Chapter 2 The General's Wife 2
Three days later
Emperor Zhao decreed that his third princess, Zhao Yan, would be given to the heir apparent of the Prince of Nanping as his consort.
Zhao Yan: !!!
"Father, why? Shouldn't it be my second elder sister who married the heir of the Prince of Nanping? Why is it me?"
Li Ling, the heir apparent of the Prince of Nanping, is cruel and ruthless, and kills without hesitation. She has no desire to marry him.
Her second elder sister, Zhao Wan, whose birth mother was just a lowly palace maid, was the most suitable person for her to marry.
Emperor Zhao looked at her indifferently and said coldly, "I have never said that I would betroth Wan'er to the Prince of Nanping. Moreover, before the decree was issued, anyone could have been chosen. Now, I think you are suitable."
Upon hearing this, she looked at Emperor Zhao in disbelief and cried out, "Father, don't you love me anymore? I'm not right for this, please retract your decree."
Tears streamed down her face, making her look pitiful. She cried, "Father, you know I love General Song. It's one thing to not let me marry him, but why do you have to marry me off to Li Ling? You know what kind of person he is."
"Father, you want my second sister to marry, but I won't. If you don't agree, then I will... I will kill myself right here."
His face was grim, and he said in an extremely cold tone, "Is this an imperial edict? Are you trying to disobey it?"
"You still want to threaten to kill yourself?"
Emperor Zhao hated being threatened more than anything else in his life, not even by his own daughter.
"Guards, drag her away and give her twenty lashes to teach her a lesson."
As for suicide, she didn't have the guts.
Eunuch Rong paused for a moment, then replied, "Yes, Your Majesty."
Zhao Yan: !!!
"Father, I was wrong, I was wrong, please don't punish me."
Emperor Zhao waved his hand coldly and ruthlessly, "Take him away immediately."
Hmph! She's always threatening suicide; he thinks she's just bored and has nothing better to do.
To even think that he should secretly send someone to poison Luo Xi is simply wishful thinking.
Eunuch Rong: "Yes, Your Majesty."
And so, Zhao Yan received a full twenty strokes of the cane.
The Prince of Nanping's Mansion.
Li Ling teased the parrot in the cage, saying with a half-smile, "Twenty strokes of the cane?"
"Yes, Your Highness."
Li Ling said coldly, "Hmph! If she doesn't want to marry, I, the young master, don't want to marry her either."
She has someone she likes, but doesn't he have one too?
That damned emperor was really something. Why didn't he just go along with the Third Princess? That way, he might have gotten what he wanted and won the beauty's heart.
He said in a low voice, "The imperial decree has been issued and cannot be taken back, but I, the young master, do not wish to marry her. So..."
He pondered for a moment, then said, "Doesn't she like Song Yu? Have the people in the palace find an opportunity to persuade the Third Princess to pretend to commit suicide, and then you all help her make it real."
If she dies, he won't have to marry her, right?
"Yes, Your Highness."
Wu Shou, sitting opposite Li Ling:
"What if the Third Princess is clever and doesn't fall for it?"
If one plan doesn't work, then try another. There's always a way.
Wu Shou: "You tell me, isn't the Emperor's favorite princess? How could he bear to let her marry you?"
"The way you're saying that makes it sound like she'd be wronged if she married me. I'd be the one feeling wronged."
Wu Shou glanced at him and said speechlessly, "Don't you even think about your reputation outside?"
Li Ling:
Okay, his reputation is indeed a bit tarnished...
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