When he looked at his elder brother's expression, he actually felt that his elder brother still liked Princess Chengqian, because when he talked about Princess Chengqian, his eyebrows were still so excited...
He felt a little awkward, so he asked, "Brother, since you like Princess Huai'an, it's not good for you to hold Princess Chengqian's jade pendant, right?"
Aren’t you afraid that Princess Huai’an will be unhappy?
But my eldest brother said with confidence that she took a bag of silver from me and the jade pendant was used as collateral. Huaian was also there at the time.
Oh, so brother kept the jade pendant in order to get the money back.
He thought to himself in a self-deceptive way.
If you deceive yourself once, you will do it countless times afterwards.
After that, he studied even harder. He thought, if he also became the top scholar, would he also be qualified to marry Princess Chengqian?
If the eldest brother is unwilling, he can do it for him.
But later, the dream ended again.
The imperial decree granting the marriage between my eldest brother and Princess Chengqian was passed on to the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion.
Princess Huai'an was married to the Xiongnu.
The eldest brother's hatred for Princess Chengqian reached its peak.
He secretly thanked his luck that he didn't tell his elder brother the truth, otherwise his elder brother would be even more angry.
The eldest brother wanted to refuse the marriage and got drunk and had a fight with his father.
His father was very confused and surprised throughout the whole process, but he understood that his father originally thought that the imperial edict was for his son to marry his childhood sweetheart, but when it came down, he was met with accusations.
The father beat his eldest brother and asked the servants to carry the drunk eldest brother back to his room. Then he cursed Princess Huaian in the ancestral hall, saying that this vicious woman must have bewitched his son.
He stood silently behind his father and tried to ask in a considerate tone, "Father, if my eldest brother is unwilling to marry Princess Chengqian, I... can do it for him."
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