The subtle fragrance of cotton needles

Chapter 114 The Emperor Actually Agreed

Just after returning to the Shangshu Mansion, Xia Yanxiang had just met Tu and changed the medicine, when she heard that someone had come from the palace.

The leading eunuch held an imperial edict, and Xia Liu led everyone to receive it.

"The Emperor, in compliance with the Will of Heaven, proclaims: The Third Miss Xia Yanxiang of the Minister of Rites's Mansion has made great contributions in saving Princess Yongle. She is neither arrogant nor impatient, and has a pure character. She is hereby conferred the title of Princess of Anping County. Prince Luo Mo Chen is calm and polite, and has a natural intelligence. He and the Third Miss are a perfect match. I hereby grant them marriage. The Third Miss will be the Princess of Luo. Choose an auspicious day for the wedding! I decree this."

Xia Liu and the others were all stunned.

His Royal Highness Prince Luo! Another marriage offer!

"Sir Shangshu, please accept the order! You are such a good teacher that you have raised two imperial concubines! Your future career will be very bright! Let us congratulate you first!" The leading eunuch handed the holy friend to Xia Liu and congratulated him with a smile.

"Thank you for your kind words, eunuch." Xia Liu was so scared that he broke out in a cold sweat, but since the imperial decree had been issued, he had to accept it even if he had to bite the bullet.

After sending away the eunuch who received the imperial edict, Xia Liu called Xia Yanxiang to the study with a dark face.

"What have you done!" Xia Liu was furious. He grabbed a book from the desk and smashed it at Xia Yanxiang.

Xia Yanxiang was distracted and didn't pay attention to dodge, so she was hit right on the forehead.

There was a sharp pain on her forehead, and Xia Yanxiang was also furious: "Father, isn't this the result you wanted?"

"Is that what I'm talking about? Who told you to seduce King Luo? You disgraceful thing!"

"I'm embarrassing myself? Am I as embarrassing as Xia Pinxiang? I went to Prince Yuan's mansion in the middle of the night and was caught by someone, and you were still very happy!"

"No matter what, she has now married into Prince Yuan's Palace and is the imperial concubine. You have to bow to her when you see her. This is such a great honor! Now that you have done such a shameful thing, where is the face of the Shangshu Mansion going to be!"

"She is just a concubine, or to put it bluntly, a mistress. Now I am Prince Luo's fiancée, and it's good enough that I don't let her pay her respects to me. Could it be that I, the principal wife, have brought shame to the Shangshu Mansion?" Xia Yanxiang found it unbelievable that Xia Liu would actually say such a thing.

"What nonsense!" Xia Liu was so angry that her face turned red and her neck became thick. "All the years I've spent reading sage books have been in vain! How could I raise a shameless daughter like you!"

Xia Yanxiang smiled: "I have no shame? Father, don't you feel guilty for saying this? Have you ever cared about what Xia Pinxiang did?"

"Nonsense! Pin'er is your sister! How dare you be so disrespectful to your elders and say such damaging words to someone's innocence!" Xia Liu was so angry that she pointed at Xia Yanxiang and cursed.

"I ruined someone's innocence? Father, what about you and her conspiring to ruin my innocence on the street? In front of everyone, a father hired someone to ruin his daughter's innocence! Father, you really are the one who favors your concubine over your wife!"

"Nonsense!" Xia Liu's momentum weakened a little after being hit in the vital point.

"My lord father knows whether I am talking nonsense or not," Xia Yanxiang's heart had long been cold. Ever since he personally sent her to Prince Yuan's Mansion in his previous life and divorced her mother, she had given up on that idea.

"You! You! You are so arrogant and disrespectful to your elders. Even if you marry into Prince Luo's Mansion, you will only cause trouble and bring shame to the Shangshu Mansion. It would be better to send you to the countryside and marry a wild husband!"

