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Chapter 197: Concubine Xiao’s RuseJing Xuan felt extremely sad and tears strea “Since imperial mother already knehy didn’t you tell hter of yours flail around like a fool?!”

“Xuan’er…”

“I have lost so much face that I feel too e Xuan cried

Concubine Xiao’s co with distress on behalf of her daughter She sat down beside her and patted her hand to comfort She softened her tone as she spoke “I only knew of it afterwards I thought to tell you today after the banquet, so you could give up on her”

Jing Xuan continued to cry

“Today, you have embarrassed imperial mother in front of everyone and I have yet to even lecture you on the irl, and dry your tears This is not the ti Xuan wiped her tears and glanced at her ht orry and appeared preoccupied Jing Xuan sniffled and asked, “What is the !” Concubine Xiao got up and continued to sigh “Just noent to see your i cae under the order of their king”

“AXuan’s tears dried as fast as she could e, why do you look so conflicted?” She inquired forKing Your imperial father was very concerned about how to handle this matter He naturally can’t rando with Yuanzu fell through, but now that you are older, and judging from the tone of his voice just now, he see Xuan became terrified i her mother’s wrist “Imperial Mother, I absolutely don’t want tois more than 50 years old How can Imperial Father be so heartless? Iain as she spoke urgently

Concubine Xiao raised her hand and stroked Jing Xuan’s head She looked regretfully at her daughter “Xuan’er, of course, I don’t want you to marry far away Unfortunately, thisand Great Lin As a princess, it is your duty and I have no control over it But, rest assured that I will still talk with your father about regarding your wish”

“Then, if IXuan’s words becaly unco of the other possibility

From the moment she was born into the imperial family, no matter how noble her identity as a princess was, she knew that her wedding would never be hers to choose First of all, she was a valuable chess piece that could help stabilize the iain the loyalty of an official, a reat character Second, she could be a sharp sword that he could send to another country on the pretext of o through

And Jing Xuan was no exception to this rule Yet, she didn’t expect that after escaping fro ed herdesperately

Concubine Xiao only had this one daughter and could not bear being separated fro Xuan’s hand and calmly stated “Don’t worry! Imperial mother will absolutely not let your father marry you there”

“But if Imperial Father sends a decree, you won’t be able to do anything!”

“Then before he gives the order, I will use thatXuan didn’t understand herHer heart was filled with sadness, so she didn’t care about anything else and buried herself in her

Concubine Xiao personally boiled a bowl of ginger soup that she brought along with her to Fuyang hall Qi Zhen was currently looking through the memorials He was absent-minded and showed an oppressive expression Besides hi leaned over to infor for a moment?”

“We are not tired We are sie proposal”

“Can it be that Your Majesty is considering which princess to send in h by you”

Eunuch Zhang smiled “This old one has followed Your Majesty for dozens of years already If I can’t understand Your Majesty a bit, this old one would have lost the qualifications to stay by your side!”

Qi Zhen put down the hed He raised his head and looked at his attendant’s face “Then, tellXuan?” He asked