ABA Chapter 5

 The Marriage Granted by the Emperor (3)

Princess Rongyang cried and seemed to love her daughter very much, but Qin Yu had a sarcastic expression on his face.

A month ago, no one knew that Princess Rongyang's eldest daughter was still alive - as early as fifteen years ago, Princess Rongyang told others that her eldest daughter, Lu Yining, had died.

Children are very likely to die when they are young. No one doubted Princess Rongyang's words.

But half a month ago, Princess Rongyang's eldest daughter, who was said to have died as a baby, "came back to life."

Princess Rongyang's seventeen-year-old eldest son married half a month ago. On that day, the princess's house was decorated with splendor and majesty.

As a result, before the ceremony, an unkempt woman wearing maid clothes suddenly ran out of the garden. She also rushed towards a group of female relatives who chatted in the garden and grabbed the cakes and fruit placed on the table to eat.

The frightened female relatives turned pale, and hid behind the maids one after another, and asked the servants around them to catch this crazy woman.

Although the crazy woman was fierce in grabbing food, she had little strength and was quickly caught by the servants. Several servants held her hair to teach her a lesson. Still, they were suddenly stopped - -The female relatives discovered that this crazy woman, who looked no more than 17 or 18 years old, was very similar to Princess Rongyang.

The eldest princess's house is strictly guarded. How could a crazy woman sneak in? This crazy woman must have been in the house from the start and looked much like the eldest princess...

If these female relatives were all friends with Princess Rongyang, after seeing that this crazy woman looked exactly like Princess Rongyang, they would not shout at her but would immediately hand this crazy woman over to Princess Rongyang. But the Princess Rongyang has always been arrogant and short-tempered. Many of this woman's relatives were not happy with her.

Just then, someone shouted: "Hey, why does this woman look so similar to the eldest princess?"

Another person laughed and said, "Yeah, she's like her little sister."

"What kind of sister? This woman looks only seventeen or eighteen years old—the same age as the eldest princess's eldest daughter if she is still alive." A cold voice sounded, and for a moment, everyone fell silent.

Many people no longer remember the death of Princess Rongyang's eldest daughter, so they didn't think deeply about it at first. But now that someone mentioned it, they felt shocked, and some people who had already reacted continued to say, "Eighteen years ago, the eldest princess Rongyang gave birth to a daughter, but she suddenly died when she was three years old..."

The crazy woman was stunned when her servant caught her.

Even though her hair was being pulled, she didn't seem to feel any pain. She still took the cake with her hands and ate it, her face covered in cake crumbs.

This person... looked very abnormal at just one glance.

Without thinking, the female relatives present could piece together the whole story – the eldest daughter's daughter may not have died after all but was considered a fool by the eldest princess.

The eldest princess had always been arrogant and short-tempered, so it was natural that she couldn't accept that her daughter was stupid. And her stupid daughter's "death" was a fitting thing to happen.

They didn't know how she failed to look after her daughter and let her out at this time, and looking at the girl's appearance...

Some older female relatives couldn't help but chant Buddhist sutras in low voices. It was very difficult for them to see this girl's condition. She looked extremely pathetic – not only was her hair disheveled and emaciated, but she also had a lot of wounds and blood on her hands. When she ate the cake, she also swallowed the blood on her hands...

Even if her daughter "died", she could find a village and servants to raise her well. The eldest princess... didn't even feed the child?

When the eldest princess arrived in a hurry, the female family members looked at her very strangely, and even the female family member who had problems with her spoke first: "Princess Rongyang, this woman is your eldest daughter who died as a baby, right? Even though your daughter is stupid, you shouldn't treat her like this!"

Princess Rongyang's face darkened.

At this moment, her sister-in-law, who had always disliked her, rushed out with a sneer: "It's Ning'er. This must be Ning'er. I hugged her at that time, and I still remember her having a birthmark on her arm!" As she spoke, she picked up the woman's strange-smelling sleeve, and there was indeed a cyan birthmark the size of a fingernail on it.

At this moment, even if the eldest princess Rongyang, wanted to find an excuse to explain this matter, others would not believe it... The eldest princess Rongyang could only hold her nose and confess about this woman; now she was the talk of the ladies in the capital.

The incident of Princess Rongyang's confession of her daughter caused a big commotion. Everyone in the capital knew about it. Even the women in the harem had heard of it. Now they saw that Princess Rongyang wanted to marry her daughter to Duan Wang......

Everyone in Xiao Guifei's family was secretly happy, waiting to see the show, but the people on the empress and Duan wang's side all had dark faces.

Isn't Princess Rongyang's eldest daughter a little stupid? She's not stupid but crazy!

Although Duan Wang was disabled, he was talented in literature and handsome in appearance. He is also the legitimate son of the dragon and phoenix. If he wants to get married, many people are willing to marry their daughters to him.

After the accident, although Su Shoufu's little daughter, who was originally engaged to him, broke off their marriage, Mei Cifu, who had not yet retired at that time, insisted on marrying her legitimate granddaughter to him. Duan Wang repeatedly refused, and finally, he gave up.

