Chapter 13 Preparing the Bride Gift
A trace of sadness flashed in Xihuang Guifei's eyes, but she quickly put it away and said in a cold voice, "Xuanyuan Yi, you are an ungrateful and ungrateful person. I gave birth to you and raised you up, and this is how you treat me. For a divorced woman and a second-married daughter, you don't allow me to live in the palace. You are unworthy of being a son."
He had heard these words from his mother no less than a hundred times, and they had become commonplace, so he did not feel angry at all.
Xuanyuan Yi said calmly, "Anyway, my son has already decided to marry Xia Xing'er. I came here just to let you know."
The Imperial Concubine Xi gasped. "Since ancient times, marriage has been decided by parents and matchmakers. I object, but even if you don't have parents' permission, do you still insist on marrying that bitch?"
Xuanyuan Yi stood up and said coldly, "I have already asked my brother, the emperor, to grant me the marriage, so it doesn't matter whether you agree or not, and it doesn't matter if we don't have the permission of our parents. We have the emperor's imperial decree granting me the marriage, so who in the world dares to gossip about us?"
The Imperial Concubine Xi was shaking with anger, but she was helpless. She pointed her finger at Xuanyuan Yi and said, "You...you..."
Before she could say anything, Xuanyuan Yi had already turned around and left.
The Imperial Noble Concubine Xi instantly collapsed into the chair like a deflated ball, tears streaming down her face.
Nanny Fang felt very distressed when she saw her master like this.
She was the wet nurse of Concubine Xi, who had watched her grow up since she was a child. She had no children of her own and had long regarded Concubine Xi as her own daughter.
"My lady, please stop crying. Your makeup has all been ruined. You're not pretty anymore."
Her master loves beauty and cares the most about her face, so she knows where to start to persuade her.
When Consort Xi heard this, her tears stopped instantly, but she was still angry. She said bitterly, "Tell me, who am I doing this for? It's all for his own good. He's a good prince, but he insists on marrying an abandoned woman and even goes so far as to ask the emperor for an imperial decree. What will the people of the world think of him?"
As I spoke, I felt extremely wronged and tears began to flow unconsciously.
My son always goes against me. If I tell him to go east, he will definitely go west.
He never listened to what I said; it always went in one ear and out the other.
She didn't know what she had done wrong.
Before she got married, because she was the youngest in the family, everyone doted on her. Later, when she met the late emperor and entered the palace with him, she was treated like a treasure and never suffered any bullying.
The only thing he has been frustrated with is his own son.
He couldn't blame his own son, so he had to blame that woman.
"That bitch must have seduced my son with her seductive tricks, which is why he insisted on marrying her and disobeyed me for her."
If Xia Xing'er knew what Consort Xi was thinking, she would definitely cry out in injustice. She and the Prince of Zhennan only played together when they were children, but they hadn't seen each other since they grew up, okay? How could she be seduced? She was also very depressed.
Nanny Fang knew her mistress was getting stuck in a rut again. She sighed inwardly but still advised, "Your Highness, don't be sad. The prince has always been a man of his own ideas. Since he chose her, he must have something extraordinary, something that other noble ladies can't match."
When Concubine Xi heard that her wet nurse was helping her, she felt even more aggrieved. "What's so special about her? She's just a seductress. She made my son not care about her uncleanness and insisted on marrying her."
"I heard that Xia Xing'er was so beautiful that she was the most beautiful woman in the world. There was an endless stream of people coming to her house to ask for her hand in marriage. I don't know why the Marquis' wife married her off to a fourth-rank general and even went to the Empress Dowager to ask for an imperial decree.
Taking a step back, she is still the daughter of a marquis, and her second brother is still a deputy general under the prince.
The Imperial Concubine Xi did not care. "The riches of the Marquis's family cannot change the fact that she is an abandoned woman and a second-married woman."
Nanny Fang took a handkerchief and continued to wipe her tears: "Now that the prince likes her, let him marry her. No matter how beautiful she is, he will get tired of her after looking at her for a long time. Then you can give her two concubines and a wife. I don't believe that the prince will not dislike her."
Imperial Concubine Xi took Fang Ma's words to heart, but she still felt uneasy. "You're not wrong, but when I think about how she was taken care of by a poor family like the General's Mansion, and how she was married off to my son, how can I live my life in the future?"
"Once she's in the house, you'll have to set rules for her every day. There are plenty of ways to deal with her. Besides, there are so many ways to make someone disappear quietly. Why get angry over such a small thing? It's not worth it."
Upon hearing this, a hint of ruthlessness flashed across Xi Huang Guifei's eyes, but it was quickly replaced by a complex emotion.
She pondered for a moment, then suddenly came up with an idea. A meaningful smile curled her lips. "Mammy, what you said is absolutely right. Since she wants to enter the palace, let her in. I will let her know that being a royal daughter-in-law is not that easy. I will let her know what it means to regret it! Tell them to pack up and inform the Queen Mother. We will move into the Zhennan Palace."
But they didn't know that their dream would never be realized, and they would have to rely on Xia Xing'er for support during their later exile. Thinking about their thoughts at that moment, they felt so ridiculous that they even wanted to turn back time and slap their stupid selves twice.
Xuanyuan Yi stopped reminiscing, turned around and stared sharply at Liuyun and Liuxing. "This imperial decree granting marriage was obtained by me from the emperor. What opinions do you two have about me?"
"We dare not?" Liuyun Liuxing said in unison.
They really didn't know that the prince had requested this marriage himself, and thought that the emperor had granted it to humiliate the prince, with the intention of thinking that the prince was not worthy.
Even though they now knew that it was the prince who asked for it, they still felt that Xia Xing'er was not worthy of their own prince.
It is a shame for the dignified God of War, King Zhennan, to marry an abandoned woman.
Xuanyuan Yi looked at their expressions and guessed what they were thinking. He said sternly, "Put aside those little schemes in your minds. I know what I am doing. She is my future princess, the mistress of the palace, and your future mistress. Treat her the same way you treat me. If I find out that you are pretending to obey me but secretly disobeying me, you know the consequences!"
Meteor and Liuyun collectively shuddered. They knew the consequences of course. They had finally transitioned from secret guards to visible guards and didn't want to go through the same process all over again.
"I understand!"
Xuanyuan Yi was finally satisfied. "Tell Uncle Fu to check the warehouse and prepare the betrothal gifts. I will personally go to the Marquis of Changxin's mansion to propose tomorrow."
When the imperial decree granting the marriage came down, Uncle Fu had already gone to the warehouse to prepare the betrothal gifts.
Their Zhennan Palace is finally going to welcome its mistress, so he has to hurry up and make arrangements for the prince.
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