latelenovela Chapter 208: Asking for Marriage Decree
Chapter 208: Asking for Marriage Decree
Jiang Yutong's murderous intent became even stronger at this moment. This was the first time she wanted to kill someone so much since she came to this world. She didn't even have such a strong feeling towards Ning Zhengqing at the beginning.
There won’t be so many problems after death, and besides, such people deserve to die.
I don’t know how many women died at the hands of this man.
Jiang Yutong wiped his neck, and Jiang Yuwen immediately stood up. "I'll do this. I promise it won't be noticed by anyone."
"and many more."
Xiao Yifeng stopped Jiang Yuwen and said, "It's not the best idea to do this right now. Let's think of other solutions."
Jiang Yuwen was anxious, "What do you have in mind?"
Xiao Yifeng coughed lightly, looked up at Jiang Yutong and said word by word, "I do have a solution, that is, Yutong gets engaged before the imperial decree comes down."
Jiang Yutong somehow saw something different in his eyes.
Jiang Yuwen clapped his hands and said, "That's a good idea, but where can we find a suitable candidate in such a short time?"
Jiang Yuwen shook his head again, "No, what if the person I find is not satisfactory?"
The more Jiang Yuwen thought about it, the more he felt that it was not possible.
Xiao Yifeng coughed again, "How about getting engaged to me?"
Xiao Yifeng added, "We are quite familiar with each other, and I just happened to be unmarried."
Jiang Yuwen thought about it and felt that it was feasible. He knew Xiao Yifeng's character. "This is a good idea. Once we get through this storm, there's still time to cancel the engagement."
Xiao Yifeng choked. They weren't even engaged yet, so why were they talking about breaking off the engagement?
Jiang Yuwen looked at Xiao Yifeng expectantly, "Prince, then we will sacrifice you for a while. When the storm is over, we will cancel the engagement. It will definitely not affect your marriage to the princess."
Xiao Yifeng looked at Jiang Yuwen, as if if he said he was really engaged and would not cancel the engagement, Jiang Yuwen would immediately find someone else.
Xiao Yifeng nodded helplessly, "As long as you want to cancel the engagement, I will cooperate with you throughout the process."
The two of them discussed and negotiated, forgetting about Jiang Yutong the whole time.
Jiang Yutong coughed lightly, "You seem to have forgotten something?"
Jiang Yuwen looked at Jiang Yutong and said happily, "Sister, I think this idea will work. What do you think?"
Only then did he remember to ask Jiang Yutong himself what he meant.
Jiang Yutong looked at Xiao Yifeng, "It seems that the prince can't make the decision on his marriage. This method may not work."
Xiao Yifeng quickly said, "I have my own way of doing this."
Jiang Yuwen looked at the two of them and said, "Then it's settled."
Jiang Yutong stood up and bowed to Xiao Yifeng, "Then I'll trouble you, Your Highness."
Xiao Yifeng felt a little embarrassed for some reason, as if his selfishness had been seen through. He touched his nose and said, "No need to be so polite."
The next day, Xiao Yifeng entered the palace and asked to see the emperor.
The emperor looked up at Xiao Yifeng who was kneeling below and said, "Feng'er, please get up quickly."
Xiao Yifeng did not stand up, but lowered his head again, "My nephew has an important request, I beg your Majesty to grant it."
"Get up and talk."
Xiao Yifeng raised his head and said, "My nephew wants to ask the emperor's uncle for an imperial decree."
The emperor saw that Xiao Yifeng had not gotten up yet, and wondered what he was asking for.
From the court to the fiefdom, he thought about it all and said calmly, "What do you want?"
Xiao Yifeng said solemnly, "My nephew wishes to marry Jiang Yutong, the Lord of Jiangxiang. I beg Your Majesty to grant my wish."
The emperor thought about all the imperial edicts Xiao Yifeng wanted to ask for, including marriage, but this person was unexpected. "Who do you want to marry?"
Xiao Yifeng said again, "Jiang Xiangjun Jiang Yutong."
