This marriage was brought up by the current emperor's favorite concubine, Concubine Yi, who said that the Jiang family had been loyal and righteous for generations and had made great military achievements, but unfortunately the general had no offspring and only had a daughter like Jiang Ruohua.

On the surface, the royal family said that they couldn't let her daughter be alone, so they generously let her choose one of their sons as a husband, so that she would have someone to rely on in the future, and the position of princess would be worthy of the Jiang family's contribution to the Great Qi Dynasty.

At the same time, it was also another insurance for the recovery of military power.

The royal family was very suspicious, and Jiang Ruohua felt that it was understandable to do so in order to ensure military power. However, Concubine Yi had her own little thoughts and deliberately picked the time when her father and grandfather were not in the capital to bring up this matter. Now think about it, if her grandfather had not returned from recuperation elsewhere and found that he had been given a marriage, I am afraid that he would definitely refuse this marriage at that time.

At that time, she was young and didn't know that Concubine Yi proposed this matter for her son, Prince Ying. She also carefully selected, based on the principle that she must marry the best man, and chose Prince Ying, who was of similar age and outstanding at a young age.

As a result, Concubine Yi was happy. Prince Ying was her son, and he was also very outstanding. He was expected to ascend the throne. Adding such a daughter-in-law would be even more powerful. The royal family had already spoken and it was difficult to take it back. They were also afraid that a single prince was too powerful. They thought that the little girl didn't understand, and she didn't expect that she would choose one of the candidates for the crown prince among so many sons. As for the Jiang family, the imperial edict had been issued, and they had no way to refute it.

"Of course." Seeing Hua Chan full of doubts, she explained, "Of course we can't go directly to the emperor to raise this matter, so I, your young lady, went to see the Queen Mother first. The Jiang family is extremely powerful, but our emperor's current princes are all outstanding, and he doesn't necessarily intend Prince Ying to be the crown prince."

And this is indeed true. In the dream, Prince Ying relied on killing his other brothers and finally forced his father to abdicate.

"Now that the man and woman are unmarried, the Jiang family cannot be considered as a helper to the King of Ying, but if I become the Princess of Ying in the future, the Jiang family will completely follow me and become the King of Ying's party."

"The emperor will definitely not want to see this situation, but he is afraid that his father will have different ideas and cannot easily cancel the engagement."

"So instead of dragging it to the last minute and making a fuss that cannot be turned back, it is better to withdraw while there is still room for maneuver. The Empress Dowager is the Emperor's biological mother. As long as the Empress Dowager understands, I will give the Emperor a step down, and the marriage will be a natural thing."

"No wonder, I said how could the young lady do such a thing so easily." Although Hua Chan didn't quite understand the details, she understood roughly, "It turned out to be intentional."

"Silly girl." She reached out and flicked Hua Chan's forehead. "If I don't appear vulgar and stupid, it will only make the higher-ups suspect that I have other purposes for breaking off the engagement. Let the emperor think that I like Prince Ying very much and I am angry that Zhao Yuexi is best with Prince Ying." Anyway,

what outsiders say about her is a small matter. Breaking off the engagement to keep the family safe is the serious matter.

Of course, it was quite satisfying to kick Prince Ying! Thinking of that day, Jiang Ruohua smiled happily!

The more she thought about it, the more unlucky she felt. On the surface, Prince Ying had good political achievements and was a heroic person, but in private, he favored his concubine and killed his wife. His character was terrible. As his wife, didn't she have any face? She

should have kicked him twice more at that time! If she hadn't been concerned about the possibility of a fight, she would have made the Prince of Ying stay in bed for the next few days!

She was so stupid that she went to the Queen Mother to complain, and then mentioned the situation of the Jiang family in a subtle way.

The Queen Mother and the Emperor were of the same mind. After knowing that her father had no intention of resuming his marriage or taking a concubine, she understood everything.

