Astute Princess: Married to be the Empress Novel - Chapter 3

Chapter 3 Settle A Marriage
That was why Shu Fei ignored Prince Duan’s Manor’s wishes, He asked the Emperor to grant Sun Shuyuan the title of Princess Jing, One had to know that Prince Jing also had a military power of 150,000. And military power was very important no matter where it was. If she wanted to abolish the Crown Prince again, military power was indispensable. Thus, the military power of Prince Jing’s Manor became the target of their plan. As long as Princess Jing was Sun Shuyuan, would Prince Jing not support the Sun Family and Princess Shu?

At this time, Prince Duan had just arrived at the Peony Garden when he heard the conversation between their mother and daughter at the entrance. Thus, he said, “You have indeed grown up. Your thoughts are the same as those of a father. Your father will also enter the palace tomorrow. Since the Emperor dares to issue this imperial decree, this king would like to see what other moves he has to make.” Prince Duan had thought too much about it. The Emperor himself was also confused by this imperial edict.

However, this time, he really had to let Tian Chen return to the capital. Even if he couldn’t stay in the capital for a long time, he couldn’t let the Emperor’s life be too comfortable. He thought that once he became the Emperor, he could do whatever he wanted. He had to let him know that there were some things that he couldn’t control. It seemed that it was time to teach him a lesson, or else he would forget whether his surname was Fu or Sun.

“Yes, father. Then daughter will go back to Orchid Garden first. Prepare to enter the palace tomorrow.” After Ying Ran was lucky, she would return to her courtyard. She had to go back and look for the token bestowed by the previous emperor. She should be able to use it when she enters the palace tomorrow.

“Oh, right. Eunuch Li just sent word that King Rijing is coming to hire. He will go to the Prime Minister’s Mansion in the morning and Prince Duan’s Mansion in the afternoon. We will enter the palace early tomorrow and return to the mansion before noon.” Prince Duan remembered what Eunuch Li had said to Ying Ran on behalf of King Jing when he left.

It turned out that Eunuch Li went to the Left Prime Minister’s Mansion to announce the decree earlier. At that time, King Jing was also in the Left Prime Minister’s Mansion. He thought that taking advantage of the imperial decree, something unexpected might happen and let Prince Duan’s Mansion come up with a countermeasure. He immediately decided to hire him tomorrow. He knew that Eunuch Li would come to the Prince Duan’s Mansion to announce the decree, so he asked him to send a message to Prince Duan’s Mansion.

Ying Ran turned around and walked out of the Peony Garden, but his brain recalled the memories left behind by the original owner. It turned out that King Jing and the original owner were brothers and sisters from childhood, and they had a good relationship when they were young. “Father is not worried. I will deal with it tomorrow, so daughter will leave first.”

The original owner was very naughty when he was young, and Prince Duan had been fighting outside all year round. Thus, when the original owner was five years old, he sent her to the Number One Manor under the heavens and handed her over to his good friend Duanmu Yuan to learn martial arts from Duanmu Yuan, so as to avoid being bullied by others in the future by the daughter of his dignified War God King.

According to the original owner’s memories, she and Prince Jing had gotten along quite well when they were young. But now, five years had passed, and everyone’s body had undergone changes. The hearts of people in this world were the most difficult to satisfy. From the fact that he had agreed to this marriage, it could be seen that Duanmu Jing had changed.

From the fact that he knew that Duanmu Jing had accepted Prince Duan’s dissatisfaction with the marriage, he could tell that there must be an inside story to this matter. Perhaps he felt that Ying Ran would definitely fulfill his wish even if he was wronged by his childhood feelings.

Thinking about it, Sun Shuyuan was the daughter of the Left Prime Minister, Concubine Shu’s biological sister. One was the Left Prime Minister of the civil servants, and the other was Concubine Shu, who controlled the harem. With the help of these two people, he would definitely get twice the result with half the effort. The benefits of marrying Sun Shuyuan. It was more than her personal feelings for Ying Ran.

Actually, as early as August 15, on the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival, Sun Shuyuan held a banquet in the palace. As the daughter of the Left Prime Minister, she also went to the palace with her mother. After seeing Duanmu Jing from afar, she secretly agreed that Fei Qing would not marry. After returning to the manor, she pestered Sun Zuoxiang and said, “Father, daughter is not Prince Jing not going to marry in this life. Would you please ask the Emperor to let him give us a marriage?”

Sun Zuoxiang listened to her words and thought about the benefits of this marriage. He immediately decided to ask Concubine Shu for her opinion, so he said to Sun Shuyuan, “There is nothing father can do about this matter. I can only ask your sister to see if she has any ideas.”

“I don’t care. In any case, I won’t marry anyone in my life except Prince Jing.” Without waiting for Sun Zuoxiang to reply, he immediately ran out of the room.

This Sun Zuoxiang couldn’t make trouble, so she went to Shu Fei and told her what Sun Shuyuan said. She was always your younger sister, anyway. Help her if you can. She married well, and you can help her more in the future.

Imperial Concubine Shu also agreed to this matter and immediately agreed, “Father, please rest assured that this palace will definitely let the Emperor grant you a marriage, but Shu Yuan must listen to my arrangements.”

