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Chapter 145 Choosing a Husband

The houses in the Old Summer Palace were built using a special method so that even in the hottest summer, the rooms are still very comfortable and cool.

Pregnant women tend to feel hotter and dryer, so the right temperature is very important. The Old Summer Palace is a very suitable place to live.

But Xiyu's physical sensation seemed to be more obvious, and an ice basin was always kept in the house.

By the beginning of August, her belly was getting rounder.

The bigger the belly, the lazier you become. You don’t like heat or going out.

She stayed in the house every day. Apart from having someone read to her belly for prenatal education and going out for a walk in the evening, she was inevitably bored the rest of the time.

So after being bored for a few days, Xiyu thought about it and finally figured out a way to kill time - playing cards.

Although these cards also exist among the people and are very similar in principle, the cards prepared by Xiyu are more novel, and all the rules are determined according to modern poker.

At the beginning, the little girls around me didn’t know how to play and had no chance of winning. Later, they learned how to play and were able to compete with each other.

Games are fun when both sides are evenly matched.

"A pair of 2s. This slave only has one card left in his hand."

Chun Shi looked at the two trump cards that had already fallen to the ground, and shook the only one in his hand with a little pride.

"Oh, I can't control it."

Xiyu smiled and shook her head, then followed her and threw the cards in her hand on the table, "Chunshi, your luck is so good that it can't be stopped."

Winner shuffle.

While she was shuffling the cards, Xiyu picked up a piece of watermelon with a silver fork and put it into her mouth. Her mouth was instantly filled with the icy sweet juice, and she couldn't help but squint her eyes.

In the corner of my eye, a pretty crimson figure walked in from the doorway.

"Xiao Qi, you're here just in time. We are playing cards. Come and join us."

Xiyu waved at her, and Qiuxu also gave up his seat at the card table, but she just shook her head gloomily and found a corner on the couch to sit down.

"What's going on here?"

Xiyu waved to the little girls, and they quickly stood up, leaving the private space in the room to the two of them.

Yun Ran lowered his head and said nothing. He placed his hands in front of him and fiddled with the brocade handkerchief in his hands. The twin lotus flowers embroidered on it were pulled out of shape.

"What serious matter has happened? Have you been bullied?"

Xiyu held her belly and slowly moved to her side, leaning over to look at her sideways, "That's not right. Our Seventh Princess is fearless, how could anyone dare to bully you."

She put her hand on her chin and rolled her eyes in thought, "Could it be that... our Xiao Qi has a crush on a man, and that man has made you angry?"

These words seemed to hit the nail on the head. The little girl's nose felt sore, her eyelashes trembled slightly, and tears began to fall in big drops.

"It's true!"

Xiyu was also startled, and quickly held her in her arms, comforting her softly.

Logically speaking, having stayed in the palace for so many years, the girl should have had few opportunities to come into contact with men outside. How come she suddenly felt amorous?

Yun Ran leaned his head on her shoulder, his nostrils filled with the faint scent of jasmine, mixed with a hint of an even lighter milky scent, lingering at the tip of his nose.

Realizing what was going on, her face suddenly turned red, and she slightly distanced herself from the two of them, "Fourth sister-in-law, I just went to the Cining Palace to talk to the Royal Madam, and it happened that the Royal Father and Mother were there, so I eavesdropped and saw that the three of them were discussing my marriage."

Xiyu nodded in understanding. Xiaoqi was born in the 21st year of Emperor Kangxi's reign and was now exactly 16 years old, the same age as her. It was indeed time to put marriage on the agenda.

"Choosing a husband is a good thing. Why do you look so angry? Is the husband you chose not to your liking?"

She took a handkerchief and wiped the tears from the little girl's face.

Yun Ran shook his head. "From what the Royal Father said, it's not decided yet. I'm not worried about who to marry, but after I get married, I have to leave the place where I've always lived, leaving the Royal Mother, the Royal Father, Mother, you, Fourth Brother, Fourteenth Brother, and so many other people."

Hearing what she said, Xiyu could completely empathize with her. She had also gone through a similar period before she got married, and she was reluctant to leave her parents and brothers at home.

As Yun Ran was talking, tears welled up in her bright eyes and fell again. She continued, "Besides, as the daughter of the Emperor and a princess of the Qing Dynasty, I will most likely marry far away in Mongolia. Mongolia is so far away, I don't know if I will be able to see you again in the future..."

Her voice choked up and she leaned her head back on the shoulder in front of her again.

Xiyu pursed her lips, her eyes felt a little sore, and she raised her hand to pat Xiaoqi's back.

She forgot that in order to consolidate the regime and stabilize the court, the princesses of the Qing Dynasty were basically married to various Mongolian tribes to win over the tribes.

The purpose of the marriage between Manchus and Mongols was to ensure that the Mongolian princes were loyal to the Qing Dynasty and to maintain long-term peace and stability.

For a moment, she didn't know how to comfort Xiaoqi and could only mechanically repeat a comforting action.

The room fell into a long silence, and only Yun Ran's low sobbing could be heard faintly.