The King of Lanling smiled and said, "The Empress Dowager has agreed to reconsider the marriage proposal in half a year."

  "Really?" Zhang Qi exclaimed: "The Empress Dowager actually agreed?"

  Hearing the incredulity in her words, Langling Wang's eyebrows slightly furrowed, he stared at Zhang Qi and slowly asked: "Ah Qi seems not to be that happy?" There is happiness, but not as happy as he imagined.

  He stretched out his hand, and his warm and powerful palm gently stroked Zhang Qian's hair, then slowly moved to her jade neck.

  His touch was gentle, but for some reason, Zhang Qi shivered. She hurriedly wrapped her arms around his neck and chuckled: "Of course I'm happy... it's just a bit unexpected." Her face pressed against his, she murmured softly: "How did the Empress Dowager agree to this?"

  The King of Lanling gazed deeply at her and said calmly, "Perhaps it was moved by my sincerity."

  Was she moved by his sincerity?

  Zhang Qi was stunned. Able to move a queen, could it be that he had knelt down and begged for her sake?

  If someone else had said this, Zhang Qi might have thought that the other person was coaxing her. But the one who spoke was Lang Ling Wang, a man who was always serious and never spoke carelessly, so she couldn't help but believe him.

  Lowering her head, Zhang Qi's crescent-shaped eyes strained to open wider. Unconsciously, she nestled into his neck, lightly kissing the pulsating vein before embracing him tightly, not wanting to say anything else.

  Two people leaned against each other, on this warming winter day, quietly feeling each other's heartbeat. Zhang Gui's heart was full, and for a moment, he didn't want to speak, and Lang Ling Wang also remained silent.

  It wasn't until much later that the King of Lanling spoke in a low voice, "I asked the Empress Dowager for her permission to marry." He apologized, "The timing was wrong, there were still several noblewomen present at the time. When I find another opportunity, I will speak again."

  Zhang Qi cleverly replied, "Good." Whether or not she could be his concubine. She actually didn't care that much. Anyway, with or without this title, her future wife Zheng Shi would never tolerate her.

  At this moment, when he was willing to kneel down and beg for her, at the moment when there was only one woman by his side. She just wanted to be happy for a while longer.

  Before I knew it, the night was over.

  That night, the King of Lanling discovered the Wonton paste stuck to Zhang Yi's navel and asked about its name. He didn't say anything else, but in his movements, he added a few touches of tenderness amidst his usual ferocity.

  The next day. The temperature plummeted again. Yellow leaves fell down, and it was impossible to sweep them clean. The originally lush trees also gradually showed a withered and desolate appearance.

  Zhang Gui put on her fox fur and boots again. Early in the morning, Prince Langling left, Zhang Gui wanted to ask him about Chen Shi's arrangement, hoping to see A Lu and ask about her intentions, but she couldn't see Prince Langling. She could only admire the falling leaves in the courtyard.

  A sudden rapid footsteps came, a servant bowed far away to Zhang Gui and loudly announced: "The Princess of Changguang has arrived!"

  Empress Changguang

  This name sounds familiar. In Zhang Qi's pitiful, scarce memories. Whoever she had some impression of was mostly a big shot. At this moment, Zhang Qi hastily turned around, "Quickly invite him in."

  In a moment, the sound of tinkling jade pendants accompanied by soft laughter came from afar. In the blink of an eye, a beautiful princess appeared under the escort of Autumn Princess Zheng Yu and others, walking slowly towards them.

  Zhang Guiying curtsied and said: "I have seen the Princess of Changguang, I have seen the Autumn Palace."

  Princess Changguang, Madame Hu, had a long and narrow face, high cheekbones, bright and long phoenix eyes, with a hint of a slanting peach blossom appearance. When she saw Zhang Gui pay her respects, she scrutinized him closely for several moments before turning to those behind her and smiling: "Everyone says that Empress Zhaoxin is matchless in beauty, but in my opinion, this Zhang Gui's beauty surpasses even that of Empress Zhaoxin!"

