coobybook Chapter 1060 The eldest daughter is as bright as spring flowers (182)
Chapter 1060 The eldest daughter is as bright as spring flowers (182)
Chapter 1060 The eldest daughter is as bright as spring flowers (One hundred and eighty-two)
Outside Qingning Pavilion, the atmosphere was solemn.
The emperor frowned slightly, but his tone remained gentle: "Xiaojiu, Wei Ying and the daughter of the Song family have already been engaged. This is a marriage granted by me personally. How can it be easily changed? Please stand up."
"I know I was wrong and am willing to compensate Miss Song."
Qingli stood aside and saw the Ninth Princess kneeling on the ground. A look of pity appeared on her face. She sighed softly and stepped forward to help the Ninth Princess up. "Princess, you just fell into the water and caught a cold. It's late and the weather is very cold. Don't kneel for too long, or you will develop a chronic illness."
The Ninth Princess was supported by Qingli, and she felt quite disgusted, secretly thinking that the daughter of the Prime Minister was deliberately making things difficult for her.
"If you had taken the initiative to cancel the engagement, why would this princess be crying here and begging? Stop pretending and cancel the engagement immediately!"
She pushed Qingli away with force, and if it weren't for the palace maid supporting her, Qingli would have almost fallen.
This scene was seen by everyone, and all the ministers and female relatives looked unhappy.
The emperor saw his daughter acting so recklessly, which was a disgrace to the royal family, and scolded her, "Xiaojiu, how can you behave like this?"
The Ninth Princess was about to retort, but she suddenly started coughing, tears streaming down her face, and she sneezed several times.
The Queen cast a disgusted glance at the former daughter of Concubine Luo and the Fourth Prince's biological sister, and said coldly, "Hurry up and help the Ninth Princess back to rest! Coughing like this and still running around is really clueless."
"No! I will never leave! Father, please grant me a marriage with Wei Ying, otherwise I will be shed blood here today."
"Are you threatening me?"
The emperor's face was ashen, his anger evident. The Ninth Princess knelt again, kowtowed, and wept, "Father, my mother and brother both passed away because of their crimes. I am left alone and helpless. If I can't even preserve my innocence, what's the point of living?"
The emperor's expression changed slightly. He personally helped his daughter up and said softly, "Your innocence concerns the reputation of the royal family. I will make the decision for you. Prime Minister Song, your daughter's marriage to Wei Ying..."
Prime Minister Song remained silent and just watched the emperor's performance coldly.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, Your Majesty."
Before the emperor finished speaking, Wei Ying and Zhao Yu had already hurried to the outside of Qingning Pavilion.
"Stand up. Lord Wei, you saved my little Jiu. The royal dignity cannot be challenged, and I am grateful to you. Will you marry Xiao Jiu? As for the young lady from the Song family, I will make her a county lady and will not treat her unfairly."
Wei Ying was shocked when he heard this.
"Your Majesty, I am already engaged. I have decided to marry only the daughter of the Song family in this life, and I have no other thoughts." The emperor's face became more and more ugly. Wei Ying dared to refuse the marriage.
The Ninth Princess also had a face full of resentment.
However, Wei Ying's next words made the emperor and the ninth princess change their expressions.
"Besides, when did I ever save the Ninth Princess? I have no idea."
"Wei Ying, you clearly jumped into the water to save me just now. How can you deny it?"
"When did this humble servant jump into the water to save someone? Princess, I'm afraid you remembered it wrongly. Wasn't it the Eleventh Princess who fell into the water? His Royal Highness the Eighth Prince personally rescued her to shore."
Zhao Yu was also confused. He looked at his mother and the Eleventh Princess and asked, "Yes, Mother, Eleventh Sister fell into the water. Why didn't you persuade her to go back and rest? She hasn't recovered yet. What if she catches a cold again?"
Concubine Shu looked puzzled: "Your sister didn't fall into the water!" Princess Eleven was watching intently when her brother suddenly called her name. She quickly jumped out to defend herself: "Eighth brother, are you confused? It was my ninth sister who fell into the water, not me."
The Eighth Prince shook his head, his tone firm, "Absolutely impossible. I personally pulled you out of the water, and you nearly sank to the bottom of the lake. When I dived in to save you, you struggled desperately, and you almost dragged me in with you. Look, there's still a mark on my neck from where you pinched me, and it's already bleeding."
Although it was night, the lanterns were hung so densely that the surroundings were as bright as day.
"Oh, my dear, look at my blushing face. How could I be the one who fell into the water? It was clearly my ninth sister! How could my ninth sister repay my kindness with hatred by pinching you like this!"
The Eleventh Princess looked at the bloodstains on Zhao Yu's neck where the medicine had been applied, and thought to herself: This Ninth Sister is absolutely crazy, to treat her own brother like this!
The Ninth Princess was filled with astonishment. The one who saved her was not Wei Ying, but the Eighth Brother? "No way! It couldn't have been the Eighth Brother who saved me! It had to be Wei Ying! I remember it clearly, it was Wei Ying who saved me!"