This was the first time he called her 'sweetheart' after they met each other again…
At first, she felt dumbfounded when he called her 'sweetheart'. However, she was getting used to it and accepted it somehow. Every time when he called her that, she felt a sense of warmth from the bottom of her heart.
However, the time was a killer. The six month period had lightened the warmth when he called her 'sweetheart' again.
When he called her that again, the first thought in her mind was of how many girls he had called 'sweetheart' before?"
After Emperor Xuan talked about the reward of marriage, Celestial Master Zuo had been calm and quiet. He even asked her to pour a glass of wine for him so that he could watch the argument at the side.
When he suddenly said such a thing to her, Gu Xijiu thought that he was taking her as a joke.
She smiled and replied, "Of course." Then she looked at Rong Jialuo and waited for him to give her the sign so that she could start to speak up.
She did not realize that Di Fuyi, who was at the side, suddenly expressed disappointment and turned his glass in his hand looking like he was deep in thoughts.
Emperor Xuan did not expect to see the intense argument after he talked about the marriage reward. After a while, he finally raised his hand and said, "Stop! Everyone, please shut up. I will make a fair decision."
Finally, the advocates of both parties stopped their argument and looked at Emperor Xuan waiting for his verdict.
Emperor Xuan looked at Gu Xijiu and asked softly, "Xijiu, what do you think?"
Was it a sign to let her make her own decision?
Who was she going to choose?
Gu Xijiu raised her head and glanced at everyone. She then looked at Rong Jialuo. He slightly nodded and gave her a smile as encouragement.
Therefore she made up her mind, "If Your Majesty allows me to choose, I would like to marry the Crown Prince…"
A sentence that triggered a thousand ripples.
The advocates of the Crown Prince cheered like crazy while the advocates of the Fourth Prince were disappointed and quickly talked to Gu Xietian. They claimed that the parents should be the one who decided for their children so the General Gu needed to have a say in this marriage arrangement.
Gu Xietian was actually somewhat listless. His daughter had changed recently so he was a bit scared of her.
However, this matter had to do with his future stand in the imperial court, thus he had to speak up as a father, "Your Majesty, I feel extremely grateful for your marriage reward to my daughter.
However, my daughter is just normal woman and a bit too active. I am afraid that she might not be suitable to be Crown Princess. "
Emperor Xuan interrupted him, "Do you mean you want to marry your daughter to Rong Chu?"
Gu Xietian made up his mind, "Yes! I would appreciate it if Your Majesty could promise this marriage arrangement so that my daughter is able to have a promising future!"
The Emperor Xuan had a deep thought, "This…"
When Rong Jialuo noticed that Emperor Xuan had the intention to get it done, he stepped forward, "My Emperor Father, I did not want to hide from you. I have secretly promised to marry Xijiu two months ago. I gave her my spiritual heart-shaped bracelet as a token of love and promised that I would not marry other women except for her. She made the same promise too…"
Gu Xijiu secretly shuddered after she heard the speech. However, this was a critical moment, so she had to play along with his story!
The Emperor Xuan frowned and looked at Gu Xijiu, "Xijiu, is this true? Do you have his spiritual heart bracelet?
Gu Xijiu answered, "Yes." Then she took out a bracelet from the storage inside the Firmament Stone. She raised to show the Emperor Xuan, "Your Majesty, this is the spiritual heart bracelet…"
This was not an ordinary bracelet but the one and only in the world.
The bracelet was not an ordinary bracelet but the one and only in the world. Most of the ministers in the hall could recognize this bracelet.
This was the bracelet that was passed on to the Crown Princess or the Queen who represented the future Mother of the Kingdom since the ancient dynasty. It was made by a special jade and it was even more precious than the He Shi Bi[1] and it could not be imitated by any other jade.
Since the bracelet was now in Gu Xijiu’s hand, it meant that what they said was real. She had really made a pledge to marry the Crown Prince!
Although it was disgraceful to make a private pledge to get married to someone, as long as both man and woman were unmarried, they would not be condemned.
If they could get the consent from both parents it would be an even a better story with a happy ending.
Therefore, if the children had made private pledge to marry someone, as long as the partner was not stupid or dimwitted, the parents should agree on the marriage as it related to the reputation of their children.
For example, now the Emperor was stunned and Gu Xietian was even more shocked!
If he was against it, it was extremely detrimental to Gu Xijiu’s reputation!
Therefore he made up his mind and finally changed his stand. He kneeled down in front of Emperor Xuan, "Your Majesty, please fulfill their wish!"
Rong Chu’s face was pale. All the advocates of Fourth Prince were stunned too and did not know what to say at this moment.
Emperor Xuan remained silent.
He looked Gu Xijiu and Rong Jialuo. He had a deep thought for a moment. This result was out of his expectations…
After a moment he asked Gu Xijiu, "Xijiu, do you really like Jialuo?"
Gu Xijiu answered, "Yes, I like him. If I can be engaged to the Crown Prince, I will be more confident and work my hardest to survive from the Dark Forest so that I won’t disappoint him…"
Although Rong Jialuo knew that she was acting, he looked at her with his eyes lit up.
He quickly kneeled down, "My Emperor Father, please give us your blessings!"
Since the story had now come to this point, Emperor Xuan had nothing else to say. He sighed, "So…"
Before he could continue this sentence, there was a lazy voice, "Alright. The story has to end now."
The voice came from Di Fuyi. When he started to talk, it was akin to the spring breeze that blew through the hall and warmed everyone one.
Emperor Xuan remained silent.
Gu Xijiu’s heart suddenly pumped harder. Before she could respond, her hand became empty and the bracelet had disappeared into thin air!
She was shocked and quickly turned to look at Di Fuyi.
The priceless bracelet was now on the fingertip of Di Fuyi as if it was going to fall down anytime!
"You…" Gu Xijiu wanted to catch it subconsciously.
Her action was fast but Di Fuyi was even faster. Despite acting at lightning speed, she failed to grab it from his hand but only managed to touch the corner of his sleeve.
The crowd remained silent too.
Emperor Xuan was also stunned, "Celestial Master Zuo, what do you mean? What is the story…?"
"Miss Gu still has other marriage arrangements so the private pledge between her and the Crown Prince is not valid."
Di Fuyi flicked his fingertip and the bracelet bounced out to Rong Jialuo. Rong Jialuo was shocked and immediately accepted it.
What Di Fuyi said had shocked everyone.
Other marriage? What other marriage was that?
Emperor Xuan barely laughed, "Celestial Master Zuo, do you mean the marriage arrangement between Xijiu and Rong Yan? You might not be aware that Rong Yan has done something shameful, thus, he cannot be matched with Xijiu anymore. Therefore, I have canceled the marriage arrangement between her and Rong Yan. Now, Xijiu is free marry anyone…"
"I am not referring to the marriage arrangement between her and Rong Yan." Di Fuyi’s voice remained steadfast and elegant.
[1]He Shi Bi. The He Shi Bi (Chinese: 和氏璧) is a piece of jade which plays an important part in many historical stories in Ancient China. Found in the State of Chu by a man named Bian He (卞和), it was first made into a jade disc, then into the Imperial Seal of China by Qin Shi Huang
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