C19 Marriage Between Two Countries

When I heard Jingyi's words, all the pain in my heart disappeared. All that was left in my heart was gratitude and happiness.

Both of them swore that he was lucky enough to think of it.

Sixteenth Princess , who had a look of admiration on her face just a moment ago, instantly glared at Jingyi when she heard him and shouted loudly, Han Jingyi, you've gone too far!"

"Do you still want to marry me like this?" Jingyi asked coldly.

"I..." Sixteenth Princess 's body trembled slightly. Clearly, she was really angry and hurt her heart.

At this moment, Third Prince of Southern Chu stood out and said angrily, "Emperor, the two of us siblings came here with sincerity to discuss marriage matters with you. Yet, you two are humiliating us like this. This is really too much. Since things have already come to this, I'm afraid there is no need to continue the discussion. Farewell!"

After saying that, he pulled Sixteenth Princess and wanted to walk out.

"Wait!" I stood up and came to the center of the hall. After bowing deeply to the Emperor, I said, "Emperor, Chenqie has something to say."

"Yes!" The Emperor nodded in agreement.

I turned around and looked at Third Prince from Southern Chu and said, "My husband is honest. If there is anything wrong with his words just now, I hope that Your Highness and Princess can forgive him."

Third Prince raised his head in disdain and looked elsewhere. Sixteenth Princess was looking at me, but her eyes were very unfriendly.

They did not have a good attitude. It did not matter. They just had to stay and listen to what I said.

If they were to leave just like that, Jingyi would definitely be charged with the crime of destroying the relationship between the two countries. How could I let him take the responsibility?

I turned to look at Sixteenth Princess and said, "You are Princess of Southern Chu. My husband is just a grade five general in Great Liang. Furthermore, if you marry my husband, You can only be a concubine, and if you insist on marrying, it is suspicious of your intentions."

"Intentions?" Sixteenth Princess 's face became even more angry. She took a step forward and asked me, "What do you mean?"

"Marriage between two countries involves state relations, so the two sides will pay more attention to the identity and status of the married person. Any country does not want their people to be treated unfairly in the other party's country. At the same time, they did not let the other party's people come to their own country to suffer, right?" I asked.

"What are you trying to say?" She asked.

"You insist on making yourself feel wronged and marrying a rank five general of Great Liang as your concubine. Isn't this clearly making things difficult for the Emperor? If the Emperor does not agree, you say that we do not have enough respect for you. If the Emperor agrees, your Southern Chu Emperor will say again. We, the Great Liang, do not take this marriage seriously. It is our fault on the left and right. "I think your Southern Chu's proposal of marriage is fake. It's true that you want to use this opportunity to start another war! "

What I said not only shocked the princes and princesses of Southern Chu, but also shook the hearts of everyone present.

Immediately after, the Emperor said, "Zhen is willing to marry his daughter over, and is also willing to let your princess choose any one of Zhen's two sons to marry. Yet, you all have come for such a purpose. Your motive is really suspicious."

Although the Emperor's tone was calm, the words that he said were very intimidating. This, when the Southern Chu's Third Prince heard this, he immediately pulled his younger sister and bowed to apologize.

"Emperor, please calm down. My Southern Chu sincerely wishes to marry your country. It was my negligence to develop to this stage. As for the marriage, we siblings are willing to listen to the decision of the Emperor. We will not have any objections."

The great battle from before had caused the Southern Chu to suffer heavy losses. Perhaps they really did not dare to make an enemy of Great Liang, which is why they came here with sincerity and wish to form a marriage alliance with Great Liang.

Since they had made a concession, the Emperor's mood naturally became much better. Thus, he directly opened his mouth and said: "Since the Southern Chu sincerely wishes to form a marriage alliance with Great Liang, I, Great Liang naturally will not treat the two of you unfairly."

The Emperor turned to look at Fifth Prince and Sixth Prince in the hall and then asked, "The two of you, who is willing to marry the princess of Southern Chu?"

Originally Sixteenth Princess had the right to choose but now she had become the chosen one. This was the price she had to pay.

Fifth Prince looked at Imperial Noble Consort and saw her nod slightly, so he got up and walked into the hall. He bowed and said, "Royal Father, this son is willing to become friends with the two countries and marry Princess of Southern Chu."

This cousin of mine, although he does not have his own opinion, he is quite good at talking.

This time, not only did he have the beauty in his arms, he even said that he was willing to sacrifice himself for the friendship between the two countries. He was really quick-witted.

"Good, then today, Zhen will make the decision to bestow marriage to Yi Tang and Princess of Southern Chu!"

Hearing this, his cousin knelt and said, "This son thanks Royal Father!"

Seeing this, no matter how unwilling Sixteenth Princess was, she could only kneel down and thank him together with her cousin.

The Emperor had arranged for Sixteenth Princess to marry his cousin in Southern Chu, and he was going to bestow the marriage to Third Prince of Southern Chu.

But the problem was that the person the Emperor was going to point out to Third Prince of Southern Chu was not in the main hall.

However, this clearly did not affect the Emperor's arrangements. Because his cousin and Sixteenth Princess had just expressed their gratitude, the Emperor opened his mouth again. "Zhen still has a woman under his knees, called Ningyan. She is both handsome and gentle, specially bestowing Third Prince of Southern Chu as his wife and choosing a day to get married."

