Xuan Yi smiled slightly and said half-truthfully: "I can only say that I have to half-believe what you are saying now. Maybe you only told half of what you said."
Xian Ziqian breathed a sigh of relief and looked at Xuan Yi helplessly, "Do you like to think of everything in a complicated way?"
Xuan Yi nodded, still half-truthfully saying: "I want to make sure that you have a chance of winning when you and Xian Zi Ai face off. After all, you are now my wife. If you lose to her, I will be embarrassed!"
Xian Zijian twitched the corner of her mouth and said slowly, "Really? Then I have to trouble you a little more. These are right and wrong, planning and calculation. Since Zijian is your wife, you should protect her."
Xuan Yi raised his eyebrows and blurted out: "What about you?"
"I'm stupid." Xian Ziqian answered simply. He glanced at the parrot and asked seriously, "Isn't it true, Mr. Parrot, am I stupid?"
The parrot immediately screamed several times, but made no sound and just fluttered in the cage.
Xuan Yi laughed.
Xian Ziqian lowered her voice and stared at the parrot, "Say!"
"Stupid!" The parrot immediately stopped flapping, and then spat out a word very feebly, with a tone that was very much like the gentle voice of Xian Zi Ai, and then said in the voice of the Queen Mother, "But, great wisdom is like stupidity!"
Xuan Yi laughed, pointed at the parrot and said, "This is really a treasure. I really regret giving it to the Queen Mother."
The parrot steadied its body very reservedly and folded its wings very gracefully. Then, it looked at Xuan Yi and said slowly in Xian Zijian's voice: "Master Xuan is very smart, very smart."
Liuli, who happened to walk out of the room, was startled at first, and then realized that it was the parrot talking. She couldn't help but cover her mouth and laughed for a long time. She pointed at the parrot and said, "This parrot is now the treasure in the eyes of the Queen Mother. Mr.
If you like it, you can’t ask for it back, so just save it.”
Xuan Yi curled his lips, stared at the parrot, and said sinisterly: "Smelly parrot, if I don't find you the most difficult parrot girl, I will be sorry for you to win the favor of the Queen Mother!"
Guan Yupeng and Xian Ziai, who had left the palace and returned to Guan Mansion, did not know all this. Guan Yupeng frowned along the way. The Queen Mother's words at the banquet today made him understand that his mother had offended the Queen Mother because of her marriage to Xian Ziai.
Empress.
"Husband." Xian Zi Ai leaned gently on Guan Yupeng's shoulder and said softly, "Don't be angry with your mother-in-law. You are the eldest son whom she loves. Her mother-in-law doesn't like Zi Ai just so that you can have a better wife.
, I can help you, but it’s a pity that Zi Ai’s family background is so poor that I can’t help you.”
"I don't blame you for this." Guan Yupeng took Xian Ziyi into his arms, "You were arranged by the emperor himself as a matchmaker for my husband. My mother just didn't understand you, but she made it worse and offended the Queen Mother. I must tell my mother properly after my husband returns.
Tell her to prevent her from making the same mistake again regarding Yu Cheng."
"Husband, calm down first. There is no need to get angry with mother-in-law about this matter." Xian Ziai said gently, "Miss Aning will mention this matter to her mother-in-law. She has always been the most liked by her mother-in-law, and her sister is also liked by her mother-in-law.
She told her mother-in-law that her husband's concubine was a concubine, and that even if we, husband and wife, would not be in person, her mother-in-law would think about it and would definitely pay more attention to it in the future. Now Zi Yun is already the princess she loves, and she will never marry her again.
Now that my brother-in-law is dating, my mother-in-law no longer has to worry that my brother-in-law will deliberately marry a daughter of the Xian family."
Guan Yupeng's eyes fell on Aning opposite him, and he said coldly: "These matters are the private affairs of our Guan Mansion. How can we let a slave get involved in them?"
Xian Zi Ai looked at Guan Yupeng with some confusion, then looked at An Ning, and said in surprise: "But isn't it always Miss An Ning who tells her mother-in-law all the things related to my concubine and sister Zi Jian? I have always been
I thought it was because my husband was worried that Zi Ai would be restrained in front of my mother-in-law at that time, so he asked her to bridge the gap? Could it be that my mother-in-law misunderstood something for a while and that’s why she did this to her daughter-in-law?"
Aning blurted out: "You are talking nonsense, I didn't say anything!"
"Shut up!" Guan Yupeng said angrily, "Do you have the right to speak here?"
Grievance flashed across Aning's face, and tears were rolling in his eyes, but he didn't dare to fall. Looking at Guan Yupeng's slightly angry face, he didn't know what to say, so he could only tremble slightly, intertwined his hands, and lowered his head.
Sit still.
The car stopped in Guanfu courtyard, and someone came forward to place a wooden bench. Guan Yupeng got off the carriage first, and then held Xian Ziai's hand to let her get off, ignoring An Ning who was behind her. An Ning pursed her lips and followed quietly.
later.
Mrs. Guan was enjoying the cool air in the pavilion in front of the lotus pond. Guan Yucheng did not go out and was accompanying her. It seemed that she wanted to know some news. Maybe he was still worried about Xian Zijian. Guan Yupeng pretended not to see his brother's expression and cast a spell on his mother.
He bowed and helped Xian Ziyi sit down.
"Did you have a good time in the palace today?" Mrs. Guan said in a kind tone. Although she saw that her son was a little impatient with Xian Ziai's care, she did not say it to her face. "Have you met your favorite princess? Your brother is still here.
I'm worried about her, and I blame my mother for not coming to the rescue at that time."
Guan Yupeng took a long breath, frowned slightly, and said in an indifferent tone: "Sister Zi Yuan is very good. Now she is a celebrity in front of the Queen Mother and lives in the palace of the Queen Mother. Her son and daughter-in-law are very pleased with the Queen Mother.
Your Majesty taught me a lesson."
Mrs. Guan was startled and asked, "Why?"
Guan Yupeng suddenly looked at An Ning, who was standing next to him with his head bowed, and said in a stiff and indifferent tone: "My son is feeling uncomfortable and doesn't want to talk about it. Anyway, my mother always likes to listen to An Ning's words, so I asked An Ning to explain to her. An Ning, tell me today
Let’s talk to mother about the affairs in the palace.”
Aning's body trembled involuntarily. She didn't dare to look at Guan Yupeng or Mrs. Guan. Her voice trembled slightly and she said: "The Queen Mother, she, she is dissatisfied with Madam about the young master marrying the eldest daughter of the Xian family. She is very dissatisfied."
, very dissatisfied.”
"Mother, this is a family matter, why do you want to talk to the Queen Mother?" Guan Yupeng cut off Aning's words and said angrily, "Since the emperor is the matchmaker, and you know that the emperor is the son of the Queen Mother, you still want to talk to the Queen Mother."
The Queen Mother expresses her dissatisfaction with this marriage openly and secretly. Does she want our Guan family to benefit from it, or does she want our Guan family to waste all the efforts they have made at the border because of this matter?!"
Mrs. Guan's face turned red and she said forcefully: "Being my mother is not just for your own good."
"Now the Empress Dowager has a grudge in her heart." Guan Yupeng suppressed his anger, "Fortunately, Zi Ai reconciled it in every possible way, so the Empress Dowager did not continue to talk about this matter."