, "Master Si, do you know why I'm here today?"

"Isn't it because of Princess Changle's matter?" Sigoya handed Xie Chengjin a cup of tea and asked.

Xie Chengjin paused and nodded, "Lord Si really knows what's going on. I can also see that Lord Si doesn't really like Princess Changle, so why does he insist on marrying her?"

Sigoya shrugged. "Who says I don't like Princess Changle? After all, it's rare for anyone not to like such a lively and smart girl. I just made my own request."

Xie Chengjin stared at Si Geya with a sharp gaze. "Sir Si, if you truly admired Princess Changle, you should have come to the Princess's residence long ago, instead of staying in this post station every day and turning a deaf ear to all news about Princess Changle."

Seeing that he couldn't fool her, Sigoya put down the cup in his hand, sighed, and looked at Xie Chengjin seriously. "Master Xie should also know that I came here with the intention of forming a marriage alliance. I have seen many young ladies from aristocratic families in the capital before, but none of them caught my eye. Princess Changle is different from those young ladies. Although I can't say that I like her, I don't dislike her either. She is the best choice for my marriage."

Xie Chengjin did not respond, but just looked at Sigoya, waiting for his follow-up.

Seeing this, Si Geya reluctantly compromised, "Of course, if Princess Changle is already married, then just pretend I never mentioned this. I, Si Geya, naturally have no interest in stealing the love of a married woman."

Xie Chengjin was stunned for a moment, then seemed to have thought of something, and he no longer had so much hostility towards Sigoya. He found a random reason and left the post station.

After leaving the post station, Xie Chengjin went straight back to the mansion to find Su Zhizhi and told her what Sigoya had said.

Su Zhizhi fell into deep thought. Yes, if Xu Miao got married, the situation would naturally turn around.

Thinking of this, Su Zhizhi headed towards the princess's mansion. Originally, the doorman wanted to stop Su Zhizhi, but seeing that Su Zhizhi was really anxious, he let Su Zhizhi in.

Su Zhizhi ran straight towards Xu Miao. Xu Miao was in his bedroom at the moment, half lying on the bed, staring out the window in a daze, not knowing what he was thinking about.

Looking at Xu Miao's emaciated figure, Su Zhizhi felt very distressed, "Your Highness..."

Su Zhizhi called out softly, worried that this would disturb Xu Miao.

When Xu Miao heard the voice, he blinked slowly, then came to his senses and looked at Su Zhizhi.

"Zhizhi, you're here." Xu Miao waved to Su Zhizhi. Seeing Su Zhizhi sitting on the edge of the bed, he reached out and held Su Zhizhi's arm.

"Zhizhi, do you think our father will really marry me to Dayong?" Xu Miao was still extremely worried.

Su Zhizhi quickly shook her head, "No, as long as you get married now, Si Geya will never succeed."

"Marriage? But I won't marry anyone except Shen Wenjun." Xu Miao's eyes flickered, and when he mentioned Shen Wenjun, his eyes were full of determination.

Su Zhizhi was stunned for a moment. She didn't expect that at this time, Xu Miao still had to be with Shen Wenjun. It really made her feel helpless.

Su Zhizhi brainstormed for a moment, then began to persuade: "Your Highness, Lord Shen..."

Xu Miao just shook his head. "Zhizhi, you know me. I won't marry anyone except Shen Wenjun. If I really want to marry her, I might as well die here."

Su Zhizhi didn't expect Xu Miao to be so stubborn, so she finally compromised. "Then I'll have Xie Chengjin report to His Majesty. This matter still needs to be decided by His Majesty. As for Lord Shen, I'll try to persuade him."

Xu Miao opened his mouth, wanting to say something, but still didn't say anything, just nodded silently.

Back in the house again, Su Zhizhi looked at Xie Chengjin silently. Seeing this, Xie Chengjin hurriedly asked, "Zhizhi, what happened?"

Su Zhizhi shook her head. "I just went to find Xu Miao, but she only wanted to marry Shen Wenjun. Shen Wenjun..."

Xie Chengjin heard this and said, "I should have thought of this a long time ago. Princess Changle can be quite stubborn sometimes. So what should we do now?"