bookrebus Chapter 443: Marriage Controversy
Chapter 443: Marriage Controversy
Ci'an Palace
The eldest princess sat there, looking aggrieved and crying bitterly.
"Mother, you must make the decision for your daughter. I don't want to marry to Xuanyuan Country as a peacemaker. I want to stay in Kyoto and be with you, mother. The emperor is really crazy. He doesn't care about the relationship between brother and sister at all. He actually wants me to marry Xuanyuan Jing? Why? Xuanyuan Jing will be an idle prince in the future. He will be nothing. My daughter doesn't want to marry him. If she marries him, she will die. Mother, please ask the emperor to take back his decision. Your daughter will never marry him even if you kill her."
The eldest princess started making a lot of noise as soon as she came in, and her crying made the Queen Mother feel distressed.
She only has this one daughter, how could she let Huan'er marry far away in Xuanyuan Country?
The Queen Mother held the Princess in her arms
"Don't worry, Huan'er. Your mother will definitely make the decision for you. Your Majesty is so confused. He only has a sister like you who grew up with him. How can he be so heartless? My dear daughter, your mother will let your Majesty come over right now. If your Majesty still has a bit of mother-son affection for me, he can forget about sending you away to marry."
That being said, the Queen Mother was not very confident. If it were in the past, she would not be afraid.
But in recent years, the relationship between her and the emperor has been up and down.
Now, even if she doesn't admit it, she knows that the relationship between mother and son is not as good as before.
The princess is crying
"Mother, you are the only one I have left. You must persuade the Emperor to give up the idea of marrying his daughter to a foreign prince."
After the Queen Mother comforted the eldest princess, she immediately asked Wang Chu to go to Taiwu Hall to invite Xie Yu in.
Once the emperor issues an imperial decree, there is no room for redemption.
half an hour later
When Xie Yu arrived at Taiwu Hall, he saw the eldest princess sitting there with red and swollen eyes, being held in the arms of the queen mother and coaxed.
Xie Yu paused, his brows turned cold.
His sister is really a nobody. When something goes wrong, she asks her mother to make the decision.
Then, Xie Yu walked into the hall.
"Greetings to the Queen Mother"
Seeing Xie Yu coming, the eldest princess still leaned in the empress dowager's arms and turned her head away angrily.
The Queen Mother waved her hand, and the servants, except Wang Chu, filed out.
The Queen Mother straightened herself, looked at Xie Yu, and began to question him in a very unpleasant tone.
"Your Majesty, I heard Huan'er say that Your Majesty, you actually have such an idea, to let her marry far away to marry the notorious second prince Xuanyuan Jing, who only knows how to eat, drink and have fun all day long. This is really a shocking thing! Xuanyuan Jing's daily behavior is absurd, and he has no demeanor and responsibility that a royal child should have. How could Your Majesty make such a decision?"
Wang Chu served tea before Xie Yu opened his mouth to speak.
The Queen Mother hurriedly asked, "Your Majesty, is there another hidden story? Or do you really have the heart to push Huan'er into this dire straits? I know that marriage should be handled with great care and many factors should be considered. How can you act rashly because of a momentary thought? Your Majesty, even if Huan'er is wrong, she grew up with you after all. Do you really not care about the relationship you two have had for so many years?"
The atmosphere between mother and son seemed to have returned to that time at this moment.
The confrontation scene when the eldest princess tried to forcibly take the Buddhist child into the princess's mansion.
However, at that time, there was Nanny Wu to mediate, but now there is no such person.
Xie Yu looked deeply at the angry empress dowager and the eldest princess in her arms, and felt tired.
Over the years, whenever it came to his sister's affairs, the Queen Mother always sided with Xie Huan without asking why.
Xie Huan was allowed to behave in a ridiculous manner for many years, and he brought disgrace to the royal family time and time again.
Now, he really shouldn't have any softness in his heart.
Little did the Queen Mother know that her words made Xie Yu even more determined and he would not waver in the slightest.
Xie Yu's eyes were cold
"Mother, if I hadn't cared about our relationship as siblings, I wouldn't have allowed my sister to ruin the royal family's reputation time and time again, and I wouldn't have cleaned up the mess for her, the eldest princess, time and time again. You know everything my sister has done over the years, but you never disciplined her once. Now, her reputation has long been ruined. Marrying her to the second prince of Xuanyuan Kingdom is already the best destination for her, the eldest princess. Or, you might as well ask the royal families of the world, who else would marry my sister?"
The queen mother's face turned pale in an instant, and a trace of anger that was hard to conceal flashed in her eyes.
She held the Buddhist beads tightly in her hand, her knuckles turning white from excessive force.
It seemed as if this delicate object would be crushed to pieces in the next moment, so he had to hold on to the pear wood handrail beside him.
The eldest princess' originally noble and dignified face, at this moment, seemed to have lost all the color in her face because of Xie Yu's words.
The fair face suddenly became as pale as white paper.
His brows were furrowed tightly at this moment, and there was a hint of anger and embarrassment in his eyes that was difficult to conceal.
The eldest princess' body trembled slightly, and she was greatly shocked.
The elegant and calm demeanor of the past was gone at this moment, leaving only a look of embarrassment and awkwardness.
The Queen Mother knew that Xie Yu was telling the truth.
Huan Er's reputation, if it weren't for her status as the eldest princess, naturally no one would marry her.
But so what? Her Huan'er has been a high-ranking, respected princess since she was born.
If no one wants to marry her, then I will find a prince consort, but I definitely cannot go to Xuanyuan Kingdom for marriage.
Seeing Xie Yu's attitude as hard as steel, the Queen Mother couldn't help but feel annoyed.
Therefore, the Queen Mother could only suppress her displeasure and quickly put on an expression that seemed kind but concealed a deep meaning.
His expression seemed to contain endless schemes and calculations.
There was a faint light flickering in those slightly narrowed eyes.
The Queen Mother had no choice but to start showing weakness.
"Your Majesty, I know Huan'er is useless, but I'm old. Now I just want you and Huan'er to be with mother and enjoy the happiness of family. Mother doesn't ask for anything. Even if you don't care about Huan'er, you can be angry with her, annoy her, but what about mother, Your Majesty, even for her, you can't send Huan'er to Xuanyuan Kingdom for marriage. If Huan'er really goes to Xuanyuan Kingdom for marriage, I'm afraid we will never see each other again in this life."
As the Queen Mother spoke, tears began to flow.
But this motherly look could no longer move Xie Yu's heart.
Because the Queen Mother didn't understand that people will get tired of some things if they are done too often.
The eldest princess quickly stood up and knelt in front of Xie Yu, no longer showing her previous arrogance.
"Your Majesty, please, sister, please, I don't want to marry Xuanyuan Jing. He is just an unfavored prince. He is not worthy. I am the eldest princess, and I absolutely cannot marry a prince like him."
Xie Yu looked at the ambition in the eldest princess' eyes and thought she was stupid.
How could this Xuanyuan Jing be as dandy as the legend said? He was just pretending to be a pig and eating the tiger.
Xie Yu sneered
"You really don't want to marry Xuanyuan Jing?"