Jing Yan felt the uneasy look in Yue Jiang's eyes, and with his left hand under the table, he covered her hand with the wide sleeve of his robe and patted it gently to comfort her.
The fact that the Anguo envoy was able to enter Jing to offer congratulations was entirely due to the Yuguo's mediation. Regardless of the Anguo envoy's hostility towards Jing or how angry he was that his own country's crown princess had become Jing's crown princess.
Jing Yan believed that An Guo would not use Yu Guo casually just to make things difficult for him on this occasion; doing so would only make things difficult for Yu Guo to explain.
The cold and hard attitude of the Anguo envoy before me was a deliberate act, probably meant to frighten me and make me lose my composure at the banquet.
If Jing Yan were to lose his composure and fly into a rage, he would probably be playing right into the hands of the Anguo envoy, giving him a free show of folly.
Moreover, Jingyan didn't believe there was anything scary about this marriage certificate.
He calmly reached into the box containing the marriage certificate from the Anguo envoy and opened it with Yue Jiang.
It turned out to be the marriage certificate between An Chenghuan and his newly betrothed noblewoman from Anguo.
Yue Jiang calmly read through the woman's name and, upon discovering it wasn't her, silently breathed a sigh of relief.
Jing Yan glanced at it a few times, then closed the marriage certificate again and returned it to the brocade box belonging to the Anguo envoy, a faint, mocking smile on his face.
“I congratulate the Crown Prince of Anguo on his great joy. However, there is no need to personally present the marriage certificate to Jing, since Anguo’s trust is nothing to Jingguo anyway.”
Back then, it was Emperor Anguo who invited Jingyan's grandfather to Anguo, but he later died a tragic death, and the country was in turmoil.
Although Jing Yan was not yet born at that time and had not seen it with his own eyes, the national humiliation must not be forgotten.
After being openly humiliated by Jing Yan in the main hall, the Anguo envoy's serious face showed a stiff embarrassment.
However, since this was Jing Kingdom territory, he couldn't argue about it, so the An Kingdom envoy could only pretend nothing was wrong and swallow his anger.
He turned to look at Yue Jiang, who was sitting demurely beside him, even though she looked embarrassed. The woman who should have belonged to his prince was now sitting gracefully in front of the man beside her.
The Anguo envoy was inexplicably embarrassed and filled with hostility and contempt for Yue Jiang.
Yue Jiang could see the meaning in the eyes of the Anguo envoy. She just wanted to think to herself, "We're already on enemy territory, can't Anguo learn to be more composed? Can't they even pretend to be indifferent? Who are they trying to impress with that deadpan face?"
The more they act this way, the more they are telling everyone that their An Kingdom has been humiliated by the Jing Kingdom.
Tsk tsk, Anguo's diplomacy is a mess!
Jing Yan also noticed the Anguo envoy's gaze upon Yue Jiang. He coughed lightly, interrupting the Anguo envoy's rudeness towards Yue Jiang: "Your Highness Anguo, if you have anything else to say, why don't you say it all at once?"
The Anguo envoy immediately came to his senses. What had just happened was merely a test, done on the orders of his own crown prince. It was secondary that Jing Yan had not lost his composure.
The main reason was that the Moon Kingdom princess did not react much when she saw the marriage certificate. Although he did not know what his own crown prince meant, it was necessary to convey the Moon Kingdom princess's reaction to the crown prince.
The envoy from Anguo brought not only a marriage certificate, but also a gift from the Crown Prince to the Princess of Yueguo.
When Jing Yan asked him, he took the opportunity to present the contents of another brocade box to the two of them.
"On the joyous occasion of the marriage between the Crown Prince of Jing and the Princess of Yue, my Crown Prince has specially ordered me to present the Crown Princess of Jing with a Nine Phoenix Hairpin. I hope the Crown Prince and Princess of Jing will accept it."
The Nine Phoenixes Facing the Phoenix Hairpin is clearly no ordinary item. When Yue Jiang was studying the information about the Anguo Royal Palace in Yue Kingdom, she heard that this hairpin was held by the empresses of Anguo throughout the ages.
Just like the significance of the Nine Phoenix Crown of Eastern Pearls that Empress Ye presented to Yue Jiang after the tasting event.
