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Chapter 931 Wu Yuanhua

Being stared at like this, Wu Yuanhua was also very upset. She had been beautiful since she was young. People in the Tang Dynasty generally got married early, often when girls were twelve or thirteen years old, just showing some feminine features.

She will be betrothed to someone else and get married early.

Because of Wu Yuanhua's extraordinary beauty, her family developed a greater ambition to send her to the palace to win the emperor's favor and bring special honor to the family.

Therefore, after she was twelve years old, she was kept in seclusion and not allowed to see anyone, so as to avoid attracting the covetousness of other powerful people and asking for favors.

It was not until this year, when she turned fourteen, that the girl's appearance and figure were fully brought out, showing her charming and flawless perfection, that her family prepared to let her participate in this year's embroidery selection.

Although Wu Shigui was born into a merchant family, he was a man no less capable than Lu Buwei, with a long-term vision and seeking to enter the officialdom through business.

He invested in Li Yuan early on, spent all his family wealth to help Li start an uprising in Taiyuan. Later, he was awarded the title of Duke of Ying by Li Yuan for his merits, and was promoted to the high positions of Minister of Works and Governor of Jingzhou in the Tang Dynasty.

The children of military families, both boys and girls, received a good education and were well-read in poetry and books since childhood.

Wu Yuanhua was proficient in music, chess, calligraphy, and painting, and was outstanding in poetry and songs. However, she was not passionate about these skills to please people. Instead, she was familiar with history books and was very interested in the power struggles among kings, princes, and generals in all dynasties.

In her opinion, those skills are just stepping stones for her to enter the core of power and get close to the emperor. Assisting the emperor, governing the world, strategizing, and winning battles thousands of miles away are the goals she wants to pursue most in her heart.

But who knew that when she had made all the preparations to stand out in this year's embroidery selection and enter Li Shimin's sight, an imperial edict came to the Wu family, stating that the emperor wanted to adopt her as his adopted daughter and make her a princess. When the Wu family received the edict, everyone was immersed in this joy that came out of nowhere.

Wu Yuanhua's heart sank. In her opinion, there was a trap behind the pie that fell from the sky.

Sure enough, the eunuch who announced the decree changed the topic and announced that she would marry the Turks as Princess Wucheng to establish an alliance between the two families.

Then came a host of rewards, including large amounts of gold, silver, jewelry, and jade treasures. Her mother, Yang, was granted the title of Lady of Imperial Concubinehood, and her two brothers, Wu Yuanqing and Wu Yuanshuang, were granted the title of Bachelor of the Hanlin Academy and appointed as seventh-rank officials of the Ministry of Rites, thus marking their first step into officialdom.

Even if Wu Yuanhua was sent to the palace and was favored by Li Shimin and named a talented person according to the original trajectory, the benefits brought to the Wu family would be no more than this. Therefore, the Wu family was ecstatic and received the imperial edict with joy.

In addition, the three Wu sisters were not born to the same mother as Wu Yuanqing and Wu Yuanshuang. Among the wealthy families, the Wu brothers were legitimate children and could inherit Wu Shigui's title, while the Wu sisters were illegitimate children and their family status was similar to that of a housekeeper in the mansion.

Having gained the benefit, the sister's role had been completed, and she was married far away on the grassland. It was highly likely that they would never meet again, so everyone stopped paying attention to Wu Yuanhua.

Wu Yuanhua was an unmarried woman and had no power to resist the imperial edict from the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty. Then the eunuchs and maids in the palace took Wu Yuanhua to the palace and gave her a simple and hasty instruction in etiquette.

She was stuffed into a bridal sedan and sent to the prairie thousands of miles away.

In the meantime, there were some inexplicable people who came to ask him for information about the Right Wise King. Poor Wu Yuanhua was a girl from a wealthy family who rarely went out of the house. How could she know the Right Wise King?

After Wu Yuanhua's understanding, he realized that the grassland is no longer ruled by Jie Li, but is instead ruled by a man known as the Right Wise King. This man is now the most powerful man on the grassland, with a million cavalry under his command.

Now the troops are pressing on the Yellow River, posing a huge threat to the Tang Dynasty.

The court wanted to negotiate with the Right Wise King and use her as a princess, just like Princess Yicheng in the Sui Dynasty, to buy time and opportunity for the Tang Dynasty to endure hardships. The person she wanted to marry was the notorious Right Wise King.

As the daughter of a duke, Wu Yuanhua never thought that she would play such a role. She lamented her fate of marrying a Turkic man who ate raw meat and drank blood like a beast on the grassland, and felt that the world was changing and people were helpless.

As for what kind of person her future husband would be, the little girl, who was only fourteen years old, had no idea. She only heard the dowry maids and eunuchs around her say that the Right Wise King was tall and strong.

It has a green face and fangs, like an evil ghost. It can tear tigers and leopards in half and eat babies alive.

Just a few words made this cute yet strong little girl imagine a wild and bear-like image of a wild beast in the wild. The frightened girl was trembling with fear and she had countless nightmares along the way.
Wu Yuanhua had not eaten since entering the 'bridal chamber' out of courtesy. Her stomach was rumbling. There were a lot of food and wine on the round table in front of her, and there were many servants standing beside her. She was so hungry that she didn't dare to reach out to take anything.

