The resentful best friend travels through daily life

Chapter 263 Discussion

Snowflakes fell on Zhou Ning's shoulders. She habitually wanted to hold the umbrella herself, but Yu He took it over.

Zhou Ning didn't compete with her for the job, she just said, "You should be careful too."

Yu He said calmly, "Don't worry, Miss Zhou Er. I am a martial artist and I won't fall."

When Zhou Ning heard this, he quickened his pace and no longer cared about Yu He.

She went to the palace gate to find Bai Zhao first.

Bai Zhao just got off work and was looking for Zhou Ning. He said, "Ning, what happened to Youzi and Gongzi? They were in a hurry just now and said they would discuss it after they got home. Hey, who is this person next to you?"

Zhou Ning said: "She is a friend I met in the palace before. Now she has been released from the palace and is temporarily living in our house."

Bai Zhao didn't understand the rules of the deep palace, so he believed it.

He took the umbrella from Yu He's hand, held it for Zhou Ning, and the two walked side by side.

Bai Zhao gave his umbrella to Yu He, and among the three of them, only Bai Zhao was wet in the snow.

"What happened to Youzi? I saw her crying so hard." Bai Zhao asked worriedly while sitting in the carriage.

Zhou Ning said, "Prince Kongsang proposed marriage today, asking the princess to marry him, and His Majesty agreed."

There is only one princess in the entire Daqian, and that is Shen You.

Bai Zhao was immediately furious: "What? His Majesty, he, he..."

What is going on?

He was still waiting to attend the wedding of Master and Youzi, but then this bad thing happened.

Zhou Ning gave Bai Zhao a look, asking him to speak more quietly, and Bai Zhao stopped talking.

Bai Zhao glanced at Yuhe. Since there were outsiders here, it was indeed inconvenient to talk.

When they arrived at the mansion, Zhou Ning asked Yunrong to settle Yuhe and took Bai Zhao to the flower hall to discuss matters.

Now, except for Shen Xin who went to Ji Yanli's house to celebrate the New Year, everyone else gathered in the flower hall.

Liu Qingxiu hugged Shen You and cried, "My poor child, what can you do?"

Originally, Shen You and Qi Ji were childhood sweethearts, and after getting married, they would be able to live at home. Liu Qingxiu was secretly happy for several days, but then she received such bad news.

Shen You just felt that it was indeed a feudal dynasty. If she said she could abandon someone, she would be abandoned; if she said she could marry someone else, she would be married off.

Perhaps the emperor agreed to the marriage today because he was drunk, but Shen You felt that even if he didn't drink, the emperor would most likely agree to the marriage.

After all, Yangwu’s army was powerful, and Daqian barely won this time, and could not withstand a second battle.

Besides, marriage is a win-win situation. By sacrificing a woman, everyone else will be happy.

Qi Ji thought that since His Majesty was secretly grooming Youzi and wanted her to be the crown prince, he wouldn't let her get married easily.

But the man's heart is hard to predict. If he could exchange a pomelo for peace, he might not abandon her.

Shen You forced a smile and said, "It's just getting married. I believe I can live well anywhere. It's just - Qi Ji, I'm sorry for you."

Qi Ji stared at Shen You's eyes, those eyes that were usually full of smiles, but now they were red as hell. Yet she had to pretend to let it go. When she thought that Kong Sanghai might marry her, treat her badly, beat her and scold her, Qi Ji felt as if a thousand horses were passing through her heart, and she was trampled into a puddle of mud.

Qi Ji suppressed the sweet taste in his throat and said, "Yuzi, I won't let you marry."

No matter what the cost.

Shen You shook his head and said, "Qi Ji, our family cannot disobey the emperor's order."

She didn't want to destroy her family because of herself.

Qi Ji said nothing more, but his heart became more determined.

That night everyone just stayed in the flower hall, looking at Shen You.

Occasionally, little Sprite and little Coke would cry, and Zhou Wan would hold them in her arms and coax them to sleep, but she would burst into tears.

She couldn't bear to part with her sister.

The next day, Shen Xin rushed back and asked Shen You when he saw her for the first time, "Are you going to marry?"

"How do you know? Didn't you not attend Ji Yan's banquet?" Shen You smiled bitterly and poured himself a cup of tea.

Shen Xin said, "Why do we need him to go? The story of Princess Daqian and Prince Kongsang is almost being made into a joke and spread all over the capital."

Shen You wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes. It was most likely the emperor who did this. He wanted to leave her with no way out.

Shen You was completely hopeless. She had originally thought that if she lived a good and hard life, she could become an empress and bring benefits to the world.

But the emperor's word "marriage" interrupted all her imaginations and made her feel that everything in the past was just a joke.

"Youzi, you don't want to marry, right?" Shen Xin looked at Shen You with a look of pain, and said, "Otherwise, let Qi Ji take you away, fly far away, and never let anyone find you again."

Shen You said, "How can I leave all the danger to you guys? Second brother, that's it. I'm tired and I'm going to sleep."

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"I think we should leave the city in batches, so as not to arouse suspicion. Well, it happens that I am on duty on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, so I will let my uncle and aunt, sister Awan, Xiao Xuebi and Xiao Kele go first that day."

Bai Zhao stroked his chin and thought.

Qi Ji nodded and said, "In that case, we still need to consider Yun Rong and the others in the mansion."

Bai Zhao said, "This is easy to handle. We can release them someday. Then they will have nothing to do with the Shen family, and the government won't have to arrest a few maids."

"A Ning, what do you think?"

Seeing Zhou Ning in a daze, Bai Zhao touched her forehead and asked, "Are you feeling uncomfortable?"

Zhou Ning reacted and said, "I think both are fine."

Although Qi Ji looked very haggard, he still comforted Zhou Ning: "A Ning, you don't have to worry too much. Take good care of yourself and don't fall ill."

Zhou Ning lay down on the couch beside him and said, "I really didn't sleep all night. I'm a little sleepy. I'll take a rest first."

Seeing that Zhou Ning was so tired, Qi Ji didn't say anything more.

Zhou Ning lay on the couch, recalling the conversation with Shen Lin yesterday.

In the middle of the night, Yuhe took her to a small courtyard and met Shen Lin who was in disguise.

Shen Lin was dressed in a blue robe, looking somewhat like a Qing official historian.

"How is You'er these days?"

This was the first sentence Shen Lin asked.

Zhou Ning replied: "If I say yes, I would be speaking against my conscience."

Shen Lin didn't have much contact with Zhou Ning on weekdays. This time, Zhou Ning suddenly rebuked him and said, "Minister Cui is right. You really are a cheerful person."

"Your Majesty." Zhou Ning said bluntly, "Just tell me what you want me to do."

Shen Lin asked: "You know, I don't want Youzi to marry?"

Zhou Ning thought Shen Lin was struggling to talk, but she had to fool him and said, "Yes, I knew it when the queen asked Yuhe to be my maid. I also know that the emperor wants me to go."

Shen Lin stood up with the help of the table and asked, "You-you know I chose you?"

Zhou Ning wanted to roll her eyes, you old man, why are you pretending so much?

Zhou Ning said, "First, for Youzi, I am willing to go. Second, I may seem like a noble lady in the capital, but Xiaobai is not yet established, my father has his own child, and the Su family is just a literati, so I don't have any real power. But Youzi has mastered agricultural skills, and is also the crown prince you have devoted all your efforts to train. After weighing the pros and cons, it is more appropriate for me to be a pawn. Third, you should have something else to tell me."

If it was just a marriage alliance, it could be rejected on the spot without going through so much trouble.