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"I'm fine. I bumped into a dead wood when I was walking out. It's too stupid to be angry at myself!"

She lowered her head to sulk.

Shen Zhu snickered, and turned his head to look at Rong Yin thoughtfully, only to see that he was really standing straight as a log.

Rong Yin, who was behind her, was at a loss: He came out together with the princess, why didn't he see it?

Shen Zhu shook his head helplessly and turned to look at Zi Yi. Seeing that he was still depressed, he poked Su Zongwen's arm, letting him see what was wrong with the child.

Su Zongwen was also confused, but just as he was about to ask, the eunuch at the door announced that Ming Chengyan had brought Ming Yuchen here.

After everyone bowed, Ming Chengyan and Ming Yuchen sat opposite to them.

Zi Yi saw Ming Yuchen and a look of joy flashed past his eyes, but seeing that the latter did not seem to be looking at him, his mood became even gloomier, and he lowered his head to look at the pastries in front of him in a daze.

Just as he lowered his head, Ming Yuchen looked at him. With a glance, he quickly turned and left.

No one noticed the different atmosphere between the two.

After a while, Ming Chengyan brought the Queen, Noble Consort Su and Ming Jiling into the hall. The crown prince was still unwell, so he did not participate in the banquet.

"We pay our respects to Your Majesty, Empress, and Imperial Consort Noble Consort!"

"Greetings Prince Su!"

"Please rise. This is a normal banquet, so don't stand on ceremony."

Ming Chengjun sat in the main seat and raised his hand to signal for everyone to rise.

His original intention was to soothe everyone's mood, and also express his friendship and apology towards Qi Kingdom and Xiao Kingdom.

"Prince Su has already captured four assassins and they are still being interrogated. We promise to give everyone an answer as soon as possible. I hope that Princess and the Xiao Emperor are not anxious."

Ming Chengjun looked at Xiao Mo, and knew that amongst these people, he was the most anxious one, so it could be considered as giving him a promise in front of everyone.

"Just like that, Xiao Mo will be waiting."

Now that Mu Xiangsi was safe, he was no longer as anxious as before to find out who the mastermind was. He would be able to accept it even if he waited a few more days.

"Emperor Xiao is so young. It is said that he is about to get married to Princess Xiangsi. What a great marriage." Your majesty, I see that Ling'er has already reached the age of marriage, my concubine cousin's daughter is 28 years old, is proficient in zither, chess, calligraphy and painting, and is also a beauty. Her character is quiet, but she seems to be suitable for Ling'er, I wonder what your majesty would like? "

The empress curled her lips in a motherly manner.

Ming Jize was so scared that she didn't dare to go out of the East Palace, afraid that the living assassins would reveal anything, so she let him pretend to be sick.

She had to find a way to put an eye on Ming Jiling and make him stumble when necessary.

Ming Chengjun pursed his lips. Ling'er should be getting married, from what the empress said, this girl seemed to be not bad.

"Yunruo, what do you think?"

He looked at Noble Consort Su. She was the child's biological mother, so this matter still depended on her.

Noble Consort Su knew what the empress was planning, and she was brazenly inserting spies, yet she still wanted to make them feel grateful?

"Elder sister, Ling'er is still young now …"

"Little sister, what are you saying? Ze'er is already married at your age, Ling'er is not young anymore. also came today. He was not much younger than Ling'er, so they decided to get married together. Your Majesty, what do you think? This Yuchun is in good health, so there should be a happy occasion. "

The Empress immediately interrupted the Noble Consort Su. She was doing this because of her "good intentions", and the Emperor was too embarrassed to refuse her respect. Even if his eyes were unsettled under Ming Jiling's gaze, he had to place his eyes at Ming Chengyan's place. She knew that Ming Chengjun and Ming Chengyan were very close, and this Ming Chengyan was obviously biased towards Su Family.

"Ming Chengjun looked at Ming Yuchen and nodded in agreement. However, since he knew that she didn't want Ming Jiling to marry, he decided to go along with the flow and replied," Yuchun is a good child, I think we should just give the empress cousin's daughter to Yuchun.

"Your Highness is wise. Your consort will first thank Your Majesty on behalf of her child." The empress smiled and stood up to express her gratitude. She was quite satisfied with this result.

She was happy to stick one in and make them uncomfortable.

Betrothal?

Zi Yi's hands trembled, and something dropped from his chopsticks onto the table.

He picked it up and threw it aside, feeling confused.

Big brother Yuchun is going to get married? Then, could he no longer look for Big Brother Yuchun?

He raised his eyes to look at Ming Yuchen, and saw that Ming Chengyan was speaking to him in a low voice, then he got up and walked towards the hall, and slowly kneeled down.

"Thank you, my lord." Ming Yuchen kowtowed in gratitude.

Ziyi watched as his head lightly touched the ground. It was clearly very quiet, but he felt something explode in his ears.

"Dad, I'm going out to make things easier." Zi Yi felt like he would suffocate if he stayed any longer. He quickly said a few words and ran out of the hall.

Outside the hall.

The chilly wind blew at night, making Zi Yi feel a little better. He held onto the railing with his hands, his mind filled with thoughts of Ming Yuchen's marriage.

Big Brother Yuchun marrying is normal, everyone will get married, but why does he feel so bad?

He scratched his head in distress, patting the railing again and again with his palms.

"Does it hurt?"

A familiar voice came from behind him. Zi Yi turned around and saw Ming Yuchen frowning.

"Big Brother Yuchun." A wave of grievance surged through his heart. He was like a child who had done something wrong, and did not dare to speak anymore.

There were thousands of things to say, but nothing to say at the moment.

"Let me see."

Ming Yuchen reached out and pulled his hand over, gently rubbing his palm without saying a word. He guessed that if he took his hand to look under the light, his palm would probably have turned red.

"Big brother Yuchun, we're about to get married. Are you happy?"

Zi Yi looked at Ming Yuchen who was rubbing his hands and asked bitterly.

He wanted him to say that he had been forced to do it, only because he wanted to marry, and not because he wanted to.

Ming Yuchen's hands paused, he raised his eyes and looked at him, "Yi'er, do you wish for me to get married?"

he asked.

"Big Brother Yuchun should be getting married, the Emperor has already bestowed the marriage."

Zi Yi's expression was a little unnatural, he forced out a smile and quickly retracted his hand. "It's no longer painful, thank you Big Brother Yuchun."

He waved his hand in front of his eyes to prove it.

Ming Yuchen felt a sharp pain in his heart. It turned out that Zi Yi didn't care if he married her at all.

He thought that he was different from Zi Yi, but now it seemed that it was all an illusion.

He smiled bitterly. He wanted to raise his hand to stroke Ziyi's head, but suppressed it. "Yi'er will get married in the future."

"Yes." Zi Yi nodded. His smile was as pretty as usual. His face was curved and his eyes curved. However, in the darkness of the night, the sadness in his eyes was completely concealed.

"Let's go back." Ming Yuchen turned and walked towards the great hall, he did not care if Zi Yi followed him or not.

This was the first time he walked without waiting for Zi Yi. In the past, the two of them walked side by side.

Zi Yi took a deep breath and followed him with a calm face.