While thinking.
Suddenly, the servants' whispers quieted down, and then there was the sound of rustling footsteps. The people in the tent seemed to have retreated, and a pair of heavy footsteps slowly approached him.

Wu Yuanhua's heart tightened, his two white jade hands tightly grasped the mandarin duck cotton handkerchief, and his eyes became tense.

Through the tassels under the veil, I saw a pair of deer boots and the hem of a fine cloud-patterned robe before my eyes. Then, a bright light appeared in front of my eyes, and the veil was taken off.

Wu Yuanhua opened his big eyes like the bright moon and looked at the clouds. A tall and handsome young man was standing in front of him.

He was not the wild beast-like primitive man that he had imagined, but rather a young man from a noble family in the Central Plains. Looking closely, the man had a face like a jade crown, eyes like bright stars, temples like knife-cut, eyebrows like ink painting, nose like hanging gallbladder, and a warm smile on his face. Standing there, his clothes fluttering, as quiet as pine and cypress, his temperament was extraordinary and otherworldly, exuding a unique charm, and he was quietly looking at him.

Wu Yuanhua's pretty face turned red and she couldn't help but lower her head.

Then, as if seeing the teasing smile on the other person's face, Wu Yuanhua raised his head and boldly looked at Li Yan, blaming him: "Who are you? You are so bold. Do you know where this place is and who I am?"

"How dare you break into this place and remove the veil without permission? If the Right Wise King finds out, I'm afraid he won't forgive you."

After saying that, Wu Yuanhua reached out, snatched the red veil from Li Yan's hand and prepared to put it on his head again: "I see you are also from the Central Plains, it is not easy to survive in this place where foreign races are rampant. Get out quickly, I will pretend that you have never been here?"

Li Yan was stunned. Looking at the other person's expression, he didn't know that he was the Right Wise King.

With a light laugh, Li Yan snatched the veil and said, "Why, are you so sure that I am not the Right Wise King?"

The news that the Right Wise King was a Han Chinese from the Central Plains was not known to the public. Only the middle and high-level officials of the Tang Dynasty knew about it. The court would not deliberately publicize such matters to the outside world to prevent some frustrated people in the Central Plains from going there to surrender. Therefore, ordinary people did not know that the Right Wise King was a Han Chinese.

"Haha, do you think that I am a little girl and have never seen the world?"

Wu Yuanhua's face was like a full moon, and she smiled. Her hair, which was decorated with gold, silver and jade ornaments and looked extremely luxurious, swayed slightly. She had rings and pendants, a fair face, and was infinitely elegant in the wind. The whole tent was like a bright light blooming, full of brilliance.

Seeing such a charming smile and listening to such a sweet and clear voice, Li Yan also felt as if the world was becoming brighter.

The beauty of the empress was like a masterpiece of nature. Her skin was fair and smooth, her face was round, her curves were soft, and her facial features were extremely beautiful. The combination of these features was flawless, easily exceeding the limits of Li Yan's imagination.

There is a spirit in his eyes, like a spring gurgling, his expression is like the moonlight flowing down, and there is a faint haziness in his eyes. Sitting there, like a flowing cloud, like the blowing wind, giving people a misty and ethereal feeling, as if he wants to float away.

A wedding dress embroidered with a golden phoenix wrapped around her slender and curvy body. Her head was slightly raised, and her swan-like neck looked smooth and beautiful.

Perhaps it was because he knew that this woman would reach the pinnacle of power in the future, a level that no woman had been able to reach for thousands of years, and would rule the world.

Li Yan always felt that Wu Yuanhua's graceful and elegant appearance exuded a faint majesty.

The combination of this supreme power and the ethereal temperament of the woman in front of him, as if she were a fairy from heaven, created a unique charm that made Li Yan, a man who had lived three lives and whose mentality had long been calm, feel calm.

Just like a young boy, he was feeling uneasy and even felt that he couldn't bear to desecrate it.

The girl with a pretty smile on her face saw that Li Yan was choked for a moment, and thought that she had revealed the truth, so she smiled triumphantly.

She looked at Li Yan with her beautiful eyes and said confidently, "Although you have a beard, you are obviously from the Central Plains. If you were pretending to be someone else, I might not have guessed it. But you dare to pretend to be the Right Wise King. You are really brave."

"Who told you that a Han Chinese cannot be the Right Wise King of the Turks?"

Li Yan stood proudly with his hands behind his back, instantly stunning Wu Yuanhua. He looked at the man with a look of surprise. The man was as solid as a deep abyss and a mountain, with a solemn and heavy temperament. He opened his cute mouth with an incredible expression, which made Li Yan's heart waver again.

Seeing the future empress with a fairy-like appearance in front of him, Li Yan felt the excitement of a naive boy in front of his favorite girl, and it seemed that his mentality also became younger.

"Come with me."

He stepped forward, grabbed Wu Yuanhua's hand, and before the girl could react, he dragged Wu Yuanhua out of the tent.

The servants and maids at the door knelt down and saluted. Li Yan pulled the girl wearing a phoenix coronet and bridal robe through the lines of guards.

Wherever he passed, the guards bowed and saluted.

Li Yan snatched a horse from the guard, carried Wu Yuanhua onto the saddle, and with a wave of the whip, the horse rushed out like a flash of lightning.

Then the guards in the king's tent also hurriedly mounted their horses and followed him out.

(End of this chapter)