Rebirth of the Firstborn Daughter: Life is like a Dream

Wei Bingyan quickly left the main room. Although she acted calm next to Xiao, she actually had some concerns deep in her heart. Even if the Empress Dowager had heard of her from Princess Mingyue or Princess Ping'an, she would not specifically mention her marriage?

If her memory was correct, the Empress Dowager seemed to like the Sixth Prince very much in addition to Princess Mingyue.

She was very confused. The fate and future that she was familiar with seemed to be changing secretly, and it turned out that there were changes that she could not control.

"Miss, where are you going?" Bai Binghui saw Wei Bingyan coming out of the main room in a daze, and she was not walking towards Wanyuan.

Wei Bingyan came to her senses and realized that she had inadvertently walked towards Yinyuan.

"Has Young Master Li left?" Wei Bingyan asked softly.

"I heard from others that he has already gone back." Bai Binghui replied.

Wei Bingyan nodded. The Crown Prince and Wei Zhong must have spent a lot of time and effort to win over Li Yuyan. However, she believed that Li Yuyan would not be so easily persuaded.

"Let's go to the old man!" In the entire Wei family, the person who knows the Empress Dowager best is probably the old man.

There are not many maids serving in Yin Garden. Since Old Master Wei particularly likes quietness, all the people working here, whether they are the patient maids cleaning the house or the gatekeepers, were picked and chosen by Xiao Shi at that time. There are not many people here, but everything is in order and there is a sense of tranquility in the quietness.

"Miss." Luzhi came out of the house holding a copper basin. Seeing Wei Bingyan walking up the stairs, she called out with a smile and bowed, "You and the old man are really close friends. He just mentioned you."

Wei Bingyan asked, "Didn't the old man go fishing leisurely today?"

"The old master felt a little dizzy when he got up this morning. Maybe he was left out the day before and was resting in the house. I originally wanted to ask the imperial physician, but the old master said that there was already a young doctor at home, so why should we ask the imperial physician." Luzhi said with a smile.

Hearing that the old man was unwell, Wei Bingyan became anxious. She thought of the old man in his previous life who suddenly fell to the ground and could not get up and left the world. Although the time had not come yet, she was still very worried, "I'll go over to see this old man."

After she finished speaking, Wei Bingyan strode in, gently lifted the thin curtain, and immediately saw Old Master Wei leisurely reading a book on the armchair in front of the window.

"Grandpa! Didn't you say you felt dizzy? Why don't you rest on the bed?" Wei Bingyan came over and asked with concern.

"Lying flat all the time will only make you sick." Old Master Wei put down the book in his hand with a smile, "You came at the right time. Play two games of chess with me."

Wei Bingyan noticed that his expression seemed different, "Grandpa, are you really okay?"

"I'm as strong as an ox!" shouted Old Master Wei in a voice as loud as a bell.

Wei Bingyan smiled helplessly and helped Old Master Wei to stand up from the armchair. "Grandpa, you still drink every day, right? Drinking too much is not good for your health, and you are already old..."

"Don't you hate my age? Are you reluctant to give up your peach blossom wine?" Old Master Wei and Wei Bingyan walked out of the house together and headed towards the quaint corner pavilion on the overgrown lakeside behind.

“Who dares to hate you? It’s just that I really can’t bear to give up the little peach blossom wine left.” Wei Bingyan said with a smile.

Old Master Wei cursed her lovingly, calling her a stinky woman, and laughed loudly.

Wei Bingyan sat down beside the sturdy and durable stone table and took out the chess map. The old man's favorite game was chess. Every time he worked hard to study a new killer move, he would enthusiastically look for someone to play a few games with him.

There are tens of millions of killing moves in chess, which can be generally divided into three types: horizontal killing, vertical killing and pincer killing. However, these three killing moves have various different external forms.

It can be said that Wei Bingyan's chess playing skills were taught by Old Master Wei, but Wei Bingyan lacked experience in this type of chess, which has many changes on a strong field, and was often defeated.

"My Lord, what kind of person is the Empress Dowager now?" Wei Bingyan opened the curtain first and asked the upper-class figure in the palace in a soft and detailed voice.

"How did you ask about her?" Old Master Wei took the exquisite teacup from Bai Binghui's hand, sniffed the moving and elegant tea fragrance, and asked lazily.

"It's a bit strange." Wei Bingyan said.

Old Master Wei closed his eyes slightly, feeling as if he had fallen into memories. After a while, he said, "If your grandmother were still alive, you would have the opportunity to visit her in the palace from time to time."

"My grandmother never took me to the palace to meet her before!" Wei Bingyan said softly.

"How do you know that you haven't seen her?" Old Master Wei asked with a smile, "Even if you saw her when you were young, you probably can't remember her."

Wei Bingyan was stunned. Could it be that she had really met the Empress Dowager? When she was young... her grandmother had taken her to meet many people, but none of them was the Empress Dowager.

"Did the Empress Dowager mention you around others?" Old Master Wei seemed not to notice the surprised expression on Wei Bingyan's face, and continued to ask calmly.

"The Empress Dowager... asked about it while sitting next to Concubine De." Wei Bingyan lowered her eyes, "Grandpa, I am a little worried."

Old Master Wei looked at her and asked, "What are you worried about?"

Wei Bingyan jumped the horse in her hand and thought about how to explain to the old man.

"Are you afraid that the Empress Dowager will arrange a marriage for you?" Old Master Wei seemed to be able to see what his lovely granddaughter was thinking deep down. He sneered and asked, "How can you be sure that the husband she has chosen is not suitable?"

"Grandpa, have you figured something out?" Wei Bingyan suddenly tilted her neck and looked at the old man with a frown.

Old Master Wei swallowed Wei Bingyan's cannon and said with a smile, "I heard your father say in the past that he wanted to marry you to that guy from the Li family. The Empress Dowager might feel that...if she arranges a marriage for you, you will have more face if you go to the Li family."

It’s Li Yunze again... Is it possible that I still can’t get rid of him?

Wei Bingyan picked up a pawn and stepped forward, saying softly but with great determination: "Life is a chess game, and I am willing to be a pawn. Although my movements are slow, I will never retreat a step."

"What do you mean?" There was a glimmer in Old Master Wei's eyes as he looked at his lovely granddaughter, whom he cared about very much. He felt that her words encompassed too many things.

"That's right... I don't want to be betrothed to Li Yunze, Grandpa, can you help me? Regardless of whether the Empress Dowager wants to arrange a marriage for me or not, and no matter who she arranges for me, I hope to be able to take charge of my own life." Wei Bingyan looked at Grandpa Wei in a low voice.

If being betrothed to Li Yunze was her fate that she could not change, then the only person who could help her change this fate was the white-haired old man beside her.

Old Master Wei frowned and looked at her, "What's wrong with Li Yunze? Or... do you think he is not as good as the future top scholar?"

"Grandpa, why did you drag Li Yuyan into this? This has nothing to do with him!" Wei Bingyan shouted in a bad tone.

"I didn't say it was Li Yuyan!" Old Master Wei said with a smile, "Since you don't want to be betrothed to Li Yunze, that's fine, but you must nod and agree to one thing for me."

Wei Bingyan's face was filled with joy, "Very good!"

"The person you are going to marry in the future... must not be hostile to the Wei family, and must not go against the Wei family's purpose." Old Master Wei said, "Do you understand what I mean?"

"I agree!" Wei Bingyan nodded decisively.