Chapter 513: The Thousand-Year-Old (34)

"Why does the emperor have to have children? Don't his eldest brother, third brother, and fourth brother all have children?" Yes, in recent years, the eldest prince had a son, and the fourth prince got married and his wife is pregnant. So the emperor already has several grandsons. Why does he still force himself to have children? Where does this obsession come from?

"Their children are theirs, and yours are yours."

Wen Yan: "..."

"What's the difference? I have no property to inherit."

"What did you say?"

“I told you I’m impotent, so even if you marry me a proper wife, I still won’t be able to have children.”

The emperor was so angry he almost slapped Wen Wan. "What nonsense are you spouting? You made up this lie to deceive me in order to break off the engagement."

"This is not nonsense, it's true. If you don't believe me, just wait and see. Even if I get married, I won't be able to have children for ten or twenty years."

"You mean you can only like men?"

Wen Wan nodded. "Yes."

"That eunuch?" the emperor asked, looking at Wen Wan. Wen Wan's eyes widened, and she waved her hands repeatedly. "How could that be? Father, please don't make wild guesses. Your subject has no such plans for the time being."

"Even if you really don't have any children, you still need to have a principal wife." The emperor began to compromise.

However, Wen Wan didn't even want a principal wife. After all, she already had Princess Meiyi, which was already exhausting enough. It was so hard for her to leave, and now she was marrying another one. She really couldn't bear it.

"Then I want to choose myself."

"Can."

Wen Wan: "What if I choose a commoner?"

The emperor's eyelids twitched. "There are precedents in the royal family, and I am not a rigid person. If you really like it, then I naturally have no objection."

Wen Wan left with mixed feelings, and soon the emperor sent over all the portraits of the beauties.

Xiao Cui's feelings were also mixed.

"Your Majesty, what should we do? Should we ask the Empress to send someone we know over?"

Wen Wan: "You think I haven't thought about it, but the risk is too great."

"Then why doesn't Master choose one?"

Wen Wan: "Xiao Cui, you know my true identity. How could I possibly delay that young lady's life?"

In today's world, a girl can get married at the age of fourteen.

Eighteen or twenty-year-olds are already considered old maids who can't get married. If they delay for a few more years, how will other girls get married in the future?

"Never mind, anyway, Father promised me I could take my time choosing, and even if I never make a good choice, he can't force me."

Looking at the male lead beside her with a complicated expression, Wen Wan thought for a moment and asked, "Gu Li, do you have any good ideas?"

"Does Your Highness truly not wish to marry?"

Wen Wan: "It's not a question of whether I want to or not, it's a question of whether I can. If my secret is exposed, I will die, and my mother may also die. You will not survive either. The risk is just too great."

"I have an idea."

"What method?"

"I know the art of disguise. I can disguise myself as a common woman and then marry Your Highness."

Gu Li had barely finished speaking when Xiao Cui objected, "No, absolutely not! What is your status? What is the master's status?"

Wen Wan frowned, while Gu Li continued, "I know you inside and out, and I can help you conceal your identity. Besides, I am a eunuch, so you don't need to worry about me having any intention of carrying on the family line."

Xiao Cui still didn't think it would work, but Wen Wan started to consider it. Wen Wan had witnessed the male lead's incredible makeup skills before, so there was no need to worry about that. Besides, the male lead liked the female lead, although there didn't seem to be any signs of it happening yet.

"But you're going to dress up as a woman, don't you mind?"

Gu Li: "I don't mind."

After thinking about it for several days, Wen Wan finally agreed to the plan and began to make arrangements. First, she would have Gu Li secretly leave the palace and then disguise herself as a woman. When Gu Li took Xiao Cui out of the palace to play, Xiao Cui's dowry was bullied by a bully. Wen Wan would appear to save the beauty and fall in love at first sight, and then take her back to the palace.

We practiced this script several times.

In the end, it was carried out. Wen Wan took Xiao Cui and left the palace, giving the reason that she had not taken a liking to any of the ministers' daughters and wanted to go out of the palace to see if she could meet someone she liked.

The emperor naturally agreed, but he ordered someone to follow her, ostensibly for protection, but in reality for surveillance.

Wen Wan wasn't guilty and started following the pre-set plot.

However, she was still shocked when she saw the male lead. He was just too handsome!

Although her face has completely changed, it's still beautiful enough.

Only a face this beautiful could support the trope of love at first sight, making the emperor more likely to believe it.

Actually, if you look at the details, the male lead still retains some of the original male lead's features.

Moreover, the male lead is really dedicated; he even faked his chest, which looks bigger than hers.

The male protagonist pretends to be a girl being bullied by a bully, and happens to be seen by Wen Wan. He then saves the damsel in distress, and the two eventually fall in love. He then takes her back to the palace and quickly presents her to the emperor.

The emperor looked at the woman his son had brought over; she was beautiful, but without a doubt, she was a commoner whose background he knew nothing about.

Wen Wan: "If Father insists that I marry, then I will marry Xian'er."

The emperor did not immediately agree, and then began to investigate the woman's identity. He discovered that she was an ordinary commoner's daughter, and that her parents had died at the hands of bandits. She was living with her uncle, and there was nothing wrong with that.

Although such a status would be somewhat controversial for the Second Prince's consort, the Emperor still agreed, considering his own child's sexual orientation.

At least there's one that I find pleasing to the eye.

Maybe after living together for a while, my son will stop liking men.

So soon, the wedding arrangements for the two were made. Only one or two ministers had objections, but none of them insisted. As for the other ministers, if they were from the First Prince's faction, the Third Prince's faction, or other factions, they would have preferred to marry a commoner themselves.

As for Consort Rong, she had no objections whatsoever, and even took on the task herself, personally organizing the wedding for her.

The wedding was lively and grand. This was Wen Wan's second marriage. What was even more shocking than the last time was that she actually married the male lead. One was a woman dressed as a man, and the other was a man dressed as a woman. This would be shocking anywhere.

When they arrived at the bridal chamber, Wen Wan first lifted Gu Li's veil.

Then, looking at that face, she subconsciously compared it to Gu Li's face, and something felt off. She suddenly regretted it, feeling that this wasn't a good idea.

"Thank you for your hard work."

"You're welcome, it's my own choice."

Wen Wan originally planned to sleep on the floor, or have Gu Li sleep on the floor, but who would have thought that there was nothing in the room except for the bed, let alone a second quilt? This emperor was determined to prevent them from living apart. He was really ruthless.