Ci Jinzhi

Liu Zhou was stunned when Duan Yunlang asked: "Isn't our boss your cousin?"

Duan Yunlang didn't respond, turned around and walked back.

"That's weird." Liu Zhou shook his head in confusion.

Duan Yunlang's feet were fluttering as he walked on the crowded street.

The autumn sunshine was not warm, but it stung his eyes.

"Brother Duan?" Meng Fei met his friend by chance and before he could be surprised, he noticed the other person's red eyes, "What's wrong with you?"

Duan Yunlang responded slowly: "Brother Meng, what a coincidence."

Meng Fei walked over and patted him on the shoulder: "Come on, I'll buy you a drink."

Duan Yunlang was dragged into a wine shop by Meng Fei. After two glasses of wine, he cried.

Meng Fei suddenly realized it and looked at Duan Yunlang with sympathy in his eyes: "So you like Miss Kou."

Duan Yunlang was stunned: "What did you say?"

Meng Fei put his arms around Duan Yunlang's shoulders: "It's been said that the Queen Mother is going to grant a marriage to Miss Kou and King Xiu. So is it true?"

"Have you heard?"

Meng Fei glanced at the door and whispered: "It was at this special time when King Xiu was injured in order to save the Queen Mother. The Queen Mother suddenly reported that the old lady of your house had entered the palace. But the news spread."

Duan Yunlang drank a glass of wine in silence.

Meng Fei sighed when he saw this: "Marriage is no better than anything else. Brother Duan, you should be more open-minded."

"I don't like my cousin." Duan Yunlang took another sip of wine and choked, "I don't have a cousin anymore."

"No, no, Miss Kou will still be your cousin after she gets married."

"I admit my mistake. The one my father found last year was not my cousin, but the princess——"

"Pfft!" Meng Fei spit out a mouthful of wine, "Brother Duan, have you drunk too much?"

After Duan Yunlang finished speaking, Meng Fei held up his shocked chin: "So the marriage offer in the morning was withdrawn before noon?"

The royal thing is really wonderful.

In the Cining Palace, the Queen Mother looked particularly wonderful. She pointed at Xin You, who had tied up her hair and changed into women's clothes, and asked Emperor Xingyuan: "You said this is not Miss Kou, but your and Xin's daughter Xin You?"

"Correct."

"Do you think the Ai family are old-sighted? The Ai family saw Miss Kou with their own eyes on the first day of the new year. This is obviously her."

Emperor Xingyuan smiled bitterly: "Because Ayou and Miss Kou are so similar, even Miss Kou's maternal grandfather's family recognized them."

"Absurd!" The Queen Mother shook her head.

"My son also finds it strange, but the truth is this. Ayou is Xinmu. Mother, do you think Ayou and my son looked the same when they were young?"

The Queen Mother looked at her son, then at Xin You, and had to admit that this was indeed the case.

After experiencing the initial shock, the Queen Mother easily accepted this fact.

She had been wary of her son recognizing Xin Mu, so that Xin's son would be qualified to compete for the throne. Now that she is a daughter, she no longer has this worry.

Hello daughter!

The Queen Mother slowly showed a smile: "It is indeed the same as when you were a child."

Emperor Xingyuan also smiled: "Ayou, I'm not called the Imperial Grandmother yet."

Xinyou's silence made the Queen Mother look over.

"Ayou?"

Xin You raised his eyes slightly and looked at Emperor Xingyuan.

"I don't dare to call you random names or offend the Queen Mother."

"What little minister?" The Queen Mother frowned upon hearing this.

Emperor Xingyuan was busy trying to smooth things over: "Oh, I previously appointed Ayou to the Imperial Academy." "Wasn't that the time when she disguised herself as a man? Now that she has regained her daughter's body, is it possible that she still has to go to the Imperial Academy?"

