Chapter 568: Granted Marriage
"Rou'er!" Wan Xingchen got rid of Liu Yiyi's entanglement and turned around to see Wan Yirou was almost assassinated.
He was immediately annoyed. It seemed that he had underestimated the danger of the palace.
"Second brother, I'm fine. Thank you for saving me, young master." Wan Yiro got off the carriage and bowed to the young man in white who had just saved her.
Wan Yirou didn't know this person, but she had never been out much, so she knew very few women, let alone men.
"Prince Ji, thank you for your help. I will come to thank you another day. My sister was frightened today, so we need to return home quickly."
Wan Xingchen protected Wan Yirou behind him and said to Ji Wenyu with a fist.
"General Wan, you are too polite. It's just a trivial matter, not worth mentioning. But this place doesn't seem to be safe. Miss Wan still needs to be careful. It's better to return home quickly for safety."
Wan Xingchen bowed, helped Wan Yirou onto the carriage, and left.
After returning to the Duke's Mansion, Wan Yirou asked Wan Xingchen: "Second brother, who was the young master who saved me just now?"
"He is the eldest son of the Xichang Marquis's Mansion, his name is Ji Wenyu, but I didn't expect him to be so good at martial arts. People say that the Xichang Marquis's Mansion is declining. The Xichang Marquis has the title of Earl, but he has no real power. There is no mistress in the Xichang Marquis' Mansion. It seems that Ji Wenyu's mother died when he was very young, and the Xichang Marquis did not remarry. In recent years, he has been praying to gods and asking for advice. He is rarely in the mansion. I heard that he moved to the Taoist temple in Wufeng Mountain last month and planned to live there permanently."
Wan Yirou thought of the handsome man with clear eyes. She could tell that he should have good character. Moreover, his skills seemed to be on par with her second brother. He should also be a martial artist. Nowadays, there are not many young people in the capital who are good at literature and can show off their talents.
Seeing her sister thinking as she walked, Wan Xingchen reminded her, "Rou'er, today's matter is not simple. Don't tell mother when you go back. I'm afraid she will worry. Now the whole Duke's Mansion is supported by mother. She is not in good health after returning from the border. I will check this matter."
"Well, I won't tell Mom."
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In the imperial palace, in the imperial study.
"Your Majesty, Prince Ji requests to see you."
The chief eunuch, Eunuch Li, bowed respectfully and lowered his eyes to report.
Behind the large and luxurious desk, sat a young man in a bright yellow dragon robe. He was the current emperor.
He was looking down at the memorials, and when he heard this, he stopped writing, rubbed his forehead, and said wearily, "Let him in."
"yes."
Not long after, Ji Wenyu came in, half-knelt on the ground, bowed his head and said, "Your Majesty, I pay my respects to you."
"How's it going?"
"Your Majesty, everything is as you expected. I arranged for an assassin to kill Miss Wan, but I saved her. Wan Xingchen already suspects that the assassin was sent by the palace."
"Well done." The emperor stood up from the dragon throne, walked around the desk and came down.
"Stand up."
Ji Wenyu stood up from the ground and stood aside respectfully.
"Your Majesty, your actions have deepened the rift between the Prince's Mansion and the Duke's Mansion. I am worried that it will affect the Duke's defense of the border."
The emperor didn't say anything for a long while before he said, "Ji Wenyu, are you old enough to get married?"
Ji Wenyu was surprised for a moment, wondering why the emperor asked this. However, he immediately replied respectfully: "Your Majesty, I am eighteen years old this year, and I am indeed of marriageable age, but I don't want to get married yet."
"What if I grant you a marriage?"
Ji Wenyu was even more surprised. Why did the emperor suddenly grant him a marriage? He had been working for the emperor in secret since he was fifteen years old. Why did the emperor suddenly grant him a marriage?
"Your Majesty granted me marriage because he felt sorry for me because I didn't have someone who cared about me. All the thunder and rain are the grace of the Emperor."
