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Chapter 1460 Taking Down Song Wu
Lin Hao was extremely busy, and he and his wife were also busy with Lin Hao's—no, Song Wu's—were also busy with her wedding.

The first thing to do was to see Song Wu's attitude, so someone was sent to summon Song Wu to the palace.

After the palace maids served the best tea, the lady carefully observed Song Wu, while Song Wu, sitting at the lower end of the table, unconsciously twisted her handkerchief with her fingers.

Madam He put down her teacup and chatted with Song Wu in a gentle tone for a few minutes, mainly about the matter of Chuan Churu wanting to arrange for Song Wu to be married off to a foreign ruler some time ago.

However, the topic was quickly steered to Song Wu's marriage.

"Xiao Wu, tell me honestly, what are your true feelings for the Sixth Prince?"

Song Wu was taken aback, her ears turning slightly red, but she refused to back down: "What are you saying, Madam? I didn't mean it!"

"Oh?" Madam He looked at Song Wu, who was blushing, and said with a smile in her eyes:

"Then I will go and speak with the Prince of Chuan to arrange a good marriage for you. There are many talented young men in the court, and I remember the son of Minister Li!"

"Madam!" Song Wu exclaimed anxiously, standing up, then realizing her lapse in decorum, she sat down awkwardly, her voice low and dejected.
"I...I didn't mean that!"

Madam He looked at her with loving eyes and asked, "Then what do you mean?"

Song Wu bit her lip and after a long while, she finally spoke:
“I’ve said I wanted to marry him since I was little, but back then… back then he didn’t have a wife, and he didn’t have Li Wei.”

"Now we have it!" Madam He chimed in.

"Yuan Ying was the principal wife bestowed upon her by the Sichuan governor, representing the attitude of both Sichuan states. Li Wei, although a concubine, had a very close relationship with the sixth prince."

"You are the daughter of a general, and now you have been granted the title of princess. If you were to marry him, you would only be a concubine. I would feel guilty making you a mistress."

Song Wu fell silent. She didn't have a deep impression of her parents; she had been taken to the palace alone since she was a child.

Back then, Lin Hao was still Yin Zheng. He would secretly bring her candied hawthorns and help her drive away the palace servants who bullied her.

She ran after him, saying she would marry him when she grew up. At that time, she was sincere and naive.

But as time went by, she really grew up and realized that it was more gratitude than anything else, though it also carried a bit of affection.

Later, he married Yuan Ying and then took Li Wei as a concubine. She made a scene, cried, and was mostly resentful.

Having experienced being conferred the title of princess, being replaced by Madam Chuan in her daughter's place and prepared to be sent to Mo Chuan for a political marriage, and being questioned by Madam He today, and recalling her past with Lin Hao, she suddenly realized that she might really have fallen in love with Lin Hao.

If you don't truly like someone, why feel resentful? It's just...!

"Madam!" Song Wu raised her head, her eyes slightly red, and said, "I know that I am marrying my sixth brother, which is a great honor for me!"

"Sister Yuanying is so capable, and Sister Liwei is so gentle. Me~, I can't do anything, and I'm also unruly and willful, all I do is cause trouble~!"

Madam He realized that Song Wu's hesitation stemmed from Lin Hao already having a legal wife, so she got up, sat down beside her, and hugged her tightly to comfort her.

"Silly child, do you think I can't see it? I've watched you grow up all these years in the palace."

"Your arrogance and domineering attitude is just because you're afraid of being bullied. You're kinder than anyone else at heart!"

"I know that the sixth prince already has a wife, and it would be a real injustice for you to marry him as a concubine!"

Upon hearing this, Song Wu finally shed tears, and Madam He patted her back to comfort her:

"Don't worry, if you want to marry the sixth prince, then I will speak to the Lord of Chuan and ask him to grant you a marriage. As for Yuan Ying and Li Wei, I will speak to them. It will not be beneath your status!"

After a pause, the lady continued, "If you do not wish to marry, I will not force you!"

"No!" Song Wu sobbed for a while, her voice muffled as she said, "Madam, I... I'm a little scared!"

"What are you afraid of?" Madam He was delighted to hear this, but then asked with a puzzled look.

"I'm afraid Sister Yuanying will think I'm in the way, and Sister Liwei will think I stole her sixth brother!" Song Wu said, wiping away her tears.

"They've all been very kind to me, and I don't want to upset them!"

He could barely contain his smile, and then he said with a laugh:
"You're all talk and no action, but you're the most considerate person in the world."

"Don't worry, Yuan Ying is a perceptive child, and Li Wei is a kind-hearted child. I will explain things to them clearly and won't make things difficult for you."

Song Wu lowered her head, twisting her handkerchief between her fingers, and after a long while, she nodded gently.

Looking at her appearance, Madam He understood what was going on.

"Then I will take that as your agreement."

"Hmm~!" Song Wu didn't say anything, but the tips of her ears turned bright red.

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After seeing Song Wu off, the lady sent someone to summon Yuan Ying and Li Wei.

The two arrived quickly, and upon entering, they exchanged a glance, both guessing what it was about.

