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Di Xiu opened his eyes and immediately noticed that his height was wrong, causing the veins on his forehead to throb.
Before he could react, he heard the sound of porcelain shattering on the ground. A middle-aged man angrily shouted, "Wei Zixiao, how dare you! My daughter, a golden branch and jade leaf, is the most precious and dazzling pearl of my Tiansheng. It is a blessing that your Wei family has accumulated for eight generations to marry her. How dare you disobey the imperial decree?"
Emperor Xiu slightly raised his eyes and noticed a bright yellow robe approaching. He wanted to look up again, but then remembered that he couldn't look directly at the emperor's face in this setting. He turned his gaze and keenly noticed that in addition to two eunuchs and six palace maids, there were three other people behind the screen in the room.
001 came out one after the other, and while the emperor of the Heavenly Saint Kingdom was talking, Di Xiu obtained the plot and memories, and immediately understood his current situation.
The original owner of this body is Wei Zixiao, the son of the prime minister. He is currently resisting an arranged marriage with Princess Ruoling, the most beloved daughter of Emperor Tiansheng. The location is the imperial study.
The emperor had only intended to ask a perfunctory question before issuing an imperial decree to grant the marriage, but he was surprised that the original owner of this body refused. Even though he was surrounded by his confidants and the matter would never be exposed, he was still furious.
He has an unparalleled, biased view of his beloved daughter, unlike anyone else. He thinks his princess is perfect in every way, but is that really the case...?
Princess Ruoling was a complete wastrel. Apart from her status and beauty, she was utterly useless. She was illiterate in all arts, including music, chess, calligraphy, and painting, and knew nothing of poetry or prose. It was said that she hadn't even finished reading the Three Character Classic. In terms of temperament, she was arrogant, domineering, stupid, and reckless, making her unfit for refined manners.
Let alone the fact that Wei Zixiao is the son of the prime minister and a direct descendant of the prestigious Wei family of Nanling, there is not a single respectable family in the entire Zhaodu, or even the entire Tiansheng, that would be willing to marry this princess with such a tarnished reputation, even though she is nominally the eldest princess of Tiansheng.
Moreover, the original owner already had a fiancée with whom he was betrothed since childhood.
As for timelines, we'll discuss that later.
Despite the enemy's attempts to outwit him, Emperor Xiu spoke righteously but against his conscience: "Your Majesty, I already have a fiancée, betrothed since childhood. Once she is out of mourning, I will bring her into the family with great pomp and circumstance. If I were to abandon her now and seek a higher position elsewhere, it would be unjust to her and the princess. If I were to deceive Your Majesty out of fear, it would be disloyal. As a subject of the Heavenly Saints, I have been well-versed in the classics since childhood and will never be such an unfaithful and disloyal person. I beg Your Majesty to see the truth."
The emperor was speechless, his face darkening. He glanced at the screen, then looked at the handsome young man kneeling before him, his expression softening slightly. He suppressed his anger and asked, "Which lady are you referring to?"
She is the second daughter of the Vice Minister of Works.
The emperor glanced at the screen again, his brow furrowed deeply, and he sighed as if he had made a difficult decision: "If Ruoling insists on marrying no one but you, I am in a difficult position. How about this, Ruoling will still marry you as her principal wife, and Su Qing's second daughter will be your concubine. However, you must not treat my precious daughter lightly, or I will make you pay."
Emperor Xiu (?_?): "..."
001(?_?): "6"
What kind of stubborn and idiotic spirit is this, forcing a minister to demote his wife to a concubine, marrying a tainted vase, and making his beloved daughter share a husband with another man? No wonder the original owner risked his life and fortune in his first life, leading the entire Wei family to participate in the rebellion.
"Your Majesty is unworthy of such favor from Your Majesty and the Princess. I beg Your Majesty to understand."
A soft sobbing sound came from behind the screen, mournful and plaintive, like the mournful cry of a cuckoo. Just by hearing the voice, one could tell that it belonged to an extremely beautiful person.
Princess Ruoling is someone everyone can criticize for being bad, but no one can refute her for being bad-looking. Looking across the entire continent, if she claims to be second, no one is worthy of being first.
The princess's two personal maids tried to comfort her in hushed tones, but the crying did not stop.
Out of curiosity, 001 drifted over to take a look, then seemed to be frightened and retreated repeatedly: "My God of Time and Space, shouldn't the female lead's tears be like pear blossoms in the rain, making her look pitiful? How come she looks so ugly when she cries, and her clothes are ugly too. The most beautiful woman in the world! There are still clothes that she can't pull off."
Emperor Xiu: "..."
001 cautiously said, "It'll be fine once the female lead is reborn, Xiao Xiuxiu. Imperial power is supreme, so why don't we just bear with it a little longer?"
Although the original owner still wanted to continue the rebellion, the timing was not right now.
The emperor had obviously heard his beloved daughter's cries and was heartbroken. But when he looked at Di Xiu, anger surged within him.
"Wei Zixiao, Ruoling and I have compromised repeatedly. Don't push your luck."
Emperor Xiu gathered his strength in his dantian, his righteous spirit resounding: "I humbly request Your Majesty to rescind your decree. Miss Su's status is not as noble as that of a princess, but I will never humiliate her."
The emperor swept the vase off his desk and roared even louder, "Insolence!"
All the eunuchs and palace maids in the imperial study immediately knelt down. The crying behind the screen suddenly rose in pitch, but then gradually subsided, and after a long while only uncontrollable sobbing remained.
Footsteps sounded at an inopportune moment.
A young woman emerged from behind the screen, her bearing graceful and elegant, but her fashion sense was questionable. Her clothes were extravagant, yet clad in garish gold and bright green, and her headdress resembled a jewelry display case, a chaotic jumble of ornaments; one wondered if it was too heavy for her.
Her face was only the size of a palm, with peach blossom eyes, willow-leaf eyebrows, a delicate nose and pink lips, and skin as white as snow, making her look charming and bright. She should have been a stunning face at first glance, but her brilliance was overshadowed by her clothes full of jewels and strangely colored.
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