Quick Wear: The Development of a Pure Cannon Fodder

Shao Lian is undoubtedly a very suspicious and unemotional person. Even though Yu Ziyin is now his concubine and has experienced life and death with him, she holds a different position in his heart. Even though he allows Yu Ziyin to be arrogant because of his favor, it does not mean that he likes Yu Ziyin and has reservations about him. Just after seeing the eye contact between Yu Ziyin and Xi Que, he kept his hands off and wanted to see what she would do next.

After Yu Ziyin arranged what Xi Que would do, he turned around and told him the whole story. Shao Lian was in a very good mood. When he heard that Yu Ziyin hoped Liu Xian could get a good marriage, Shao Lian also felt that this was what Liu Xian deserved, and did not think that Liu Xian was trying to get rich by clinging to the Prince's Mansion.

"After checking, if the girl is good, I can help my younger brother to ask the Queen Mother for a marriage." Shao Lian was in a good mood, and his words sounded a little more intimate.

A royal marriage is a great honor. Generally, the queen would not interfere unless it was the marriage of a royal princess or a prince. But if the queen could really grant a marriage, it meant that the royal family recognized that the family had high moral character and was a good marriage partner. Even if there was no promotion or title in public, the status of the children in the family would be much higher in secret.

Of course, a royal marriage is definitely not just a simple one. There are many benefits, such as mansions and land, and rewards of money and cloth. If it really happens, it will really give the Liu family enough face.

Yu Ziyin hadn't expected such a pleasant surprise. Before this, neither she nor the Liu family had ever thought that the Queen would grant them a marriage. She immediately moved her seat closer to Shao Lian and eagerly poured him a glass of wine. "If this is really possible, then Ziyin would like to thank His Highness and the Queen on my behalf."

Shao Lian, lazily leaning back in his chair, chuckled softly, picked up the wine glass and drank it all in one gulp, "You really know how to handle things."

"It's also because Your Highness is a good person that he is willing to run around for my younger brother. If it weren't for Your Highness, my younger brother and I would never have dared to dream of having the Empress Dowager grant us a marriage." Yu Zinyin was so sweet-mouthed after getting the benefit that it made Shao Lian feel a toothache, but he was happy with the toothache.

The Crown Prince was made happy by Concubine Liu. Anyone who was not watching the dance music could easily see it. They couldn't help but sigh that Concubine Liu was indeed very resourceful. In the past, the Crown Prince would just smile when he was in a good mood, but no one had ever seen him smiling so happily.

This made the Second Prince's wife, who was sitting closest to her, very unhappy. Seeing her like this reminded her of the beauties in the backyard of the Second Prince's mansion. She cursed Concubine Liu in her heart for being such a vixen. She was so shameless as to seduce the Crown Prince in public!

At that moment, she wanted to find a way to deal with Concubine Liu. She just didn't want Concubine Liu to be so proud!

Of course, she had also heard that Concubine Liu was favored, and that the Crown Prince had been staying with her every night. She was afraid that if Concubine Liu gave birth to a child for the Crown Prince, wouldn't that affect her fight with the Second Prince for the throne? So she was taking precautions, and it wasn't entirely out of jealousy that Concubine Liu was so capable of winning over the Crown Prince.

Liu Ziyu felt even worse when she saw how close the prince and her sister were. If she hadn't remembered that this was the prince's residence, she would have been unable to maintain the expression on her face.

I can only comfort myself in my heart that Liu Zinyin's favor is nothing but a mirage. One day, the other party will need to compete for favor, and then fight to the death with the concubines in the backyard. At that time, the other party may even ask me for help. So the other party's current behavior is just superficial.

Liu Ziyu felt that she would definitely live a better life than Liu Zinyin in the future, so she thought that if Liu Zinyin had a hard time in the future, she would definitely come to her for help.

Liu Ziyu knew that Crown Prince Shao Lian was a cold-hearted person and that he would never be loyal to her. She felt that there would definitely be a day when Liu Zinyin would fall out of favor, so she couldn't help but look forward to Liu Zinyin's miserable days in the future.

But no matter what, right now, everyone thinks that Yu Zinyin is living a good life and is the prince's favorite. Many people want to curry favor with Yu Zinyin, which makes Liu Ziyu unhappy.

This made the discussions of the noble ladies sitting around Liu Ziyu reach her ears, making her feel even worse.

The young ladies around Liu Ziyu were jealous and envious of the fact that she was engaged to Cheng Ting, a top scholar with a bright future, at such an early age. Cheng Ting was considered a rising star in the court at that time. If the Liu family had not been lucky enough to invest in him before he became powerful, the engagement with Cheng Ting would not have fallen to Liu Ziyu.

After Liu Ziyu got engaged to Cheng Ting, her sister entered the Prince's Mansion as a concubine. She was extremely popular and looked down on the young ladies from aristocratic families who were one rank higher than her at the time. So when everyone saw that Cheng Ting was not smart enough and tried to slap the faces of many powerful ministers in public in the court but failed and was suppressed instead, and had no future, everyone was gloating, but they would not say it directly, but pretended to sigh.

She would always sigh from time to time that if Liu Ziyu had not been engaged to Cheng Ting, it would be Liu Ziyu sitting there now. Then she would talk about how successful Liu Zinyin was now and how it was the right thing for Liu Ziyu and Cheng Ting to break off their engagement. Although her tone was one of regret, her eyes were full of smiles.

The fact that Liu Ziyu and Cheng Ting broke off their engagement was no secret in the capital. After all, the Liu family still had to find a marriage for their eldest daughter, and the cancellation of the engagement was not the daughter's fault, so how could it not be spread?

But always bringing it up in front of Liu Ziyu made her very uncomfortable, and these people would also talk about how well Liu Zinyin was doing now, how much the prince doted on her, and how much the royal family rewarded her, comparing the two of them. Wouldn't that make people think that Liu Ziyu had bad luck?

If she had not been engaged to Cheng Ting, she would have been able to enter the Prince's Mansion as a concubine like her sister Liu Zinyin. And who knows, Liu Zinyin might have been the one who was engaged to Cheng Ting, and the unlucky one would have been Liu Zinyin instead of Liu Ziyu.

It can be seen from this that these people are actually a little jealous of Yu Zinyin, but their families do not expect them to be favored. They hope that they can marry into aristocratic families and join forces. Otherwise, they really want to compete with Yu Zinyin.

At that moment, someone came to Liu Ziyu and said that it would have been better if she had not been engaged to Cheng Ting.

Liu Ziyu gulped down a glass of wine before suppressing the anger in his chest. He said to the malicious lady in a cold and nonchalant tone, "No matter who I'm engaged to, I won't enter the Crown Prince's backyard. It's not that I have any objections to the Crown Prince, but there are many rules in such places, and I can't do it."

Hearing Liu Ziyu's forced answer, the young lady smiled and said, "That's probably going to be difficult. After all, if Sister Liu wants to marry someone from a family without any rules, then there are probably very few such people in the capital. After all, which of the big families and aristocratic families that have taken root in the capital doesn't have a lot of rules? And those without any rules are just small families with nothing, or they are just old-fashioned people with unstable foundations who have just been promoted to the capital."