Chapter 119 (1/2)
Chapter 119 – Escaping from the Marriage (1)
Emperor Le Xuan’s face became overcast like clouds on a rainy day.
‘That girl… She most likely ran away to avoid this marriage!’
He was the almighty and majestic Emperor, and unexpectedly, that little girl ran away from a marriage with him!
If this situation leaked out, how could he have any face left?!
This was simply a tremendous loss of face! Perhaps, he would even become a joke to the whole continent!
That extremely daring girl, could it be that she didn’t know that trying to escape from an imperial marriage was a crime punishable by decapitation?!
After Old Zhong, who was lying on the floor, finished answering the questions, he loudly broke into tears. “Your Majesty! Our young lady must have been kidnapped by strong people! Only people with strong cultivations would be able to release such a poisonous fragrance. A moment ago, when I was poisoned, they must have used that opportunity to capture our Miss… That girl must be so pitiful and helpless right now, suffering hardships in some unknown place. When praying to the Heavens, the Heavens don’t hear. When praying to the Earth, the Earth doesn’t respond… I beg your Majesty to help find the people who took her and to bring her back home… Have pity on our Marquis’ only daughter! Originally, I believed that she finally received your Majesty’s appreciation by being granted the rank of imperial concubine, reaching heaven in a single step. Who could have anticipated such a situation would happen?”
Old Zhong continued to wail and cry loudly, while kowtowing to the Emperor and slamming his head on the floor. All the officials who accompanied the Emperor and even the imperial guards were moved without exception by this scene.
In the end, this time Emperor Le Xuan had to go with the flow and agree with Old Zhong’s reasoning that Ning Xuemo was kidnapped by experts.
When all was said and done, it was better for his imperial reputation if she was kidnapped and went missing, instead of announcing that she fled in order to avoid marrying him.
Whether she really did escape by herself or was captured and fortunately escaped from her kidnappers, it did not matter anymore. For the former crime, she would be killed for defying the edict. For the latter, her reputation will be completely destroyed. No matter how her situation was worded, she still would not be able to marry the Crown Prince, Ji Yunhuang…
As for his son, he now has an excellent reason to justify refusing to marry them to each other.