What was there to pursue! If they continued to pursue the matter, the Crown Prince would be dragged into the water and marry that fool Su Ling sooner or later! The empress looked at Yan Yelin coldly. She could not spit out the disgust that she felt in her heart. She sized up Yan Yelin a few times and then looked at Su Ling who was kneeling on the ground. After going back and forth a few times, she suddenly had a thought.
"Ye Lin, BenGong remembers that this silk handkerchief was given to you by the Crown Prince when you and the Crown Prince were sipping tea at BenGong's place two days ago because the tea spilled on you. How did it end up in Third Miss Su's hands now?”The Empress had a smile on her face, but there was no smile in her eyes." I think you've admired Third Young Miss Su for a long time, so you lent this silk handkerchief to Third Young Miss Su. However, Third Young Miss Su misunderstood that it was a gift from the Crown Prince.”
Such ability to twist black and white was truly shocking. Naturally, no one present believed the Empress's words. They could not help but look at Yan Yelin with sympathy. They thought to themselves that the Third Prince had really suffered an undeserved calamity. He should not have pitied Su Ling for taking the lead just now.
As expected, the Empress continued," Since the two of you are in love, then BenGong will issue a decree to bestow marriage for the two of you. How about the Imperial Astronomical Supervisor choose an auspicious day for you to get married?"”
Although the empress said that she wanted to discuss, her tone did not leave any room for discussion. Yan Yelin could only kneel down." Your son accepts the decree."”
"I, my daughter also receives the decree." Su Ling could only pretend to be silly and follow Yan Yelin to receive the decree.
When Yan Yelin, the Third Prince of Dong Sheng Nation, was ten years old, he had been riding an autumn coat. He had been frightened by a fierce tiger and a horse and had fallen off the horse's back. As a result, he was now limping and his right ear was slightly deaf. He often spoke to him from the right side, but he could not hear clearly. A proud and brave man had been ruined just like that. Now that he was not good at literature or martial arts, he could be considered the most useless one among the princes.
The Empress looked at Yan Yelin who received the decree and thought to herself with a cold smile. One was a fool and the other was a cripple. They were truly a match made in heaven. Her sharp gaze then turned to Su Ling. She thought to herself,'This fool wants to enter the Crown Prince's residence. I'll break her infatuation today!'
Su Zhen nestled in Wu Mingzhu's arms. Although her entire body was trembling from the cold, she was extremely happy when she saw that Su Ling had been assigned to the useless Third Prince and had no fate with the Crown Prince. She hated that she did not immediately get up and kowtow three times to the Empress to express her gratitude.
Just as she was thinking about this smugly, Su Zhen's gaze met Su Ling's eyes that seemed to be smiling yet not smiling. She saw Su Ling quietly raise the corners of her mouth at her and say something silently. Su Zhen understood her mouth. She was saying,'Sister, don't be so smug!'
Su Zhen suddenly felt a chill in her heart. She kept feeling that there was something different about this naturally silly sister of hers.
The Peony Festival was originally meant to help Yan Tian Si choose a concubine, but who knew that Yan Tian Si's concubine would not be chosen. Instead, it resulted in a marriage between Yan Yelin and Su Ling that was either a blessing or a curse. The moment they entered the capital of Dong Sheng Nation, everyone was discussing this matter.
Su Ling sat in the central room of her courtyard and listened to the little girls who were sweeping the courtyard discussing this matter. However, she was expressionless and sat there as she drank tea.
On the contrary, her personal servant girl, Xiao Tao, could not stand it anymore and was rushing into the courtyard to teach those little maids a lesson.
"Stop!" Su Ling stopped her." What are you doing?”
"They're too much! Miss, you married a cripple like the Third Prince, and they actually said that you picked up a big bargain!”Xiao Tao said angrily. Suddenly, she turned around and stared at Su Ling with her eyes wide open." Miss, you, you're not stupid anymore?”
She saw Su Ling's clear eyes looking at her. It was a clarity that she had never seen before.
"Do I look stupid to you?"
"That's great. Miss, how did your idiocy suddenly recover?”Xiao Tao was so happy that she almost jumped up, but she immediately said sadly," But Miss, you're going to marry that crippled Third Prince.”
In Xiao Tao's opinion, her Third Miss was beautiful and good-tempered. She was just a little silly. Now, even her silly illness had recovered. She was simply perfect. However, she was betrothed to a crippled and deaf Third Prince. How could she not be reconciled?
"The Third Prince is not necessarily bad." Su Ling thought of the hands that draped the cloak over her back in the imperial garden. It was obvious that Yan Yelin was a meticulous and considerate person.
"How can you be good if you're crippled and deaf?”Xiao Tao said angrily.
"You don't understand. When choosing a man, you can't just look at his appearance.”Su Ling said with a faint smile. She had transmigrated to this place for no reason. The marriages here required the parents 'orders and matchmaking. She would rather choose Yan Yelin than being matched up with an unknown kind of man by her stepmother who wished for her to die earlier.