"I think this is the daughter of the Jiang family, she has courage." The Queen Mother was not stupid, of course, she could see through her little thoughts, and her angry words were also accompanied by some praise, probably because she didn't expect to be used by Jiang Ruhua so suddenly.

"I am stupid and ignorant, and I don't know how to get along with the prince. I am afraid that I will make mistakes in the future and implicate my family. I hope the queen mother will protect me."

She knelt in the queen mother's palace for a long time before the queen mother had someone send her out. Since she didn't refuse, she agreed.

As long as the Jiang family has no successors, the army will be returned to the emperor after his father's generation. The queen mother was a little unhappy with Jiang Ruhua's intention, but in the end the overall situation was more important. In order to cancel the engagement, she would first commit a crime to be scolded and punished by the emperor. She took the opportunity to ask for

a cancellation of the engagement. Then the queen mother spoke for her, and knowing that the Jiang family had no successors, the emperor's suspicion disappeared, and the cancellation of the engagement was a natural result.

"Miss is really amazing!" Hua Chan immediately flattered her.

"Stop flattering me." Jiang Ruohua laughed angrily, "Since you knew to remind me to be careful of the Third Madam's anger, have you forgotten that we still have to deal with her when we go back?"

She only had two maids, Hua Chan and Yin Qiu, who grew up with her and were trustworthy. These two maids' indentures were the only ones she had in her hands. She was too weak to deal with the Third Madam now.

Seeing that Hua Chan didn't say anything, Jiang Ruohua said, "Let's go back and prepare some things. Before the Third Madam comes back, let's go see Grandfather."

But when they arrived at the door of the house, the carriage was stopped.

"What's the matter?" Hua Chan asked after lifting the curtain, and then paused, turned around and said stutteringly, "Miss."

Jiang Ruohua stuck her head out, then smiled, and without waiting for the other person to speak, she said directly: "I was wondering who blocked the carriage of the Duke's Mansion, but it was His Royal Highness the Prince of Ying."

"Why? His Royal Highness the Prince of Ying is not happy about the cancellation of the engagement, and why is he not trying to coax Miss Zhao, but coming to me? Is he trying to learn from that lonely ghost and play the lingering ghost trick?"

She didn't owe the Prince of Ying anything. The engagement was cancelled and they were both living in peace. Why didn't he go and have sex with Zhao Yuexi, but came to the Duke's Mansion? He

didn't come to propose, so the Duke's Mansion had no betrothal gifts to return to him.

The Prince of Ying only had a sour face towards her, and she didn't know why. Jiang Ruohua was too lazy to ask about it. If the marriage was cancelled,

she should not get involved, so as not to bring bad luck! "... Woman, don't even think about canceling the engagement!" The Prince of Ying looked arrogant, but what was he so arrogant on?

"It's cancelled, so what? Your Highness, do you think that the imperial edict from the Emperor is a joke?" Jiang Ruohua was puzzled. Why was he embarrassing himself here?

As a prince, he was smart and capable in the court, but did he have to be so embarrassing in the relationship between his son and daughter?

Jiang Ruohua felt angry just thinking about it. You know, if there is unrest in the family, it will greatly affect the outside world's evaluation of a person. It was embarrassing enough for the King of Ying to keep the unmarried Zhao Yuexi by his side. Now he has broken off the engagement and is pestering her again. Does he want to embarrass her as well?

Or does he not intend to give up the Jiang family and want to pull it off? Jiang Ruohua smiled. Is this the attitude of pulling it off?

"Please don't get involved with me in the future, Your Highness. I was just engaged to you in the past. I'm not a dog that you can order around. How could I be so ridiculous as to go back to the palace and disobey the imperial decree just because of your words?" She was not polite at all. "Besides, I, Jiang Ruohua, never go back to my ex."

It made him laugh so hard. Even though he was a prince, he couldn't go against his father. He was asking her not to cancel the engagement. I was afraid he would be making a fool of himself. She would not embarrass herself with her ex-fiancé here!

Jiang Ruohua has to have some shame!