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

The only thing people could guess and discuss was Anagui's rank after entering the palace;

And how could a young girl of sixteen have the "courage" to publicly "arrange a marriage" for herself?

Fu Luan glanced disdainfully at her retreating figure—

This little princess speaks to the emperor with much more respect, a completely different attitude from how she treated him at the horse farm!

"No wonder she spoke with such certainty that she could become the Empress of the Great Wei and be superior to me in the future."

"So this is what you were waiting for? What a pity... I'm afraid the Emperor of our Great Wei will not grant your wish!" Fu Luan sneered inwardly.

Sure enough, the Emperor laughed and said, "Oh? I'm afraid I'll have to disappoint the princess."

"I am old enough to be a princess's father!"

"I imagine your father would be reluctant to let his precious daughter marry a man only a few years younger than him."

"After much thought, I believe that my son Yuan Jiu, who has just regained his freedom, is a good match for you, Princess. It is a very good match."

"He is the ninth in line, and the princess is also the ninth in line; in terms of age... he is seventeen and the princess is sixteen; in terms of status, he is a prince and you are a princess."

"Once he is made a king, the princess will be the queen consort of the Great Wei, and will naturally be of unparalleled nobility."

The others were alright, but Fu Luan was completely stunned when he heard Yuan Jiu's nickname.

A warm sensation came from her hands; it was Fu Che's hand covering hers.

There was no need for many words between the siblings; Fu Luan could feel her brother's comfort.

"Is Third Brother worried that I'll be jealous? Don't worry. I only saved him because I felt I had done something wrong in the past."

"Who he marries is none of my business," Fu Luan lightly tapped her brother's hand.

"Really? I thought you couldn't let go of the wealth and status of the imperial family and were thinking of 'returning to the palace' and becoming a royal daughter-in-law again!" Fu Che chuckled softly.

Fu Luan snorted, "That's not entirely impossible..."

"I'm worried that you have bad taste in men, like..." Thinking of Yuan Lu, Fu Che laughed so hard he couldn't speak.

“Likewise, my brother’s taste in women isn’t much better either! Let’s not criticize each other!” Fu Luan pinched Fu Che’s arm again.

Joking aside, if the Emperor really lets Anagui marry Xiaojiu, then even if Xiaojiu gets out of the Ministry of Justice prison, he will not be able to become the Crown Prince!

After all, according to the ancestral teachings of the Great Wei Dynasty...

The Great Wei Ancestral Instructions, the Great Wei Ancestral Instructions, the Great Wei Ancestral Instructions! They are all the Great Wei Ancestral Instructions!

What does the ancestral precepts of the Great Wei have to do with the Fu family? What does it have to do with her, Fu Luan?

If only there weren't any ancestral precepts of the Great Wei Dynasty...

Fu Luan was filled with mixed feelings. When her eyes met the Emperor's, she found that he was also looking at her, with a hint of cunning in his eyes.

She remained calm and looked directly into the emperor's eyes until his gaze returned to Anagui.

"There might still be a chance for Yuan Jiu and Ana Gui to change things..." Seeing the Emperor's attitude, Fu Luan was no longer flustered.

On the golden throne, Anagui bit her lip, and the pale yellow camellia in her hair seemed to dim along with her mood.

Before setting foot in the Central Plains, she had never heard of Yuan Jiu's name;

All that is known is that the seventh prince, Yuan Jia, is first-rate in both literature and martial arts, and was enfeoffed as the "King of Longxi" at the age of thirteen for his military achievements.

In recent years, the Western Regions were not peaceful. There was internal strife among the Thirty-Six Kingdoms and external threats from the grasslands. Fortunately, a princess from the Great Wei sought help from the Great Wei.

Only after the Great Wei dispatched troops were the steppe people driven out of the Western Regions. The one who led the troops at that time was Yuan Jia.

Not only that, Yuan Jia also rescued her from the kidnappers of the grassland people.

If only she could marry Yuan Jia, even as a concubine...

Unfortunately, before his departure, his father repeatedly instructed him that if he were to marry, he should marry the Emperor of the Great Wei.