Third Prince of Southern Chu immediately knelt on the ground and kowtowed to thank her. "Li Feng thanks Emperor Dali Liang for the marriage."

Although he did not see Seventh Princess and Lee Ningyan from Liang, this Third Prince of Southern Chu clearly did not take it to heart. Perhaps to him, this was just a transaction between the two countries.

The Emperor had just ordered Third Prince of Southern Chu to stand up when he suddenly heard a message from outside the palace. "Seventh Princess has arrived!"

Everyone looked at the door at the same time and saw Lee Ningyan walking quickly to the center of the hall and kneeling, "Royal Father, this son is not willing to marry into Southern Chu!"

The Emperor slightly frowned and waved his hand, indicating for the rest of us to return to our seats first.

Jingyi did not hesitate and directly pulled my hand and left the middle of the hall.

And this scene just happened to be seen by Lee Ningyan. That gaze of hers, I will never forget it for the rest of my life.

Lee Ningyan was born by the Empress. When she rushed out like this, her mouth had the intention of resisting the decree. Of course, the Empress could not ignore it, "Ningyan! You, Royal Father, have already issued the decree. Don't say anything more, quickly get up and take a seat!"

"Mother, you are Ningyan's birth mother. How could you not know what my son is thinking? This son only made a trip to Pingzhou. The moment he returned, he found out that the person he loves has already become his wife. Before his grief has passed, Royal Father is going to marry this son to Southern Chu. This son... this son is not willing!" Lee Ningyan's tears flowed down two lines.

When she said that, I naturally thought of the letter from before. I originally thought that it was just her feelings for Jingyi when she was young, but I did not expect that she was still thinking about him in her heart.

My husband, you can really attract the attention of the bees and butterflies. Now, you have actually provoked the hearts of the princesses of both countries.

The Empress' eyes were full of heartache, but this heartache only existed in her eyes. "Ningyan, stop messing around, quickly get up!"

"Mother, I won't!" Lee Ningyan was also very stubborn and insisted on asking the Emperor to take back the decree. Could it be that she could not see that the Emperor's expression had already changed?

"Audacious!" The Emperor angrily slammed the table, "Men, bring Seventh Princess back to the Glazed Tile Palace. Without Zhen's permission, you are not allowed to take half a step out of the palace gates!"

"Royal Father!" Lee Ningyan's face was full of grievance. She should not have thought that the Emperor would treat her precious daughter like this.

Not only did the Empress not plead for her daughter, she even used her eyes to signal Lee Ningyan to quickly withdraw.

I can't help but start to sympathize with her. As the princess of the Great Liang and also the most favoured one, I did not expect that she would end up like this in the end. Truly pitiful.

Clearly, Lee Ningyan's farce didn't affect the attitude of the prince of Southern Chu. He sat in his seat, eating and drinking as if all of this had nothing to do with him.

After Lee Ningyan was brought away, the Emperor waved his hand, signalling the Palace people to play music and dance to alleviate the awkward situation.

"Wife, what are you thinking about?"

Suddenly, Jingyi's voice sounded in his ear.

I sighed and replied, "I didn't expect you to be so good at attracting butterflies. If I had known this would happen, I would not have married you back then."

I admit that my words were a little sour. However, at this moment, I did indeed have such thoughts.

He seems to have heard the jealousy in my words. He smiles slightly and says proudly, "But you have already married me."

"Yes, I've already married you. I don't have a choice now. " Unless you divorce me. " I didn't look at him. When I said this, I couldn't help but feel sour in my heart.

He took my hand and softly said, "Fool.

He didn't explain or comfort me, but his hand held me all the way until the banquet ended.

...

After we left the palace, our carriage had just crossed a street when we were suddenly stopped. Chi Faang reported, "General, sixteenth princess of Southern Chu requests an audience."

Jingyi frowned slightly. After hesitating for a moment, he coldly replied, "No!"

"General Han, I am a princess of Southern Chu. Aren't you being too disrespectful to Southern Chu by rejecting me like this?" This voice and these words were clearly said by Sixteenth Princess .

When she carried out the Southern Chu, Jingyi naturally could not avoid seeing her. However, to my surprise, Jingyi actually wanted me to get out of the car and go with him to see Sixteenth Princess .

I think Jingyi might be afraid that I would think too much, so he brought me there. Of course, he might also want to use me to remind Sixteenth Princess of his attitude towards her.

After getting out of the carriage, the two of us came in front of Princess of Southern Chu. Jingyi directly asked her, "May I know what business Princess of Southern Chu has?"

Sixteenth Princess looked at me and mocked, "General Han is really interesting. Why? Afraid that I would eat you, so he brought your wife over?"

I ignored her and Jingyi did not want to waste his breath. He asked again, "What do you want from me?"

Seeing Jingyi's attitude, Princess of Southern Chu did not waste any more time. She took out a jade pendant from her bosom and said, "Back then, you gave me the jade pendant as a token of love. Now, not only did you not admit it, you even pushed me to Fifth Prince. Shouldn't you give me an explanation for this?"

Jade pendant? An item of love? When she said that, my heart started to panic.