The person who came was none other than the gentle, elegant and beautiful Princess Jingying herself.

She was wearing a flowing snow-white dress and a crystal-clear orchid crown. She stood there pretty and timidly, looking both graceful and fragile, like a ray of cool and bright white moonlight.

Prince Jing, who loves his daughter dearly, can't help but feel mixed emotions when he sees her well-behaved and sensible appearance...

Princess Jingying lowered her watery eyes sadly, and said to Prince Jing in a slightly aggrieved voice: "Forget it, father, please don't embarrass Mr. Jiang. It's just that I'm not that lucky. Who made my mother just a concubine of yours..."

The voice sounded tearful and extremely sad.

Jiang Yaonian felt a little sorry for her and comforted her gently, "Jingying, don't let your imagination run wild. You will definitely marry a good husband in the future."

Princess Jingying said with tears in her eyes: "Mr. Jiang, I know that my status as a concubine is not worthy of you. I think the family must have found a lady from a prominent family for you. I can't blame others. It's just that I'm not that lucky!"

Having said that, he covered his face and left the study, leaving Prince Jing sitting there, not knowing what to do.

Jiang Yaonian stood up and said goodbye.

The worried-looking Prince Jing sighed, stood up and prepared to see the guest off.

Jiang Yaonian declined politely, "Your Majesty, please stay!"

Then he turned and left the study, followed by his four capable and sturdy personal attendants.

Just as the group walked to the screen wall in the hall, Jiang Yaonian saw a delicate figure standing under a sweet-scented osmanthus tree from afar.

As he approached, the woman slowly turned around.

It turned out to be Jingying.

With tears in her eyes, she looked at Jiang Yaonian pitifully and asked in a low voice: "Mr. Jiang, do you really want to marry that lady?"

Jiang Yaonian nodded.

Jingying choked up and asked, "Doesn't it mean I don't have any chance at all?"

Jiang Yaonian was silent for a moment, then looked at her calmly and said, "Jingying, you will marry a good husband...but we are not suitable!"

Jingying raised her tearful eyes, stared at Jiang Yaonian, and said stubbornly, "I don't believe it! Have you never liked me?"

Jiang Yaonian remained silent.

After a while, he said earnestly: "Jingying, you are a smart girl. Don't dwell on trivial matters. Forget about things that cannot be changed. Don't torture yourself."

Jingying burst into tears upon hearing this, and asked, "Mr. Jiang, I wonder which daughter you are going to marry? I'm sure she must be very good if she can catch the old lady's eye at first sight!"

As he said this, he started to sob again...

Jiang Yaonian remained silent.

His attitude rekindled a glimmer of hope in Jingying's heart!

She hoped that he would say that he was forced to marry that lady, but in his heart he still loved her!

She looked at Jiang Yaonian with hope, hoping to hear him say with her own ears that he was forced into this situation!

If that's the case, she would marry him at all costs, even if it means becoming a concubine like her mother!

But Jingying waited for a long time, but Jiang Yaonian said nothing.

She smiled bitterly and said in a resentful tone: "Mr. Jiang, I wish you and that rich girl a long and happy marriage!"

Jiang Yaonian nodded, said nothing, and left with his four followers.

Princess Jingying watched his back gradually disappear, the resentment on her face instantly disappeared, replaced by a cold expression!

The maid Xuehui came out from the corner and said angrily, "Princess, what should we do now? It seems that not only does Mrs. Jiang dislike you, but even Mr. Jiang has changed his mind! He was not like this to you before!"

Jingying sneered and said softly, "It's not that easy!"

Xue Hui said with a puzzled look on her face: "But it seems that Mr. Jiang will not go against the wishes of his family."

Jingying sneered, "So what! Although I can't control who he marries, I can decide who he shouldn't marry!"

Just as Xuehui was about to speak, she saw someone coming over, so she quickly said to Jingying, "Princess, let's go back. Let's come back to enjoy the osmanthus flowers tomorrow!"

