At this moment, Tian Yu was at a loss. She could only suppress her dissatisfaction. Seeing that Zhao Moyan was about to refuse, Tian Yu quietly tugged at his sleeve. Zhao Moyan looked at Tian Yu, who was standing beside him with her head down and no words in her voice, and her trembling hands. He leaned down and said helplessly, "Your Majesty, please withdraw your order. I am incompetent! I am afraid of delaying Miss Cui's life."
"That's easy! We'll find out by asking! Minister Cui, are you willing?" the Emperor immediately shouted.
The Minister Cui, who was called out, was so frightened that he quickly pulled his daughter out and knelt down, saying, "It is my daughter's honor to be betrothed to the Marquis. On behalf of my daughter, I thank Your Majesty for bestowing this marriage upon her."
"The daughter of the Cui family, are you willing?" the Emperor asked again.
"Your Majesty, I, Cui Zhenshu, am willing. Thank you for bestowing this marriage upon me." Cui Zhenshu then realized what was happening and quickly expressed her gratitude.
"Your Majesty! Your subject!" Zhao Moyan was about to say something when Tian Yu tugged at his sleeve.
"My lord! Are you not satisfied with my reward?" The emperor was already getting impatient.
Zhao Moyan looked at the hand clutching his clothes, still trembling, and his whole body shaking. He suppressed all his resentment, closed his eyes, and then slowly opened them again, saying firmly, "Satisfied! Thank you, Your Majesty, for bestowing this marriage upon me!"
"That's good! I will issue a decree immediately to allow you to get married as soon as possible. You're not getting any younger, it's time for you to have a family." The Emperor said with his usual friendly smile.
“Father, the Marquis has just returned from battle. He’s not in the mood for a wedding. Let’s postpone it!” Prince Wu stepped forward and said.
Tian Yu no longer knew how she felt. Her mind was filled with the thought that Zhao Moyan was going to marry someone else. There was really no possibility for them anymore. Suddenly, they were really going to be completely broken up!
"Very well! Let's settle on that first, and then choose an auspicious day for the wedding," the Emperor said happily.
The princess wanted to say something more, but Tian Yu reached out and grabbed her sleeve. Tian Yu looked up and shook her head. The princess looked anxiously at Tian Yu, then at Li Xingyun in the distance. Li Xingyun also shook his head at her, and the princess gave up.
Tian Yu knew nothing of what happened afterward, only that the Emperor had summoned Li Xingyun and seemed somewhat satisfied with him, offering him a position in the Imperial Hospital. However, Li Xingyun refused, saying he was merely a leisurely doctor and unworthy of the hospital. The Emperor was somewhat displeased with Li Xingyun's attitude but didn't make things difficult for him, remaining silent about his affair with the princess. Tian Yu had come to understand the Emperor's cunning, but who in the world dared to defy him? With just a word from him, the soldiers outside would storm in; even a meritorious official could become a treacherous minister!
Finally leaving the palace, Tian Yu took a deep breath, trying not to cry and wanting to forget everything. Li Xingyun noticed her sadness, patted her hand, and said, "Since you've made your choice, don't let yourself be sad anymore."
Fearing an encounter with Zhao Moyan, Tian Yu quickly left with Li Xingyun in a carriage. However, Zhao Moyan caught up with them halfway, stopped the carriage, and without a word, carried Tian Yu from the carriage onto his horse. No matter how much Tian Yu resisted, he remained unmoved. Tian Yu lay on his horse and galloped wildly to the edge of a forest on the outskirts of the city. As soon as she dismounted, she began to vomit, feeling as if her stomach was about to be jolted out. After vomiting, she turned around and looked at Zhao Moyan behind her, unsure how to explain everything.
"Tell me, why exactly?" Zhao Moyan grabbed Tian Yu's hand and asked, his eyes bloodshot.
"Why what?" Tian Yu didn't want to answer.
"Why did you refuse me? Why did you make me be engaged to the daughter of the Cui family?" Zhao Moyan questioned loudly.
"I don't know! This is the Emperor's will, and I don't know either."
"Then why did you stop me? What did the Emperor say to you? Tell me!"
"What do you want to tell me? What do you want to know?"
"Is it related to the divination results obtained by Wen Liang?"
"No! Don't make wild guesses!"
“I know even if you don’t say it. Tian Yu, I can take you away. Let’s leave this place,” Zhao Moyan pleaded, pulling Tian Yu along.
"Leave? Where to go? What about Tangyuan?"
"I'll take Tangyuan anywhere, as long as you don't leave me."
"What about your revenge? You're not going to take it? You've worked so hard for so many years, and you're just going to give up like this?"
Without a second thought, Zhao Moyan looked at Tian Yu and said firmly, "As long as I can be with you, nothing else matters. I will think of other ways."
Seeing him like this, Tian Yu didn't know whether to be happy or sad, and suddenly burst into laughter. Then she said seriously, "Zhao Moyan, wake up! I'm going to be the Empress in the future. How could I give up such a good thing and wander around with you? I did have a deal with the Emperor, but it was my own choice. As long as I successfully get rid of you, I can choose any of the Emperor's princes. And the person I choose is very likely to be the future Emperor. Giving up a good job as a Princess or Crown Princess to run away with you! Do you think I would go with you?!"
Zhao Moyan still didn't believe her and asked again, "You can't do that! Don't you want the glutinous rice balls anymore?"
"He's in the way! So I sent him away. After all, I'm still in his mother's body, I can't just take his life!" Tian Yu said coldly.
Hearing Tian Yu's words, Zhao Moyan became very angry. With a sudden burst of strength, he dislocated Tian Yu's wrist. Tian Yu was in so much pain that tears streamed down her face, but she didn't cry out. Enduring the excruciating pain, she said cruelly, "Zhao Moyan! Let go! Don't act like a child!"
Zhao Moyan looked at Tian Yu with eyes full of pain and anger, released her hand and said in a deep voice, "Tian Yu! I'll ask you one more time, is that really what you think?"
"Yes! Compared to the Lady of the Marquis, the Crown Princess, and the Princess Consort, isn't the Princess Consort even better!"
"When did you become like this!?"
“I’ve always been like this! I’ve just been pretending you didn’t know!” Tian Yu said.
As Zhao Moyan's tears were about to fall, he looked up, closed his eyes, took a deep breath, and when he opened them again, Tian Yu knew he had given up. She coldly said, "I wish you all your dreams come true!"
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