"Kneel down and pay your respects."
After Ji Wenyu knelt anxiously, he became more and more confused about the emperor.
After he left the palace, the emperor said to Eunuch Li, "Eunuch Li, pass the order down and ask them to draft an imperial decree to grant marriage. The daughter of the Duke of Zhenguo should be coming of age soon, so marry her to the prince of the Marquis of Xichang."
Eunuch Li also did not understand the emperor's intention. The Duke of Zhenguo and the General of the Cavalry were both guarding the border. How could he let Miss Wan marry?
Everyone in the capital knows that the Xichang Marquis' Mansion is declining. This is obviously an inappropriate match. Would the Zhenguo Duke's Mansion be willing to do that?
However, Eunuch Li did not say much, but bowed and went out to do his work.
The next morning, the Xichang Marquis' Mansion and the Zhenguo Duke's Mansion simultaneously received the imperial decree granting marriage. The marriage came so suddenly that both Zhao and Wan Yirou were caught off guard.
However, they received the imperial edict first. After sending away the eunuch who announced the edict, Zhao took Wan Yirou back to the warm room and sent everyone away.
"Rou'er, what happened when you went to the palace yesterday? Why did the emperor suddenly grant me a marriage? And to the Xichang Marquis's Mansion? Our two families are not equal in status, how can we get married?"
In fact, after Wan Yirou got over her initial surprise, she felt a little happy inside. Ji Wenyu's clear eyes appeared in her mind again.
"Mother, this is an imperial decree to grant the marriage. If we disagree, we would be disobeying the decree."
Zhao paced back and forth in the room anxiously.
"No, I will write to your father and your elder brother immediately. I don't agree with this marriage. I must find a way to cancel it."
Zhao twisted her handkerchief, thinking about how to tell this matter to her husband and Wan Xingmo.
"Mother, calm down. This may not be a bad thing. Why don't you send someone to inquire about the Xichang Marquis's Mansion first?"
"What is there to ask? You don't need to ask them to know that this Xichang Bo is always seeking immortals and asking questions. There is not even a mistress in the mansion. I heard that the servants in the mansion are very arrogant. If you marry him, although you will be the mistress as soon as you enter the house, you have been weak since childhood. How can you control those people?"
As Zhao spoke, she suddenly looked at Wan Yirou. Since the imperial edict came down, her daughter didn't seem to object too much, which was very wrong.
"Rou'er, tell me honestly, have you ever seen this Ji Wenyu?"
Wan Yirou's eyes were a little evasive, but she was quickly rescued by Wan Xingchen.
"Mother, sister."
Wan Xingchen strode in and saw that the atmosphere between the mother and daughter was a little strange.
"Chen'er, you came just in time. Didn't you also go to the palace yesterday? You came back and said it was a false alarm. Why did the emperor suddenly grant the marriage today? Are you hiding something from me?"
Wan Xingchen also came here to arrange a marriage.
"Mother, this has nothing to do with what happened yesterday. This is the emperor's idea. But don't tell father and elder brother about this yet. Rou'er is still more than a year away from her marriage. Let's wait and see what the emperor does. He will definitely not let us down. I think the emperor is going to take action."
Zhao didn't understand the situation in the court, she only cared about the future of her children.
"Chen'er, this is a matter of your sister's life, you can't be confused, right?"
"Mom, don't worry. We still have time. If the Xichang Marquis's Mansion is really that bad, the Emperor will not grant the marriage."
Wan Xingchen remembered that his elder brother had told him before he left that if the emperor granted marriages to the three of them in the future, he must not be rash, as the emperor must have his intentions.
"But now you and your elder brother are not married yet, but your sister has been granted marriage first. What's going on?"
Zhao sat on the couch angrily, feeling sulky in her heart. She knew very well that the marriages of her three children would be decided by the emperor, but she hoped that she could choose a suitable daughter-in-law or son-in-law herself and then go to the palace to ask the emperor to grant the marriage. Now nothing was going according to her idea.
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