"Rong Yang, what do you mean?!" Empress Zhao slapped the table and stood up. Over the years, she had always wanted her son to marry, but her son disagreed, so she didn't force it. But even so, she was also eyeing several daughters of fifth—and sixth-ranking officials, as well as a concubine's daughter from her own family, and wanted her son to choose one.

Princess Rongyang has a very high status, but her son does not need other people's support! Just because she was stupid, in her eyes Lu Yining was already inferior to an ordinary family's daughter.

Her son couldn't marry a woman who couldn't even speak a word!

"Sister-in-law, I know Duan wang is a good boy, and I don't ask for anything more. I just hope Duan wang can give my daughter a place to stay." Princess Rongyang cried.

She cried so hard that Empress Zhao hesitated, but after seeing Xiao Guifei beside her, her face turned cold again.

Princess Rongyang and Xiao Guifei have a very good relationship. She wanted to marry her daughter to her current son, not just to find a place for her daughter, as she said. If the eldest princess loved her daughter very much, how is it possible that only now do people know that she has an eldest daughter?

"Rongyang, you want to fool people, but you don't do it like this! You clearly have ulterior motives and bad intentions!" Empress Zhao said again. She asked her son to marry because she hoped that her son would have someone who knew cold and warm. Fools are better off not getting married.

"Empress!" Emperor Yongcheng suddenly stopped his wife. What Rongyang said makes sense. Today, I will make a decision and promise Rongyang's daughter to Yu'er."

"Your Emperor !" Empress Zhao was stunned and looked at him

. Emperor Yongcheng was stunned, and the other royal family members present were also shocked.

Even though Duan Wang was overthrown, he still could not be underestimated. If Emperor Yongcheng insulted him like this, he would definitely not recognize him... Everyone looked at Qin Yu, waiting to see Qin Yu get angry.

"Thank you, Father, for the wedding. I can't bear the sadness of the eldest princess, so I am willing to marry cousin Lu." Qin Yu said coldly but suddenly accepted the decision.

He had confronted Emperor Yongcheng about this matter in the past, but in the end, Emperor Yongcheng still made a decision and he had to marry Lu Yining.

This time... Princess Rongyang is not a good person, but that fool loves him very much, and he will marry her.

Seeing Qin Yu agree like this, everyone present was stunned.

Xiao Guifei asked Qin Yu to marry Lu Yining, which was actually the idea of killing two birds with one stone.

Firstly, she wanted to embarrass Qin Yu, and secondly… Emperor Yongcheng forced Qin Yu to marry a fool. This would signal to the nobles that Emperor Yongcheng had abandoned Qin Yu.

In Da Qin, the crown prince had great power and could even have his own subordinates and form his own team. Emperor Yongcheng did not like to deal with political affairs, and Qin Yu was a smart child and had that right. Even before the accident, Qin Yu was still immature but had already started assisting Emperor Yongcheng in government.

After Qin Yu's accident, Emperor Yongcheng was very unhappy with her son. Her son was still too young, so Emperor Yongcheng would not grant such rights to her son, and the second prince, Qin Yue, did not have the ability… Therefore, Qin Yu's injuries were almost healed. After that, Emperor Yongcheng often called him to help deal with political affairs...

If not for this, how could Qin Yu, a useless person who was destined not to sit on the throne, cause trouble for them again and again?

Fortunately, Emperor Yongcheng disliked Qin Yu less and less, but he loved his son more and more... More and more people in the palace supported his son. If Emperor Yongcheng forced Duan wang to marry a fool today, once word spread about this marriage, there would definitely be more people on their side.

Xiao Guifei had already made plans, but she did not expect that Qin Yu would follow Princess Rongyang's request and agree to the marriage so happily… This way, even if her final plan failed, the nobles might even praise Duan wang.

"Your Majesty, Duan wang is a kind man, and I am very grateful." Princess Rongyang's husband, Duke Lu, suddenly knelt down.

Princess Rongyang immediately darkened her face when her husband acted like this. She had never been happy with Duan wang, and Duke Lu's praise would definitely give Duan wang a good reputation.

Qin Yu also felt that Duke Lu's praise of him was very sincere, which surprised him a little. In his memory, this Duke Lu was always suppressed by Princess Rongyang, and he never said a word. He's like wood.

"Duan wang is indeed good. This marriage has already been set. Let's choose a day to get married." Emperor Yongcheng said. He originally granted Qin Yu's marriage because he wanted Qin Yu'an to stop hanging out with those cunning scholars all day. Now that Qin Yu agrees happily, he feels a little guilty towards Qin Yu: "Fugui, let someone draw up an edict to make the eldest daughter of Princess Rongyang the princess, and her title will be… Anhui."

"Yes, Your Majesty." Fugui, the eunuch beside the Yongcheng Emperor, answered.

The marriage between Prince Duan and Princess Anhui has been decided.

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