Long Live the Empress

Yuefu

"Miss, Miss..." Agate exclaimed as he ran into the house.

Yue Jinghao didn't even raise her head as she looked at a notebook. "What's wrong? Why are you making our agate so panicked?"

Agate pointed at the door and said breathlessly: "The Nine...Nine Thousand Years Old is here..."

"Come if you want to. It's not like you haven't been here before..."

Manju stamped her feet anxiously and snatched the book from Yue Jinghao's hand, "Oh, Miss, the Ninth Prince is here to announce the decree!"

Yue Jinghao finally reacted, but before she could say anything, she was pushed in front of the dressing table by Agate and started to dress up.

"Manou, I don't think it's necessary to be like this..." Yue Jinghao felt a headache when she saw Manou holding various jewelry and pointing them at her head.

"What do you mean by not having to? The Ninth Prince has come here with great difficulty, so how can young lady not dress up well?" Manju tried on the jewelry tirelessly, and finally inserted a gold hairpin inlaid with oriental pearls into Yue Jing's hair, and changed her to a pair of pearl earrings before stopping.

Then she put powder on Yue Jinghao, applied lip balm, and matched her clothes... she was busy and having a lot of fun.

It was half an hour later when Yue Jinghao arrived at the front yard...

The masters and servants in the mansion knelt down, and eight guards in flying fish uniforms carried a red sandalwood sedan chair and stood upright in the courtyard. Yan Liyuan leaned on it with his right hand on his forehead and closed his eyes to rest. The warm winter sun shone on Yan Liyuan, forming a halo...

Yue Jinghao was dazzled for a moment...

Yan Liyuan noticed someone was watching him, so he opened his eyes lazily and looked at the person who came. A captivating smile appeared on his distant and cold face.

Yue Hanwen had just been scolded by the old emperor and dared not to provoke Yue Jinghao again, so he tugged at the old lady's sleeve.

The old lady looked back and lowered her voice and said, "Jing'er, why don't you kneel down and accept the order?"

Yue Jinghao was about to kneel, but Yan Liyuan said, "No need. Princess Jing'an is not feeling well. Please stand!"

Yue Jinghao didn't act pretentiously, she just lowered her head and waited.

Princess?

When did Yue Jinghao become a princess?

Without waiting for everyone to think about it, the guards put down the sedan chair. Yan Liyuan walked down slowly, straightened his slightly wrinkled clothes, and opened the imperial edict:

"The Emperor summoned her, saying that Princess Jing'an was beautiful and intelligent, virtuous and talented, and a model of women who could stand tall and proud. She is the model of women who could defend the country. She is named Princess Jing'an and given ten boxes of jewelry, twenty pieces of silk and satin, and a princess's mansion... She is granted marriage to Yan Liyuan, who is nine thousand years old, and the wedding will be held on a chosen date. I decree this..."

The people in the Moon Palace had different expressions, some were surprised, some were happy, and some were contemptuous...

The one who despised her was, of course, Yue Yuyan, who was kneeling on the ground while enduring the pain: Oh, so what if Yue Jinghao is a princess? In the end, she only married a eunuch, how could she compare to being the prince's woman? If the fourth prince ascends to a high position, she will be a concubine, and Yue Jinghao will have to bow to her when she sees her!

Yan Liyuan closed the imperial edict and walked towards Yue Jinghao affectionately, "Princess Jing'an, please accept the edict..."

Yue Jinghao smiled and said, "Your Majesty, I accept your order. Thank you for your grace!"

When Yue Jinghao stretched out her hands to receive the order, Yan Liyuan held her hands...

Yue Jinghao blushed and looked at the people kneeling on the ground...

Everyone was still immersed in this sudden news, so how could they care about Yue Jinghao?

Yue Jinghao stared at Yan Liyuan and said silently: Let me go!

Yan Liyuan didn't let go, but smiled evilly and said, "In three days, I will go to the Princess's mansion to propose marriage..." Wait for me...

Yue Jinghao snatched the imperial edict with all her strength, bowed and said, "Yes, Nine Thousand Years Old..."

Yue Hanwen refused to do this. Now the proposal was not going to the Yue Mansion, but to the Princess's Mansion. What was going on?

Besides, he has been demoted to a minor official of the eighth rank. If he can win over his colleagues through this marriage and have some friendship with the Nine Prince as father-in-law and son-in-law, then let alone returning to the court, even becoming the prime minister again would only be a matter of a word from the Nine Prince!

"Nine Thousand Years Old, I'm afraid this is inappropriate?" Yue Hanwen said boldly.

"Why is it inappropriate?" Yan Liyuan asked in a cold voice without even bothering to look at Yue Hanwen.

"My humble servant and my mother are in good health, and the legitimate daughter of this mansion should be married in Yue Mansion..."

Mother and son are connected by heart, so of course they knew Yue Hanwen’s thoughts, and she also echoed: “I am in good health and can handle my granddaughter’s marriage more than enough, so I won’t bother Your Highness the Princess…”

"Heh..." Yan Liyuan sneered and said, "Have you two forgotten that Princess Jing'an is the daughter of the eldest princess? What does her marriage have to do with the Yue Mansion?"

"..."

The old lady choked, but then said unwillingly: "I know, but Princess Jing'an's surname is Yue after all, and her father is not around when she got married, so it's really..."

"Are you saying, old lady, that Yue Dian Bu covets the eldest princess?" Yan Liyuan's words frightened the old lady so much that she collapsed to the ground.

He was clearly talking about Yue Jing's good marriage, so how did it become like his own son coveting the eldest princess?

"I dare not! I dare not...I have absolutely no such intention..."

"If you don't dare, why did the old lady say something about the biological father? Does Yue Dian Bu want to be on an equal footing with the eldest princess on the wedding day and make this governor and Princess Jing'an kneel down and pay homage to their parents?"

"..."

"My mother is old and her speech is unclear. Please forgive me, Your Majesty!" Yue Hanwen knocked his head loudly, which made Yan Liyuan frown in annoyance.

How could a spineless man like Yue Hanwen give birth to a daughter like Yue Jinghao?

"Since you already know, I will not pursue the matter any further for the sake of Princess Jing'an. If I hear about biological father or Yue Mansion again... Yue Dian Book, you will decide for yourself!"

This is to make Yue Jinghao draw a clear line between herself and the Yue Mansion...

After much difficulty, a golden phoenix appeared in the Moon Palace, but it flew away again...

Yue Hanwen was heartbroken, but he was afraid of Yan Liyuan, so he could only respond...

Yan Liyuan looked at Yue Jinghao again, and he couldn't help but raised his hand to touch Yue Jinghao's head, but was met with a roll of the eyes.

"Ha ha ha ha……"

The smile of success filled everyone's ears, making them tremble all over.

No one dared to stand up until Yan Liyuan got into the sedan chair and left.

"Grandma, please get up quickly..." Yue Jinghao went to help the old lady, but the old lady dodged her.

"Princess Jing'an, you'd better listen carefully to what the Ninth Prince says, and never call me grandmother..." The old lady was swaying as she was helped up by Nanny Zhang. Perhaps because she had been kneeling for too long and was hit hard, she finally couldn't hold on and fainted.