persuasion
On her wedding day, Gu Youan sat in her room drawing her eyebrows as maids and servants filed out. The Fifth Princess looked at her beautiful face in the mirror and said in a deep voice, "Are you really getting married?"
Gu Youan smiled and said, "If I marry him and become a prince's consort, my status will bring me more convenience in my future actions. What's wrong with that?"
The Fifth Princess's eyes flickered slightly, and she said, "Be careful."
Gu Youan paused, then asked, "Do you know what happens next?"
"Xiao Junqi had a first wife before he ascended the throne. She was 16 years old and died in childbirth!"
Gu Youan was stunned for a moment, then turned to look at the Fifth Princess and said, "What did you say? Died in childbirth!"
The Fifth Princess nodded and said, "If you are to marry him, then this is your destiny."
Gu Youan smiled and said, "How could I die in childbirth! Xiao Junqi likes Sheng Jingche, he won't touch me!"
The Fifth Princess's expression grew increasingly grim. Gu Youan looked at her face through the mirror and said, "You know the plot now?"
She was already fifteen. Once she got the Emperor's Sword, she could go back. She didn't care how she died; she only cared about whether she could go back.
"At that time, I will use medication to confuse my pulse and fake a pregnancy, so I can get away on the day of delivery." The book only says that she died in childbirth, but does not provide specific information about how she died.
"Once a woman gets married, she will inevitably become pregnant," the Fifth Princess said calmly.
Gu Youan felt as if she had fallen into an ice cave. She turned to the Fifth Princess and said, "Say what you just said again."
The Fifth Princess was speechless. Gu Youan chuckled and said, "So I have to get pregnant, right?"
She laughed hastily, tears welling in her eyes, and said, "Do you know what you're saying? I died in childbirth at the age of sixteen."
The Fifth Princess paused for a moment and said, "This is the ending in the book. You have disrupted the ending of Xie Daoqing and Ye Qingchen, and you have also changed your own ending of becoming a nun. This is your last chance. The Emperor's Sword is in the library. After today, you can freely enter and leave the library. As long as you complete the fate of Princess He Jing, you can go back."
Gu Youan threw the eyebrow pencil on the table, smiled sarcastically, and said, "What kind of bizarre plot is this? I was taken to a strange place, and I tried my best to become the strongest, but you made me suffer this fate just because I am a woman, dying in childbirth. You really came up with something!"
The Fifth Princess said, "You're just cannon fodder, yet you insist on inserting yourself into the protagonist's storyline. I've found Sheng Jingche and Xiao Junqi as your replacements. As long as you consummate your marriage with Xiao Junqi, you can get pregnant. As long as you can activate the Emperor's Sword, you can go back. Just bear with it a little longer."
Gu Youan turned away from her and said, "I understand."
The martial arts master gently patted her shoulder. Gu Youan lowered her eyes, her gaze filled with sadness, and said, "You've changed."
The Fifth Princess said, "You have already returned to your original ending. As long as you live out the ending I have chosen for you, you can survive and go back. Your child is just a string of code."
"Why, why did the story have to go this way?"
The Fifth Princess remained silent, and all around was quiet. Gu You'an threw the dressing box on the table to the ground. The Fifth Princess held Gu You'an's hand tightly and said, "Don't be angry. Today is your wedding day."
Gu Youan smiled and said, "Then why did you tell me the plot today? Do I have to risk my life to transmigrate into this book?"
The hairpin on her head swayed gently. Gu Youan yanked off the colorful hairpin and slammed it heavily on the table, saying, "I studied martial arts with all my might to become a true master. I became a disciple of the Emperor's Sect at a young age and went through countless hardships. Now you're telling me I have to get pregnant and have a child? System, do the researchers at your institute even consider me a human being?"
The Fifth Princess said softly, "I asked you that day, and it was your own choice. You can't blame anyone else."
Gu Youan tilted her head slightly, removed her hairpins one by one, took off her red wedding dress, and said, "I'm not getting married."
The Fifth Princess calmly watched her go mad and said, "The wedding party will be here soon. Whether you like it or not, you have to marry!"
Gu Youan glared angrily at the Fifth Princess and said, "Is there any difference between this and human trafficking?"
"There's no difference. All I care about is that you can complete the task on time."
Suppressing her anger, Gu Youan put her clothes back on, put on her hair ornament, and with the red veil obscuring her vision, she slowly stood up, fan in hand. Amidst the deafening sounds of gongs and drums, and the joyous atmosphere, the matchmaker supported her hand as they walked step by step towards the door. Tears streamed down her face, staining her red wedding dress and creating patterns like blooming flowers.
Xiao Junqi stood at the door, and a pair of hands reached out from the opposite side to hold hers. When a pair of soft hands were placed in his hands, he was clearly stunned for a moment, as they were icy cold to the touch.
The bridal chamber was silent. The door creaked open, and she lifted the red veil. Xie Daoqing, dressed in a red wedding gown, walked in.
Gu Youan looked at Xie Daoqing and said, "What are you doing here?"
"What, you're so eager to get married? How can you be so sure that Xiao Junqi is a good person?"
