Chapter 197 Can't afford it, or don't want it
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Madam Yun replied in her heart that since the emperor had treated Yao'er like that before, she would not agree to let Yao'er enter the palace unless Yao'er herself was willing.
The door of the hall in the front yard was wide open.
Yun Wanyao saw a tall and slender figure from afar, standing in the hall with his back to her.
She didn't know if it was because she felt guilty, but she always felt that there was a heavy murderous aura lingering around the man. She subconsciously stopped and couldn't control her desire to retreat, not daring to go and see him.
The engagement was cancelled too hastily. She had mentioned it casually in order to divert the emperor's attention and to protect Yun Wanye.
However, she didn't expect that the emperor agreed immediately and wrote an imperial edict overnight. She had no time to tell him in advance.
He must be very, very angry about being broken off for no apparent reason.
I don’t know what will happen when we meet later.
Yun Wanyao clenched her fists, feeling very timid.
But things have come to this point, the King of Qi has already taken the initiative to come to her door, she can't escape, it will only make him more angry.
She took a deep breath, raised her legs and walked away helplessly.
Faint footsteps sounded behind him. Mo Yuanhao's eyes moved, and he turned around with a bad look on his face, pursing his lips. He saw the girl in front of him with her head down, looking submissive and uneasy.
He clenched his fists and said in a dangerous voice, "Yun Wanyao, do you have anything to say to this king?"
Hearing this, Yun Wanyao's heart trembled violently and she apologized subconsciously.
"I'm sorry, I should have told His Majesty in advance about the cancellation of the engagement. I was wrong about this, and I will compensate His Majesty."
She thought that she would ask her parents to prepare some rare treasures and send them to Prince Qi's Palace tomorrow as compensation for the cancellation of the engagement.
She will also return all the things he has given her over the years.
Not hearing the answer he wanted, Mo Yuanhao's eyes became even colder.
He narrowed his eyes and said in a cold voice, "Yun Wanyao, this is not what I want to hear. Why do you want to cancel the engagement? Is it because I did something wrong?"
Yun Wanyao shook her head and murmured, "No, the prince is fine."
But, I am destined to have no chance with her.
Seeing this, Mo Yuanhao suddenly became furious, and said with red eyes, "Since this king is very good, why do you want to cancel the engagement?"
This engagement was arranged by my father. It has been known to everyone for so many years. If it is cancelled now, how will the world view him?
Furthermore, Mo Zhaozhao’s engagement was cancelled just two days ago, and his engagement was cancelled right after that. Wouldn’t the royal family become a laughing stock?
Yun Wanyao was so frightened by his fierce words that her whole body trembled and her head drooped down like a quail.
The stories about her in Yun Wanning's heart couldn't help but emerge in her mind, and she suddenly felt aggrieved.
What can she do?
If she forced herself to be with him, not only would she end up in a miserable situation, but the entire Yun family would also be implicated.
She doesn't want that.
The only mistake she made was that she did not tell him before breaking off the engagement, which hurt his face.
Since he insisted on being so aggressive, she could only make the first move to accuse him. It was just putting the blame on someone else and pretending to be innocent. She was good at this.
The next moment, Yun Wanyao raised her head and looked at him with red eyes.
"In the past three months, the prince has privately contacted Su Qianxue more than twenty times, and the letters have been more than fifty times. Su Qianxue has visited the prince in the palace seven times..."
"At first, Su Qianxue was stopped, but later, she could enter and leave the palace at will. Every time, the prince would be alone with her for a long time."
"In the end, it was the people from the palace who sent her back to the Su family."
"Oh, right, there was also the winter banquet. The prince stared at her for half an hour. That time, the prince said he would explain it to me, and I kept waiting, but in the end, nothing happened..."
"Even though he knew I was unhappy, the prince just let it go. He didn't care about my feelings at all."
"From this, it can be seen that the prince must like Su Qianxue, right? That's why he doesn't care about me so much."
"I don't want to force anyone. Since the prince likes another woman, I am definitely willing to oblige him."
"After all, the engagement between the prince and me was made too early. The prince was young at the time, so it is inevitable that he likes another woman now. I can completely understand."
"I know the prince has too many concerns and can't talk to me about canceling the engagement, so I took the initiative to cancel it."
With every additional word she said, his expression grew uglier.
When she finished speaking, he angrily asked, "Yun Wanyao, you sent someone to keep an eye on me?"
