Chapter 220.1 - It"s a vixen
When the time of the night banquet had come, Lou Qingwu followed Lou Qufeng into the palace.
Today, Xiliang country"s fifth prince would choose a consort and help choose a husband for the third princess.
So all of the unmarried girl"s and daughters of n.o.bles would be in attendance, as well as the other princes of Dongyu country.
But compared to marrying a Dongyu country prince, marrying far away into Xiliang country wasn"t something that a lot of the girls were happy with.
So they all dressed and had their makeup turned down, making themselves as lowkey as possible.
Apart from one person, the Countess of Chaoxia.
The Countess of Chaoxia wore a pink dress with a hundred b.u.t.terfly ruffles, it was pinched high on her waist so she looked like a beautiful flower amongst the many girls in attendance.
She looked very eye catching.
If Lou Qingwu didn"t know that the Countess of Chaoxia had her eye on her senior brother, she really would"ve thought that the Countess was planning on marrying far away.
After all, there"s no way that imperial prince Zong couldn"t have told her what this night banquet was for.
The imperial prince only had one daughter so there"s no way he could allow for her to marry far away.
But she purposely chose to wear such a dress today, so she was either very fearless or she knew for sure that the fifth prince"s choice of consort … wasn"t her.
Lou Qingwu was thinking as her eyes fell on the Countess of Chaoxia.
The Countess of Chaoxia lifted up her eye and seeing Lou Qingwu watching her, sneered at her, her eyes filled with c.o.c.kiness and contempt.
c.o.c.ky?
Then it must be the second choice.
Lou Qingwu lowered her eyes and suddenly felt like she was missing a person.
She was able to change Shu Yunyan"s mind to not make her marry, but there was still one person who wouldn"t think like that.
That person …
Lou Qingwu looked at the emperor.
He was saying something to the empress and the empress looked like she had some misgivings.
She lightly spoke a few words, making the emperor"s face grow dark.
The empress immediately stopped speaking but her eyes strayed onto Lou Qingwu, meeting her eyes.
She suddenly froze before laughing, but her smile was a bit apologetic,
Lou Qingwu"s pupils quickly shrank before as if not seeing the empress" apologetic smile, she smiled back at the empress, her eyes clear.
But when she sat down, her eyes were a bit cloudy.
She suddenly thought of her other ident.i.ty, Countess of Rende.
The emperor suddenly t.i.tled her as the Countess of Rende, most likely having this situation in mind.
The timing was right, it was when Xiliang and the Man clan had started to fight.
Lou Qingwu"s eyes flashed dangerously.
It seems like the emperor had already thought of using her as a sacrificial p.a.w.n from a long time ago, which means he most likely isn"t actually planning on having a peaceful relationship with Xiliang country.
So what was he planning the day?
Lou Qingwu felt like even in two lifetimes, she still couldn"t understand the emperor.
Lou Qingwu was thinking to one side as the emperor stopped the zither master from playing, his face filled with laughter.
“Tonight is the Xiliang amba.s.sador"s fourth day, it"s also a great day for Xiliang country and our country"s relationship. For the sake of cementing our good partnership for years to come, this emperor has thought deeply and have chosen to have a prince marry Xiliang country"s third princess and for one person to marry far away to Xiliang country.” The emperor"s words fell but the faces of the princes didn"t change.
It was just another beauty in their residences after all.
Even if it was Xiliang country"s princess, she definitely wouldn"t be the consort.
She"d only be a side consort, so they didn"t care.
As for the countesses in attendance, their faces grew worried.
Their hands gripped their handkerchiefs, scared that the person marrying far away would be them.
They"d rather marry a high ranked official"s son, instead of marrying far away.
After all, Xiliang country"s position wasn"t fixed.
Their fifth prince was also a playboy type so who would want to not only marry far away, but also marry someone who wouldn"t dote on them? It wasn"t worth it, no matter which angle you looked at it.
Being named, Xiliang Feiyue continued to wear a facial veil on her face as she walked to the centre, her beautiful eyes half lowered as she looked as gentle as water.
The emperor nodded his head, satisfied before he continued, “This emperor has chosen two people. This emperor"s third prince is well versed in the arts and in martial arts so I want the third princess to marry this emperor"s third prince. As for the Countess of Rende that this emperor has t.i.tled ‘Rende", she really lives up to the virtuous t.i.tle given. This emperor would like to choose her as a partner for your country"s fifth prince, I don"t know how the third princess and prime minister Shu think?”
The emperor"s words fell as not only Lou Qingwu and Xiahou Qing, but the silent Xiahou Rui, all suddenly lifted up their heads in disbelief.
How could he have thought that his father-emperor would choose to marry off Miss Lou?
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TL note:
Can"t marry a foreign princess as a real consort because if they clawed their way up at the top, no one would accept a foreign princess as the empress. So Xiliang Feiyue can only be a side consort, or a real consort to someone who had 0 plans for being emperor.
Leave a comment and it was the emperor all along dun dun dunnnn xx