novelaction Chapter 196 Marriage Grant
Chapter 196 Marriage Grant
After saying this, the emperor called Su Shengyuan over, "Eunuch Su, please grind ink for me. I want to personally write the marriage decree for this beautiful couple."
"Yes, Your Majesty." After Su Shengyuan said this, he took out paper and brush and handed them to the emperor respectfully.
After a while, the emperor finished writing the imperial edict.
The emperor wrote two copies, one for Prince Dun and one for Su Shengyuan to deliver to Xu Yingying overnight.
Prince Dun excitedly took the emperor's personally-written imperial decree granting marriage, kowtowed to the emperor respectfully several times, and then left the palace after expressing his gratitude profusely.
Inside the palace.
"My dear daughter! Come and see what your father has brought you?" Prince Dun excitedly handed the imperial edict to Li Qinyuan as he entered the palace.
Li Qinyuan was so excited when she saw the contents of the imperial edict that she almost jumped up.
Li Qinyuan hugged Prince Dun tightly and said, "It's the imperial decree granting the marriage. I knew that you would listen to me the most, Father. Thank you, Father. I love you the most."
At the same time, Li Keren heard that the emperor had granted marriage to Li Qinyuan and Xu Yingying. When she heard the news, she was furious and smashed all the jade articles in the princess's mansion.
Xu Yingying was also shocked and surprised. She looked at Su Shengyuan who had rushed over from Shangjing with a confused look on her face. Even Li Siqi was very surprised.
"Eunuch Su, why did you come here in person? Did something happen?" Xu Yingying asked curiously.
Unexpectedly, Su Shengyuan looked at Xu Yingying and smiled, "Master Xu, it's a good thing. It's about you."
After saying that, he read out the imperial edict without waiting for Xu Yingying to speak, "Xu Yingying, accept the edict."
Upon hearing the voice, Xu Yingying quickly knelt down and said, "I accept your order."
"The Emperor proclaims, by the Will of Heaven. Li Qinyuan, the daughter of Prince Dun, is naturally beautiful, kind, honest, and gentle. I am very pleased to hear about her. Now that Xu Yingying has reached the age of 20, it is time for her to marry. We should choose a virtuous woman to marry her."
"Li Qinyuan is still unmarried, and she and Xu Yingying are a perfect match. To make the beauty of the two beautiful women come true, I hereby betroth Li Qinyuan to Xu Yingying as her wife. All the ceremonies will be handled by Prince Dun and Xu Yingying, and a good date will be chosen for the wedding. This notice will be made public at home and abroad. I decree this."
After hearing the imperial edict, Xu Yingying froze in place as if struck by lightning. She had never thought that she would receive an imperial edict granting marriage.
"Look at how excited Lord Xu is. He even forgot to accept the imperial edict."
Su Shengyuan covered his mouth and laughed. He thought Xu Yingying was so excited that she forgot to receive the imperial edict. Little did he know that Xu Yingying was so surprised that she forgot to receive the imperial edict.
"I have received your order and thank you, Your Majesty." Xu Yingying kowtowed with gritted teeth at Su Shengyuan's reminder.
Seeing this, Su Shengyuan handed the imperial edict to Xu Yingying with great satisfaction.
"Okay, our mission has been completed, and we are leaving now." After saying this, Su Shengyuan bowed to Li Siqi and Xu Yingying, then turned and left.
Li Siqi, who was standing by, finally reacted at this moment. He looked at the imperial decree granting marriage in Xu Yingying's hand and suddenly felt a surge of nameless anger in his heart.
Li Siqi immediately said, "Don't worry, Xu Yingying. I will go to the capital right now to ask my father to cancel the imperial decree granting the marriage."
After saying that, Li Siqi turned around and prepared to leave.
But before he could take a few steps, he was stopped by Xu Yingying, "Wait a minute, your current status is not suitable for going to Beijing to meet the emperor. There are so many people watching you in the dark. If you go to the palace, you will be trapped!"
Xu Yingying emphasized.
Xu Yingying's words seemed to bring Li Siqi back to his senses, "Oh? Then what are you going to do?"
Li Siqi said somewhat bewilderedly.
He could not accept the fact that Xu Yingying was given a marriage, and he was in a state of confusion.
"It's okay. I'll handle it. Find a chance to ask Li Qinyuan out for me! Let me meet her and see if I can persuade her."
Xu Yingying said somewhat helplessly.
The best way now is to let Li Qinyuan give up and take the initiative to ask the emperor to cancel this arranged marriage. This will be good for everyone.
"Okay, leave this matter to me." Li Siqi nodded.
The next day, with the help of Li Siqi, Xu Yingying and Li Qinyuan successfully met.
When Li Qinyuan heard that Xu Yingying took the initiative to make an appointment with her, she got up early today, dressed up, and changed into a skirt that she had never worn before and then rushed to meet Xu Yingying.
Xu Yingying naturally also saw the care behind Li Qinyuan's outfit today, but she is a woman after all!
How do women marry women?
"I don't know what important matter Xu Lang called me here today." Li Qinyuan said shyly, covering her face with a fan.
When Xu Yingying saw this, she felt reluctant to speak, but after thinking about it, she suppressed her guilt and spoke.
"The princess is naturally beautiful, so beautiful that she can captivate the whole country, but I am just a reckless man. I feel that I am not worthy of the princess. I beg the princess to ask His Majesty to cancel this marriage. I really don't want to delay the girl's second half of her life. The princess deserves someone better."
Xu Yingying said to Li Qinyuan very sincerely.
Li Qinyuan, who was originally very excited and shy, looked at Xu Yingying in disbelief after hearing this, "What do you mean? You want me to ask the emperor to cancel our marriage?"
"Uh...you can understand it that way." Xu Yingying stammered.
"Don't you like me?" Li Qinyuan questioned Xu Yingying.
Xu Yingying smiled bitterly when she heard what Li Qinyuan said, "Actually... it's not that I don't like you... the princess is so smart and beautiful, everyone likes to make friends with her."
Xu Yingying tried her best to speak nicely to avoid angering Li Qinyuan.
But Li Qinyuan was still successfully angered by Xu Yingying's words, "Want to be friends with me? Okay, okay, you don't like me?"
"Then I will not do what you wish. I will marry you today. You have to marry me even if you don't like me. Unless you dare to disobey my order, you will be beheaded!"
After saying that, Li Qinyuan left without looking back.
When Xu Yingying saw this, she suddenly felt overwhelmed.
In desperation, Xu Yingying could only give up the idea of persuading Li Qinyuan to cancel the imperial decree granting the marriage.
At this time, Li Siqi saw Xu Yingying coming out of the pavilion. He hurried forward and asked, "How was the discussion?"
Xu Yingying smiled bitterly, shrugged helplessly and said, "What else can I do? The talks have fallen through."
When Li Siqi heard this, he was suddenly at a loss.
"Then what should we do next?" Li Siqi asked persistently.
"What else can we do? If an enemy comes, we'll fight him with our soldiers; if a flood comes, we'll block it with earth." Xu Yingying rubbed her temple with her hand and said slowly.