Of course Yun Xinling knew this, and she was particularly happy that Duan Sijin took the initiative to refuse the marriage proposal. Otherwise, if she had made a fuss, the matter would not have been so easily resolved.
But she didn't say anything, just looked at Duan Qingxi, asking with her eyes what she wanted to say.
Duan Qingxi said, "Since we have already reached a preliminary cooperation, regardless of whether the princess needs my help in the future, I don't want the elders to interfere in our affairs. What do you think?"
Yun Xinling knew that if she wanted to marry Helian Yun, she could only rely on Duan Qingxi. Naturally, she didn't want to offend her at this time, so she said, "This princess knows. This princess will not rely on her elders to win you over."
Duan Qingxi nodded and left the room first.
Qiao Yun and Chan Xue waited until she came out, then glanced at Yun Xinling who was still in the room and asked in a low voice, "Princess, did she agree?"
Duan Qingxi said, "She said she would think about it carefully, but she would agree sooner or later. Let's go back."
"yes."
The Five Princes' Palace.
Duan Shishi was sitting in front of the dressing table, looking at herself in the mirror in silence, not knowing what she was thinking.
Huanying walked in and bowed to her, "Princess, something happened to the Duan family."
Duan Shishi came back to her senses and turned to look at Huanying.
Huanying was the maid she bought yesterday. She had a good figure but a ruined appearance. There was a big scar on the left side of her face, which looked very ugly. However, after covering it with her hair, it didn't look so ugly anymore.
Biyu could no longer make her feel at ease, and even the maids who had been brought as dowry from the Duan Mansion could not make her feel at ease, so she specially bought several maids and guards from outside.
These maids and guards were all carefully selected by her, and she observed them for a long time. She brought them back only after she felt that they were safe.
Huanying was a slave girl that she had set her sights on many years ago. She was originally trained in a brothel, but this girl had a very strong temper. On the night of selling her buds, she took the initiative to make herself into this evil state. She was then beaten half to death by the brothel owner and thrown into a mass grave. She did not die, so she crawled out of the mass grave on her own and became a daughter-in-law in a family. Unfortunately, her husband died early, and she became a widow.
Duan Shishi still likes her very much. Anyway, she feels much better than Biyu.
She asked, "What happened?"
The Duan family’s status is extraordinary, how could something go wrong?
Huanying lowered her head and said, "I heard that many officials in the court have been impeaching Master Duan these past few days, under the instigation of someone unknown. To protect Master Duan, the Emperor has specially granted him a marriage..."
"Give it to whom?"
"Princess Chaoyang."
"Yun Xinling?!" Duan Shishi stood up directly with an ugly look on her face, as if she didn't believe that the emperor would grant a marriage between Duan Sijin and Yun Xinling.
Huanying saw that her expression was not right and asked in a low voice: "Princess, what's wrong?"
Duan Shishi was silent for a long time, then sat down again. "Dad is a general, and he has made many contributions to the border over the years. Although my brother has just entered the officialdom, he has also done a lot. The emperor's favor for him is not something that has happened overnight. Not to mention that I am the fifth princess and Duan Qingxi is the ninth princess. Duan Qingxi is also a first-rank princess, the female disciple of Master Qingyuan, and has such a close relationship with the Imperial Master. Are those who criticize my brother crazy or have they been kicked in the head by a donkey?"
Huanying vaguely understood something and tentatively asked, "My princess, what you mean is... someone is deliberately plotting something behind the scenes, and their purpose isn't to harm you, but for some other reason?"
Duan Shishi said, "Brother, I don't have anything good to hold against you. Even if they are really jealous and want to harm him, they wouldn't use such low-level means. Unless it's treason, there's no crime they can use to harm him. The one who did all this was none other than the Emperor himself."
"ah?"
Duan Shishi did not explain to Huanying again, but she knew very well that the reason why the emperor did such a boring thing was mostly because of the eldest princess.
If her guess was correct, the eldest princess must be very fond of Duan Sijin, so she wanted to marry Yun Xinling to Duan Sijin. However, Duan Sijin's personality made it difficult to grant the marriage even if she wanted to.
The emperor could not bear the eldest princess's pleading. At the same time, he was also worried that if Duan Sijin married a daughter of a rich family, if a man of such power married the daughter of an important official in the court, it was very likely that something he did not want to happen would happen. Even though he believed that Duan Sijin would not do so, he still had to be on guard.
This is what the emperor wants, so instead of letting Duan Sijin marry the daughter of other important ministers, it is better to let him marry Yun Xinling.
Yun Xinling is the daughter of the eldest princess, and the eldest princess and Prince Yun are both directly controlled by the emperor. Letting Duan Sijin marry Yun Xinling will allow the emperor to better control Duan Sijin.
But... Duan Shishi doesn't think so.
Duan Sijin already dotes on Duan Qingxi. If he marries Yun Xinling, Yun Xinling will definitely stand on Duan Qingxi's side, and the eldest princess and Prince Yun will also stand on Duan Qingxi's side.
Duan Qingxi is difficult to deal with. If she really gets the help of the eldest princess, how can she defeat that bitch?
The more Duan Shishi thought about it, the more panicked she became. She felt that she couldn't just sit there and wait for death!
She stood up and was about to return to the Duan Mansion when Biyu suddenly walked in. She first glanced secretly at Huanying, then walked up to Duan Shishi, bowed, and said, "Princess, there's news from the Duan Mansion saying that the Ninth Princess returned to the Duan Mansion last night and stayed overnight, leaving in a hurry this morning. There's also news that the Emperor granted the young master a marriage this morning, but he declined."
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