"This doesn't seem right."
"I don't think so either."
The father and son of the Ban Family looked at each other and then turned to look at Lady Yin, wanting to get an answer from her.
"Why are you looking at me?" Lady Yin was stunned for a moment. "I don't know what's going on either." No matter how she thought about it, she still couldn't figure out what was going on. She had no choice but to say to Ban Ren, "Lao Ai, think about it carefully. Did you really not become a Commandery Prince in the dream?"
"No." Ban Ren shook his head with certainty. "If such a good thing really happened, I won't forget it."
"Then … could your dream be fake?" Ban Heng suddenly thought of another possibility. "The incident with Xie Qilin was just a coincidence. In fact, no one had breakfast, and our house wouldn't have been raided. Is all of this just your imagination?"
Things like dreams and warnings had always been the norm, and it was hard to tell the truth from the lies. Even he knew that when the founding emperors wanted to rebel, they loved to associate themselves with the gods and immortals. Even the founding emperor of the Daye Dynasty played this trick. In fact, everyone knew whether there were really gods and immortals. It was just a lie to fool the common people.
Ban Ren was also a little uncertain after being asked by Ban Heng. She got up and took out a wooden box from the shelf of many treasures. There was a stack of paper in it. The words on the paper looked like scribbles. Probably no one except Ban Ren knew what she had written.
"I was afraid that I would forget the contents of the dream if I stayed too long that day, so I wrote down everything that I could remember." Ban Ren slammed the stack of paper on the table. "See what other coincidences can happen. Once or twice is a coincidence, but three or four times can't be coincidences, right? "
Ban Huai picked up the paper and looked at it for a long time. He looked at Ban Ren with dull eyes. "Daughter, what did you write on it?"
Ban Ren took the paper and looked at it. "Xie Wanyu is going to marry the Second Prince, but the Second Prince likes Shi Feixian."
"Why do you remember all the trivial things?" Ban Heng knew that he couldn't recognize Ban Ren's scribbles, so he simply didn't look at it. "Did anything big happen in the imperial court?"
"I'm so lazy. How could I dream of major political events?" Ban Ren answered matter-of-factly. "Besides, I was so busy every day in the dream. How could I have the time to care about those boring political affairs? Even if I asked you to come, you wouldn't be able to remember it. "
Ban Heng thought about it seriously. If it was him who had this dream, he might have forgotten it after he woke up. He would definitely be worse off than his sister.
"Then why do you remember so clearly who others are going to marry?" This was something that Ban Heng couldn't understand.
"Who asked her to not get along with me?"
Ban Heng suddenly understood and nodded in understanding. With his sister's vengeful personality, this matter could indeed be remembered.
The adult Great Prince and Second Prince were both born of the Empress. Perhaps before His Majesty ascended the throne, he had suffered enough from xiandi's favoritism towards his concubines. Thus, the one he respected the most was the Empress, and the prince he valued the most was also born of the Empress.
It was a pity that His Majesty's favoritism towards his two di sons had caused them to live a smooth life since they were young. Thus, the Crown Prince's personality was too indecisive, soft, and easily swayed by emotions. The Second Prince's personality was arrogant. Normally, he always acted like the Emperor was the eldest, the Crown Prince was the second, and he was the third. As for the other officials, he rarely paid attention to them.
These two princes did not have a good relationship with the Jing Ting Marquessate Fu, so Ban Heng did not have a good impression of them.
There was a scene that Ban Heng remembered very clearly in his dream. Xie Wanyu, who had become the Princess Consort, had slapped Shi Feixian. Not only did the Second Prince reprimand Xie Wanyu in front of many people, he even personally accompanied Shi Feixian to see the imperial physician.
The men and women of the Imperial Family were not sincere people, but they still maintained their relationship on the surface. Like the Second Prince, who did not give any face to the Princess Consort, he had gone too far.
Now, Xie Wanyu and Shi Feixian were as close as real sisters. Who would have thought that such a thing would happen in the future?
No, that's not right. Wasn't Shi Feixian interested in Rong Xia? In the future, she would have an ambiguous relationship with the Second Prince, which meant that she had never married Rong Xia. Then the question was, who was the woman who married Rong Xia?
"Sigh."
Ban Heng held her chin with one hand and sighed. It was a pity that she was not familiar with Rong Xia. She had never even dreamed of him. So she really did not know who was the woman who could snatch away Shi Feixian's sweetheart.
