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The queen covered her lips and smiled, "If Liulang is a good person, she would not have to marry a spiritual position to join the family. No matter which girl comes to marry, she will be her second wife. Liulang's future concubine will not know if there will be a grudge in her heart."

After she mentioned this, the empress dowager remembered this matter and looked slightly calmer, "You are talking about this. At that time, the Ai family must prepare more gifts to make the girl feel uncomfortable."

When the queen heard this, a look of surprise flashed in her eyes.

The Queen Mother is this...Is someone in my heart chosen?

Before she could think about it, she saw the queen mother pointing at the portraits, "Come and see the girls the emperor chose, please give me a comment to see which one is suitable for Liulang."

The queen smiled and responded, looking at the portraits as she said.

"These girls... are so good..." The queen looked puzzled, "but, I think..."

"You don't think it's okay, right?" The empress dowager sat upright, looking at her with her eyes very brightly.

The queen confirmed her guess and asked thoughtfully: "Can't it be... the mother already has a better candidate in her heart?"

“That’s natural.”

The Empress Dowager smiled and said, "You know that your eyes are the same as the Ai family. Speaking of which, you are very familiar with the candidates in the Ai family. The Ai family thinks that there is no better suit for Liulang than her, and it is suitable everywhere. The two of them stand together and there is nothing that is not suitable."

When the queen heard this, her eyebrows moved slightly.

The one she and the queen mother are the most familiar with... her niece Xue'e.

The queen mother really liked Xue'e.

The queen and Aunt Liu looked at each other quickly and nodded when they saw Aunt Liu smiling.

It seems, as she guessed.

The queen also smiled happily, "It's true that no one is the best for them than the two of them. She is simply a pair made of heaven."

"Yes!" The Empress Dowager got recognition from the Queen and felt even more happy. "The Ai family knew that you had the same vision as the Ai family."

"Just..." The queen looked a little embarrassed: "The emperor also told me to arrange a special opportunity for Liulang to see the girls in this portrait. Although we already have a candidate now, the emperor did not choose that girl... If the emperor asks, what should we do?"

The Queen Mother glanced at the portraits and snorted: "He took so much effort to pick out these girls. If he didn't follow his wishes, he would be embarrassed by that girl in the future. So he would do as he wanted to see with his own eyes. Liulang was not interested in these girls at all, so he would give up."

"It's better for the mother to think carefully, so I'll make arrangements now." The queen smiled and asked for instructions: "It's better to hold an autumn banquet. What do you think?"

"It's not right." The empress dowager waved her hand, "It's the Cold Clothing Festival soon, so just go to the imperial tomb to worship the ancestors. In this way, even those who are filial to you can come to participate. Didn't the emperor still ask Lingxi girl to eliminate evil for Liulang? Go to worship the ancestors, and you are not afraid that Liulang will not come."

The empress had heard Zhu Lianxi say about the emperor asking Shen Lingxi to do the tricks for Chu Yan. She didn't think anything was wrong when she heard the empress dowager mention Shen Lingxi's name again.

"Then according to your wishes, I will go to the imperial tomb to hold a sacrificial ceremony on the first day of October."

The queen smiled and agreed and prepared to go.

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Shen Lingxi made up her mind from that day and met Chu Yan again, so she had to deal with the "marriage" with him with the attitude of "discussing business" with him.

But to her surprise, for several days, even if she was ordered by the emperor to come to the door to "do things" for him, she never saw him.
Chapter completed!