Chapter 15 The Emperor's Wrath
Yan Cang glanced at her: "Have you made up your mind? If Father Emperor issues the decree, there will be no room for change."
"I need to cut my losses in time," Yan Jinyue said coldly. "I'd be crazy to marry that heartless bastard."
Yan Cang hummed in agreement and said nothing more.
Yan Cang escorted Chu Yunjin back to the Prince's Mansion and ordered A'dai and Granny Zhou to accompany her closely.
Then he took Yan Jinyue into the palace.
Pei Yi'an was in the wrong first in this matter, and although Yan Cang was in the right, he still had to seize the initiative.
As long as the Emperor agrees to annul the engagement, no matter how much Pei Yi'an begs for forgiveness, it won't change the outcome.
Yan Cang rode his horse to the palace gate, dismounted, and entered the palace with Yan Jinyue.
"Can you act?" he suddenly asked.
Yan Jinyue was taken aback. She turned to look at her brother, whose expression was cold and indifferent. For a moment, she almost thought she had misheard. Was this an act?
But she quickly nodded: "Yes."
Thinking of what Chu Yunjin said yesterday.
Since Pei Yi'an has already pledged allegiance to Prince Jin, and the two of them have devised such a vicious conspiracy, even without this emotional betrayal, Yan Jinyue cannot easily let them go.
Today, I will treat this as a small act of seeking justice for my mother.
On her way to Chonghua Palace, Yan Jinyue shed tears of pain and despair. When she reached the foot of the palace steps, she cried bitterly, sobbing uncontrollably, "Your subject Jinyue begs to see Father Emperor!"
Emperor Zhaode, who was reviewing memorials inside the palace, heard the cries outside and frowned, asking, "What's going on?"
The imperial eunuch hurriedly came out to take a look, then bowed and replied, "Your Majesty, it is His Highness Prince Yan and the Sixth Princess."
"What are they doing here?" Emperor Zhaode frowned, his expression somewhat displeased. "Could it be that they've come for their mother?"
"This servant did not know that the Sixth Princess was crying very sadly."
"Let them in."
"yes."
Yan Cang and Yan Jinyue entered the hall and bowed to the Emperor.
"What's going on?" Emperor Zhaode looked coldly at Yan Jinyue. "If it's to plead for your mother, then there's no need to speak. The fact that I haven't taken my anger out on you is an act of mercy—"
"Father!" Yan Jinyue cried out in anguish, "I beg you, Father, to do justice for your son."
Emperor Zhaode was taken aback: "Make the decision?"
Yan Jinyue kept crying.
Seeing this, Emperor Zhaode frowned even more deeply and couldn't help but look at Yan Cang: "What exactly is going on?"
"Jin Yue heard that Pei Yi'an returned to the capital today. Since we haven't seen each other for a long time, she invited me to go to the Pei family with her." Yan Cang said with a humble and calm expression. "When we arrived at the Pei family, we learned that Pei Yi'an brought back a woman from the border. She is neither good at medicine nor martial arts, but claims to be his savior and wants to marry her as a concubine. He is trying to force my sixth sister to agree to this."
Emperor Zhaode's face darkened: "Is such a thing true?"
"Waaaaah... That woman even has a child!" Yan Jinyue cried, her eyes red and swollen. "Father, I am a princess, and Pei Yi'an actually made me share a husband with that slut... He even said that my mother has been banished to the Cold Palace. Does he still think he is a noblewoman? I don't want to marry him! I beg you, Father, to make the decision!"
Emperor Zhaode's face was ashen, his brows and eyes icy cold: "Did he really say such a thing?"
Yan Cang nodded, lowered his eyes, and replied, "Pei Yi'an didn't say it explicitly, but that's exactly what he meant. That woman is less than three months pregnant. Madam Pei's point is that Sixth Sister's marriage is an agreement bestowed by the Emperor. She has to marry whether she wants to or not. How can the Emperor's decree be reversed?"
She also said that Pei Yi'an was already working hard fighting for the country, and it was nothing for him to have a woman serving him at the border. What man doesn't have three wives and four concubines?
"This is outrageous!" Emperor Zhaode slammed down his memorial and rose in fury. "Xu Baozhong!"
"Your servant is here."
Emperor Zhaode ordered: "Immediately draft an edict to cancel the marriage between the Sixth Princess and Pei Yi'an."
"As you command."
Yan Jinyue stopped crying and was somewhat stunned.
Did Father Emperor agree to cancel the engagement so easily?
She seemed somewhat incredulous, turning to look at her elder brother, Yan Cang, whose expression remained calm and unmoved.
"Since guarding the border is hard work, let him temporarily hand over his military tally and rest well in the capital for a few months. Let's settle that woman first." After Emperor Zhaode finished speaking, he solemnly instructed Xu Baozhong, "When you go to the Pei family to deliver the decree tomorrow, remember to make him return the military tally."
"yes."
Emperor Zhaode glanced at Yan Jinyue with a headache: "My decree has been issued, there's no turning back. You really don't want to marry Pei Yi'an?"
Yan Jinyue raised her red and swollen eyes: "Father, I am not married to Pei Yi'an yet, and he has already trampled on my dignity like this. If I marry him, wouldn't that be tacitly allowing him to bully me?"
“Royal princess, even if your mother is gone, you cannot tolerate being looked down upon by others, let alone when your mother is still alive.” Emperor Zhaode said coldly, “You’ve made some military achievements and you don’t know who you are! I was originally considering whether to grant him a marquisate or reward him with something else, but since he is so arrogant and domineering, I don’t think there’s any need to reward him with anything else. Let’s just arrange a marriage for him.”
Then he asked, "What's the name of the woman he brought back?"
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