After reading my mind, Daddy, why don't you smile?

It turned out to be like this...

No wonder……

He was panicked, anxious and a little scared.

Could it be that Princess Huai'an made a deal with the demon to harm her brother?

No, he has to tell his eldest brother the truth!

He wanted to tell his elder brother immediately, but the world was so unpredictable. If he didn't meet Princess Cheng Qian later, he would tell his elder brother everything he heard.

The magnificent palaces and the maids walking back and forth like fairies are extraordinarily gorgeous, but none of them can be as captivating as that beautiful figure.

Every frown and smile is full of unparalleled beauty.

She was placed on the high platform, lowering her eyes and glancing down gently, cold but playful, but he felt that at that moment he had a connection with her. He understood her. She was the most noble and favored princess in the Great Chu, enjoying an honor that even the crown prince had never had. But she felt tired, she didn't like it. She liked freedom, liked unrestrained jokes. Her noble status was her shackles, and she longed to be saved and cared for.

If possible, he would like to hold her in his hands and provide for her devoutly for the rest of his life.

He suddenly understood his elder brother's obsession, understood the hypocritical words used by literati, and understood what a beautiful woman like a flying dragon and a stunning swan was.

This is how Princess Chengqian should be.

Throughout the entire banquet, he secretly glanced at Princess Cheng Qian more than once, and his heart began to beat wildly and his face turned red. Every glance triggered countless fantasies in him. To be frank, he even decided on the name of their child.

However... all the fantasies seemed to be poured with a bucket of cold water after hearing the conversation between his father and Queen Hyomin, and all the heat in his body dissipated.

He heard his father ask Empress Xiaomin, "Princess Chengqian is of marriageable age, is there any young man you like?" "I know that the prince is on good terms with the Empress's nephew, but would the Empress want to take another look?"

The families of ministers in the court are full of handsome, talented, both civil and military men with noble character. Even if they are selected from this year's candidates... I heard that this year's third place winner is good-looking, but the number one winner seems to be even better-looking!

His father almost gave out his brother's name.

How could Queen Hyomin not know?

Queen Hyomin smiled faintly, glanced at her father, and said, "Let's go to the Japanese palace to summon the top scholar and see."

When his father heard that there was a chance, he couldn't help laughing.

But he almost cried in such an occasion.

My eldest brother is going to discuss marriage with Princess Chengqian.

It is true that the eldest brother and Princess Chengqian are destined to be together. Even though the eldest brother's love has been diverted by someone else, after many twists and turns, they can still be together.

If he had known this an hour ago, he would have sincerely blessed his elder brother.

But now...

He just wanted to find a deserted corner and cry his heart out.

After the banquet, he returned to the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion, but his eldest brother had not returned yet. He was so sad that he could not sleep all night.

Until dawn, the eldest brother came back with a tired face. He must have been looking for something all night. He wanted to tell his eldest brother the truth, but when his eldest brother saw him, he smiled tiredly and asked, did you have fun last night?

When I become a high-ranking official, I will take you wherever you want to go.

The eldest brother knew his situation. He could not go against his mother's wishes, but he had to make her happy in his own way.

He thought at that time that he also wanted to make his elder brother happy.

But how can I make my elder brother happy?

What would happen if I told the truth rashly?

He couldn't help but ask, Brother, do you like Princess Huai'an very much?

The eldest brother was stunned for a moment, then smiled and nodded.

He thought, no matter what Princess Huai'an did, his brother loved her now. Even if he told the truth, what would it change?

Big brother doesn’t love Princess Chengqian anymore.

Perhaps, this is the opportunity given to him by God.

If...if...eldest brother could get his wish and marry the Princess Huai'an he loved, he would have a chance.

After thinking it over again and again, he finally kept it a secret.

He just seemed to tell his eldest brother unintentionally that his father intended for him to marry Princess Cheng Qian.

When the eldest brother heard this, his eyes were a little dazed for a moment. He was startled, but then he waved his hand nonchalantly and said, everyone knows the relationship between Princess Chengqian and the boy from the Wei family. The Queen Mother will not allow it.

He asked again, what if the Queen agreed?

If the Queen does not agree, what if the Emperor grants the marriage based on the relationship between my father and the Emperor?

The eldest brother took it seriously now and his face became more serious.

However, the eldest brother was very filial and would never question their father, asking why he wanted to marry Princess Chengqian? It was even more impossible for him to go to the Queen to refuse the marriage. As soon as he entered the court, he had to offend the Queen and the Princess. His career was over.

The only solution now...My eldest brother is very smart. He asked for permission to go to the battlefield as a lieutenant general in an attempt to avoid the arranged marriage.

Before leaving, the eldest brother was in the study, instructing Yu Xi to pack his bags, and he caught a glimpse of the jade pendant at a glance.

It was casually placed on the table by my eldest brother.

There is a small word "ying" engraved in the patterns of the jade pendant. If you don't look carefully, you can't notice it at all.

He picked up the jade pendant and asked casually, "Brother, this jade pendant looks unfamiliar, where did it come from?"

The eldest brother glanced at the jade pendant in his hand, then took it over, raised his eyebrows and examined it for a while, then said in a very intriguing tone, "It belongs to a young eunuch with red lips and white teeth, but I guess..." The eldest brother weighed the jade pendant in his hand, narrowed his eyes and smiled, "The prince said it belonged to a young eunuch, but how could a young eunuch have such a good jade?"

"You can still openly gamble on crickets in the palace?"

"You lost money and you still go to the prince to borrow money?"

"How many heads?"

"It is most likely our great prince..."

As the eldest brother spoke, he curled the corners of his lips wickedly and naturally stuffed the jade pendant into his arms.

When he looked at his elder brother's expression, he actually felt that his elder brother still liked Princess Cheng Qian, because when he talked about Princess Cheng Qian, his eyebrows were still so dancing...

He felt a little awkward, so he asked, "Brother, since you like Princess Huai'an, it's not good for you to hold Princess Chengqian's jade pendant, right?"

Aren’t you afraid that Princess Huai’an will be unhappy?

But my eldest brother said with confidence that she took a bag of silver from me and the jade pendant was used as collateral, and Huai'an was also there at the time.

Oh, so brother kept the jade pendant in order to get the money back.

He thought to himself deceivingly.

If you deceive yourself once, you will do it countless times afterwards.

After that, he studied even harder. He thought, if he also became the top scholar, would he also be qualified to marry Princess Cheng Qian?

If the eldest brother is unwilling, he can do it for him.

But later, the dream woke up again.

The imperial decree granting marriage to my eldest brother and Princess Chengqian was delivered to the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion.

Princess Huai'an was married to the Xiongnu.

The eldest brother's hatred for Princess Chengqian reached its peak.

He secretly thanked his luck that he didn't tell his elder brother the truth, otherwise his elder brother would be even more angry.

The eldest brother wanted to refuse the marriage, and got drunk and had a fight with his father.

His father didn't understand at all and was surprised throughout the whole process, but he understood that his father originally thought that the imperial edict was for his son to marry his childhood sweetheart, but when it came down, it was met with accusations.

The father beat his eldest brother, asked the servants to carry the drunk eldest brother back to the room, and then cursed Princess Huai'an in the ancestral hall, saying that this vicious woman must have bewitched his son.

He stood silently behind his father and tried to ask in a considerate tone, "Father, if your eldest brother is unwilling to marry Princess Cheng Qian, your son... can do it for you."