The group trembled.
"All of you, step back! I still have things to discuss with the Empress Dowager," Princess Jiahua said firmly.
Empress Dowager Xu was furious when she saw that all the girls she had invited had left. Song Yue glanced at her mother and left with peace of mind.
She stood pacing outside the palace.
"Third Miss." Miss Jiang suddenly moved closer to her and smiled at her in a friendly manner: "I really envy you, having a mother who protects you at all times."
Song Yue recalled her conversation with her mother last night, in which Miss Jiang was adamant about not going to the marriage alliance. She chuckled and asked, "Is the annulment of the engagement Miss Jiang's wish, or the Jiang family's?"
Miss Jiang was taken aback by Song Yue's blunt question and was momentarily speechless before finally replying, "How can I refuse a marriage arranged by my parents and a matchmaker?"
Song Yue didn't dislike the person in front of her. The faint medicinal scent on her body inexplicably calmed her down.
"So, you're saying that this marriage to Prince Guangjia wasn't something you wanted to cancel?"
Miss Jiang shook her head with a wry smile, her eyes calm and her face filled with longing: "There are many things in this world that are beyond our control..."
“There are too many things we can’t control, but we can choose to resist. Complaining is useless.” Song Yue interrupted her: “Isn’t Princess Lian’an a perfect example of this?”
She accompanied the princess on her journey to a marriage alliance, but the princess died suddenly on the way. So, she, a maid, impersonated the princess and went to the marriage alliance.
Young Miss Jiang was used to being gentle and refined. When she heard Song Yue say this, her face showed shock. She was stunned for a long time. She had lived for so many years and had always followed the rules. She had never overstepped the bounds or broken the rules.
Should she resist?
Miss Jiang's heart pounded like thunder.
Song Yue softened her tone: "I heard that the emperor of Japan is bloodthirsty and cruel, as is the crown prince. They have countless concubines in the harem, but they lack a crown princess. Japan also has a custom of wife swapping. If a guest takes a fancy to the host's wife at a banquet, the host must treat the guest well. Many Japanese ladies have been humiliated and died."
Miss Jiang's face turned deathly pale; "How, how could this be?"
Song Yue raised her chin: "Miss Jiang, guess why I was hastily engaged when I was only thirteen years old?"
Miss Jiang understood instantly.
“Your father knew the Japanese were cruel, yet he still wanted to marry you off to them. He must have had ulterior motives.” Song Yue shrugged. “If it weren’t for the fact that Madam Jiang had sent me back to the manor in a carriage earlier, I wouldn’t have told you this so easily.”
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