Changsheng: Peak at the Beginning

Chapter 1829 Water Dragon's Chant 32

The body of Gui Mudan was handed over to the imperial guards who arrived. Jiang Xinxin only needed to reveal that Gui Mudan was the troupe leader of the brothel. The imperial guards would take care of the rest. Jiang Xinxin herself would not interfere. However, the Princess's residence would inevitably be involved.

After having her two cousins ​​safely escorted back, Jiang Xinxin was no longer sleepy. Fortunately, Wan Yuyuedan was sensible enough not to appear before her, whether he had left the Princess's residence or done something else. This relieved her somewhat.

After all, Wan Yuyuedan was an exceptionally handsome man with outstanding features. He was full of merits, and if it weren't for his inability to see properly, he would probably be considered a perfect person without any flaws.

The next morning, Jiang Xinxin originally planned to deal with Yi Que Yin Yang, who was disguised as Xiao Shi by Tang Li Ci's side. However, the matter of the Ghost Peony last night had blown up, and the emperor sent someone to summon her early in the morning. She had no choice but to tidy herself up and hurry to the palace.

Unexpectedly, the Emperor didn't mention the Ghost Peony or the brothel. Instead, he brought up something else: "Xin Xin, nowadays, besides the princes and princesses who are not yet of age, you are the only one in the palace who is not yet engaged. Your mother said she would find you someone you like, but you haven't said what kind of man you like. What should your father do?"

Jiang Xinxin didn't expect to be pressured to get married today, so she quickly countered, "Does Father Emperor think that I'm too old and have become an old maid, and that I'm worried that I won't be able to get married and will bring shame to the royal family?"

"But is all of this my fault? If I hadn't gotten lost back then and had stayed by Father and Mother's side, what I would have been delayed for would be far more than just a simple marriage!!"

The emperor sighed deeply, unable to utter the words he had prepared. He could only open his private treasury and make several promises to appease Jiang Xinxin.

But the emperor didn't give up. While Jiang Xinxin was on her way to Empress Tang's palace, he sent a eunuch to take a shortcut and persuade Empress Tang first. Empress Tang rolled her eyes at Jiang Xinxin, saying, "Your father is becoming more and more eccentric. He originally agreed that you could take your time to choose the young talents you like, but now he can't bear to deal with his troublesome sons and even lets them scheme against your marriage!"

The Empress Tang's gaze towards a certain direction in the inner palace couldn't help but reveal a sharp edge; her eyes narrowed slightly, sending chills down one's spine.

It was fortunate that the mother and daughter never liked having anyone serving them in private, and always sent everyone to the next room or outside. Otherwise, the young palace maid, who had not seen much of the world, might have been directly frightened by the Empress Tang's majesty.

Jiang Xinxin was speechless at the emperor's incompetence, but how to put it? With Emperor Li in the past, the emperor was only less trusting and fond of Empress Tang now, and he was also indulging the princes and princesses in scheming to make her marriage for their own benefit. She was just speechless and prepared to teach them a lesson, but she had no intention of overturning the table.

Jiang Xinxin smiled casually: "Mother, it's because I wasn't around in the past that you had to be careful in all aspects of life in the palace. But things are different now. Your daughter is back, and with your daughter backing you up, you can be more at ease and don't need to be nice to those people."

Empress Tang was overjoyed and felt extremely pleased with Jiang Xinxin's words. She even abandoned her previous plan to say a few good words for Wan Yuyuedan and facilitate the good marriage between Jiang Xinxin and Wan Yuyuedan.

Empress Tang happily embraced Jiang Xinxin and recounted her emotional journey over the years, lamenting that imperial power had completely distorted her husband, who was now merely an emperor.

At noon, the family of three finally managed to have lunch together. The emperor repeatedly tried to signal to Empress Tang with his eyes whether she had accomplished her task, but she ignored him.

Jiang Xinxin disliked the emperor's presence spoiling the mood, and seeing this scene, she directly exposed his little trick: "Father, what are you doing? Why are you exchanging glances with Mother? Is it because I'm in your way today?"

Empress Tang playfully slapped Jiang Xinxin lightly, trying to save face for the Emperor, "What strange thing are you doing at the dinner table?"

The emperor, unless he's a fool, must be a shameless and ruthless creature. He smiled and pretended to stop the empress, saying, "What is the empress doing? Xin Xin was just teasing us. How could I, as her father, blame her?"

When Empress Tang saw the emperor's ghastly appearance, she felt a surge of anger, and the smile on her face faded considerably. However, she did not directly vent her anger on the emperor. Instead, she put on a gloomy expression and exposed the emperor's little scheme: "It's all my fault. I made a fuss over nothing."

"Your Majesty, although Xin Xin is not young anymore, she has only been back with us for a year. Although I am worried about her marriage, I do not want to send her away like this..."

Empress Tang was already very worried about Jiang Xinxin's marriage and really didn't want Jiang Xinxin to get married so soon, so the more she talked, the sadder she became. After she finished speaking, she couldn't help but turn her head away to wipe her tears.

Jiang Xinxin quickly went over to comfort Empress Tang: "Mother, I will not marry, I will stay by your side for the rest of my life—"

The emperor was initially saddened as well, after all, he had genuine feelings for his eldest daughter, Jiang Xinxin, all those years ago, and had always thought of her. However, guilt was too much for him to bear, so he had long ago shifted the blame for Jiang Xinxin's disappearance onto others, and even sometimes secretly held a grudge against his wife, Empress Tang, and the innocent victim, Jiang Xinxin.

Otherwise, he wouldn't have watched his children, whom he later had, constantly trying to scheme against his eldest daughter, Jiang Xinxin, for her marriage.

However, Jiang Xinxin is someone he truly loves. Now that she's back safe and sound, and has learned a lot of skills, she's much more useful than those debt collectors. Even for the sake of Sword King City, he should give Jiang Xinxin the respect she deserves.

So, this whole marriage pressure incident is finally over for now.

Turning around, Jiang Xinxin personally crippled the right and left hands of those princes who had become too ambitious. Although her direct and almost blatant revenge did not conform to the so-called unspoken rules of the court, many people made excuses for Jiang Xinxin's actions. After all, she had the reputation of being a master of poisons in the martial arts world. She had always considered herself a martial arts person before returning to the royal family as a princess, so it was understandable that she was not used to it.

After Jiang Xinxin vented her anger, when she thought of cleaning up Xiao Shi next to Tang Lizhi, she was blocked by Pu Zhu and Xi Fangtao.