Chapter 461: Etiquette
Before Wei Mingzhu finished speaking, her elder brother, who had just dismounted from the horse, got back on and went after the carriage.
As for Qin Nian'er, she forced herself to suppress her blush and got on the carriage. After getting on the carriage, she felt annoyed.
Although she was mentally prepared to meet the Prince of Weiguo when she came to the Duke of Weiguo's Mansion, she didn't expect to actually meet him. Especially when she was leaving, if she had left a quarter of an hour earlier, she would not have met him.
The more Qin Nian'er thought about it, the more embarrassed she felt. Wouldn't the Prince of Weiguo think that she was obsessed with him?
She will pack her bags and go back to Qizhou soon!
I will never come to Kyoto again!
Qin Nian'er reached out and touched her hot cheek, but the carriage suddenly stopped and she leaned forward.
The maid Hongdou asked, "Why did you stop?"
Hongdou lifted the curtain and called out, "Girl..."
Qin Nian'er looked up and saw the Prince of Weiguo riding on horseback, blocking their way.
Dressed in a luxurious brocade robe and a jade crown on his head, he looked even taller and more handsome in the sunlight than under the lanterns.
The Prince of Weiguo rode a few steps over, and Qin Nian'er's face turned red. She didn't know why the Prince of Weiguo blocked her way. She said, "I took the initiative to come to your house to appreciate the flowers in order to match my cousin and the fourth young lady of Wei. I was afraid of affecting my cousin. No, I can't go back on my word. I didn't mean anything else..."
Seeing her embarrassed face, Prince Weiguo regretted not seeing her face last night, and thought she was his own disobedient sister. Without seeing her appearance, he almost broke off his marriage.
The Prince of Weiguo was glad that he did not act as ruthlessly as the Prince of Yuzhang, otherwise he would be the one having a headache now.
Qin Nian'er didn't dare to look at the Prince of Weiguo and was about to lower the curtain, but just as she lowered it a little, a jade pendant was handed to her.
Qin Nian'er was a little confused, "This is..."
"This is the jade pendant passed down from the Duke of Wei's family as a token of trust."
"I will marry you."
Qin Nian'er, "......???"
Didn’t you want to marry her yesterday? Why do you want to marry her now?
He thought of what his cousin had said, that if the Prince of Weiguo dared to be irresponsible, he would break his legs.
Qin Nian'er thought that the Prince of Weiguo was threatened by the Prince of Yuzhang, and shook her head repeatedly, "My cousin is just joking with you, you don't have to take it seriously."
"I'll tell him when we get back."
The Prince of Weiguo said, "It has nothing to do with your cousin. I was looking for you anyway."
Qin Nian'er, "......???"
"Looking for me?" Qin Nian'er was puzzled.
The Prince of Weiguo looked at Qin Nian'er, and her face turned even redder. The Prince of Weiguo did not explain, fearing that Prince Yuzhang would be arrogant if he knew about it, so he handed over some more jade pendants.
Qin Nian'er didn't take it, so he let go. Qin Nian'er was afraid that it would break, so she took it in a panic.
The Prince of Weiguo said, "I'll take this as your agreement."
After saying that, he rode away on his horse.
Qin Nian'er, "......???"
red beans,"……???"
The master and servant were each more confused than the other.
Hongdou looked at the jade pendant and said, "The family heirloom jade pendant is given to you, young lady. Did you really get it this time?"
He smiled so hard that his teeth were showing and his eyes were not.
No wonder Princess Teng and his wife are so fond of the girl. She has only been in Beijing for a few days and she has already won over the prince of Weiguo.
After returning to Prince Teng's Mansion, the maid immediately went to report the good news to Princess Teng.
Princess Teng was drinking tea at the time. When she heard Hongdou's words, she choked and said, "What? The prince of Weiguo wants to marry Nian'er?"
Hongdou nodded rapidly, "The prince of Weiguo has given the young lady the family heirloom jade pendant. You have no choice but to accept it."
Princess Teng, “……???”
"What is going on?" asked Princess Teng.
Qin Nian'er herself didn't know, and couldn't tell her aunt, "Aunt, you should ask my cousin, I don't know either."
Then--
The Prince of Yuzhang was beaten as soon as he returned home.
When Prince Yuzhang came back, he saw a jade pendant next to his mother. Having known the Prince of Weiguo for so long, he naturally knew that it was the family heirloom jade pendant that the Prince of Weiguo always carried with him.
Prince Yuzhang asked, "How come the heirloom jade pendant of the Duke of Wei is in my mother's hands?"
Princess Teng said, "I still need to ask you?!"
"What's going on here, Prince Weiguo, giving your cousin his heirloom jade pendant and saying he wants to marry her?"
Prince Yuzhang said, "You are quite polite."
"What's going on?" Princess Teng was already losing her patience.
