Poor Family

With Gongsun Ming's verbal agreement, Shi Fuxin's settled mood finally eased up a bit, and the empress and prince's failure to attend the palace banquet was only a temporary relief.

There are some things that the crown prince can delay, but she cannot.

After the rumors spread by the prince's party during this period, she has already been labeled as the prince. As long as she is not engaged, outsiders will regard the Shi family as the prince's side, which will affect the marriage talks of other girls in the Shi family.

Most of the officials in the capital are wise and safe, and they don't want to have anything to do with seizing the throne, because the crown prince has taken a fancy to her rumors, Shi Fulin's betrothed people have come to her door, although they haven't withdrawn their marriage, but their words have some I don't want to.

Seeing that Shi Fuxin's eyebrows were not raised, Shi Fuyin took her hand and said in a low voice: "Don't worry that the Empress Dowager will also attend the palace banquet today. With her old man here, the empress and prince dare not be too presumptuous."

Shi Fuxin smiled and said 'hmm'.

It wasn't until the palace banquet was approaching that Fuxin went to the banquet hall with the Empress Dowager, Princess Qingyang's mother and son, Shi Fuyin, and Princess Yong'an.

Seeing Shi Fuxin and Gongsun Ming appearing at the same time, those who attended the palace banquet were thoughtful.

As soon as the Empress Dowager sat down, everyone surrounded her to pay her respects.

Shi Fuxin sat next to Princess Yong'an, and not long after she sat down, she saw Chu Yao appear in the hall.

Chu Yao also followed the crowd, went up to greet the Empress Dowager, and glanced at Shi Fuxin when she left.

Shi Fuxin saw it, and looked at the table between Princess Qingyang and Gongsun Ming.

Although Princess Qingyang did it very secretly, but every time she looked at her eyes, she could still feel dislike for her and herself.

After thinking about it for a while, Shi Fuxin excused herself to leave the hall conveniently. Just as she left the hall, a stone fell at her feet. Shi Fuxin took a look and walked towards the direction the stone was shot from.

"Young Master Yao, do you have something to do with me?"

Chu Yao looked at Shi Fuxin: "Why do you think the Gongsun family can be passed down to this day?"

Shi Fuxin said with a smile: "Master Yao, please clarify."

Chu Yao: "Gongsun's family has a strict family style and strict family rules. Are you sure you are suitable for such a family?"

Shi Fuxin was silent: "For a big family, it is better to have rules than to have no rules. Moreover, rules are dead, but people are alive. The descendants of the Gongsun family are engaged in many livelihood industries, and they have not restricted people to death. gone."

Chu Yao: "Don't you care that Gongsun Ming already has a sweetheart?"

Shi Fuxin's expression froze, although she knew that the love of a couple for a lifetime is a luxury, but she still looked forward to it, hoping that she and her future husband could go both ways.

For feelings, she has always been inclined to love with the passing of time.

She can accept a relationship that starts with a transaction, but this does not affect her hope that love will burst out in the subsequent relationship.

Gongsun Ming has a sweetheart, which is really bad.

Shi Fuxin looked at Chu Yao: "Master Yao, please answer my question."

Chu Yao: "You say."

Shi Fuxin: "You used to look down on me, but now you look like you want to marry me. I'm curious, what made you change your mind?"

Chu Yao glanced at Shi Fuxin: "You dare to take the initiative to fight for your own interests, you are not afraid of trouble, you can take care of trouble, and you don't meddle in trouble. I need a wife who is sober and has the ability to protect herself."

Shi Fuxin didn't expect Chu Yao to think highly of her, so she was silent for a while and said, "Let me tell you about the husband I want, and I can't mess with women."

Chu Yao took over the words: "You can rest assured about this, I'm not fine." Thinking of Fu Xin's eyes of his poor health last time, he quickly turned a corner, "I don't care about women."

Shi Fuxin: ".I'm used to being free. I don't like being restrained, and I don't like being controlled."

Chu Yao said again: "It's just that you're not making trouble indiscriminately. If you don't cause trouble for me, I won't ask too much about your affairs."

Shi Fuxin asked again: "If I have a conflict with your family, what will you do?"

Chu Yao looked at her: "As long as you can bear the consequences afterwards, you can do whatever you want."

Seeing that Chu Yao was so indifferent, Shi Fuxin was a little speechless: "So, you just want to marry a woman and go home to take your wife's position, and you are not willing to give any affection?"

