Sima Yan looked at the man in front of him who was becoming more and more handsome and more stable and heroic, and her heart hurt as if she was being pinched. Since the age of seven, she has been bent on becoming the princess of Prince Yong, that is, the man's wife, and has made a lot of efforts to achieve this.

She tried to curry favor with the lord of Yue; worked hard to learn piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and was also a leader in female red and embroidery; strive to make good friends with the daughters of important families and court officials, and save a good reputation in the noble circle; He even tried to study "books that men read" such as historical records......

She paid so much to make herself the best candidate for Prince Yong's princess (the future Prince Yong's princess), and she believed that she would be a graceful and noble princess who could help the prince deal with various interpersonal relationships, add help, and give advice.

She was confident enough to conclude that there was no second woman like her in the capital who could be worthy of Qi Haoning, and whether it was her family background or herself, she could be of great help to him, let alone Xia Shuyao, who was born in the market?

Even if the Xia family is now the marquis of the fifth generation, the woman born and raised in the market is indispensable to the small family spirit that cannot be put on the stage, can she easily integrate into the circle of noblewomen?

Moreover, Xia Linxuan is the concubine of a declining family like Xia, and Donnie Yen is a Chongxi woman from the market, how good can their bloodline and their own upbringing be?

And a large part of a woman's temperament cultivation comes from her parents' bloodline and the environment she has been exposed to since she was a child, it is useless to rely on an excellent teaching grandmother, and when Mother Liu came to Xia Shuyao's side, she was six or seven years old. Bad habits of temperament have long been formed.

In Sima Yan's opinion, Xia Shuyao now has. It's just a superficial thing. Such as appearance, the glory left by his parents, and his father-in-law as the emperor's best friend, and an outstanding eldest brother.

It's a pity that the world is superficial. They often only look at the appearance, and rarely see the deeper things through the appearance, and see the role of a person's education and potential in the future for a longer period of time.

Qi Haoning is a martial artist, and his thoughts and vision are naturally not so far-reaching, coupled with Jin Xida's purging (yes, Sima Yan thought about it for most of the night yesterday, and finally found the root cause of Qi Haoning's choice of Xia Shuyao. Jin Xida is close to Prince Yong, and Qi Haoning has also been close to Jin Xida since he was a child. So it's easy to be coaxed by him), made the same mistake as those superficial people, and only saw Xia Shuyao's glamorous appearance.

After thinking about this, Sima Yan thought about it again and again, and finally decided to come to Qi Haoning today to talk face to face, the Queen Mother Yi decreed marriage, and it is impossible to cancel the marriage contract, but can the two marry together, right? No matter how big or small, enter the door at the same time. Sima Yan believed that she and Xia Shuyao were placed together. It doesn't take long to get a good score. Qi Haoning could soon see that only she was the most suitable princess of Prince Yong.

Sima Yan didn't discuss this decision with An Guogong, and she didn't even say it to Mother Hua, Mother Hua only knew that she wanted to ask Qi Haoning a few words. Sima Yan knew very well that if she had said it in advance, An Guogong and Mother Hua would definitely not agree, so she could only cut it first and then play it.

Marrying Qi Haoning is her obsessed goal since she was seven or eight years old, and looking at the possible candidates in the capital now, only Qi Haoning's identity, talent, character and other comprehensive conditions can be worthy of her. Therefore, she had to endure the temporary humiliation (even if she entered the door at the same time, regardless of size, Xia Shuyao's marriage decree was given first, and her identity was naturally a little more priority than her), but the final victory must belong to her.

Many years ago, Mother Hua added control measures to her teaching of various types of side rooms and concubines, or co-opted, suppressed, or borrowed...... Now it's just a matter of replacing it with a more powerful "wife".

Having said that, what about having a strong father-in-law and brother? Whether a woman can gain the favor and respect of her husband, whether she can gain the recognition and respect of the upper and lower levels in the house, and whether she can control everything depends on herself in the end. Sima Yan believes that she and Xia Shuyao are comparable in appearance and family background, but in terms of talent, vision, cultivation, skills, and interpersonal advantages, Shuyao cannot be compared with her at all.

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Sima Yan knew that Qi Haoning and Xia Shuyao would definitely enter the palace at this time to thank him, so he entered the palace early. Now that Shu Yao's marriage has been decided, if she wants not to be too weak, she must strive to get the marriage decree today.

Although he knew that Qi Haoning personally asked for marriage and proposed to marry Xia Shuyao, when Sima Yan saw him carefully helping Xia Shuyao out of the carriage, his eyes were full of pity; When he saw his back facing Xia Shuyao, his face was full of doting smiles; Seeing that he didn't have any "heat" in front of him, he just asked lightly, "Something?" ", I was still hit hard......

Qi Haoning saw Sima Yan looking at him with a complicated expression, but he didn't speak, frowned, and dropped a sentence: "If there is nothing wrong with Lord Yan, this prince will go in to greet the imperial grandmother." "As he spoke, he raised his feet and was about to leave.

