frightfiction Chapter 1057 Fuqiu's Choice
Chapter 1057 Fuqiu's Choice
"Send her in."
"Yes."
After Fuqiu came in, she knelt on the ground and bowed respectfully: "Your Majesty, long live your Majesty!"
Nangong Xuanyu said "Stand up" without even raising his head.
Li Changde immediately took the food box from Fuqiu's hand and asked the eunuch to test the poison before bringing the ginseng soup to Nangong Xuanyu: "Your Majesty, please enjoy."
Smelling the fragrance, the corners of the emperor's lips curled up in an almost invisible arc.
He knew that Nian Nian's birthday and the autumn hunt were both in this month. She had a lot of things to do, but she was still thinking about him.
Nian Nian really loves him deeply!
Nangong Xuanyu said happily: "Go back and tell Concubine Chen that I will go to see her and the Fourth Prince later."
Fuqiu said respectfully, "Yes."
Just as he was about to leave, the emperor suddenly remembered the young minister who had just stood here, talking about current affairs with profound insights.
Wasn’t it Fuqiu that Zhou Yuhu was proposing to marry?
The emperor selected Zhou Yuhu as the third place in the imperial examination, so he was naturally impressed by him and had high hopes for him.
If Zhou Yuhu wanted to marry another palace maid as his principal wife, the emperor would definitely think that how could a palace maid be worthy of the man he had chosen as the third place in the imperial examination?
But Fuqiu is the one who thinks of Nian Nian.
In the harem, she was the head maid of the Zhongcui Palace. Outside, people would call her the female official of high rank beside the Imperial Concubine Chen.
Pairing with Zhou Yuhu is actually a good match.
Nangong Xuanyu asked casually, "Have you and Zhou Yuhu decided to get married?"
Fuqiu's face instantly turned red, and she lowered her head and said, "Your Majesty, not yet..."
The emperor just asked casually and didn't pay much attention to the matter.
Fuqiu bowed and said, "I will take my leave."
Even when she returned to Zhongcui Palace, her cheeks still felt hot when she thought of the man's clear and burning gaze...
Little did they know that Handan and the others were waiting for Fuqiu to come back. Seeing her like this, they all winked at her and gave her ambiguous smiles.
"Miss."
Fuqiu bowed and said to Shen Zhinian, "His Majesty drank the ginseng soup and said he would come to see you and the Fourth Prince later."
"understood."
Shen Zhinian put down the account book in his hand, raised his eyes and looked at Fuqiu with a smile: "Have you seen Zhou Yuhu? What do you think of him?"
Handan stood nearby, listening with great interest.
Fuqiu bit her lips lightly, revealing a girlish shyness on her face: "I have seen it..."
She knew that when it came to a marriage proposal, she had to give the other party an answer, whether she was willing or not.
The queen has done enough for her, and she has thought it through.
Thinking of this, Fuqiu lowered her head and said, "I will completely depend on your Majesty..."
Handan and Fuqiu knew Shen Zhinian, and Shen Zhinian knew them too, so he was not surprised by Fuqiu's answer.
"Zhou Yuhu is a good match. I will have someone inform the Zhou family of this result."
Nanny Lin also watched Fuqiu grow up. Seeing that she had a good home, Nanny Lin had a loving smile on her face and her eyes were full of relief.
Fuqiu said, "My lady, I have a small request..."
Shen Zhinian said gently: "Speak."
Fuqiu said directly: "I want to wait until I am 25 years old and leave the palace, and then marry Master Zhou."
"I know that this matter is still many years away. If the Zhou family is unwilling, I will not delay Zhou Hanlin's marriage."
Handan suddenly became anxious: "Fuqiu, you have to think it over carefully!"
Fuqiu is only 18 years old this year, and there are still seven years before she turns 25. How could a family like the Zhou family wait for Fuqiu for seven years?
Such a good marriage, if you miss this opportunity, you will never get it again!
All the handan flowers were worried about lotus.
Fuqiu had thought these things through carefully, and said calmly, "My lady, I know my status very well, and there is a gap between me and Master Zhou, so I would never deliberately do something wrong."
"First, although Your Majesty is now a noble concubine, every step in the palace is dangerous. The young palace maids below have not yet been trained. How can I feel at ease to leave the palace and marry at this time?"
"Secondly... Although Zhou Hanlin's lineage is the second branch, I don't have to become a Zhou clan wife after I marry into the family. But the Zhou family is, after all, a long-standing family with a long history of loyalty and good deeds. If I become the mistress of the second branch, I will have to welcome guests and take care of the household expenses."
"I have been in the palace for two years. Even though I have learned these trivial matters, I am still not able to do them well and feel at ease."
"If I fail to be a good servant and my virtue is unworthy of my position, it will be a small matter if I am criticized. But if I cause Your Majesty to be ridiculed by others, I will be blamed for it."
She followed the Empress and was influenced by her, so she naturally understood that even if the man was a good match, the woman still had to be independent.
Zhou Hanlin is a good man, but Fuqiu doesn't dare to gamble.
Even if he took good care of her at the beginning, if she failed to fulfill her responsibilities as a wife and could not take care of the rear house for him, he might be laughed at in the capital.
By then...how much love will Zhou Hanlin have left for her?
Will he regret giving up a noble lady and marrying a palace maid?
Combining all these reasons, Fuqiu slowly knelt down to Shen Zhinian and bowed to him: "That's why I want to stay in the palace and study with the queen and Madam Xiao for a few more years."
Only in this way can she have the confidence to be a good mistress of the house!
After hearing this, even Handan was at a loss for words to persuade him.
At first, she thought that Fuqiu was reluctant to leave the queen and them. But it turned out that there were so many twists and turns.
No wonder everyone says Fuqiu is steady.
Shen Zhinian naturally knew that every word Fuqiu said made sense.
She was reborn, but Fuqiu was not.
In the past, Fuqiu was just a maid of a concubine's daughter of a sixth-rank official. It was quite good for her to grow to where she is today.
Shen Zhinian looked at Fuqiu and said seriously, "I know you have a point, but seven years is really too long. Besides, with your intelligence, why would it take you seven years to learn these things?"
"How about this, when you turn twenty, I will let you leave the palace and marry. Let's see if the Zhou family can wait for these two years."
Fuqiu's heart warmed: "I will obey your majesty."
Shen Zhinian motioned for Handan to come forward and helped her up.
Immediately, Shen Zhinian personally wrote a letter and sent it to the Zhou family.
In the evening, Nangong Xuanyu arrived at Zhongcui Palace on time just as he had said during the day.
Shen Zhinian and the palace servants came to greet them in the courtyard.
After entering the inner room, the two exchanged a few words, and the emperor suddenly said, "...I like the soup you asked Fuqiu to bring to the Yangxin Palace during the day very much."
"Niannian, don't just care about me, you also have to take care of yourself."
Shen Zhinian was stunned.
During the day, she was just looking for an excuse to let Fuqiu go see Zhou Yuhu, but Nangong Xuanyu misunderstood...
Shen Zhinian was certainly not stupid enough to explain to him. She looked at the emperor lovingly and said, "I am only dealing with trivial matters in the harem, but your majesty shoulders the responsibility of the people of the world."