Emperor Xingyuan's first reaction was that he didn't know how to do it, but when he saw the girl's eyes filled with grievance and ridicule, the words that rushed to his mouth suddenly turned around: "It's a sinecure, you can go or not."

The Queen Mother looked at Xin You with critical eyes, but the girl in front of her looked so much like her son that she couldn't find any dissatisfaction in her appearance.

"Now that I'm back, I have to learn the proper rules and don't lose the dignity of a royal princess."

The Queen Mother's words were not pleasant to hear, but in her capacity, it seemed natural to say them to any junior.

Emperor Xingyuan was about to deal with it when Xin You spoke.

"Maybe the daughter of the people did not tell her in time, which caused the Queen Mother and Your Majesty to misunderstand. My mother worked hard to raise me and never told the daughter who my biological father was. Now that my mother has passed away, there is no more evidence, and the daughter of the people cannot identify me randomly. My biological father, the royal princess really can’t bear it.”

As soon as these words came out, needles could be heard in the palace.

The Queen Mother was surprised at first, and then became angry: "What do you mean by this? You don't want to recognize your ancestor and return to the clan?"

"Mother, this happened so suddenly. Everyone needs some time to accept it, but there is something that cannot be delayed any longer." Princess Zhaoyang spoke at the right time to break the tense atmosphere.

The Queen Mother and Emperor Xingyuan both looked at her.

"Prince Xiu, do you want to make it clear about the marriage as soon as possible to avoid the embarrassment of spreading the word?"

Regardless of whether Ayou is willing to recognize her ancestor and return to the clan, the fact that she and King Xiu are siblings will not change.

Upon hearing this, the Queen Mother's expression changed, and she immediately ordered the palace servants: "Quickly report that King Xiu has entered the palace."

The palace servants were ordered to leave. After Princess Zhaoyang interrupted, the Queen Mother's anger was suppressed by reason.

Why is she angry? She doesn't lack grandchildren, let alone granddaughters. This girl doesn't want to recognize her ancestors and return to the clan, and it's not her who is losing.

She was angry about this, but instead pushed her son to recognize this wild girl.

The Queen Mother looked at Xin You with cold eyes, filled with disgust.

It doesn't matter that he looks like a son on the outside, but he is still as restless as his mother in his heart.

Emperor Xingyuan looked at his daughter and his mother, and felt that his head was big.

"Mother, let's have lunch first."

"It's better to wait until Ping'er enters the palace. The Ai family can't eat it now." The Queen Mother said calmly.

Fortunately, Prince Xiu's Mansion was not far from the Imperial City, and Prince Xiu arrived before long.

"I've met the emperor's grandmother, father, and aunt."

King Xiu paid his respects and looked at Xin You with surprise and joy in his eyes.

Emperor Xingyuan coughed and became more serious in front of King Xiu: "I'm calling you here now to say something."

"Father, please speak."

"Miss Kou is no longer alive, so your marriage to Miss Kou is over."

The blood on King Xiu's face suddenly faded, and he looked at Xin You in shock: "Father, my son didn't understand. Miss Kou, she's not here—"

"This is Xin You, Xin Mu is her disguised as a man..."

King Xiu listened in a daze, but he still didn't come back to his senses until Emperor Xingyuan finished speaking concisely and comprehensively.

It was when the Queen Mother saw King Xiu that she liked her, especially when a wild girl who didn't want to recognize her ancestors and return to her clan was comparing her with her.

Seeing him like this, the Queen Mother said with a loving look on her face: "Don't be sad, Ping'er. Later, the Imperial Grandmother will pick out something good for you."

King Xiu finally woke up from his trance and looked at Xin You.

"So, Miss Kou-Xin is the daughter of the father and the late empress, my...sister?"

Xin You pursed her lips and said nothing.

Whether intentional or not, she had no choice but to stand here as Xin You, all because of the person in front of her.

Emperor Xingyuan still had many things to say to Xin You in private, so he said: "Everything has been explained clearly, let's have a meal."