Long Live the Empress

Chapter 262 My Fair Lady

"Mother, if the Ninth Prince had not pointed it out today, I would have been the Chief Inspector by now!" said the prince with some resentment.

"Prince, if you want to pull someone to your side, you must have a reason to make him fall in love with you," said the queen.

"What's the reason for your affection?" The prince repeated it to himself several times, and suddenly he said as if he had suddenly realized something: "Then I will promise him wealth and glory in the future..."

"Tsk..." The Queen sneered and looked at the Crown Prince with a look of a fool, "This is all the Crown Prince's tutor taught you? Don't you use your brain to think about it? He is now second to none and he doesn't even take me seriously... Your glory is nothing but a pile of dung in front of him!"

The prince blushed after being scolded by the queen. He pursed his lips and said, "Then...what does mother mean?"

“When you hit a snake, you have to hit it at its weakest part! Even if you can’t reach the snake’s weakest part, it’s good to be able to get close to it!”

"What the Queen Mother means is... to start with the people around Jiu Qiansui? But everyone around him is loyal, and the Qiansui Mansion is like a solid wall..."

"Hasn't the Crown Prince heard that Miss Yue from the Yue Mansion often goes in and out of Qiansui Mansion?"

"I have heard a little bit about it. A while ago, Jiu Qian Sui even went to Yue Mansion to support her." The prince frowned and thought about it, "Could it be that Jiu Qian Sui also has a crush on Yue Jinghao?"

"Haha, so what? Jiu Qian Sui is an imperfect man. Even if he is powerful, which woman would be willing to be with him? If there is a man who is young, handsome, and has a prominent status comparable to Jiu Qian Sui, who do you think the woman will choose?"

The Queen's words awakened the Prince. Whenever he thought of Yue Jinghao's stunning beauty, he became extremely excited.

"Then I will go find her right away!" The prince said and was about to leave, but was stopped by the queen.

"Don't forget, it was you who was determined to break off the engagement, and you just took her half-sister as your concubine!"

The prince paused for a moment. Yes, how could he have forgotten this? With Yue Jinghao's temper, there was no way she would agree to marry him.

Seeing the prince's dull look, the queen was both angry and amused, "If your father had granted the marriage, even if she was unwilling, she would have compromised for the survival of the family!"

After hearing this, the prince nodded quickly and went in a hurry to pay a visit to the old emperor.

The old emperor was discussing matters with Yan Liyuan when a eunuch came to report that the prince wanted to see him.

The old emperor thought that the prince was dissatisfied with the Spring Examination, so he let the prince into the palace.

"Father, I beg you to grant me a marriage!" The prince knelt on the ground as soon as he entered the room, "I beg you to grant me a marriage!"

Yan Liyuan raised his eyebrows slightly and opened his thin lips, "The prince just took a concubine a few days ago, and he came to ask for marriage again today?"

The prince fell to the ground in shock. How come he didn't see the Nine Thousand Years Old was there? If the Nine Thousand Years Old knew that he was competing with him for a woman... But now that things have come to this, the Nine Thousand Years Old has no say in this matter!

"As the saying goes: A beautiful lady is a good match for a gentleman! Since I have a girl I like, I must give her a name!"

"Pa pa pa," Yan Liyuan clapped his hands a few times and praised, "What a beautiful lady! I wonder who the prince likes?"

The old emperor also looked confused, and followed Yan Liyuan's words and asked: "Yes, who is it?"

The prince secretly made up his mind, closed his eyes and said loudly: "It's Princess Jing'an!"

After hearing this, the old emperor frowned and spoke in a lower tone, "You two were engaged when you personally asked me to cancel it. Do you think marriage is a joke?"

The prince quickly said, "I was blinded by greed in the past. These days, I have regretted my decision every day. That's why I dare to ask for your approval today!"

"Does Princess Jing'an also agree?" The old emperor felt that this matter was very strange, so he asked this question.

The prince paused, and then thought of the queen's words. He felt that no one would refuse the identity of the crown princess! So he replied: "Yes, Princess Jing'an and I are in love with each other!"

As soon as the prince finished speaking, the old emperor felt that the temperature in the hall suddenly dropped.

"In that case, then summon Princess Jing'an to the throne!"

The chief eunuch took the order and went to Yue Palace to announce the decree.