Astute Princess: Married to be the Empress Novel - Chapter 40

Chapter 40 On The Road With
Then the official walked in front of the two and said respectfully, “Your Highness the Crown Prince, Eldest Princess, please follow me.” Then, he brought the two of them to the center of the hall, facing the door and standing side by side.

The official stood behind the two and shouted, “The wedding ceremony begins now. Get up and kneel.” The music rang out. Crown Prince Shuo and Ying Ran both knelt down. The two of them heard the shout and bowed down. The two of them bowed down again and again. The two of them turned around to face each other and Ying Ran hesitated for a moment. In the end, they bowed down. Seeing that the two of them had just raised their heads, the salute officer shouted, “Success.”

Immediately, a palace maid stepped forward to help Ying Ran up. Ying Ran turned around and bowed to the Emperor again. “Ying Ran bade farewell to the Emperor.” Huyan Mingshuo also said, “Goodbye.” Then, the two of them left the diligence hall together and walked out of the palace.

At the entrance of the palace, the Empress’ Luanjia was waiting there. Seeing Ying Ran come out, the Empress went up and grabbed Ying Ran’s hand and said, “My sister-in-law is incompetent. I can’t help you. I can only watch you marry another country and have no relatives from now on.” The Empress wiped her tears and said goodbye to Ying Ran. This was the little sister who had always been acting coquettishly with her back when she was a child. She was afraid that she would never be able to do so today.

‘”Thank you, sister-in-law. Ying Ran will take care of herself. I hope that sister-in-law will take care of herself and her nephew in the future. She will serve the Emperor’s aunt for Ying Ran. Ying Ran thanks sister-in-law here.” Ying Ran bowed down and bowed again. She bowed as she saw people today. She thought that this was the last time anyway. It was good to pay more respects and leave a thought behind.

“Don’t worry, sister-in-law, sister-in-law. Take care all the way.” After the Empress finished speaking, she took a few steps back and made way for her to leave the palace. Seeing that Ye Lan’s team had left the palace and was getting further and further away, she got on the luanjia and returned to Kunning Palace.

Ying Ran left the imperial palace with the team from Ye Lan. They walked towards the northern city gate. The people wanted to send them off along the way. Although Ying Ran did not make much contribution to the Great Wei, he could not hold back Prince Duan’s hard work. This was the legendary saying that he didn’t look at the monk and the Buddha’s face, and that one person could ascend to the heavens.

When they arrived at the city gate, the things the Empress Dowager had given them were loaded into the carriage and ready. More than ten carts of potatoes and sweet potatoes were wrapped in rice. Ying Ran nodded in satisfaction. She waved her hand and said to the coachman, “Follow behind the team.”

Then she got into the carriage and left with the team. She knew that her relatives had come to see her off, but she did not dare to turn around. She was afraid of being parted again.

After traveling to the ancient times, she could no longer see her father. Now, she was going to part ways with her ancient parents. She was afraid that she would see the tears of the two mothers and lose the courage to leave. Therefore, she could only walk on without turning back.

Huyan Mingshuo saw the reluctance and pain in her eyes, so he asked, “Do you want to get out of the car and talk to your parents?” Ever since Crown Prince Shuo came out of the palace gate, he had always accompanied Ying Ran in the carriage. He did not want to be seen like a monkey.

“No need. Let’s go like this. No matter how much you say, it won’t change anything.” Ying Ran replied indifferently. Today was the first time she had spoken to him. Ever since the assassin confessed last night, she had not said a word to him.

“Alright then, I’ll ride a horse when I get out of the city gate.” He really couldn’t stand such silence, but he couldn’t do anything. He didn’t even have the right to explain, because everything was true.

“Yes, I understand. Please help yourself, Your Highness.” After saying this, Ying Ran closed her eyes and didn’t say a word. She knew that she couldn’t blame him, but she was really unhappy in her heart, and she wasn’t a person willing to be wronged.

Huyan Mingshuo was helpless. He could only get out of the carriage, turn around and get on his horse. He hacked his horse and walked at the front of the group. The Great Wei Kingdom’s delivery team followed Fu Yingran on both sides into a protective state. This time, Ying Ran never dreamed that it would be Prince Jing Duanmu Jing.

