The Pheonix and The Dragon

42.Proposal

"Father, Mother." Lisa walked into the main courtyard and bowed to her parents. Then she bent her knees slightly towards her eldest brother, her second brother and her second sister-in-law. Everyone in the family sitting seriously like this made her feel puzzled. Nothing special had happened in the capital recently, so why were they all so serious?

"Lili, come here. Sit down to speak." Jiyong, under the gaze of his entire family, was emotional. "Next month, you come of age. This father thinks of the year you were born, you were a wrinkly little ball. Fifteen years passed in the blink of an eye."

Lisa felt her heart warm up. She stood and bowed deeply to Chaerin and Jiyong. "Thank you, Father, Mother, for raising me."

"Parents raise their children in hopes of their health and growth. Children thank their parents for raising them. As parents, we thank our children for coming to our lives." Chaerin's eyes turned slightly red. She used a small smile to disguise her emotions. "So in the future, do not say such words. There is no need for thanks between parents and children."

"Yes." Lisa nodded with a smile. She walked next to Chaerin, crouched down and looked up at her mother. "Mother, what is it?"

"I am fine. But you are growing up by the day, and are at an age when you can leave the house. This mother cannot bear it." Chaerin wiped away the water from the corners of her eyes and reached out to touch Lisa's forehead. "There is something I haven't told you. I wanted to tell you the day after, but then the news of Prince Cheng came that day. His Majesty was going to mourn for Prince Cheng for seven months, so I could not mention the matter."

She looked at her daughter's perplexed expression and knew that the imperial family had not spoken of this matter to her daughter on her trips to the palace. As a result, her unwillingness decreased greatly. Fortunately, the emperor knew the rules and they had not privately confirmed their marriage.

"The imperial family asked Mistress Byun to come propose a marriage to our family." Chaerin's tone was slow. She clearly did not want to mention this matter to Lisa. "His Majesty wants to marry you and make you empress."

Lisa's mind was overwhelmed. Her as empress? This was Jungkook's intention?

In the last half year, she had not seen Jungkook many times. At the start of spring this year, the third day of the third month, she had made two pouches for good fortune and longevity to bring into the palace. Because His Majesty had been mourning for Prince Cheng and she was female, she had bid farewell after a few words.

Later, she had seen Jungkook at Kangquan Place two times. While Jungkook had seen her onto the carriage each time, she came and left hurriedly. She had never thought that Jungkook would have such thoughts.

"I hear that this is His Majesty's intention." Chaerin saw her disbelief and sighed. "Your father and I thought, if you are unwilling, we will find a reason to refuse this marriage. Other than us, the Hu family, the empress dowager and His Majesty, no one else knows of this."

"Let me think." Lisa stood up dazedly and sat down on a chair. The imperial family had spoken, so how could it be refused so easily? Her mother spoke so easily in order to comfort her emotions, but she was not an ignorant child. How could she not know the powerful connections in here?

The other members of her family saw this and could not bear it. Jennie whispered, "Little Sister-in-law, what do you think of His Majesty?"

"He... treats me very well." Lisa thought for a moment. "He never abuses his status and is extremely careful and considerate. Brother, you treat me just like he does."

Taehyung heard this and changed expression. He had seen long ago that His Majesty was very good to his younger sister. But at the time, he thought that his younger sister was extremely adorable, so His Majesty had some fraternal feelings. Also, His Majesty hadn't had such thoughts towards his sister at the time. But now, why was it not a fraternal feeling, but a romantic feeling?