Chapter 3: Give all men in the world a home
"No!" Su Yunyao said firmly, "If my royal brother grants me and Shen Qiu Nian a marriage, it would be forcing me to jump into the lotus pond again!"
Emperor's brother:...
"Okay, okay, my dear sister, please think carefully. If I don't grant you and Shen Qiu Nian a marriage now, and he really marries Lin Miaomiao in the future, please don't come to me crying and beg me. As the eldest princess, I will definitely not allow you to become a minister's concubine!" The emperor was extremely serious.
"Don't worry, my royal brother. Even if Chen Qiu Nian is the only man left in the world, this princess will not fall for him!" Su Yunyao said firmly.
emperor:……
but……
Su Yunyao was curious. If Chen Qiu Nian was really in love with that brothel girl, why could he just redeem her and keep her by his side? Why did he have to ask the emperor to grant her a marriage?
Is there any hidden secret behind this?
The salary of a cabinet minister is not low.
Is it because there is not enough money?
But it was the original owner who wanted to marry Chen Qiu Nian, not her.
No matter whether he has any hidden secrets or not, it seems to have nothing to do with her.
Su Yunyao took a bite of the walnut cake and said, "If my royal brother really grants me and Shen Qiu Nian a marriage, what will happen to General Huo?"
The emperor was startled when he heard this:???
"If I remember correctly, my brother just told General Huo that the marriage should be discussed at another time, not that it should be dropped right now."
"This..." the emperor drawled, his tone lingering. "My sister may not understand. As children of the royal family, marriage is not just about mutual affection. There is much more to consider."
Su Yunyao nodded in approval.
"Actually, I know what my father and brother are worried about. The Huo family holds a large military force. If they collude with important officials in the court, and if they develop ulterior motives, the consequences will be disastrous...
But as the ancients said, if you doubt someone, don't employ him; if you employ someone, don't doubt him. The Huo family has been loyal for generations, and General Huo was a founding hero. If he is forced to become my princess's servant unwillingly, I'm afraid that will really chill General Huo's heart."
The emperor was stunned for a moment, very surprised that she could say such words.
Is this still his imperial sister who chases after Shen Qiu Nian all day long?
"So, what the Imperial Sister meant was that she wanted Huo Xiao to truly fall in love with her and be together forever?"
Su Yunyao disagreed and ate another winter date.
"Royal brother, how many concubines do you have in your harem?"
The emperor was stunned by the question, how many concubines... ?
He really hadn't calculated it carefully.
The eunuch Wu Jixiang beside him rolled his eyes and said, "In reply to the Princess, in addition to the Empress, there are thirty-seven other concubines in the harem."
"Thirty-seven?" Su Yunyao nodded thoughtfully. "My brother has so many women in his harem. As his biological sister, the eldest princess, are you really going to let me hang myself on a tree?"
emperor:……
Su Yunyao yawned lazily, "You may not know this, my royal brother, but I've always had a dream."
emperor:? ? ?
"That is to give all men in the world a home."
emperor:……
After saying that, she patted the emperor's shoulders twice.
"Even if I marry General Huo, the Princess's residence will not be home to General Huo alone. I hope my royal brother will think twice before acting. General Huo is brave and skilled in battle. Can he really share the Princess's service with someone else?"
emperor:……
No, my sister!
Su Yunyao stretched lazily and said, "Alright, I'm tired now. I'll go back first. You don't have to see me off, my royal brother."
emperor:……
Did he say he would send it?
No, is this still his imperial sister?
He deeply suspected that there was something wrong with the water in the lotus pond.
He really wanted to throw all those ministers who wrote nonsense memorials to him every day in there to brainwash them!
"Royal sister, please don't have dinner before going back."
Su Yunyao waved at him.
On the way back, Su Yunyao felt the ride was particularly bumpy.
She was walking the same route as before, but perhaps because she had just traveled through time and was not yet accustomed to the carriage, she felt a churning pain in her stomach.
"stop……"
The word "stop" was only half uttered, and the carriage was instantly hit by something.
"Princess……"
Su Yunyao's body fell uncontrollably towards the tilted side of the carriage, and just when she thought she was going to fall flat on her face.
The carriage suddenly stopped at an angle.
"What's going on?"
Su Yunyao panicked and had a bad feeling that something terrible was going to happen.
A gust of wind blew open the curtain of the carriage.
Huo Xiao's dark and deep icy eyes met Su Yunyao's sight.
Is it him?
Was it he who used one hand to hold up the carriage at the moment it overturned?
You have to know that her carriage was made of fine rosewood and weighed hundreds of pounds, but he could actually drag it up without changing his expression.
She really underestimated this young general!
Just now in the Xuanzheng Hall, he kept his eyes down and Su Yunyao didn't look at him carefully. Only now did she realize that his facial features were as handsome as if they were carved by a knife, and his whole body exuded a majestic aura.
This man looks...very capable...
The moment the carriage stabilized.
Su Yunyao jumped off the carriage.
"Princess, are you okay?" There was no expression on Huo Xiao's face, no concern at all, just a perfunctory response as if to do his job properly.
How interesting!
But how could the man who just knelt before the emperor and politely declined to marry her really care about her?
Speaking of this matter.
Su Yunyao was not such an unreasonable person. After all, everyone knew that the original owner had been pestering Chen Qiu Nian.
Even a few days ago, he jumped into the lotus pond because Shen Qiu Nian asked the emperor to grant him a marriage with a prostitute.
I believe this matter has already spread from the capital to the army.
If this is the case, Huo Xiao could still marry her with a smile on his face and willingly wear the green hat from head to toe. That would mean he has ulterior motives.
"No problem." Su Yunyao said lightly.
"Who is so bold as to disturb the princess's carriage?"
Huo Xiao shouted angrily, scaring the man on horseback who had startled Su Yunyao's carriage so much that he fell off the horse, tumbling and crawling. He didn't care about the pain and knelt in front of Huo Xiao.
"In reply... in reply to General Huo, I was a firefighter. When the Misty Rain Tower was flooded, I was ordered to extinguish the fire. I accidentally startled the Princess's carriage. I truly deserve death. General Huo, please punish me."
Water leakage
Most houses of this era were built of wood. Once a fire broke out, it would quickly burn to ashes if not controlled in time.
"Why don't you go put out the fire?"
Of course, the fire soldier was frightened by Huo Xiao's roar just now. Not to mention him, even Su Yunyao was startled. It took the fire soldier a while to react.
"Thank you so much, Princess, for not punishing me... I'll go right away."
Su Yunyao urged, "Hurry up, hurry up..."
Huo Xiao looked at her sideways, and there seemed to be something indescribable in his eyes.
Pearl came back from the side and said, "Princess, please wait a moment. One of the wheels of the carriage is broken, and the beam is also broken. I will find someone to repair it right away."
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
