zChapter 1065 - Both of You Are Not Compatible! (1/2)

Earlier, Feng Yuheng had received Yao Shu’s secret letter and naturally understood what this person referred to about working together, but with Xuan Tiange present, how was she supposed to talk about this trade? Even though she could tell that Xuan Tiange and this person might know each other before this and were acquainted with each other to some extent, this did not mean she was willing to use Xuan Tiange’s whole life of happiness as an exchange, even if it was in exchange for nullifying the danger to the Emperor, even if it was in exchange for Da Shun empire’s tomorrow, she was unwilling.

“There’s no rush.” She smiled blandly, “I am just a woman, the Gu Shu ruler negotiating and working together, it should be discussed with my Ninth Prince. Currently, he has not returned from morning court, why not wait for a while? It is not too late to discuss after he returns. But I am very curious, how did Monarch and our Princess Wuyang meet? From what I see, it does not seem that both of you met each other on the way?”

Xuan Tiange was in a hurry to explain: “We met on the way, he stood at the second floor of the teahouse and hit my driver with date seeds, he even hit me.” Saying this, she held out her hand which had been hit to Feng Yuheng to see, but the moment she held it out, she also remembered the scene of being gently massaged by that person in the tea house, blushing on reflex and quickly retracted her hand.

But the Gu Shu ruler laughed loudly instead, seeing the spoiled expression on Xuan Tiange’s face. He told Feng Yuheng: “In the past, Her Highness the Princess went to Da Mo to attend Princess’ and the Ninth Prince’s wedding, This Monarch just happened to get heavily injured that time and it was Her Highness the Princess who rescued This Monarch. Coming to Da Shun now, it was also to thank Her Highness the Princess directly.”

Feng Yuheng looked at the pair with a smile, suddenly feeling that if this marriage was set, for Xuan Tiange to marry this ruler, it was not that bad. This man was handsome! And he had exotic features, coming from her heart, Xuan Tiange’s appearance was not better than him. Her urge for gossip rose, and she asked: “What’s your name? Which year in your twenties are you in now?” How did this seem like a conversation between Da Shun’s Princess Yu and the Gu Shu ruler, her tone was not formal at all, it was just like a chat between normal people.

Hearing Feng Yuheng suddenly ask this, Xuan Tiange was dazed.

But that Gu Shu ruler was not stunned, he could even understand the meaning of Feng Yuheng’s words. After all, having to marry a woman, it was normal to first have a greater understanding of the man’s situation. Therefore, he started to introduce himself: “This Monarch’s name is Fan Tianli, twenty six years old this year, I rose to the top of Gu Shu a few months ago and have not appointed an Empress yet. There are only three beautiful woman in the harem, these are concubines in my palace from before, I do not have any children currently. It’s just that Gu Shu has a rule, if one wants to be a ruler, then his first child needs to come from the official Empress and will be appointed as crown prince in the future, this is to avoid battle for the throne later on.”

“Oh.” Feng Yuheng nodded, saying again: “But you are not the first child of the previous Gu Shu ruler, yet you obtained the throne, how do you explain this?”

“Because the crown prince passed away from illness many years ago, and the official Empress had hurt her body after giving birth of the crown prince and was unable to produce any more children, that was why Gu Shu ended up having a battle for the crown. Obtaining serious injuries earlier, which was the time Her Highness the Princess rescued me, it was an accident due to the fight for the throne.”

“But you still succeeded in the end, so everything was worth it, right?” Feng Yuheng looked at him with a smile, yet shook her head slowly again, saying: “It’s a pity, still having three beautiful women in the harem. Just based on this point, I feel that it is not appropriate!”

Fan Tianli frowned, “A ruler having more than one woman is normal, even in my palace in the past, I had three concubines in my palace, and that is the lowest number amongst my brothers. Princess can say it is not appropriate?”

Feng Yuheng spread out her hands, “Da Shun’s Ninth Prince is also a prince, he is also royalty, but before his marriage, he did not have any concubines in his palace at all.”

Fan Tianli showed a troubled smile, “If Princess Yu is to make that comparison, that one this point, This Monarch does lose to His Highness Prince Yu. It is just unknown that if His Highness Prince Yu inherits the rule in the future, can the harem still be maintained with just Princess Yu alone living there?”

“What are both of you talking about?” Xuan Tiange was more puzzled listening to this, why was the topic of the number of wives brought up suddenly? How many women the Gu Shu ruler had, how was that Feng Yuheng’s business?

“We are talking about a very serious matter.” Fan Tianli told Xuan Tiange, “Princess Yu seemed to be unsatisfied with the fact that This Monarch’s harem still has three beautiful women, but that is a small matter, as long as the deed is done, those three women will be handled by the person who will be Empress. Keeping or killing, or banishing them to the cold palace, this will be decided by one world from the Empress. Princess Yu, what do you think?”

Feng Yuheng thought about it, there was something like that, so she nodded, “That’s true, if she cannot even handle that small matter, her Empress seat will not be stable. But in the end, this is a matter for the future, what I want to hear now is what are the exchange conditions of Gu Shu’s ruler?”

Fan Tianli did not put up any airs or exaggerate. He looked at Feng Yuheng and said the words very seriously, “A Gu duel.”

“Gu duel?” The two spoke at the same time to express their confusion, Feng Yuheng asked again: “How do you explain this?”