The Eldest Daughter Reborn: She Provoked the Obsessive Crown Prince and Couldn't Escape

This piece is full of the flavor of the Western Regions;

Meanwhile, Princess Anagui of the Western Regions, dressed in traditional Hu (non-Han) women's clothing, made her entrance surrounded by Hu women, appearing as if she were the moon surrounded by stars.

"It's the Whirlwind Dance again, how boring..."

"Yes, it's always the same Hu Xuan dance. What's so interesting about spinning around like that?"

"They're far inferior to the dancers of our Great Wei!"

"Even the little maids who serve tea and water at Chenghuanfang can dance this now, even more so than this little princess..."

"Hehe, you're even better at dancing now!"

"Shh... Mentioning brothels in front of the Emperor? Are you out of your mind?"

Upon hearing the words "brothel," Fu Luan became interested and silently memorized the name "Cheng Huan Fang" in his mind.

Although these good-for-nothings are vulgar and uncouth, their idle chatter can still be quite useful.

Even after the music ended, the nobles were still exchanging toasts and gossiping.

The Hu women around the princess dispersed with the sound of string and wind instruments, leaving only Anagui in the center of the hall.

Anagui closed her eyes and stood there quietly.

Just as the emperor was about to send someone forward to investigate, three drumbeats were heard, and Anagui's phoenix eyes widened as she began to dance to the sound of the drums.

The drumbeats were accompanied by the clear sound of bells; Fu Luan looked closely and saw that Anagui's skirt was adorned with bells of different sizes.

The sound of the bells had been drowned out by the earlier string and wind instruments; now, with the sound of drums, the bells' clear and crisp sound became apparent.

"Isn't this just the same old whirling dance all over the place?"

"It doesn't seem so... It looks a little better than before..."

"This is the 'Zhezhi Dance,' it's much more beautiful than the Hu Xuan Dance!"

Anagui danced gracefully in the palace, her figure as soft as floating clouds and drifting as willow catkins, displaying the delicate beauty of a woman from the Western Regions.

Fu Luan was stunned.

Anagui, dressed in Hu clothing and dancing, exuded a more exotic charm, making her a hundred times more beautiful than when she wore Han Chinese attire.

If Anagui was previously of average appearance, she was a beauty when dressed in Hu clothing;

And now, dressed in Hu clothing and dancing gracefully, she is the epitome of beauty.

Perhaps she was thinking that this was the Great Wei Dynasty, and that she had come with a mission;

After the two Hu dances, Hu Xuan and Zhe Zhi, Anagui then danced the Han dance "Green Waist".

The emperor praised the gesture repeatedly and rewarded the person handsomely, but he did not mention anything about "marriage alliance" or "peace marriage".

"What, even Third Brother is stunned? Maybe I shouldn't save Xiao Jiu;"

"How about exchanging the title of champion for this little princess and bringing her home to be my third sister-in-law?" Fu Luan teased, seeing that Fu Che's eyes were wide open.

Fu Che blushed and said, "What nonsense are you talking about... I think you're just eager to remarry but too embarrassed to say it, so you're using me as an example."

"Then why are you staring at her like that, like you've never seen a woman before?" Fu Luan said, displeased.

Fu Luan's concerns were not unfounded.

After all, in his previous life, Fu Che had fallen for a woman, and his fate wasn't much better than hers.

In this second life, she not only seeks revenge for herself, but also saves her brothers and the Fu family!

But it's too early to talk about these things now...

What's making Fu Luan most anxious right now is that this banquet seems to be going on forever. She's still waiting to return the token to Yuan Rui and then go see Xiao Jiu!

Logically, after the horse race, the winner would be rewarded, and the envoys and nobles would eat and drink, and that would be the end of it.

Today, not only were there additional rewards for the second and third place winners, but the princess from the Western Regions was also asked to perform three dances.

