jdhmnovel Chapter 320 What should we do?
Chapter 320 What should we do?
At night, the Fusang Palace was filled with singing, dancing, and music.
At the very top, Xin Moyan sat beside the emperor, her cheeks puffed out, looking very unhappy.
"Yan'er, is this music and dance not enough to liven things up?"
His narrow eyes glanced down, a cold glint flashing in them, startling the palace servants who hurriedly knelt down.
"You... have displeased the princess."
"This servant deserves to die. Please, Your Majesty and Princess, calm your anger."
Seeing him take his anger out on the palace servants, Xin Moyan complained playfully, "Big brother~"
"I may have upset Yan'er just now. Is there anything else Yan'er would like to see?"
Hearing this, she became even more frustrated, her brows furrowed tightly. She turned her head and glared boldly at the hundred-mile cliff, questioning it.
"Big brother, they did nothing wrong. I heard from third brother that you're going to choose a husband for me in a few days. Is that true?"
"Yes."
Baili Juebi nodded calmly, but the emotions in his eyes were complex.
"Yan'er, there are countless fine men in Gu Cang. Your brother will choose an unparalleled husband for you. When your brother arrives, our family will be reunited."
"I don't want to! Brother, please take back your decision. I will not accept this arrangement. I have a husband, and he is still waiting for me to return to Yuanqi!"
Upon hearing this, Baili Juebi's eyes sharpened, and his lonely face seemed to be covered with a layer of gray frost.
"Yan'er, forget about that person. Even if you return to Yuanqi to find your relatives in the future, I will not agree to the relationship between you two."
"Why should I? My own brother agreed, and you just..."
Halfway through her sentence, Xin Moyan abruptly stopped herself, and the atmosphere suddenly became awkward. She bit her lip secretly, feeling somewhat annoyed.
After a moment, Baili Juebi raised his eyelids slightly, his tone indifferent.
"I'm just your cousin, I have no right to interfere in your marriage, do I?"
"Brother, you know that's not what I meant. No matter how good the men in Gu Cang are, I don't want them. I already have someone I like."
"Yan'er, a foreigner is not good enough for you."
"You've never even met Xuan Yuan, how do you know he's not good enough for me? Big brother, he's the only one in my heart. If you insist on arranging blind dates for me, then I'll..."
"So what?" Seeing his angry expression, Baili Juebi's eyes flashed with a hint of schadenfreude.
Seeing that the threats had no effect, Xin Moyan felt embarrassed and reached out to shake his arm, her gesture slightly ingratiating.
"Big brother~ I'm begging you, I don't want to go on blind dates."
"Yan'er, please enjoy the dance. We'll discuss this matter later."
"No! Big brother, you have to promise me first..."
"Sister Shuiyi, do you think Big Brother and Sister Yan had a fight?"
Baili Jueyan rested his chin on his hands, staring thoughtfully at the two people locked in a stalemate above him.
"This...Your Highness, does the Emperor truly intend to choose a husband for Yan'er?"
Shui Yi frowned, her heart filled with worry.
"Yes! My elder brother said that once he finds a good brother-in-law, he will send someone to bring my cousin over. At that time, Sister Yan will definitely not have the thought of leaving so easily."
After speaking, he tilted his head and thought for a moment.
"Sister Shuiyi, you seem to have been chatting with Big Brother very little lately!"
"Is there any?"
"Have!"
Baili Jueyan quickly moved closer, frowning in confusion, and asked, "Sister Shuiyi, is what Elder Yue said true?"
"What?"
"that is……"
Baili Jueyan hesitated, then looked up at his elder brother.
"I asked Elder Yue privately, and he said that during your time in Yuanqi, you were actually engaged to my cousin whom I had never met?"
"Third Prince, you..."
"Sister Shuiyi, is this really true?"
Baili Jueyan spoke with increasing urgency, emphasizing the urgency of the matter.
"Yes!" Shui Yi nodded without hesitation; she didn't need to hide it.
"Oh no... Sister Shuiyi, how could you do this?"
Baili Jueyan subconsciously bit his finger, and the look in his eyes was one of abandonment after seduction.
My heart, which had been hanging in suspense, finally died. My elder brother and cousin had become rivals for my affections before they even met. What should I do?
"Your Highness, A-Ling is fine."
"I know, Sister Yan always says that her cousin is very good, and I also really want to meet him. But what about Big Brother?"
Upon hearing this, Shui Yi lowered her eyes, and when she looked up again, there was a hint of sadness on her face.
"I have always regarded the Emperor as my elder brother."
He pouted, "Sister Shuiyi, from childhood to adulthood, I've always considered you our sister-in-law. In the entire Mingshui Palace, who doesn't know you'll be the future queen?"
"Third Highness..."
On the other side, Xin Moyan refused to eat and insisted that Baili Juebi withdraw his order, which made him increasingly helpless.
"Yan'er, you didn't eat much tonight."
"I want to go back! I want to go back to Yuanqi!"
"...You are like this again."
"Then brother, don't choose a princess as your husband. You've been searching for me for so many years, and now that we've finally recognized each other, are you really willing to let me associate with some stranger?"
"Yan'er".
Baili Juebi sighed inwardly. He was reluctant to hand his sister over to someone else, but compared to that Yuan Qi person, he would rather let Yan'er settle down in Gu Cang and never go back to that place.
"Your elder brother agrees. The matter of the betrothal will be discussed after your cousin arrives in Gu Cang and you two meet."
"You told me to go back to find my brother, so how did it turn into my brother coming here?"
Xin Moyan felt increasingly uneasy as she listened. She had a feeling that her older brother didn't want her to go back at all.
Baili Juebi did not answer this question, but changed the subject.
"Yan'er, don't be unhappy. I've had people preparing at Jinglie Mountain for a long time. Tomorrow, you can go with your two older brothers, Shuiyi, and Xing'er and have a two-day trip there."
What kind of place is Jinglie Mountain?
"The royal hunting grounds. Shuiyi said that Yan'er recently learned to ride a horse. Perfect timing, your second brother is excellent at riding and archery, let him teach you archery."
Upon hearing this, Xin Moyan immediately became interested, but still asked another question with some skepticism.
"Big brother, you wouldn't secretly pick out a girlfriend for me while I'm out having fun, would you?"
Baili Juebi couldn't understand what "object" meant, but after some thought, he roughly understood the meaning of the words.
"Your elder brother has already agreed. We'll discuss the marriage proposal when your brother arrives."
"it is good!"
Xin Moyan breathed a sigh of relief. Anyway, she didn't know when her brother would come to Gu Cang, and even if he did, he wouldn't agree to the marriage arranged by her brother. Most importantly, if her brother came here, Xuan Yuan would definitely come too!
"Big brother, aren't you coming with us tomorrow?"
He raised his hand and slowly poured a glass of wine into the glass in front of him, his tone neither warm nor cold.
"No, brother has things to do tomorrow!"
"OK then!"
She didn't think much of it, since her older brother only ate with her for breakfast, lunch, and dinner, and spent the rest of his time worrying about state affairs.
Baili Juebi downed his wine in one gulp, glancing at the group of people chatting happily below the stage. His handsome, cold face exuded an unassailable authority, as if he could kill without a trace with just a flick of his finger.