Douluo: Purple Brilliance Shines, Sun, Moon, Mountains and Rivers Are Forever

Chapter 19 Marriage Grant
"Your Majesty, when the battle report first arrived, weren't you full of praise for His Highness, praising him for his courage in employing his troops and his bravery in capturing the bandit leader?"

"If I just blindly praise him, what good will it do him? If I don't point out his many inappropriate aspects, he won't know about them."

After returning victorious, Xu Tiance was scolded instead, and his face turned bitter.

Hearing this, he immediately complained, "Father, please forgive me for talking back. Since I came back to pay my respects to you, it's been so long, and you haven't said a word of praise, only suggestions."

Kong Deming stroked his beard with his hand and chuckled silently.

The Sun and Moon Emperor coughed strategically, "I'm reminding you of this for your own good. Don't be ungrateful."

"Yes, I thank you for your advice, Father."

"Yes, yes. You have contributed to the suppression of this rebellion. Tell me, what reward do you want?"

"Father, fighting for the country and sharing your worries is my duty. As a child of the royal family, every stitch and thread in my body was given by you, Father. How dare I ask for any more rewards?"

"Since that's the case... then I will fulfill your loyalty."

"Hehehe, Father, I haven't finished what I want to say."

"Oh? What else do you want to say?"

"As the saying goes, merit must be rewarded, and faults must be punished. Only by clearly distinguishing between rewards and punishments can we motivate the good men of our empire to continue expanding our territory for our father and repaying his kindness."

"You little bastard, after all this talk and all this twists and turns, you just want the reward you deserve."

"If your Majesty wants to reward me, I dare not refuse."

"You, when will you be more mature and steady?"

The Sun and Moon Emperor placed the chess piece in his hand into the gilded chess box and picked up the porcelain cup beside him. "Whatever reward you want, just tell me. Don't be polite to me."

"Father, I wish to go to the front lines of the Mingdou Mountains and engage in a real clash with the Xingluo Empire."

Kong Deming looked up at Xu Tiance. It was no wonder that the Sun and Moon Emperor kept calling him a "brat". It seemed that his father had been talking for a long time and it was obvious that he didn't want to let him take risks on the battlefield, but his son didn't listen at all.

The Sun and Moon Emperor had long been accustomed to this. He took a sip of tea and said, "I thought you, a stinky boy, would use your military merits to get me to grant you a marriage."

"Father, what do you mean by an arranged marriage? What are you talking about?"

"Still pretending? Keep pretending if you can! Do you think I know nothing about the woman you brought back?"

Xu Tiance scratched his head embarrassedly, "Father, so you already know everything."

"Hmph, in this Ming capital, is there anything that can be hidden from me?"

"I admit that there is indeed such a person. Her name is Luo Xinyao, and I met her by chance when I attacked Munster City. I have a good impression of her and want to keep her by my side."

"Yes, but I can only be your concubine at best. Don't even think about becoming your imperial consort."

Um, actually... I never thought about it that way.

The prince's wife usually has certain political purposes, and even the prince himself cannot influence it. The marriage is entirely decided by the Sun and Moon Emperor.

Luo Xinyao is indeed very beautiful, sexy and seductive, otherwise Xu Tiance would not have been attracted to her at first sight.

She is beautiful, and has a good character and abilities, but she also has many stains and problems, and her background is not prominent, so she should just be a dodder that depends on him. Xu Tiance has no intention of forcing her to a level that is not suitable for her.

"Thank you, father." Then, the Sun and Moon Emperor took out a scroll from his storage soul guide and handed it to Xu Tiance.

"Open it and see for yourself."

Xu Tiance, suspicious, opened the scroll and saw a lifelike figure of a young girl in red, stepping on frost. Her long, wine-red hair flowed to her waist like freshly brewed grapes, tied into a flowing bun with a snow-white satin ribbon. Her ice-blue eyes were filled with the gleam of a cold spring, and the cinnabar mole at the corner of her eye shone a vibrant color on her delicate, plain face.

"Father, who is this?"

"Don't worry about who she is. Just tell me whether her appearance is pleasing to you."

"Not bad, she's pretty cute."

"As long as she's caught your eye, that's good. If nothing unexpected happens, she'll be your future imperial consort. This time, we'll be participating in the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Soul Fighting Competition together. You two should get along well, get to know each other better, and strengthen your relationship."

"Father, you seem to have made a big decision!"

"I'm not asking for your opinion. If you have a concubine, it's no longer a child. Since it's no longer a child, the matter of the imperial concubine should be settled as soon as possible. Even if we don't get married now, it is very necessary to set up an engagement."

"Is this...this reasonable?"

Kong Deming intervened, "Your Highness, His Majesty has carefully selected your Imperial Consort. She is the granddaughter of the Red Dust Hall Master. She possesses exceptional talent, background, appearance, and character. She is of similar age to your Highness, and both are contemporary geniuses. You two should have much in common to talk about."

"The granddaughter of the Red Dust Hall Master, so she must be Meng Hongchen!"

Meng Hongchen, whose martial soul is Zhu Qing Bing Chan, is an ice-attributed and extremely poisonous soul beast. She is already a five-ring soul king at a young age. She and her brother Xiao Hongchen are known as the rare geniuses of the Sun and Moon Empire.

Her grandfather is the dean of the Sun and Moon Royal Soul Instructor Academy, the master of Mingde Hall, Jing Hongchen, whose martial soul is a toad and whose title is "Toad". He is a ninth-level soul instructor.

"It seems I really didn't choose the wrong person. Even you, a brat who hangs out all day and doesn't even go to college, have heard of her. I think she is indeed very suitable to be your imperial concubine."

"Father, before granting the marriage, shouldn't you also symbolically ask for the opinion of the Red Dust Hall Master?"

To put it nicely, it is an arranged marriage. To put it bluntly, it is to make Jing Hongchen and the Hongchen family behind him start to take sides.

If Meng Hongchen really married Xu Tiance, then the two would naturally become a community of shared interests, sharing both gains and losses.

The Sun and Moon Emperor looked confident as he picked up the teacup and sipped his tea leisurely.

"Master Hongchen has no objection."

"Can I have it there, my lord?"

Upon hearing this, the Sun and Moon Emperor shot a malicious look at him, causing Xu Tiance to swallow back the words he had not finished.

It’s not that Xu Tiance disliked Meng Hongchen, but he remembered that Meng Hongchen seemed to be a face control. She fell in love with Wang Dong, who was disguised as a man, at first sight in this competition. Later, she even chased him to Shrek Academy for love, but unfortunately it was destined to end in vain.

He had no shortage of beautiful women, so there was no need for him to get involved in other people's complicated emotional entanglements. He should have more time to recruit and build his career.

The Sun and Moon Emperor put down the porcelain cup, and the tea inside spilled out because of his rough movement.

"You little brat, if you two weren't of similar age, do you think you would be able to get a good woman like this?"

Yes, yes, yes. If she had been born ten years earlier, her child would be old enough to help with cooking and it would not be my turn.

(End of this chapter)