Astute Princess: Married to be the Empress Novel - Chapter 28

Chapter 28 Dissolve A Marriage
“Yes, the Ai Clan knows about this. The Ai Clan and the Emperor will be careful to guard against it.” When the Empress Dowager heard their siblings’ words, she was also extremely shocked. If Imperial Concubine Shu’s plan succeeded and her son became the Crown Prince, and she gave the Emperor another Soul Devouring Gu, wouldn’t this Great Wei’s Jiang Shan be her Sun Clan’s decision?

“Oh, by the way, Auntie Huang, Ying Ran discovered this morning, One of the maids in Prince Jing’s Mansion had disappeared. Ying Ran was a little worried. She was afraid that the news would be leaked. Imperial Concubine Shu and the others would jump over the wall and attack the Emperor ahead of time. Because Sun Shuyuan had already been crippled, the Sun Family’s plans for Prince Jing’s Mansion and Prince Duan’s Mansion had also failed. She was afraid that they would lose their composure.

After the Emperor heard Ying Ran’s words, He was also very worried about his current situation, However, I suddenly remembered what happened this morning and said, “I suddenly thought of something that might be related to this matter. The matter is like this. When the Guards Legion Corps patrolled again this morning, they saw a palace maid sneakily preparing to sneak into Shuyi Palace, so they arrested her. Could she be the maidservant Ying Ran mentioned?”

“If it was really her, Then she might be a spy sent by Concubine Shu to the Jing Palace, “That makes sense. Your Majesty, do you think we can bring her here? Let’s personally interrogate her. This matter is better not to alert others. After all, this matter is still under our control. As long as we cut off all their retreat paths, we can silently resolve this matter. After all, we cannot reveal our family’s shame.” That’s right. After all, this Concubine Shu is also the Emperor’s concubine, so he is not a family shame.

“Mm. I think Ying Ran is right. As long as the matter is still under our control, it’s better to settle it quietly. The country is easy to be safe and easy to be in chaos.” As a general, Fu Tianchen knew that national stability was not easy to come by.

The Emperor also felt that this matter should not be publicized. After all, it was disgraceful. Therefore, he decided to have the palace maid brought to Shoukang Palace for interrogation. Thus, he said loudly to Eunuch Li outside the door, “Someone, bring the palace maid captured by the Imperial Guards to Shoukang Palace this morning.”

“Yes, Your Majesty.” Eunuch Li answered and quickly left.

At this time, Ying Ran did not want to sit still, so he said to the Emperor, “Brother Qi, Ying Ran is only a sister now. I beg you for one thing, and I hope that Brother Qi will grant me your kindness.”

The Emperor looked at Ying Ran and asked in confusion, “What is it? Why don’t you tell me first.”

“It’s like this. I, Fu Yingran, am also the daughter of the Fu Clan. I am Brother Qi’s direct cousin. It is really inappropriate for me to be a flat wife. For the sake of the same Imperial Grandfather, you should help me dissolve this engagement.” After Ying Ran finished speaking, she played with the jade pendant in her hand and blinked at the Emperor.

The Fu brothers also looked straight at the Emperor and waited for his reply. If it weren’t for the fact that the other party was the Emperor, they would have already come knocking on their door.

The Emperor was silent for a long time before he said, “This matter is indeed something that I did not consider carefully. I will withdraw my decree and dissolve your engagement with Prince Jing.” The Emperor agreed straightforwardly, but added another condition.

“However, little sister Ying Ran, the Crown Prince of Ye Lan will arrive in the capital in two days. The other party has indicated that he will receive the Prince, but Uncle Duanwang, he is not in the capital now. Do you think the Prince Duanwang’s Manor will send someone to receive him?” The Emperor is really a fox, he doesn’t want to suffer any losses at all.

Ying Ran didn’t even think about it. She immediately agreed and said, “No problem. Isn’t it just to receive the Crown Prince of Ye Lan? As long as the Emperor decrees to dissolve my engagement with Prince Jing, even letting him live in my imperial daughter’s mansion is fine.” Haha, Ying Ran also belongs to the fox. Her Princess Jing Xian Manor is very poor, so she doesn’t need anything. If the Emperor really lets Prince Ye Lan live in her Princess Manor in the end, she can take the opportunity to blackmail the Emperor and ask him to give her any decorations.

The Emperor was just asking for it. As long as she agreed to receive Prince Yelan, everything would be fine. Fu Yingran was Prince Duan’s pearl of applause and was also the most suitable candidate for marriage. She could represent Prince Duan’s Manor and solve the problem of marriage. She could kill two birds with one stone.

