Amidst everyone's confusion and speculation, Rong Yan spoke.

"The Emperor of Heaven and Fortune decrees: The Shen family has a daughter named Ruyi. It is the heaven that blesses our Northern Qi, bestows blessings and protects our national destiny! From today on, she is canonized as Princess Zhaoyang! From now on, no matter who she marries, she cannot take a second wife or concubines. She must be pure in body and loyal in love, so as not to damage the national destiny. I decree this!"

"this--"

Everyone was stunned after hearing this.

"This time, the marriage between the Shen family and the Gu family is completely hopeless." The spectators reacted with strange expressions, "Shen Ruyi is the lucky star of Ziwei, and is closely related to the emperor and the fate of Northern Qi. Who in the world can be above the fate of the country?"

"I'm afraid even if Concubine Li stepped in, she wouldn't be able to calm down the situation today."

The guests sighed and looked at Concubine Li.

Concubine Li frowned and rolled her eyes at Minister Gu and Shen Cangyun.

If she were to say, these two people were good-for-nothings. If they had been a little more careful, they wouldn't have made such a big mistake and brought it to public view. How would this end now?

The emperor's decree has been issued.

Gu Qinghua's body was dirty and he could no longer be with Shen Ruyi.

Even if it was her will, it would be of no avail.

Minister Gu was at a loss for what to do after being stared at by her. He had heard that the emperor had bestowed the title of princess on Shen Ruyi the day before, but he didn't know that there were still restrictions on her marriage!

Shen Cangyun also froze.

These situations were completely beyond his expectations. He even suspected that Rong Yan had waited until this moment to bring out the imperial edict, just to condone Shen Ruyi to slap the faces of both of their families. He would only come out to calm the situation after Shen Ruyi had humiliated them.

But in fact, he really thought bad of Rong Yan.

The reason why he hadn't taken out the imperial edict was that he was waiting for the most critical moment to prevent himself from revealing his cards too quickly and being defeated by others, thus failing to protect Shen Ruyi.

Because today's situation is too special. In addition to being a prince, there are also the crown prince, the second prince, and the third prince. These three are ranked above him. Add in the Concubine Li, and he, the ninth prince, cannot suppress them all.

But at this point, the Second Prince has become desperate. Concubine Li wants to force Shen Ruyi to marry him, and he has no choice but to give it to her.

However, now that the imperial edict has been issued, Shen Ruyi’s engagement with the Gu family is no longer possible.

He looked at Gu Qinghua and sneered, "The marriage between the Shen and Gu families is cancelled."

Gu Qinghua's face looked as if he had been slapped left and right, and he began to tremble all over.

"Gu Qinghua, you're still showing off that you can marry Ziwei Fuxing?" Suddenly, someone in the crowd couldn't help but start laughing at Gu Qinghua, "Does your face hurt now?"

"Yeah, yeah, don't mention how proud he was the other day. He even wished his eyes would grow on his forehead!"

"What a shame!"

These words touched the hearts of the bastards.

Everyone looked at Gu Qinghua with mocking smiles, as if he was just a clown. Some even laughed without disguising, "Thinking of relying on women to get to the top, what kind of ability is that!"

Gu Qinghua's face turned pale and blue, and he finally couldn't hold on any longer and spat out a mouthful of black blood. He didn't dare to get angry at Rong Yan, and could only stare at Shen Ruyi with trembling pupils, "Shen Ruyi, you have such a cruel heart!"

Shen Ruyi stood up with the imperial edict in hand and laughed, "No match for Master Gu who is indecisive and confuses right and wrong."

After receiving the imperial edict, she finally breathed a sigh of relief.

From now on, even if she completely severed her ties with the Gu family, she would no longer be bound by this marriage contract.

After leaving the Shen family, she will marry Rong Yan.

Glancing at the man in the wheelchair beside her, Shen Ruyi felt a little better and developed new expectations for the future.

But at this moment, the second prince suddenly stood up.

Before anyone could react, he quickly walked up to Shen Ruyi and knelt on one knee, "Ruyi, since you have broken off your engagement with Gu Qinghua, why don't you marry me?"

He stared at Shen Ruyi for a long time.

He had been preparing for this for a long time, and now that Gu Qinghua had messed things up, and seeing the Ninth Prince and Shen Ruyi flirting with each other, he had no choice but to strike first and abandon the Gu family to win over Shen Ruyi first.

"Second brother, are you a little too anxious?"

The Third Prince's pupils shrank upon seeing this, and he subconsciously glanced at Rong Yan, "Even if they propose, I'm afraid it won't be your turn, right?"

He had the same thought about Shen Ruyi.

But unexpectedly, the second prince was one step faster than him.

Rong Yan's face looked extremely ugly.

He turned his head to look at Han Jiang, who nodded and left the scene quietly.

The second prince proposed marriage, and no one could stop him.

"Oh my god, why did the second prince propose to Shen Ruyi?"

The others came back to their senses and looked at the Second Prince in disbelief. Even the Crown Prince couldn't help but ask, "Second brother, this is inappropriate, isn't it? Not to mention that Master Gu is your cousin, and it's inappropriate for you to propose to him just after his engagement was broken off. Even Miss Shen... when did you fall in love with her?"

"Yes, Second Brother," the Third Prince stood on the same front as the Crown Prince on this matter. "This old lady Gu was just vomited blood because of Miss Shen's anger. She is still unconscious. She is your grandmother after all. You don't care about her, but propose to Miss Shen instead. Is this appropriate?"

The third prince stared at the second prince, feeling a little angry.

He was thinking about finding an opportunity to keep Shen Ruyi under his control, but he didn't expect the Second Prince to be so anxious that he actually proposed to her directly. Wasn't he even pretending?

The prince frowned, "Second brother is indeed a little too anxious."

He just had no help, but he was not really a fool. How could he not see that his younger brothers were starting to snatch the Ziwei Fortune Star and trying to squeeze him out to replace the crown prince?

Before, the battle for the throne had been carried out in secret.

This time, because of Shen Ruyi's appearance, the second prince even chose to expose himself without any hesitation. This is not a good sign.

The Second Prince was so radical that the first person he wanted to deal with was him, the Crown Prince.

What would happen if Shen Ruyi followed the second prince?

The only fate that awaits him as the crown prince is to be deposed, and there is no guarantee that he can survive.

He couldn't help but glance at the Ninth Prince.

If Shen Ruyi had to be with a man now, the prince would most want him to be with her.

But it was obvious that Shen Ruyi was not interested in him.

And he couldn't compete with the second prince and the third prince.

Then, we can only hope that Shen Ruyi and Rong Yan will be together——

Rong Yan is a cripple and is not qualified to inherit the throne. Shen Ruyi being with him is most conducive to stabilizing the current situation, especially since the second prince and the third prince are not getting along well with the ninth prince.

Well, the enemy of my enemy is my friend.

It would be most beneficial for him as the crown prince if Shen Ruyi married Rong Yan.

The prince looked at Rong Yan and couldn't help but say, "What do you think, ninth brother? After all, Miss Shen is a disciple of Prajna Hall just like you."