  Empress Zhaoxin, also named Li Zu'e, was made empress by Gao Yang despite the opposition from the imperial clan who believed that a Han woman could not be an empress. Gao Yang was promiscuous and often killed his concubines after he got tired of them, even going so far as to kill wives of officials, but he especially favored Empress Zhaoxin.

  Last year, Gao Yang died of illness and Crown Prince Gao Yin succeeded him. Now, Gao Ye deposed Gao Yin and became the emperor himself. Li Zu'e retreated to the Zhaoxin Palace as the Empress Dowager of Zhaoxin. At this time, Li Zu'e was only in her twenties or thirties, which is the most beautiful age for a woman.

  Li Zu'e was renowned as a peerless beauty in the land of Qi, and upon seeing her, Hu compared her to Zhang Gui. Just as Autumn Princess and others were about to refute this comparison, they caught sight of Zhang standing beneath a maple tree, her raven tresses cascading down her shoulders, clad in a white fox fur coat, with her straight hair framing her face like a painting, her skin as translucent and radiant as red jade, ethereal as an immortal, yet alluring and bewitching. The words of refutation died on their lips.

  At this time, Zhang Yi's beauty was not necessarily superior to that of Empress Zhaoxin, but her looks were absolutely not inferior to hers. She is still young now, if she grows up for a few more years...

  Hu said with praise in her mouth, but her expression was high and above. She circled around Zhang Qi once and clicked her tongue to say: "No wonder there are countless beauties, but Gao Chang Gong has never been contemptuous of them. It turns out that his eyes are high."

  As soon as Hu said this, Zheng Yu, who was standing behind Qiu Gongzhu, suddenly turned pale.

  She covered her mouth with her sleeve, and tears welled up in her almond-shaped eyes as she struggled to hold back her sorrow.

  Hu Shi was originally speaking with relish, but when he saw Ah Yu's appearance, although he didn't think much of it in his heart, he couldn't help but sigh.

  Several noble ladies surrounded Ayou, advising her in a flurry of words: "Ayou, don't cry." "What's the point of her beauty? She's just a concubine." "Right, doesn't she not even have a title?" "She's just a seductress! Taking advantage of her youth to charm one or two men, after a few years she'll be nothing!" "Exactly, we were born to be legitimate wives, why bother with a concubine?"

  ……

  It is said that people are divided into groups, seeing Ayu's sadness and despair, all the noble ladies felt a sense of sorrow. Thinking of themselves and their mothers, which one of them did not struggle with those seductive women? The struggle was tolerable, but what was hateful was that those men, upon seeing these seductresses, lost their souls, and even if they won the fight, their hearts could never be retrieved!

  During the persuasion, the noble ladies looked at Zhang Qiuli with undisguised disgust and anger.

  Zhang Qi quietly watched this scene.

  Although she said nothing and did nothing, in the eyes of these noblewomen, it was as if she had done something extremely detestable.

  This is Mrs. Hu arriving. If it was just an accident, then so be it, but what if... Zheng Yu had deliberately brought her here? With Mrs. Hu's personality, she should know a thing or two. As long as she could get Mrs. Hu to come and say this speech, even if Zheng Yu herself didn't say anything, didn't do anything, just shed a few tears, it would stir up the widespread sympathy and support of the noblewomen. Was she hoping that from now on, Lanling Wang would use all his might but still be unable to integrate into the circle of Qiguo's noblewomen?

  Moreover, the more widely known his beauty is, the more trouble Lanling Wang will encounter. Zheng Yu hopes that one day, Lanling Wang, who likes simplicity and quietness, will be overwhelmed by it all.

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  Zhang Qi quietly listened to Zheng Yu's sobbing voice, as well as the comforting words of the other noblewomen.