"Let's wait a little longer." Lady Yin touched her daughter's head. "If Miss Xie really marries the Second Prince, then we can …"
In reality, what could they do? They only had the title of nobility, but no real power. If someone really rebelled and claimed to be the emperor, they could only obediently be the fish on the chopping board.
"Sister, if only you knew who the rebelling person was." Ban Heng's mood was very low. "At least we could choose to kill him or hug his thigh."
"If what happened in your sister's dream came true, it means that this person is the destined one. Do you think you can kill him just because you want to?" Ban Huai said angrily. "Go and be a good playboy. Don't make things difficult for your brain."
In the autumn of the twenty-first year of Yunqing in the Daye Dynasty, the Emperor asked a noblewoman in the imperial court to act as a matchmaker for the Second Prince to send a betrothal gift to Xie Wanyu, the legitimate daughter of Count Zhongping's Mansion.
Count Zhongping's Mansion could only be regarded as a new noble family. Logically speaking, his daughter could not marry into the Prince's Mansion. The Emperor made the decision to marry a princess consort who did not have much influence because he was too ambitious. He could dote on his legitimate second son, but it did not mean that he liked his legitimate second son and had the intention to replace his legitimate eldest son.
For Count Zhongping's Mansion, this was not a very good marriage. However, the Emperor had asked a first-rank noblewoman to personally act as a matchmaker. He could not and did not dare to say anything to refuse.
After learning that Xie Wanyu was actually going to marry the Second Prince, the four members of the Ban Family felt as if they had lost their parents. They hugged each other and cried bitterly in the room.
The Great Moon Palace was the place where the Daye Dynasty's Emperors lived. It was also the place where all the princes dreamed of living.
The Second Prince Jiang Luo knelt in front of Emperor Yunqing. His face was full of unwillingness and resentment. "Imperial Father, the person I like is not the daughter of the Xie Family. Why are you forcing me to marry her?"
"I have seen this Miss Xie. She is beautiful and has a generous bearing. More importantly, she has a very forgiving temperament. She is a perfect match for you." Emperor Yunqing lowered his head to write. He did not even look at Jiang Luo. "If you can't figure it out, go back and think about it slowly. When you have thought it through, I will let you out of the palace."
"Imperial Father!" Jiang Luo looked at Emperor Yunqing in disbelief. "My eldest brother and I are both your sons. Why are you treating me like this? What's so good about that Xie Wanyu? In terms of talent, she is not as good as the daughter of the Shi Family. In terms of bearing, she is not as good as Royal Uncle's Commandery Princess Kang Ning. As for her appearance … "
Jiang Luo sneered. "Even that idiot Ban Yi is better looking than her. Why should I marry such a woman?"
"Since you think Ban Yi is better looking than her, then you should marry Ban Yi!" Emperor Yunqing said impatiently. "How can there be so many perfect women in the world? Don't be greedy."
Jiang Luo gritted his teeth. He was afraid that if he continued to be stubborn, his imperial father would really let him marry Ban Yi. He could only silently kowtow to Emperor Yunqing and silently leave.
It was not that there were no perfect women in this world, but his imperial father was not willing to let him have one.
In the Great Elder Princess's Palace, Ban Shu's witty words made the Great Elder Princess smile widely. She kept calling him 'sweetheart', showing how much she liked him.
Ban Heng ate his snacks as he complained, "Grandmother, don't believe my sister's words. When she whipped that Shen Yu, she was merciless. Her whip was so fierce that even I was frightened by her."
"Girls should be tough." The Great Elder Princess patted Ban Yi's hand. "In a family like ours, there is no need to flatter like other women. If anyone offends you, just tell grandmother. I will help you."
Ban Yi held the Great Elder Princess's hand and smiled obediently. "You don't have to worry about me. My brother and I are fine. As long as you are healthy, I am not afraid of anything."
"Good, good, good." The Great Elder Princess pulled Ban Yi into her arms. Her smile was gentle and kind. "Even if it is for our family's Lao Ai, I will live for a hundred years."
"And eternal youth, getting younger and younger."
"Alright, eternal youth." Great Elder Princess Denin agreed with a smile.
When the brother and sister left the Princess Mansion, Great Elder Princess Dening gave them a lot of things, as if she was afraid that her ignorant son would wrong the two children.
"Cough, cough, cough." Looking at the siblings riding further and further away, the Great Elder Princess took out a handkerchief to cover the corner of her mouth. She held the hand of the nanny beside her and let out a long sigh.
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