Chapter 2 He Wants to Close the Net
When Zhao Shizhu came over, Su Hua's eyes were filled with anticipation.

Zhao Shizhu didn't even look at her, and said to Su Ci, "You are not feeling well, I will take you back to rest first."

"My little girl is fine. How about Your Highness send my sister back?" Su Ci just wanted to be alone now.

However, Zhao Shizhu had his own ideas. He ordered his attendant Lu Yi to send Su Hua back, while he personally sent Su Ci back to Shangxinyuan.

After entering Shangxin Courtyard, Su Ci was just trying to find an excuse to send Zhao Shizhu away, but Zhao Shizhu said before her: "Wait a moment, I will ask Doctor Zheng to take your pulse."

"No need, I'm fine, I'll be fine after a rest..."

Before she finished speaking, Zhao Shizhu suddenly picked her up horizontally again. She realized belatedly that Zhao Shizhu had hugged her twice today.

Although Zhao Shizhu came to see her from time to time during this period, he was always affectionate and polite, and never did anything beyond the rules. Today's behavior was very abnormal.

Does this mean that the time is ripe and he wants to close the net?
Thinking of this, she felt terrified: "Your Highness, this is not in accordance with etiquette..."

Zhao Shizhu smiled gently, looked at Su Ci lovingly and said, "I'll be frank with you. I came to you today to discuss your marriage with me."

[Vomiting three liters of blood! ]

【The baby is gone! 】

[Zhao Shizhu doesn't want to waste any more time and wants to capture Su Ci, his prey, right? ]

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"Prey" Su Ci looked at the comments filled with grief and suddenly wanted to laugh.

If the comments were all true, she would be the one who suffered the most, right? She didn't even vomit blood, so why did these spectators vomit blood?

"I feel a little dizzy, I want to sleep for a while." Su Ci leaned weakly on Sanmei, looked at Sixue who was standing beside her, and said weakly, "Sixue, go and see His Highness off."

Si Xue responded foolishly and went to Zhao Shizhu: "Your Highness, please!"

Zhao Shizhu looked at the pale Su Ci, but he didn't force her: "Well, you take a rest first. I just need to discuss the marriage with your father..."

Upon hearing this, Su Ci sat up in shock from his dying illness and said incoherently: "Ah, this matter, there is no rush. You see I am so weak, I am worried that I will die right after I get married, and the wedding will turn into a funeral, which is not good..."

At this time, she had long forgotten to maintain her image as a lady from a wealthy family, and had also forgotten to call herself "little girl".

Sixue and Sanmei looked at their girl as if they had seen a ghost.

Normally, when the girl sees His Royal Highness Prince Duan, she is as happy as a bee seeing sugar. Her biggest wish is to marry His Royal Highness Prince Duan. What happened today?
This was the first time that His Royal Highness Prince Duan took the initiative to mention marriage. Although His Royal Highness Prince Duan had contact with the girl from time to time, he never expressed his feelings and his attitude was ambiguous. However, the position of the Marquis was very clear, and he did not want the girl to be with His Royal Highness Prince Duan.

They also felt that the girl was being too eager to shoulder the burden, and that Prince Duan might not necessarily want to marry the girl.

This time, His Royal Highness Prince Duan took the initiative to discuss marriage with the girl, so why is the girl not in a hurry anymore?

"You are indeed a little weak, but with Doctor Zheng here, you will be fine after a few days of recuperation. Your marriage with me will be arranged first..."

"I feel dizzy," Su Ci's legs felt weak, and he walked to the armchair tremblingly and sat down, saying weakly, "Si Xue, go and ask my father to come over..."

Zhao Shizhu's eyes flickered slightly, he always felt that Su Ci was very strange today.

There was no doubt that she liked him. He had deliberately lured her in the past because Xuanping Hou was unwilling to marry Su Ci into Prince Duan's mansion, so he couldn't be too hasty. This was not a problem. As long as Su Ci liked him, he could tie Xuanping Hou's mansion and Prince Duan's mansion together firmly.

