Princess Menglang is hard to change, the whole capital is embarrassed for her

Shen Li almost choked to death on her own saliva.

How do you say that?

The emperor stopped blackmailing people and started forcing them to marry openly.

She opened her mouth, not knowing what to say.

Turning to look at Fang Yao, everyone else's eyes also turned to him, and they found that he was frowning, muttering something, and sighing.

After finishing all this, he raised his head and said, "Your Majesty, Li'er shouldn't have lied to you just now, but she was just trying to avoid marrying the eldest prince. This was a desperate measure. I think she didn't want to marry the eldest prince because she knew that the eldest prince, uh, the eldest prince and the daughter of the Duke of Zhenguo's family were childhood sweethearts. They were so close that they might have secretly decided to spend their lives together."

"Miss Chu is a true lady from a noble family. She has been well-versed in music, chess, calligraphy, and painting since she was a child. How can she be like my niece? You saw it too. She doesn't even recognize the name on the eldest prince's jade pendant, not to mention how terrible her handwriting is."

"Your Majesty, I sometimes get a headache just thinking about this. Even if she were to marry into a wealthy family, she wouldn't be able to manage the household properly. She'd make the house a complete mess. If she were to become someone else's mistress, she might not only lose the jade pendant, but even the property deeds."

"Your Majesty, I understand my niece's feelings. She feels inferior to others, which is why she doesn't dare to climb the social ladder. I think her self-awareness is worthy of recognition. As for her fate with the eldest prince, it cannot be forced. It cannot be forced."

After talking so much, his mouth became dry and he stared at the teacup in front of the emperor and kept swallowing his saliva.

The emperor looked at him as if he were a psychopath, which made him feel uneasy. He swallowed his saliva and asked tentatively, "Your Majesty, why are you looking at me like that?"

If the two children weren't there, the emperor would have wanted to grab something and throw it in his face. "Who told you that Chen'er and his cousin are in love? They've even secretly decided to spend their lives together. How can you just say that? If Chu Hengsheng knew you were making up stories about his daughter like this, I don't think he would fight you."

"Tsk, I'm not afraid of that old fellow. If he dares to fight, I'll give it a try. If I don't knock his teeth out, I'll consider myself defeated. As for the secret marriage, I said it's possible, not certain. Why is Your Majesty being so picky about words? Shouldn't Your Majesty be asking the eldest prince if he has something going on with his little cousin?"

It's not that he has a bad mouth, nor does he have the bad habit of making fun of other girls' reputations.

Instead, he received news that the Duke of Zhenguo had entered the enemy camp last time and seized back a large area of ​​land, turning the enemy camp upside down and almost making it impossible for him to return.

Perhaps this experience frightened Chu Hengsheng, so he tried his best to arrange for his mother to bring his wife and daughter back to Beijing. It is said that he also wrote a letter to Xiao Chenze in advance, hoping that Xiao Chenze and his daughter could become a couple.

This is not a secret. If Fang Yao knows it, others can know it too. He doesn't believe that the emperor has not heard of it.

Now that Li'er is being forced to marry the eldest prince, once the girl from the Chu family returns to the capital, how can Li'er ever compare to the affection they have for each other since childhood?

No, no, not to mention that Li'er doesn't like the eldest prince, even if it is because the eldest prince has a childhood sweetheart, she will definitely not marry him.

The emperor had a gloomy face, full of anger but no reason to vent it. He could only look at Xiao Chenze unhappily, "Tell me yourself, what's going on? Is there something going on between you and that girl from the Chu family? If so, you might as well tell your father. Your father is not an unreasonable person. He can also grant you a marriage. There's no need to hide it."

He now suspected that his son was afraid to admit in front of him that he had feelings for Miss Chu because of the conflict between him and Chu Hengsheng.

Could it be that both he and the Queen Mother had misjudged their eldest son, and that he didn't like Miss Shen as much as they thought?

His eyes were fixed on Xiao Chenze. Xiao Chenze had never experienced such a thing before and had no way to defend himself.

Anxious, he quickly pulled out a letter from his sleeve pocket and held it in both hands and handed it over. "Your Majesty, look, this is the letter my uncle sent to me. In the letter, my uncle said that my aunt wanted to have a closer relationship with my cousin. I didn't mean to hide it, but I never had that idea myself, and I was afraid that speaking out would cause more misunderstandings. The reason I didn't mention it was that I wanted to wait for my grandmother and the others to return and explain it to my aunt in person. Not many people know about this matter, and I also want to ask the general, how did he know so much about such a private letter?"

When Fang Yao heard this, he began to hesitate.

What did this make him say?

He arranged his own people in Chu Hengsheng's military camp. The emperor knew about this, and Chu Hengsheng also knew about it.

Just like Chu Hengsheng also arranged his own people in the Western Frontier military camp, everyone knew that it was all for national affairs and there was nothing to worry about.

But the people arranged not only to deliver news of the war, but also to deliver gossip about other people's families, which is a bit too much.

"Well, it's not as private as the Crown Prince said, is it? Many people in the Northern Frontier know about this. Your uncle himself told others openly that his favorite son-in-law is someone like you. I only heard it from the messengers who escorted back military reports. I can't say I know too much. This kind of thing doesn't require details. Just knowing the beginning can guess a lot of the inner secrets."

He was right, Chu Hengsheng was really capable of doing such a thing.

After hearing his words, Xiao Chenze became more anxious.

"That's not true, General, please don't talk nonsense. I have never thought of that. I only have feelings for Miss Shen."

In a hurry, Xiao Chenze even said such words. While speaking, his eyes glanced at Shen Li, but he didn't know that Shen Li was eating melon with relish.

What a big melon.

She had never thought that her uncle had such firsthand information. Why didn't he tell her earlier? If he had told her earlier, she wouldn't have had to use the jade pendant to deceive the emperor and be accused of deceiving the emperor.

Xiao Chenze has a cousin who wants to marry him?

Marriage between close relatives?

This guy has helped me several times before. Should I tell him that he cannot marry a close relative?

Forget it, tell him. What if he misunderstands that I said those words because I was jealous?

No matter what year it is, it’s not easy to be a good person.

When everyone followed Xiao Chenze's gaze to look at Shen Li, they found that she had also become nervous, frowning, shaking her head, pounding her fist and sighing...

"Li'er? Li'er?" Fang Yao didn't know what was wrong with her. Worried that she might be angry and fuming, she called out worriedly, "It's okay, Li'er. There are plenty of good men in the world. We won't have trouble finding a husband."

Pooh.

Look at your broken mouth.

Li'er didn't want to get married anyway, so there's no need to worry.