zChapter 1098 - She Wants It To Last Her Whole Life, I Will Give It To Her (2/2)

Seeing Xiangrong in a daze, An Shi seemed to have made some accurate guessing, asking to probe for more information: “His Highness the Fourth Prince tricked you and said he was sick and asked you to return?”

Xiangrong nodded, “That’s right, he said he contracted a serious disease and wanted to see me. He even asked me to ask Second Sister for effective medicine.” As she spoke, she took out a small paper packet from the bag she carried with her, “This is medicine which Second Sister specially made, it was supposed to be used for treating the illness.” As she spoke, she unwrapped the paper packet, but opening it up to the end, she realised that there was no medicine inside, only a note. Xiangrong exclaimed with a “Ya” due to surprise, she had not touched this medicine packet during this journey. It was obvious that Feng Yuheng put in this note personally. She opened up the note and saw what was written on it: “The illness of the mind needs to be treated by medicine meant for the mind, it is so for His Highness the Fourth Prince, and for you, Xiangrong, as well.”

An Shi took that note, reading it for a while, she told her own daughter: “Second Miss is correct, child, as a mother, I have seen everything, how His Highness the Fourth Prince treats you, you know it clearly in your heart. So why can’t you realise this?”

Xiangrong asked An Shi in return: “Isn’t Mother against me associating with princes?” She remembered in the past, when she was infatuated with His Highness the Seventh Prince, An Shi had said these words to her.

But An Shi told her now: “His Highness the Fourth Prince is different, he is a prince who has lost the right to the throne, he is not tied down to anything, will not fight for the throne and will not have anything to do with court politics. He is willing to treat you extremely well, Mother will naturally be happy to see both of you being happy together.”

“No.” Xiangrong shook her head, the matter of Xuan Tianyi tricking her to come back formed a knot in her heart, “He will be happy and I will not be happy. The one taking the most space in my heart is still His Highness the Seventh Prince, this is a dream I had since young. Mother, if I do not fulfil this dream, it might be difficult for me to get rid of this mental demon in my life. Mother” she suddenly spoke happily: “Imperial Concubine Yun made a decision and facilitated the marriage between me and His Highness the Seventh Prince, Imperial Concubine Yun said, she will choose an auspicious day to personally come to Ji An Prefecture to give you a huge dowry and exchange the eight characters.”

“What?” This time it was An Shi who was surprised, she did not expect the situation to change like this, she asked Xiangrong: “All of this was not thought up by you, right?”

Xiangrong shook her head with a smile, “No, it is really not. His Highness the Seventh Prince has already agreed. When autumn comes, Her Highness Imperial Concubine Yun would probably come here! Mother, my dream is about to come true, are you happy for me?”

An Shi did not know what to say, with this kind of favourable turn, she should logically be happy for her own daughter. But for unknown reasons, as long as she thought of Xiangrong being together with His Highness the Seventh Prince, a strange sorrow would rise in her heart, as if she was going to lose this daughter, and she could not control it at all.

Xiangrong could tell that An Shi’s emotions were not right and asked anxiously: “Mother, what is wrong?”

An Shi looked at her, half a beat later, she finally asked: “If Mother has a feeling that you being with His Highness the Seventh Prince will cause you to lose your life in the end, would you still insist on this marriage?”

Xiangrong was stunned, “How is that possible? Why would it cost my life? His Highness the Seventh Prince is really good.”

“A feeling.” An Shi waved her hand in dismissal, her mental state was also messy, it was a feeling after all, but the hearts of mother and daughter were connected, her predictions related to Xiangrong were all accurate in the past. “I’ll just ask you, if it will really cost you your life, are you still willing?”

“I am! Of course I am willing!” Xiangrong said this determinedly, “Mother, I have never been this clear about what I want and who I want. In my life, the person whom I have been infatuated with since I was ten years old, I ask for Mother to approve of This Daughter’s wish!”

An Shi looked at her own daughter, suddenly not knowing what to say. That’s right! She had been infatuated with a person since she was ten years old, and now he was going to marry her. As a mother, shouldn’t she offer her blessings? But why could she not get rid of that slight worry in her heart? She felt that if she agreed, she would lose her own daughter very quickly, but her daughter said she was willing!

“…… Forget it, as long as you want to, Mother will agree.” In the end, she still chose to compromise, only reminding Xiangrong: “Since you returned, regardless of whether the Fourth Prince tricked you or not, go and meet him. I cannot stop you from marrying someone, but since you are going to marry, then you need to settle things cleanly before you marry, do not be unclear about things, it will be unfair towards His Highness the Seventh Prince.”

Xiangrong nodded, “Mother is correct, I will see him tomorrow.”

Successfully tricking Xiangrong into returning to Ji An Prefecture, tonight, Xuan Tianyi was very excited, to the point that he could not sleep, always wanting to sneak out to see Xiangrong. But the page boy at his side advised him: “Your Highness, you should sleep well and replenish your energy! When Feng Third Miss comes tomorrow, there will definitely be a huge quarrel, if you do not recuperate and build up energy, how can you out-argue her?”

Only then did Xuan Tianyi remember that he tricked her into coming back, nodding a few times and saying: “Right, you are correct. In front of outsiders, that girl puts up a weak appearance, but in front of me, she is always a fierce female tiger. Tomorrow, she is not here to visit me and will definitely come for a fight, I have to build up my energy, else I will really not be able to handle that lass tomorrow.”

Harbouring such feelings, Xian Tianyi entered the land of dreams, however, the next day, Xiangrong did not come……