"What?!" Zhu Yijun's eyebrows immediately stood up when he heard this, and he said angrily, "You are the dignified Nalan Mansion, do you want to go back on your word? It was also in this main hall that day, but Nalan Zhengze personally agreed to me, and the Sixth Prince was also present. After returning, he even reported this marriage to the Imperial Concubine. Now you want to cheat, aren't you afraid that it will be spread out and laughed at by the world? Aren't you afraid that the Imperial Concubine will punish you?"
Madam Nalan shrank her neck when Zhu Yijun yelled at her, but then she saw the Crown Prince sitting next to her and immediately felt more confident.
"What's wrong with the Sixth Prince? Didn't you see that the Crown Prince was sitting next to you? Can the Sixth Prince and the Imperial Concubine be more powerful than the Crown Prince?"
At this point, Madam Nalan's expression was immediately filled with pride and smugness, "Master Zhu, do you know why His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is here today? His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is here to ask for our Feixue's hand in marriage. Do you want to snatch the Crown Prince's bride away?"
Zhu Yijun was shocked when he heard this. "What did you say?"
Zhu Yuanzhang was still in a trance. He just stared at Nalan Feixue and wiped the saliva from the corners of his mouth from time to time.
Nalan Zhengze coughed lightly and said gently, "Master Zhu, we don't want to embarrass you, but you have seen that the Crown Prince is interested in my daughter and has personally brought a betrothal gift to propose marriage. Master Zhu, you don't want to disobey the Crown Prince, do you?"
"However, the marriage between our Nalan family and Zhu family was indeed agreed upon long ago. Since we have agreed to it, we naturally cannot go back on our word, and we cannot let Master Zhu suffer any loss. Master Zhu, what do you think? I will betroth my third daughter Nalan Hexi to your son. In this way, the Zhu family and the Nalan family will still be relatives, and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince will be satisfied. What do you think, Master Zhu?"
Zhu Yijun's expression changed. He glanced at his son's infatuated eyes looking at Nalan Feixue, as well as Nalan Feixue's outstanding talent and appearance. Then he thought of Nalan Hexi's sallow face at the time, and felt a sense of unwillingness in his heart.
No matter how you look at it, Nalan Feixue is better than Nalan Hexi and more suitable for his beloved son.
But His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was sitting there. If I disobeyed His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, it might bring disaster to the Zhu family...
After weighing the pros and cons in his mind, Zhu Yijun finally had to compromise. He gritted his teeth and was about to agree.
Suddenly, the Crown Prince, who had been sitting in silence, stood up and said, "Wait a minute!"
Seeing everyone's eyes looking over, Shangguan Qi smiled slightly, then put his hands behind his back and slowly said, "Doctor Nalan, did you misunderstand my intention?"
"It is true that I want to marry a young lady from the Nalan family, but the one I want to marry is the third young lady from the Nalan family, Nalan Hexi."
As he spoke, he nodded slightly towards Nalan Zhengze, revealing an expression as if he was condescending, "Doctor Nalan, I would like to take Miss Nalan Hexi from your mansion as my concubine. I hope Doctor Nalan will agree to this."
When these words were spoken, everyone present was stunned.
The main hall fell into an eerie silence. Nalan Feixue's aggrieved and pitiful expression was still on his face, but he was standing there stiffly, looking like a joke.
Mrs. Nalan, who had just been in high spirits, was now filled with astonishment and disbelief, her face turning blue and purple.
Nalan Zhengze was even more shocked. He had prepared a lot of high-sounding words to say, but now they were all like being blocked by a fly, unable to spit out or swallow. (To be continued)