Zhu Zhuqing's Proposal and Qian Renxue's Refusal

"I know threatening him is wrong too, but what else can I do? If it were anyone else, I could grit my teeth and accept it. But Bibi Dong is my biological mother. I can't share Xiao Yuan with her. I really can't."

"And it isn't just Xiao Yuan who feels miserable. I feel the same way. The man I love has fallen in love with my mother. Do you know how that feels? It feels like the sky is falling. If you were in my place, could you accept it?"

Qian Renxue asked with a pained, somewhat agitated expression.

"I couldn't accept it either." Putting herself in Qian Renxue's shoes, Zhu Zhuqing understood her feelings. If she were Qian Renxue and had to share a husband with her own mother, she could never accept it.

"But how did Xiao Yuan come to like Your Holiness?" Zhu Zhuqing was somewhat puzzled. Their age gap was so great—how had Lu Yuan fallen for Bibi Dong?

"Do you know Xiao Yuan matured early?" Qian Renxue asked.

"I know. Not only did Xiao Yuan mature early, so did I." Zhu Zhuqing nodded.

"But what does that have to do with maturing early?" Zhu Zhuqing asked.

"Of course it has something to do with it. And Xiao Yuan's early maturity wasn't like yours. You matured gradually because your circumstances forced you to. He, on the other hand, was exceptionally mature from childhood, whether in mind or in feelings. When he first met me, he had just turned seven, and I was thirteen. He fell in love with me at first sight."

"After that, he pursued me for a whole year. We talked about many things, and I came to understand him very well. Setting aside his appearance at the time, he was no different