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"If I can pave the way for a short period of time, I can't pave my way for a lifetime. In the end, I still have to rely on you to walk my own path. Whether it's Mu Qianxue or Zhao Pingqing, both of them will be treated as training for you." Before Princess Pingyang could say anything, she said, "I can't overturn the sky with my eyes."

Since Empress Dowager Wei had already said this, Princess Pingyang couldn't say anything else. After bowing, she asked with concern, "Chenqie looks at the empress dowager's tired expression, but didn't you sleep well last night?"

"This Dowager dreamed of Mother last night. She asked This Dowager why she didn't save Wen Bin and why she allowed the Emperor to execute Wen Bin, cutting off Big Brother's only bloodline."

Princess Pingyang sighed and comforted, "The empress dowager tried her best for Wen Bin's matter, but his mother must not know the reason why she asked him. Chenqie will go to her mother's grave tomorrow morning to pay her respects and tell him everything, and I believe mother will understand."

Empress Dowager Wei nodded. "How is Big Brother?"

Glimmers danced in Princess Pingyang's eyes as she spoke warmly, "Chenqie went to see Eldest Brother yesterday. He's fine already, so there's no need for the empress dowager to worry."

Empress Dowager Wei drew back the corners of her lips in a cold line. "Is he still blaming This Dowager?"

Her words caused Princess Pingyang to turn silent. Only when the crackling sound of coal burst out from the brazier did she speak in a low voice, "Wen Bin is Big Brother's only son after all. It's hard to avoid his sadness if he suddenly loses him. The empress dowager has given him some more time to think things through."

"I hope so." "Mother's grave was repaired nearly twenty years ago. When Father passed away a few years ago, he never rebuilt it, and after experiencing so many years of wind and rain, it must have long been dilapidated. This Dowager wants to repair it. When you go tomorrow, bring a few experienced craftsmen over to see how it's repaired."

"Yes." Princess Pingyang replied with a smile, "The empress dowager is filial. If mother knew, she would be very pleased."

Empress Dowager Wei once again played with the buddhist beads in her hands and sighed. "This is the only thing This Dowager can do for Mother."

In the Mu family's manor, Dongfang Ze was currently sitting across from Dongfang Nian, drinking one cup after another. When the latter was about to pour another cup of wine, he finally couldn't help but stop him, "Seventh Brother, it's enough. If you keep drinking, you should be drunk."

Dongfang Wenshui gave a silent smile as he gazed at the amber liquid flowing out of the slanted teapot. His eyes were bloodshot. "Isn't it just perfect that I'm supposed to get drunk and get rid of a thousand worries?"

Dongfang Ze held down the hand he used to pick up his wine cup. "That's just lying to yourself. After you wake up from your drunken stupor, you'll have to worry about nothing, you won't be able to solve anything."

"As for being able to obtain peace and quiet for a moment, why wouldn't that be good?" As he spoke, he took the glass with his other hand and drained it.

Dongfang Ze painfully said when he saw this, "Seventh Brother, why do you have to go through all this trouble?"

"Bitter …" Dongfang Wenshui mumbled to himself. Shaking his head, he said, "All of this is my own choice. Why bother."

"If you really thought like that, you wouldn't be drinking so much." Dongfang Ze said snappily. Seeing that he was about to pour the wine again, he quickly grabbed the jade jug of wine and sighed, "I know Seventh Brother is angry at Princess, but marrying Shen Xijun is indeed Seventh Brother's best choice. As for Princess … "I don't think that she is an unscrupulous woman who would do anything to get revenge. Perhaps there is some misunderstanding in her words, so Seventh Brother might as well have a peaceful chat with the princess. It would be better if we just ignored each other like this. If it really doesn't work, I'll go talk to the princess about it."

Not long after he returned to the manor, he heard that the Cheng De Palace had sent out two orders to grant him marriage, one to Prince Pingyang's Mansion and the other to Zhao Hou's Mansion. On the same day of the eleventh month, the two women both married Dongfang Yang as his main wife.

If Shen Xijun's order was within his expectation, then Zhao Pingqing would have never thought that she would come to the Prince Rui's mansion to find out what was going on. She didn't even go back to the King Rui's Mansion, and he just dragged Shen Xijun here to drink. Within half an hour, they drank three bottles of wine.

Dongfang Shan couldn't get the jug of wine back even after several attempts. He turned around with bloodshot eyes and said to the steward, "Go get a few more jugs of wine."

"You're not allowed to go!" Dongfang Ze stopped the housekeeper, clenched his teeth, and pulled Dongfang Yi's hand over. "Come, come with me to see the princess and ask her face to face."

"I'm not going!" Dongfang Qing forcefully pulled his hand away, his breath carrying the scent of alcohol.

Dongfang Ze was angry and angry at the same time. He stomped his feet and said, "You're not going? Fine, I'm going!" After he finished speaking, he walked out in large strides. Before he even reached the door, a green jade wine cup shot over and shattered into powder at his feet. At the same time, Dongfang Qing's bone-chilling voice came from behind him, "You're not allowed to go anywhere!"

Dongfang Ze turned around and helplessly said, "Seventh Brother, you obviously care about the princess, but why …"

"It's precisely because I care about her that I forbid you to go!"

His words stunned Dongfang Ze. "Why?"

Dongfang Gu held the jug of wine and raised his head to drink in his own mouth until the last of the wine had been poured. Only then did he place it on the table with a clang, and with a sad and lonely look, he said, "You're right, the princess is not a meritorious person, so what she said to me yesterday wasn't from the heart. She was just trying to provoke me into agreeing to marry Shen Xijun."

"Seventh Brother, you …" Dongfang Ze didn't know what to say. Things seemed to be more complicated than he thought.

"I know, I've always known." After sending the butler away, he said softly, "In fact, I was really tricked by her at the beginning, and was exceptionally angry, but after I had calmed down and thought about it carefully, I understood her painstaking efforts. Before, it was just too simple; the world was too big, and even if I had wings and soil, where could I escape to, not to mention my mother and all of you?"

He lowered his head, looked at his open hands, and slowly said: "In the end, it's still because I'm too young. If I had the power to fight against second brother today, why would I be so passive; and Qianxue, she bears the entire blood feud in South Zhao, but I asked her to give up everything and live in seclusion with me in the forest. I'm too selfish;" You can't live for yourself. "

Dongfang Qing stood there blankly. If he hadn't said it out loud, he would've never thought that his quiet seventh brother would hide so many thoughts.

"Since Seventh Brother knows everything, why did he marry Zhao Pingqing just because he was mad at the princess?"

Dongfang Yan slowly clenched his open palm. "Actually, last night, after I understood what Qianxue was thinking, I've been hesitating whether I should apologize to her. After Madame Zhao appeared, I dispelled this idea."

"Madame Zhao?" Dongfang Ze's face was full of confusion. He couldn't understand what this matter had to do with Madame Zhao.

"That's right." His face was as mournful as a crow's wing flying through the night. "If they didn't love each other, then …" "It becomes a burden, just like Shen Xijun and Zhao Pingqing. If they can remove this burden from their bodies, they should be able to relax a bit." He laughed self-deprecatingly with an abnormally sorrowful look in his eyes.

Asking what love is in this world, directly teaching people how to live and die together …