Chapter 7 Imperial Edict

Wen Yingxue originally thought that the villain would use some tricks to make Ye Junyan give up, but she never expected that he would be so fierce, even too fierce.

"By the providence of Heaven, the Emperor decrees: Wen Yingxue, a woman of gentle and kind disposition, dignified and courteous, is hereby granted marriage to General Nie Chubai of Huaiyuan. She is bestowed with a phoenix coronet and a bridal robe, and a date is chosen for the ceremony."

Wen Yingxue looked at the imperial edict in her hand and wanted to eat it. She didn't know if the imperial edict still counted after being eaten.

She didn't want to marry Ye Junyan, but she also didn't want to marry Nie Chubai.

Old Man Wen Ze was so happy that he took the father-in-law who came to deliver the imperial edict to have tea and get close to him.

Zhang's face was almost as black as charcoal. If there were no outsiders around, she would probably have wanted to vomit blood.

Wen Rouqing and Wen Yuyan's expressions also looked unhappy. They stared at Wen Yingxue intently, and the jealousy in their eyes seemed to turn into fire, wanting to burn Wen Yingxue to death.

The only different look came from Aunt Lian, happy, joyful, and a little worried.

When Wen Yingxue received Aunt Lian's gaze, her heart immediately felt warm. Across the crowd, Wen Yingxue smiled at Aunt Lian.

"Yingxue, why did the emperor suddenly issue an edict to grant a marriage?" After sending away the eunuch who announced the edict, Old Man Wen asked.

Wen Yingxue lowered her head and feigned shyness as she said, "I met General Nie once at the flower viewing banquet at the Prime Minister's Residence, but we haven't seen each other since."

Father Wen laughed heartily. "Well, it must be General Nie who took a fancy to my son and asked for his hand in marriage himself. Very good, very good! I will certainly prepare a good dowry for you and let you marry in style. Madam, I leave this matter to you."

Zhang's face was extremely gloomy. She stared at Wen Yingxue intently, forced a stiff smile, and said to Father Wen, "I will definitely take care of it! Don't worry, Master."

Old Man Wen nodded with satisfaction and returned to his study.

Zhang asked Wen Yingxue and Wen Rouqing to stay, and sent everyone else back.

"I underestimated you." Zhang said to Wen Yingxue.

Wen Yingxue raised her head and looked at Zhang's gloomy eyes. She didn't say anything, but just smiled.

Wen Rouqing looked at her and felt that Wen Yingxue now gave her a strange feeling.

Zhang looked at Wen Yingxue's smile and clenched the teacup in her hand. She was misjudged and thought that she was an easy person to control, but she was actually outmaneuvered.

"Don't you want to marry Master Ye?" Zhang asked.

"Of course, I don't want to be a concubine." Wen Yingxue said. Since it has come to this, she might as well just break up.

Wen Rouqing clenched her fists and looked at Wen Yingxue unwillingly: "You are a concubine's daughter. Marrying Ye Shizi is already marrying up. And you still despise him and don't want to be his concubine?"

"It's true that I'm a concubine's daughter, but in a few days, I'll become the wife of a second-rank general, a position even more honorable than my mother's!"

Zhang's expression became even uglier.

Wenrouqing cursed: "Bah! What are you so proud of? General Nie only married you because of your face. Serving a man with your beauty will never last long. I will see what happens to you in the future."

Wen Yingxue stood up and said, "At least I've had my share of glory, much better than you. Mother, I'm tired, so I won't talk to you anymore."

Having said that, Wen Yingxue turned around and was about to leave.

"Don't forget, you are married, but Aunt Lian is still in the Wen Mansion." Zhang's voice came from behind.

Wen Yingxue turned and looked at Zhang calmly, saying, "Madam, isn't it better to be friendly? General Nie really likes my face. I wonder if General Nie will help me get my concubine to become his co-wife if I ask him for help."

"You dare!" Zhang and Wenrouqing's faces changed at the same time and they shouted loudly.

"Of course I wouldn't dare. As long as Aunt Lian is fine, I wouldn't dare." After Wen Yingxue finished speaking, she glanced at Zhang and turned to leave the main courtyard.

Behind her, there was the sound of porcelain breaking. Wen Yingxue curled the corners of her lips and quickly went to Aunt Lian's yard.

"When did you meet General Nie? Why did you ask the emperor to grant you a marriage?" Aunt Lian asked as soon as she entered the room.

Wen Yingxue hadn't experienced such pure concern in a long time. She pulled Aunt Lian to sit down and said, "Aunt, don't worry. I met General Nie at the Prime Minister's Mansion before, and I met him several times later. He's a very nice person."

God knows how much effort Wen Yingxue put in to say that the villain was a good person.

Aunt Lian was relieved at this point. She smiled and touched Wen Yingxue's face and said, "That's great! In the blink of an eye, you've grown up enough to get married. Oh, by the way, I have something for you."

After Aunt Lian finished speaking, she went to the inner room and brought out a wooden box.

"You know, I don't have any talent, but I can make a living by embroidering. I earned all this money by embroidering, and I wanted to give it to you as a dowry."

When the wooden box was opened, it was full of silver bills. The largest denomination was five thousand taels, and the smallest was one hundred taels, which added up to almost ten thousand taels of silver.

Aunt Lian took out all the banknotes and gave them to Wen Yingxue: "Take it! Aunt Lian can only give you some."

Wen Yingxue looked at the banknotes of various denominations, and then looked at the clothes that Lian Yiniang had been wearing for several years, and her eyes immediately became red.

I don’t know how Aunt Lian has saved so much money by living frugally over the years.

I also thought of the fate of Aunt Lian in the original text. I wondered if the money was handed over to Wen Yingxue at that time.

"Auntie!" Wen Yingxue lay in Auntie Lian's arms and started crying, for herself and for Auntie Lian who was willing to die for her daughter.

"Okay, why are you crying? How old are you?" Aunt Lian's eyes were a little moist. She patted Wen Yingxue's back and coaxed her softly.

"Aunt, don't worry! I will take good care of you." I will protect you well and will not let you end up like what is written in the original text. You deserve a good and happy ending.

"good."

Wen Yingxue talked with Aunt Lian for a while and then returned to her own Xuemei Courtyard.

"Miss, that's great. With the imperial edict, you don't have to be a concubine anymore." Ai Ye said happily.

Wen Yingxue felt bitter in her heart, she didn't want to be the legal wife.

The two were talking in the room when Qinglian suddenly came in with tea, fruits and snacks.

"Miss, these are the pastries and goat milk soup made by the kitchen today. They are delicious and sweet. Please try them." Qinglian said with a flattering smile.

Since Wen Yingxue came here, she has never seen Qinglian come to the house to serve. Now that the imperial edict has come, she rushes over eagerly.

"Well, leave it there! You go out first." Wen Yingxue said.

Qinglian's face froze immediately, but Wen Yingxue's status was no longer the same as before, so she didn't dare to refute.

Seeing Qinglian reluctantly retreat, Ai Ye was so happy that he said with a puff of his tongue, "Humph! Do you really think the young lady is a fool? You ignored me before, but now you come up to me again."

Wen Yingxue just looked at Qinglian's back. It was time to get rid of her. It was her own yard, and it would be comfortable only for her own people.