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"Your Highness! It's getting late!" The voice of the Minister of Rites from Anguo followed immediately, urging that time was up.
"Wait a little longer!" Yang Ying was taken aback, then immediately remembered that she had something very important to do, and quickly called out to the door.
Then she walked to Emperor Wu's side and lowered her voice, saying, "Your Majesty, I have another matter to discuss..."
"Is there anything else?" Emperor Wu was taken aback, then frowned in confusion.
In his view, since you are the envoy to welcome the emperor, your most important task is to do everything in your power to bring the emperor back. What else matters?!
However, he knew that whether he could leave safely depended on how hard Yang Ying tried, so he could only look at her with a gentle expression and ask.
"It's just..." Yang Ying thought for a moment but didn't know how to start. After all, she was a little shy to say it herself, being a girl.
"I understand!" However, when Emperor Wu saw Yang Ying's hesitant appearance, he immediately realized and said, "Ying came all the way to save me, she must have been promised a reward by the Empress, right?"
Emperor Wu thought that Yang Ying was afraid that Empress Xiao Yan would not keep her promise, so he wanted her to agree to it again in person. He immediately said, "Whatever reward the Empress has promised you, I will grant it!"
"My sister-in-law promised me a fief of three thousand households after the matter is settled!" Yang Ying was taken aback, then quickly shook her head and said, "However, I don't care about the fief; what I really care about is being able to choose my own husband..."
"Who has A-Ying set her sights on?" Emperor Wu was initially shocked when he heard Yang Ying mention a fief of three thousand households, as such a sum was indeed quite extravagant! Even though Emperor Wu knew it was a temporary measure, he couldn't help but feel a pang of heartache.
However, after hearing what the other person said next, he finally felt completely relieved! So all his sister wanted was the right to choose her own husband? What was so difficult about that?
"Ying'er hopes that Emperor Brother can write an edict to bestow me upon the Marquis of Ningyuan..." Yang Ying blushed as she said this, and her voice grew softer and softer.
Although she was shy, wasn't this what she had gone through all those hardships for? If she didn't hurry up and get the imperial edict, when would she?
Only by obtaining this imperial edict as soon as possible can Yang Ying finally feel at ease!
"Give it to Marquis Ningyuan?" Emperor Wu was stunned. His sister had taken such a great risk to save him, and all she wanted was a marriage decree?
"Lord Wei already has a wife at home..." Yang Ying blushed even more as she said this, feeling as if she was being a little shameless.
As a princess, she is now clearly going to become a concubine for a marquis from another country... To be honest, if she doesn't get the emperor's decree as soon as possible, it will be very difficult to accomplish this!
Upon hearing this, Emperor Wu immediately understood! If it were a normal marriage between the two, he could simply wave his hand and agree, as long as Wei Tingyu and the emperor of the Central Plains agreed, there would be no problem.
But to offer his younger sister, a princess from the royal family of Wu Kingdom, as a concubine to Marquis Ningyuan is simply...
Emperor Wu could already picture the scene in the court where the old ministers were crying and shouting that it was a disgrace to the country, and even banging their heads against pillars to stop them!
No wonder Yang Ying wants me to issue an imperial edict right now!
Of course, Emperor Wu finally understood why Wei Tingyu was willing to accompany Yang Ying to rescue him, since it originally had nothing to do with him, a foreign envoy.
So he's taken a liking to his own sister!
"Okay, okay!" But we can deal with the headaches later!
Emperor Wu only had one thought in mind right now: to leave Anguo as soon as possible!
Therefore, he certainly dared not refuse Yang Ying's request, and immediately nodded and said, "I will write the edict for you right away!"
After saying that, he quickly sat down at the table, ready to start.
Upon seeing this, Yang Ying was immediately thrilled and stepped forward to hand Emperor Wu a writing brush.
However, just as he was about to put the pen down, he froze in place.
Yang Ying was stunned to see her emperor brother frozen in place, and she was filled with confusion and bewilderment. But the next second, she saw him slowly raise his head and put down the calligraphy brush in his hand.
"I cannot write now!" Emperor Wu frowned and then said in a low voice.
"Why?" Yang Ying was dumbfounded. She really couldn't understand the logic behind this.
Why did the Emperor brother change his mind so quickly after just making that promise?
"Heh!" However, Emperor Wu stood up with a cold laugh, looked at Yang Ying and said, "I have never done this Marquis of Jining any favor! We have never even met before!"
"Yet he was willing to take such a great risk to accompany you to An and welcome me back to Dawu..."
"So it was all for you!"
Yang Ying's expression became even more puzzled after hearing Wu Di's words. She thought to herself, "He's right! Lord Wei only came with me because he likes me!"
"Did he ask you to ask me for this imperial edict?!" Emperor Wu smiled disdainfully after seeing the bewildered look on Yang Ying's face, and then asked.
Although his question seemed to be asking a question, his tone clearly indicated that he was certain!
"He didn't come to save me at all!" Emperor Wu became angrier as he spoke, as if the whole world owed him something. He even shouted the last sentence in a low voice.
"Your Majesty, you've misunderstood!" Yang Ying finally understood and quickly shook her head.
