Drunk House

Chapter 753 Granted Marriage (1st update)

The emperor and the empress agreed, and soon the empress left the palace in person to visit Princess Qingping's mansion. The relationship between the aunt and sister-in-law had always been good. In order to protect her daughter in those years, Qingping took care of the Duke's mansion, which was not pleasing to her eyes, but she did not have any relationship with her. What conflicts did the Queen have?

 So, regarding the marriage between the prince and Duan Hua, whatever the queen said, she just nodded and had no objection.

The Queen talked to her for a while and saw that she was nodding her head without a single rebuttal or opinion. She immediately smiled and said, "Why are you so easy to talk to?"

Qingping told the truth, "Sister-in-law, I never dreamed that Duanhua would marry into the East Palace. I know my adopted daughter. With her being like her, now that she has such a blessing, what else can I say?"

The queen pursed her lips and smiled, "Okay, then I will let the Ministry of Rites take care of it. I will let you know when the date of the selection is determined by the Qin Tian Supervisor."

Qingping nodded repeatedly.

The queen saw that she looked good, and her eyes fell on her belly, "It's been more than a month? Has morning sickness not started yet?"

"Yes." Qingping put his hand on his lower abdomen, "I don't know if this is a worry-free thing."

 The Queen smiled, "If it were a boy, it would be easier for him to follow the Prince Consort's temper."

Qingping liked to hear this, "I'm borrowing the emperor's sister-in-law's good words."

So, after the queen returned to the palace from Princess Qingping's mansion, she went to see the emperor and asked him to issue an imperial decree granting marriage.

The emperor looked at her and said, "Is the order issued so quickly? How many more days will it take for the prince to think about it?"

"Your Majesty, you have known the prince's temperament since you were a child. There will never be any changes to the things he decides, and the Qingping family does not have any objections. Deciding on the prince concubine early will avoid the courtiers' constant urging. I still have to deal with the courtiers over the wedding."

 The emperor sighed, "Okay!"

So, on that day, the emperor issued an imperial edict granting marriage, and sent one letter to Yan Huisheng and one letter to Princess Qingping's Mansion.

As soon as the imperial edict conferring marriage between the prince and Princess Duanhua came out, the government and the public were shocked.

Everyone was stunned by this imperial edict granting marriage. No one expected it to be so sudden and so incredible. In everyone's minds, no matter who the prince marries, he will not marry Duan Hua.

Even the old Protector of the Duke's Mansion and Princess Sheng'an were stunned. Princess Sheng'an couldn't believe it and asked the Duke's wife, "Is this true?"

The Duke's wife was also surprised, "It's absolutely true."

"This is really..." Princess Sheng'an wondered, "What does the prince think? This matter cannot be settled without the prince's consent."

The Duke's wife nodded, "What mother said is that no one can influence the prince now. Unless the prince agrees."

The eldest princess Sheng'an thought for a moment, lowered her voice, and said to the Duke's wife: "I was thinking two days ago that the prince might choose Xiaowu..."

There are no outsiders here, only the Duke’s wife, Princess Sheng’an, said so.

The Duke’s wife also nodded, “My daughter-in-law didn’t expect this either.”

Princess Sheng'an told her, "Send someone to inquire and find out what's going on? I always feel that this is too sudden and too strange."

The Duke's wife was also curious, "My daughter-in-law has sent people there." Not only Princess Sheng'an and the Duke's wife sent people out to inquire about the news, but the courtiers in various mansions could not sit still and sent people to inquire about the information. The final result was that Duanhua broke down his carriage twice, and the prince happened to be passing by and took him back. In the past few days, Princess Qingping's mansion was very close to the East Palace. Princess Duanhua even lived in the East Palace for one day. The princess and the consort even visited the East Palace, but within a few days, the imperial edict of marriage was issued.

In the evening, when King Ruian went to the office, Princess Ruian asked him, "My lord, do you know what is going on? Why did your majesty suddenly grant a marriage to the prince and Princess Duanhua?"

King Ruian was also puzzled and shook his head, "I don't know either. Ever since His Highness the Crown Prince returned to Beijing from the border, the courtiers in the DPRK have been taking turns to make excuses. Seeing that the Crown Prince is indifferent, many courtiers have gone to the office to block His Highness the Crown Prince and urge him. The one who married the Crown Princess must have been tired of being pushed? Did he choose Princess Duanhua?"

Princess Ruian said: "Princess Duanhua is also quite cute."

She whispered: "If the princess hadn't fallen in love with Xie Lin, I would have wanted to find someone to talk to Princess Qingping when she was planning to marry Princess Duanhua."

 King Ruian immediately looked at his princess, his whole face serious, "Don't say this again, keep it to yourself."

 Princess Ruian gave him an angry look, "Of course I know."

 She sighed, "Who would have thought that Princess Duanhua's life would be so good."

"Isn't it true?" King Ruian also didn't expect that among all the girls in the capital, she was the one who was favored since childhood. Now it's time to discuss the marriage. In the past six months, I heard that Princess Qingping has selected all the young masters in the capital. Even the students from poor families have been dazzled. She has not been able to choose a prince for Princess Duanhua. Many people They all shook their beards and said that the Princess Mansion was too selective. With Princess Duanhua’s temperament, they didn’t know which one to choose to be satisfied. When he said this, he actually meant it as a joke. After all, among the people chosen, their son was also among them.

 But people just have the ability to pick and choose, and directly become the crown princess.

 “The prince is very handsome.” Princess Ruian whispered.

King Ruian glanced at her and disagreed very much, "The prince's advantage is just good looks?"

"Of course it's not too much." Princess Ruian laughed, "Speaking of which, when Princess Qingping proposed marriage to Duanhua, she only had one request: first of all, she must look good, and then there's nothing else. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince agreed with this first point."

 King Ruian was speechless. If you look at this matter from this perspective, it would really make people heartbroken. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince of Daliang, in the end, he married based on his reputation? Then what is he trying to achieve?

Xie Lin came back from outside with a face full of gossip, "Father, mother, concubine, have you heard? His Royal Highness the Crown Prince actually wants to marry Princess Duanhua? This imperial edict has been issued."

He sighed endlessly, "It's terrible. I still remember Duan Hua and Zhou Gu going crazy. Now that I think about it, I feel like I'm blind."

King Ruian glared at him, "Don't mention other old things in the future, especially the old things about Princess Duanhua, otherwise the prince will send you out of the capital."

Xie Lin chuckled and said, "If you don't dare, I'll mention it in front of you two."

Princess Ruian looked at her son. She did not forget that her son had been depressed these past two days. It was rare for him to smile like this now. She asked directly: "Have you gone to the East Palace to ask Qin Luan? She didn't agree to you?"

 Xie Lin suddenly lost his smile, "Yeah."

Princess Ruian looked at him, "Then what do you think? Begging her to agree? Or what?"

Xie Lin shook his head and said seriously: "No matter what, how can my son marry by force? If she doesn't like it, forget it."

Princess Ruian secretly breathed a sigh of relief when she heard this, "What about your marriage..."

 (End of this chapter)