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The empress dowager, however, didn't agree. She insisted, ”During Xue'er's birthday banquet, This Dowager publicly announced that I would like to request an imperial edict to marry Han'er. Han'er has never expressed his refusal to This Dowager.”

The emperor slowly took a sip of tea and carefully said, ”Imperial Mother, if Chu Xiuhan was interested in Qin Ruxue, why didn't you mention this matter ever since you spoke of it in public two years ago?”

”Han'er has a cold personality and is slow on the uptake in matters between men and women. I naturally have to take the initiative to help her, what's so strange about that?”

Seeing that the empress dowager was really stubborn, the emperor could only persuade her, ”Queen Mother, Chu Xiuhan was the one who insisted on going to the border in two days. This Emperor reminded you that two days later, it would be Qin Ruxue's birthday. Also, Imperial Mother knew that Chu Xiuhan had a cold personality and did not like strangers coming close, so why did she keep Assistant Minister’s Residence's Nangong Waner here for a few days? ”

The empress dowager was startled. She could faintly feel that the Prince Zhan had not intended for Qin Ruxue to enter the Prince Zhan's Mansion, but Nangong Waner had suddenly appeared again. If her Xue'er wanted to marry into the Prince Zhan's Mansion, she would have to go through a lot of troubles.

”Men, send a message from This Dowager. Assistant Minister’s Residence's daughter, Nangong Waner, is extremely quick-witted and talented. The empress dowager called a eunuch who sent a message, then quietly lowered her head and said to the eunuch, ”After going to the Prince Zhan's Mansion, she sent a message to the Prince Zhan first, saying that I should think about him deeply, and ask him to come to the palace tomorrow to see me. When the Prince Zhan entered the palace, she called Nangong Waner to enter the palace.”

His Majesty vaguely sensed that the empress dowager had some sort of plan. He first summoned Chu Xiuhan into the palace, then summoned him into the palace. However, the Emperor thought that since he had helped Chu Xiuhan block the imperial edict in the first place, he should make an extortion out of Chu Xiuhan in the future.

After returning to the prince's mansion, Chu Xiuhan first went to the bamboo forest study room. Originally, he wanted to ask the Elder Xiu to give him two days of leave, but he didn't expect that the Elder Xiu wasn't there. He asked the guard at the bamboo forest study room, and said that the Elder Xiu had something to do and hurriedly left the house last night.

Chu Xiuhan was startled for a moment, and then pondered for a while, ”It's last night again, what happened last night?”

Just as Nangong Waner was happily flipping through the drawing books, Chu Xiuhan walked in lightly. Nangong Waner sneakily glanced at Chu Xiuhan from the corner of his eyes. Chu Xiuhan was looking at the items on her table one by one.

Nangong Waner used the drawing book as a cover, and tilted the drawing book, revealing his eyes, he squinted his eyes and observed Chu Xiuhan's every move. From the corner of his eyes, Chu Xiuhan had already seen Nangong Waner's movements.

Just then, Chu Xiuhan unintentionally picked up a colored glass bottle. Just as he weighed it in his hand, Nangong Waner immediately threw the painting book and rushed over as an arrow. He said to Chu Xiuhan very anxiously, ”You … What are you doing? ”

Chu Xiuhan's mouth hooked up, and pointed at the items on the table and the floor. Chu Xiuhan's bedroom was more than twice the size as the courtyard that Nangong Waner lived in, and since Nangong Waner was relatively greedy, he took care of all the valuable things in Chu Xiuhan's room. Of course, there weren't any valuables either, as he carried almost all of the items here. Right now, the table in Nangong Waner's room was filled with different colored vases and accessories, and even if they couldn't be placed, they were arranged in a row on the floor.

Nangong Waner quickly held the colored glass bottle in Chu Xiuhan's hand, touched it with his hand, and then placed it back to its original position with caution. He looked at Chu Xiuhan and said, ”This is all mine, you can't touch it recklessly.”