Today he felt that the time was ripe and planned to close the net, so he decided to verbally agree on the marriage with Su Ci first.

He has always been a germaphobe and doesn't like to be close to women. He endured the discomfort all over his body and didn't throw Su Ci on the ground, just to give Su Ci a taste of sweetness so that she would agree to marry him.

By then, even if Marquis Xuanping didn't want Su Ci to marry into Prince Duan's mansion, he and Su Ci had already secretly decided to spend their lives together, and the matter was done.

Unexpectedly, Su Ci's reaction was beyond his expectations.

Marquis Xuanping was always most concerned about his beloved daughter Su Ci. When he heard that Zhao Shizhu had entered his beloved daughter's yard, he immediately rushed over in a hurry.

"Ah Ci, you are too ignorant. How could you let His Highness enter your doghouse?"

The Marquis of Xuanping belittled his own daughter and said to Zhao Shizhu, "Your Highness, I am sorry to make you laugh. My wife died young, and I was the one who brought her up since she was a child. I am a rough man who doesn't know how to raise a girl, and I taught Ah Ci to behave like a man. It is really shameful to let a man enter her boudoir!"

On the surface, he was scolding his daughter, but in fact he was secretly cursing Zhao Shizhu for being evil-minded and deliberately ruining his daughter's reputation.

Although he was a rough man, he knew that he had no right to get involved with Prince Duan's Mansion.

Prince Duan seemed gentle and uncontested, but he felt that he was unfathomable.

If Ah Ci were really to marry into Prince Duan's Mansion, the Marquis' Mansion and Prince Duan's Mansion would be like grasshoppers on the same rope, rising and falling together, and he didn't want the Marquis' Mansion to be involved in the struggle for imperial power.

"I also know that it is disrespectful for me to enter Aci's boudoir. It is my fault for ruining Aci's reputation. After thinking it over, for the sake of Aci's reputation, I have to marry Aci." Zhao Shizhu smiled gently, and it didn't sound like he was talking about marriage, but rather about the weather.

As soon as he finished speaking, Su Ci suddenly leaned towards Sanmei, his eyes rolled back and his whole body twitched.

Seeing this, Marquis Xuanping was overjoyed: "Aci is ill, why don't you help her to the bedroom? Stop embarrassing yourself in this world!"

Sixue and Sanmei woke up as if from a dream, and hurriedly helped Su Ci into the bedroom.

Just as Zhao Shizhu was about to follow him in to see what was going on, Marquis Xuanping stopped him and said, "Your Highness has also seen that Ah Ci is suffering from a relapse of epilepsy. She has had this strange disease since she was a child, and her condition is very embarrassing when she is ill. No matter what, I cannot let Ah Ci harm Your Highness."

Without giving Zhao Shizhu a chance to speak again, he ordered the butler to send the guest away.

Zhao Shizhu had a good temper and left the Xuanping Marquis Mansion after saying goodbye.

After getting on the carriage, Li Qixi asked cautiously, "Miss Su must be really ill, right?"

It was no secret in Liangzhou that Su Ci liked His Royal Highness Prince Duan. Today, His Royal Highness proposed a marriage, and Su Ci should have happily agreed. It was impossible for him to pretend to be sick.

"I think she is pretending to be sick." Zhao Shizhu's eyes were cold and gloomy, unlike the gentle and warm look before. "I have seen patients with epilepsy, foaming at the mouth and with eyes wide open. Although Su Ci's acting is good, the 'epilepsy' described by Xuanping Hou obviously does not match the symptoms Su Ci just showed."

Looking at Su Ci's repeated attempts to keep a distance from him, could it be that Su Ci discovered that he was not sincere to her?
As soon as Zhao Shizhu left, Su Ci jumped off the bed and paced back and forth in front of the bed.

Xuanping Hou Su Lian was dizzy because of her shaking: "Stop shaking me, it makes me dizzy."

Su Ci rushed to Su Lian, his eyes brighter than the spring sunshine outside the window: "Dad, why don't we let our third sister marry His Royal Highness Prince Duan?"

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