If all else fails, at least marry the Crown Prince! But now…

Although the Western Regions were foreign lands, she was still a little princess cherished by the Khan, the Khatun, and her brothers.

She traveled a great distance to the Great Wei, taking the initiative to propose a marriage alliance, only to be rejected and publicly humiliated...

Thinking of all this, Anagui clenched her fists secretly;

But when she spoke, she still spoke in a sweet, coquettish voice, “Your Majesty, I have admired Your Majesty’s face since I was a child, and I have vowed not to marry anyone but the Emperor of Great Wei.”

"I know that His Majesty is deeply in love with the late Empress. I dare not hope that I, who am of Western Region origin, can become the Empress of Great Wei."

"Even if I were to be the lowest-ranking concubine, or even a female official or palace maid, I would be content... My only wish is to stay by Your Majesty's side for the rest of my life."

"I hope Your Majesty will grant me this small wish..."

After Anagui finished speaking, she kowtowed repeatedly.

"Does the princess mean... she's willing to be a concubine?" The emperor asked with a half-smile.

Anagui replied, "Yes, I am willing..."

"Since the princess is willing to be the Queen Consort of the Great Wei Kingdom and insists on becoming a concubine;

"Then I will grant your wish! I will make you a concubine of the Ninth Prince Yuan Jiu!" the Emperor said with a cold laugh.

In the Great Wei Dynasty, princes and kings had two ranks of concubines with official titles below their principal wives.

The first category is "concubine," the next is "illegitimate concubine," and below that are maids who serve in the inner chambers.

The position of "concubine" had no requirements regarding a woman's family background or origin. For the emperor to make a princess from the Western Regions a concubine for a prince was tantamount to publicly slapping her and the thirty-six kingdoms of the Western Regions in the face.

Anagui's phoenix eyes widened, and she immediately replied, "Your Majesty, I wish to stay by your side, not..."

Yarkand, disregarding etiquette, hurriedly stepped forward and interrupted her: "Your Majesty, can the matter of the marriage alliance be discussed again?"

"Hmph, the Emperor's words are law, how can they be taken back?"

"Wasn't it you who insisted on this marriage alliance, with the princess eagerly offering to become a concubine?"

"Yes! I just arranged for her to marry a princess, but she refused..."

Although the nobles weren't particularly clever, they had long been involved in court affairs and knew how to read the emperor's mood.

They knew that there were some things the emperor couldn't say due to his status, so they took turns making sarcastic remarks.

"Oh? 'Discuss again'? It seems that the Western Regions' desire to belong to the Great Wei is nothing more than this!" The Emperor sneered again.

"The Emperor's attitude toward the Western Regions is indeed not quite right..."

"If it really is because of the Xianbei, then that good-for-nothing Yuan Lu is right!" Fu Luan thought to himself.

Yarkand knelt down and said, "The Western Regions sincerely submit to the Great Wei, and we hope Your Majesty will make a wise decision!"

This time, even the sneer disappeared; the Emperor immediately stopped smiling and said seriously:

"If they are sincerely seeking to attach themselves to us, why is there not a single word about the marriage alliance in the dozens of memorials from the Western Regions?"

"How dare they bring a princess along when they were offering tribute? What are the true intentions of the thirty-six kingdoms of the Western Regions?!"

The hall was completely silent until Anagui's voice broke the silence.

"Your Majesty, please calm your anger. It was I who was ignorant of the rules and longed for the prosperity of the Central Plains."

"I secretly approached Yarkand and asked him to show me the splendor of Chang'an."

"If this trip makes His Majesty doubt the sincerity of the Western Regions, it will be my fault..." Anagui spoke again, but her delicate voice was gone.

Instead, the tone of a foreign princess, who had been carefully cultivated from childhood as a "future concubine of the Great Wei," was adopted.

"Hmph, so she can talk normally after all!" Fu Luan muttered under her breath, rolling her eyes at Anagui's retreating figure.

"Since you are 'sincere,' then we shall obey your decree," the Emperor said in a deep voice.

"But the emperor..."