My rigid, jealous husband has fallen for me, even though I'm a hopeless romantic.

Chapter 35 Am I Your Most Beloved Younger Brother?

In addition to the usual betrothal gifts, he also brought two uncommon winter geese as part of the engagement.

As everyone stood up to greet them, Wei Dongning nudged Gu Peiyan's side slightly: "They seem very sincere. I just don't know how much of it is genuine."

"Perhaps the Third Prince is sincere."

"How can you tell if he's sincere? Can you see through things?"

"A guess. Winter geese are hard to find, so if it's not a genuine intention, there's no need to go to such lengths."

Wei Dongning nodded knowingly: "No wonder you didn't bring this when you came to deliver the betrothal gifts. It seems you're not very concerned about our marriage."

Su Yizhuo stood beside them, listening to the entire conversation, and it took him a lot of effort to suppress the urge to laugh out loud.

Not long ago, he was worried that Ningning would be bullied by the Gu family after she got married.

Now it seems that the one being oppressed and bullied was clearly someone else.

Gu Peiyan was also taken aback upon hearing this: "I..."

"Just kidding, don't be nervous." Wei Dongning smiled brightly at him.

The Gu family, young and old, were all typical scholars, having studied the Six Arts of a Gentleman. But ultimately, they wouldn't be as proficient in riding and archery as the men in the military.

Sending them to hunt two winter geese is less satisfying than sending them to the heavens.

After teasing Gu Peiyan, Wei Dongning turned to Su Yizhuo, who was still trying his best to suppress his laughter: "Brother, turn off your vibration mode. People who don't know better might think you have bugs on you."

I never realized before that he had such a low threshold for laughter.

Two perfectly normal sentences of conversation actually made him almost faint from trying to suppress his laughter.

It's incredible.

Su Yide directed the guards who had come with him to place boxes of various sizes in the courtyard.

He then bowed to Wei Liangzhe and Bai Suyun.

He made the gesture of proposing marriage perfectly.

Even though Wei Liangzhe had complaints, he didn't say much.

The head steward of the Imperial Household Department, who had come with Su Yide, handed the list of betrothal gifts to Wei Liangzhe: "Please have the Marquis review it."

Wei Liangzhe glanced at the form briefly without looking at it carefully, then handed it to Bai Suyun beside him.

Then he instructed the servant standing to the side, "Bring the second young lady's birth certificate."

Wei Qiuci sat quietly to the side, watching as if this matter had nothing to do with her at all; she was just an outsider watching the spectacle.

Wei Dongning couldn't help but look at her more curiously.

According to the original owner's impression and Xiao Wu's previous description, Wei Qiuci was a completely different person from the one she had met.

However, perhaps because she didn't have much contact with Wei Qiuci, her impression of Wei Qiuci wasn't particularly bad.

Especially since Wei Qiuci was forced to marry the Third Prince, Wei Dongning felt somewhat sorry for her.

With the Imperial Household Department handling the arrangements, Su Yide's marriage proposal went very smoothly.

A large group of people came in a grand procession, and they were about to leave in the same grand procession.

However, Su Yizhuo remained standing in place, showing no intention of leaving with him.

"Brother, aren't you going back with your younger brother?"

“If I leave with him now, it will be obvious that I'm just here to join in the fun. Of course I'll stay and have dinner before I leave.”

Su Yizhuo flicked Wei Dongning's forehead: "Are you stupid? I don't know how someone as stupid as you became my sister."

"You're kidding me. Besides, with your IQ, you're only good at counting moons at night."

“Slander! Utter slander! I’m going to take this to the central government.”

Wei Dongning rested her chin on her hand and looked directly into Su Yizhuo's eyes with sincerity: "Back then, I don't know who wrote 'The moon twinkles in the sky' on the exam paper that year."

"Pretty!"

Su Yizhuo was speechless after being rebuked.

He had almost forgotten about this foolish thing, but he never expected that she would dig it up again one day.

Wei Dongning opened her palm towards Su Yizhuo and smiled very officially: "It's very simple to make me forget this. Just pay one gold leaf to seal my memory."

Su Yizhuo turned to look at Gu Peiyan beside him: "She's your wife, aren't you going to do anything about her?"

"Your Highness, I heard nothing."

"You two are really great."

Su Yizhuo was furious. He took out a gold leaf from his purse and handed it over with a heavy heart.

Just as he was about to place his hand in Wei Dongning's palm, he reluctantly tried to pull it back.

As a result, she grabbed his wrist and snatched the gold leaf away.

Wei Dongning gave the gold leaf she had snatched a big kiss.

This is a gold leaf!

Who doesn't love gold?

Su Yizhuo couldn't bear to blame Wei Dongning, so he placed all the blame on Gu Peiyan, pointing at her with trembling hands: "Gu Peiyan, doesn't your family give Ningning money for household expenses? Why is she so greedy now?"

"Your Highness, all the money in the Gu family is managed by A-Ning."

Su Yizhu choked.

In just a few days, the couple's relationship had become so close that they were practically inseparable.

I don't know if this can be considered good news.

Su Yizhuo stormed into the East Palace with a resentment even stronger than that of the Evil Sword Immortal, and even the eunuchs responsible for sweeping the road dared not approach him.

"I just asked you to gather some information, why are you so angry?"

The Crown Prince put down the vermilion brush he was using to revise memorials and watched with amusement as Su Yizhuo gritted his teeth and stuffed pastries into his mouth.

Su Yizhu poured himself a cup of tea, swallowed the choking pastry, and looked pitifully at the Crown Prince: "Brother, am I not your most beloved younger brother?"

"No."

The crown prince answered very decisively.

Enraged, Su Yizhuo stood up and was about to leave.

The prince tapped his fingers on the table like a cat toying with a mouse.

In the end, Su Yizhuo was the first to give in: "Brother, I had a gold leaf stolen from me while I was trying to get information for you. Shouldn't you reimburse me for it?"

"It's just a gold leaf, does the Second Prince of Da'an really lack such a small amount of money?"

"You're not lacking, but I am! I still need to save money to get married."

"Look at your pathetic self." The Crown Prince gave Su Yizhu a disdainful look, then turned to Wang Shun outside the door and ordered, "Bring ten gold leaves."

Upon hearing that there were ten gold leaves, Su Yizhuo's eyes lit up instantly: "Brother, I hereby declare that you are the best brother in the world."

"Try to be normal. People who don't know better will think you're crazy. I'll be embarrassed for you if word gets out."

"It's okay, I'm your brother. If we're going to lose face, we'll lose face together."

Su Yizhu punched his chest twice with his fist, then pointed his index finger at the Crown Prince: "Good brother, for life."

The Crown Prince shook the purse containing gold leaves that Wang Shun had given him, then forcefully threw it at Su Yizhuo's chest: "Get lost."

"okay!"

"return!"

"What are you up to now?"

"What happened to the information I was asked to gather?"

Su Yizhuo loosened his grip on the table and sat back down in his original seat: "Let me tell you..."

The Crown Prince rested his head on his hand as he listened to Su Yizhuo's report, his fingers tapping rhythmically.

After Su Yizhuo finished speaking, the Crown Prince asked, "What is your intention in insisting that the Third Prince marry Miss Wei?"