Chapter 315 I Will Marry Him

Shao Feiyang didn't expect that Ye Ninglan would see through his fleeting thought. The young general's handsome face flushed slightly, and he denied it in a lost voice: "Don't talk nonsense!"

"Then why are you blushing?" Ye Ninglan said with a smile, "If you want to admit defeat, then hurry up so that I can fight with other handsome men. I just don't know how good their martial arts are. If so many young talents are defeated by me, I don't know where your Daxing's face will be put."

When Shao Feiyang heard this, his heart was in a mess because of Ye Ninglan.

He had previously learned about the candidates who were participating in the martial arts competition to win a bride. Most of them were selected because of their family background and ancestral influence, such as Wang Wu and General Xu, who were all playboys.

Among the remaining small half, some were more talented in writing than him, some were fairer and more beautiful than him, but no one was better at martial arts than him.

Shao Feiyang's best friend once joked that the martial arts contest for a bride actually didn't depend on the contestant's martial arts skills at all, but rather on whether his appearance and figure suited Princess Xiling's taste. If so, she would be willing to give him up even if his martial arts skills were average.

If a candidate does not meet her requirements, no matter how high his/her martial arts skills are, she will find a way to screen him/her out.

Shao Feiyang felt that Ye Ninglan did not give in at all when fighting with him, and he probably didn't like him.

Moreover, he was the first person to fight with Princess Xiling. If he lost too fakely, the scene would be too ugly. It would be a small matter for him to lose face, but it would be a big matter for him to lose the prestige of the Daxing country.

Thinking of this, Shao Feiyang clenched the sword in his hand and decided to use his real skills to kill Ye Ninglan's fighting spirit first, and then make it a draw.

Seeing that Shao Feiyang's attacks were becoming more and more fierce, and that every move required her to respond with all her strength, Ye Ninglan also became interested. She picked up and chopped at him, turning counterattack into defense, and the fight between the two became more and more stalemate.

The people below watched with such rapt attention that they could not bear to blink.

Shao Feiyang has been practicing martial arts since he was young. He is extremely talented and has few rivals among his peers. As he fights with Ye Ninglan, his desire to win becomes stronger and stronger. He gradually forgets that he is in a competition to choose a husband and only wants to win.

The more this happened, the more Ye Ninglan refused to give in.

The incense stick on the stage was about to burn out, and the two were still evenly matched. Until Ye Ninglan made a powerful blow, she cut off the long sword in Shao Feiyang's hand, and the sword in her own hand also had a big dent. The sword energy forced the two men back several steps. Shao Feiyang and Ye Ninglan each retreated several feet, used the railing to gain strength, and flew back to the center of the Phoenix Stage.

The last piece of the incense stick also fell with the wind.

"The time has come." Grand Tutor Wang struck the gong and announced loudly, "In the first match, Princess Xiling and General Shao ended in a tie."

Shao Feiyang breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this.

A draw was the result he originally wanted. Although he was overwhelmed with the desire to win when fighting with Ye Ninglan, fortunately, Ye Ninglan was not a show-off, and the final result did not deviate from what he had in mind.

When the people in the audience heard the result, they couldn't help but whispered. Shao Feiyang was already the most outstanding martial artist among the young talents in the court. If even he could only fight Princess Xiling to a draw, how could others fight Princess Xiling?

The emperor had obviously thought of this, so he smiled and asked Ye Ninglan, "What does the princess think of General Shao?"

Ye Ninglan looked at Shao Feiyang with a smile, "I think General Shao is very good."

When Shao Feiyang heard the emperor ask this, he had a bad feeling in his heart.

He and Princess Xiling have already fought to a draw. The emperor doesn't allow anyone else to come up and fight Ye Ninglan. Why is he asking about General Shao?

The next moment, Ye Ninglan said again: "I will marry him. Thank you, Your Majesty, for your support."

"What?" Shao Feiyang couldn't hold back after hearing this. "Aren't you holding a martial arts competition to choose a husband? I didn't beat you, it was just a draw. Why are you marrying me?"

Ye Ninglan smiled as she watched him look as if he had been struck by lightning. "It's true that there was a martial arts competition to choose a husband, but I never said I would marry the winner."

Shao Feiyang was stunned.

How can this still happen?

The other candidates who had not yet fought with Princess Xiling felt as if they had been pardoned when they heard this. Since General Shao had married Princess Xiling, they would not have to marry anyone else. They wanted to thank the gods and Buddhas on the spot.

Ye Ninglan found Shao Feiyang's stunned expression quite amusing, and said with a smile, "I look down upon those who can't beat me, and I'm afraid there's no one here who can beat me, so the only choice is someone who can fight me to a draw."

She raised her red lips slightly, and said in a voice that only the two of them could hear clearly, "General Shao, when you captured me alive on the battlefield, you should have thought of this day."

"You, you've already planned this!"

Shao Feiyang didn't expect that because he was soft-hearted at the time and did not take Ye Ninglan's life directly, he was actually plotted against by him.

Ye Ninglan may have anticipated that Prince Chang'an would not marry her, so she deliberately made such an unreasonable request. Then, she caused the Fourth Prince and the Ninth Prince to become a Taoist monk and suffer from injuries because of their refusal to marry. Finally, she chose a husband who was easy to control. It can be said that she was calculating every step and had sinister intentions.

Ye Ninglan looked at the young general in front of him with a smile, "So what? Are you going to refuse the marriage right then and there?"

Shao Feiyang was silent.

Prince Chang'an, the Fourth Prince and the Ninth Prince are the emperor's biological sons. They were severely punished for resisting the marriage privately. Now he, a minister, is under the watchful eyes of the public.

If Shao Feiyang refused the marriage proposal in public at this time and angered the emperor, the entire Shao family would suffer.

Ye Ninglan looked at Shao Feiyang and said softly, "If you want to refuse the marriage proposal, I will just marry someone else. After all, it doesn't matter if I've been rejected many times. But what will your Shao family do?"

Shao Feiyang gritted his teeth. Compared to disobeying the order and bringing trouble to the whole family, marrying Ye Ninglan was actually no big deal.

But the young general couldn't swallow this anger for a moment, so he turned his head and ignored Ye Ninglan.

Ye Ninglan was not angry at all. On the contrary, the more he looked at him, the more interesting he found him.

Marrying Shao Feiyang is the best choice right now.

Even if she could continue to compete with others, pick a powerful and influential child who was easier to control or had a better status in Daxing, or defeat all the candidates, she could use this to dampen the enthusiasm of the people in Daxing.

But Ye Ninglan didn't do that.

She knew very well that Emperor Daxing's patience was limited, and that her marriage had come to this point, and it was time to call it a day.

Forcing Shao Feiyang to marry her might be a bit unfair to General Shao.

But who made him bring her back from the battlefield?

When the young general was in high spirits, she became a prisoner of war, and the feud between them had already been formed.

Some relationships between people are good, while others are bad.

No matter what kind of fate it is, once it begins, it is out of control.

Ye Ninglan grabbed Shao Feiyang's hand and pulled him to face the Emperor of Daxing. "It is a match made in heaven, a perfect match. Today, I and General Shao are engaged at the Phoenix Tower. I ask everyone present to bear witness. As long as I live, Xiling and Daxing will coexist peacefully and be friends forever."