0p0 Chapter 429 First come, first served
Chapter 429 First come, first served
The hall fell silent because of Mu Yunting's words.
Princess Mochizuki's expression changed slightly.
The scene was awkward for a while.
Su Nuan even wanted to dig her toes into the ground for Princess Wangyue.
"Prince, you've drunk too much." The emperor's deep voice rang out in the hall, "Someone, take the prince down to sober him up."
Two palace maids came forward and pretended to support Mu Yunting.
Mu Yunting gave them a cold look, scaring them so much that they quickly lowered their heads and stepped back, not daring to get close.
"Father, I am not drunk. I cannot marry Princess Mochizuki."
The emperor's face darkened. He had just given the prince an excuse, telling him to shut up, but it was obvious that the prince did not listen to him.
"It's not up to you to decide on the marriage."
"Father..."
"Okay, let's discuss this matter tomorrow."
"No need to discuss it tomorrow. Anyway, I will not marry. Father, please choose someone else."
Mu Yunting said this and glanced coldly at Princess Wangyue.
"Your Highness, are you looking down on our Princess Wangyue?" the Fanli envoy said angrily, "Princess Wangyue is the most beautiful woman in our Fanli country. Isn't she worthy of Your Highness?"
"That's not what I meant."
"Then why is His Royal Highness the Crown Prince unwilling to marry the princess?"
Mu Yunting replied: "Because I already have someone I love."
"Yes, and she's going to be married soon." Su Nuan interjected.
Mu Yunting clenched his hands on the table into fists.
"Since she is the Crown Prince's sweetheart, it should be that he knew the Crown Prince before our Princess Mochizuki. It makes sense for the Crown Prince to marry her first, but this does not affect your marriage to our princess."
Envoy Fanli did not give up and continued to fight for a marriage between his princess and the prince.
Su Nuan saw the opportunity and asked, "But the Crown Prince is going to marry the Crown Princess. If Princess Wangyue marries here, she can only be a concubine at best. Is she willing to do that?"
"A princess is a noble woman, how can she be a concubine?"
Although Envoy Fanli's words followed up on Su Nuan's, they were actually addressed to the Emperor.
The emperor was already unhappy, and his face became angry when he heard what the envoy from Fanli said.
This envoy from Fanli is very ignorant. The princess of a foreign country dares to dream of becoming the principal wife when she marries the Crown Prince. If she chooses an ordinary prince or anyone else, she can be the principal wife, but not the Crown Prince's consort.
The emperor pondered for a moment, thinking about how to give some advice to this ignorant envoy from Fanli.
Su Nuan spoke up, "Look at what you said. Being a prince's concubine means you have a noble status. Besides, everything is based on first come first served, especially marriage. The prince is going to marry his childhood sweetheart, and this cannot be compared with a noble status. Besides, if Princess Wangyue really wants to marry into the prince's mansion, she will only have one status, that is, the prince's concubine. They are all the prince's concubines, so do we have to classify them into high and low status?"
Every word he said made sense, and the envoy from Fanli was speechless.
The emperor secretly gave her a thumbs up. For the first time, he felt that this daughter-in-law was not bad and was decisive when it came time to take action.
The people from Nanzhao in the hall also quietly praised Concubine Xia for her good words.
Except for one person, that's His Royal Highness the Crown Prince.
The veins on his clenched fists were exposed.
Envoy Fanli looked back at his princess.
Princess Mochizuki gave him a look and whispered something in his ear.
Then the envoy Fanli said to Su Nuan: "Concubine Xia is right."