The legitimate daughter was reborn, and the emperor’s little Jiaojiao went crazy.

Shi Anxia compared Ming Zhao's expressions and states in his past and present lives, and found that Ming Zhao in this life was not depressed after being humiliated.

Some expressions can't be hidden.

It was true that the bandits had kidnapped him, and it was also true that he had been missing for a day and a night, but Shi Anxia believed that something must have happened differently in that kidnapping than in the previous life.

Shi Anxia asked tentatively, "You want to ask about the person who saved you?"

Ming Zhao nodded after hearing his thoughts revealed. He took out a portrait from his sleeve and said, "Princess, do you know this person? He said he is from the capital."

Shi Anxia looked up at the person in the portrait. Not only did she recognize him, she knew him very well. She couldn't help but frown, "What if I know him well? What if I don't know him well?"

Ming Zhao lowered his eyes and blushed, "I just wanted to thank him in person."

Shi Anxia smiled and asked mischievously, "Just to say thank you?"

Ming Zhao quickly put away the portrait. "Of course, I just want to say thank you. No, what else is there?"

At that time, Anxia looked carefully and clearly.

But this girl had delicate features, clean but shrewd, not the kind of noble lady raised in a noble family in the capital. And because she had been following merchants since she was young, she had accumulated wisdom that was inconsistent with her age.

If this girl had not taken the lead in the previous life, the Ming family would have been eaten to the bone, and how could they have worked for the country later?

Shi Anxia said in a gentle voice, "This man is Ma Chuyi, the new chief of the Eastern Feather Guard, and the son of General Ma Liyang, the general of Huai'an. He is known as 'Little General Ma'."

Ming Zhao's face turned slightly pale when he heard this.

Is your family background so prominent?

Shi Anxia knew she wanted to hear more, so she said more, "He grew up at the border with General Ma since he was a child. Later, General Ma was transferred to another place, but left his son to hone his skills on his own. Ma Chuyi was only twelve years old at that time. He entered the capital last year and is now a favorite of the emperor."

Ming Zhao stopped thinking after hearing this. "Thank you, Princess, for clearing up my doubts. I don't have any other thoughts. I just want to say thank you."

Even the "face to face" is omitted.

Shi Anxia smiled, "Actually, he is in Jiangcheng right now, assisting the prefect in handling a case. If you want to thank him, you should have the chance."

She didn't want to arrange a marriage, but she was willing to provide the two with a chance. Whether it would succeed or not was up to fate. If the flower was willing but the water was ruthless, wouldn't it just add to the troubles?

Perhaps hearing her inner voice, Cen Yuan came in from outside, "Xia'er, I'm going out for a while. Ma Chuyi sent me a letter saying there's something urgent."

Shi Anxia's eyes lit up, "Why don't you invite him to your house for a gathering? Have a reception for Eunuch Qi in the evening, and ask Ma Chuyi to come as well."

Cen Yuan looked at Ming Zhao who was lowering her head. The girl's ears were red. Seeing that his wife was more enthusiastic towards Ma Chuyi than ever before, what was there for him to not understand?

In the past, Ma Chuyi sometimes came to the young master's house two or three times a day, but he had never seen the lady invite him to have a meal.

He laughed dumbly, "Okay."

Cen Yuan never thought that Ma Chuyi came to him to find out Ming Zhao's feelings.

The two met in a nearby teahouse, sitting by the window. There was no one around, so it was quiet.

Ma Chuyi got straight to the point, "My Lord, please ask the girl from the Ming family for me. If she is interested, I will write a letter and ask my mother to send someone to propose marriage. If the girl is not interested... then forget it."

So casual? Cen Yuan hesitated for a moment, "What happened between you and Ming Zhao?"

Ma Chuyi did not hide it from him.

It turned out that he had escorted Lord Wu to Muzhou to take up his post that day. On the way, they encountered a group of bandits in Chongshan, Tonghuai County, who intended to humiliate the girl.

The girl was clever and stumbled her way into a cave.

The criminals disguised as bandits set up a fire at the entrance of the cave, trying to use smoke to smoke the people out.

Ma Chuyi was passing by at that time and found something strange, so he sent his men to arrest the bandits. When he went into the cave to look for the bandits, he found that the cave was winding and there were many places to hide.

No matter how he shouted, the girl just wouldn't come out.

He was helpless and afraid of delaying Lord Wu's journey, so he asked someone to take the bandits ahead.

He stayed behind to look for the girl, and when he found her, her clothes were torn and she was shivering in a hidden recess in the cave.

The girl trusted no one and was hostile to him.

The two of them were in a stalemate until midnight, when the girl finally believed that he had come to save her. It was dark and it was inconvenient to walk.

And she looked quite shocked.

Ma Chuyi took off his black cloak and put it on the girl. It was not until dawn the next day that he quietly sent her back to the Ming family.

After listening to this, Cen Yuan frowned and asked, "So those so-called bandits are in your hands?"

Ma Chuyi said, "He is still in the Tonghuai County jail. I am afraid that it will affect the girl's reputation, so I have been suppressing it and have not done anything."

"Then what's the matter with your proposal?" Cen Yuan was incredulous. "Just because you stayed for one night, you want to be responsible for Ming Zhao?"

Ma Chuyi raised his eyes, "Shouldn't it be?"

He even suppressed the case of the mountain bandits, wasn't it because he was worried about ruining the girl's reputation? If people knew that the girl had stayed in a cave with a strange man for a night, would the girl still have a chance to survive? Who else could she marry?

He thought about it and felt that he should consider the girl and be responsible for her.

Cen Yuan said calmly, "If you didn't have feelings for Ming Zhao, I wouldn't have tried to find out for you."

"Why?" Ma Chuyi didn't understand.

"Because you don't really like Ming Zhao." Cen Yuan was not willing to match people up at random.

But in Ma Chuyi's opinion, he and the girl were at least better than the person he had never met before getting married. How could there be so much like?

When his family arranged a marriage for him with the girl from the Rong family, he had never even met her, but didn't he accept it anyway?

Who doesn't get married like this? Parents decide, matchmaker decides.

What Cen Yuan couldn't tolerate even more was, "You can't marry her just because she looks like someone in your heart. Everyone is just herself."

Ma Chuyi blushed immediately, "You! I don't understand what you are talking about!"

Cen Yuan raised her eyes and looked at him. "There's nothing wrong with liking someone. It's your right. But if it hurts another person, then you're wrong." The tea was warm, and the words were also warm. "That kind of life would be terrible. You wouldn't be happy."

It was the first time that Ma Chuyi heard Cen Yuan speak so earnestly and frankly, and even his sharp words showed a bit of integrity and warmth. He couldn't help but lower his eyebrows and said, "I can't hide anything from you, but it's not what you think..."

He had a crush on Princess Haiyan, but it was only for a moment. After learning that she was engaged, he stopped thinking about her.

He was not a sentimental man, and was devoted to building a career. But his family was pressing him hard, and his mother was anxious, so she had already scheduled a date for him to meet other girls.

He thought that if he were to look at any other girl, it would be better to look at the girl from the Ming family.

Upon learning that the Ming family actually had a connection with Princess Haiyan, he felt secretly delighted.

Being exposed by his husband, Ma Chuyi's usually impartial face suddenly turned red.