Chapter 257 Marriage Grant
The Prime Minister has always treasured his legitimate daughter. Originally, the Prime Minister had wanted Zhao Yanran to marry the prince, but Zhao Yanran had always refused on the grounds that she did not want to get married yet and wanted to stay at home with her parents for a few more years.
Now that Zhao Yanran has changed her mind, the Prime Minister naturally strongly agrees with his daughter's decision.
Prime Minister Zhao entered the palace quickly. He did not go directly to the emperor to grant the marriage, but went to the palace to find Queen Zhao first.
Queen Zhao had long wanted her son to marry Zhao Yanran, but unfortunately her brother, the Prime Minister, had never agreed. Now that he had taken the initiative to mention it, Queen Zhao was naturally overjoyed.
With the support of his mother's family, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince will be able to ascend the throne more smoothly in the future.
Queen Zhao asked someone to call the prince.
"Mother, why did you call me here?"
"I intend to ask your father for an imperial decree to grant you marriage rights, so that you can marry Yanran. What do you think?"
The prince has always admired his cousin. After all, she is talented and beautiful, and will be helpful to him in ascending the throne.
"It's all up to the Queen Mother."
"Okay, I'll go tell your father right away."
The Queen was about to leave when she suddenly seemed to think of something and turned back to ask, "Since Yanran had such an incident, have you visited her at the Prime Minister's residence?"
"Mother, Yanran is shy. If I go there now after something like this happens, I'm afraid she won't want to see me."
The queen pondered for a moment, then instructed the maid behind her, "Go to my palace and find a maid with black hair. Have someone twist her hair and make a wig for the prince."
"Yes, I obey the order."
"Prince, you should give the wig to Yanran and comfort her. If you want to ascend the throne smoothly in the future, your uncle's support is indispensable. As for Yanran, you must treat her well now."
"Yes, I will follow your mother's instructions."
After the emperor dismissed his court, the empress immediately went to the emperor to ask for his permission for marriage, but unexpectedly, Concubine Xue was also in the emperor's study.
As soon as she entered the imperial study, the empress first greeted the emperor.
Afterwards, Concubine Xue also paid her respects to the Queen, "Your Highness, I pay my respects to you."
"Get up."
Concubine Xue stood up and sat next to the emperor again. Emperor Jingxi looked up at the empress and asked, "What is it that the empress wants to see me about?"
"Your Majesty, the Crown Prince is now past the age of twenty, and he only has a few concubines around him. I would like to ask Your Majesty to grant the Crown Prince and Yanran a marriage."
The emperor glanced at Concubine Xue, then smiled at the queen and said, "You two are on the same page. Xue'er also came here today to ask me to grant the crown prince a marriage."
The Queen's heart skipped a beat, but she pretended to be calm and said, "Oh? I wonder which matchmaker Sister Xue found for Zhang'er?"
"Empress, I want to ask for an order on behalf of my sister. My sister came here to marry the prince. Last time, she had the honor of meeting the prince in the palace and she had a good impression of him, so she asked me to let Your Majesty grant the marriage."
The queen thought quickly in her mind. Their Dayuan had been at war with the Canglang Kingdom in the past. If it were in the past, she would never let her son marry a princess from the Canglang Kingdom.
But now, their two countries have been living in peace for many years. If the prince can marry the princess of Canglang Kingdom, he may be able to use the power of Canglang Kingdom when he competes for the throne in the future.
The Queen said to the Emperor, "Then I wonder what your Majesty means?"
Emperor Jingxi pondered for a while, and finally decided, "Then give both to the crown prince."
The queen quickly knelt down to express her gratitude, "Thank you, Your Majesty."
"However, there is only one position of principal wife. Who do you think would be the best person to be given the position of principal wife?"
The Queen naturally sided with her niece, "Your Majesty, Yanran and the Crown Prince have been childhood sweethearts, and the Crown Prince has always wanted to marry Yanran. I'm afraid that this time, the Princess of the Canglang Kingdom will have to suffer."
The emperor thought for a moment and said, "After all, the status of the Princess of Canglang Country is also noble. Why not make Yanran the principal wife and the Princess of Canglang Country the co-wife?"
When Concubine Xue heard this, she immediately kowtowed and thanked him, "Thank you, Your Majesty. If my sister knew, she would be very happy."
The Queen did not express any objection. After all, as long as Yanran was the legal wife, it was enough.
The maids working under the Queen were very efficient and the wig was made soon. The Prince left the palace with the wig and went straight to the Prime Minister's residence.
Zhao Yanran knew that the prince was coming to see her, so she naturally refused to see him.
Unexpectedly, the door was pushed open anyway, and she yelled, "Didn't I say I wouldn't see you? Are you deaf?"
"Sister Yanran, it's me."
Zhao Yanran looked back and found that it was the prince behind her. She was so scared that she immediately screamed and covered her head with the quilt.
"Brother Crown Prince, why are you here? Yanran is too embarrassed to see you now, please leave."
The prince was also shocked by Zhao Yanran's bald head, and his face froze for a moment.
Every time he saw this cousin in the past, she always looked radiant and noble. Now seeing her with a bald head, the prince felt that this arrogant cousin was nothing special.
The prince's moral character and talent were usually average, and Zhao Yanran used to be somewhat indifferent to him.
So today, when the prince saw the talented woman who was once so high and mighty fall into the mortal world, he felt a little happy.
But he quickly put away the smug look on his face, and then pretended to be distressed and said, "Sister Yanran, it's okay, the prince brother won't dislike you. Don't cover your head, be careful not to suffocate."
"No, Prince brother, Yanran looks too ugly now. Yanran dare not see you."
"Sister Yanran, my mother has asked my father to grant us marriage. The imperial decree will soon reach the Prime Minister's residence. We will be husband and wife from now on. There is no need for you to be so formal with me. I made a wig for you and brought it here. Hurry up and try it on."
Zhao Yanran still didn't move, she was a little skeptical.
Bizhu naturally knew that the prince had brought a wig, so she quickly persuaded him, "Miss, it's true. The prince made a very beautiful wig for you. You can wear it and go out as usual."
After hearing Bizhu say this, Zhao Yanran finally came out from under the quilt.
With tears on her face, she threw herself into the prince's arms, "Brother Prince, you are still the best to Yanran."
The prince touched her bald head awkwardly and consoled her, "Yanran, you usually love beauty the most, put on the wig quickly."
"Ah."
Bizhu helped her young lady put on a wig, then combed her hair and put on a hairpin.
Zhao Yanran looked at herself in the bronze mirror with her shiny black hair, and seemed to have regained her confidence.
She finally showed a long-lost smile, and at the same time became more convinced that her decision to marry the prince was the right one.
When the prince ascends the throne, she will be the queen and the most honorable woman in the Dayuan Kingdom. She will definitely trample both the prince and that bitch under her feet and make him regret not choosing her.
The prince felt much more comfortable with his cousin wearing the wig. Otherwise, he would have felt very uncomfortable looking at that bald head.