C67 Part3

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"Gong Jun Hao, Rong Qing Ting, Yang Peng Fei, the Emperor Father and I both agree on the fact that these three are rare young talents and heroes of our Empire, be it from their Families background or their talents, they are all incomparable talents and worthy of the Consort Husband title.

It's just I don't know how to choose the one that would suit this Princess the most."

She seemed embarrassed.

"Your Majesty, this Minister is a man.

Women and men have different visions and opinions when it comes to choosing their Consort.

I'm worried that I might mislead the Princess and miss the Princess' preferences."

Murong Yu said calmly.

"This Princess is just merely hearing opinions from many people, and there's no harm in the Prince Regent's advice."

Murong Chang smiled softly, but her heart was very miserable:

'If I can't marry you in this life, I don't care about this ruined life.'

Murong Cheng also said:

"Just speak out what's on your mind, and there will be always room for a negotiation."

Murong Yu pondered for a moment, and finally said:

"Gong Jun Hao has a weak and timid personality, and the Princess is the proud Daughter of the Emperor.

If you want to use the Consort Husband to your advantage after marriage, Gong Jun Hao would be the easiest to control."

Murong Ci pointed out:

"Gong Jun Hao is indeed timid and cowardly, but his mother, the Prime Minister's Wife is known as the Fiercest First Lady of our Country.

After marriage, I wonder if the Princess Sister can control her Mother-in-Law as well as her Consort Husband?

Won't she be wronged and bullied?"

Murong Cheng laughed and said,

"Don't you know your Princess Sister's temperament?

She is the only one who bullies others.

How can she be bullied?"

Murong Chang's eyes waved and smiled mysteriously,

"This Princess also thinks Gong Jun Hao is a good candidate, but I need some time to think carefully."

Murong Cheng asked her to go back to her Palace and think about it, but she had to make a choice by the next day morning at the latest.

Murong Ci thought that things wouldn't go so smoothly, and that Princess Zhaohua would find a way out of this all, but she didn't expect that the Imperial Decree was given the next morning:

The selected Consort Husband was Gong Jun Hao.

Murong Ci felt that Prince Zhaohua chose according to Murong Yu's suggestion, but...

'Why did she do this?

Is there anything behind this?'

At this point, the wedding of Princess Zhaohua and Prime Minister's Son was announced to the world, and the Palace began to prepare for the wedding ceremony.

As for the wedding date, it was currently May and the ※Ghost Festival was traditionally in July and as thus it wasn't a suitable month for a happy event like a wedding.

If it was celebrated in June, it would have been too hasty.

Therefore, Murong Chang said that August was just right, and Murong Cheng agreed to it.

※※(N.B.) In the Chinese Lunar Calendar there are lucky months and unlucky months, and as such Chinese people usually avoid these unlucky months especially for weddings and happy events.

The unlucky months are March, July and September, because each of them have a Festival related to Death celebrated in it.

In July in particular the Ghost Festival is celebrated.

On the opposite, lucky months are February, April, June and August.

There are also unlucky numbers related to death(pronunciation) which are 4 and 7, and their respective higher numbers containing these two numbers (14,17,24,27).

Lucky numbers are 2(double joy), 8(prosper), 9(everlasting) and their higher numbers (12,18,19...), which are numbers with similar sounds of words referring to prosperity, everlasting joy, double joy, etc...

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On this day, Murong Ci took Qin Ruo out of the Palace and secretly visited the World's Greatest Manor and the Phoenix Building.

Murong Yu didn't send anyone to the Manor to find the owner ever since the last time she went to visit, and Rong Zhan was feeling more at ease thanks to that.

Ever since Murong Yu had made a fuss in the Phoenix Building that time, for a while, the officials in the Government didn't dare to go to the Phoenix Building to commit adultery.

However, seeing that the Royal King was quiet, they couldn't help thinking about those young beauties and secretly went again.

On that night, Rong Lan saw among the guests in the Phoenix Building a handsome and young boy.

The appearance of this boy was a little more delicate than the boys in the Phoenix Building.

At first glance, she knew that the boy was a woman disguised as a man.

Rong Lan guessed that it must be a girl from a big and wealthy family who came here for fun, so she ignored it.

Half an hour later, somehow, the boy and Young Master Li, a guest who often came to the Phoenix Building and from a rich family, got into trouble.

Young Master Li had a bad reputation and was famous for being a vicious person in the Imperial Capital, because he relied on the influential power of his family and especially of his uncle, who was a powerful man in the Palace.

Young Master Li often bullied people at the market, forcibly robbing the female merchants, committing a lot of crimes in the Imperial Capital, but in the end, he shut the mouths of those going against him, using money and the influence of his rich Family.

Ever since he had seen the jade-like young beauties in the Phoenix Building a month ago, he had come to amuse himself every night, almost playing with all the beauties in the Phoenix Building.

As long as he didn't make trouble in the Phoenix Building, Rong Lan basically ignored him and let him be.

But tonight, the fierce and nasty Young Master Li and the exquisite, noble young boy were causing a big trouble.

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END of CHAPTER 67 PART 3

.....................to be continued