“Alright, I will tell Shu Yuan about this. Let her find an opportunity to see you. You can personally explain what she will do.” After Sun Zuo left, he left and went back to his mansion.

Two days later, Sun Shuyuan entered the palace. After meeting Shu Fei and the sisters, Shu Fei immediately said, “Father has already told me your thoughts. I can ask the Emperor to give you a decree to be Princess Jing, but everyone knows that Prince Jing likes Fu Yingran.”

Therefore, I will ask the Emperor to designate her as his wife and let you marry into Prince Jing’s Mansion at the same time. You must try your best to please Prince Jing and Fu Yingran. You must let Prince Jing and Fu Yingran be grateful to you and fully support our Sun Family.

“If you can agree, I will immediately ask the Emperor to grant you a marriage. If you don’t agree, this matter will be over. I will ask father to arrange a marriage for you as soon as possible.”

Sun Shuyuan thought for a moment, and after weighing the pros and cons, she agreed to Concubine Shu, “I promise you, as long as I can marry Prince Jing, I can promise you anything.”

“Alright, remember what you said today. You can go back and wait for the news now. The decree will be issued soon.” Thus, Concubine Shu asked Sun Zuoxiang to come to Prince Jing and said to Prince Jing, “The Sun family is willing to do their utmost to help Prince Jing obtain command of the Imperial Palace Guards, as long as Prince Jing agrees to marry Shuyuan as his main wife.”

“Of course, we also know that you and Princess Jingxian were childhood sweethearts. We agreed to let Princess Jingxian be Princess Ping’s wife and marry into Prince Jing’s mansion together.” Hearing this, Prince Jing pondered for a moment before agreeing immediately. Imperial Concubine Shu then went to the Emperor to stir up trouble.

At the same time, in the north of the Great Wei Kingdom, it had been snowing heavily for two months in the Yelan Kingdom. The entire country was snow white, and not a single blade of grass could be seen. This was not a small calamity for the Yelan Kingdom.

Thus, the officials discussed that His Highness the Crown Prince, Huyan Mingshuo, should go to the Great Wei Kingdom to seek help from the Great Wei Kingdom. His Highness the Crown Prince was the eldest son of the Empress, but Yelan Kingdom wanted to convince the crowd with his ability. If he wanted to obtain the recognition of the crowd, he had to show his true ability to convince others.

That was why the position of Crown Prince was conferred upon him by Emperor Yelan after he defeated all the princes and grandchildren. However, the Empress Dowager had, of course, appointed the daughter of King Zuo Xian as the Crown Princess.

“Your Majesty,” Zuo Xianwang objected, “Your Majesty, the Crown Prince and Helian Lanying have been engaged since childhood. How can we go and get married now? In my opinion, we can send the Second Prince to get married. In this way, even if we marry the princess of the Great Wei, it will be fine for Yelan.

The Crown Prince’s princess cannot be a princess of another country. I, Ye Lan, have a rule that an exotic princess cannot be the next princess. This way, once that princess gives birth to a direct son and the Crown Prince ascends to the throne in the future, there will definitely be controversy over the throne. I hope that Emperor Sun will reconsider. “The Emperor also married an exotic princess. Fortunately, the Crown Princess was born by Ping, so the throne did not cause much controversy.

The emperor was also silent, but his next words left Zuo Xianwang speechless. “Zuo Xianwang’s words are reasonable, but now it is I who ask for the Great Wei, not the Great Wei, so only by showing sincerity can I be recognized, not by me casually giving away the position of princess.

“Great Wei is rich and powerful. As a princess, how noble is your status. Whether Great Wei can agree to be married or not is still a matter of opinion. As for the Crown Prince’s future ascension to the throne, I believe that the Crown Prince will handle it properly.” The Emperor said to King Zuo Xian and then looked at the Crown Prince.

“If you want to go to the Great Wei Empire, you need to discuss with the Great Wei Empire. Let the two countries communicate with each other and allow trade between the two countries. I, Yelan, have a barren land. Only trade can establish a country.” The Emperor’s eyes were filled with helplessness.

“Yes, I will remember.” The Crown Prince Huyan Mingshuo answered and returned to his seat.

“As for Prince Zuo Xian’s daughter, Helian Lanying, since she has arranged a marriage with you, you can accept her as a side princess after the princess enters the manor, and no one should think that my royal family is not keeping their word.” The Emperor was a little disappointed with Zuo Xianwang. Facing the survival of the country, he remembered the gains and losses of his daughter.

“Yes, son.” Anyway, he didn’t like it. It was the same to marry anyone, so it didn’t matter how many he married. His Highness the Crown Prince did not know that for this decision, he would suffer in the future.

Thus, Emperor Yelan issued a letter of credit to the Great Wei. “The Crown Prince Huyan Mingshuo will go to the Great Wei to beg for marriage and discuss the affairs of the country. He hopes that Prince Duan will personally receive him.” Ten years ago, Prince Duan and Yelan Country had signed an armistice agreement, setting out a non-aggression agreement within ten years. Therefore, Prince Duan was one of Yelan’s people.

Thus, Crown Prince Shuo brought five hundred personal guards to Great Wei, and from Yelan to Great Wei, it was also twenty days’ journey.