She even knew about the correspondence between him and Su Qianxue, and even knew the exact number of times. Then, what else in the entire palace did she not know? "Heh..."
Having said this, Yun Wanyao seemed to have found her confidence and was no longer afraid of him.
She sneered and said self-deprecatingly, "How can I have the ability to keep an eye on the prince? But, after all, paper cannot cover fire. If you don't want others to know, then don't do it yourself."
"I am kind enough to cancel the engagement and set Your Highness free. Your Highness does not need to thank me, but please do not use this as an excuse to make things difficult for me."
"Let's part ways amicably, and that will be a perfect ending to the friendship we've had over the years."
What she had said before about the number of private meetings and letters between Mo Yuanhao and Su Qianxue was of course what she heard from Yun Wanning.
Yun Wanning's inner thoughts were magical and mysterious, and she was not afraid at all that he would doubt or investigate.
She didn't believe that he was so powerful that he could find out what Yun Wanning was thinking.
"Since you didn't send anyone to keep an eye on me, how did you know about me and Su Qianxue..."
Mo Yuanhao asked angrily, but when he was halfway through his words, he suddenly realized that something was wrong. He stopped quickly and explained in a stiff voice.
"You misunderstood me. I have nothing to do with her and I don't like her. How can you cancel your engagement with me because of her?"
"Why can't you come and ask this king?"
He never imagined that the reason why Yun Wanyao broke off the engagement with him was because of Su Qianxue.
He admitted that because of the books Su Qianxue gave him and the secrets she held, he did become closer to her, their interactions became more frequent and closer, and he neglected Yun Wanyao because of this.
However, he was very sure that he did not like Su Qianxue, he was only curious and interested in her.
How could Yun Wanyao misunderstand that he liked Su Qianxue?
Breaking off the engagement without even asking? Besides, she really didn't have the ability to keep an eye on him, but the Yun family was different. She knew so much about him, so it must be related to the Yun family.
The Yun family is staring at him, what exactly is their intention?
Mo Yuanhao began to have deep doubts about Yun Zheng and others.
But obviously, this is not the time to pursue this matter. Moreover, he has no evidence, so it is not easy to talk about it openly, nor can he hold on to it.
Everything will have to wait until he has investigated it before we can make any decisions.
"Your Highness, please stop deceiving yourself. If you don't like her, how can you be so close to her? Your Highness, would a man and a woman in an ordinary relationship exchange letters so frequently?"
"Will you go to the other person's house to meet privately? As the prince's fiancée, the prince and I have only met twice since the winter banquet..."
Yun Wanyao questioned harshly.
In order to avoid being hated by Mo Yuanhao, she had made up her mind to pour the dirty water on him.
So, she tried hard to act jealous, presenting herself as a jealous woman, and attributed the reason for breaking off the engagement to jealousy, in order to satisfy Mo Yuanhao's machismo to the greatest extent.
In fact, before this, she was nothing but fear and panic, and she never thought that things could be handled in this way.
This development was entirely due to her improvisation.
As the situation progressed, Yun Wanyao suddenly found a way to completely get rid of her.
"Forget it, let's not talk about this anymore. The engagement has been cancelled anyway, so there is no point in talking about this anymore. I wish Your Highness to find a soulmate and get married."
Mo Yuanhao: “…”
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Before coming here, he was filled with anger and confusion. His rationality was defeated by the anger after being abandoned. He wanted to find her to ask for clarification and an explanation.
Now that he finally found out the truth, his anger was dispelled and he was left with only helplessness.
After a moment, he sighed and said, "Before, I was wrong. I will pay attention to it in the future, but I don't agree to cancel the engagement."
"While the imperial edict has not yet been made public, you should follow me into the palace and we will go together to ask my brother to revoke his order."
"Although it is said that a king should never joke, I am your brother's younger brother after all. As long as you come with me, your brother will certainly agree."
Yun Wanyao: “…”
don't want!!!
My younger sister has said that their engagement is unlucky, and he and she are incompatible. This engagement has caused headaches for the whole family. It was not easy to cancel it, so how can we get back together? Moreover, in the eyes of the emperor, this engagement was canceled even if she seduced him.
Now, the imperial decree had just been issued, and she immediately went back on her word. Wouldn't the emperor think that everything she did last night was just a trick on him?
What if the emperor gets furious and punishes her?