This was really her own idea! Originally, this girl just thought that after getting the imperial edict, she could go back and show it off to Wei Tingyu, and maybe the Marquis would even praise her for being smart and sensible!
However, he never expected that his emperor brother was full of schemes and plots, and that he had even included Wei Tingyu, an outsider, in his schemes.
"Go back and tell Marquis Jining!" Emperor Wu was already insane and wouldn't believe anyone!
His eyes widened, the whites of his eyes even becoming bloodshot in an instant, and he stared at Yang Ying with a terrifying expression, saying, "He wants the edict to take you as his concubine? Unless he can safely send me back to Wudu!"
"Otherwise... even if I were to marry you off to some random beggar, I would never allow you to enter his marquis's mansion!"
Yang Ying was stunned when she heard this! She had already noticed that her emperor brother was very different from what she had originally thought of him; he was quite eccentric and arrogant!
But the problem is that she never dreamed that Emperor Wu could be so insane!
Using herself to put pressure on Wei Tingyu?!
"Your Majesty!" Emperor Wu's behavior was completely at odds with Princess Yang Ying's values. She even glared at him angrily and said, "This matter originally had nothing to do with Marquis Wei. The fact that he was willing to risk his life to come with me to save you is already a great favor!"
How could you be so unable to distinguish right from wrong and instead threaten him?
"This is the only thing I can do!" After hearing Princess Yang Ying's words, Emperor Wu replied with a resentful expression, his teeth clenched. "Wei Tingyu is my only hope now!"
"I want to go back! I want to go back!"
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"What's wrong?" On the return journey, Wei Tingyu had just sat down in the carriage when he saw Yang Ying, the little girl, rush into his arms without saying a word, and even start to sob slightly. So he asked her directly.
"What happened to your emperor brother?" Wei Tingyu asked, puzzled. After all, according to the original story, Emperor Wu was eating and drinking well on the tower. Apart from being under a lot of mental stress, he should be in good health.
Of course, Wei Tingyu was too lazy to care about Emperor Wu's life or death; he just didn't want Princess Yang Ying to be so sad.
"My lord... sob sob sob..." However, Wei Tingyu's question only made Princess Yang Ying cry even harder.
Helpless, Wei Tingyu could only gently pat her back to comfort her while patiently waiting for her to finish crying.
Since she won't say why and just keeps crying, it probably isn't something very important.
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Chapter 189 Ren Ruyi and Jialing! Two beautiful female assassins!
If it's truly a matter of life and death, this girl definitely knows what's important and what's urgent!
As expected, after crying for a while, Princess Yang Ying finally calmed down and looked up at Wei Tingyu, slowly saying, "I want my royal brother to write an edict to bestow me upon you..."
"He had already agreed, but then suddenly..."
"So what?" Wei Tingyu sneered upon hearing this, having already guessed about 80-90% of the situation.
In the original storyline, Emperor Wu used the reputation of the Six Paths Hall to blackmail Ning Yuanzhou into saving him. Now, he's definitely using Princess Yang Ying to blackmail him into saving him!
This guy really hasn't changed at all!
"My brother the Emperor said he doesn't believe you're truly willing to save him!" Yang Ying sniffed, then said, "If you want to take me as your concubine... only if the Marquis first rescues him back to Dawu!"
"Alright, alright!" Wei Tingyu nodded, then comforted the little princess for a few more minutes, while inwardly sneering.
If Emperor Wu directly wrote an edict, then Princess Yang Ying would be his person now, and he would be his brother-in-law!
Putting everything else aside, just for Yang Ying's sake, Wei Tingyu will definitely do his best to rescue this guy!
But how could someone as selfish, self-serving, and stubborn as him possibly believe in the importance others place on relationships?
Therefore, Wei Tingyu was not at all surprised by Emperor Wu's decision!
"I knew it wouldn't be that easy!" Wei Tingyu said with a smile.
Of course, he didn't really care about the imperial edict or the so-called imperial marriage. He had his eye on Yang Ying, and Yang Ying was willing to follow him, which was enough for Wei Tingyu!
Princess Yang Ying's desire for the imperial edict is merely a way to reassure herself!
Wei Tingyu cooperated with Yang Ying to prepare the imperial edict entirely out of love for his woman.
"My lord! I'm sorry..." However, Princess Yang Ying was filled with guilt at this moment. She felt that she had let Wei Tingyu down, and her small eyes immediately reddened again as she said, "I never thought that my brother would turn out like this..."
At this moment, her heart was filled with disappointment and even contempt for Emperor Wu!
The image of her tall and mighty imperial brother that she had in mind had completely collapsed when she was on the top of the tower!
“He didn’t become like this!” Wei Tingyu gently patted Princess Yang Ying’s back and said, “He has always been like this!”
"He has always regarded the lives of ordinary people as worthless, and his own skin as precious as Mount Tai!"
"It seems that the bloody battle at Tianmen Pass did not help him grow!"
Princess Yang Ying was taken aback when she heard Wei Tingyu's words, but then she couldn't help but agree with his opinion.
Even though she had only spoken with Emperor Wu on the tower for a short while, in that brief face-to-face time, Yang Ying had already seen through the man's true nature!
Wei Tingyu is absolutely right!
But this guy happens to be his own brother, and you could even say that they share the same blood!