Long Live Your Majesty

Chapter 30:

The three chat again for a while. After having some tea, An Ran and Xu Zi Zhen went back to the mansion.

On the way, An Ran held her white cat and stroked it for a while, feeling that others were in a low mood.

"Are you worried about Liu Qing Gongzi?"

"Yes," said Xu Zizhen. Now he is twenty-three years old. He has been in the palace for nearly ten years. He has been in the wilderness for ten years. If he had not met her, he would have lived like that all his life. Now when he sees his cousin, he thinks that he wants to cherish him.

"How old is Liu Qing Gongzi?" Asked An Ran, biting her lips.

"twenty-one."

Listening to his dull voice, An Ran's heart also felt heavy. When she was 21 years old, she thinks that she still young. But in this era, he was already a leftover man, and he could only be a second husband. It's a pity that such a man with a beautiful face and outstanding family background only could be a second husband.

"When my aunt passed away, he had three years of filial piety, after finishing it, my uncle passed away again, so he kept it for another three years. Later, I saw that my cousin was matchless, so I didn't plan to marry again, to take care of my cousin, and run the state of Yu government. Because I am not that young anymore. " Xu Zizhen continues to say about the fate of men in this world is floating on the water like duckweed (1), even if their status is noble. He gets along well with several common brothers in the mansion, but he has the best feelings with his cousin Liu Qing. He is more like a brother than a relative. It's hard to bear to see him alone.

The men here, are like women in her era when having men's superiority and woman feel inferiority, she can't help but feel pity when she thinks of the loneliness of the man: "why don't you go to the government of the state of Yu with me tomorrow before we go back to the palace?"

Xu Zizhen wanted to ask for honor for the government of the state of Yu, but he didn't expect that she will agree so quickly. He felt a little better.

...

The next day, a man from the government of Xu sent An Ran and Xu Zizhen away.

Xu Changqing watched the phoenix disappear in his sight, thinking of the gentle and noble lover, he was very reluctant. Missed this time, he secretly decided that he had to find a way to enter the palace.

Xu Yao could see the idea of her eldest son. She frowned and said, "don't act rashly. Your Majesty doesn't covet men."

"Mother, since my uncle can get her Majestys Phoenix bed, it's not difficult for me. As long as there are more opportunities to meet her Majesty, this son believes that I can get her Majesty's heart. What's more, my uncle is in his twenties now. In ten years, he will no longer have a good face. How many years can he protect the Xu government? The mother should have made plans earlier. "

Xu Yao thought, "don't worry, my mother will pave the way for you. You only need to wait!"

Xu Changqing smiled and bowed to her: "this son thanked mother in advance."

"Mischievous." Xu Yao touched his head and sighed. Is her eldest son really fit to serve her Majesty in the palace? But she couldn't find anyone else. Although her Majesty is generous and kind to others, she is extremely disgusted with the fact that her subjects want to make her son become her husband. So in the future, there will be a draft about the legitimate son of the official family before they can enter the palace.

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Glossary :

(1) the fate of a person's life, like duckweed floating on the water, has a lot of uncertainty, and it is difficult to fully grasp it. It reflects the smallness and weakness of people in front of nature, the helplessness and confusion of the occasional encounters, and the unpredictable future.