"Brother Ning, wait a minute," Sima Yan came back to her senses, "I have a few words I want to talk to Brother Ning...... Ning Shizi said, can we go over there? Sima Yan pointed to the left, and through the hanging flower gate, there was the small garden of Cining Palace.

Qi Haoning frowned: "Not okay?" If there's anything to say, it's here. The lord of Yan County is a boudoir woman, and the son of this world has just decided on a family affair, and his fiancée is in it, so what misunderstanding is caused or a trivial matter, and it is not good to damage the reputation of the lord of Yan County. ”

Qi Haoning's words pierced Sima Yan's heart like an awl, does this mean that she is shameless? Thought she wanted to deliberately damage her reputation and rely on him to cause Xia Shuyao's misunderstanding?

Sima Yan, who has always regarded herself very highly, was dizzy, she was such a shameless and unscrupulous person in Qi Haoning's eyes? Does the lord of the dignified county need to damage his reputation and force him to marry?

Sima Yan's pride made her unable to maintain an elegant and delicate image, and she frowned: "Ning Shizi, we have grown up together since childhood, just say a few words, as for it?" Mother Hua and my two maids are here, and your entourage is also there, why would Ning Shizi humiliate me with such words? ”

Qi Haoning was stunned for a moment, thinking that his words were indeed a little blunt, no matter what, Sima Yan was the county lord of the emperor's mother after he was a hero. If he doesn't look at the face of the monk and the face of the Buddha, he doesn't treat the lord of Yan like he treats the nieces and nieces of Concubine Zhao's mother's family. However, he still won't go to the small garden with Sima Yan to "talk", he originally brought his fiancée into the palace to thank him, but he left Yao'er to accompany Sima Yan to visit the garden. Didn't you slap Yao'er in the face?

Smiling calmly, Qi Haoning softened his tone: "This son is a martial artist, and he is used to saying what he thinks of in the army, if there is any unintentional offense, please don't care about it." However, this prince took Yao'er into the palace to thank the imperial grandmother, and at this time, the imperial grandmother and Yao'er are waiting inside, it is really not good to delay, and please forgive me. ”

Having said that, why did Sima Yan insist that Qi Haoning go to the garden with her to talk? However, at the gate of this Cining Palace, how could she "analyze" the important position of Prince Yong's Mansion and his lofty responsibilities to Qi Haoning? How can Qi Haoning see her infatuation and all kinds of efforts for him? Also, for him, she would rather compromise and let go of the status of the county lord and marry into Prince Yong's mansion at the same time as Xia Shuyao.

What's more, Qi Haoning kept saying "Yao'er", which made her self-confidence suddenly shaken a little......

"Ning Shizi," Sima Yan's eyes looked at Qi Haoning with a taste of "heartache", "Do you remember, you told me back then that I looked different from others. For what? Am I no longer special in your eyes now? ”

Qi Haoning was very surprised, when did he say such a thing? In his impression, he hadn't said a few words to Sima Yan at all? However, Sima Yan still looked "unbearable and humiliated" just now, so she wouldn't talk to herself like this, right?

Sima Yan kept staring at Qi Haoning after asking that sentence, not wanting to miss every change on his face. However, what made her heart ache even more was Qi Haoning's face full of surprise and confusion, and then even glanced at her suspiciously.

That glance made Sima Yan feel pain and anger, her body trembled slightly, and her voice trembled: "You don't remember?" A month before my seventh birthday, in the peony pavilion in that garden, I was bullied by the eldest princess, the second princess, and several of their cousins, crying alone in the pavilion. You happened to take Lord Yue and the fourth princess over there to feed the fish, and then you comforted me, saying that I looked different from everyone else. ”

Qi Haoning was completely stunned, seven years old? He wouldn't be over ten years old then, would he? Where do you remember what you said casually? However, he was a little strange, why would he say that Sima Yan was different from others? What's different about her?

Mother Hua sighed secretly, she knew that her girl wanted to ask Ning Shizi a few words, but she would never have imagined that she would ask such "worthless" words. One is less than seven years old, the other is less than ten years old, what do you know? Does Ning Shizi still have to be responsible for that sentence? Looking at Ning Shizi's face full of questions, it was completely a gesture without any impression.

Suddenly, Yunxiao, who was standing behind Qi Haoning, couldn't hold back and laughed out loud.

Sima Yan was extremely annoyed and ashamed, and her pretty face turned red.

Qi Haoning also turned his head and glared at Yunxiao dissatisfied, this person has always been reliable, what's wrong with him today, so rude? Sima Yan's identity, is it the turn of a guard in Yunxiao to sneer?

Yunxiao also realized that he was in trouble, so he quickly held back his laughter, hugged his fists, and saluted Sima Yan: "I'm sorry Lord Yan, my subordinates are rude, and I apologize to you here." The subordinates didn't mean it, but they suddenly remembered what Lord Yan said, and remembered the scene of the year and what my family grandfather said. ”

What's so funny about that? Sima Yan snorted coldly. However, when Yunxiao remembered it, it proved that he didn't make it up himself, but it was still beneficial to himself, so Sima Yan let him go and stopped pursuing it, "Is it?" It's okay, you should remind your forgetful prince. (To be continued......)

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