0p0 Chapter 168: Marrying the Princess (1)
Chapter 168: Marrying the Princess (1)
The imperial city of Dongli Kingdom!
"Princess, Princess, please walk slowly and wait for me!"
Gu Yuxi came over and took a look at the situation. She was holding a candied haws in her hand and was standing on a very busy street.
"My Lady, I finally caught up with you. There's no need to rush. The singing group hasn't started yet."
"Princess, please run slower."
Maids Cuihong and Liuxiang put their hands on their hips, panting. Gu Yuxi looked at her own small arms and legs. Was this giving her a buffer period for the mission?
The original owner, Gu Yuxi, was the second daughter of Princess Changning, the elder sister of the Emperor of Dongli Kingdom. She was now eight years old and was also the posthumous son of Marquis Zhongyong, the husband of Princess Changning.
Because their husbands died for their country, Princess Changning and County Lady Xinyue took extra care of this family. Now there are three female masters in the Mansion of Marquis Zhongyong.
Because she was spoiled, the original owner was naughty all day long. She dropped out of learning music, chess, calligraphy, painting, and knitting, and just played with guns and sticks and went shopping.
As for the heroine, she is the original owner's cousin Li Qingcheng, the daughter of the emperor's younger brother, King Xiaoyao.
As the first child of King Xiaoyao, Gu Qingcheng is a famous talented girl. She was named Dongli at the age of thirteen and was a role model for women.
Dongli values culture, but its drawbacks became apparent after three generations of kings. As the saying goes, culture can govern a country, and military force can maintain its security. With the rise of small barbarian countries around Dongli, the rule of the Dongli royal family was in jeopardy.
Eight years ago, the original owner's father and others exchanged their lives for a brief peace, but this is not a long-term solution. Now that the eunuchs in the court are gradually gaining real power, the emperor will eventually become a puppet.
Three years later, catastrophe will come to Dongli Kingdom. Not only will its territory be confiscated, but Dongli will also have to compensate other countries for the cost of their expansion.
Negotiating war or seeking peace was common every year, and the travel of envoys for peace and marriage had become the norm.
Before Dongli declined, it had a glorious period of prosperity, but it also hid many crises.
Faced with the sudden imperial decree of marriage, how could the heroine, who had already secretly agreed to spend her life with the hero Meng Heyun, give in? So she conspired with the second male lead Wei Chenyang, who was also the original owner's fiancé, to use someone else as a substitute.
The original owner naturally didn't want to marry an old man who could be her father, but Wei Chenyang begged her in every possible way, saying that he would marry her if she went through this experience for the heroine. This was just a temporary measure in order to counterattack and regain lost territory.
Later, the original owner was packed up and sent away. His martial arts skills were destroyed, his voice was made hoarse by the poison, and he was sent to a place where he was unfamiliar with the place.
On the night of the wedding, the tribe was suddenly attacked by the alliance led by Hetu Chi, and the original owner became their trophy and was given to their leader.
"Is it too hasty?"
The hero's uncle is the imperial teacher of Dongli Kingdom. He later uses an excuse to evade the heroine's request for a marriage change, saying that the heroine is the lucky star of Dongli and cannot marry into another country.
This is ironic. The next year, Li Qingcheng married Meng Heyun, the prince of Xili Kingdom.
They directed and acted in a good play, and the original owner's marriage was decided by them independently.
As for the mission target, the Khan of Hejiang unified the scattered Hejiang tribes at the age of eighteen, then expanded the territory, and finally joined forces with other countries to divide Dongli.
Unfortunately, the poison in the original owner's body caused her health to deteriorate, and she died less than three years after arriving in Hejiang. The most regrettable thing was that she didn't know how to face He Tuchi's feelings.
"Tell me what you have unfulfilled wishes for."
"My father died for the country in his early years, and my mother only has two relatives, my sister and I. But we were both sent to marry foreign princes. I just hope you can protect my sister and mother, let them live well, and don't repeat the tragedy of the previous life."
"You don't want revenge?"
"Hahaha, those bastards ended up killing each other. I broke both of Wei Chenyang's legs, chopped off three of Li Qingcheng's fingers, and sent many beautiful women that Meng Heyun liked back and forth. Now that Li Qingcheng was abandoned, I think I should feel relieved."
Gu Yuxi didn't expect that the endless plot would be like this. She admired the original owner's avenging character.
"You rock."
"My sister and brother-in-law loved each other, but there was a misunderstanding later. I just hope they can be happy and my mother can enjoy her old age. This wish is not difficult, right?"
"Simple, it's time for you to go. The road of reincarnation has begun."
Gu Yuxi regained his composure and went into a singing hall with Cuihong and Liuxiang. Seeing this, the two waiters pushed and shoved each other and ran up to the master and servant.
"Princess Yuxi, are we going to sing "Backyard Flowers" today? Are we going to sing it in the same place and the same way?"
"We have a new type of pastry in our store - Rolling Cloud Pastry. Princess Yuxi, don't miss it."
Gu Yuxi raised an eyebrow at Cuihong, who immediately said to the waiter, "A pot of Biluochun, a plate of osmanthus cake, jujube paste cake, peanuts and melon seeds, one pound of green dates and tangerines, and a new plate of cakes."
The waiter happily took the silver from Liu Xiang and extended his hand to lead the way: "Princess, please go this way. There is still room there."
Sitting in a familiar place, the waiter quickly brought some sunflower seeds. She followed the original owner's temperament and said to the maid, "Don't be restrained. The show is about to begin."
The two maids were two years older than Gu Yuxi. They were later sent to Hejiang by Princess Changning, which helped the original owner relieve a lot of homesickness during that time.
"Hey, Princess, I wonder how the new singer Qu Wan'er sings. Those people said she sings well."
"New cakes, please try them, Princess."
"Well, the old way."
"okay."
Cuihong skillfully took the plate and served pastries to her master, three pieces each time, and they had to eat the rest.
In order to maintain his character, Gu Yuxi could only say that the original owner had a lot of trouble in some places, and that nothing could happen more than three times, which was troublesome.
She was holding a piece of cake and looking at the two maids, whose gazes were fixed on the stage where the opera was being performed. Her eyes were clear and her mouth was busy.
What can a ten-year-old girl do? Isn’t it just eating and drinking?
This casual master-servant relationship made her feel relaxed. She didn't have to rely on maids to remind her to keep her back straight or take big steps like those young ladies from official families.
"Oh, Sister Qingcheng, who was it I thought? It turned out to be Princess Yuxi. You're crossing your legs so high."
Gu Yuxi tilted her eyes and saw that Li Qingcheng's mouth was disturbing Chen Caiyun again.
"What does it have to do with you that I'm crossing my legs? Cousin Qingcheng didn't say anything. Don't let others hear it and say that you're ruining my reputation everywhere."
"You, no matter what I say..."
"Oh my! You dumb ass, look at your cousin Qingcheng, she knows what it means to not say anything inappropriate."
Liu Xiang said sarcastically: "Look at the jujubes on this plate. Not only are they short, but they are also sour and astringent. They are sour every day and never sweet."
"Slut, stop being so weird to me."
Snapped!
Gu Yuxi put a small horse whip on the table and said, "Don't disturb me while I'm watching the show. Chen Caiyun, don't you see that everyone is pointing fingers at you?"