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

Chapter 38 On the joyous day of marrying the princess, the prince arrives with my investiture ceremony?

Fu Luan immediately stopped smiling. "I'm afraid this is the result His Majesty wanted!"

Upon hearing this, even the talkative Hua Luo fell silent once again.

Fortunately, the investiture ceremony was not as quiet as Hua Luo had feared.

Many noblewomen from the Fu family clan came, as well as many famous ladies and noblewomen from Chang'an who usually associated with Fu Luan.

One after another, kings, nobles and generals arrived... The first one to arrive was Tang Wanqing.

"Hmph, at such a solemn and respectful moment as the investiture ceremony, she actually wore heavy makeup and even had floral decorations! What a vixen!" Tang Shaoqing was still dissatisfied with Fu Luan today.

However, those who were also observing the ceremony were puzzled: "Where is the county magistrate wearing heavy makeup?"

Yes! That stunningly beautiful face was adorned with the most ordinary makeup a young woman could wear.

His colleagues at the Court of Imperial Sacrifices also teased him, saying, "Lord Tang has looked down on the eldest daughter of the Marquis of Chang'an for several years now."

"Your attitude only improved after she became the Crown Princess at the beginning of this year."

"Now that she's divorced the deposed crown prince—oh, now he's the Prince of Youbeiping—you're starting again..."

"Since Lord Tang looks down on the County Lady so much, why do you come to witness the ceremony today, when you are on a rare day off?"

"Even the Ninth Prince and the Western Region Princess..."

As they were talking, the crowd suddenly became restless for some reason; Tang Wanqing's expression immediately changed from disdain to seriousness.

Upon seeing the source of the commotion, he breathed a sigh of relief, but was more puzzled than anything else—it was Yuan Jiu! Yuan Jiu, who was getting married today!

Fu Luan looked up and was puzzled: it was supposed to be his wedding day, yet he wasn't wearing wedding clothes and was holding a cat in his arms...

“I did exactly what you taught me last time, so I assume you already know that…”

"This is my cat, named 'Nuan Nuan,' which I've had for three years. I had a misfortune and left it with a friend. I only picked it up a few days ago."

"Ah Luan, can you take care of it for me for a few days? When we get married, you can bring it with you, okay?" Yuan Jiu said, blushing.

Fu Luan did not take the cat, but smiled and said, "Your Highness is having a joyous occasion today, and you have condescended to attend my investiture ceremony?"

"It's just taking a concubine, what's so 'great joy' about it? The real joy will be on the day of the wedding!" Yuan Jiu said, frowning slightly as he looked at Fu Luan, who was dressed in the court robes of a county magistrate.

The county magistrate's seal and ribbon were worn at her waist, but in Yuan Jiu's eyes, they were far inferior to the crown princess's gold seal and purple ribbon!

"Ah Luan, you'll definitely come when I get married, right?"

Yuan Jiu had already mustered up his courage to say those words, and seeing that Fu Luan remained silent, his face turned even redder.

He turned his face away, not wanting his Ah Luan to see him blushing.

Fu Luan found it both amusing and exasperating. "Your Highness sent me an invitation, so of course I will go."

Yuan Jiu muttered, "I just said last time, who sends invitations to the bride..."

Just as Fu Luan was about to give him some instructions, she saw Yarkand behind him and exclaimed in surprise, "Your princess is getting married today, and you're not here?"

Yarkand bowed and said with a wry smile, "I'm worried about the prince consort!"

"If something were to happen to him on his wedding day, wouldn't the princess become a 'widow' in your Great Wei's parlance?"

With just this one sentence, Fu Luan's face darkened—she suspected that the relationship between Yarkand and Anagui was unusual...

How could such a sudden change escape Yarkand's notice?

“Anagui is my sister, my own sister!” Yarkand hurriedly explained.

He couldn't understand why he, who was always calm and collected when fighting on the battlefield, would become so flustered in front of a young girl from the Central Plains.

He only saw that Fu Luan's expression changed again...

"What, does Your Highness think that I, a horse slave from the Western Regions, am unworthy to be the princess's own brother?" Yarkand said with a wry smile.

Seeing that Fu Luan remained silent, Yarkand sighed, "It was all for your sake, Lady County. That day in Zhaoyang Palace, I made my own people look foolish in public."

Fu Luan then raised an eyebrow and said, "Then why didn't you just tell His Majesty that he offended me?"

Yarkand still smiled bitterly and said, "Although he acts insidiously, according to the rules of the conference, his offense against you did not violate any regulations."

"Even if I said it out loud, it would only make others laugh at me, the county magistrate. That's why I..."

Fu Luan smiled and said, "I know your heart, there's no need to say anything more."

Seeing that Fu Luan and Yarkand were chatting enthusiastically and had forgotten about him, Yuan Jiu felt extremely bitter.

But when he thought about how he was going to take Anagui as a concubine today, how could he possibly criticize Fuluan?

Moreover, she only ever said that she wanted him to become the crown prince again and that she would be the crown princess; she never actually said that she liked him.

Even when she kissed him in the prison of the Ministry of Justice, it was merely out of a desire to "keep her promise"...

As Xiao Jiu was lost in thought, the cat named "Nuan Nuan" in his arms struggled free, leaped up, and pounced on Fu Luan's face...

Just as everyone was about to panic, Fu Luan swiftly grabbed Nuan Nuan around the waist and pulled her into his arms.

She smiled and said, "Nuan Nuan... your father is going to get married! Come, say goodbye to him..."

"Nuan Nuan is very picky about who she's with. I've never seen her be so affectionate with anyone other than me..."

“Even the friend who adopted it…” Yuan Jiu noticed that Fu Luan’s voice and tone had changed when she spoke to Nuan Nuan.

When someone becomes as kind and gentle as if they were coaxing a child, you know you haven't chosen the wrong person.

"Grandma, someone from home said that the banquet at home is ready and they are waiting for you to return!" Hua Luo coughed twice, deliberately interrupting.

"Ah Luan, how I wish it were you who would marry me today..." Yuan Jiu whispered in her ear, knowing that Fu Luan could not stay any longer.

No matter how young and innocent Yuan Jiu may be, he is still a man.

His breath pierced Fu Luan's ears, making her even more aroused than their passionate kiss in prison that day...

"Is that so? Then we'll see if Your Highness has the ability to marry me! I, Fu Luan... am destined to be the Crown Princess;"

"I will never settle for a lifetime in the Prince of Yuyang's mansion for your sake!" Fu Luan was Fu Luan after all; she composed herself and looked at Yuan Jiu.

By following ancestral instructions and the words of the emperor and empress, Yuan Jiu was once her fiancé;

In the future, he will probably, perhaps, possibly, or will be her husband, Fu Luan, but...

Did Yuan Jiu know why his father, the emperor, wanted him to marry Anagui?

Did he know why his father deliberately arranged his marriage and Fu Luan's investiture ceremony on the same day?

He knows nothing!

All he wanted was to marry Ah Luan, the woman he had longed for since childhood;

In his eyes, only Ah Luan was his destined wife...

"You're busy marrying the little vixen today, but I'm also busy going home to prepare to deal with the big vixen in a few days!"

"Isn't that right, Nuan Nuan?" Fu Luan teased the little kitten in the carriage, and Nuan Nuan responded with "meow meow meow".