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Sitting on the couch in the house, Zhou's mother saw Zhou Yuyun coming, and waved with a smile: "Yun'er, come here quickly. I just asked someone to call you."

Looking at Zhou Yuyun's blue-black and pale face, Zhou's mother said worriedly: "Yun'er, your complexion is very bad. Is it because you have worked too hard recently? I haven't seen you for several days."

"It's nothing, it's just that I've been busy recently, and I can't sleep well at night. I'll go to the doctor and prescribe some tranquilizers."

"Then you must remember to go."

"My son knows." Zhou Yuyun walked over and sat down beside Zhou's mother: "Mother is looking for her son, but do you have any orders?"

Zhou's mother asked the servant girl to bring the cakes that had just been baked in the small kitchen, and said with a smile, "I learned to make new desserts, and I ask you to come and try them."

Six lotus-shaped snacks are placed in a small blue porcelain plate with lotus leaves, small and exquisite, delicate and lovely.

Zhou Yuyun twisted one and stuffed it into her mouth: "Mother's craftsmanship is getting better and better. It's crispy and delicious, with a long sweetness. Is there honey in it?"

"It's Sophora japonica honey." Hearing her son's praise, Mother Zhou's smile deepened.

Zhou's mother had a rough life when she was young, and her stepmother was frustrated in every possible way, but she was still innocent and kind.After marrying Zhou's father, Zhou's father treated her like pearls and jade, never made her worry about anything, and lived a very comfortable life.Today, Zhou's mother is over 40 years old, her face is still fair and soft, and her heart is as delicate as a girl. Standing with Zhou Lan, she looks more like a sister.

"If you like it, I'll make more and send it to your Aunt Guo. Last time she came, she said she was greedy for my dim sum. I haven't taken the time to see her."

"I really haven't seen Aunt Guo come over these days."

Aunt Guo is Yang Zichen's mother, and she and Zhou's mother are handkerchiefs, and the relationship between the two is very good.When they got married, they married into two families that were close to each other.Since then, they have become more intimate and often walk around.Even Yang Zichen and Zhou Yuyun have become best friends.

"Your Aunt Guo is busy now, so she can't go out casually. She's going to be a grandmother! It's just a month and a half." Mother Zhou blinked.

Zhou Yuyun was taken aback for a moment, then suddenly remembered that according to the month, Zichen's sister-in-law was indeed about to give birth.

Looking at the joy and envy on her mother's face, Zhou Yuyun felt that the joy she had just raised for her friend had been completely frozen.

Zhou Yuyun suddenly asked: "Mom, do you want to be a grandmother?"

"Of course I do. It's great that the child is white and soft." Mother Zhou squinted her eyes and waited for a while, then remembered that her son didn't seem to want to get married, so she hurriedly remedied: "Although I am eager to hug my grandson, I also want to hug my grandson." I don't force you. You have to find someone you like with whom you have spent your whole life hand in hand."

Zhou Yuyun felt bitter: I like it, but I'm afraid I can't.

Seeing that he didn't speak, Zhou's mother couldn't help but said: "Although mother supports you to find someone you like. But, Yun'er, what kind of girl do you like? You are outside every day, and you can't get in touch with a few girls' homes. How about Tell your mother, she will take care of it for you. Don't worry, if you don't like it, mother will never force you, she just wants you to see more and find your sweetheart as soon as possible."

He had come to talk to his mother about it.Zhou Yuyun thought to herself, mother should be very happy after listening to what I have to say in a while.

Zhou Yuyun smiled and said, "Mom, what do you think of Roujia?"

In the past, it's not that Zhou's mother didn't mention these things, but Zhou Yuyun always smiled and said nothing, and her attitude of resistance was very obvious. Zhou's mother didn't want to embarrass her son, so she didn't say more.However, seeing his son getting older, he was not without anxiety.This was Zhou Yuyun's first formal response to her, and she couldn't help but be overjoyed: "Roujia? Are you talking about Xie's daughter?"

"Ah."

Zhou's mother said happily: "Hello, Roujia. You grew up together, and you know everything. Roujia is beautiful and demure, suitable for IKEA. I heard a few days ago that the kid from Zhang's family wants to ask someone to propose marriage to Xie's family!"

Thinking of this, Mother Zhou couldn't sit still: "No, we have to hurry. When are we going to propose marriage?"

Zhou Yuyun couldn't laugh or cry because of her mother's reaction: "My son just told you, but he still doesn't know what Roujia means."

"Let's come to propose marriage and see if Xie's family agrees. Don't we know what Rou Jia means?" Xie's family loves her daughter very much. If Xie's family agrees, then Rou Jia must be willing too.

"I thought about it, and I think it should be more serious. I'll go to Xie's house to ask first. If Roujia is willing, I plan to ask the emperor for a marriage." Zhou Yuyun smiled.

The steps His Majesty gave you, even if you roll, you have to roll down.What's more, this is also a good thing for Roujia.

Zhou's mother never knew her son's true intentions, nor was she aware of the turmoil behind it. She was immersed in the joy that her son was finally willing to marry a wife, and spent the whole afternoon thinking about how much dowry would be given when the engagement was made.