She had been away from her seat for a long time just now because she was bothering Yuanlu;

Back at Zhaoyang Palace, the banquet was still going on?

Even the vulgar nobles around him were saying, "How can you make a princess dance in public?"

"I'm afraid the dance was just a pretense; the real purpose is to discuss a marriage alliance..."

As expected, Yarkand stepped forward again to propose marriage between the Western Regions and the Great Wei.

Fu Luan was getting impatient and planned to leave early, since with Fu Che around, no one would dare to make things difficult for her.

Upon hearing this—or more accurately, upon hearing Yarkand's voice—Fu Luan sat back down.

Yarkand's voice seemed to have a certain allure, enticing her to listen to him finish.

But Fu Luan didn't want to admit it.

Yes, Yarkand and Anagui might come in handy on her path of revenge, which is why she values ​​them so much; it's not because of him as a person!

"Your Majesty, the Khan wishes to present Princess Anagui of the Western Regions to the Great Wei in order to forge an eternal alliance..." Yarkand bowed respectfully.

Anagui was the ninth daughter of the Khan and Khatun of the Western Regions, and had eight older brothers.

She has longed for the culture of the Central Plains since childhood, and now she is sixteen years old...

After listening, the Emperor remained silent for a long time, and then smiled and said, "It is very good that the Western Regions have the intention to form a marriage alliance."

"However, a marriage alliance cannot be formed by one party alone. The Great Wei is currently facing a shortage of princesses of marriageable age."

"Not to mention my daughters, there are no suitable ones among my sisters either."

“The princess from the Western Regions is of the highest rank and most precious. Our Great Wei cannot simply fool her with a princess from the imperial clan.”

"Yarkand, what do you say, is it or isn't it?"

"Your Majesty, a few years ago Princess Chengxian of the Great Wei went to the Western Regions."

"The Khan is not an unreasonable person. There is no reason for him to allow the Great Wei to produce another princess this time. Please rest assured, Your Majesty."

"The Western Regions' tribute of Anagui was solely intended to enhance the friendship between the Great Wei and the Western Regions, and had no other purpose."

“The Great Wei need not send a princess; they only need to marry my little princess,” Yarkand replied fluently, as if he had been prepared for this.

The Emperor pondered for a moment and said, "Since that's the case, then I will choose a suitable prince to be Anagui's husband..."

Yarkand added, “Absolutely not, Your Majesty! In diplomatic relations between our two countries, it has always been the monarch who marries the woman presented as a tribute.”

"It seems that having the princes do it now is..."

The Emperor smiled enigmatically, "Oh? What's going on now?"

"Could it be that your princess, at such a young age, has taken a fancy to this old man like me?"

The emperor's words made the nobles want to laugh but dare not.

In fact, the emperor is only thirty-three years old this year;

He was both scholarly and martial, handsome and dashing, far from being considered a "middle-aged man".

Anagui changed back into her pale yellow Han-style clothing and returned to Zhaoyang Palace, saying sweetly:

"Your Majesty, I am willing to sacrifice myself to solidify the friendship between the Great Wei and the Western Regions..."

An uproar erupted at the table.

Anagui's meaning was crystal clear—she wanted to marry the emperor of the Great Wei!

As for rank...

Although the position of empress had been vacant for many years, it was impossible for her, a woman from a foreign land, to become empress.

Moreover, the Emperor and his wife were extremely loving.

On the first and fifteenth of each month, the days when the Empress would attend to him, he would enter the Changqiu Palace, where the Empress resided, alone to remember his deceased wife.

It is said that in the past, some concubines would take advantage of this and deliberately stroll around the Changqiu Palace on the first or fifteenth of the month to create chance encounters with the emperor.

After being discovered by the Emperor, she was directly demoted from one of the Nine Concubines of the Fifth Rank to a Lady of the Ninth Rank.

Now, many years have passed, and she has never been promoted in rank...

How could a sixteen-year-old girl possibly break the bond between the Emperor and Empress?