In the capital of Great Yan, the Prince of Da'an and his envoys have been here for half a year. Whenever they ask whether the emperor can discuss the marriage alliance today, Yuwen Xuanhong instructs that he is too busy.
I'm busy, don't come, I don't know.
The Emperor was quite capable and didn't mess things up this time, but Little Miao's master hadn't returned to the capital to poison the Empress Dowager in a long time, so she started acting up.
They bypassed the emperor and received Prince Da'an directly.
"Mother, Da'an is bullying our Great Yan! How can you do this?..."
"Such a breach of boundaries?"
"The Prince of Zhenbei is fighting fiercely in Dongyu, and you're just sending Helanxu away like this?"
This was the first time Yuwen Xuanhong had questioned the Empress Dowager. He didn't understand why his mother, who usually knew him best, would do this. Yes, he was wary of Helan. She was the eldest princess, and yet she had an ambiguous relationship with the legitimate sons of three powerful figures in the capital.
Sometimes, when it comes to matters of the court, Helan would even get involved.
But that doesn't mean he wants Da'an to lord it over him.
He is the emperor! He is the ruler of the Great Yan!
Da'an's bullying of Dayan is a slap in the face to him!
"If she marries into Da'an, some of the power in the capital will return to your hands. Don't you understand what your mother is thinking?"
"Your mother has endured so much humiliation and hardship all these years, just so that you could sit securely in this position!"
The Empress Dowager looked anxious, with an expression that seemed to say, "You don't know how hard I'm working," which left the Emperor somewhat at a loss.
The old lady tapped her cane twice on the floor as she spoke, and Yuwen Xuanhong could do nothing about her, nor could he even punish her, because she was his mother.
The Empress Dowager knew best how to control the child she had raised.
Now, Yuwen Xuanhong's task is to recall the Empress Dowager's decree. Lu Kai has already sent someone out, but it's unclear whether it will arrive in time.
"By Imperial Decree of the Empress Dowager, Princess Yuwen Helan of Great Yan is intelligent, kind, gentle, and virtuous, while the Tenth Prince of Great An is talented, virtuous, and handsome. Therefore, I hereby bestow marriage upon them, hoping that Great Yan and Great An will enjoy a long and happy marriage. They shall depart immediately. This is my decree!"
Yuwen Helan knelt at the entrance of the Princess's residence, calmly watching the eunuch read the imperial edict. Lu Kai was still a step too late. Several palace maids from the Empress Dowager's palace had already taken out wedding clothes to help her change.
The Empress Dowager did this in order to get Yuwen Helan out of Great Yan. At that time, the three ministers would definitely turn against the Emperor. If Huo Xiaolong died in Dongyu, he could then work with Huang Ranhu to take down Great Yan in one fell swoop.
"Princess, please change your clothes. The bridal sedan chair is ready."
The three men in the woman's backyard were tied up by the servants in the courtyard. This was on Yuwen Helan's orders, as she feared that the imperial decree of marriage would become their death warrant.
If one offends the Emperor and Empress Dowager, it would be a crime punishable by the extermination of nine generations of one's family.
The envoy from Da'an stood in front of the Princess's residence with a smug grin, accompanied by Sun Zixi's colleagues and the Lingyin Academy staff.
The emperor was still in the palace pondering a solution, while the palace maids prepared to forcefully put the wedding dress on the princess, pushing the maids around them out.
Yuwen Helan did have his own private army and guards, but to act now would be treason.
No one can escape death.
The woman looked at the wedding dress in front of her with disgust; she hated this dress, she had always hated it.
Not a single person around made a sound; this was the first time the crowd of onlookers had been so quiet.
The people of the capital were also furious. They had clearly won the battle, yet they were still being forced to marry a princess to the emperor. If they could kill, the envoy from Da'an would have been torn apart by five horses by now.
Suddenly, the sound of horses' hooves echoed outside the capital, as if a powerful army was about to attack.
As the sound of hooves grew closer, the crowd realized that the leader was the Prince of Zhenbei. The girl in red armor, wielding the Green Dragon Crescent Blade, arrived in front of the Princess's residence and then gave Sun Zixi a wink.
No good news came from Dongyu, and the Prince of Zhenbei suddenly appeared in the capital. The surrounding people were just surprised, and there were some whispers among them.
Then, looking at the girl who had dismounted, she said to the envoy from Da'an...
"What do you think you are, daring to covet the eldest princess of my Great Yan?"
"Why don't you take a piss and look at yourself in the mirror? You think you're worthy?"
The envoy from Da'an couldn't forget Sun Zixi and Wang Dani'er, one with words and the other with actions, while the grassland king stared at him coldly.
However, now that the imperial decree has been issued, he doesn't believe that the Prince of Zhenbei would dare to defy it with the Princess.
The fact that the Prince of Zhenbei is here means that General Huang must have driven the men back.
"What's wrong with the two countries forming a marriage alliance? Does Great Yan have any right to refuse Great An?"
Huo Xiaolong raised his hand, and Xiao Cao immediately dismounted and opened the ice box containing Huang Ranhu's head, showing it to the Da'an envoy.
"If you ask me what qualifications Great Yan has, then I will tell you, this is my qualification." Long'er placed her right hand on her lap, raised her eyebrows slightly, and looked up at the man.
The envoy from Da'an was so frightened by the human head in the ice box that he fell to the ground, only to watch the girl on horseback continue speaking.
"Huang Ranhu of Da'an, you're nothing special. You've wasted one of my ice boxes. I'll put that on your Da'an account."
After saying this, the girl in red armor lifted her right leg and dismounted. She walked up to the princess and waved her hand, knocking her wedding dress to the ground.
"A wedding dress is something a woman wears on her wedding day when she is happy. Not only should she look beautiful in it, but she should also be happy and have a smile on her face, a smile that is a little shy and expectant."
“Our eldest princess doesn’t like this dress, nor does she want to marry into Da’an, so let’s just drop it.”
Having said that, Huo Xiaolong kicked the wedding dress onto the street, and a maid from the Empress Dowager's palace hurriedly came out to say...
"Your Highness, this is the Empress Dowager's decree; we must not disobey it..."
Long'er turned to look at her and asked.
"What imperial edict?"
"Imperial decree ordering the eldest princess to go to Da'an for a marriage alliance."
"I did not see the imperial edict."
The maid pointed to the eunuch behind the Prince of Zhenbei, and only then did Long'er notice him. The girl then snatched the imperial edict, waved a tinderbox in her hand, and the bright yellow edict ignited in her hand. She then threw it onto her wedding dress.
"Has anyone here seen the imperial edict?"
This question was posed to the onlookers, but no one spoke up.
"Look, no, so the Empress Dowager didn't issue an imperial edict. You're mistaken."
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