Chapter 87 – Must Marry the Emperor"s Son (2) Ye Mu nodded as she watched Ye Li leave. She knew that her intuition was telling her something was amiss, so she had to prepare something in the next three days.
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On the day she entered the palace, countless majestic carriages were scattered around the capital, and the common folk watched from the sides. It was a rare sight to see so many n.o.ble women leave their residence at the same time; they all hoped for a chance to catch a glimpse of their beautiful faces.
Ye Mu"s carriage was also among them, heading towards the direction of the Imperial Palace.
“Did you find anything?” Before, there had been two experts sent by Mo Linyuan, but Ye Mu had asked one of them to become hers and Mo Linyuan"s bridge to communicate, so there was currently only one person with her now. Furthermore, even if she brought him with her to the palace, it would prove risky as there was bound to be many eyes.
“Young lady, the imperial palace is heavily guarded, so I don"t have much information about it. However, one of the oddities floating around is that two princesses have died in succession recently. Other than that, there"s no other doubtful news surrounding it.”
Ye Mu stroked her chin. Indeed, having too few ears and eyes was a difficult task. That Concubine Rou inviting her into the palace would surely deal with her…
As if in a blink of an eye, they arrived at the entrance of the imperial palace. All the guards had stayed outside, but this was not the end. All the maids had to be checked by security, and those with skills or weapons were all temporarily detained.
When Ye Mu was inspected, she was curious and bribed him to speak, “Big brother, why is the investigation so strict this time?”
After the guard accepted Ye Mu"s money and saw that Ye Mu was a cute, soft, little sister, he couldn"t help but relax his facial expression as he whispered to her, “His Majesty will also be attending today"s banquet.”
With that, he went to investigate the next group, leaving Ye Mu bewildered.
That sickly Yue Emperor wanted to partic.i.p.ate?
Before this, the Yue Emperor had been recuperating because of a serious illness. Of course, this was shown as only a minor illness on the outside. But looking at the time, he hadn"t appeared in front of anyone for several months now.
Did this have something to do with Concubine Rou summoning her into the palace?
Ye Mu entered the palace together with the ma.s.sive crowd with a skeptical look on her face.
According to her understanding, the banquet this time was mainly for the Second Prince to choose an imperial concubine, and this had nothing to do with Ye Mu. Even if the Second Prince wanted to be linked with Ye Li, he should have chosen Ye Li"s direct daughter and not a concubine-born daughter like her.
Although it was her first time going out, she had been curious for a while and had lost interest in the place. After all, even though the place was luxurious and refined, it didn"t look too different from the palaces she ahd come to know in her old lifetime.
The empress was in charge of the overall event, and Ye Mu sat upright in the seats for young ladies below.
When would this banquet end? She wondered.
At this time, a servant girl took the opportunity to pour some tea and secretly slip a slip of paper to Ye Mu.
Ye Mu"s eyebrows twitched, but she didn"t say anything as she unfolded the paper.
There were just a few words written on it, "Second brother requests marriage, and you must agree to it."
Ye Mu"s eyes instantly widened!
Second brother? Could he be referring to the Second Prince? And he had asked her to marry him, so she had to simply agree?
What the h*ll is this bullsh*t? She cursed internally.
Ye Mu a.n.a.lyzed her situation calmly. This Second Prince had a transparent background and the only reason she remembered him was that in the plot, after the next Emperor Yue had successfully ascended to the throne, all his brothers had died.
Then…was this note truly from him?
Without giving Ye Mu time to think things further, the empress from the head seat had asked abruptly with a smile, “My son, with so many n.o.ble girls present, which one do you think is the most outstanding? If there is you like then let us make her a married lady,” she jested, thinking her son wouldn"t have anyone he fancied.
The empress"s words were actually polite. And everyone was here to become an imperial concubine, and those who didn"t want to be chosen wouldn"t show up for no reason. So as long as the second prince had chosen them, what else was there to disagree to?
Of course, Ye Mu was the only one with this exception. She had been specially invited to the palace, and she didn"t come for the purpose of being chosen as a wife. Moreover, she was only six years old and was a concubine-born daughter.
The second prince would never choose her!
Right? At first, Ye Mu was very sure of this, but now, she wasn"t really sure. Sure enough, when the warm and gentle second prince heard this, he smiled and looked in Ye Mu"s direction.
“There really is such a person, and she"s quite strongly and deeply ingrained inside my heart.”
Ye Mu"s heart skipped a beat. She was just thinking things, right?
The empress was also stunned for a moment, as if she had not expected the second prince to really choose someone.
She could not help but ask, “Who is my son referring to?”