I fought back after reselling my engagement

The fifth prince was restrained by two deputy generals. He was so angry that he jumped up and down, "Lu Yan, how dare you disrespect this prince?"

Lu Yan glanced at them and said, "This is the emperor's intention. The emperor asked me to come find you and bring you back to the capital safely. Fifth Prince, pack up and follow me back to the capital?" He raised his hand and said, "Take Fifth Prince back to the capital!"

Several guards looked at Lu Yan.

Lu Yan said, "This is the Emperor's order! The Emperor said that since he has granted the marriage between the Fifth Prince and Princess Jiayi, there is no possibility of changing it. If it was someone else, it would be fine, but you want to marry Princess Jiarou, this is not allowed! The Emperor also said that he had promised an old friend, Princess Jiarou, a marriage in his early years, and he would not issue an order to grant the marriage without her nod!"

The fifth prince struggled desperately, "What does this mean?"

"What do you mean by not granting Sister Jiarou a marriage? Why? How come I have never heard of it?"

Lu Yan waved his hand, and two deputy generals carried the fifth prince out.

The fifth prince yelled, "Lu Yan, you bastard! Let me go, let me go... Why didn't the emperor grant me a marriage with my sister Jiarou?"

"The Emperor said that he agreed to a request from an old friend in his early years. Your Highness the Fifth Prince should return to the capital and marry the Princess of Chiayi County!"

Su Jingzhai's expression changed again and again, as if these words brought up some past events that he didn't want to recall.

Is it because an old friend asked him to do so and he is unwilling to grant Zhen Su a marriage, or is it because there is a mystery behind Zhen Su's life experience?

Su Jingzhai thought deeply and felt a chill on his back.

"I don't want to marry that tigress. She wants to control me before we even get married. I don't want to marry her. I like Sister Jiarou! Mother clearly promised to help me." The fifth prince struggled. He kept struggling even though he knew he could not break free from the two deputy generals.

Lu Yan said, "It's not easy for Concubine Shu. She really helped you. She knelt outside the Emperor's Yangxin Palace for a day and a night. The Emperor said that anyone else could do it, but Princess Jiarou couldn't. If you think Concubine Rong is not good, the Emperor will give you eight or ten."

Would he want anyone? "I only like Sister Jiarou! Lu Yan, you little bastard!"

He took away what he was supposed to do and gave all his savings to sister Jiarou. When she refused to accept the money, he kept chanting the ritual over and over again, making sure everyone knew about it. It was really hateful.

The fifth prince shouted, "Sister Jiarou, wait for me! I will marry you after I ask for the emperor's will! Sister Jiarou, I only like you! I only like you!"

The officials and princes who wanted to marry Zhen Su were targeted by the prince. The emperor also knew about it. The emperor said that she was a member of the royal family. This made the situation difficult. If they wanted to marry her, they would be competing with the royal family for her.

There are many noble ladies here today, so it’s better to choose another wife.

The fifth prince was taken away by the mighty general. If it were anyone else, they would not dare to do anything, but this general was said to be a favorite of the emperor, and he received the emperor's order to bring the fifth prince back to the capital.

The eunuchs and guards who announced the decree left together.

The voice of the fifth prince floated over: "Sister Jiarou, wait for me! I only like you——"

Zhen Su stood in a row with his uncle and aunt. Su Jingzhai said, "Today, my granddaughter Wen Jiang's coming-of-age ceremony has been completed. Thank you all for attending the banquet! Later, there will be a chrysanthemum viewing banquet at the Governor's Mansion, and there will be a lunch banquet at noon. Please enjoy yourself. The banquet for male guests will be in the East Garden, and the banquet for female guests will be in the West Garden. Please--"

The family bowed to everyone.

Cui sighed with relief, "Wen Jiang, I will take my wife and the ladies to appreciate the rich chrysanthemums."

