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Waiting until the three of them went to the side chamber s in the courtyard of First Madam, only after Lin Jia had sent a servant girl to lock the door did she softly say, ”The Empress wants to marry you to the Eighth Prince's Lateral Consort. What do you think?”

Lin Shu was stunned. ”Empress, what do you mean?” At that time, if there was no Empress Zhang to add fuel to the fire, the emperor would not have given her and Lu Jingran a marriage.

But what did Empress Zhang mean by causing such a ruckus?

Zhang Yuanqing said softly, ”Sister Shu, you don't know what Eighth Prince has been up to these past few days … Eighth Prince always has a good temper. Usually, she listens to whatever the empress says, even if there are occasional disputes.

”But this time, Eighth Prince is making a huge ruckus. Not only did he not eat or drink, he even went over to the empress a few times and closed the door for him to disappear. The empress panicked and sent Cha Liang He over to ask, not asking whether she didn't know, but when she did she was shocked. The Eighth Prince hasn't had much to eat lately, and he's skinnier by a whole circle. At that time, the empress was already frightened, and asked what the Eighth Prince wants.”

”The Eighth Prince only said that he knew that you were engaged to the Master Ningguogongfuda, that this was a foregone conclusion, and that he wouldn't change anything. He said that he had harmed you for the rest of your life, and he didn't blame the Empress for it, after all, she did this for his own good, but she resented herself for being unable to fight for the Emperor's Wang Family right now, and instead lived like a puppet when it came to fighting for the lady she loved.”

He said that mother and son had spoken some words in the room for a very long time, and when Empress came out her eyes were completely red. At that time, she held onto Chao Lianghe's hand and said that he wanted Lin Family's eldest sister and I to enter the palace, and asked if you were willing to become Eighth Prince's Lateral Consort. She also said that as long as you nod your head, he would think of a way to deal with the rest of the matters, but your top priority is to go into the palace and persuade the Eighth Prince …

”If it wasn't for the fact that Empress Zhang wanted her to come this wayhehe wouldn't have come at all. After all, she is now the Lateral Consort of the Third Prince, so he doesn't need to place any importance on a mere Lin Shu,” Although he is now the Lateral Consort, she doesn't need to place any importance on a mere Lin Shu.

”Eighth Prince is gentle, refined, and kind, and is kind to anyone. Even the palace maids and Internal Service s would be willing to say a few more words to him. Sister Shu, you have to think carefully, if it were anyone else, I wouldn't even be willing to say such words to her …”

”Lateral Consort Zhang, I think there's still no need.” Lin Shu interrupted her sentence with a sneer, ”What am I in your eyes? If you don't need it, push me away and use me as a chess piece. Or do you want to use this matter to call me over to deal with the Lateral Consort Wang or to rope in the Empress? ”

”Then I'll tell you right now. I'm a person, a living person, not some chess piece. I'm not someone you can just wave around whenever you want.”

He was also someone with a temper, but his temper was usually concealed and not revealed.

Seeing that, Lin Jia came out to smooth things over, and laughed: ”Fifth sister, from your words, I can see that... As sisters, aren't we hoping for your well-being? If you want to marry Lu Jingran, you will have to rely on others for your entire life. After seeing National Duke Ning's wife's expression and living life, once the National Duke Ning's ancestors have passed away, your life will be even more miserable. ”

”When the time comes, we will split up and leave the palace, there won't even be someone to take care of you guys, Sister Shu, you better think carefully, this is not the time to be angry.” She never thought that Lin Shu would reject her. After all, anyone who was not a fool would know how to settle this debt.

But humans can't just rely on scheming to survive.

Lin Shu said: ”Big sister, I am not throwing my weight around. I am very clear on where I should go and what I should do.

At first, she didn't know what she was thinking. On the contrary, after going through so much, she finally understood.

She was going to marry Lu Jingran, the man who had saved her life multiple times, and the man who was always behind her protecting her.

Lin Shu's face did not look good, ”If the two of you came to me for this matter, then there is nothing much to say.”

She didn't want to ask Empress Zhang what kind of method he would use in the end, so she didn't care.

Lin Shu turned her head and left, leaving Lin Jia and Zhang Yuanqing looking at each other in dismay.

Zhang Yuanqing still had a gentle smile on his face, but his words were not as pleasant as before, ”Big sister Lin, didn't you say that Lin Shu would agree to it back then? ”You said I don't need to come at all, that's enough for you. You don't need to be in such a hurry even if you want to show your face in front of the empress …”

If Lin Shu was really that easy to talk to, she would not waste so much effort.