strictlysupreme Chapter 14 Substitute for the Eldest Daughter
Chapter 14 Substitute for the Eldest Daughter
Yu Chi Sheng took a memorial from the table and handed it to her. "I already know about this matter. This is a memorial that Ye Gengxin just sent. He said that he has already canceled his daughter's engagement with the Wei family, and that his daughter and Prince Cheng are in love. He asked me to grant them a marriage."
Upon hearing this, Consort Lan took the memorial with both hands, and her face darkened immediately after reading it.
Before she could speak, Yu Chi Sheng continued, "Prince Cheng joined the army at the age of thirteen. For the past ten years, he has guarded the border and won many battles. His current injuries are also due to the war. I had previously thought of choosing a consort for him so that he would have someone by his side to take good care of him. But you always said that those women were spoiled and didn't know how to take care of people. Now that he has chosen someone himself, what reason do I have to refuse?"
“But Ye Shishu is already dead. How can a perfectly healthy man marry a dead man?” Consort Lan said sadly. “Your Majesty, you cannot agree to this!”
"It's just posthumously conferring the title of Princess Consort Cheng. What's wrong with that, my beloved consort?" Yu Chi Sheng frowned and said, "Ye Qing was loyal to the emperor and loved his country. He made many great contributions to our Great Ye Kingdom. He only asked that his beloved daughter have a place to rest after her death. How can you expect me to refuse such a request?"
"..." Consort Lan was speechless.
“I know you feel sorry for Prince Cheng and are afraid that he will be wronged, but this is also Prince Cheng’s wish. Besides, he has already brought the memorial tablet of the Ye family’s daughter back to the mansion. Do you expect me to send someone to steal or destroy the memorial tablet?” Yu Chi Sheng said irritably.
Consort Lan was so angry that her heart ached.
Ye Shishu's affair with Prince Cheng has already been made public to the Emperor. Now, unless Ye Gengxin goes to Prince Cheng's residence himself to retrieve his daughter's memorial tablet, no one else will be in the right!
She never expected that Prince Cheng would quietly get together with Ye Gengxin...
God knows how much she hated it!
……
Cheng Wang Mansion.
Holding his memorial tablet, Ye Shishu chuckled dryly, "Hehe! The characters are carved quite well!"
"as long as you are happy."
Seeing the faint smile on the man's scarred face, she frowned slightly. "Your Highness, you seem to be enjoying yourself quite a bit. I wonder what your purpose is in marrying a memorial tablet?"
Yu Chi Ling raised a slight brow, "What if I truly have ulterior motives?"
"What is Your Highness after?"
"Is the color scheme feasible?"
"..." Ye Shishu had been ignoring his answer, but upon hearing it, her face immediately fell. Was Prince Cheng teasing her?
Just as she was speechless and unsure how to respond, Yu Chi Ling said seriously, "Your father and I have jointly submitted a memorial requesting an imperial decree to grant you marriage. You must not show yourself until the Emperor issues the decree. If you want to completely get rid of the Wei family, you must patiently wait for the decree. Once the imperial decree grants you marriage, you can 'come back to life.' At that time, even if some people are unwilling, it will be a done deal, and no one can change it."
"Yes, I will follow Your Highness's arrangements." Regardless of his motives for helping her, Ye Shishu was extremely grateful and respectful to him at this moment.
Looking at her own memorial tablet in her hand, she couldn't help but recall her experience of being poisoned in her previous life.
Even if she reverses her fate in this life, she will not let go of those who hurt her in the previous life!
First and foremost, she naturally had to deal with Wei Yonghuai and Luo Lixian, that despicable couple!
That night, she changed into night clothes, masked herself, and stealthily flew out of the Prince Cheng's residence from a secluded corner.
In the study.
Wen Yan reported, "Your Highness, after leaving the manor, Miss Ye went to three teahouses and clearly stayed there for a quarter of an hour."
Where is she now?
"Your Highness, Miss Ye has just returned to her room."
