"You are the Queen's biological brother, and I don't want to make the Queen sad." Zhao Zongheng nodded at the imperial edict on the table and said, "If you accept this edict today, I will immediately tell the world about your marriage to the little princess."
"If you don't accept it today, I will issue an order immediately." Zhao Zongheng paused and continued: "The three young masters of Shangshu Mansion are both talented and beautiful. They are close to the young princess in age. I think he is a good candidate."
"When the marriage is finalized, there will be no chance of repentance once the decree is made." Zhao Zongheng looked calm and raised his hand to signal Wang Chengxiang to send the decree to Si Haoze.
Si Haoze sat in his wheelchair, looking at the imperial edict that was approaching step by step. He tightened his grip on the wheelchair. The hall seemed to fall into an extremely suffocating silence. Zhao Zongheng was not in a hurry to ask Si Haoze to make an immediate decision.
Instead, he looked at it with a pair of indifferent eyes, as if he didn't care at all what choice Si Haoze would make in the end.
Indeed, as Si Ningchi said, to the emperor, it did not matter who Fang Zhiyao married, as long as he was a member of the court or a minister he could trust.
King Lu also got the news about the emperor summoning Si Haoze, and he was a little uneasy at the moment. He didn't know what the final outcome would be. In the post house, Fang Zhiyao sat alone by the window sill on the second floor, looking at it in trance.
Outside.
It seemed that at this moment, she no longer felt nervous or uneasy. No matter what the ending was, she would accept it.
After having tea in the afternoon and waiting until the sun set, I finally saw the ceremonial guard delivering the decree in the palace coming out of the imperial city and heading towards the post house. The eunuch who came to deliver the decree with the imperial edict in his hand was none other than Wang Chengxiang.
"Congratulations to King Lu! Your Majesty has a decree——" Wang Chengxiang said congratulations first, and then shouted loudly while holding the imperial edict in his hand.
"King Lu accepts the decree!" King Lu led the princess and all the attendants to kneel down quickly. Listening to the emperor's praise of King Lu in the imperial edict, mentioning the humility and meekness of the little princess, etc., he specially issued a decree to marry...
"Si Haoze, the eldest son of the Si."
The familiar name rang in Fang Zhiyao's ears, and it took her a long time to recover.
She didn't listen to a word of the subsequent words about choosing a wedding date, and her mind seemed to go blank for a short time. It wasn't until her father and mother's voices of thanks rang in her ears that she finally came back to her senses.
She raised her head blankly, watching her father accept the edict with joy in his eyes, watching the princes and father-in-law congratulating each other with their blessings, and she finally woke up like waking up from a dream.
he……
He did not refuse the marriage.
"Are you happy now?" Princess Lu smiled and took Fang Zhiyao's hand and said, "It's as you wished."
"I won't keep you here any longer. Your Majesty said that the marriage between the young princess and the eldest son will be arranged according to the princess's wedding standards. Please make good preparations for it." Wang Chengxiang said this to King Lu and then left.
While Wang Chengxiang was coming and going, the news about the young princess marrying Si Haoze, the eldest son of the Si family, spread inside and outside the capital.
The marriage of this little princess was really the focus of attention. Many officials also wanted to fight for it, and they often looked for opportunities to get close to King Lu. Who knew that the emperor's decree caught everyone off guard.
The decree has been issued, and there is no chance to change it.
Although the eldest son is said to be the Queen's biological brother, he has a disabled leg. How can the young princess like him?
Could it be that something big is going to happen...
