Hiss!!!
After Yuan Yun finished speaking, a collective gasp filled the room.
All eyes turned to Zhao Cheng, making him sigh, "It's impossible to keep a low profile even if I wanted to..."
Yuan Xiu's hand supporting Yuan Yun tightened instinctively; he never expected things to turn out this way!
Wen Hu leaned back even further, his eyes instantly turning bloodshot.
how……
How could it be Zhao Cheng?!
He looked at Wen Tai with pleading eyes, but Wen Tai's expression was gloomy. He turned his face away and shook his head slightly at him.
The meaning is clear: no matter how wronged you feel, you have to endure it now.
If they were to start a fight with Zhao Cheng now, they would be undermining both the Princess and His Majesty.
Wen Hu clenched his fists tightly, his nails digging deep into his flesh, and trickles of blood flowed down between his fingers.
He was furious...
What people fear most is having hope and then being disappointed. If he hadn't become the princess's consort, he wouldn't have been so angry that the princess was on good terms with Zhao Cheng.
But this feeling now...
It's the hatred of having one's wife stolen!
Not only that, he felt that Zhao Cheng had taken away not only his wife, but also countless resources and power!
Why you?
Why you?
I shouldn't have arranged for someone to assassinate the Right Chancellor in the first place; I should have sent someone to kill you in Yanchuan instead!
Wen Hu grew angrier and angrier the more he thought about it. He tried his best to suppress his anger, sat down heavily, and took a big gulp of wine.
Of course, the person most surprised was Zhou Jinghuan.
He suddenly looked at Zhao Cheng and shouted angrily, "Why are you everywhere?!"
Zhao Cheng looked up and stared directly at him, no longer acting coy, and appeared to take it all for granted.
If you don't act naturally at this moment, you'll be undermining the princess.
"What do you mean 'I'm everywhere'?" Zhao Cheng said arrogantly. "The Princess and I admire each other. Does that bother you?"
"That's impossible!" Zhou Jinghuan shook his head and said, "Last time you said that the Princess had to marry him! If you two had secretly arranged the marriage, how could you say such a thing?!"
"Sigh..." Zhao Cheng let out a long sigh.
Zhou Jinghuan asked, "Why are you sighing?"
"I was weak, I was selfish, I let my country down..."
"What nonsense is this?!" Zhou Jinghuan jumped up and down in a panic.
"The last time I said I wanted the eldest princess to marry into the Southern Zhou, it was because I thought it over and over and still believed that national stability and the absence of war were very important. For this, I was willing to sacrifice my own interests and my love for the eldest princess!"
"but……"
"I was wrong!"
Zhao Cheng clutched his chest, watching Yuan Yun stare at him with a smile, as if she were watching his performance.
Zhao Cheng said emotionally, "The Princess is a living, breathing person. How can I push her away and arrange her future according to my own wishes? We love each other dearly, and the Princess is devoted to me. How can I do something so heartless?"
"What kind of person is a man if he can't even protect his own woman?"
"How can a country be called a great nation if it cannot even protect its own eldest princess?"
"So I've figured it out. Since I've already secretly arranged a marriage with the Princess, I can't break the agreement. I, Zhao Cheng, will marry no one but the Princess! If Southern Zhou wants to fight and separate us, this star-crossed couple, then let them fight!!"
"When that day comes, even if I am powerless to kill a chicken, I will don my armor and go into battle, vowing to defend my wife to the death!!!"
"Zhao Lang!!!" Yuan Yun threw herself into Zhao Cheng's arms, moved, and said, "I will marry no one but you for the rest of my life, and even if I die, I will never give myself to anyone else!"
Everyone gaped at the sight.
Zhao Lang?
A pair of star-crossed lovers?
And you still swear to defend my wife to the death?
"You'll make me marry no one but you for the rest of my life?"
this……
Oh no... So Zhao Cheng and the Princess were really together!
Looking at the way they're embracing, so affectionate and tender, it must be a long-standing relationship!
Zhou Jinghuan was completely stunned by Zhao Cheng's barrage of attacks and by the sight of Zhao Cheng and the Princess embracing each other.
At that moment, even he himself felt like a villain who was trying to break up a wonderful marriage!
He looked at Zhao Cheng, then at Yuan Yun, and then at Yuan Xiu, and only then did he truly realize that it was unlikely that the Second Prince would be able to marry Yuan Yun.
Yuan Xiu confronted him head-on, using sheer force against her.
Yuan Yun softened her approach towards him, using minimal effort to achieve maximum effect.
Zhao Cheng responded with sophistry, clearly sensing an element of performance involved, yet unable to refute it.
These three people finally made Zhou Jinghuan want to back out.
“In that case, I will not say any more.” Zhou Jinghuan bowed slightly to Yuan Yun.
Many people breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing Zhou Jinghuan's words.
The marriage arrangement has finally come to an end.
The atmosphere finally eased, and the officials and guests began to whisper among themselves.
"It's unbelievable that the Eldest Princess and Zhao Cheng have an affair! But this is quite strange. The Eldest Princess lives deep in the palace, while Zhao Cheng is in Yanchuan City. How did they get together?"
"Zhao Cheng used to live in Changsui as well."
"Zhao Cheng was only fifteen years old at that time, right?"
"So what if he's fifteen? When Zhao Cheng was fifteen, the Princess was eighteen. Zhao Cheng was immature, but the Princess was mature!"
"Tsk tsk tsk, so the Eldest Princess is older than Zhao Cheng!"
"What do you know? A woman three years older than her husband is a lucky charm. Zhao Cheng is going to make a fortune in the future!"
In the area for officials in the capital, Wang Yucen jumped up excitedly, clapping her hands and saying, "Brother Zhao Cheng is really amazing, even the Princess loves him!"
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