  When these voices quieted down a bit, Zhang Qi lowered her eyelids and said quietly: "Ridiculous!"

  Her voice was not loud, but when everyone was paying attention to her. This soft voice still made the surroundings quiet, and made the noble ladies look at her in disbelief.

  Zhang Qi raised her eyes. Her clear and charming eyes looked at Zheng Yu calmly and said: "A marriage alliance, since ancient times, has been a good relationship between two surnames. This is a major event that affects the future of the family and is not something that any husband dares to take lightly. Miss, you overestimated my role."

  She said quietly, as if stating a fact: "You should understand that whether Lanling King chooses you or not, it's because he has his own considerations regarding the alliance with the Zheng family... Now he just delayed the engagement for half a year, and Ayu is urging Longguang Wangfei and Qiu Gongzhu to come, and because her beauty is inferior to Lanling King's concubine, she cries so miserably. As a noble and proud Zheng family daughter, Ayu, you are pitiful and laughable."

  Zhang Qi calmly stated the fact, and for a moment, all the noble ladies were stunned.

  It's just that they forgot, Zheng's family and the King of Lanling never had a marriage arrangement. If there was any relationship at all, it was only that both sides had some intentions in the past.

  Besides, in half a year's time, the change is huge. Listening to the news from above, the Empress Dowager doesn't seem to approve of the marriage between Zheng Shi and Prince Langling either.

  At this time, Zheng Yu didn't think about moving the Empress Dowager, comforting the family, or making an effort to win over Langling Wang himself. Instead, he put all his energy into this concubine in front of him and even compared her external beauty with that of a concubine who had no background and could be abandoned by men at any time. It was truly a case of misplaced priorities.

  Think about it again, they themselves, especially the Princess of Guangping, were indeed called by Zheng Yu. Although she had a bad relationship with the Princess of Guangping before, this time she specially invited them, and they were puzzled...

  This Zheng Yu...not only has a petty and narrow-minded personality, but also lacks the pride and confidence of a noble lady, and likes to use some underhanded tactics.

  The autumn princess drank on one side: "You this cheap servant girl! What makes you say that A Yu is pitiful and funny?" She was actually speaking up for A Yu, and angrily shouted while pulling her neck: "If it weren't for the Lanling King's mansion, I would have to slap you a few times!"

  The autumn princess and Ayou have always been on good terms, she didn't listen to Zhang Qi's words, which is also normal.

  It was just some others... who felt the distance of the noble ladies, Zheng Yu was so angry that tears rolled down her face. She was also afraid of being scolded for being narrow-minded, so she hurriedly covered her face with both hands and choked back sobs as she ran out.

  Zheng You ran out, and Qiu Gongzhu hastily followed. Several other noblewomen who were close to the two of them also ran out together.

  Only Princess Guangping of the Hu clan still had a sparkling gaze, with great interest in sizing up Zhang Gui.

  Just then, a low and clear voice suddenly came, "What's going on... Zheng? Zheng Ayou, why are you crying?"

  The low and powerful voice was filled with majesty, yet it was one that Zhang Qi had never heard before. She hastily lifted her head to look at the newcomer.

  The main gate of the Wang Mansion was wide open, and a slender and elegant young man walked slowly under the gaze of the crowd. The young man had a handsome face, noble temperament, extremely bright eyes, and an air of majesty in his every move.

  Upon seeing the young man, Zheng Yu and others hastily retreated a few steps, bowed and called out: "Your Majesty!"

  It's Gao Yun! Gao Yun is here!

  Gao Yan slightly nodded to the ladies, and turned his gaze towards Zhang Qi when a horseshoe sound came, it was Langling Wang who rushed over hastily. He dismounted, handed his horse to the servant, and walked quickly towards Gao Yan, saying loudly: "Your Majesty's arrival is unknown to me, I'm sorry for not welcoming you from afar!"

  He walked up to Gao Yan with big strides and bowed solemnly.

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