"So you want her to be a secondary wife?"
"No, I just want Xiaoxiao as my wife."
At this moment, the emperor's extremely handsome face seemed to be losing its smile, and his tone turned cold: "So, according to the general, you don't mean to make the princess a concubine?"
When Hua Xun heard His Majesty say this, he quickly shook his head again: "No, no, no, this humble general is not worthy of the princess, and only wants to dissolve the engagement with the princess."
The emperor spoke slowly again: "Your marriage to the princess was arranged by the late emperor, and it can be dissolved with just a word."
"But I have no romantic feelings for the princess. I beg Your Majesty to allow us to dissolve the engagement."
The emperor did not respond directly to him, but said to the eunuch beside him, "Go and invite Princess Huayang here."
The father-in-law immediately nodded and withdrew.
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The Marquis's residence was not far from the palace, so after Hua Xun and the others entered the palace, Wan Ge went straight back to the Marquis's residence.
She didn't have to wait long before she met her father-in-law who had come to deliver the message.
Wan Ge was not surprised by this, and immediately answered her father-in-law, then followed him into the palace.
On the way to the palace, I had already heard from the eunuch what the situation was.
After Wan Ge expressed that she understood, she stepped into the main hall.
After Wan Ge obediently bowed to the emperor, she heard his voice: "Hua Yang, General Hua wants to dissolve your engagement. What do you think?"
When Wan Ge heard what the emperor said, her beautiful face was filled with shock, and she looked at Hua Xun with disbelief.
"Brother Xun, do you want to break off our engagement?"
Hua Xun lowered his head, but his tone showed no sign of backing down: "I'm sorry, Wan Ge, I have no romantic feelings for you. I've always only seen you as a younger sister. Now that I have someone I truly love, I shouldn't let her down."
Wan Ge's tears finally seemed to burst forth, "You shouldn't have let her down, but what about me? You and I are childhood sweethearts."
Hua Xun simply lowered his head and did not speak.
Seeing that the other person seemed to have made up their mind, Wan Ge felt even more distressed.
With one hand clutching her heart, tears streamed down her face as she asked again, "Do you really want to break off our engagement? Abandon our friendship of over a decade?"
"Wange, although I have known you for more than ten years, I have never had any romantic feelings for you."
"Okay, I'm willing to call off the engagement."
After saying this, he knelt on the ground facing the emperor and kowtowed: "Since General Hua wants to annul the engagement with me, I will grant your request. Please grant my request, Your Majesty."
The emperor stared at Wan Ge for a long while, then glanced at Hua Xun, and finally sighed before asking Hua Xun again, "Do you really want to annul the engagement?"
"Please grant my request, Your Majesty." Hua Xun knelt on the ground again.
"Very well, since you both agree, I am not the kind of person to make things difficult for others. So I agree. You may all rise."
"Thank you, Your Majesty," the two said in unison.
However, when Wan Ge got up, she staggered a little. The Yellow Emperor sensed that something was wrong with her, so he immediately ordered a palace maid to help her up.
The palace maid quickly helped Wan Ge up, but Wan Ge didn't seem to be in good condition. The next second, Wan Ge vomited blood again and fainted in the palace maid's arms.
Hua Xun was completely stunned by the scene before him, his mind went blank. Seeing the woman who was once as bright as the sun, now as fragile as a butterfly that had lost its life force, he felt a pang of sadness in his heart.
How could he not know that Wan Ge was in love with him? They had grown up together as childhood sweethearts, and he had feelings for him too. So when the marriage was arranged, he had no objections. At that time, how could he have imagined that the person he truly loved would appear so late?
If he had known, perhaps he would have ended it sooner, and then Wan Ge wouldn't be in so much pain.
Seeing this, the others shook their heads, and their gazes toward Hua Xun changed.
The "Hua" in Princess Huayang's name is actually taken from the "Hua" in Huaxun. The late emperor believed that they were in love, so when he conferred the title of princess, he chose this title for her.
Unfortunately, the falling flowers were willing, but the flowing water was indifferent; perhaps Princess Huayang loved someone she shouldn't have loved.
When Hua Xun tried to step forward, the emperor had already ordered someone to quickly fetch the imperial physician and take Wan Ge away.
As the emperor left, he glanced back at Hua Xun, his eyes seemingly filled with disappointment.
Hua Xun naturally saw it too, and he wanted to explain but didn't know how.
He didn't mean to hurt Wan Ge, but he didn't expect this incident to affect her so much.
Yes! He didn't do it on purpose. If he doesn't break off the engagement now, she'll be the one who gets hurt later.
Hua Xun tried to comfort himself while also feeling that he hadn't done anything wrong.
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When Wan Ge woke up and saw the extremely gorgeous and unfamiliar decorations, she realized that she was not at home, but should still be in the palace.
I fainted immediately; I must have been taken to some palace.
At this moment, a deep and pleasant voice came from beside her: "Huayang, don't be sad. He is not good enough for you. I will find you a good family in the future."
As Wan Ge listened to the other person's voice, she turned to look at the emperor, whom she hadn't noticed before. She had sensed a familiar presence then, but had been so engrossed in her performance that she hadn't looked for him, assuming it might be one of the ministers. She never expected it to be the emperor!
Good, good. He always comes to me without me having to look for him.
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