"The Saint has given orders. If I don't marry, the Shangshu Mansion will be guilty of deceiving the emperor. Except for my mother, my entire family will be executed. Father, do you dare?" Xia Yanxiang had long been unwilling to continue pretending, and this time the relationship was completely broken.

"Why shouldn't I dare? If you had been insane for a long time and were only discovered now, who would dare to marry you into the Luo Palace?"

The door of the study was suddenly pushed open, and a moon-white figure strode in: "I want to see how the Lord Shangshu dares to deal with it."

Mo Yuchen strode up to Xia Liu and looked down at him.

"Your Highness Prince Luo is greeted!" Xia Liu hurriedly stepped back and saluted.

Mo Yuchen didn't ask him to stand up, and he didn't dare to do so. He could only scold Xia Yanxiang who was standing still beside him: "Are you really that brave? You don't even show respect to His Royal Highness Prince Luo?"

"Yan Yan is my wife. You don't need to pay respect to anyone except my father, mother, and the queen mother."

"I have been a marquis for a long time and have not seen the Minister of the Court, so I came to the study to take a look. The Minister of the Court is really arrogant! He just received the imperial edict and he dared to openly insult Princess Luo. If I hadn't happened to be here, would the Minister of the Court have sent Princess Luo away?"

Xia Liu's head was covered with cold sweat. He pretended to be calm and said, "I dare not."

"Really? I heard it clearly. You received the imperial decree but did not marry my daughter. If I report this to my father, everyone in the mansion, except Princess Luo and Madam Zun, will be sentenced to death."

What could Xia Liu say? She could only answer in a submissive manner, "I dare not. The Sage has come down. I will teach my daughter well."

"That's not necessary. This prince doesn't like women who are submissive. Your Madam has brought up Princess Luo very well, so there's no need for you, Lord Shangshu, to worry about it."

"Yes."

"Master Shangshu, remember who is your legitimate daughter and who truly brings honor to you, not someone who ruins your family's reputation."

"I will keep your teachings in mind, Your Highness." Xia Liu didn't dare to refute a word and had to grit his teeth and accept it.

"Also, when I marry Yanyan in the future, the Minister will naturally be my pillar of support. However, the Minister knows the relationship between the ruler and his subjects, and the relationship between the ruler and his subjects is clear in his mind, so I don't need to say more."

"Also, although Princess Luo has not yet married me, she has been named Princess of Anping County. Her status is more noble than that of ordinary princesses. She is not someone that can be stepped on by anyone. I hope that the Minister will remember to give a warning to the people below."

"I understand." Xia Liu responded with gritted teeth.

Mo Yuchen knew that he was dissatisfied, but he didn't care: "I think the Minister has important matters to attend to. I have to go see your wife, so I'll take my leave now."

After saying that, he took Xia Yanxiang out.

"Farewell to Your Highness."

After leaving the front yard, Mo Yuchen stopped to look at the wound on Xia Yanxiang's forehead. It was a little red and swollen, but not serious. "Why didn't you hide for a while?"

Xia Yanxiang suddenly felt a lump in her throat and her eyes turned slightly red, but she didn't say anything.

"What's wrong? Does it hurt? Why don't you say anything?" Seeing that she didn't say anything, Mo Yuchen thought she was really hurt.

"You exposed everything so blatantly. Aren't you afraid of revenge from the Queen and Mo Yuyang?"

"Your Majesty, you actually agreed?" This is what surprised Xia Yanxiang.

In fact, nothing Mo Yuchen did would be enough to make Xia Yanxiang overly worried, but it was this matter.

Mo Cheng has always been wary of Tu Song and Xia Zhibai's power, but now at this critical juncture he has agreed to her marriage with Mo Yuchen.

"What are you afraid of? We'll face it together." Mo Yuchen finally dared to hold Xia Yanxiang's hand openly. "Don't we have to face the cooperation in secret together? Now that we put it in the open, some things will be easier to do."