The Prince of Yuzhang told his mother how the Prince of Wei mistakenly took Qin Nian'er, who was wearing Wei Mingzhu's dress, and dragged her away as his sister at the Lantern Festival last night. "He dragged his cousin away in public, shouldn't he be held accountable?"
Princess Teng was so angry that she covered her chest and asked, "Do you want to piss me off to death?"
Prince Yuzhang said, "Shouldn't mother be happy?"
"What are you happy about?"
She was almost mad.
Prince Yuzhang said, "My mother asked my cousin to come to the capital to help me capture the prince of the Duke of Wei. It went so smoothly, isn't it good?"
Princess Teng's face turned green with anger. "I brought your cousin to the capital because I wanted you to marry her, not to marry the Prince of Wei!"
Prince Yuzhang, “……!!!”
Qin Nian'er, who was hiding behind the screen, said, "......!!!"
Let her marry her cousin?
Thanks to my aunt and her mother for coming up with this idea.
In her eyes, her cousin is no different from her biological brother!
Princess Teng's eyes turned black with anger. She pointed at the Prince of Yuzhang and said, "How could I have given birth to such an evil creature like you? For the sake of my own marriage, I have to sacrifice your cousin..."
"I'll beat you to death, you evil creature!"
How did it become that he had to sacrifice his cousin for his own marriage?
The Prince of Yuzhang felt very wronged. He hid while saying, "How can I marry my cousin when I already have someone I like? Even if I don't have someone, I can't marry her. My sister is my sister!"
"My cousin and the prince of Weiguo are a perfect match. They are a match made in heaven. Since my cousin has accepted the token of love, the marriage is settled."
The housekeeper went to persuade Princess Teng, "There are mistakes, but the prince of Wei is marrying my cousin. The mistakes made by the county prince before should be wiped out. You and the prince can go to the county prince's house to propose marriage."
Princess Teng was so angry that she threw the feather duster to the ground, "It's so easy for others to get engaged, but for him, the princess was brought to him and stuffed into his hands, but he threw it into the lotus pond!"
Princess Teng took Qin Nian'er's hand and said, "The prince of the Duke of Wei is not bad, he is handsome and has a good family background. If you two are in love with each other, your aunt will be happy for you. But if you are not willing, your aunt will send the jade pendant back to the Duke of Wei's mansion."
Qin Nian'er said, "Aunt, please go and ask for marriage from my cousin first."
...Are you willing to marry the prince of Weiguo?
If Qin Nian'er were to marry the prince of Weiguo, his bastard son would get what he wanted, which would be the best of both worlds.
Princess Teng said, "Prepare the visiting card."
The next day, Princess Teng went to the Duke of Wei's mansion to propose marriage, but was unsuccessful.
The Prince of Weiguo neither told his own mother about Prince Yuzhang's climbing over the wall to find Wei Mingzhu, nor did he tell her that he was going to marry Prince Yuzhang's cousin. He only said that he had given the family heirloom jade pendant to the masked girl at the lantern festival, and that he would formally propose marriage after his sister's marriage was settled.
Although the wife of the Duke of Weiguo felt that these two things did not interfere, the prince of Weiguo insisted that he not tell her who the girl was. The wife of the Duke of Weiguo could not find out and could only wait patiently. Then the Princess of Teng came to the door.
The wife of the Duke of Wei didn't know what the Princess of Teng was here for, but since she was a guest, she still gave her a warm welcome.
But when she heard that Princess Teng was proposing marriage on behalf of her son, the wife of the Duke of Wei became unhappy. "The Prince of Yuzhang threw my daughter into the lotus pond, and now he wants to marry my daughter? Isn't the Prince of Yuzhang afraid of being laughed at?"
Princess Teng said, "Then my evil son has realized his mistake."
The wife of the Duke of Wei said, "If Princess Teng had come here today to propose marriage on behalf of someone else, I might have agreed. But if I agree to the Duke and my daughter, my master would scold me when he comes back."
It was understandable that the Duke of Wei's Mansion refused. Princess Teng tried her best to please them, but in the end she had to return empty-handed.
Prince Yuzhang didn't expect that the Prince of Weiguo was so shameless. He married his cousin and didn't marry his sister to him.
It feels like my cousin has wasted her time.
They usually eat and drink together, so how come she didn't notice that the Prince of Weiguo was so cunning? Knowing that it was not easy for her to propose marriage, she tied up his cousin with the family jade pendant, and then continued to watch him struggle in the pit.
The Prince of Yuzhang was extremely angry.
He had no other choice but to come to the Jingbei Palace to find Xie Jingyu again.
Prince Yuzhang cursed, "I'm really helpless when I meet such a shameless person. Brother Jingyu, you must help me..."
PS: In the next chapter, Concubine Wen will know that it was her own son who destroyed the Wen family...
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