After thinking for a long time, Hongzhou finally went to see the aunt in charge of Zhongcui Palace and asked her to call Mingyu and Xianyue out.
When the two of them were called out, they didn't know what was going on. They didn't understand until they met Hongli and the other two.
Hongli walked up to Mingyu and said warmly: "I haven't seen you for a long time, can you walk with me for a while?"
Mingyu didn't say anything, but nodded in agreement. After walking a little further, Hongli suddenly asked, "Are you willing to marry me as your legitimate wife?"
Such direct and almost bold words made Mingyu stunned. The next moment he shook his head and said: "Brother Si should remember my identity. I am a beautiful girl. Who I marry is not something I can decide, at least not now."
"I know, but E Niang has promised to ask Emperor Ama for a decree to give you to me as my direct descendant. Now I just want to know if you are willing to marry me."
Mingyu looked at him and asked instead, "If I don't want to, will you ask the imperial concubine to cancel this marriage?"
Hongli's expression darkened and he said: "I will try my best to persuade you, but if you are unwilling to do it even to death, I will not force you."
After listening to his words, Mingyu suddenly laughed. Although her appearance was not as charming as Xianyue, she was more attractive and attracted the attention of others unconsciously.
"How about it, are you willing?" Hongli asked again, with a trace of unconcealable nervousness in his voice.
Mingyu stopped laughing and said with gentle eyes: "Perhaps from the moment you hijacked my carriage and forced me to take you to Beijing, you and I were destined to be together for the rest of our lives."
This time it was Hongli's turn to smile, because he understood that Mingyu had already given the answer he wanted. She was willing to marry him, and she was willing to do so!
On the other side, Xianyue saw Hongli for the first time. After they left, she asked in a low voice: "Fifth Brother, who is that person and why did he come with you?"
Hong Zhou smiled and said: "Then my fourth brother, Prince Bao."
Xianyue's expression was shocked, then she chuckled and said: "So he is the fourth elder brother. This is the first time I have seen him. Why does the fourth elder brother have such a long scar on his face?"
"Something happened to the fourth brother when he was in Fuzhou before, so he left such a scar." As soon as Hong Zhou finished speaking, Xianyue continued: "I have heard about this too. At that time, everyone thought that the fourth brother was not alive.
He was still alive, and the emperor even posthumously made him a prince. No one could have imagined that he was still alive and returned to the capital safely."
"The fourth brother is a man of great fortune, how could his life be so short-lived?" Listening to his words, Xianyue asked curiously: "Do the fourth brother and sister Mingyu know each other?"
"You have so many questions." Even so, Hong Zhou still recounted the process of Hongli and Mingyu's acquaintance, and said: "Looking at what Fourth Brother means, he should want to accept Fucha Xiunu as his direct descendant."
"It would be great if that were the case!" As she said this, a look of envy appeared on Xianyue's face, "I don't know what will happen to me, should I keep the sign or return it to my family."
Hong Zhou's heart trembled, but he didn't say anything more. He only said: "We will know after the palace election. Thinking about it now is just adding to the worries."
Xianyue nodded and suddenly said: "Brother Wu, what about you?"
Hong Zhou was stunned by her confusing questions and said, "Me? What's wrong with me?"
Xianyue bit her lip, a little nervous and a little scared and said: "You and Si Age are about the same age. He will accept sister Mingyu as his direct descendant. What about you, who will you accept as your direct descendant?"
This sentence made Hong Zhou feel a pain in his heart. He turned away and said in a low voice: "I don't know, maybe I will accept one of the beautiful girls, or maybe I will wait for a while before talking."
Xianyue didn't say anything more, but her expression was obviously gloomy, and she was no longer as talkative as before. She only answered a few words when Hong Zhou asked her, and the two walked around in a circle back to Zhongcui Palace, and saw that they were about to part ways.
, Hong Zhou couldn't help but said: "What's wrong? Why have you been so unhappy since just now?"
Xianyue's eyes turned red and she whispered, "It's nothing. Even if something happens, it has nothing to do with you, fifth elder brother."
Seeing that she was about to go in, Hong Zhou quickly grabbed her and asked, "What's going on?"
Xianyue bit her lower lip hard until a clear tooth mark was revealed before she let go and said, "If I say so, fifth elder brother, will you accept me as your direct descendant?"
Hong Zhou never expected that she would ask such a question, which made him not know how to answer for a moment. After a long time, he whispered: "Why do you say this, you are a beautiful girl, you shouldn't..."
Xianyue stared at his somewhat evasive eyes and said, "I shouldn't say this, right? I know, but I just can't help it. Tell me, can you?"
Facing her tearful eyes, Hong Zhou turned away and said coolly: "This is not what you should ask."
"Yes, I shouldn't ask, just like I shouldn't be obsessed with you, an elder brother I've only met twice!" Xianyue seemed to be angry, and said this sentence in one breath, without even thinking about whether it was appropriate or not.
It should be said.
She didn't react until the words came out of her mouth. Her cheeks suddenly turned red. She lowered her head and hurried back to Zhongcui Palace, leaving behind a stunned Hong Zhou.
What did she say, that she never forgets herself? In other words, does she like herself? She has feelings for herself? Is it possible, as she just said, that she just met him twice?
But there is no doubt that Xianyue's words caused an uproar in his heart, and he also began to doubt Ling Ruo's words. Is what Xianyue presented to him really a mask? If so, it would be too real.
, making it impossible to see any flaws.
Besides, she was only fourteen years old, how could she have so many thoughts?
Perhaps it was because the imperial concubine and the emperor were not on good terms with each other, so she had dissent towards anyone related to the emperor. In her eyes, no matter how good the person was, they were all evil.
As time went by, this thought appeared in Hong Zhou's mind more and more often, and Xianyue's voice and smile made him unable to help but miss her.
Such longing gradually turned into torment later on, and every moment was an unparalleled torment, but he never looked for Xianyue again because he didn't know what to say after doing so.
But one thing he knew very well was that he couldn't remove this figure from the depths of his heart. Instead, it became increasingly clear, so clear that it made him restless.
After struggling for a long time, he finally decided to talk to Concubine Yu about this matter. Maybe E Niang would agree to him accepting Xianyue as his direct descendant.
After arriving at Yonghe Palace, Concubine Yu was very happy to see him coming and said: "What's going on these days? I come to see E Niang every day. You are not so diligent as usual. Tell me, but I have something to talk to E Niang.
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Hong Zhou smiled coquettishly and said, "I just want to see my mother-in-law. What's the matter?"