If I were born again, I would marry a strong but short-lived husband.

Chapter 573 The years are long

Shen Sui'an also wanted to go see the lanterns and join in the fun, but she was about to give birth, and Fu Jinyuan didn't feel comfortable leaving her on the crowded street.

He booked a room facing the street in the restaurant, brought the Empress Dowager and Jiang along, and watched the excitement outside from the room.

The Empress Dowager hadn't been out for a long time, let alone to see the lantern festival, and she even asked her maid to buy several lanterns.

"The weather in Suzhou is much more comfortable than in Wangdu. Even during the Lantern Festival, it is still covered with ice and snow in Wangdu," said the Empress Dowager.

After living in Suzhou for so long, she was reluctant to return to the royal capital.

"Isn't that Yi'er?" The Empress Dowager spotted Fu Jinyi in the crowd with her sharp eyes.

"Is the girl next to him Yuan Jia?"

Shen Sui'an also walked to the window and looked down, just in time to see Fu Jinyi holding a rabbit lantern for Feng Yuanjia.

Feng Yuanjia smiled and put a fox mask on his face.

The two laughed together.

"Yier...it seems like you've never been so close to any other girl." The Empress Dowager turned to look at Shen Sui'an, "Is that right?"

Shen Sui'an's eyes narrowed slightly, "Yes."

The Empress Dowager's eyes were filled with joy.

"Go, go and ask the Emperor and Yuanjia to come up." The Empress Dowager ordered the palace maid.

Shen Sui'an and Fu Jinyuan looked at each other.

She knew that they often played together, but she never thought about the relationship between Fu Jinyi and Feng Yuanjia in other ways.

She remembered that Feng Yuanjia was two years older than Fu Jinyi.

Soon, Fu Jinyi and Feng Yuanjia arrived.

The Empress Dowager likes all the younger generations equally, and now the look in her eyes when she looks at Feng Yuanjia is even more different.

"Yuanjia, what did you and Yier do? Did you guess lantern riddles?"

Feng Yuanjia smiled and said, "Grand Empress Dowager, we are on our way there. I will ask Ayi to win a lantern for you later."

"Grandma, then you wait." Fu Jinyi said.

The Empress Dowager nodded repeatedly, "I am happy just looking at this."

"Yier, you have to take good care of Yuanjia. There are a lot of people outside, be careful not to get bumped."

Fu Jinyi: "Grandma, don't worry."

"By the way, Yuanjia, have you got engaged in Yunzhou?" asked the Empress Dowager.

Feng Yuanjia was stunned for a moment and subconsciously glanced at Fu Jinyi. He saw that he had his head slightly lowered, and only his handsome profile could be seen, with a somewhat stiff expression.

She smiled sweetly, "Not yet. My mother told me to choose a husband myself, and I'm still choosing."

The Empress Dowager smiled even more deeply, "You have to take your time to choose. Do you think Yi'er is good?"

Fu Jinyi's expression changed slightly, "Grandmother!"

He had no plans to get married in his life, and didn't want to cause other women to become widows in the future.

Feng Yuanjia's pretty face was illuminated by the lantern in her hand, looking like a newly blooming peach blossom, white with a hint of pink, and gorgeous.

"Let's go guess riddles." Fu Jinyi said quickly, without looking at anyone, turned around and walked out.

"Grand Empress Dowager, we'll leave first." Feng Yuanjia turned around and chased after Fu Jinyi.

"This child..." The Empress Dowager sighed. This was his reaction every time his marriage was mentioned.

Shen Sui'an whispered, "Grandma, this is the first time the emperor got angry when talking about marriage."

She could see that both of them were clearly attracted to her, but Fu Jinyi was still unwilling to change his decision not to get married.

The Empress Dowager frowned and asked, "Isn't Yi'er's heart disease cured?"

"Grandma, Doctor Zhou said that as long as we don't overwork him and take good care of him, Yi'er's heart disease will not recur."

"That's good, isn't it? He won't be the emperor anyway, so he can just get married and have children in Suzhou. Isn't that great?" The Empress Dowager snorted.

Fu Jinyuan pursed his lips. In fact, they all knew that Fu Jinyi was still the emperor of the Southern Dynasty and he could not stay in Suzhou for long.

"Grandma, I will talk to Yier and persuade him." Fu Jinyuan said.

Fu Jinyi insisted on not getting married, and the Empress Dowager felt depressed every time she thought about it.

Shen Sui'an also came over and talked about other things with the Empress Dowager, changing the subject. Jiang was also joking nearby and soon made the Empress Dowager laugh again.

Some people are not so happy.

Fu Jinyi looked at Feng Yuanjia carefully.

"King of Lanterns, here you go."

Feng Yuanjia glanced at the lantern in his hand and said, "Give it to the Empress Dowager. Didn't you say you would win the Lantern King back for her?"

"Are you angry?" Fu Jinyi asked in a low voice.

"Why should I be angry?" Feng Yuanjia said calmly.

"Anyway, I'm going back to Yunzhou after a while, and we may never see each other again, right?"

Fu Jinyi's heart tightened, and he subconsciously grabbed her hand, "Are you going back?"

"What else? This is not my home." Feng Yuanjia said unhappily.

"I will eventually go back and get married."

"This... so soon?" Fu Jinyi's face turned pale. "Didn't your father start a rebellion? It's too dangerous for you to go back."

“Your Majesty, don’t you know that Prince Zhenbei and the Ye family army are just putting on a show? In a few days, my father won’t be able to rebel anymore.” Feng Yuanjia said.

She is nineteen years old.

This time when she returns, her mother will definitely find a marriage for her.

Before, she didn't want her father to make trouble with her marriage, so she kept preventing the engagement.

My mother said that if there is no suitable one in the end, she will marry my cousin from the Ye family.

"Who are you going to marry?" Fu Jinyi's voice trembled.

Feng Yuanjia walked forward and said, "I have three unmarried cousins. I can pick any one of them when the time comes."

"How can you get married casually?" Fu Jinyi grabbed her hand, "You can't be impulsive."

"Why don't you come with me to Yunzhou?" Feng Yuanjia said with a smile.

Fu Jinyi's heart skipped a beat, and the tips of his ears turned red. "What am I going to do?"

"Go and take a look at which cousin is right for me, and then I'll marry him," said Feng Yuanjia.

"..." Fu Jinyi felt disappointed.

"No!" Fu Jinyi said sullenly, "You can't just marry someone casually. You have to really love the person. Life is long, how can you just settle for a life of compromise?"

Feng Yuanjia turned to look at him, "What about you? The years are long, are you just going to live alone like this?"

"My life has never been long," Fu Jinyi's eyes were full of bitterness and his throat was bitter.

He knew from a young age that he had no future.

Feng Yuanjia laughed angrily, "Doctor Zhou said that if you take good care of yourself, you can live another 20 years without any problems."

"That depends on how you live. I've been taking medicine and getting injections since I was born. I smell of medicine all over my body. Sometimes I feel sick when I smell it." Fu Jinyi said in a low voice.

"I don't want to implicate anyone, and I don't want the woman I love to dislike me in the future."

Feng Yuanjia raised his eyebrows, "Who is the woman you love?"

"..." Fu Jinyi blushed and looked at Feng Yuanjia in a daze.

"It's getting late, let's go back." Feng Yuanjia smiled, turned around and continued walking forward.