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"Insolence!" The Crown Prince of Dafan shouted sternly, then turned to look at the Emperor, who was still sitting in the main seat. "Your Majesty, is this how your people speak of Dafan? Is this the etiquette of your country?"

The Emperor's expression was unreadable, but he looked at Ling Silang and said in a deep voice, "Lord Qi, be mindful of the rules."

This was a reprimand that was neither too harsh nor too mild.

Ling Silang bowed deeply, kowtowing heavily, his voice filled with grievance, "Your Majesty, Miss Wen and I are already engaged, but the Crown Prince of Dafan, knowing full well that she is engaged, still insists on proposing to marry her. Is this behavior right?"

The Emperor immediately spoke up, “Crown Prince of the Great Barbarians, Minister Qi is right. They are already engaged, so we cannot separate them and let you marry Miss Wen.”

The Crown Prince of Dafan knew that the Da Shun people were protecting each other.

He raised his head and clasped his hands slightly. "Your Majesty, the marriage alliance between our two countries is for a better future. As the Crown Prince of the Great Barbarian Kingdom, I naturally have to choose a suitable person. I have taken a liking to this Miss Wen at first glance. Does the Great Shun Kingdom not have even the slightest bit of sincerity?"

Ling Silang felt that this prince of the Great Barbarians really wanted to die.

Du Mingxian quietly tugged at Ling Silang's sleeve where no one could see. Ling Silang didn't dare turn around, but he understood what Du Mingxian meant.

She was trying to calm herself down and prevent him from being too aggressive.

“Your Majesty, I am engaged to Lord Qi, so it is impossible for me to marry into the Da Fan clan. However, the marriage alliance between Da Shun and Da Fan is a major event. Perhaps… my Wen family has another daughter who is well-educated, polite, and beautiful. My sister Shi Yan is from the same clan as me and shares the same father. We are inseparable. My sister Shi Yan is still unmarried.”

"I wonder if the Crown Prince of the Great Barbarian Kingdom would be willing to marry my sister, so that everyone can be happy."

The Crown Prince of Dafan shook his head immediately, "No, no, no, the one I've chosen is you."

Du Mingxian's lips curved slightly beneath her veil. "Your Majesty, I agree to marry into the Great Barbarian Kingdom as part of a political alliance."

The Emperor frowned. "Have you thought this through?"

"As a citizen of the Great Shun Dynasty and a daughter of the Wen family, it is my duty to serve the Great Shun. I beg Your Majesty's permission."

Du Mingxian's actions surprised and astonished everyone present. They couldn't understand what she meant by being unwilling to marry before, but now she was willing to marry.

Ling Silang's heart jumped into his throat.

Lord Wen sat there lost in thought, as if the person standing in the middle wasn't his daughter. He wasn't in a hurry at all. Many people around him kept glancing at Lord Wen, but he didn't react at all.

After a moment's hesitation, the Emperor spoke, "Crown Prince of the Great Barbarians, have you thought this through? The daughter of the Wen family?"

"Your Majesty, I have thought it through."

The Emperor, after all, cared for his ministers and didn't forget to ask Ling Silang, "Lord Qi, since the parties involved have all agreed to this, perhaps... I should find you a better one in the future."

Ling Silang could only bow his head and express his gratitude, "Thank you, Your Majesty."

The Crown Prince of Dafan was somewhat impatient. "Your Majesty, please announce it to the world directly. I am already quite impatient."

The Emperor waved his hand, "Draft an edict, Great Shun ***." He paused halfway through his sentence, glanced at Du Mingxian, and asked, "What is the name of the eldest daughter of the Wen family?"

"Your Majesty, a name is just a title. It doesn't matter what you are called. I am just a daughter of the Wen family."

With just one sentence, many people present understood the trap in Du Mingxian's words. Even the Emperor, who had just been full of disapproval, suddenly curled his lips upon hearing this.

The imperial edict was issued on the spot, stating that the daughter of the Wen family would be sent to marry a foreign ruler.

When it came time to receive the imperial edict, Du Mingxian did not accept it. "Since ancient times, a woman's marriage has always been arranged by her parents, so naturally I should not be the one to receive this imperial edict."

Lord Wen stood up from his seat and immediately went to receive the imperial edict.

It seemed that the matter was settled at this point: Du Mingxian would be married off to Dafan for a political marriage. Everyone thought so, and many young ladies, upon seeing this scene, were already plotting how to get Lord Qi to marry them.

As Du Mingxian turned around to return to her seat, the veil by her ear just happened to fall off, instantly revealing her appearance to everyone.

The prince of the Great Barbarians had been staring at Du Mingxian, his heart pounding with excitement. Just as he was about to return to his seat with his newly acquired beauty, he noticed that her veil had fallen off.

The face beneath the veil was half beautiful and half extremely ugly.

"You...you..." He was so excited that he couldn't say anything, and a feeling of regret arose in his heart.

Du Mingxian quickly picked up her veil and put it back on. Her eyes flickered, and she softly called out, "Your Highness."

The prince of the Great Barbarian Kingdom was stunned for a while before he reacted. "Your face! You are an ugly monster! How dare you wear a veil to deceive me! I will make you regret this!"

After watching the play all night and letting Du Mingxian do whatever she wanted, Lord Wen stood up, his face very displeased. "Great Barbarian Crown Prince, what is the meaning of this? Do you think I am dead? The Great Barbarian Crown Prince is still on my Great Shun territory, yet he dares to treat my daughter like this. How can I dare to let my daughter marry into the Great Barbarians?"

The prince of Dafan pointed a trembling finger at Du Mingxian and said bluntly, "Such an ugly hag, she still wants to marry into my Dafan? Don't even think about it."

Du Mingxian looked aggrieved, her fingers gripping her clothes tightly. "Your Highness, you were the one who insisted on marrying me, not me. You... and now you're saying these things? Are you going to swallow back what you've already spat out?"

This description disgusted many people, but it was also very apt.

If you like someone and they refuse no matter what, but now you think they're too ugly and refuse to marry them no matter what, isn't that going back on your word?

"No, stop talking nonsense."

Du Mingxian was extremely shy. She reached out and gently touched the scar on her face. "Thank you so much, Crown Prince of Dafan, for not disliking me. I will definitely listen to you when I go to Dafan. It's just that my face... will be like this for the rest of my life. I hope that Crown Prince of Dafan can forgive me."

The Great Barbarian Crown Prince was stiff all over, feeling as if he were being roasted over a fire. "That is true, but women with disfigured faces are not allowed to enter my Great Barbarian harem."

Yes, the rules of the Great Fan's harem can be changed; it's not a difficult task.

"But my face will never heal. I was injured when I was a child, and it's going to stay like this for the rest of my life. The Crown Prince just asked the Emperor to let me marry him. What should we do now?"

Du Mingxian suddenly laughed as she spoke, and said to the Crown Prince of Dafan with a little excitement, "Actually, it's not a big deal. The rules of your Dafan harem are definitely for the people of Dafan. I'm not a person of your Dafan. If I marry into the Dafan, these rules won't affect me."