Seeing Xuan Yuan Yu rushing towards her, Su Xue Ning didn't have time to think and quickly accepted the imperial decree.

Zong Jiu was anxious to quickly hand the imperial edict to Su Xuening when he saw Xuan Yuan Yu causing trouble again, but he was surprised to find that she took it herself even faster. He was stunned.

It seems that, compared to the Holy King, this Miss Su would rather not marry the Third Prince.

Why is that? The Third Prince is clearly the prince in name only. Although he is not the emperor's legitimate son, he is currently the prince with the highest status in the palace and has the best chance of inheriting the throne in the future.

The Third Prince is so fond of this Miss Su. If Miss Su marries the Third Prince, then when the Third Prince ascends the throne, Miss Su will definitely be the Empress.

As for the Holy King, even if he is the Emperor's biological son, outsiders don't know that. Moreover, the Holy King is officially the Emperor's nephew, so he has no right to inherit the throne. No matter how much the Emperor favors him, he will probably be the first one to be dealt with when the new Emperor ascends the throne.

Putting aside the fact that the Holy King is cursed to bring misfortune to his wives, let's just talk about the Holy King's health. He is currently seriously ill, and the cause of his illness cannot even be found. If the marriage to bring good luck fails, wouldn't Miss Su become a widow after marrying into the family?

No matter how you look at it, Miss Su shouldn't have chosen the Holy King. What was she thinking?

While Zong Jiu was still in a daze, Xuan Yuan Yu had already rushed up to them.

Seeing that Su Xuening had accepted the imperial edict, Xuan Yuan Yu was instantly enraged. He leaped off his horse and snatched the edict from Su Xuening's hand.

Upon seeing that it was indeed an imperial edict betrothing Su Xuening to Xuan Yuanzhan, Xuan Yuanyu was furious and grabbed the edict, intending to tear it up.

Zong Jiu was so shocked that his heart almost jumped out of his chest. He shouted, "Third Prince, please don't be impulsive. Destroying the imperial edict is a serious crime of disobeying the emperor's orders. Not only will the Third Prince be punished, but Miss Su will also be implicated."

Zong Jiu's words really shocked Xuan Yuan Yu.

Su Xuening seized the opportunity to snatch back the imperial edict from Xuan Yuan Yu's hands, and then bowed to Zong Jiu: "Please trouble you to go back and report to the Emperor that I have accepted the imperial edict and will marry into the Holy Prince's Mansion as scheduled in three days."

Before Zong Jiu could reply, Xuan Yuan Yu looked at Su Xue Ning in disbelief: "Ning'er, how could you marry Xuan Yuan Zhan? He's a jinx; all the women he's been betrothed to have died tragically. I heard he's sick now, half-dead. You won't have a good ending if you marry him."

Su Xuening looked up at him expressionlessly: "So what do you want me to do? Disobey the imperial decree?"

Su Xuening's cold attitude made Xuan Yuan Yu extremely flustered. He grabbed her arm and said urgently, "Ning'er, wait for me, you must wait for me. I will go and beg Father Emperor. I will definitely make Father Emperor retract his order. You must believe me!"

Su Xuening brushed aside Xuan Yuan Yu's hand, lowered her eyes to hide the disgust in them: "The Emperor's decree has been issued, and everything is settled. No matter what happens in the future, I accept my fate. Your Highness, please don't worry about me."

As Su Xuening spoke, she bowed to Zong Jiu and led Su Yun'an back to the mansion.

"Ning'er..."

Xuanyuan Yu wanted to chase after her, but Su Xuening coldly ordered the gatekeeper, "Close the gate. The General's Mansion is not receiving guests today!"

The gatekeeper obediently closed the gate, effectively shutting Xuan Yuan Yu out.

Unable to follow them inside, Xuan Yuan Yu could only shout outside the General's Mansion, "Ning'er, don't marry Xuan Yuan Zhan! I will definitely make Father Emperor retract his decree! You must wait for me!"

