Rejection of Marriage at the Palace

The eunuch beside the emperor came over and saluted respectfully: "Your Highness, Your Majesty, the Emperor invites His Highness to come over. Today, the daughter of the Li family enters the palace. Your Highness goes over to take a look."

Realizing that he had used the wrong word, he immediately changed his words: "Your Highness, go over and listen. They all say that a woman's voice is also important."

Jiang Lecheng picked up a sunspot and played with it: "Yes, go and have a look. You use your ears and I use my eyes. If the girl from the Li family is really ugly, it will not be too late to refuse the marriage."

The eunuch bowed and said again: "Young Master is right, the Emperor is really worried about His Highness's marriage!"

"It doesn't matter if you don't go. How can a girl from the Li family be so ugly?" Ye Yiheng frowned slightly.

"Indeed, the name of the most ugly woman in the world is well-known." Jiang Lecheng laughed and waved to the eunuch, "You can go down first. Your Highness, I will talk to you here. You will come over later."

Jiang Lecheng was the eldest son of Dingguo Gong, known as the Young Master, and was the prince's companion. The two grew up together and had a deep relationship.

"Yes, thank you young master!"

Seeing the eunuch walking away, Jiang Lecheng stepped back and whispered: "It is said that the miraculous doctor can restore youth, and many children from aristocratic families sent people to look for him in order to become the prince's consort. Why don't we also send people, maybe your eyes can be cured."

Ye Yiheng dropped a son: "Buying fame and fishing for reputation!"

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An hour later, Li Yuyan and Li Zongfa followed the eunuch who announced the decree into the palace to express their gratitude.

In the Hall of Virtue, the emperor sat on a dragon chair, accompanied by a concubine. There was a screen on the lower side of the dragon chair.

Li Yuyan saluted and looked up to see a figure behind the screen, three of them. I guess one of them was the prince. After all, she had a reputation for being ugly, so everyone was curious about how ugly she was.

But it is said that the prince is blind, how should he see?

Or were the other two talking to him?

But at this moment, she always felt that there was a pair of sharp eyes staring at her from behind the screen. Her curiosity aroused, and she would try it out if there was a chance.

As if the Li family had just met Li Yuyan, the emperor and concubines did not expect that the legendary ugly girl was actually in great shape. At the same time, they were curious about why she had to cover her face with a veil.

The emperor cleared his throat: "Why does the little girl of the Li family wear a veil?"

"Back to the emperor, my daughter had spots on her face for some reason, which have not been removed yet. She was afraid of scaring the emperor and the empress, so she wore a veil."

"What kind of spots need to be covered with gauze?" the concubine asked.

In her opinion, it looks like freckles, which are dot-like and do not need to be covered up.

The emperor laughed loudly and said: "A little spot is harmless. The little girl from the Li family can just take off her veil."

The daughter of the Li family who is rumored to be the most ugly girl in the world, except for covering her face, is completely incompatible with ugly girls. Even if her face is really ugly, she will wear a veil every day from now on.

Besides, the prince can't see it, so it's not surprising that he has a few spots.

Li Yuyan said anxiously: "The spots on my face are as big as duck eggs, black and red, and really scary."

After hearing this, the emperor and his concubine became even more curious and insisted on letting her take off the veil.

In desperation, Li Yuyan took off her veil and saluted again: "I am the most ugly girl in the world. I think I have no face to match His Highness. I also ask the Emperor to take back the marriage decree."

These words startled Li Zongfa who came with him. When he turned to look at his daughter's face, he was startled again.

There seemed to be black hairs floating slightly on the ugly patches on his daughter's face. He was so stunned that he froze in place. He finally recovered and immediately knelt down: "Your Majesty, my little girl is ignorant, please forgive me!"

Seeing the face of the daughter of the Li family, even the well-informed emperor was shocked. The spots were really shocking. A good girl turned into an ugly girl just like that!

