diskusbooks Chapter 196 This is clearly a case of abducting a woman.
Chapter 196 This is clearly a case of abducting a woman.
“No, impossible…” Gong Qiuyue blurted out in disbelief.
"Master Qiuyue, receive the decree." Eunuch Li looked at her with a half-smile.
"Back then, the Empress Dowager swore an oath that I would never marry!" Gong Qiuyue glared angrily at Eunuch Li.
“The Empress Dowager has passed away, and you are forty-one. Marrying General Luo is for your own good. Otherwise, it would be so pitiful for you to die alone in your old age.” Eunuch Li said calmly.
"General Luo lost his arm and bled for Xiangguo; he is a great hero who served the country and its people. If you marry him, you will be a second-rank imperial consort. Countless people will envy you."
He scanned Gong Qiuyue from head to toe.
"After all, even a humble laborer might not be willing to marry a woman your age."
The implication was that Gong Qiuyue had gotten the better deal.
One sentence made Gong Qiuyue tremble with anger.
"How dare you! Who gave you permission to treat Master Qiuyue like that?" the big sister rebuked.
Seeing the wind blowing, Eunuch Li immediately put on a fawning smile.
"It was my slip of the tongue."
"Master Qiuyue, please accept the imperial decree. Do you intend to disobey it?" Eunuch Li handed over the imperial decree.
Gong Qiuyue hesitated to reach out.
The Grand Master coughed lightly: "Qiuyue, receive the decree."
He then lowered his voice and said, "Disobeying imperial orders and showing contempt for the majesty of Heaven is a capital offense. You don't want to implicate your clan and disciples, do you?"
Gong Qiuyue had no choice but to accept the imperial decree of marriage with a blank expression.
"Why would His Majesty suddenly decide to bestow a marriage upon Qiuyue?" the Empress Dowager asked.
"It was Her Majesty the Empress's suggestion. After all, General Luo has been widowed for over ten years, and recently the old lady has been arranging for him to remarry. The old lady of the Luo family is the Empress's cousin, and she went to the Empress to ask for help." Eunuch Li flattered her and explained the whole story.
queen.
Prince.
Yu Ruowei immediately thought of Pei Wuyang.
It seems the teacher has been implicated by her this time.
Yu Ruowei felt helpless and guilty.
"Qiuyue, if you marry, I will certainly give you a generous dowry, which will also fulfill our friendship." The Empress Dowager patted Gong Qiuyue's shoulder.
She knew that Gong Qiuyue had been wronged in this matter.
Luo Mingchuan was the Empress's cousin. He lost a leg on the battlefield, which is why he retired to the capital.
It's truly a pity that someone like that is paired with Gong Qiuyue.
But once the imperial edict is issued, there is absolutely no possibility of it being changed.
Thinking of this, she offered a few more words of comfort.
"Although General Luo has injured his leg, it does not affect his ability to take care of himself. It's just that his gait is not very graceful. Don't take it too seriously."
"I understand. Thank you, sir." Gong Qiuyue forced a pale smile.
After the teacher left, Yu Ruowei held her teacher's hand, her eyes instantly reddening.
"It must be because of the Crown Prince..."
"Shh." Gong Qiuyue snapped out of her daze and covered her mouth.
"It's all my fault, I've dragged the teacher into this." Yu Ruowei took a deep breath.
“I will go and beg the Crown Prince. I am willing to marry him and ask him to find a way to resolve this matter. Teacher, you cannot marry that General Luo.”
How could a cripple be worthy of her teacher, whose virtues are as pure as the moon?
"No. Don't beg him. Once the imperial decree of marriage is issued, there's no room for negotiation. I'll find a way myself." After calming down, Gong Qiuyue comforted her disciple instead.
The master and apprentice talked for a long time before Yu Ruowei left.
She was still in a daze when she walked out of the mansion.
The moving carriage was suddenly forced to stop.
Yu Ruowei heard the Crown Prince's voice coming from outside.
"What do you think I should give your teacher as part of her dowry?"
Upon hearing this, Yu Ruowei angrily lifted the carriage curtain.
"You did it."
Pei Wuyang simply smiled and did not answer her question.
"Two more days, I await your answer."
After that he left.
Enraged, Yu Ruowei felt a surge of murderous intent for the first time.
"Young Miss, shall we go back to the manor?"
The driver asked tremblingly.
His voice interrupted her impulsive thoughts.
Yu Ruowei took a deep breath and replied, "No."
Returning to the Marquis's residence felt like entering another prison.
She doesn't want to go back.
"Where shall we go?" the driver asked again.
For some reason, Yu Ruowei suddenly pictured Yu Ningyao's face in her mind.
She said, "Let's go to the Yu Temple Assistant's house to see my second sister."
……
"Madam, the eldest daughter of the Marquis's mansion has arrived and wishes to see our young lady."
Upon hearing the maid's announcement, Shen Jinzhu became somewhat nervous.
Why is Yu Ruowei here?
Could it be that she knows Yaoyao is the Marquis's biological child?
Shen Jinzhu hesitated for a moment before saying, "Let her in first."
After Yu Ruowei entered, she bowed to Shen Jinzhu.
"I've met my third aunt."
“Weiwei, there’s no need for formalities. You’ve come to see Yaoyao, is there something you need?” Shen Jinzhu couldn’t help but ask.
"It's nothing, I'm just feeling a bit down and wanted to talk to my second sister. I wonder if it's convenient for you?" Yu Ruowei didn't know why she had come to see Yu Ningyao.
But she inexplicably felt that Yu Ningyao would understand her.
At this moment, Yu Ningyao's maid, Suxin, arrived.
“Madam, Miss asked me to bring Miss Ruowei over.”
"Go ahead." Shen Jinzhu nodded with concern.
Yu Ruowei met Yu Ningyao with her maid.
"Why are you here, big sister?" Yu Ningyao poured her a cup of tea.
"I don't know either." A look of confusion flashed in Yu Ruowei's eyes.
"Should I not have come down the mountain? If I had stayed on the mountain, perhaps none of this would have happened."
"What happened?" Yu Ningyao asked.
Although she already knew this from the system.
But she still had to pretend to ask.
Looking into her sincere eyes, Yu Ruowei poured out her heart.
She recounted everything from the moment the Crown Prince detained her biological mother, to how he forced her to become his concubine, and then how he begged the Empress to ask the Emperor to grant her teacher a marriage.
"Should I have agreed to his proposal from the beginning? That way, the teacher wouldn't have been implicated," Yu Ruowei murmured to herself.
"This is clearly a case of abducting a woman." Yu Ningyao slammed her hand on the table.
“The Crown Prince’s actions are truly unworthy of him to sit in the position of Crown Prince.”
"Second sister, be careful what you say." Yu Ruowei was startled.
The second younger sister was even more excited than her.
"So what does the eldest sister think? Is she going to accept her fate?" Yu Ningyao probed.
Upon hearing this, Yu Ruowei's confusion deepened.
Are you going to accept your fate?
Will they enter the Eastern Palace and begin a life of intrigue, backstabbing, and desperate vying for favor?
The thought of those days made Yu Ruowei feel nauseous.
She shook her head decisively: "No, I refuse to accept my fate!"
"Have you decided what to do?" Yu Ningyao asked again.