He was completely unaware and stood up and said to the emperor, "Your Majesty, I am a humble servant of humble origins and I dare not wrong the Princess of Xichu."
The Western Chu envoy said, "That's fine. Our princess doesn't care."
Ning Chen refused again: "The princess and I are strangers and have no friendship at all. I'm afraid I'll let her down."
Gu Qilan spoke at this time: "Since Princess Xichu has taken a fancy to you, then you should just consider it as a marriage carried out by imperial decree." Before the interests of family and country, personal feelings are nothing.
Ning Chen frowned slightly. He was really unwilling in his heart. Logically speaking, with his personality, he should not refuse this marriage for the sake of peace between the two countries. Moreover, he had not been opposed to it before.
But for some reason, the girl who was sometimes domineering and willful, and sometimes gentle and lovely, always flashed through his mind.
But there was no way. Once the emperor spoke, no one would care about his reluctance.
The emperor issued an edict appointing Ning Chen as the third-rank General Zhenxi and arranged a marriage contract with the Princess of Western Chu, with the wedding date set to take place in one month.
Qinghe Garden is located in the center of Shuiyun Residence where the Empress Dowager lived.
After hearing the report from her maid, Princess Yincheng felt as if she had fallen into an icy cave.
She murmured in disbelief: "No, how could this be? I'm going to find my brother and ask him to take back his decision."
As she spoke, Princess Yincheng walked past her maid A Shuang and went to find the emperor.
Ah Shuang quickly pulled her back and urged her, "Princess, the Emperor has already issued an edict, and this is for the sake of peace between the two countries. It's useless for you to go..."
Princess Yincheng was not going to listen. She struggled to break free from Ah Shuang: "Let me go. I want to go find my brother. Don't stop me!"
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