"Please sit down! We're all family, no need for such formalities!" Madam He gestured for them to sit down and said directly, without beating around the bush:
"I summoned you here to ask you about Song Wu."

Yuan Ying remained calm, picked up his teacup, took a sip, and said nothing.

Li Wei lowered her head, her fingers gently stroking the rim of the glass, waiting to tell the lady what happened next.

"You are both intelligent people, so I won't bother with those polite words!" Lady He said, looking at the two of them.

"Now that the sixth prince has both of you by his side, I know you are both good!"

“I shouldn’t interfere since you can live peacefully with Lao Liu, but you all know about Song Wu’s situation!”

"This child has been with the sixth prince since she was little. Her parents passed away early, and I promised to take care of her!"

"Now that she's been involved in a political marriage, the whole city is in an uproar. If the marriage issue isn't resolved soon, she might become a target of political maneuvering among the officials in the court!"

"I just called Song Wu over and asked her about her attitude. She still wants to marry her sixth brother, but she's worried about your attitude and doesn't want to hurt your feelings!"

He paused here, glanced at the two women's expressions, and then said in a softer tone:
"I'm not trying to make things difficult for you. If you're unwilling, I won't force you. Song Wu feels the same way. So, I want to hear your honest thoughts!"

Yuan Ying put down her teacup and spoke first to her mother-in-law, saying, "Mother, I was prepared for this!"

Looking at her, Madam He was very satisfied with this daughter-in-law. She never looked back and never smiled, showing her teeth. She was a dignified and well-bred lady.

The inner quarters were managed in an orderly manner, and Li Wei was brought to behave properly under her control, unlike when she first entered the palace and was so unruly.

The sixth brother must have accumulated a lot of good fortune over many lifetimes to be able to marry her.

Yuan's tone was calm, as if he were talking about something perfectly ordinary:

"As the sixth young master is, it's impossible for him to only have one or two women by his side."

"Besides, Song Wu is kind and benevolent, and she and her husband were childhood sweethearts with a deep affection for each other. Now that I've married into the family, I won't be jealous over such things!"

She glanced at Li Wei and added, "If Li Wei can accept it, why can't I?"

Upon hearing this, Li Wei's lips twitched as if she wanted to say something, but she swallowed it back.

He and his wife looked at Li Wei: "And you? What do you think?"

Li Wei was silent for a moment, then said in a somewhat dejected voice:

“Madam, I grew up in Jichuan, where monogamy is the norm. I have never thought of sharing a person with someone else.”

Madam He was somewhat disappointed, but she did not interrupt her.

"But~!" Li Wei raised her head and said, her eyes slightly red.
"But I also know that this is not Jichuan. Now that I've married into this family, I can't keep applying the rules of Jichuan to this place!"

She sniffed and said in a muffled voice:

"And Song Wu, she's a very good person. Although she's sharp-tongued and often makes things difficult for me, I also know that she's sincere towards my husband and has no ill intentions towards me. She stands up for me when I'm bullied. She's a good girl."

"Then are you willing?" Madam He was delighted to hear this and quickly asked with a slight raise of her eyebrows.

Li Wei raised her head, glanced at Yuan Ying, then looked at Madam He, and finally nodded: "I do!"

Madam He breathed a sigh of relief, a smile of satisfaction spreading across her face. "Good child, I thank you on behalf of Song Wu."

Li Wei sighed almost imperceptibly, then smiled and said, "Madam, please don't say that. If Song Wu knew I cried, she would definitely laugh at me again!"

Thinking of Song Wu, Yuan Ying couldn't help but complain, "Her mouth is really sharp!"

The three of them exchanged a smile, and the atmosphere became much more relaxed.

When they returned to Jingyuan, in Li Wei's courtyard, Song Wu sat on the couch, holding a cushion in her hands, curled up in a ball.

Li Wei sat opposite her, and Yuan Ying sat beside her drinking tea. The three of them remained silent for a while.

"You two, say something!" Song Wu couldn't help but look up at them and say:

"Are you unwilling? If you're not willing, just say so, I'll..."

"What?" Yuan Ying put down his teacup, glanced at her, and said, "You're not going to marry your husband?"

Song Wu was taken aback, biting her lip and muttering, "I'm afraid you'll be unhappy, that you'll feel like I'm an outsider."

Upon hearing Song Wu's concerns, Yuan Ying and Li Wei were both taken aback, knowing that Song Wu and Lin Hao were childhood sweethearts.

Upon hearing this, Yuan Ying's expression softened slightly, and then she spoke in an unusually gentle tone:

"Song Wu, after you marry into this family, Jingyuan will be your home. Li Wei and I will not treat you as an outsider, and you should not treat yourself as an outsider either!"

She paused, then added, "Of course, if you start crying and making a scene in the middle of the night again, then I won't be so polite!"

Song Wu burst into laughter through her tears, muttering, "You mean our wedding day? I... I didn't even know you back then!"

"Hmph~!" Yuan Ying raised an eyebrow and said nothing more.