Moreover, Yan Yelin was so useless that she was more pleased with him. If Yan Yelin dared to make her unhappy, she was a special forces soldier from the 21st century. It would be strange if she did not beat him up.
Furthermore, she could use Yan Yelin's identity as prince. She stood up." Come, follow me to Madam's courtyard."”
" Su Ling, that slut, deserved it. She even wanted to seduce the Crown Prince. See, she angered the Empress and was betrothed to the crippled Third Prince. Hahaha, Mother, don't you think it's too funny…"
Su Ling had just walked into Wu Mingzhu's courtyard when she heard Su Zhen's arrogant and smug laughter coming from the main room. Xiao Tao, who was at the side, immediately blushed with anger when she heard it.
Wu Mingzhu laughed and said," She's a fool. It's her fortune to be able to marry a crippled prince and become his concubine. No matter what, she's still a prince, right? Otherwise, she'd be destined to be a concubine!”
"I'm a princess after all. Mother and Second Sister, are you trying to look down on the royal family's dignity with such words?”Su Ling entered the central room and looked at Wu Mingzhu with a smile.
"Nonsense, when did I look down on the dignity of the royal family?”When Wu Mingzhu heard this, her face immediately turned cold. What a joke. If she looked down on the dignity of the royal family, she would be beheaded. How could she let Su Ling put such a big hat on her?
"But I clearly heard Mother and Second Sister say that the Third Prince is a cripple in the courtyard just now. I wonder what His Majesty the Emperor would think if he heard this? Why don't we ask Father?”
As soon as Su Ling said this, Wu Mingzhu and Su Zhen's expressions turned ugly. Although Prime Minister Su had something to attend to at the Peony Festival yesterday, someone would report everything that happened at the banquet to him. Naturally, he also knew that his two daughters had fallen into the water at Pingyue Lake.
Anyone with discerning eyes could tell that the empress had intentionally favored the crown prince, which was why she had paired Su Ling and Yan Yelin together. Everyone knew what the truth was. It had only been a day since Su Zhen plotted to murder her own sister out of jealousy. The speed at which the news spread was no slower than the ridiculous marriage between Yan Yelin and Su Ling. As a result, Su Zhen and Wu Mingzhu were scolded by Prime Minister Su. The two of them were still angry, but Su Ling still wanted to pick on their sore spot.
"B * tch, don't think that just because you've been betrothed to the Third Prince, you're superior to us!”Su Zhen was anxious and immediately replied without thinking," So what if I tell Father? Will Father care about trash like you or us more?”
"I'm trash? I, a trash, can still get the Crown Prince's favor, but Second Sister, if you want to be the Crown Prince's concubine, he won't even take a fancy to you.”Su Ling smiled and said," Sister doesn't even have the life to be a concubine. Wouldn't she be even more useless than me?”
Su Zhen was so angry that her face turned red. She wanted to scold her again, but she was stopped by Wu Mingzhu. Wu Mingzhu looked at Su Ling suspiciously." Aren't you stupid?”
If it was in the future, Su Ling wouldn't even understand Su Zhen's mockery. How could she possibly return the favor one by one like now?
"Mother, don't you know what it means to be wise but foolish?”Su Ling stood there leisurely.
"Alright, so you were just pretending to be stupid and lying to us in the past!”Su Zhen glared at Su Ling for a moment before laughing out loud." So what if you've become smarter now? Aren't you still going to marry the Third Prince?!" Don't even think about entering the Crown Prince's residence!”
"Second Sister, you think the Crown Prince is a treasure, but I don't care!”Su Ling smiled coldly as she looked at Wu Mingzhu and finally got to the point." I came today to ask Mother. I'm about to marry the Third Prince. I wonder how Mother plans to arrange my dowry?”
Wu Mingzhu's face stiffened. She understood what Su Ling meant. Su Ling's deceased mother, Ye Shi, was born into the wealthy Ye family in Jiangnan. Back then, Ye Shi had brought a large amount of dowry to marry into the Su residence. Before she died, she left behind her last words, leaving all the dowry for Su Ling to use when she married in the future.
This dowry had always been managed by Wu Mingzhu. The annual dividends from those shops and estates had already made Wu Mingzhu's eyes red. Now that she had to spit out such a large sum of money, how could she be willing?
At this moment, a maid came in and reported," Madam, Old Master said that the Third Prince has come to the manor to send a betrothal gift. He asked you to come out and receive him.”
"Got it." Wu Mingzhu responded and stood up as if she had been granted amnesty. She said to Su Ling," We'll talk about the dowry later. The Third Prince is here. I'll go out and greet him first."”
After she finished speaking, she hurriedly walked out, not giving Su Ling any chance to speak again.# Daguan Review Passed: Daguan Time:111420184: 03PM #Cancel Review All: wdd201302 Time:111420185: 55PM #
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