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"Why did Tangtang suddenly decide to be a matchmaker?"

Naturally, it's because Qi Yitang knows that Xie Jingyu is the male lead and won't be so easily killed.

But as long as Ning Nishang doesn't like him, without the female lead's favor, Xie Jingyu will lose his male lead aura and become nothing.

Qi Yitang: "Because I like to see couples in love, just like us."

Xie Ling was delighted to hear this. "If you wish to find a match for my cousin, I will send someone to her fiefdom to invite my uncle to the capital."

Qi Yitang's eyes lit up.

The comments section is full of people saying that Lu Linbai won't be coming to the capital until the second half of the year, and she's worried about how to bring the date forward.

If the two of them can get together, everyone will be happy. If not, she will use that imperial decree to have Xie Ling bestow the title of county princess upon her cousin, and then she can live a carefree life on her own.

After leaving the Imperial Study, Qi Yitang felt much better. She had someone retrieve two plump fish from the carp pond in front of the room, deciding to make fish soup for dinner that evening.

Unexpectedly, they encountered someone on their way back to the palace.

"Your subject greets Your Majesty, sister-in-law."

That man was none other than the Prince of Jin.

Xie Changqing is seventeen years old this year, a time when he is full of youthful vigor and ambition. He is tall and slender, with handsome features and slightly upturned peach blossom eyes. His every move exudes a natural nobility, with a touch of youthful arrogance and unrestrainedness.

[Another handsome guy! He looks so young!]

The emperor's family is quite good-looking; they're very pleasing to the eye.

Qi Yitang often went in and out of the palace when she was young and had seen him a few times, but at that time Xie Changqing was still a little kid and they didn't talk much and weren't familiar with each other.

Xie Ling disliked her younger brother, but Qi Yitang had no grudge against him, so as his sister-in-law, she still had to be polite on the surface.

"Eleventh brother, where are we going?"

Xie Changqing's expression was indifferent. "I sat with the Empress Dowager for a while and am now preparing to return to the palace."

"Perfect timing! I just had some fish caught. They're very fresh. Eleventh Brother, take two back to make fish soup to nourish your body."

The eunuch then stepped forward, preparing to scoop fish for Xie Changqing's personal eunuch.

Xie Changqing suddenly blurted out, "Does Your Majesty care this much about every man?"

Qi Yitang didn't understand for a moment, "What?"

She was just being kind by sharing a fish with him; what kind of concern is that?

Xie Changqing said, "It doesn't mean anything. I just think that my sister-in-law truly deserves to be called one of the most beautiful women in Shengjing City. She is in no way inferior to Bao Si or Daji."

King You of Zhou lit the beacon fires to amuse Bao Si, thus indirectly causing the downfall of the Western Zhou Dynasty.

Daji bewitched King Zhou, causing him to persecute loyal officials, indulge in debauchery, and ultimately lead to the downfall of his kingdom.

Even if they were not the main cause of the dynasty's downfall, they were demonized by later generations and forcibly labeled as "femme fatales," receiving extremely negative evaluations.

Moreover, Xie Changqing's tone was clearly unfriendly, as if he had something in mind.

Qi Yitang's expression turned cold. "What do you mean?"

Xie Changqing: "I just want to ask if you, my sister-in-law, still remember your identity? Now that you have married my brother, you should be content with your lot, be a good wife and mother."

"Someone like my sister-in-law, a Noble Consort, openly flirting with my second brother in broad daylight, without any regard for propriety. In an ordinary family, being drowned would be the least of her worries."

[Why does such a nice younger brother always sound like his father when he speaks?]

[Hey handsome, you know you'll get beaten up by your brother if you talk like that?]

Qi Yitang had a headache; he must have seen Xie Jingyu pushing the swing in the Imperial Garden.

But what does that have to do with him?

Besides, can't you finish watching something you've only peeked at? What's the point of running away after watching the beginning?

Qi Yitang's expression was subtle. "You think I'm not good enough for your brother?"

Xie Changqing raised his chin slightly, looking quite arrogant, "My imperial brother is the best person in the world, so naturally he needs the best woman in the world to match him."

The implication was that she and Xie Jingyu had once been inseparable and had a deep affection for each other, making her unworthy of her pure and innocent elder brother.

Wow, you're a brother-complex guy.

Qi Yitang was not provoked at all. Instead, she pretended to be innocent and said, "What can we do? Your brother loves me. No matter what I was like in the past, he loves me to death."

"On the contrary, it's you with such a foul mouth, no wonder your brother doesn't like you."

With a single, casual remark, Xie Changqing was successfully brought to his breaking point.

His eyes widened. "What did you say?!"

Unlike Xie Ling's dislike for Xie Changqing, Xie Changqing had liked this older brother who was a few years older than him since childhood.

When he came of age, Xie Ling was already capable of handling things independently—he was proficient in riding and archery, writing, and military strategy, and was also favored by his father, the emperor.

Xie Changqing was most proud of having a good older brother. The other imperial brothers either didn't have an older brother or their older brothers had already passed away.

He also enjoyed listening to the Empress Dowager recount their days in the Cold Palace.

Xie Changqing grew up in luxury and could not imagine how his brother survived in the cold palace.

Knowing that his mother's release from the Cold Palace was entirely due to his eight-year-old brother's scheme, Xie Ling's image in his heart became even more towering, like a deity.

Xie Changqing liked to be close to Xie Ling and often went to see him with his studies, but his elder brother always treated him indifferently.

Even when he fell and injured his knee in front of his elder brother, the elder brother didn't care. He just glanced at him and had someone help him away.

There was no pity, no blame in that glance, only... indifference.

The wound on Xie Changqing's knee burned with pain, but his heart ached even more.

He didn't understand why they, who were born of the same mother, shouldn't be the closest people in the world, but instead were treated worse than strangers.

Later, Xie Changqing gradually understood.

His elder brother disliked him.

Because his mother was biased and always favored him, the younger one, while neglecting the older one, his elder brother naturally disliked him, the one who benefited from the situation.

This realization saddened Xie Changqing for a long time.

But he didn't give up and worked hard in private to get his mother to pay more attention to his elder brother.

The Empress Dowager readily agreed, and Xie Changqing was convinced that the relationship between the brothers was about to improve. However, he later learned that the Empress Dowager had summoned his elder brother and reprimanded him for being narrow-minded and intolerant. She made his elder brother kneel on the floor tiles outside the palace for two hours to reflect on his actions.

After that, Xie Changqing discovered that he could no longer even enter his elder brother's palace, which felt like the sky had fallen and the earth had collapsed.

But Xie Changqing couldn't help but pay attention to everything about his elder brother.

Later, he accidentally discovered his elder brother's secret—

He seems to like the ill-tempered older sister from the Qi family.