Chapter 3 — I Didn't Choose the Crown Prince, The One I Chose Made Everyone Stunned

Tan Uyen Nhu quickly stepped forward and softly advised:

"Sister, don't say nonsense because you're angry at the moment. The marriage between you and His Highness the Crown Prince has been agreed upon for a long time, and everyone in the capital knows about it."

I curled my lips slightly, my eyes cold as frost and snow:

"It's been tacitly decided for a long time? Why didn't I know? I only know, from beginning to end, the Tan family has never received an official marriage contract. Is it possible that just based on a few empty words, it can be considered a marriage contract?"

In my previous life, it was that so-called "verbal promise" that bound me for my whole life. I devoted all my heart and soul to pave the way for him, supporting him step by step to the pinnacle of power. It wasn't until he lost his life that he realized that not having a marriage certificate means that at any time, he could be thrown away. Trieu Dich was suddenly speechless. Because every sentence and every word we say is the truth. From beginning to end, he never gave the Tan family a proper marriage certificate. The Emperor's face became increasingly gloomy. A moment later, a majestic voice echoed throughout the main hall:

“Tan Duyet, raise your head.”

I slowly raised my head, facing his bottomless eyes.

“Tell me, why is it Old That?”

I calmly look straight at the dragon, without being arrogant or cowardly:

"Because His Highness Seventh, despite being in adversity, still maintains his gentlemanly demeanor. He does not change his will because of gain or loss. He does not change his heart because of honor or humiliation. His virtue and character make me admire him."

This was a response to the Emperor. It's also an invisible slap for Trieu Dich. Because true virtue has never been determined by whether the body is healthy or disabled, and has nothing to do with high or low status. At the corner of the main hall. The person who had been quiet from beginning to end finally made a move. Trieu Hanh gently turned the wheelchair wheel. Each cycle slowly rolls across the cold stone floor. He stepped out of the dark area, straight into the bright light in the middle of the main hall. Countless eyes simultaneously focused on him. There is pity. There is contempt. There are also many people waiting to see a joke. But he didn't seem to care at all. The wheelchair stopped in front of me. He lowered his eyes to look at the young girl kneeling on the cold stone floor. The voice was as calm as a winter lake:

“Miss Qin, have you thought about it carefully?”

“I'm just a cripple.”

“Marry me, you will become the subject of ridicule in the whole capital.”

“There is no glorious power.”

“There is also no bright future.”

I raised my head to look at him. In those eyes there was no trace of self-deprecation or gloom. There is only profoundness and calmness as if he has seen through the hearts of the world's people. He's testing me. So I took that look and slowly replied:

“The goddess has thought very clearly.”

“Honor and wealth are just clouds floating in front of our eyes.”

“What the goddess wishes for, from beginning to end, is just one person with one heart.”

Trieu Hanh was silent for a long time. Then, at the corner of his lips, a faint smile appeared. Like the snow and ice that covers the beginning of spring, it finally begins to melt. He turned to look at the Emperor, bowed slightly and bowed:

“Father.”

“I am willing to marry you.”

The whole hall cried out in surprise, a commotion rang out. Trieu Dich's fist was clenched so tightly that his joints cracked. The Emperor looked at me deeply, then Looking at Trieu Hanh again, he seemed to have finally made up his mind.

"Okay, if your two feelings are compatible, I will make it happen, pass on my decree, ordain Tan Duyet's daughter as Seventh Princess, choose an auspicious day to get married."

Trieu Dich's face was completely dark. The millet banquet ended in unhappiness. I became the biggest joke in the whole capital. My father called me to the study room. As soon as I entered the door, a cup of tea was thrown at my feet, breaking into four or five pieces.

"Unruly!"

Father was so angry that he was trembling: "Do you know what you did today? The Qin family's dignity has been thrown away by you!" Mother stood next to her in tears, her voice choked up: "Yet Nhi, what are you thinking about?"

"What's wrong with His Royal Highness the Crown Prince? Why do you dare to break up in front of everyone?"

“And that Seventh Prince, he…”

Mother choked up when she said this, because in everyone's eyes, he was just a disabled person, a destined prince with no future, and I was like destroying my own future. I knelt on the cold ground, not explaining a word, because I knew they wouldn't understand, I couldn't tell them that I had died once, nor could I tell them that the Crown Prince whom I missed every day and night was the executioner who killed our whole family.