The Year of Lihua: She Was Reborn

"This old minister begs Your Majesty to revoke your order! The sinful daughter Hua Ye is of low status and cannot possibly match our extremely noble and outstanding Crown Prince..."

As General Hua spoke, he kowtowed several times. Blood had already begun to seep from his forehead, but he seemed unaware and continued to plead.

"This old minister really doesn't want to see that sinful woman Hua Ye become the Crown Princess. I hope Your Majesty will think twice!"

When the emperor heard this, his headache seemed to get even worse. He couldn't help but put his hand on his forehead and rubbed his temples vigorously, trying to relieve the discomfort.

After a long while, the emperor finally spoke: "I will not take back this imperial decree granting the marriage. If my prince is willing to cancel the engagement, then this matter will naturally be dropped. But Li'er..."

Having said this, the emperor suddenly stopped talking, looking as if he wanted to say something but hesitated, his brows tightly furrowed, and finally he slowly closed his eyes and said no more.

"Your Majesty, I, your humble servant..." When the words came to his lips, General Hua hesitated and stopped talking.

At this time, the emperor's face became more and more ugly, so gloomy that it seemed as if water could drip out.

"General Hua, please step aside! Your Majesty is already a little tired..."

Manager Yu, who had been standing silently by the side, suddenly stepped forward, stretched out his hand to stop General Hua, and at the same time secretly winked at him, as if to signal him not to continue speaking.

Seeing this, General Hua, although still unwilling in his heart, stopped talking obediently.

He knew that there must be a hidden purpose behind Manager Yu's actions, and the Emperor was clearly in a bad mood. If he forcibly sought an order to cancel the engagement, it would probably only cause more trouble.

General Hua then kowtowed deeply and said respectfully, "Your Majesty is tired, so I will take my leave first... Thank you for your kindness and forgiveness!"

At this moment, a sharp light suddenly flashed in the emperor's lowered eyes, and his originally gentle eyes instantly became cold and ruthless, full of murderous intent.

He stared intently at General Hua, who was kneeling on the ground, and said in an icy tone, "Now that things have come to this, I don't want to hear any more requests to revoke my order! If there is a next time, I will punish you severely and charge you with disobeying my order!"

The emperor's words made the atmosphere in the entire palace extremely tense. Everyone held their breath and dared not make a sound.

General Hua naturally felt the pressure from the emperor. He trembled all over and kowtowed to express his gratitude, saying that he would definitely obey the emperor's order.

"I obey your command!" General Hua's voice was trembling, and he was obviously very scared.

He knew very well that although Emperor Li Chong cared about the world, he usually ruled the country with "benevolence", recruited wise ministers and generals, and was good at listening to opinions from all sides.

But as the ruler of a country, holding a high position, he must have some iron-blooded tactics and ruthless means. Today's incident is the best proof of this.

"Then step back!"

The emperor suppressed the murderous intent in his eyes, lowered his gaze and stared at the bloodstains coughed out on the handkerchief in his hand, his eyes dimmed again.

"I'm taking my leave!" General Hua slowly stood up, clasped his hands together in salute, then took a few steps back before turning around and following Chief Steward Yu out of the door of the imperial study.

"General Hua, considering you have been an official for decades, I will tell you something!"

Manager Yu lowered his voice and spoke softly, so that only the people standing next to him could hear clearly.

"Thank you for telling me, eunuch, so I can prepare for the worst. Hua Ye is very stubborn. I'm afraid she would rather die than marry the prince and be the princess!"

General Hua's face was gloomy and there was a big bump on his forehead, which made his originally majestic and murderous face look a little weird and ridiculous.

"In fact, the Emperor was not originally interested in having the daughter of a military commander become the Crown Princess. This marriage was only achieved after the Crown Prince accompanied the Emperor in playing chess for several days and even kowtowed and prayed."

"No wonder His Majesty refuses to budge, insisting only that the matter can be annulled if the Crown Prince agrees..."

General Hua couldn't help but mutter to himself. The belief in compromise in his heart, which had been somewhat shaken, seemed to be rekindled by something at this moment, becoming stronger and stronger.

He had witnessed with his own eyes the look in Prince Li Li's eyes when he looked at his daughter. It was an emotion that was difficult to describe in words. It seemed like he was obsessed to the extreme, but also seemed to have some forbearance and restraint.

"General Hua, I'm sorry I can't see you off. Please take care!"

Manager Yu said softly, while switching the whisk in his hand to the other side and then stopped moving forward.

"Thank you, Manager Yu!"

General Hua quickly returned the greeting, then straightened his body and walked out of the gate of Chengqian Hall with firm and righteous steps.