“Alright, that’s what you said. When that time comes, this Prince Ye Lan will really live in your imperial daughter’s mansion. I will immediately issue a decree to annul the engagement for you. Someone, serve him with ink and brush.” Do what you say. Otherwise, when this little fox reacts, it won’t be so easy to talk. After all, Prince Duan is not in the capital at the moment. In addition to the matter of marriage, she is the only one who is the best person to receive the Crown Prince of Ye Lan.

At this moment, he waved his hand. On the bright yellow imperial edict, a few lines of dragon flying and phoenix dancing could be seen. He took out the jade seal from his bosom. The Emperor was extremely glad because he knew that Imperial Concubine Shu was plotting against him during this period of time, so he took the jade seal with him and used it at this moment.

The emperor threw the imperial edict with a jade seal into Fu Yingran’s embrace and said, “Alright, Fu Yingran, take the edict.”

Ying Ran was stunned. Feeling as if she had been schemed again, she took the imperial edict and opened it. It read, “Feng Tian Cheng Yun, the emperor decrees that Princess Jing Xian’s engagement to Duanmu Jing will be dissolved from today onwards. From now on, the marriage of a man and a woman is irrelevant. Furthermore, Fu Ying Ran will receive His Highness the Crown Prince of Yelan Kingdom on behalf of the Great Wei Kingdom, Huyan Mingshuo.”

Ying Ran whispered. The Empress Dowager sat at the side and smiled. She knew what the Emperor was paying attention to. She also felt that the Crown Prince of Ye Lan was more suitable than Prince Jing. After all, he was the Crown Prince of a country, the future Emperor. So she just watched.

When Fu Yingran put away the imperial edict and was still in a daze, Eunuch Li brought three people in. Behind Eunuch Li, two nanny escorted a palace maid in. The few of them came to the Emperor and knelt down to salute him. Eunuch Li said, “Report to the Emperor, he has already arrived.” After Eunuch Li finished speaking, he retreated to the side and gave way to the few people behind him.

“En, all of you go out. You guard the door. No one is allowed to enter.”

“Yes, Your Majesty.” Eunuch Li retreated with all the eunuchs and maids, while he stood guard at the entrance of Shoukang Palace.

Ying Ran looked at the palace maid and said indifferently, “Raise your head.”

The palace maid raised her head to look at Fu Yingran and called out, “Imperial Concubine Ping Ran”. Ying Ran did not need to think about it and knew that she was Yan’er. Then, Ying Ran raised her head to look at the Emperor and asked, “Brother Qi, does this Imperial Concubine Ping Ran sound pleasant to your ears?”

It means that this palace maid is the maidservant of Prince Jing’s Mansion. Moreover, thanks to you, my dignified imperial daughter has become that shitty Consort Ping.

“Cough” The Emperor awkwardly coughed. He no longer looked at her, Fu Yingran. He looked at Yan’er and asked, “Which palace maid are you? Why do you recognize Princess Jingxian?” This Yan’er was wearing the clothes of a palace maid, so the Emperor was right to ask.

“Your Majesty, this servant is the Great Palace Maid of Shuyi Palace, Yan’er. Not long ago, I was ordered by Imperial Concubine Shu to leave the palace to take care of matters. I just returned to the palace today. As for Imperial Concubine Ping, this servant met her at Prince Jing’s Mansion.” Yan’er’s answer was not smart enough.

“Oh? Since you are the palace maid of Shuyi Palace, why did you meet Princess Jingxian at Prince Jing’s Mansion? You’d better give an honest explanation. Otherwise, I will definitely annihilate all nine of your clans.” This was the wrath of the Son of Heaven. No one had to doubt it. He would definitely be able to do it.

Yan’er knelt on the ground and couldn’t help but tremble. Thus, he honestly explained, “Reporting to the emperor, Two months ago, The Empress and the Left Prime Minister discussed it with Prince Jing. Asking Second Miss Sun to marry Prince Jing as his wife, Princess Jingxian became a flat wife. They planned to let Second Miss Sun please Prince Jing and Princess Jingxian so that Prince Duan and Prince Jing’s Mansion could establish the Little Prince as the Crown Prince. Thus, on the day of the wedding ceremony, they sent servants to use the Prince Jing Mansion to sneak into Prince Jing’s Mansion, so that they could keep an eye on Prince Jing Mansion’s movements and report to her in time.

“And yesterday, something big happened in Prince Jing’s Mansion. Later, this servant heard that it was Second Miss who planted the Soul Devouring Gu on Prince Jing. Thus, this servant rushed back to the palace to report to the Empress, so that she could think of a way to protect Second Miss.”

After the Emperor heard this, he fell silent. He wished that this was fake. After all, Concubine Shu was someone he had doted on for two years, and he had allowed the Sun Family to grow stronger. He did not expect that these people would use the power he had given them to deal with him. Heartache was inevitable.