"How dare you!" Emperor Jingde knew that his sister had always been spoiled, but he would not allow her to challenge his authority. "What did you say when you asked me to grant you a marriage with your husband? You said that Miss Ji put the wine in the wine to seduce Pei Yuan, the Prince of Yan. It was such a coincidence that Zhao Qi came to see Miss Ji again, so he drank the wine by mistake and mistook you for Miss Ji. Now I know, Yongtai, Yongtai, you actually played everyone in your hands. Do you know that your behavior is tarnishing the reputation of the royal family? You are simply deceiving the emperor!"

Princess Yongtai has always been a person who can read the emperor's expressions, otherwise she would not be favored by the emperor. Seeing that the emperor was really angry, she immediately knelt down and begged for forgiveness, "My brother, please forgive me!"

When she looked up again, she was already crying, "Royal brother, Yongtai has been loved by you and the Queen Mother since he was a child. Yongtai has everything and wants nothing. But the prince consort is the first time in Yongtai's life that he wants someone. Yongtai was tortured by the pain of not being able to get what he wanted, so he thought of such a stupid move. It has been so many years since the incident, and it will not make things right if we bring it up again. Please forgive Yongtai's willfulness."

When Emperor Jingde saw his sister crying, he remembered that when she was very young, she fell down while learning to walk, and she hugged his legs and cried, "Brother, hug me." She was as soft and cute as a bun, and was closer to him than all the other princesses, making him feel less lonely as a lonely man.

His heart softened immediately, thinking that after so many years, it was not impossible to let it go. Thinking of the matter between the Xie and Lu families, he said with a straight face, "You can forget about drugging the prince consort, but what about the Lu family's breaking off the engagement with the Xie family? Can you guarantee that you were not involved in this? Don't think I don't know that you would do anything to save that girl An Le."

Yongtai knew that his brother knew everything, so he stopped hiding it and said, "My brother is Yongtai's heaven. Yongtai only hopes that the world will be peaceful forever! My brother doesn't know that the daughter of the Xie family is just a wild girl who grew up on a farm. She is so vulgar and unworthy of the number one scholar. My brother doesn't want others to laugh at the number one scholar you personally selected for marrying a wife who was born out of poverty, right? Since my brother also thinks that Lu Xiuzhu is a talented person, he must hope that he can contribute to the court wholeheartedly. If you marry Anle to him, he will be your nephew-in-law, so he must be devoted to my brother."

Emperor Jingde almost laughed when he heard Yongtai's arrogant words. He snorted, "So Anle sacrificed his own happiness for the court?"

Yongtai knew that his brother had passed the test, so he smiled and said, "It is a blessing for Anle to marry the top scholar chosen by the emperor himself. It is not a sacrifice at all. In fact, Anle was also raised by you, the emperor. On her wedding day, you, her uncle, must come to drink a glass of wedding wine. With the emperor's blessing, Anle and Junma will surely live in harmony."

Emperor Jingde said: "Even so, now rumors are spreading everywhere, Pei Yi is still unconscious, his mother is caught in the rumors, and the top scholar is not cleared. How do you plan to calm this matter down?"

Yongtai said: "Sister does have an idea. It will definitely calm the matter down and make the Prince of Yan's Mansion remember my brother's kindness."

Emperor Jingde asked seriously, "Oh? Tell me about it."

The coldness in Yongtai's eyes flashed away, and he said to Emperor Jingde, "I heard that the Prince of Yan's Mansion is now extremely anxious about Pei Yi's illness, and they are all looking for a suitable bride to prepare for the prince's wedding. Since Miss Xie and the brother of the Lu family broke off their engagement, it is difficult to find a good marriage for the time being. Why don't you issue an imperial decree to let Miss Xie marry Prince Pei. Firstly, it is Miss Xie's high marriage to marry into the Prince of Yan's Mansion as the prince's consort. With the imperial decree of your marriage, the rumors about Miss Xie and Lu Zhuangyuan will naturally be cleared up. Secondly, if Prince Pei really wakes up after the wedding, it can be regarded as a favor from your brother to the Prince of Yan's Mansion."

Emperor Jingde heard this and said, "But if Pei Yi can't wake up, wouldn't Miss Xie be a widow if she marries him?"

Yongtai said, "Anyway, Miss Xie's breaking off of the engagement has caused a lot of uproar. Maybe she will be able to get married again in a few years, or she may stay in the Duke of Wei's Mansion forever. If she marries into the Prince of Yan's Mansion, she will be the Crown Prince's Consort. Even if Pei Yi has something, the Emperor will give her a first-rank imperial decree, allowing her to enjoy honor for the rest of her life. It's better than being an old maid in the Duke of Wei's Mansion, right?"

Emperor Jingde thought this was a good idea and said with a smile, "You are really grown up now and can help your brother with ideas. Just don't be willful and make things worse, which will make my mother and I worry about you. Since you have entered the palace today, why not go to Shoukang Palace to see my mother? He misses you the most in the palace."

Yongtai agreed with a smile and went to the Empress Dowager's palace.

Emperor Jingde asked the eunuch in charge of writing to grind ink and personally wrote an imperial decree to grant the marriage.

Soon the imperial edict arrived from the palace to Xie Mansion and Prince Yan's Mansion.

When everyone in the Xie family heard the imperial decree from the palace, they all felt sad, not knowing whether it was good or bad. When they heard that it was the imperial decree to grant marriage to Xie Zhichan and Pei Yi, the Duke of Weiguo, the old lady, Aunt Yang and others all breathed a sigh of relief, but Xie's mother almost fainted.

After the eunuch left, Xie's mother cried, "The Prince of Yan is now half dead. Letting Ayuan marry him to bring good luck is like asking her to jump into a fire pit. Even if the Prince of Yan wakes up, he is already paralyzed! Doesn't Ayuan have to be a widow for the rest of her life?"

Duke Weiguo scolded, "That's enough! The emperor has issued an order to grant the marriage, can we still disobey it? If Prince Pei can wake up because of her, it will be her good fortune. Even if Prince Pei is paralyzed, he is still the prince of Yan, and Chan'er will be the prince's consort after marrying him."

Aunt Yang said sarcastically, "Yes, sister, Sister Chan is the legitimate daughter, so she can get the blessing of marriage granted by the emperor. Unlike my sister Ning, even if it is for good luck, such a marriage is not her turn. Our sister Ning wants to make plans for the family, but as a concubine's daughter, she is not qualified."

Old Madam Xie said, "Since the emperor has granted the marriage to bring good luck, and the wedding date is so tight, Mrs. Hang, you should worry more about it and don't make it too ugly. For Chanjie'er's dowry, add another 3,000 taels from the public treasury to maintain the relationship with Prince Yan's Mansion. When Chang'er passes the imperial examination and enters the court in the future, Prince Yan's Mansion will be of great help to Chang'er."

After hearing this, Xie's mother was angry, but she also knew that it was useless to explain to these people, so she stopped talking.

Xie Zhichan was stunned for a while holding the imperial edict. So, she had just solved one fiancé and now another one came?

Moreover, what was wrong with that guy? His injuries were clearly not serious, so how could they be so serious that he was helpless and actually hoped for such a ridiculous method as getting married?

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