Yang Ruxin looked at Xu Huairui indifferently: "Miss Xu, I must congratulate you."
"No." Xu Huairui shook her head hastily, "I didn’t volunteer, I don’t want to marry, please help me."
"Then you mean the Wanyan Crown Prince is forcing you?" Yang Ruxin raised an eyebrow slightly.
"Not really, I..." Xu Huairui didn’t know how to explain.
"Miss Xu, I forgave you before and was willing to associate with you, but I didn’t expect that you were actually using me." Yang Ruxin sighed, "I won’t stop you from trying to climb high, but you shouldn’t have used me."
"I didn’t."
"Didn’t you?" Yang Ruxin sneered, "Ever since the incident with Wang Zhengzheng, you couldn’t stay in the palace, but because of me, you managed to befriend Princess of Pingning, isn’t that right?"
Xu Huairui opened her mouth, but couldn’t say anything.
"Then you used the princess to curry favor with Wanyan Ningzi, wasn’t it to take the opportunity to hook up with the Wanyan Crown Prince?" Yang Ruxin scoffed, "I prided myself on being smart, but I didn’t expect that my goodwill would end up being an acplice to tarnish Daxuan’s reputation to the Emperor."
"Sister Xin, there’s something fishy about this, really, I didn’t know what was happening at that time, I..."
"Don’t talk to me about it, was it fishy enough for your maid to be involved too? I just came back from the palace, almost got beheaded by the Emperor." Yang Ruxin raised her hand to stop the other’s attempt to speak, "From now on, let’s part ways." With that, she took Gu Qingheng’s hand and headed straight for the door.
Xu Huairui wanted to say something, but was blocked by Chai Qin: "Don’t e to disgust my madam, otherwise, don’t blame me for being rude."
Only then did Xu Huairui realize she was truly doomed.
"Miss." The maid Ban Xia rushed over, "Go back, actually being a Crown Princess Consort isn’t too bad, don’t think too negatively."
"Crown Princess Consort?"
"Yeah, marrying the Wanyan Crown Prince isn’t a bad thing, right?"
Xu Huairui frowned, looking at Ban Xia for a long time, finally tugging at her lips: "But only if I can actually marry him." It’s a political marriage, needing the Emperor’s nod, if she wants to be the Crown Princess Consort, Jiang Fangfei must not go, but how could it be possible?
And the Xu Family was truly at a loss, not expecting Xu Huairui to be so bold, but the matter had already happened, even killing the maid wouldn’t help, moreover, Wanyan Liang had also taken advantage, so, the Madam of Anning County dragged her sick body into the palace, she needed to ask the Emperor and the Empress Dowager for an explanation, after all, they were royal relatives.
Luckily, the Emperor personally received her this time.
The Madam of Anning County was indeed smart, she didn’t dare play the senior card, knowing it was useless, might even anger the Emperor, and then the Xu Family would be doomed, luckily the Emperor only reprimanded the Xu family’s customs briefly, and then decided to have Xu Huairui go for the political marriage.
This result greatly surprised the old Madam of Anning County, because it was the best oute, the granddaughter not only protected her reputation, but the Xu family could also use it as a stepping stone, so the old lady went into the palace fuming, and came out joyfully.
The next day, the imperial edict arrived at the Xu family, Xu Huairui was granted the title Princess of Pingning, her father Xu Menghai was promoted from clerk at the Imperial College to one of its vice ministers, which means a leap from the seventh to the fourth rank, furthermore, her mother Meng Shuang was granted a fourth-rank imperial mandate, additionally rewarded with much gold and fine silk.
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