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"...Oh, for heaven's sake," she could not help muttering the profanity raging inside her.

"Well, aren't you especially grateful that the Your Majesty you followed is so magnanimous?"

"Xiaojiu, can you stop mocking me?" She grabbed the veil hanging by her bed and prepared to get up; after resting for a few days, she could barely manage to walk around. Although some of her wounds still hurt, lying in bed like this might mean lying down for the rest of her life. "Where's Mother? I have something to discuss with her, where did she go?"

"Where else would she go? She went to arrange a marriage for you, of course." Zhu Xiaojiu rolled his eyes at her, but still reluctantly squatted down to put her shoes on, afraid that bending over would strain her wounds.

"Where did she go to arrange a marriage for me?"

"Do you think anyone in this courtyard dares to marry you given our current situation?"

"Did she go to Young Master?"

"Isn't it good to go to him? Don't you like him?"

"Absurd! At a time like this, what state is the Prime Minister's Residence in? If Young Master agreed, how would Your Majesty view him?"

"Affairs of the heart depend on one's own ability. Your revered Your Majesty shouldn't be so petty as to shoot arrows at someone just because he can't get a woman, right? Besides, you haven't even married over yet, you don't need to worry about his safety so early, do you?"

"Go call Mother back!" Too lazy to argue with him, she fitted her shoes properly and nudged Xiaojiu toward the door. The words had barely left her mouth when her mother's voice entered the courtyard.

"Stop shouting, I'm back."

Her mother's voice made Zhu Bafu's heart drop. She strode