"A small matter?" Jun Weihe suspected that he had heard wrongly. The news of Prince Rui's death was actually a small matter?
"Yes." The emperor put his hands behind his back. "Your information is outdated... Last night, Chenxi told me that Prince Rui was dead."
"Jun Chenxi...how did she know?"
"That's your sister, how can you call her by her name?" The emperor reprimanded her, neither too harshly nor too softly, and then asked, "What else do you want?"
"Your son wishes to marry Lan Zhi."
The emperor said, "I know this. Didn't I tell you to pursue her? As long as she agrees, everything will be fine. Prince Rui is dead now. If the court finds Yuan Zhan, they'll kill him, and no one will be able to compete with you... The key is to see what Lan Zhi wants. She's a Qingyuan Realm cultivator, and her family has a long tradition. Although the Lan family has fallen into poverty by the time of her father's lineage, a lean camel is still bigger than a horse. And as a prince, you should have some manners. You can't force a girl to marry you. What matters is mutual affection."
"Lan Zhi has agreed to marry me."
"Agreed?" The emperor stared at his son's handsome face and muttered, "It seems Lan Zhi is attracted by your looks? Otherwise, considering your cultivation level of the Infant Yuan Realm and your impure bloodline, I would feel that I have wronged Miss Lan..."
"What do you mean by impure blood, father..." Jun Weihe frowned, because he was his father's biological son.
The emperor lowered his voice and said, "You...you should know what I am talking about. Besides, it was not I who said this. It was your mother who said that your bloodline is not pure."
Jun Weihe: "..."
From the perspective of the human race, he has a demonic heart in his body, but from the perspective of the Purple Blood Royal Family, the blood flowing in Jun Weihe's body is human blood, not completely that of the demon race.
The emperor said, "Okay, I will issue an order to grant you marriage."
All princes of marriageable age need the emperor's decree to marry their principal wife. As for concubines and side wives, they do not need the emperor's permission.
The emperor said, "Weihe, go to the Ministry of Rites and first check if your horoscopes are compatible with Lanzhi's, and then choose an auspicious date..."
Jun Weihe said: "Your son has already checked, the horoscopes are very compatible, and in five days it will be an auspicious day, suitable for marriage."
The emperor said, "Five days later? That's too hasty. It should be at least a month later. Let the Ministry of Rites prepare in advance."
Jun Weihe said: "This son is indeed very anxious."
The emperor said, "There is no need to rush this matter."
Jun Weihe was helpless and could only say: "Miss Lanzhi is also very anxious."
"Really?" The emperor suspected his son was lying, so he said, "Okay, then I'll believe it only if you ask her to come and tell me in person."
"Father, how can a young woman who is still waiting to be married have the nerve to say that she is anxious to get married? Besides... I am afraid that if we delay for too long, Miss Lanzhi will change her mind. I think that the sooner we marry her, the sooner we can feel at ease."
Emperor: "...Look at what you have accomplished."
In the end, the emperor handed the imperial edict to the eunuch and asked the eunuch to read the edict outside the Lan Mansion. However, practitioners of the Qingyuan Realm and above in the Da Rui Kingdom could face the imperial edict without kneeling. If facing the emperor himself, they did not need to kneel, but they needed to salute. This was a special privilege for spiritual masters above the Qingyuan Realm.
The eunuch received the imperial edict and went to Lan's Mansion.
Jun Weihe was worried and decided to go with the eunuch.
"It's just to deliver an imperial edict... Is it necessary for you to go there in person?" Looking at his son's departing back, the emperor looked helpless, feeling that his son would be a henpecked husband in the future.
"Father, please forgive me. I will take my leave now!"
Jun Weihe's voice came from afar.
emperor:"……"
well.
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When the eunuch came to deliver the imperial edict, it was Steward Chen who opened the door.
Butler Chen has not been very noticeable recently. His life is very simple. Every day he buys groceries, cooks, cleans the yard, basks in the sun, and keeps an eye on his cousin Jiang Qingcheng and Shangguan Jianxing.
Butler Chen knew that his young lady and young master were all cultivators and mainly practiced on weekdays, so he would not take the initiative to disturb them. Although the number of people living in the mansion had increased, Butler Chen himself did not have much heavy work to do. Except for occasionally missing the eldest young master who had left home, he basically had no worries. Last night, the second young master told him that Prince Rui was dead. Butler Chen was so happy that he drank two more glasses of wine, but he did not go with the young masters and young ladies to worship the master's grave because Zhu Tong was there, and Butler Chen felt a little scared.
"This is an imperial edict for Miss Lanzhi." The eunuch said politely.
Butler Chen said, "Wait a moment, I'll go and inform the young lady."
When Butler Chen turned around and went back, Jun Weihe reached out and asked for the imperial edict.
"Your Highness, what are you doing...?" The eunuch looked confused. He thought that Prince Jing would just take a look at the imperial edict and return it to him, but he didn't expect that Prince Jing would hold the imperial edict in his hand tightly!
Jun Weihe said, "You go back and report. I'll give the imperial edict to Azhi later."
The eunuch looked miserable. This was against the rules. His duty was to read out the imperial edict, but now his job had been taken away from him. He didn't have the courage to snatch the imperial edict from Prince Jing. His face wrinkled like a bitter gourd, and he was worried about how to report to the emperor when he returned.
Jun Weihe said: "Just tell your father the truth."
Eunuch: "..." So why didn't you just take the imperial edict from the emperor, so I wouldn't have to come...
"Yes, Your Highness." The eunuch had no choice but to turn around and leave.
After a while, the door of the Lan Mansion opened again, and Lan Zhi came out wearing a long green brocade dress. She raised her hand to cover her lips and yawned. The wide cuffs slid down, revealing her skin as white as jade. The morning sun shone on her fair and slender wrist, embellished by a black butterfly, its wings shining and lifelike.
"I heard there was an imperial edict?" Lan Zhi asked.
Jun Weihe nodded and said, "As soon as I confirmed that Prince Rui was dead, I took it upon myself to go to the palace and ask for an imperial decree granting marriage. I want to marry you as soon as possible... Now I'm here to seek your opinion."
"Oh?" Although Lan Zhi was not one to go back on her word, she smiled after hearing Jun Weihe's words, "You only asked for my opinion after the imperial decree was issued. If I go back on my word now, wouldn't that be a crime of deceiving the emperor?"
Jun Weihe said: "It's not that serious. If you don't want to, I will burn the imperial edict. Then I can say that the imperial edict didn't reach you and blame me for losing it. Even if it's a capital crime, the blame will be mine and you won't be implicated."
Lan Zhi had just been joking. She hadn't slept well the past two nights and was in a bad mood. When she was woken up early this morning, she wanted to give Jun Weihe a hard time. But Jun Weihe responded so seriously that Lan Zhi felt embarrassed to argue. She held out her hand and said, "Give it to me."
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