From the birth of a son to the separation of Nuwa and her path to becoming a god

Li Shiyun never expected that one after another would come to propose marriage today.

Her daughter hasn't reached marriage age yet.

However, she could not refuse directly, so she could only reply: "Your Highness, you are too kind. Although I have a small reputation, I am not worthy of being compared with your Highness's son. The princess is a golden branch and jade leaf, and the prince is a king of the sky. There is a huge difference between their status and mine."

Although Princess Pingyang did not show it on her face, she deeply agreed with what she said.

She refused, "Madam, your words are too serious. Although my son was born in the royal family and has a noble status, my princess's mansion has always valued character and talent. In marriage, the most important thing is that the two parties love each other. The difference in family background is not what I care about. If Madam does not abandon me, I am willing to marry you."

The other party said this to the point that it was clear that he would not give her any room to refuse.

And what does it mean that they are in love with each other? Has Liu Liu met the prince in private?

Li Shiyun nodded in fear: "Thank you, Princess, for your kindness. Marriage is a serious matter and no joke. I need to discuss it with the master before making a decision."

Princess Pingyang smiled and stood up: "Of course, I will wait for good news from Madam Meng."

After the people left, Li Shiyun realized that she was sweating coldly. She quickly asked the maid to call Meng Liu.

"Your aunt and Princess Pingyang came to propose marriage today." She said hurriedly when she saw her daughter.

Meng Liu and Li Shiyun are in charge of the household affairs, so naturally any movement in the mansion will not escape their eyes.

As early as after meeting Gu Zhige that time, she had expected his mother to come and propose marriage, but she didn't expect that her aunt would also get involved in this mess.

"How did you recognize the prince of the princess's mansion?"

Meng Liu hesitated for a moment and explained, "I only met him once at a palace banquet. I don't have any personal relationship with him."

Li Shiyun naturally believed her daughter, but now the other party had set their sights on Meng Liu. How could they, as minor officials of the fifth rank, refuse?

She frowned with worry. Her daughter was pretty and someone would definitely take notice of her sooner or later. But she didn't expect it would happen so soon, and the first person to come was someone from the princess's mansion. A higher-ranking official can really crush someone.

"Don't worry, mother. I'm not even of age yet. Even if we get married, no one can interfere if I stay for two more years. As far as I know, the prince of the princess's mansion has reached adulthood. We can wait, but he can't."

Li Shiyun's eyes lit up. Yes, her daughter was only 14 years old. It would not be too late for her to get married at the age of 16 or 7. But the prince was already 20 years old. Could the princess tolerate him waiting for another 2 or 3 years?

The engagement will naturally be cancelled at that time.

After Meng Qian'an returned home, Li Shiyun told him everything that happened today.

Meng Qian was in deep thought. He knew how dangerous his job was. All the money he embezzled went into King Cheng's pocket, just as Meng Liu had thought.

Having served as an official for several years, he understood very clearly that once the matter was exposed, the Meng family would be used as a scapegoat.

Although the princess is not favored by the emperor, her status is there. After all, she is the emperor's daughter and she has some face in front of the emperor.

Once Meng Liu marries, they will have to consider the safety of their son's in-laws. If something really happens, the princess's mansion will lose face.

Moreover, Princess Pingyang has a close relationship with Concubine Cheng Wang. If the Crown Prince had not been fond of his daughter, they would never have been able to marry into such a family in their lifetime.

So Meng Qian'an was very satisfied with this marriage.

On the contrary, he didn't take seriously the proposal of marriage from his sister-in-law mentioned by Li Shiyun.

How could a commoner from a sixth-rank official's family be worthy of his daughter?

Even though Li Shiyun was not satisfied, she could not resist the man, and finally the marriage with the princess was settled.

After knowing the result, Meng Liu was speechless. It seemed that Meng Qian was determined to stick to the path of becoming the King until the end.

She wanted to give him some advice, but was blocked by Meng Qian'an's words, "Women are not allowed to get involved in politics."

The person who was most happy about them becoming an engaged couple was Gu Zhige.

Originally, he had to do it secretly when he wanted to send something to Meng Liu, but now he can finally do it openly. Not only that, he can occasionally ask Meng Liu to go out for an outing. Although they are not alone, at least he can see each other.

When things developed to this point, Meng Liu just went with the flow. Out of the ten meetings proposed by Gu Zhige, she always agreed to one or two.

She hasn't been to Prince Duan's Mansion since the Lantern Festival.

Although they were told that they could go over and play when they were free, they were not ungrateful. One was a super-class prince, and the other was a fifth-rank official. The difference was huge.

If I really follow Prince Duan's advice and go to his house, it would seem like I'm trying to curry favor with him.

But she couldn't resist Fu Wenting who wrote to her every day.

Earlier he was talking about all sorts of things, saying that the flowers in his yard were blooming beautifully, that his father had built a swing for him, that the pomegranate tree was bearing fruit, and so on.

Seeing that she was unmoved, he simply made it clear that he was very bored and asked her to go to Prince Duan's mansion to play with him.

To be honest, Meng Liu was not optimistic about Prince Duan's situation.

It's easy to guess that since ancient times, emperors have been most wary of having their own troops. Most of the country's military power is in the hands of Prince Duan. Which emperor would not be nervous?

There are also rumors that the previous emperor died too early and was unable to pass the throne to the young Prince Duan.

It would be strange if His Majesty felt comfortable hearing this.

This was the reason why he was summoned back to the capital several times, simply to reduce his military power.

In this situation, there is no benefit in being associated with Prince Duan.

So she didn't want to go.

Fu Wenting waited in the mansion for a few days, scratching his head. He received a reply to the letter he sent, but no one came.

He was depressed. Before this year, he had been living in the northwest with his parents.

He is the local tyrant over there, and everyone has to flatter him. He has never met anyone who doesn't want to play with him.

But he thought that Meng Liu had seen him at his most vulnerable side, and that the two of them had a revolutionary friendship. However, it turned out that the other party did not regard him as a friend at all.

I was so angry that I ate less.

Princess Duan was very weak. She forced herself to lean against the bed and asked her listless son, "What's wrong? Why is Ting'er so depressed?"

Fu Wenting didn't want to disturb his mother with these little things. The most important thing was that he would lose face. He just picked up the medicine bowl beside him and said sullenly: "It's just a small matter. It won't bother mother. I will feed you the medicine."

Prince Duan knew what was going on and couldn't help laughing and said, "This kid wanted to make friends with others, but they ignored him."

Princess Duan also laughed. She understood the other party's concerns. Her son was praised too highly in the northwest, so it was normal that he could not accept the gap for a while.

Fu Wenting's face turned red with anger: "Father! Who said she ignored me! I don't want to play with her!"