When Zhou's father came back in the evening, Zhou's mother couldn't wait to grab him and talk to him about it, and the smile on her face couldn't be suppressed.

"In recent years, Yun'er has refused to get married, but I worry about it. I am afraid that he will be arrogant and arrogant, and no one will look down on him; I am also afraid that he will look down on women from the outside. Afraid of being restless, making the house restless."

"This is great! We watched Roujia grow up. This child has good character and appearance. He is also a childhood sweetheart of Yun'er in the same family. There is no other better match."

"Yun'er must have been pleased with her for a long time, so she has been reluctant to get married all these years. I said I would go to Xie's family to propose marriage, but he still refused. He insisted on asking Roujia personally if she would like to, and said that if Roujia was willing, I went to ask the emperor for a marriage. It shows how much I value this marriage!"

"I think Roujia is definitely willing! Otherwise, why has Roujia refused to get married all these years?"

Father Zhou smiled and nodded while listening to his wife talking happily.

"I thought about letting Roujia be my daughter-in-law before. It's just that the two of us haven't seen any signs of it these years, so I thought it would be impossible. I was always worried that I wouldn't get along well with my future daughter-in-law. Who knows There really is such a fate! Roujia really fits my heart in every way. Don’t you think so?”

"Roujia is naturally good." Zhou's father nodded in agreement with Zhou's mother, but remembered the conversation with Zhou Lan in the study yesterday afternoon.

……

In the afternoon, Zhou Lan got the news of the secret decree from Zhou Yuyun, and went directly to Zhou's father's study.

Zhou Lan's first sentence after entering the door: "Did the master really not know about the secret decree before?"

"What does Alan mean?" Father Zhou put away his smile and looked at Zhou Lan with deep eyes.

Zhou Lan did not answer Zhou's father's question, but instead asked: "Madam likes Miss Xie very much, right?"

"Yes. Madam really wants Yuyun to get married as soon as possible, and she also likes Miss Xie very much. However, she prefers that her son get what he wants and be happy. So, I won't do unnecessary things."

Zhou Lan's face softened slightly.

"Besides, even if I knew about it, I wouldn't stop it. In my opinion, this marriage is far better than the one Yu Yun likes."

Zhou Lan looked a little hesitant: "But Yuyun likes another one."

"Didn't I give him a chance? I even gave him more than one chance. He didn't come."

"He is not worthy of Yuyun at all." Zhou's father has always shown others with a gentle and refined image, but now there is unspeakable contempt in his eyes: "If he wanted to come, he would have come when Yuyun first mentioned it. "

"How can the things delivered to your door compare with the things you have worked hard to plan?" Father Zhou's eyes were slightly cold: "For him, all the care and protection of Yu Yun came too easily. Yu Yun The first time I saw him, I rescued him from the hands of his abusive biological mother. Over the years, I loved him even more as a younger brother, and it can be said that he was responsive to every request. In the end, he felt taboo towards Yuyun and directly used Yu Yun did not turn against him even though he resorted to tricks. Although Yu Yun escaped for a while, because of his injury, Yu Yun still agreed."

"You think I don't know?" Father Zhou looked at the reluctance in Zhou Lan's eyes and sneered, "My son, I know very well."

"He looks pitiful, but in my opinion, it's just a means for him to deal with Yuyun. Because he knows that Yuyun will always be soft-hearted towards him."

"He would think that it's not a big deal even if he didn't come, anyway, Yuyun will always be considerate and forgive him. After going down again and again, one day Yuyun will be hurt all over."

"Because of his going to the frontier, I once looked up to him, but I didn't expect that he was just a coward who dared to do what he didn't want to be." Father Zhou said coldly.

Zhou Lan looked at Father Zhou helplessly.

People are not willing to build a bright future for Zhou Yuyun, and it is not a sinful thing in the first place.Zhou's father has been an official for decades, and he has seen many sinister people, close relatives turned against each other, even friends who have been with him for many years plot against him behind his back, and he has never seen him hate so much.

He said he disliked Yuyun, but he had a loving father's heart.Now in Zhou's father's eyes, Qin Youyuan probably has become an unfaithful, unfilial, unkind and unrighteous person.

Father Zhou still doesn't know that the secret letter was written by Qin Youyuan's relatives, or else he would be so angry that he would tear him apart with his own hands, regardless of his elegant image.

Zhou Lan asked the worries that have been lingering in her heart today: "After this incident, Yuyun will never have anything to do with the Seventh Prince again. If the Seventh Prince really becomes the final winner, will he have anything to Yuyun?" unfavorable?"

"That's why I look forward to this marriage even more." Zhou's father sighed: "The Zhou family is full of peaches and plums, and the Xie family also holds military power. If this marriage really comes true, even if he really becomes the emperor, he will be the emperor." There is no need to worry about anything. It’s just that Yuyun can no longer be an official. But with his temperament, it is a good thing not to be an official.”

……

Zhou's mother noticed that Zhou's father was absent-minded, stretched out her hand and pushed him, and said angrily, "Are you listening to me?"

Zhou's father looked at his wife's clear eyes, which were over forty years old, and couldn't help wrapping her in his arms: "Don't worry, this marriage will definitely work out."