Xuanyuan Yu waited at the door for a while, but didn't hear a response from Su Xuening inside, so he could only turn around and leave dejectedly.

Seeing Xuan Yuan Yu's distraught state, Su Fei Ling wanted to go up and talk to him, but he didn't even glance at her before leaping onto his horse and galloping away, making Su Fei Ling so angry that she wanted to kill him!

Seeing that Xuanyuan Yu had finally left, Zong Jiu breathed a sigh of relief and stepped forward to bow to Su Renyi, saying, "This old servant still needs to go to the Prime Minister's residence to read out the imperial edict, so I will take my leave now."

Before Su Renyi could react, Su Feiling suddenly realized something and blurted out, "The imperial edict you mentioned, Father-in-law, is it the imperial edict bestowing marriage?"

Zong Jiu paused for a moment, frowned as he looked at Su Feiling, and did not answer.

Su Renyi finally realized what was happening and quickly stepped forward to give Zong Jiu a money pouch: "This is just a small token of my appreciation, please accept it, sir."

After weighing the money pouch in his hand, Zong Jiu smiled slightly and reminded him, "It is indeed an imperial decree of marriage. There will be two weddings in three days."

Zong Jiu's words froze the faces of everyone from the second branch of the Su family.

It's obvious that the Emperor still bestowed Zhao Zhenzhen upon Xuanyuan Yu in marriage!

"This old servant takes his leave."

Zong Jiu ignored their expressions and turned to lead his men to the next house.

After Zong Jiu left, Madam Zhong looked anxiously at Su Feiling: "The Emperor has bestowed a marriage upon Xuan Yuan Yu and Zhao Zhenzhen, and the wedding date is so close. What are we going to do now?"

Su Feiling's mind was buzzing. Not only was the Emperor's bestowal of marriage between Xuan Yuan Yu and Zhao Zhenzhen making her mind buzz, but the fact that the wedding was scheduled for three days later had also caught her completely off guard!

Seeing Su Feiling so distraught, Madam Zhong felt a pang of heartache and hurriedly asked Su Renyi, "When you went to see Consort Su earlier, did she say anything about how to settle our Ling'er?"

Su Renyi glanced at Su Feiling and said, "Consort Su's idea is to let the Third Prince's principal wife enter the palace first, and as for Ling'er, we can reserve a position as a concubine for her."

Although Zhong was not satisfied with the fact that Consort Su had only arranged for her to be a concubine, it seemed that this was the best possible outcome.

Su Feiling, however, was filled with resentment. They thought they could get rid of her with just the position of a concubine? She, Su Feiling, would not accept such a loss!

"What about Yuan'er? Has Consort Su agreed to save Yuan'er?" Madam Zhong asked Su Renyi anxiously.

Su Renyi frowned: "Consort Su said that the Emperor will definitely not retract his order, so we can only try to find a way on the way."

Upon hearing this result, Madam Zhong's eyes instantly reddened: "My poor Yuan'er, it's all that wretched woman Su Xuening's fault! She ruined our family like this, yet she herself has been betrothed by the Emperor and will soon become the Holy Princess. Heaven is truly blind!"

While wiping away her tears, Mrs. Zhong angrily cursed.

Thinking of the miserable state of her children and seeing Su Xuening's current success, Zhong felt like vomiting blood.

Su Feiling was also very jealous of Su Xuening. It wasn't that she was jealous of her because she wanted to become the Holy King's consort. So what if the Holy King was just a prince? He would never become the emperor. Once Su Xuening married the Holy King, she would never be Xuan Yuan Yu's woman again, and there would never be a place for her in the future harem.

What she was jealous of was Xuan Yuan Yu's obsession with Su Xue Ning.

Whenever Xuan Yuan Yu is around Su Xue Ning, he loses his mind, as if his entire life is dedicated to her. Why does it have to be Su Xue Ning? If only it were her!

If Xuanyuan Yu loves her as much as he loves Su Xuening, then let alone a concubine, even a maidservant, the future empress's position will surely be hers!

Unfortunately, Xuanyuan Yu never loved her!