When the prince came out of the queen's place, he was informed by the young eunuch that the emperor wanted to see him, so he hurried to the imperial study room.
Hong Wen greeted him at the door and warned him very carefully: "The Emperor is in a low mood. Your Highness, please comfort him."
The prince nodded and sighed helplessly. Who could be in a better mood in this situation?
However, he still went in through the wooden door pushed open by red stripes.
Red Stripe is still guarding the door.
"My son, please see your father!" The prince bowed his head and saluted.
"No gift." The emperor, draped in a black cloak, leaned casually on the back of the throne.
The prince was stunned, looked around, and said, "It's already winter, why doesn't Father ask people to build a brazier?"
"No need." The emperor said but suddenly coughed a few times.
"Father..." The prince was very anxious.
"I just feel the cold occasionally, don't make a fuss." The emperor calmed down and waved his hand nonchalantly.
"Father, please take care of the dragon body!" The prince bowed.
"I understand." A trace of relief flashed across the emperor's face.
Then, the father and son were silent for a while.
"Have you really fallen in love with that girl from Yanzhao's family?" the emperor suddenly asked.
The prince was startled, and the scene he saw at the concubine's flower viewing party flashed in his mind.
"My son..." The prince lowered his eyes and was about to speak, but the emperor suddenly interrupted him gently.
"I want to hear the truth!"
The prince opened his mouth, feeling weak for a while.
Why embarrass yourself when you know you can't do it?
The emperor sighed. As an emperor, he could not fulfill the prince's wish. This was also the emperor's helplessness.
It's just that the Yan family is so special.
"You... need to understand my father."
The queen was very happy. She had never had a good impression of the Yan family.
"My son, I understand." The prince said respectfully, "I have let my father worry about it."
"You are the prince, and it is right for me to worry about you." The emperor said, pointing to a pile of portraits on the table and said: "It doesn't matter if you don't look at these things, I will visit virtuous women all over the world, and I will always find one who is like you.
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"Thank you, Father." The prince lowered his eyes again.
The emperor frowned inadvertently. The child may not have noticed this habit of his. Once he is unwilling or aggrieved, he will lower his eyes and speak. At this time, he will speak insincerely.
"You! There's nothing we can do about this matter right now, and I didn't expect you to deal with Yanzhao's daughter... Alas!"
The prince thought for a while, and if he refuted it, it seemed too false, so he said: "My son just has a good impression of her, it's not that she is the only one!"
Indeed, as the prince, he never thought that he could choose the princess by himself, he just gave it a try. After all, Yan Xueyu was the first woman who attracted his attention.
The first woman who made him willing to believe that the Imperial Master would really give orders.
"That's good." The emperor could see that the prince was aware of his identity, knew not to act arbitrarily, and did not force it.
He wanted to say that he could slowly make plans in the future, but considering Yan Xueyu's age, he was afraid that he would not be able to wait until the prince took charge.
But the emperor was relieved immediately. Who in the world has no regrets!
Doesn’t he himself have a regret that he can’t express in his life?
Thinking of something, the emperor became serious and sat upright.
"I called you here today because I have something to inform you in advance."
"Father, please speak."
"I want to grant Yan Shuangyu a marriage!"
The prince was stunned and his expression changed.
Anyway, the marriage is definitely not given to me, so...
His Adam's apple moved up and down, but he couldn't say anything against his will, but he couldn't marry her.
"I know that you are in a difficult situation and very surprised." The emperor stood up, walked down and stood in front of the prince, and said with great sincerity: "The Imperial Master has approved that Shuangyu has the fate of a princess, and everyone in the world knows it! If you don't marry her,
…Who dares to marry?”
The prince was helpless. He wanted to marry, but the key was that she didn’t want to marry!
"I don't understand why she doesn't want to. Isn't it good for me...?" The prince was in a low mood.
"Girls from the Yan family... don't want to share the same husband!"
"But, the fifth lady of the Yan family..."
"So, the fifth lady of the Yan family gave the concubine a sum of money and asked her to remarry directly."
The prince didn't know this news, so he was stunned.
"You are the future king of a country, and you cannot have only one woman, so give up on this idea!"
The prince slowly bent down and said, "My son, I obey your order."
The emperor shook his head secretly, saying "obey the order" rather than "understand"... He still had a knot in his heart.
But who can say goodbye to emotional matters? Just let time heal.
"My son, please retire," the prince said.
"Go on, it's time to go to your teacher's place."
"My son...I don't want to see the teacher yet." The prince frowned.
The emperor instantly understood that it was the imperial master who gave the order to the Yan family sisters.
"Then where are you going? Why don't you go out of the palace to relax." The emperor still loved the prince very much.
"My son, I would like to visit the young emperor's uncle's house, so as not to upset people's minds."
"Okay, let's go!" The emperor's mood became much heavier when he mentioned Rong Che.
The prince went to Prince Xuan's Mansion, and many eyes were on him. Outside the gate, the prince said to Butler Liu: "Look after the house for my little uncle, and I will beat anyone who is not forward-thinking to death!"
Butler Liu burst into tears and said loudly: "I obey the order!"
The prince went to the study and walked around, feeling a little sad.