Yu Chi Ling put down the military intelligence document he had been reading for a while, raised an eyebrow, and said, "I had heard that the third young lady of the Ye family was gentle and reserved, but I didn't expect that she not only hid her skills but was also always busy."
Wen Yan wanted to laugh inwardly; how could one believe everything one heard from the outside world?
The Ye family is a distinguished family. The two young masters of the Ye family have been training in the military since childhood and fought on the battlefield in their youth. Now they are highly respected in the Northwest Camp. As the third young lady of the Ye family, how could she be a good-for-nothing?
"Wenyan, keep an eye on her. I'm very curious to see what else she might do."
"Yes."
……
Wei family.
Since the day the Crown Prince persuaded Wei Yonghuai to break off his engagement with Ye Shishu, the Crown Prince sent people to summon Wei Yonghuai for talks for two consecutive days.
Seeing that her son was so favored by the Crown Prince, Lady Ge was overjoyed.
That day, as she watched her son being summoned by the Crown Prince's men again, Madam Ge was overjoyed when the gatekeeper suddenly announced, "Madam, the Lady of Yufeng Marquis has arrived!"
"Please come in quickly!"
After instructing the gatekeeper, Madam Ge then ordered her two head maids to prepare tea and snacks.
When Madam Wen entered the hall and saw her beaming with joy, she exclaimed in surprise, "My dear sister, how can you still be smiling!"
Ms. Ge asked her, puzzled, "What happened?"
Madam Wen quickly said, "How could you know nothing about such a big thing? Do you know that the news about your Yonghuai and Xian'er has spread!"
"What?! The news about Huai'er and Xian'er has spread?!" Madam Ge was shocked.
"Although he didn't name names, the storyteller in the teahouse mentioned the General's Mansion and the Prince's Mansion, and even blatantly said that the reason the daughter of a military family broke off her engagement with her childhood sweetheart was because she discovered that her fiancé was having an affair with her adopted sister and that the woman was pregnant..."
"Sigh! Listening to storytelling is supposed to be fun, but I don't know who took a story from a storyteller and started spreading rumors about your Yonghuai. I went to the market today and heard a lot of people talking about your Yonghuai, so I came over to find out what happened. How did such rumors start?"
"Furthermore, after planning for so many years, why are you breaking off the engagement? You don't want the dowry left by You Yueqin? That's worth hundreds of thousands of taels of silver!"
As Wen finished speaking, her face was filled with resentment. "Such a big matter, and you didn't even consult me! Don't forget, it was my idea to deal with You Yueqin in the first place! Now look what's happened, the duck that was about to be eaten has flown away!"
Madam Ge's face was dark and gloomy. She gritted her teeth and said, "Do you think this is us trying to break off the engagement? You didn't see how Prince Cheng snatched my son away. It was infuriating! Those rumors that slander my son must have been spread by Prince Cheng!"
Lady Wen couldn't help but curse, "That Prince Cheng is truly shameless! I've only ever heard of people stealing wives while they're alive, but he's even trying to steal the memorial tablets of the dead!"
Now, Madam Ge only wants to resolve the matter between her son and Luo Lixian to quell the rumors circulating outside. After all, her son is destined for a career in government, and she can't let anyone ruin his reputation...
To get rid of Wen Shi, she suddenly had an idea and said to her, "Prince Cheng's abduction of Ye Shishu's memorial tablet was all to win over Ye Gengxin. If you want Rou'er to replace that little slut Ye Shishu, instead of begging Ye Gengxin, you should beg Prince Cheng. Think about it, would Prince Cheng rather marry a memorial tablet or a living person? If Prince Cheng is willing to marry a living person, then please ask Prince Cheng to put pressure on Ye Gengxin so that he will take Rou'er under his own name and marry her off as the legitimate daughter of the Ye family. In this way, Rou'er can not only become Prince Cheng's wife, but Prince Cheng will also have a living wife, and at the same time, Ye Gengxin will be won over. Wouldn't that be killing two birds with one stone?"