Chujiu was stunned for a moment, "Master Ding - he, he may not be as good as Lord Rong, but, but he has the longest seniority in the Imperial Observatory, and he has accompanied His Royal Highness Prince Chen for more than ten years. He must be quite capable, right?"

"Even if there is some water in Master Ding's calculations, it is probably not much."

Xie Ying felt the same way.

Chujiu asked, "Miss, I have something to say but I don't know if I should say it or not."

Xie Ying looked at him, "Is there anything else you dare not say?"

"The eldest lady is teasing the younger one."

"Go ahead."

Chujiu swallowed and bowed his head, saying, "Although everyone says that you and His Royal Highness Prince Chen are destined to be together, I also know that you are so concerned about His Royal Highness Prince Chen's marriage, mostly for the sake of the master."

"Miss, if it's not for the master, do you still want to get close to His Royal Highness Prince Chen?"

Xie Ying was slightly stunned.

Chujiu raised her eyes and saw Xie Ying thinking. Why did she think for so long?

"In the eldest lady's heart, she doesn't consider anyone else, regardless of whether it's her destiny or not. What kind of man is the eldest lady's favorite?"

"Your Highness Prince Chen, is he a man that the young lady would be interested in?"

A series of questions on the ninth day of the first lunar month.

In Xie Ying's mind was the calm look of the young man on the island in the middle of the lake that day.

With a handsome face and celestial figure, every word and action of his in the pavilion surrounded by plum blossoms is so captivating.

more than--

His gentle appearance in the dream is still in her mind. No matter how ambiguous or excessive her words were, he would always smile and occasionally pinch the flesh on her face in an intimate manner.

She shook her head—she couldn't think about it anymore.

Chujiu suddenly realized, "If the young lady really doesn't want to--"

Chujiu frowned. After all, she was his master's sister. He had followed his master for so many years. How could he be so cruel to his master's sister?

"If the young lady really doesn't want to, then from now on, no matter what I or anyone else says, the young lady will just pretend not to hear it."

Xie Ying smiled and said, "Where did you get this from?"

He came here with a secret mission assigned by the Emperor, and he cannot afford to offend the Emperor.

But the young lady has a good temper and is a beautiful girl at her age. She shouldn't be involved in those unfathomable affairs. Who knows whether it is love or emotional hurt?

Chujiu smiled and said, "No, no, I just think that he will find a way to solve the master's problem."

If the master knew that the eldest lady didn't like His Royal Highness the Prince of Chen, he would probably encourage her to be herself.

Looking at Chujiu's somewhat guilty expression, Xie Ying suddenly smiled.

She hadn’t thought about it carefully when she saw Chujiu last night, and she ran into Chujiu just after she went out. Isn’t this even more strange?

Why doesn't he follow his big brother and come to see her?

Chujiu knows that Xiao Chen is her true love, so her elder brother and the emperor should know it too, right?

That's why her elder brother held a plum blossom viewing banquet and asked her to take the portraits of the noble ladies in the capital to the island in the middle of the lake to find Xiao Chen.

Big brother is really painstaking, isn't he? "Chujiu, no matter what my decision is, if I really choose to enter the palace, it has nothing to do with big brother, it's because of me."

Chujiu looked up in shock.

Xie Ying continued, "I am sure that I am also curious about His Royal Highness Prince Chen."

Just curiosity?

Maybe she herself didn't know when she allowed Xiao Chen to enter her dream.

After last night's dream, she entered the palace early in the morning with her mind made up, but she was frightened by Master Ding's words.

She was somewhat fond of His Royal Highness the Prince of Chen, but she was more afraid. She was afraid that she did not have the charm to win His Royal Highness the Prince of Chen's favor, and she was afraid that she would be deeply in love and unable to extricate herself as Master Ding said.

Love, that is something that even an adult cannot let go of. Why does she think that if she truly falls in love, she can get out of it at any time?

"I haven't thought about it myself." said Xie Ying.

Chujiu nodded slightly. After hearing Xie Ying say that Master Ding said that Xiao Chen was her only true love, he really didn't dare to speak nonsense.

"Miss, we've arrived at the ready-made clothing store." Mingzhu raised her voice outside.

The next moment, the carriage also stopped.

Chujiu pushed open the carriage door first, got off, turned around and raised his hand to greet Xie Ying who came out after opening the carriage curtain.

Xie Ying held his hand and looked at the clothing shop in front of her. She also found herself funny.

While fearing emotional hurt, she went to the clothing shop to see what clothes were popular at the moment so that she could wear them for him to see.

After getting off the carriage, Xie Ying said to Chujiu, "You can go back."

Chujiu nodded, "Yes, I'm going back."

----

Xie Ying ordered several sets of clothes in different styles at the clothing shop. She was not sure whether she would wear these clothes to meet Xiao Chen.

After returning to the Duke’s Mansion.

The servants all had smiles on their faces. Xie Ying asked, "Are there any guests in the mansion?"

"Someone has come from the Qing Mansion. He is the Minister of the Imperial Censorate, Chang'an, and he is here to ask for the hand of the eldest lady."

"what?"

Of course Xie Ying recognized Qing Chang'an, who was the youngest legitimate son of Right Prime Minister Qing Chengshi.

This person was personally selected as the third place in the imperial examination by the retired emperor during his reign.

Now I am about twenty-one years old.

This person is truly a man of both talent and beauty.

"My lady, the young master of the Right Prime Minister's family, the Chief Censor Chang'an, has come to propose marriage." The servant repeated it, and slowed down his speech for fear that he had not spoken clearly enough.

Xie Ying's heart skipped a beat, and he had an indescribable feeling.

She took Mingzhu to the main hall, and saw that there were quite a few gifts from the Qing Mansion.

"Miss, this is inappropriate." Mingzhu grabbed Xie Ying and stopped her from going to the main hall.

Xie Ying also knew that it would be a bit abrupt for him to go there now, so he had to listen to Mingzhu and return to his own residence.

They just returned to their yard.

The servants of the Xie Mansion went to the main hall to report that the eldest lady had returned.

After hearing the servant's report, Qing Chengshi clasped his fists and said, "Thank you, Lord, why don't you let the two young men meet him?"

Xie Yanheng looked at Qing Changan and said, "Changan should have seen my daughter, right?"

Qing Changan was very generous and polite, bowed and said, "Return to the Duke, I have met you, my lord."

After a pause, Qing Changan continued: "I just don't know if Miss Xie still remembers the younger generation."

Ou Yurong also secretly looked at Qing Chang'an, and she liked his handsome and talented appearance.

However, Qing Chengshi himself has three wives and four concubines. Will his son take a concubine?

Anyway, after enjoying the unique love of her husband, she did not think that a woman should tolerate a man's fickleness and having three wives and concubines.

Even the emperor emeritus did not take a concubine, so what can't an ordinary man do?

For example, General Wei Shuying, for example, Zhou Yuqi——

Ou Yurong smiled and said, "Mr. Qing is also a famous talent in the capital. Ah Ying must know him, but——"

"Please speak frankly, ma'am."

"However, my husband has only had me as his legal wife in his life. I wonder how Lord Qing views monogamy?"

Qing Chengshi was stunned and turned to look at his son.

Obviously, Qing Changan did not expect the Duke's wife to ask this question. After a brief thought, he clasped his fists and said, "If the two are in love, I am willing to follow the example of the Duke and his wife."

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