Li Wei laughed along, took Song Wu's hand and said, "It'll be so lively if the three of us live together from now on. Haven't you always said you wanted to learn how to make desserts? I'll teach you."

"You're going to teach me how to make desserts?" Song Wu said with a look of disgust, "The osmanthus cake you made last time, even the dog wouldn't eat it!"

"That's because you put salt in instead of sugar!"

"I was just helping you taste it!"

Seeing that the two were about to argue again, Yuan Ying stood up and said calmly, "Alright, I have things to take care of. You two can keep arguing."

She walked to the door, glanced back at the two people hugging each other, laughing and crying, and a slight smile appeared on her lips.

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In the palace of Lady He.

"Your Majesty!" Lady He personally poured tea and presented it to the new Chuanzhu with both hands, saying, "Your Majesty, I have a request for your permission!"

"What is it?" The new Chuanzhu took the tea and glanced at her. "Is it related to Lao Liu?"

"Hmm~!" Madam He was taken aback for a moment, then smiled and said, "Lord Chuan is very perceptive!"

"Song Wu really cares about Lao Liu..."

Afterwards, he and his wife told Chuanzhu about Song Wu's situation and their desire to bring them together.

"That girl, Song Wu, has said she wanted to marry him since she was little!" The new Chuanzhu took a sip of tea and then said calmly:

"That sixth son of mine has been frail and sickly since childhood, and we've watched him grow up. Now he's accomplished, especially with this time when he revised the alliance with Mo Chuan!"

He smiled and said, "Then what the Lord of Chuan means is~!"

“Song Wu is now a princess, and marrying the sixth prince as a concubine is a bit of a humiliation in terms of status.”

The new lord pondered for a moment, then continued:

"But this time, when the sixth brother went to Mochuan, he relieved me of a lot of worries and handled the affairs of the Jiuchuan Affairs Department well. It is reasonable to bestow Song Wu in marriage to him."

He then put down his teacup and said, "Since you two are in love, let's make it a happy occasion. I'll have someone draft an imperial decree to grant you the marriage later."

Lady He was overjoyed and rose to bow, saying, "On behalf of Song Wu and Lao Liu, I thank Lord Chuan for his kindness!"

"Alright!" The new Sichuan governor waved his hand, his tone tinged with a hint of helplessness.

"You're all worrying about Lao Liu, while he's enjoying the good life with two women at once!"

Mrs. He smiled and said, "That's also thanks to Bishop Chuan."

"Stop flattering me!" the new Chuanzhu said, but a smile played on his lips.

The imperial decree of marriage was delivered quickly. Although it was a concubine's marriage, Song Wu was a princess, and the marriage was personally bestowed by the ruler of the province, so the ceremony was naturally quite grand.

Half a month later, Jingyuan was decorated with lanterns and colorful streamers. Red silk was hung from the main gate all the way to the backyard. Yuan Ying and Li Wei got up early to help with the preparations.

Yuan Ying oversaw all the arrangements, while Li Wei was responsible for serving tea and snacks to the guests. The two worked together seamlessly, almost as if they were managing their own younger sister's wedding.

Song Wu was doing her makeup in her room, feeling restless. She was still a little hesitant, thinking that her dream was about to come true.

"Don't move!" Yuan Ying personally drew her eyebrows, saying, "If you move again, it will be crooked!"

"Sister Yuanying, I'm nervous!" Song Wu said, clutching the hem of her clothes. "Can we not do it?"

"At this point, you can't just cancel it like that?" Yuan Ying put down his eyebrow pencil, examined it for a moment, and said, "Alright."

Li Wei came over from the side, holding a jade hairpin in her hand, and said, "Song Wu, this will look beautiful on you."

Looking at herself in the mirror, Song Wu blushed as she thought about how she would soon be entering the bridal chamber with her sixth brother.

After Lin Hao saw off the guests, he went to Song Wu's courtyard.

The bridal chamber was brightly lit with red candles. Song Wu sat on the edge of the bed and heard someone at the door. Her heart started pounding.

The door opened, and Lin Hao walked in, stopped in front of her, and used a scale rod to lift the veil.

Song Wu raised her head and met his gaze. Her pretty face flushed red with embarrassment.

"What are you looking at!" she snapped instinctively, then realized her mistake and lowered her voice, saying, "...It's not like we haven't seen it before!"

Lin Hao smiled and sat down next to her: "I have seen you before, but I have never seen you in a wedding dress."

Is it pretty?

"Beautiful!" Lin Hao pulled her into his arms and gently patted her back, saying, "I'm sorry to have to make you a concubine."

"It's alright!" Song Wu lifted her head from Lin Hao's embrace and said, "I don't feel wronged at all being able to be with Sixth Brother!"

Lin Hao smiled, cupped Song Wu's pretty face, and then slowly kissed her.

"Mmm~, mmm~!"

The girl's voice was very pleasant, soft and sweet, full of joy and happiness.

"Mmm~, no~!"

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Before falling into a deep sleep, Song Wu had a happy and sweet smile on her face.

She then slowly drifted off to sleep. In her dream, she nestled gently in Lin Hao's arms and kissed him. And then... and finally...!