Fierce Consort

Chapter 97.2

Family affairs were always hard to deal with. Emperor Xi hated how iron couldn't turn to steal and worried helplessly on the side. His daughter became used to swallowing her grievances and started feeling like it wasn't a big deal. Why would he be the villain that broke his daughter's family apart?
But, he felt sullen!

Yan Yan's words were startling and seemed preposterous, but he couldn't deny that she was reasonable.

He couldn't bear to break the wings of such a lively and willful young miss and have her fade into obscurity, becoming just another housewife.

Although Emperor Xi had spoken so much with Yan Yan, he had initially been planning on directly arranging her marriage to cut off certain people's thoughts. His thoughts hadn't changed, but there was now some sympathy and protectiveness as well.
Emperor Xi no longer questioned Yan Yan. He pointed at her and smiled, saying with a clear voice: "We like this young miss a lot. There are bound to be some suitable youth spresent. Are any of you willing to propose? This young miss has already laid out her conditions. Those who don't meet them shouldn't think about stepping up."

He then said: "If it weren't for the fact that my second royal son doesn't catch this young miss's eye, We really want to bring her in as a daughter-in-law!"

It was completely silent.

Who would dare follow up after that?

Not only had the second prince proposed first and gotten rejected by this startling young miss, but the old and young had gone back and forth, causing such a situation.

They couldn't take concubines and also had to prioritize her. Especially her last point. Which one of them didn't have a mom? If their mom treated her well, she was naturally a good mother-in-law. If there was the slightest bit of disagreement, she would become a bad mother-in-law. But good and bad was hard to judge. Could it be that filial piety would be thrown out the window for the sake of marrying this girl?

Furthermore, his majesty clearly expressed his intent to support her, and there was also the formidable Zhenugo Duke. To marry her would be bringing in another ancestor to worship in the estate. There was also the risk of offending Senior Concubine Xu's faction.

No one dared to make a sound.

Emperor Xi pursed his lips tightly, seeming a little displeased.

The scene was extremely awkward.

The Zhenguo Duke was about to say something to smooth things over when Emperor Xi spoke again. "Ai, it seems you're truly hard to marry off. Look how many officials and nobles there are who don't dare to speak up. Could it be Our eye for people is extremely poor, and no one feels you are good?"

Yan Yan gave him a glance and could no longer be bothered to wonder what this weird emperor was thinking.

"This subject has been saying all along that there aren't any good households willing to marry a girl like me. Without mentioning this subject's temper, this subject has trained in martial arts from a young age. If there are any arguments between husband and wife in the future, I'll use my fists if he uses his mouth. If he uses his fists, well, he probably cannot win against this little girl."

She paused and slightly turned to the second prince who had an ugly expression. She cupped her hands and bowed: "Therefore, second prince it really isn't you. It's that this subject isn't worthy of you. Hopefully second prince can understand."

This counted as an explanation for her refusal. She had to consider the dignity of the second prince and the emperor while also refusing this marriage. Yan Yan had racked her brains.

Everyone's dignity had been considered except for her own.

The Zhenguo Duke showed no expression but was actually already furious.