3 The Three Sisters (1/2)

The three royal sisters causing the headache of the new emperor are now sitting together in the Leisurely Cloud Pavillion.

Surrounded by blooming begonias, these royal ladies didn't show any trace of agitation or panic on their faces. However, you can feel the air of sadness surrounding them.

When they received the news that their royal mother has chosen to follow their royal father, their hearts were filled with grief. Their royal father and mother have always doted on them. Knowing that they are now gone forever is a hard pill to swallow.

They actually know that their royal father will die without realizing his dream of ruling the land as the sole monarch. Aside from the fact that they believe such a feat is impossible to accomplish, they also understand that waging wars against enemy nations is the least desirable option a ruler can take. Not only is that path to greatness bathed in blood, but it also doesn't take the lives of the commoners into consideration. The three sisters know that in the end, their father will be declared the loser in this game of power.

While they more or less predicted that their father and mother won't have a good end, they are unable to predict what their royal uncle, the new emperor, will do with them.

The eldest of the three sisters waved her hands to signal the eunuchs and palace maids to withdraw. The three sisters need time to think for themselves. Without hesitation, the servants followed their master's order.

Only when the servants withdrew that the three discussed the most important topic of the day: their marriage to a foreign kingdom!

”I think it's good that we are getting married in the same place.”, the youngest sister tried to make the atmosphere lighter for her older sisters.

The second eldest sister released a heavy sigh.

”I didn't think we'd end up getting married off to another kingdom.”

Indeed, all the things they imagined didn't come close to what their royal uncle had thought up. Some of the ideas that popped into their heads only include things like getting married off to a noble with the least status in the noble's circle or be stripped of their princess title and be conferred as commoners. They didn't imagine that their royal uncle would want them to be marriage tributes. After all, that would mean that either one or all three of them will enter the enemy emperor's harem.

Doesn't their royal uncle fear that they would receive the favor of another kingdom's emperor and brew a revenge plot?

Regardless of what their royal uncle has truly thought about this situation, they had no choice but to obey the Emperor's Edict.