At that time, when he went to the emperor to petition to send Ying Ran to Ye Lan, he said, “My sister should be married by my elder brother. Prince Duan and the General Protector are not suitable to leave the capital at the moment. As the adopted brother of Princess Jing Xian, it is reasonable for me to send her to Ye Lan.”

It wasn’t that Ying Ran’s two direct brothers weren’t inappropriate to leave the capital, but the Emperor wouldn’t let the two of them leave his control, so they couldn’t leave the capital.

Therefore, the Emperor agreed at that time. Thus, Prince Jing became the messenger, followed by the rice, sweet potatoes and potatoes prepared by the Empress Dowager. It would take 20 days from Great Wei to Yelan.

Along the way, Ying Ran only talked to Prince Jing, automatically ignoring Huyan Mingshuo and not talking to him. As long as she remembered that there was someone waiting to marry him in Ye Lan, her mood would not be good, and she would not be bothered to talk to him.

Everyone went on their way silently. They stopped and walked for more than ten days. Apart from eating and sleeping, everyone hurried on. Because the disaster at Yelan was already very serious, they had to bring food back as soon as possible.

On this day, everyone rested halfway. Prince Jing came to Ying Ran’s carriage and said with a serious expression, “Ying Ran, we’ll be at the border tomorrow. I can’t send you back anymore. You have to be careful along the way. Once you leave the Great Wei Kingdom, you’ll probably be in danger. I have a dagger here that can cut iron like mud and some special sweat powder. You can pack it properly and defend yourself if necessary.”

“Thank you, brother. Please take care of yourself. When we arrive at Yelan, I will contact the Heavenly Villa branch. This way, I won’t have to fight alone in Yelan. When is your brother free? Why don’t you come to Yelan to see me?” Ying Ran thought the same thing in his heart. Yelan had a branch in Tianyi Villa. Duanmu Jing, as the Young Villa Master, could not be blamed for coming to Yelan to take a look.

In her mind in the 21st century, there were many good ideas to get rich. Since she was the Eldest Miss of Tianyi Village, she had to make some contribution to make people submit to her and help her settle down in Ye Lan.

“Then I’m relieved. I’ll go to Ye Lan to see you when the opportunity arises. You can rest well. I’m afraid it won’t be so easy for you to leave the Great Wei Kingdom tomorrow.” Prince Jing said and left.

Ying Ran did not care about it. He helped Cui’er out of the carriage and planned to walk around. After sitting in the carriage for more than ten days, his legs and legs were numb and he was no longer bright. Thus, he took Jin’er Cui’er and walked around.

They came to a small stream and saw Huyan Mingshuo setting off his horse. Ying Ran saw him and turned around to leave. However, Huyan Mingshuo stopped her and said, “You still don’t want to talk to me after so many days? Ying Ran, you know who I am. There are many things I can’t help but ask.”

“I know. I will be your Crown Princess until you marry her.” This was her unchanging answer. After saying this, Ying Ran did not stop at all and left with large strides.

After everyone returned, they continued to move forward. By the afternoon of the next day, they finally reached the border between the two countries. Huyan Mingshuo raised his hand and ordered the team to stop. Everyone saw from afar that the people from Ye Lan had come to pick them up. Even the bride-to-be team had arrived. Ying Ran had just gotten off the carriage when he saw the bride-to-be team. He was stunned. Wasn’t this rhythm too fast?

They thought that they would only get married after they arrived in Yelan Country for at least a few days, but they didn’t want to leave the Great Wei Kingdom just like this. The people that Yelan was welcoming were here. Is there a need to be so anxious? It’s still a few days’ walk from here to Yelan Imperial Capital.

How did she know that this was actually Huyan Mingshuo’s intention? He was worried that Ying Ran would arrive in Ye Lan and refuse to marry Helian Lanying when she saw him. Thus, he planned to marry her directly as soon as he entered Ye Lan and not give her the chance to refuse. Otherwise, once she had a firm foothold in Ye Lan, it would be hard to control her.

As soon as the team set out from the Great Wei, he sent a letter back to Ye Lan, reporting what had happened in the Great Wei to him, Father, and told him that Father would arrange the wedding according to his wishes.

Emperor Yelan also knew the importance of this marriage. He could only succeed and not fail, so he did as Crown Prince Shuo had arranged.

“Crown Prince Shuo, what does this mean?” Ying Ran couldn’t help but ask, staring blankly at Huyan Mingshuo.