The emperor looked away and raised his hand to cover it up: "Little girl of the Li family, you'd better put on the veil quickly! The imperial edict of marriage has been issued, how can I take it back?"

After a pause, he felt that his implication was too obvious, so he added: "From now on, you are my daughter-in-law, and no one dares to laugh at you."

Li Yuyan put her veil back on her face, and the corners of her lips moved slightly under the veil. She cursed in her heart. Even the current prince was being laughed at secretly, let alone her?

Anyway, she refused to take back the marriage decree, so she could only make new plans.

Ye Yiheng, who was behind the screen, raised his eyebrows. He hadn't refused the marriage yet, but this woman dared to refuse the marriage before him.

He stood up and bowed to the emperor on the dragon throne: "My son, please retire."

Jiang Lecheng and the young eunuch saluted, and then led Ye Yiheng around the screen.

Seeing the prince appear, Li Zongfa quickly bowed and saluted: "I have seen His Royal Highness the prince."

When he bent down, he kept winking at his daughter, asking her to follow him and bow. His face was already ugly, and being knowledgeable and sensible might save some face.

But he didn't want her to stand with her eyes lowered, as if she hadn't seen him before.

Li Yuyan was carefully distinguishing the smell of medicine that was drifting over.

Even though the smell of the medicine was masked by the incense, she still judged that it was medicine to treat eye diseases.

Ye Yiheng ignored Li Zongfa and went straight out of the hall under the guidance of the eunuch.

For a while, the atmosphere was a little awkward.

The concubine smiled and tried to smooth things over by reminding: "Your Majesty, don't you want to discuss the wedding date with Marquis Li?"

With a wave of his hand, the emperor asked Li Zongfa to follow him to the royal study to discuss the wedding date, leaving Li Yuyan to talk to his concubine.

Li Zongfa was afraid that his daughter who was raised in the mountains would be ignorant and lose her etiquette again, so he said: "This is the Concubine Xian."

His eyes warned Li Yuyan to be more sensible.

Li Yuyan nodded and saluted: "Your Majesty, the Concubine."

Concubine Xian smiled warmly: "My mother and your grandmother are biological sisters. After all, you should call me cousin."

Intuition told Li Yuyan that this so-called cousin's visit was not a good one.

When the emperor and Li Zongfa walked away, Concubine Xian suppressed her smile, held her back, and whispered: "You were only ten years old when you left Beijing, and you don't understand many things. Now that you are old enough, I think it's time to tell you something about Li Mansion.

The situation is over.”

"The Li family has a great business. The most outstanding branch is the Zhenbei Prince's Mansion far away on the border, and your father's branch is just a side branch. Fortunately, your father originally got a good reputation in the examination, and my mother and I

Because of your grandmother's relationship, you were granted the title of Marquis Mansion."

"Don't be nervous. I'm just chatting with you. I saw that you spoke very eloquently just now. Go back and learn about it."

After that, he asked the palace maid to take Li Yuyan for a walk in the imperial garden.

Li Yuyan thanked her and followed the palace maid out of the Hall of Virtue.

What Concubine Xian said was nothing more than telling her that Concubine Xian was very important to the Li family, so important that she had to be obedient and help her do things.

This capital city is really surrounded by enemies on all sides!

However, although there are enemies on all sides, it is undeniable that the scenery of the imperial garden in the imperial city is really beautiful.

Spring flowers are blooming and bees and butterflies are dancing lightly.

It was just a coincidence that I met the prince.

There was no way to avoid it, so Li Yuyan had no choice but to kneel down and salute: "I have seen Your Highness."

Ye Yiheng said expressionlessly: "No courtesy."

The voice is cold and distant.

Like a piece of solid ice on the top of an iceberg, it is swaying with cold air.

If the smell of medicine is to deceive people, then the subconscious reaction...

Suddenly, Li Yuyan took a few steps forward and tiptoed close to his ear: "Your Highness stepped on dog poop."
Chapter completed!