The emperor frowned. The empress dowager had been nagging him lately, "Feng'er is not young anymore. It's time for him to get married."
The emperor knew that the empress dowager favored Feng Suyun, a girl from the Xue family, but the Feng family was the empress dowager's mother's family and had considerable influence in Da Qi, so the emperor was reluctant to give in.
"Does the Queen Mother know?"
Xiao Yifeng shook his head, "I think she can understand me."
"Jiang Yutong, as far as I know, she's been divorced. How can a divorced woman like this marry into the royal family?"
The emperor shook his head. "This is not appropriate, and the Queen Mother will not agree to it."
Xiao Yifeng knew that as long as he could deal with the empress dowager, there would be no problem with the emperor. The emperor was just like this now because he was afraid of people's gossip.
"My nephew will go and pay his respects to the Empress Dowager now. Please grant your permission, Your Majesty."
The emperor didn't say anything and waved at Xiao Yifeng.
Xiao Yifeng took his leave and unexpectedly ran into Su Jianming in the palace.
Su Jianming came out of the Queen's Palace with a smile on his face.
Xiao Yifeng frowned.
When Su Jianming saw that it was Xiao Yifeng, he greeted him with a smile. Xiao Yifeng nodded and continued walking forward without stopping.
Su Jianming spat, "What the hell."
Unexpectedly, Su Jianming had not taken two steps when he suddenly tripped and fell heavily to the ground, his face hitting the ground.
He immediately let out a wailing sound.
Xiao Yifeng curled his lips and disappeared in a blink of an eye.
The eunuch who escorted Su Jianming out hurriedly helped him up. He saw that Su Jianming's face was covered in blood. The eunuch was so scared that he was shaking all over. "Second Master, do you want to call the imperial physician?"
Su Jianming turned around and didn't see Xiao Yifeng. He touched his nose with his hand and shook his head, "Bad luck, send me out of the palace."
Su Jianming was the one who cursed first, and the person he cursed was the emperor's nephew. Besides, there was no evidence to prove that it was Xiao Yifeng who did it, so he ended up suffering the loss.
But he kept a note of Xiao Yifeng in his heart.
As soon as Xiao Yifeng arrived at the Queen Mother's palace, the Queen Mother was just coming out of the Buddhist hall, "The wind is coming."
Xiao Yifeng bowed deeply and said, "Grandson pays homage to the Imperial Grandmother."
"Hurry up and get up. It's been a long time since you came to the palace to see me."
Xiao Yifeng stood up from the ground and sat down below the empress dowager.
The Queen Mother ordered Nanny Gui, "Go and bring Feng'er's favorite snacks."
Nanny Gui hurried down to make arrangements.
Xiao Yifeng glanced at the empress dowager, who was in a good mood, and after a moment's deliberation, he said, "Grandmother, I have something I would like to seek your advice on."
It was rare for the Queen Mother to hear Xiao Yifeng's negotiating tone. "What's the matter?"
"My grandson wants to get engaged to Jiang Yutong, the Lord of Jiangxiang."
The Queen Mother paused, then flew into a rage, "Nonsense."
Just as Nanny Gui was about to come in with the snacks, she heard the Queen Mother's angry voice. She paused, but finally left with the snacks.
Xiao Yifeng knelt down and said, "Please grant me your blessing, Queen Mother."
"Do you know what you are saying? How can a divorced woman be worthy of marrying a man from our Xiao family?"
Xiao Yifeng said firmly, "She saved my grandson's life. Apart from being divorced, there's nothing unworthy about her. She's very good."
"It's not okay to get divorced."
The hall fell silent.
Finally, the Queen Mother relented and said, "If you really like her, you can take her as a concubine, but not as your principal wife."
"Grandmother, you should know that she is the best candidate. She is a divorced daughter, and apart from a brother who is a minor general, she has no one to rely on."
"This is the candidate the emperor trusts."
Xiao Yifeng almost squeezed out the last sentence through his teeth.
The Queen Mother burst into tears upon hearing this.