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East Mirror Kingdom, Marquis Mansion.

Yan Xiaotian led his men and kneeled on the ground, waiting for the imperial edict to be read out.

"Following the will of the heavens, the emperor decrees that Yan Xiaoxi will be conferred the title of a princess of Peace, and that she will one day marry someone from far away into the Nanshui Kingdom. Here we come." The Minister closed the bright yellow imperial decree and respectfully passed it to Yan Xiaoxi.

When they heard the two words "distant marriage", the servants looked at each other, their hearts couldn't help but worry for the Miss's fate.

Just half a year ago, when the Emperor went to participate in Sacrificial Ceremony, he raised his troops and waged a war against Nanshui Kingdom without any forewarning. In the end, he lost and both sides negotiated with each other to choose to make peace in exchange for a temporary peace.

However, everyone knew that this nominal marriage alliance was actually the suppression of the hostages.

Those who went were doomed.

It was precisely because of this that the Emperor did not allow his own younger sister to marry him, but sacrificed their princess instead.

"Ridiculous, this old man wants to find the emperor for a reason." Back then, he, Yan Xiaotian, was renowned throughout the battlefield and his reputation spread far and wide. Even the previous emperor had to treat him with respect.

Who would've thought that after handing over the military authority and retreating for half a year, the Emperor would bully him?

How could he bear with this anger?

"Master Hou wants to defy the decree?" The Minister raised his voice with a hint of warning.

"Isn't the princess still in the pavilion? What right do you have to make this old one's daughter marry someone else? " Logically speaking, the marriage between two nations was between members of the Imperial Family. No matter what, it wouldn't take the place of a princess with another surname like theirs.

"Didn't the marquis know that the princess had married the great general of the hussar yesterday? You should also know that there is only one princess in the East Mirror Kingdom and other than her, only one princess is worthy of Prince Lin. " With regards to this, the Minister of Imperial Household couldn't help but express his admiration for the Emperor's ingenious move. He had long anticipated that the Marquis would ask such a question and had made him prepare a response in advance.

Yan Xiaotian clenched his fist as his veins popped out. He immediately turned around and ran towards the door: "This old man will enter the palace right now to find His Majesty."

This was intolerable. There was actually no news at all about the princess' grand wedding yesterday. It didn't even need to be thought to know that all of this had been planned by the emperor a long time ago.

"Father." Yan Xiaoxi shouted at Yan Xiaotian to stop him from leaving.

Yan Xiaotian turned his head and looked at his daughter who had only been in the Palace for a month, and said solemnly: "Don't worry, Daddy will not let you marry into Nanshui Kingdom."

"Wait a moment, daughter has a question to ask." Yan Xiaoxi rolled her cunning eyes, as if she was thinking about something.

"Alright, go ahead." Yan Xiaotian had always doted on Yan Xiaoxi, and his demands towards her had always been at the peak.

"Is my future husband handsome?" This question completely stunned everyone.

Yan Xiaotian nodded, he still hadn't figured out this weird daughter's personality.

As Yan Xiaoxi had been sickly since she was young, he had no choice but to send her to the world to practice martial arts with the world's experts. He had rarely seen her, and it was not easy to separate from her at home.

As a father, Yan Xiaotian had the responsibility to protect his daughter.

"Wow, that's great. Daddy, you don't have to go to the palace. I'll marry you." Yan Xiaoxi clapped excitedly. Beautiful men and delicious food were her favorite.

When he thought of marrying, hugging a beautiful man while eating delicious food, just thinking of that scene made him drool.

"Miss?" Xiao Cui could not help but touch Yan Xiaoxi's forehead, and then tested her own temperature, there was no fever, but why is Miss spouting nonsense?

"Xi!" Looking at Yan Xiaoxi's smiling face which didn't seem to be happy at all, Yan Xiaotian also felt helpless.

When Chief Eunuch heard this, he of course applauded and cheered. He quickly responded, "Princess is truly righteous. We'll go back and report to the Emperor."

With that, he disappeared in the blink of an eye, disappearing from everyone's sight. His speed was so fast that it made others sigh.

Seven days later, the wedding procession officially set out.

Yan Xiaoxi wore a custom-made red phoenix coronet dress. The peonies embroidered on it were vivid and lifelike. Her thousands of black hair were tied up in a bun. Her eyebrows swept up and down, making her already sunken face even more exquisite.

She sat in the palanquin, leisurely nibbling on an apple. From time to time, there would even be some crunching sounds. It was sufficient to show that she was in quite a good mood.

Xiao Cui followed the procession and walked along, her face filled with suspicions as she looked at the red palanquin, she was truly confused about her young miss' actions.

Could it be that Miss has never been aware of her current situation? This was not as simple as marrying someone. If she wasn't careful, she might lose her life, yet she was still this happy.

"Xiao Cui, how long until we arrive?" Yan Xiaoxi lifted the curtain and threw away the apple core.

"We have reached the border of the Nanshui Kingdom, and will soon enter the city." Xiao Cui answered honestly.

"Great, we can finally eat meat!" All along the way, they had to eat dried food and fruits to satisfy their hunger. This was a huge torment for Yan Xiaoxi. She was a carnivorous animal, so not giving her meat was no different from killing her.

Xiao Cui stared at Yan Xiaoxi dumbfoundedly, unable to recover from her shock for a long time.

The escort team, without any obstructions, quickly arrived at their destination.

Inside the Prince Lin's Mansion, there were many lanterns and decorations, everything was joyous and festive.

At the door, the butler had already been waiting for a long time. He respectfully led Yan Xiaoxi and the rest into the manor.

"Princess, please rest for a moment in this room. When the auspicious hour arrives, there will be someone to lead you to the main hall." With that, the butler prepared to leave.

"Wait." Yan Xiaoxi had her head covered by a veil. However, as a martial artist, she had long since sensed the steward's footsteps.

"What other orders does the wangfei have?" The butler looked at Yan Xiaoxi in surprise.

"Prepare some food for me, I want some meat." Yan Xiaoxi rubbed her shriveled stomach and swallowed her saliva. She was starving.

"This old servant will go prepare it now." The butler was stunned and left the room.

Very quickly, there were all kinds of food placed in front of Yan Xiaoxi. Crystal Shrimp Dumplings s, sweet and sour fish, Red Braised Meat, Drunken Duck, Flowering Chicken, all of them were there.

"Xiao Cui, don't stand there, let's eat together?" Yan Xiaoxi mumbled indistinctly with a chicken leg in her hand and grease stains all over her face.

Xiao Cui, who was at the side, had already gotten used to Yan Xiaoxi's strange actions. Shaking her head, she took out her handkerchief and wiped away the dirt on the corner of Yan Xiaoxi's mouth.

"Miss, slow down. Don't dirty your clothes." Xiao Cui carefully cleaned up the remnants of the wedding dress, while Yan Xiaoxi continued to eat her food.

After eating their fill, the auspicious hour had arrived. The maidservant brought Yan Xiaoxi to where they were going to pay their respects.

The main hall was bustling with noise and excitement.

The moment Yan Xiaoxi walked in, there was complete silence.

Under the guidance of the maidservant, Yan Xiaoxi received the red silk. On the other side of the red silk was her husband, Nangong Lin.