After leaving Prince Xuan's Mansion, he let the carriage walk aimlessly on the street, and unknowingly came to Chongwen Street.
Looking at the door, he couldn't help but want to ask Yan Xueyu what happened.
The guard who went to knock on the door came back and said that because of Miss Seventh's incident, Miss Fifth and Miss Six had gone to the temple to pray together.
The gatekeeper of the specific temple refused to disclose.
However, this did not trouble the prince. He quickly found out from the city gate which gate they had left through, and guessed their whereabouts.
"Get out of the city!" the prince ordered.
The driver raised his whip and lightly hit the horse's buttocks, and the carriage drove smoothly out of the city.
Guangfu Temple is very popular with incense. The temple occupies a very large area and is said to be very efficacious, so devotees come to offer incense and pray for blessings.
Sisters Yan Xueyu and Yan Shuangyu came here together and lit incense and prayed for blessings in the Main Hall. The fifth lady was tired because she was pregnant, so she asked Zhike Monk for a wing to rest. Yan Shuangyu did not come on weekdays.
I wanted to take a look around this temple.
The prince came here, changed his clothes on the carriage, and entered the temple with only two guards and followers. After walking around to find out where Yan Shuangyu had gone, he ordered the guards to clear the place and not let anyone know about the meeting.
You know, otherwise her reputation will be completely ruined.
The back mountain is relatively clean, but there are still people coming and going. Yan Shuangyu has always been cautious and will never easily go to a secluded place where no one is around.
She sat on a stone platform built around the trunk of a pine tree that was hundreds of years old, staring blankly at the withered lotus leaves in a small pond nearby.
Some time ago, she overheard a conversation between her parents, saying that the emperor intended to make her the crown princess and asked her family what they wanted.
My mother firmly disagreed, and my father had the same idea.
~So I refused.
At that moment, I couldn't tell what I was feeling. Ever since she was sensible, everyone had been discussing her fate as a princess, and no one had ever asked her what she thought.
However, even if I ask her, she can't tell me anything. Could she say she is willing?
However, it is impossible to find a good marriage without becoming a Crown Princess. Who dares to marry a woman with the fate of a Crown Princess?
I don’t dare and I can’t!
Will I only be able to be with the Ancient Buddha of Qingdeng in this life?
Although she has been mentally prepared for this for a long time, what girl is not pregnant with love? If she is not helpless, who would be willing to stay alone for the rest of her life!
Is my destiny... decided like this?
There is also the seventh sister, who was also ordered by the imperial master, so she lived such a free and easy life.
But even so, the seventh sister's marriage was not so smooth. Frankly speaking during that outing, she could see that the seventh sister had no feelings for Prince Xuan, but she didn't know why she broke off the engagement later.
Now, she has even ventured to Miaoer Mountain alone!
It's really worrying.
When the prince walked into the courtyard, what he saw was Yan Shuangyu staring sadly at the pond, but with a blank and unfocused look.
She is even thinner than when she was at the flower viewing party!
The prince felt unspeakably uncomfortable at this moment.
"You..." The prince wanted to ask her why she was so sad, but he felt that it was too false to ask. Shouldn't he know why she was so sad?
Yan Shuangyu was startled and raised her head. There was still moisture in her eyes. As she raised her head, a crystal teardrop rolled down.
The tears falling on her front seemed to hit the prince's heart.
He suddenly felt a pain in his heart.
"The daughter of the people has met His Highness the Crown Prince. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is a thousand years old!" Yan Shuangyu quickly saluted.
"I'm here in casual clothes, no need to be polite!" The prince walked over and wanted to help her up, but due to the differences between men and women, he stopped in front of her.
Yan Shuangyu thanked the prince, straightened up, and silently took two steps back.
A gust of wind blew by, and the warm sunshine of early winter warmed the cold wind a little, but Yan Shuangyu sneezed.
"Your Highness, please forgive me. I will retire."
Is she leaving?
"Wait!" the prince stopped her, "I have something to ask you."
"Excuse me, Your Highness," Yan Shuangyu said calmly, lowering his eyes.
She is respectful but also full of alienation.
"You... don't want to be the Crown Princess?"
The prince looked at Yan Shuangyu intently, with persistent and eager eyes.
Yan Shuangyu raised her head in shock and looked into the prince's eyes. She was so distracted by the emotion contained in them that she couldn't say anything she didn't want to say.
"Are you really unwilling?"
The prince took a step forward and asked.
"I..." Yan Shuangyu took a step back at a loss, and finally said hurriedly: "Marriage is naturally a matter of parents' orders and the matchmaker's words. People's daughters...people's daughters..."
"I don't care what your family decides, I just ask you, what do you mean?" The prince took another step forward, held Yan Shuangyu's wrist with both hands, and asked.
"I...I..." Yan Shuangyu was panicked like never before. Her heart was beating wildly. She had never been so close to a man before. She felt like she couldn't breathe smoothly!
"Say! As long as you say you are not willing, I will never pester you, but if you say you are willing, I will never give up. I will fight with my father and beg your father! As long as you say you are willing!" The prince was excited.
He said that he had forgotten his identity as the prince, his future mission, and the promise he had just made to the emperor. At this moment, he was just a young man in love, pursuing the woman he loved.