Chu Yao was silent for a while: "Since I married you, I will naturally get along with you and fulfill my duties as a husband."

Shi Fuxin: "I always feel that you treat me as a tool."

Chu Yao understood what she meant, thought for a while and said, "Whether you choose me or Gongsun Ming, don't you still use us as tools?"

Shi Fuxin: "It's different, it's not my original intention to be in a hurry to get engaged, it's to get rid of the prince. After getting married, I still want a considerate husband and a happy family. I'm ready to be a good wife. "

Chu Yao's eyes moved: "I naturally hope to have a warm home."

At this time, there was movement from the other side of the hall, and the emperor had arrived.

Seeing this, Chu Yao and Shi Fuxin couldn't say more.

"At the banquet, there may be troubles between the prince and the queen, so be careful."

"Why have you been here for so long?"

"It was too noisy in the hall, so I stayed outside for a while."

Shi Fuxin went back to sit down next to Princess Yong'an, and found that the seat next to Princess Qingyang was empty, and quickly asked, "Why isn't Gongsun Ming here?"

Princess Yong'an: "Not long after you went out, he also went out."

As soon as he finished speaking, he saw Gongsun Ming coming back.

Shi Fuxin looked at him, and found that Gongsun Ming was a little dodging her gaze, but she didn't think much about it. At this time, her thoughts were somewhat influenced by Chu Yao.

Chu Yao and Gongsun Ming each have their own advantages and disadvantages.

Just when Shi Fuxin was hesitating, a line of sight fell on her, and when she looked up, she saw the crown prince smiling provocatively at her with an expression of 'she can't escape'.

Shi Fuxin glanced at the prince indifferently, and when she looked away, out of the corner of her eye, she caught sight of Hu Xinrui and Du Zixuan who were sitting at the end of the banquet.

"Why are the students from the Women's Prison here?"

Princess Yong'an looked at Hu Xinrui and the others: "It seems that the queen asked them to come." She said and looked at the queen who was sitting next to the emperor, "The queen fell a little today, and the fall was a bit heavy. The maid helped her in. of."

Shi Fuxin also took a look, and said calmly: "I think it's still a light fall, if it's a heavy fall, you won't be able to attend the banquet."

Princess Yong'an nodded in agreement.

Soon, the palace banquet began.

Since he didn't want the Shi family to get involved with the prince, and he didn't want to confront the queen and the prince head-on, the empress dowager didn't give the queen and the prince any chance to speak. After the emperor had spoken, he smiled and said:

"Dragon boat races were watched during the Dragon Boat Festival in previous years, but some Dragon Boat Festivals this year are a bit dull."

The queen replied with a smile: "Grandmother, there are some fresh songs and dances lined up in the Liyuan, I will let them play."

The Empress Dowager smiled and waved her hands: "The Ai family has lived for so many years, I have never seen any kind of singing and dancing, they are all similar, nothing unusual." As she spoke, she looked at the emperor with a smile.

"Ai's family listened to a few plays a few days ago, and one of them was tossing a hydrangea ball to choose a son-in-law. The Ai's family looked pretty good."

"Emperor, the Eighth Princes seem to be of marriageable age, right?"

As soon as the emperor heard it, he knew what the empress dowager wanted to do. Regarding the rumors that had been circulating during this period, such as Chu Yao's marriage to Princess Beiyan and the prince's falling in love with Shi's daughter, he was aware of all of them.

Thinking of the plan of the prince and King Rongjun, and the other princes' contribution to the flames; thinking of Chu Yao's submission and loyalty during this period, the emperor smiled: "Yes, the eighth, ninth, and tenth brothers should all get married, not only Among them, there are many people in the clan who should get married."

The Empress Dowager answered with a smile: "In the past, the princes' marriages were decided by the emperor and queen. How about giving them the grace to be the masters this time?"

"What does the imperial grandmother mean?" The emperor seemed to be listening attentively.

The Empress Dowager smiled and said: "In the play, women throw hydrangea balls to choose their husbands, but how can princes and royal family members be selected? In this way, let's play something new."

"Bring out a few hydrangeas. The emperor throws them away, and the princes and relatives grab them. Then the person who gets the hydrangea will pass the hydrangea to the girl he likes. As long as the girl picks it up, the emperor will issue a decree to marry him."