Chapter 223.1 - Big marriage next month
The emperor heard Xiliang Feiyue"s first phrase and frowned but when he heard the second part, he let out a relieved breath.
His third prince really was attractive, huh.
It"d only been a few days but this Xiliang country"s third prince was already willing to share her husband to marry him.
But …
His eyes turned to Lou Qingwu and asked her, “I don"t know if Lou Qingwu would be willing to be like E"Huang and Nuying, and marry the third prince together with the third princess?”
Lou Qingwu grew silent.
Xiahou Qing grew nervous.
He looked at Lou Qingwu uneasily, scared that she"d reject him.
But he didn"t have to wait too long.
It seemed like an eternity, but it also seemed like a split second that Lou Qingwu lightly nodded her head.
Xiahou Qing"s face immediately split into a grin.
If they weren"t at a banquet right now, he really wanted to pick her up in his arms and spin her around a few times.
He was finally going to be able to marry her.
Even he didn"t think that it would happen, with how crazily in love the Night Prince seemed to be with her.
So as long as he had her, wouldn"t that mean he would be able to have a connection to the Night Prince …
Thinking to here, Xiahou Qing"s laughter grew deeper.
As for that Xiliang country"s third princess, that was a pure coincidence.
But just because of her ident.i.ty as a Xiliang princess, he only had to use it a bit, and wouldn"t his path to the throne just be matter of time?
The only person who seemed to have had a loss at this match making banquet, seemed to be the Night Prince.
Lou Qingwu had chosen the third prince, so they could only sigh in disappointment for the Night Prince.
But more than that, people were more jealous of Xiahou Qing.
In one swoop, he was able to get two consorts and for the sake of fairness, the emperor had announced that Lou Qingwu and Xiliang Feiyue would be equal consorts to the third prince.
They would have equal status to each other, which was quite extraordinary.
To the side, the Countess of Chaoxia had originally still been upset because she was marrying far away, but once she heard this news, a devilish smile grew on her face.
Lou Qingwu, ah, Lou Qingwu, you didn"t want to be the Night Prince"s consort, and instead chose to become that whatever third prince"s consort?
I really don"t know if you"re smart or stupid!
But Lou Qingwu"s actions did soothe the Countess of Chaoxia a little, even though she was still gritting her teeth in anger.
She glared at Lou Qingwu as if she wanted to tear a piece off of her.
Lou Qingwu was clearly supposed to be the person who was going to be married off far away but instead, she had to be the one who was subst.i.tuted.
She wasn"t satisfied, not satisfied at all!
The emperor then issued imperial edicts, and nailed those marriages shut.
He immediately called for someone to read the edicts aloud.
“With this imperial edict, the third prince, Xiahou Qing, will marry on the 15th of the next month in a big marriage. Xiliang country"s third princess and the Countess of Rende will be bestowed equal consorts to the third prince. The Countess of Chaoxia will be bestowed to Xiliang country"s fifth princess as consort, in the same month on the 18th. She will head forth towards Xiliang country. End.”
After the banquet finished, Lou Qingwu headed straight back to her Leaning Wind Pavilion, she still hadn"t completely cleared her head.
She kept seeing that last look Feng Yege gave her as her head started to hurt, she leaned against her chair and fell into a daze.
She didn"t look the least like a happy bride-to-be.
Lan Bai had already received the news and when she entered Lou Qingwu"s room, grew silent.
But after watching Lou Qingwu be silent for an hour as well, she finally couldn"t handle it, “Master, exactly what are you thinking?”
If she wasn"t willing to marry the third prince, then why was she forcing herself to do so?
Lou Qingwu pursed her lips.
Her senior brother had asked her the same question, exactly why indeed.
But even if she did say the real reason, no one would probably believe her.
She rubbed her forehead as she couldn"t win against the guilt in her heart, waving her hands, “First go and rest. Anything else can wait until tomorrow.”
“That … okay.” Lan Bai saw that Lou Qingwu"s emotions were a mess so she didn"t want to disturb her any more.
She could only leave first.
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TL note:
E"Huang and Nuying - two gorgeous sisters who married some emperor and served him together (ew), pretty popular cultural reference.
Equal consorts - there"s probably a better way to translate this? I can"t seem to find a better way to phrase it.
Leave a comment and because LQW"s path to self destruction has begun xx