"What?"

"Rongruo actually asked the Dowager Princess of Chen to act as a matchmaker for him?"

"Is he crazy?"

In the Crown Prince's residence, the usually composed Crown Prince was so startled by these words that he didn't even notice the ink dripping from his brush onto the paper.

The same situation occurred at the residence of the Second Prince and the homes of various important officials of the court.

Almost immediately after Princess Dowager Chen left the General's Mansion, the news that Rong Ruo was asking Yuan Zhao for marriage spread like wildfire to everyone's ears.

Everyone got excited.

Rong Ruo's womanizing was nothing new; he had previously targeted women of low social status.

Now, this eunuch dares to openly and brazenly come to ask for a marriage proposal, and the woman he's asking for is the daughter of Yuan Lin, that hot-tempered man.

After the initial shock, everyone waited to see what would happen next.

Given how much the Yuan family cared about Yuan Zhao, how could they possibly let her marry a eunuch, especially a eunuch with such a bad reputation as Rong Ruo?

They were already imagining Yuan's father going to find Rong Ruo with a knife in hand.

One was a powerful general with military authority, and the other was the emperor's favorite minister.

It's really hard to say what the final outcome will be.

With this in mind, all the powerful families and court officials in the capital opened their eyes wide, waiting to see what would happen.

However, they waited and waited, but the Yuan family made no move.

Everyone was stunned. The Yuan family father and son didn't even think about teaching Rong Ruo a lesson?

As expected, even the Yuan family, which held military power, was wary of Rong Ruo.

What they didn't know was that the Yuan family father and son were furious. They wanted to take up arms and kill someone, but Yuan Zhao's words from that day, "I like Rong Ruo," were still lingering in their minds.

Therefore, even though they were angry, they still suppressed it.

Three days later, the Dowager Princess of Chen visited again.

This time, not only Yuan's eldest sister-in-law, but also Yuan's father and son met with Princess Dowager Chen.

Yuan's father, his face ashen, said:

"Your Highness, please tell that man that if he wants to marry my Zhaozhao, he must sign a written agreement and a vow that he will never bully her for the rest of his life."

They are still in Beijing and can still take care of things.

What if they all return to the border and my precious daughter is bullied?

Princess Dowager Chen nodded in agreement.

The next day, Princess Dowager Chen visited again, and Rong Ruo was also there this time.

No one knows what they said, but the next day, the emperor actually issued an imperial edict to bestow a marriage upon Yuan Zhao and Rong Ruo, ordering the two to choose a date to get married.

The imperial edict caused another uproar in the court.

Rong Ruo's proposal to marry Yuan Zhao was one thing, but the Emperor's bestowal of the marriage was another.

Everyone knows that the Emperor favors Rong Ruo, but isn't this going too far?

The Yuan family members were the calmest, because they had known about the existence of this imperial edict for a long time.

Fortunately, Rong Ruo had personally come to ask for the marriage beforehand; otherwise, if he had simply granted the marriage, who knows what kind of trouble it would have caused.

Yuan's father couldn't help but say:

"The Emperor truly favors him immensely; anyone who doesn't know better would think he's the Emperor's son."

A casual remark from Yuan's father caused both Yuan Zhao and Yuan Gu to change their expressions.

"Father, be careful what you say."

Yuan Gu quickly replied.

He was worried that someone was listening in.

"I'll just talk about it at home."

"Father Yuan said unhappily."

Of course he knew these were things he shouldn't say carelessly; wasn't he just feeling uneasy about it?

Yuan Zhao's expression changed because she finally remembered what the thought that had flashed through her mind that day was.

She had never understood why the Emperor favored Rongruo so much. She had previously believed the rumors that Rongruo and the Emperor had some kind of ambiguous relationship.

However, after truly understanding Rong Ruo, she knew it was impossible.

Rong Ruo was aloof and proud; he would never submit to anyone, not even the emperor.

However, she couldn't understand why the emperor favored him.

Her father's words had just reminded her.

Is it possible that Rongruo is really the emperor's son?