Quick Transmigation: Good Man Series 1 [1-200]

The Red Fades, the Fragrance Disappears; Who Will Pity It? (6)

"Beloved subject doesn't know?" The emperor looked at Liang Shao with surprise. "Princess Anping also found a husband. Zhen already bestowed a marriage for her two months ago."

The emperor looked pitying on behalf of Liang Shao, sighing and shaking his head: "Two months ago, Young Master Xie came into the palace to ask the empress for Xi Wen's hand in marriage. Zhen sees Xie Fei has an unusually elegant manner, and is extremely suitable for Anping. Thus, zhen wrote an imperial edict for these two people."

"What!" Liang Shao cried out in alarm, looking at the emperor in complete disbelief.

Chen Bing'er, following behind Liang Shao with her head lowered, unobtrusively started to laugh. If Princess Anping had already been promised to another person, then Liang Shao was completely hers. There wouldn't be Princess Anping, whose life, status, and behavior and appearance were all above her, pressing down on her head. There also wouldn't be the imprisonment Liang Shao spoke of. She was very satisfied with this kind of outcome.

Seeing Liang Shao's greatly changing expression, the emperor's mood became much better without reason. He looked at the girl behind Liang Shao and decided to add fuel to the fire. He said soothingly, "Beloved subject Liang, don't get too worked up. Zhen knows you greatly admired Anping, coming to propose time and time again before you left for battle. Seeing beloved subject so infatuated, zhen originally wanted to wait for you to return in triumph to bestow a marriage. Too bad you disappeared on the way back.

"But today beloved subject has also found a beautiful woman. Although she's not as bright and beautiful as Anping, she's still a delicate and pleasant person. Adding on that she is also the benefactor who saved your life, zhen thinks beloved subject must also be completely satisfied. This really is to everyone's delight and satisfaction." The emperor raised his eyebrows, sighing and smiling with emotion.

As soon as the emperor smiled, the crowd also began to smile: "Exactly! Congratulations to the emperor's perfect son-in-law, congratulations to General Liang Shao bringing a beauty back."

Congratulatory smiles came from four corners, but in Liang Shao's ears, each word and each phrase was a taunt. They were jeering that he had eyes and didn't recognize gold inlaid with jade, jeering that he threw away a watermelon to pick up a sesame seed, jeering that...

"It— it's not like this..." Liang Shao looked everywhere, his expression confused. The familiar faces were all filled with sneering expressions. He stammered lowly. He had already completely forgotten Chen Bing'er and forgotten what he said earlier; he only knew his unwillingness and embarrassment. He followed the little voice in his heart and shouted, "Your Majesty! You obviously already bestowed a marriage upon this subject and Princess Anping, how could you betroth her to someone else?

"Everyone says the emperor has a golden mouth and pearly words that carry great weight. The words you say, how can you change them just because you said to change them? Wouldn't this be the biggest joke in the world? In the future how can the thousands of common people believe the words you say!" Liang Shao became more and more impassioned as he spoke. In the end he was shouting, out of control.

The crowd was taken aback. Sure enough, this was a countryside boor who had the bravery to say anything. Luckily the emperor hadn't betrothed his daughter to him, or how she died nobody would know.

Everyone looked at Liang Shao curiously. Nobody noticed Chen Bing'er's stiff figure standing at the side. Hidden in her sleeves, two hands were tightly clenched into fists, nails sinking deep into her palms. Blood seeped out faintly.

Hearing Liang Shao's words, the emperor's face became ashen. Staring sharply at Liang Shao, he grabbed the fruit tray on the table and forcefully smashed it towards him: "Why zhen withdrew the original edict to switch to a betrothal with Xie Fei, shouldn't zhen be asking you? It was you, Liang Shao, who disappeared, causing Anping to suffer so much humiliation. Today, although you returned in good condition, you neglected the betrothal and privately chose a wife, not putting zhen's imperial edict in your eyes in the slightest. Zhen not taking you in to ask for clarification is already giving a favor.