After Li Qingxue and others returned to Luoyang, they were naturally dissatisfied. Mrs. Li felt that she had been disrespected, and wanted to go to the palace to see the Queen, saying,
She is just a small county head, but her family likes her, and they really treat her as a dish.
Li Qingxue wished that these things would become more chaotic, so she encouraged her mother and went to meet the Queen with Mrs. Li.
The queen naturally knew the purpose of the mother and daughter's visit, but the Li family was one of the four major families. Although she was the queen, she still had to be a bit soft-spoken on some matters.
Mrs. Li said: "Empress, your Majesty promised before, but she is just a county head, your Majesty..."
The queen only felt her head hurt due to her words, but she said clearly: "Mrs. Li, I can't make the decision on this matter now. Your Majesty will personally take care of it."
It means that if you want to talk about this matter, just go to His Majesty and talk about it.
Mrs. Li had to pause when she heard this.
The queen snorted and said with a smile: "Speaking of which, your daughter has just come back, so it would be good to spend more time on her."
The Li family's son is useless, so he might as well train this little daughter well.
Madam Li naturally understood the meaning of the Queen's words.
He also understood that what he just said made the empress a little unhappy, so he simply said: "Empress, my daughter has just come back now, and there are many things that I need to mention more."
"I think about it before, my daughter was also married to a child of the Yuan family. I don't know if this marriage is still happening now."
If you can't build a relationship with Pei Zhi, now that your daughter is back, it would be good to join forces with the Yuan family.
The queen took a light sip of the tea in her hand and said, "Your Majesty will hold a spring hunt in a while. Then you can go and let them see each other."
Spring hunts like this are held every year, and young ladies from various families are invited. In many cases, it is also meant to promote mutual understanding among young people.
Madam Li understood that the queen was trying to impress her, so she took her daughter and left.
As soon as she left the palace, Li Qingxue couldn't help but ask: "Mother, do I have an engagement with the Yuan family?"
She had stayed in Qingzhou before and knew something about the four major aristocratic families in Luoyang, but she had never heard of this marriage.
Mrs. Li clapped her hand: "You were young at that time, how could you remember this?"
But at that time, she had a good relationship with Mrs. Yuan, and the two families settled down. But too many things happened later. Mrs. Yuan died and her daughter disappeared, so everyone forgot about it.
Li Qingxue lowered her head and said, "As long as mother makes the decision."
She knew that in aristocratic families, the marriage contract between her daughter's family was always just a bargaining chip.
Even though her brother is crazy and stupid, her mother's thoughts are always on her brother. She tries every means to strengthen the family, just so that her brother can do better in the future.
Thinking of this, resentment flashed in her eyes.
Whether it was in the Jiang family or the current Li family, she had never been anyone's first choice, and she was unwilling to accept it.
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Jiang Li stayed for another two days and found that her grandmother and mother still didn't talk to her about this aspect. After realizing it, she went to Jing'an Hall.
Mrs. Jiang seemed to have known for a long time that she was coming. After hearing the news, she called Mrs. Jiang over.
When Jiang Li saw her mother arriving, she knelt in front of them.
"It's Ah Li's fault. She kept it secret from her grandmother and mother."
She felt inexplicably weak when she mentioned this matter, and she didn't dare to look up at the person in front of her.
Mrs. Jiang did not speak. Mrs. Jiang felt distressed when she saw her daughter kneeling on the ground. She said, "Okay, just know that you are wrong. Get up quickly."
Jiang Li raised her head and took another look at her grandmother's expression before standing up.
The old lady used her crutches: "Do you know why I haven't come to see you since this happened?"
Jiang Li shook her head.
Her grandmother had always doted on her, and she wanted the moon in the sky to never give her stars. She really couldn't imagine what her grandmother would do to her because of this incident.
"Little girl Li, your grandma loves you so much. When you made a private decision with her, did you ever think about your grandma or the Jiang family?"
Jiang Li had never been criticized by her grandmother before. When she heard this, she knelt down and said, "Grandma, it's Ah Li's fault."
Mrs. Jiang looked at her daughter and knelt down again and asked someone to pull her up: "Okay, get up quickly, your grandmother is scaring you."
The old lady's expression scared even her, let alone her own daughter.
Because of her guilty conscience, Jiang Li stood up and took a closer look. In fact, there was no blame in her grandmother's eyes, but more of distress.
She reacted, took a few steps forward, and grabbed her grandmother's sleeve, "Grandma, I know it was my fault for not telling my grandmother in advance."
"What I wanted at the time was to be more stable. My third brother and I would have to endure a lot of rumors when we were together. If we didn't get together in the end, we would save my grandmother from worrying about us."
When the old lady heard her soothing words, she looked much better, but she still hummed: "Then you shouldn't hide such a big thing from me."
My granddaughter is meant to be pampered.
I don't know when I was abducted like this under my nose.
At this moment, Mrs. Jiang stood beside the old lady and said, "Even if such a big thing happened between you and Pei Zhi, you didn't even know to tell us."
Mrs. Jiang had been doing some psychological construction for herself during that period and had accepted this matter from the bottom of her heart.
At this moment, I was only holding my daughter to complain that she didn't tell them about this matter.
Jiang Li knew that the third brother had removed all the barriers between the two people. No wonder the third brother was not worried at all when he came over today.
The old lady patted Jiang Li's hand and said, "I am your precious granddaughter, Ah Li. In fact, if our family refuses this matter forcefully, there won't be much of a problem."
But if Li Qingxue is involved in this, she will definitely cause trouble in the dark.
The old lady then spoke seriously: "I just want to ask you, if you are with Pei Zhi, there will be many hardships in the future. Will you regret it?"
After the old lady asked this question, Jiang Li was stunned.
Grandma was right. Pei Zhi had a special status and would be with His Majesty in the future.
Besides, when two people are together, they face more than just rumors.
Jiang Li had never thought about whether she would regret it.
The third brother is very good to me, and I can't imagine anyone else who can be so kind to me in the future.
And if the third brother is with the woman next to him, he will feel uncomfortable in his heart.
When thinking of Pei Zhi, Jiang Li couldn't help but have many pictures in her heart.
Pei Zhi has always been cold-hearted, but he repeatedly broke his rules in front of her.
Flamboyant, cold, passionate, jealous...
It’s the slightly tilted umbrella on a snowy night, it’s the sweet-scented osmanthus cake made by myself, it’s the rush of red left on the corner of the wall when I was trying to save her...
People who have always been cold-hearted will also have their love, hate, anger and ignorance in front of themselves.
This third brother seems to be more like a flesh and blood person than in his previous life.
Thinking of this, the girl smiled slightly, and her eyes gradually became firmer.
Looking at the two of them seriously, he said word by word: "Grandma, I will not regret it."
