"Meaning!" The colorful parrot next to him jumped his feet and opened his mouth and screamed strangely.

The emperor stretched out his fingers and gently scratched the parrot's chin twice, feeling calm and calm.

Chu You's body tightened even more, and ferocious veins popped up in his neck.

Since the emperor ascended the throne at the beginning of the year, he has adopted a series of benevolent policies. His Majesty's attitude can be said to be lenient and generous at best, but indecisive and soft-hearted at worst.

Who knew that this time it would not go as he expected!

Chu You's heart was holding a breath, and the emotions of anxiety, worry, and uneasiness were intertwined in his chest, like a huge spider web trapping him.

He was not afraid of the emperor, nor was he afraid of the British government. He was just afraid that Gu Yunchun would think that she had harmed him, and for his sake, she would agree to the marriage without hesitation.

Chu Yi took a slow sip of the hot tea, and then said: "Uncle Seventh Emperor is really interested in the three girls of Dingyuan Marquis Mansion. However, there is gain only if you give up, what do you think, Uncle Emperor?"

There was a faint smile on Chu Yi's lips.

"..." Chu You's eyes became colder again, and he shot at Chu Yi as coldly as a knife.

Of course he understood what Chu Yi meant.

"Ahem..." Chu Yi averted his gaze, lowered his eyes, covered the corners of his mouth with a plain white handkerchief and coughed lightly, his slightly trembling shoulders unable to hide his tiredness.

He coughed for a while before it subsided. He raised his head again, picked up the tea cup, and took a few sips, his cheeks flushing slightly.

Chu You narrowed his eyes and stared at Chu Yi coldly for a long time...

There was silence in Dongnuan Pavilion for a while, except for the parrot occasionally flapping its wings on the bird stand, making a rustling sound.

Chu You, who had been frozen for a long time, finally moved and saluted the emperor dryly: "Brother, I will take my leave now."

Without waiting for the emperor's response, he flicked his sleeves and left in stride, his back as tall as a pine tree.

Without waiting for the waiter to open the curtains for him, Chu You roughly picked up the curtains himself.

The door curtain was lifted high by him, then fell heavily, swinging violently in mid-air.

Along the way, several servants and maids saluted him one after another. Chu You ignored them completely and walked out of Dongnuan Pavilion in three steps at a time.

He saw a familiar figure entering his eyes.

It was a thirty-seven or eighteen-year-old man, wearing a straight coat with dark green patterns and a rhinoceros horn belt around his waist. He also had a small bloodstone seal and a sky-blue purse.

"Join His Royal Highness Prince Kang."

The man stopped five steps away and respectfully saluted Chu You with clasped fists.

There was nothing wrong with the other party's words and deeds, but Chu You's face was visibly darker.

Of course he recognized this person, he was Fang Mingfeng's father, the current British Duke.

Obviously, the British prince came to the palace at this time, and he must have come to propose marriage to the emperor for Fang Mingfeng.

Chu You only glanced at the British male sideways, then waved his sleeves heavily and walked away without saying a word.

After passing through a courtyard, Chu You stopped and couldn't help but look back. He happened to watch the British Duke enter the Dongnuan Pavilion, greeted by the young chamberlain.

There was nothing outside the door, except for a broken leaf that was blown over by the wind, spinning and falling down.

Chu You's heart sank little by little along with this lonely leaf.

Judging from the emperor's attitude just now, with the Queen Mother's eloquent words first, maybe the emperor would really agree to this delusion of the British government.

Chu You gritted his teeth so hard that he almost broke them into pieces. He remembered Chu Yi's words just now in his ears: "...You will gain something if you give up. What do you think, uncle Huang?"

Even if Chu Yi didn't explain it just now, the implication was very clear: He can get his wish today, but if he wants the emperor to come forward for him, what can he repay the emperor?!

If he wants to marry his daughter-in-law, he must have something to offer in exchange.

So, what can he come up with?!

Thinking about it, Chu You's eyes became more and more gloomy, and there seemed to be a violent beast roaring and going crazy in his heart.

The cold wind was howling and the weather was gloomy. Chu You was worried and walked faster and faster.

He wants to see his daughter as soon as possible!

When he came outside the palace gate, he saw Changsui leading his horse from a distance and stretching his neck to look.

"Your Majesty," Changsui hurriedly stepped forward to greet him and reported hurriedly, "I just heard that the British princess went to the Dingyuan Marquis Mansion."

Chu You's eyes suddenly widened, two clusters of flames ignited in his pupils, and his heart was filled with fire. There was only one thought left in his mind: The British duke came to see the royal brother, and the British duchess went to the Gu family again at this time...

Could it be that he did it just to force Zhuer'er?!

The British princess has indeed gone to Dingyuan Marquis Mansion at this moment.

In the past few days, Gu Jian and his wife had sent messages to the British government, but nothing came of it. There has been no response from the Fang family.

The longer Mrs. Gu waited, the more impatient she became. She ordered her cronies to personally go to the British government residence, and then invited Mrs. Fang over.

Naturally, this matter could not be hidden from Gu Yanfei's ears. At this time, the British princess would come. It must have been some kind of promise made by the queen.

Mrs. Tai would not easily give up Prince Kang as her "grandson-in-law". In order to stop the British government, most likely she would have put forward some other conditions...

So, she summoned Qingguang and went to Cihe Hall again.

This was not the first time Qingguang sneaked to Cihe Hall. She was familiar with the route and walked back and forth without disturbing anyone.

After just a stick of incense, the cat came back with a pair of sparkling eyes and a belly full of words.

The milk cat jumped from the window to the desk with a "swoosh" and "meowed" non-stop at Gu Yanfei. There was an obvious show off and claim for credit in his expression. The proud little look nakedly read "Without me, What can you do?"

"Meow meow..."

"Meow meow meow..."

It kept talking until its mouth was dry, but when it saw that Gu Yanfei was not grateful to it, it slowly realized that Gu Yanfei couldn't understand it.

The cat froze for a moment, and the fur all over its body wilted visibly.

Gu Yanfei opened a box next to it, and a fragrant smell of crispy dried fish wafted out immediately.

The wilted cat's blue eyes suddenly widened, and their eyes were bright, filled with desire for dried fish.

It regained its energy, bit Gu Yanfei's sleeve, and tried hard to pull her towards the dressing table.

The cat jumped on the dressing table in twos and twos, rummaged through the jewelry box with its claws, and finally hooked out a jade pendant with its curved claw tip, and scratched it excitedly.

Qingguang: "Meow meow meow..."

Gu Yanfei took the jade pendant from the cat's paw in confusion.

This is an ordinary round jade pendant, with a circle of cloud patterns carved on the edge and a butterfly pattern in the center.

Not only Gu Yanfei has this jade pendant, all the girls in the Gu family have it, but the patterns are slightly different, some are dragonflies, some are swallows, some are skylarks...

Gu Yanfei gently shook his index finger, and the jade pendant hanging on his index finger also swayed back and forth.

Qingguang's attention was immediately attracted. The pair of green cat eyes moved back and forth with the jade pendant, and the sound of "miwu, miwu" came out of his mouth.

Of course Gu Yanfei would not think that Mrs. Fang Da wanted this jade pendant.

It should be a jade pendant that is so "valuable" that a British princess would do anything to get it.

Reminiscing about all the events in her previous life, Gu Yanfei instantly understood something. Could it be that because of the jade pendant, the British government would allow their son to condescend to marry her as a substitute?!
Chapter completed!