Chapter 710: Granted Marriage (1)

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"Miss Shen?" The prince was stunned for a moment, then he said in a lost voice: "Shen Miao?"

Fu Xiuyi looked at him but smiled without saying anything.

"No." The prince shook his head and said, "Miss Shen is the apple of General Shen's eye. She still hasn't been engaged. I'm afraid he regards his daughter's lifelong event as very important. How could she be willing to marry into the Eastern Palace? Besides," the prince glanced at Fu Xiuyi mischievously and said with a smile, "Everyone in Dingjing knows that Miss Shen's heart was with you, my ninth brother. I can't win her heart."

Fu Xiuyi smiled and shook her head: "She doesn't really like me. It was just a joke when she was young. Otherwise, look at her over the years. She has never treated me with any affection. She is even colder than an outsider."

The prince thought about it carefully and realized that it was indeed the case. In the past two years, it seemed that when Shen Miao saw Fu Xiuyi again, she was no longer as passionate as before. She was cold and icy, like two different people. The princes were very puzzled. Even so, the prince said: "Maybe it is because you treat her so coldly that Miss Shen is angry with you."

"Brother, please don't tease me." Fu Xiuyi said with a smile: "Besides, the Shen family is not a relative I can marry. I would rather find a wife with a less prominent status, but I will be free. Speaking of which," Fu Xiuyi said seriously: "Brother, why do you have to start with General Shen and Miss Shen? Parents' orders and matchmakers' words, the best way to deal with this matter is to leave it to the emperor."

"Father?"

"That's right." Fu Xiuyi saw that the wine glass in front of the prince was empty, so he filled it for him. Then he said slowly, "The emperor loves you the most, big brother. Since the emperor is willing to support you, he will definitely find a helper for you. If you want to marry Miss Shen, the emperor will definitely be happy to see it happen. In this way, with just one imperial decree to grant the marriage, everything will be solved."

"Ninth brother, you're thinking too simply." The prince shook his head. "A forced melon is not sweet. You must know that if Miss Shen is unwilling to marry me, even though she has to enter the Eastern Palace because of the imperial decree, she will always feel resentment in the future. General Shen will also feel resentment towards my father. If the marriage fails and turns into enmity, that would be disastrous."

"Why do you think so, big brother?" Fu Xiuyi looked at him in surprise. "What women in the world want is nothing more than a rich and stable future. Marrying into the East Palace, although she cannot be the principal wife, the status of the prince's concubine is indeed not low. When big brother ascends the throne in the future, Miss Shen will naturally be promoted to concubine. Big brother, you have a kind temperament. As long as you treat Miss Shen well, you will see her true nature in the future. How could she bear resentment towards big brother? Take big brother's sister-in-law for example. She married big brother because of the emperor's arrangement. But until now, she has been wholeheartedly planning for big brother."

Upon hearing this, the Crown Prince felt that Fu Xiuyi's words made some sense. The Crown Princess was originally married by the Emperor's imperial decree. Before that, they had only met a few times and were reluctant at first. But now, she has fallen deeply in love with the Crown Prince and always considers him for his benefit.

"Women are like this. If you marry a chicken, you follow the chicken; if you marry a dog, you follow the dog. As long as you treat her well, she will follow her husband wholeheartedly. Big brother is a dragon among men, how can he not conquer a woman?"

The prince was a little embarrassed by Fu Xiuyi's words and waved his hands repeatedly. The two brothers talked heart to heart again, toasting each other and enjoying themselves.

However, when Fu Xiuyi left the Eastern Palace late at night, the drunken look on the prince's face disappeared, and was replaced by a sense of sobriety.

The staff came out from behind, looked at the Crown Prince tentatively and asked, "Your Highness, what did the Ninth Prince say just now..."