I rely on the system to support my eighteen brothers and sisters

"Don't worry, you are a princess. In addition to this prince consort, I will also give you some handsome young men for your enjoyment."

Qiao Linxi looked at Gu Changfeng in disbelief: "Are you crazy?"

Then he looked at Meng Qingyu again: "Are you willing to do this?"

Meng Qingyu knelt down and said, "Princess, I am willing. If I follow you, General Manager Gu will protect the Meng family from worries. Besides, I am the consort appointed by the emperor himself, and this will bring honor to our family."

Qiao Linxi was numb: "You're willing even if it's just a plaything of mine?"

Meng Qingyu nodded without hesitation: "Yes."

"Crazy, all crazy!"

[Host, please don't refuse. Meng Qingyu's grandfather spoke for you last night. If you refuse Meng Qingyu, then Gu Changfeng will find a reason to destroy the Meng family.]

Qiao Linxi smiled bitterly. Now, the lives of the entire Meng family depended on him.

"madman!!"

Qiao Linxi was so angry that she swept all the bottles and jars on the dressing table to the floor.

"Xixi, I know you're unhappy, but think about it carefully. If you don't have a solid backer, relying on your broken body... do you think she can protect you?"

Gu Changfeng’s words made Qiao Linxi stiffen all over. How did he know that he had a cheat system?

No wonder the system pretends to be dead every time it encounters Gu Changfeng. It turns out that Gu Changfeng has seen through it long ago.

Yes, the system cannot protect her very well. If the emperor or Dong Yue attacks her, can she protect herself?

The answer is no.

Although she has the Dragon God on her body, the Dragon God does not seem to interfere too much in her affairs. The reason he took action last night was because the heart-eating power used by Yue Qingrong came from the Dragon God, and He was just cleaning up the mess.

"Princess, if the two countries go to war, we in Great Vietnam will need you. The Meng family needs you."

"Ah!!! Ah!!!"

Qiao Linxi rubbed her hair vigorously with her hands in frustration.

Then she covered her face and cursed the system in her mind. She didn't dare to curse more because the system would give her an electric shock.

Gu Changfeng let Qiao Linxi mess up her hair, and only after seeing that she had calmed down did he continue to comb her hair again as if nothing had happened.

What a bullshit golden medal of immunity from death. This is a trap set by the system. If she hadn’t come to the capital at that time, there wouldn’t have been so many things.

"Princess, some things are destined by God. Even if you want to avoid it, you can't. At most, it just happened at the wrong time."

At this point, what else can Qiao Linxi say? She can only let Gu Changfeng arrange her life.

Qiao Linxi packed up and came to the front yard. The eunuch who was ordered to announce the imperial decree had also arrived, but he had not read it out yet, and no one was sent to urge Qiao Linxi.

His head is with the princess, how could he have the courage to urge her?

"Princess Huai'an, please listen to my orders."

Qiao Linxi knelt down, and everyone in the Qiao family knelt down.

"The Emperor, in compliance with the Will of Heaven, proclaims... Princess Huaian is promoted to Princess Dingguo, and is granted the title of Dingguo. She is to be married to Meng Qingyu, the grandson of Minister Meng, and the wedding will be held on a chosen date."

She was just conferred the title of a county princess a few days ago and then promoted to a princess. This was unprecedented in the Kingdom of Dai Viet.

At the same time, the imperial edict appointing Meng Qingyu as the son-in-law of the emperor also arrived at the Meng family.

Now that Qiao Linxi is a princess, her marriage to Meng Qingyu will be arranged by the Royal Ministry of Rites.

Gu Changfeng sent Meng Qingyu to Qiao's house and left, leaving Meng Qingyu and Qiao Linxi staring at each other.

Qiao Linxi really couldn't understand why Meng Qingyu, a tall and strong man, was willing to be his "plaything." Although he would not do such a thing as treating others as playthings, weren't all men of this era chauvinistic and willing to be killed rather than humiliated?

Qiao Linxi asked this question again after returning to Shaohua Pavilion.

"What the princess said is true. No one wants to become someone else's plaything, but if sacrificing me can keep the Meng family safe, then I am naturally willing to do it."

Qiao Linxi: "But if you compromise, what if Gu Changfeng goes back on his word and still attacks the Meng family?"

Meng Qingyu clenched his hands tightly, and let go after a moment, saying: "If I marry the princess, I may be able to save the Meng family. If I refuse, then the Meng family will really have no hope."

Qiao Linxi still admired Meng Qingyu's righteousness of sacrificing himself for the family. Then he jokingly said, "Aren't you afraid that if I say something bad about you in front of Gu Changfeng, Gu Changfeng will still take action against the Meng family?"

"Is the princess that kind of person?"

Meng Qingyu asked instead of answering.

"hehe."

Qiao Linxi laughed dryly a few times, did not answer, and changed the subject.

"Your injury..."

"My grandfather beat me last night."

Qiao Linxi: “Is it serious?”

Meng Qingyu: "It's okay. I've practiced martial arts since I was young, so I'm stronger than most people and can take a beating. If the princess is unhappy in the future, you can beat me up. I just hope the princess will take care of the Meng family for my sake."

"Alas," Qiao Linxi sighed, "Get up."

"We are all the same poor people."

Meng Qingyu didn't respond. Qiao Linxi didn't stop talking, and continued: "This marriage was arranged by Gu Changfeng. You may think that if I refuse, he won't be angry with Meng and Qiao's families. But you know him better than me. If I really refuse, will he really let the two families go?"

Meng Qingyu pursed his lips and said nothing. He also knew that Qiao Linxi was telling the truth. With a moody person like Gu Changfeng, it was hard to tell when he would start a killing spree.

Looking at the wounded Meng Qingyu, Qiao Linxi inexplicably had a favorable impression of him. In such a big chauvinistic environment, it was rare for him to bend his back for the prosperity of the family.

"Well, let me ask you a question."

Meng Qingyu said respectfully: "Princess, please speak. I will tell you everything I know."

"You were born and raised in Beijing. Do you know why Gu Changfeng is so favored by the emperor? I see that you, the noble families, are very afraid of him and respect him even more than the emperor. And why does the emperor trust him so much? He gives him so much power."

"Gu Guan has an unpredictable personality. Since I can remember, several centuries-old families have been destroyed by him. Most of those who were wiped out by him were those with great achievements or founding contributions. As for why the emperor trusts Guan Gu so much, it is because he is the emperor's sword, and he is immortal. My grandfather said that since he can remember, Guan Gu has always been like this, never aging or changing. But..."

Meng Qingyu paused and said, "Butler Gu has a weakness, that is, he is afraid of the cold. Every winter, he does not go out. If it snows, he will disappear. In the spring of the following year, he reappears in everyone's sight."

"Hasn't any of you checked his background?"

Meng Qingyu shook his head: "Investigate him, and the consequence of investigating him is that the whole family will be executed."

"It's really perverted."