She couldn't bear the emperor's wrath.
"The engagement has been cancelled. It's useless even if the prince disagrees. I will not go with the prince to see the emperor, unless the prince goes to the emperor himself and asks for a new imperial decree to grant the marriage."
When the emperor cancelled their engagement, he did not ask for Mo Yuanhao's opinion at all, which means that the opinion of Mo Yuanhao, the person involved in the engagement, was not important to the emperor at all.
Therefore, Yun Wanyao felt that even if he went to the emperor to ask for an imperial decree to grant the marriage, the emperor would definitely not agree.
The emperor never jokes. He will not be fickle and slap himself in the face.
When writing the imperial edict, the emperor must have taken into account a series of follow-up events, such as the fact that Mo Yuanhao would come to him.
"Why don't you go with me? I have already explained everything about Su Qianxue. What else do you want?"
Her uncooperative attitude washed away the guilt in his heart.
Mo Yuanhao's face became gloomy again, and a hint of anger appeared in his eyes.
"Your Highness feels that the explanation is clear, but I do not accept it. Besides, I went to the palace last night to ask the Emperor for the decree to cancel the engagement..."
Anyway, the fact that she entered the palace last night could not be concealed. As long as Mo Yuanhao was determined, he could easily find out.
Rather than letting him find out that she had taken the initiative to enter the palace to seduce the emperor, and suspecting that she wanted to climb up the social ladder and get close to the emperor, and thus canceling the engagement with him, it would be better for her to confess and attribute the fact that she entered the palace to canceling the engagement from the beginning.
In this way, a lot of unnecessary trouble can be saved.
"I just asked the Emperor to cancel my engagement with the Prince last night, and today I went to the palace with the Prince to ask for a marriage. I am teasing the Emperor like this. Has the Prince thought about what will happen to me?"
"So, I will not go to the palace with the prince to ask the emperor for a marriage. Since the engagement has been cancelled, it means that the prince and I are not destined to be together. Let's just call it a day."
"Your Highness is very outstanding. He will surely meet an equally outstanding woman to fall in love with. That is all I have to say. I will take my leave now."
After saying this, Yun Wanyao turned around and prepared to leave, but unexpectedly, her wrist was grabbed.
He narrowed his eyes, looked down at her, and said in a gloomy voice, "Yun Wanyao, do you really not want me anymore?"
Hearing this, Yun Wanyao smiled coldly and said, "Your Majesty is a man of great strategy, talent and beauty, and has great luck. I cannot accept him."
How dare she, a vicious female supporting character, covet the son of luck? It is important for people to know themselves, and she must face reality.
"Can't afford it, or don't want it?"
The hand that was holding her arm suddenly tightened, and he asked with red eyes, his eyes motionless, staring at her expression.
Yun Wanyao was in great pain from him. She frowned and endured it, feeling very uncomfortable.
After all, she had regarded him as her future husband for so many years and had admired him wholeheartedly. Now she had to part ways with him and made him so sad. How could she feel good about it?
She lowered her head and said softly, "My Lord, fate has played tricks on us. We are not destined to be together. I'm sorry..."
Sorry, she didn't dare to gamble with her family, so she could only give up on him.
Maybe, she really didn't love him enough, so she couldn't fight against the established plot line for him.
"Okay, you are cruel enough, Yun Wanyao, you were the one who abandoned me first, don't regret it later!"
After saying that, he pushed her away, walked outside without looking back, and soon disappeared.
Yun Wanyao was thrown off balance by him and fell to the ground, with a numb and tingling pain in her palms and buttocks.
It hurts so much...
She hugged her knees with her arms, buried her face in her legs, and sobbed softly.
The girl on the ground was licking her wounds alone like a wounded cub, looking very pitiful.
Outside the door, Yun Zheng sighed silently, walked in, squatted down and touched her head to comfort her.
"Don't cry. The engagement has been cancelled. You should calm down for a while. If you still like him in the future, then Dad will find a way to abolish his position as prince, demote him to a commoner, and let you marry into his family..."
"father……"
Seeing that her father's words were becoming more and more outrageous, Yun Wanyao hurriedly raised her head, looked at him in horror with tearful eyes, and interrupted him.
"Stop talking nonsense, my daughter doesn't want him."
He is the emperor's brother and the hero of this world. Can he be disabled just like that?
If outsiders heard this, I don’t know what kind of trouble Dad would get into.
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