Princess and the General

Discussing Marriage (Part Three)

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Eunuch Gao could only smile and agree, “Yes, yes, yes, this servant will immediately go and order for the corridor to be cleaned and ensure that it is spotless.”

After saying this, he said to his subordinates: “Did you not hear what Deity of Medicine said? Quickly go and clean up!”

The eunuchs exited in single file, neither daring to go against Eunuch Gao’s instructions nor daring to neglect Xun Chi in the slightest.

When Xun Chi stepped into the palace, Emperor Ning was seated on a sofa drinking tea.
Upon seeing him, he hastily stood up.

“Deity of Medicine, please come and sit.”

He was rather polite, standing up himself to receive him.
Xun Chi walked over and sat across from him, “Your Majesty has been courteous.”

Emperor Ning cheerfully brought the pastries on the table over to him, “Hearing that Deity of Medicine likes food, so We had some pastries prepared for you.
Do you like them?”

Xun Chi’s gaze landed on the table.
His white eyebrows quivered slightly, and a faint smile appeared.

He reached out and picked up a pastry without knowing what type it was and took a bite before frowning.

This was good; there was meat inside!

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Emperor Ning observed his expressions from the side.
Seeing that he seemed satisfied, he gained a bit more conviction in what he was about to say.

“Deity of Medicine, We wish to venerate you as a teacher of the country.
What do you think of it?”

“No need, I have never gotten involved in the court affairs of the three countries.
Rather, being conferred a title would be a burden.”

Xun Chi ate while frankly refusing the offer.

It seemed that this was not his first time refusing such a thing, as he had done it so smoothly.

Emperor Ning was a little disappointed, “But Deity of Medicine did save Our life.
If no additional reward is given, it might make Our Eastern Ling look stingy.”

“Being conferred a court title is not a good thing to me.
There’s no need for Your Majesty to consider such a thing.”

Emperor Ning was expressing his kindness, so Xun Chi was a little embarrassed after declining; otherwise, he would have gotten annoyed much sooner.

Emperor Ning tested the waters and said: “Alright since that’s the case, We will thank Deity of Medicine from a different angle.
We will personally sanction the marriage between Yu Fu and Marquis Gu’s heir.
What does Deity of Medicine think?”

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“Hmph, hmph…”

Xun Chi held his throat and coughed a few times.
A piece of pastry that had not yet been swallowed was caught in his throat, and it finally went down after coughing for quite some time.

He was completely exasperated, “What sort of thanks is that? I still haven’t agreed to it.
How can your Eastern Ling just do as it pleases?”

“But We heard that Yu Fu likes her eldest brother ShuBai the most, so why does Deity of Medicine not agree?”

Xun Chi hollered: “Yu Fu is only 13 years old.
What is the rush? If you worked hard to raise a daughter, would you be willing to let them just marry someone?”

Would he?

He really would.

Emperor Ning smiled bitterly and said: “We really would be willing.
We would be all too eager for that to happen! Unfortunately, ShuBai does not like Our Princess DanYang.
He only likes Yu Fu.
Even if We wanted it to happen, it can’t.”

Xun Chi wore a doubtful expression.
It seemed that he did not feel that Gu ShuBai was particularly great, “Is that brat from the Gu family really that popular?”

“Of course! Even Our princess born of the empress likes him.
How many girls in the capital around that age don’t like him? Deity of Medicine, ShuBai is already 21.
If their engagement remains in question, he will be stolen away by someone else…”

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Xun Chi nearly leaped up from his seat, “Who dares? Who would dare to steal away Yu Fu’s man? They must be tired of living!”

Emperor Ning saw that there was progress and struck while the iron was hot, saying: “There are plenty.
Has Deity of Medicine not heard? In the past, the Liu family had a young miss who wanted to steal him away, even causing a commotion at Our banquet.
Fortunately, she did not hurt Yu Fu.”

“What? She even dared to hurt Yu Fu?!”

Xun Chi was so mad that his eyebrows and beard were trembling, “How can that be accepted? Our Yu Fu is only 13 years old.
How could she be able to fight off the older girls?”

“That’s why We were wanting to set it now to keep others with wicked intentions from hurting Yu Fu.
What do you think of this?”

Since it was concerning Yu Fu’s safety, Xun Chi finally calmed down and began thinking about Emperor Ning’s words.

It was often said that petty people were hard to defend against.
Yu Fu did not have the physical abilities that he had.
In fact, she did not really know any martial arts at all.

If someone wanted to hurt her, it would be all too easy.

That boy Gu ShuBai was indeed not bad.
It was just that he could not agree too quickly in front of Emperor Ning.

Emperor Ning could tell that he did not dislike Gu ShuBai, thus he patiently guided the discussion: “Actually, if you think about it, all girls will need to get married when they grow up, and is there a better young man out there than ShuBai? How about this, set the engagement first, and it will just be an engagement.
If Deity of Medicine is truly dissatisfied after two years, can’t we just call off the engagement?”

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“Engagements can be called off?”

“For others, they naturally cannot, but you are the Deity of Medicine, and We are the emperor.
If we want to call it off, it can be called off.
Deity of Medicine, you must think carefully!”

Xun Chi hesitated for a moment before finally saying: “Alright, then just set it for now.
When I find a better young man, I will come back!”

Emperor Ning: “…”

He had casually said it, but did Xun Chi really believe that an engagement could be called off?

A marriage sanctioned by the emperor, that is something that does not allow for refusal.

Xun Chi spoke as if he was buying cabbage from a street market.
He really was unbelievably casual.

Emperor Ning did his best to maintain his smile, “Alright, then it’s been decided! Since Deity of Medicine has allowed it, We can feel at ease with announcing it!”

Xun Chi snorted, “Shouldn’t Your Majesty worry a little about your own daughter? For a girl as old as that Princess DanYang, in Eastern Ling, she should have already gotten married, right?”