She smiled gently. The Fifth Princess said that tonight was the best opportunity to get pregnant. So it turned out that she wanted her to consummate her marriage with Xie Daoqing!
Where is Xiao Junqi?
"Gu Youan, why did you marry someone else? You clearly care about me the most!" Xie Daoqing held her arm tightly, and Gu Youan slapped her across the face.
Xie Daoqing was not angry. She looked at Gu Youan's wedding dress and said, "Who are you wearing this wedding dress for? Is that all you want to do to marry him?"
He took off Gu Youan's coat and pushed her onto the bed.
Gu Youan pulled out the hairpin from her hair and held it across her neck, saying, "I want to see Xiao Junqi and Sheng Jingche."
Xie Daoqing slapped Gu Youan's hairpin away, pressed her acupoint and said, "After today you will still be a prince's consort, but today you are my wife."
I will hate you!
Xie Daoqing smiled and said, "Then let's hate. If hate lasts longer than love, then let's hate."
Tears streamed down Gu Youan's face. Xie Daoqing bound her hands and feet, pinched her face, and kissed her. He swallowed a pill into her mouth. Gu Youan looked at him in shock and said, "I will hate you!"
Xie Daoqing couldn't bear to look into her eyes, so he covered them with a black cloth. Her senses were amplified, and she felt as if something had exploded in her head, with countless sparks flying, burning her so badly that she had nowhere to escape.
It's like walking along the coast, with waves crashing against you one by one.
After a long time, Xie Daoqing released her acupoints, and she drifted off to sleep.
The next morning, the maids and servants filed out, and without caring about her disheveled clothes, she rushed to the outer room and slapped Xiao Junqi across the face.
"You're shameless!"
Everyone was shocked and lowered their heads. The new princess had hit the prince on her very first day.
Xiao Junqi glanced at them coldly and said, "You may all leave."
The maids and servants filed out, and Xiao Junqi covered his face and laughed, saying, "You have quite a temper. Did you not do well on your homework?"
Gu Youan looked at him angrily and said, "Xiao Junqi, I want a divorce."
Last night was an act of violence, and the source of that violence was the person in front of me; her body was trembling.
"Divorce? Isn't your only goal to gain the protection of the Sheng Kingdom? You're engaged to him, he loves you, and last night was the pre-arranged ending."
Gu Youan drew his sword and held it to his neck, saying, "You actually plotted against me, aren't you afraid I'll kill you?"
Xiao Junqi gently brushed the sword aside and said, "What's done is done, what can you do now?"
Gu Youan bit her lip, unable to speak for a long time. "Xiao Junqi, what deal did Xie Daoqing make with you that made you willingly wear a green hat?"
Xiao Junqi approached her step by step, reached out and touched the stray hairs on her forehead, and said, "If you can make a deal with my father, why can't I make a deal with Xie Daoqing? How was your night?"
She raised her hand, but Xiao Junqi grabbed it and said, "That's enough."
"The princess still needs to come to the palace with me to pay her respects, so let's not be late."
The maidservant outside was standing at the door with clothes in her hands. Gu Youan looked at the person outside the door and snorted coldly, saying, "You're powerful, but I won't let you get away with this."
"Please go ahead!"
Gu Youan stormed off, pushed open the door, and bumped into Sheng Jingche. She left with a sullen face.
Sheng Jingche looked at Gu Youan with a puzzled expression and asked, "What's wrong?"
Xiao Junqi said in a deep voice, "I made a deal with Xie Daoqing. She consummated her marriage with Xie Daoqing last night."
"What?" Sheng Jingche slapped him and said, "Do you know what you've done?"
Xiao Junqi took two steps back, clutching his chest, and said, "You really do have feelings for her."
Sheng Jingche glanced at him coldly and said, "Do you know that this is an insult to a woman? No matter what her relationship with Xie Daoqing is, you should not have let Xie Daoqing in last night."
Thinking of Gu Youan's reaction just now, Sheng Jingche quickly chased after her. When she reached the door, she turned back to look at Xiao Junqi and said, "You must apologize to her for this."
Xiao Junqi slapped the bookshelf next to him, scattering books all over the floor. A servant slowly walked up to him and said, "Your Highness, we still need to go to the palace later!"
He slammed his hand on the wall and said, "No one is to tell anyone what happened today."
"yes!"
When Gu Youan cries, Sheng Jingche comforts her. Today, he even hurt him because of Gu Youan. Xiao Junqi chased after her and left. He couldn't let that woman's tears move Sheng Jingche.
After the farce ended, everyone in the palace was dumbfounded, but no one dared to speak. Everyone in the palace knew that Xiao Junqi only loved Sheng Jingche, and Princess Hezheng was Sheng Jingche's fiancée whom he had personally proposed to. No one knew why things had suddenly turned out this way.
Sheng Jingche grabbed Gu Youan's arm. Her face was streaked with tears. Gu Youan shook off his hand and said, "Is Young Master Sheng pitying me?"
Sheng Jingche shook his head and said, "You still have to go to the palace to pay your respects later."
Gu Youan grabbed his arm and bit down hard, saying, "You're shameless!"
Sheng Jingche gently stroked Gu Youan's head and said, "If it can make you feel better, you can bite me if you want."
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