Jingying understood and said softly, "Okay."

The master and servant left.

The person opposite looked at their backs with a happy expression on his face. He walked all the way to the residence of Princess Jing in the back. As soon as he entered the living room, he said happily: "Princess, good news!"

Princess Jing took the teacup from the maid, took a sip of tea, and said slowly without even raising her eyelids, "What good news? Why are you so excited?"

The man said in delight: "Mr. Jiang just left. It seems that he rejected this marriage proposal. I saw Princess Jingying crying with my own eyes!"

Princess Jing smiled and said disdainfully: "Don't worry, I won't give up!"

The maid was surprised and asked, "Why, if you can't get married, do you have to ask the emperor to arrange a marriage for you?"

Princess Jing sneered and curled her lips: "Not impossible!"

The confidant Ge Ma said disdainfully: "Tsk, what's that! At the beginning, the princess did not agree to let the singer enter the palace, so the prince brought her to the palace to persuade the concubine!

Now it's her daughter's turn to get married, so she has to do everything she can to help! "

The maid nodded and sighed, "Then our prince is quite infatuated..."

Aunt Ge didn't like to hear this!

She glared at the maid and said with great contempt, "What nonsense are you talking about! How can our prince be called infatuated? He is just bewitched by a vixen and doesn't know what is good or bad!

If it weren't for the support of our princess's family, would he have his current title and wealth? Now that his foundation is stable, he doesn't take our princess seriously! He only favors those lowly people who are not good enough, making our princess angry! "

Princess Jing had a gloomy expression and said nothing.

The maid knew she had said something wrong and dared not say another word.

Madam Ge asked in a low voice: "Princess, should we let our uncle inform the emperor, so that the emperor won't be unable to resist the prince's pleas and really assign Jingying to the Jiang family?"

Princess Jing sneered disdainfully, "No need! The emperor is not as confused as the prince, he won't cause this trouble!"

……

In the evening, inside the palace.

In the upper study, a middle-aged man in his forties, wearing a yellow robe, was frowning and thinking hard about a map on the imperial desk...

Mo Qi hurried in from outside, walked quickly to the middle-aged man, and whispered back: "Your Majesty, the Jiang family has rejected Prince Jing's Mansion! I heard that Jiang Yaonian went there in person."

The emperor was startled at first, "What?" Then his brows furrowed even tighter, and he sighed, "Go out and tell Qin Ruihai that if the third brother comes to see me in the next two days, don't let him in! Just say I don't have time."

"Yes."

The young man agreed, went out and told the eunuch Qin Ruihai, the chief eunuch of the palace, as he was told.

Sure enough, the next day Prince Jing came to the imperial study to ask for a meeting.

As soon as he reached the door of the study, he shouted in a gruff voice: "Old Qin, is the emperor in there now?"

Qin Ruihai hurriedly stepped forward with a smile and said, "Your Highness, I'm so sorry! The Emperor has been busy with the border war these past two days, and is currently discussing matters with several ministers from the Ministry of War! I really don't have time to see you right now."

Upon hearing this, Prince Jing said in a gruff voice, "Then I'll wait here for a while! I'll ask for an audience when the emperor is done with his work!"

Qin Ruihai smiled and said, "Then you have to wait patiently! Yesterday the emperor had a meeting with several adults until the early morning!"

When Prince Jing heard this, he couldn't help but stare with his swollen eyes and gasped! Then he turned around and left without saying a word!

As he walked, he angrily cursed in his heart, "It's that bastard Ryukyu of Dai Yi Yao again! Why did they choose to invade at this critical moment when there were no other options? They are delaying my precious Ying'er's life event for no reason!"

Qin Ruihai looked at his back as he walked away cursing, and couldn't help but burst into laughter. Then he turned around and went to the imperial study, and respectfully replied, "Your Majesty, just now the prince heard that you were busy discussing state affairs and had no time to see him, so he left on his own."

"Ah."

After hearing this, the emperor smiled and continued to read the memorial with his head down.

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