Su Qiniang pulled Princess Shouning and said, "Sister Shouning, let's go enjoy the rich chrysanthemums. This famous variety is so beautiful. My grandfather asked someone to get it for me. There is a pot of green chrysanthemums. It is so beautiful!"

Princess Shouning was dragged away by Su Qinnan, and Xue Sanniang, who also served as Princess Shouning's bodyguard, also followed.

Bai Ruizhu brought her maid to help clean up. There were a lot of things collected this time. "Sister Jiarou, where should we send these things?"

"My private vault..." Zhen Su said, "Thank you, Third Sister Bai, for registering it for me. The banknotes, gold and silver are kept separately. The court needs money right now. We need money for the canal banditry, canal repairs, and the recovery of lost land in the north. I'll have to ask Sister Changle to bring the money back to present to the emperor."

Princess Changle said: "It's not that serious..."

"Even if we do our bit, the flames will rise high. Strength lies in numbers."

If she didn't pay, she would be impeached by the Tongzhengsi soon, and they would say she was using her coming of age to make money. She didn't care, as she couldn't let it affect her grandfather's career. Her grandfather had lived a clean life, and he couldn't bear a stigma in his later years.

Chunjiang, Chunyue and others were assigned tasks. Bai Ruizhu brought her maid and directed the servants to move the boxes of different sizes back to Tingyuxuan.

There were no outsiders here, so Zhen Su said, "Good sister, tell me the truth, was the thousand acres of imperial manor your idea or Prince Gong's?"

"It was my father's idea. I gave you that pearl shirt."

"A thousand acres of imperial farmland was given as a gift for the wedding, and such a generous gift for the coming-of-age gift. What shall I give to my bride when I get married?"

She felt it was a little strange. The gift from Prince Gong was too generous. Even if she had saved the young master of Prince Gong's Mansion, it didn't make sense to give the imperial farm away as a gift.

"Lu Yan said that the emperor will not grant me a marriage unless I agree, because of a request from an old friend. Is that right?"

Before Princess Changle left the capital, she seemed to be running away, but her father was waiting at the second gate that day. When he saw her coming out, he took out a property deed from his sleeve and said, "This is a thousand acres of imperial farm. Give it to Jiarou as a gift on my behalf."

"Father, are you going to give the Royal Manor to her?"

"We are all family members, so we don't consider it as a bargain for outsiders."

She is a princess of a different surname, how can she be considered a family member? She should marry into the royal family as a daughter-in-law, but the fifth prince has come from the capital, why didn't the uncle grant the marriage? Lu Yan also stopped the fifth prince from making trouble and arrested him.

Zhen Su whispered, "You find it strange too, don't you? What kind of old friend would make the emperor agree not to grant me a marriage, and even force me to nod my head and agree? How could this person have such great power?"

Princess Changle sat there, "It's just a thousand acres of imperial farm. Recently, the court and the emperor's uncle have money to deal with the canal banditry. The Liu family in Luoyang was raided and a lot of gold, silver, jewelry, houses and fertile fields were found. Then there is the Wang family in Luoyang. The people of this big family are dying out. The emperor's uncle left them sacrificial fields, and the properties of each branch with descendants were not touched. This family has no descendants, so the court will take the family property into the national treasury.

Two surviving officials of the Wang family have been promoted recently. The daughter of one of them was betrothed to the second prince as a concubine, and the daughter of the other was betrothed to the third prince as a concubine. This can be considered as a promotion for the Wang family."

Zhen Su shook his head. "Who was the person who asked the emperor not to easily grant me a marriage? Was it my grandfather? I don't think he is that powerful. Or... was it my grandmother?"

Considering the age of my grandmother, she is much older than the emperor, so that is impossible.

Zhen Su felt that it was impossible for the Zhen family to treat her well. Apart from her grandparents, the only people who could treat her well were her own mother. "Could it be my mother?"

Princess Changle also felt strange and immediately raised her voice a little: "I didn't say anything, don't make blind guesses."

"It's really my mother? My mother is very familiar with the emperor?"