An Chenghuan has already married another noblewoman from Anguo, so why send the hairpin all the way here instead of giving it to the future crown princess? He must have ulterior motives.
Even if Jing Yan didn't know anything about the interior decorations of Anguo Palace, he could still see the magnificent gold hairpin in front of him, with nine phoenixes holding pearls, the phoenixes and the phoenix intertwined, and the hairpin body carved with blooming peonies.
He grew up in the palace from a young age, so the meaning behind what he said is self-evident.
Is Ahn Seung-hwan staging a protest?
After the Anguo envoy took out the Nine Phoenix Hairpin and explained its meaning, everyone in the hall was slightly surprised.
However, other countries had no reason to interfere with what An Seung-hwan sent out, even if they knew it was a hairpin that only the Empress of An Kingdom could possess.
They would only think that An Chenghuan's heart had not died, and they would go through the thought again in their minds that the Crown Princess next to Jing Yan should have married into An Kingdom, but instead came to Jing Kingdom.
If you imagine yourself having your wife stolen, you would probably feel the same resentment and find it hard to let go.
But they don't need to uphold justice, after all, Jing Yan and the Yue Kingdom princess have long been husband and wife, and the grudges between Jing Kingdom and An Kingdom have been entangled for many years.
Unless Anguo defeats Jingguo again and reclaims Yuejiang, he will have to accept the fact that his wife has been taken away.
Now it all depends on whether Jing Yan is magnanimous enough to accept what An Chenghuan gave him, and whether accepting it will become a thorn in his heart.
Yue Jiang remained motionless for a long time, so the envoy from Anguo pushed the hairpin forward again: "Your Highness, this is a token of my family's affection. Please accept it."
Looking at the gold hairpin that was getting closer, Yue Jiang wanted to find an excuse to refuse, but Jing Yan, who was beside her, took the initiative to pick up the hairpin from the box and personally put it into Yue Jiang's hair.
After the hairpin was finished, Jing Yan glanced at it twice and praised, "Your Highness Anguo's intention is kind. I think it is a perfect match for Jiang'er, so there's no harm in accepting it."
His voice was clear and pleasant, and his movements were fluid, as if he hadn't done anything forced to save face.
Yue Jiang gently adjusted the hairpin, as if the hairpin in her hair was not an extraordinary object, but simply a little trinket that her husband had found for her because he liked it. The important thing was not the hairpin, but the thought of her husband trying to make her happy.
"I'm glad Your Highness enjoys watching it."
In fact, Yue Jiang was not afraid that Jing Yan harbored resentment over her past marriage agreement with An Chenghuan. Otherwise, no matter how she lied to him at the beginning, if he cared, he would not have needed to pretend to be her husband.
Besides, she is currently "amnesiac," so what does it matter to her who An Chenghuan is?
Yue Jiang feared that Jing Yan would feel ridiculed by the other countries, but it seems that Jing Yan is more tolerant than Yue Jiang thought.
The envoy from Anguo was, after all, presenting his country's empress's most precious treasure. Although he didn't understand why his own crown prince would give the Nine Phoenix Hairpin to his soon-to-be-married crown princess instead of keeping it for himself.
He sent the gift all the way to Yue Jiang, who had fallen into Jing Yan's arms, but he was just waiting to see Jing Yan make a fool of himself.
Unexpectedly, Jing Yan accepted it so easily, without even giving him a chance to mock him.
This turned the Anguo envoy into a treasure presenter, turning what should have been the possession of the Empress of the country into a trinket for Jingyan to curry favor with his Crown Princess.
The envoy from Anguo was so angry that his beard trembled slightly and the veins on his forehead bulged. He completely forgot to return to his seat and stood with his head down in front of Jing Yan and Yue Jiang.
Jing Yan waved his hand, and the eunuch behind him poured him a cup of wine. He picked up the wine cup and gave a perfunctory reply to the envoy from Anguo.
"Your Highness Anguo's gift is very generous, and the Crown Princess and I are very pleased. Unfortunately, the Crown Princess is currently pregnant and cannot drink wine to express our gratitude."
"I will use this small gift to express my gratitude to His Highness Anguo for his congratulatory gift. When His Highness Anguo gets married, I will definitely return the favor with a gift in return."
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