Prince, Marry Me!
A gift from the emperor
“Greetings Your Majesty, may the emperor live a thousand years!”
Two handsome, dashing princes came to greet a middle-aged man sitting on a throne made of beautifully carved wood and decorated with gold jewels. The crown on his head was enthroned with precious stones and pure gold-fiber hanfu was attached to his body. On his right side the crown prince sat quietly, and on his left side was the queen mother. The emperor looked at his two sons with frowns, forced to put the wine back in a cup that was more fully toilet. “Rise!” reply emperor.
A coincidence or indeed he did not know if the second prince and the third prince had returned to the capital.
“Why did you guys come here?” ask her directly, “You should be at the border to guard the conflict area, why did you come back? Don't tell me you can't ease the conflict there. Your goal is to crush the rebels and defend the territory.”
A non-warm welcome is not even pleasant at all, it is certainly very sickening. Moreover, they know that in the end, these two princes will be set aside again in countries that are full of conflict. The idea was certainly inseparable from Empress Dowager Bai who had long disliked the two, even though the position of Wang Ren and Wang Jun was the same as Wang Ming. They were the biological grandchildren born to Emperor and Queen Xianyuan.
Wang Ren and Wang Jun sat at the banquet table, the ladies-in-waiting immediately gave a warm tea and some cakes as a companion. “Your Majesty, we heard the crown prince is getting married soon, so we will of course celebrate. I'm afraid that first brother will be sad if I don't come to celebrate.” Wang Jun replied as he glanced at the crown prince.
“The southern region has been free from conflict, and the rebels have been well handled by us. Right now we are trying to take over the territory of Hang Country bit by bit.” Wang Ren replied calmly as he sipped green tea in his cup.
“Hang Country is rich in produce, even there I found the potential of silver and jade mines that are very abundant. Some I give to the emperor.” he added.
The second prince coded Yu Ze to bring his offerings before the emperor, and it was not disappointing.
Not to be outdone, Wang Jun also gave his personal guard a warning to enter and make an offering of his own to the emperor. “Your Highness, the western region has successfully captured the Baojing mine and successfully brought back the gold and gems.” Wang Jun replied, as the prince who is believed to carry out the heavy task of seizing the Baojing gold mine from the hands of the Lun rebels.
“I also brought some for you.”
“Wah, great!” praise emperor.
Emperor Wang Hangdi was very fond of good news such as new territories and gold or gem resources, as well, both of his eyes instantly sparkled and within his brain had been a plan to charge the people higher taxes in the resource-rich areas. It would further enrich her and the empire.
While cheering in excitement, Emperor Wang examined the offerings for him which were extremely outstanding. “Very good! This is very good, you have done your job well.”
“I'll give each of you the territory you managed to master.”
Empress Dowager Bai and the crown prince glared at each other before finally throwing their gazes at the emperor. They felt this was too much, because the land given to the two princes was much larger than the land given to the crown prince. There is also rich in mining and produce, so both princes will benefit greatly.
Hearing the decree, even more so was Eunuch Hong and the few ministers who were his witnesses, the second prince and the third prince smiled with satisfaction in their hearts. Of course this was what they were looking for after fighting hard for the empire.
Wang Jun smirked in satisfaction as the crown prince and the queen mother were made rosy-dry. “Thank you for your kindness, Your Majesty Emperor Wang, may the emperor live a thousand years.” he said quickly.
“Thank you for your kindness, Your Majesty.” Wang Ren continued.
“Wait!”
“Iya.” continued the crown prince, Wang Ming, “How could the younger brothers obtain a territory far greater than the land I own, Your Majesty? Will second sister and third sister not be labeled as traitors to me?”
“Traitor what sister?” reply Wang Jun, “Emperor just generously give us the gift for the hard work that has been done, the emperor just wants to repay the service.”
“But you and second sister have gained a lot of territory, aren't you guys satisfied?!” the crown prince looked at his two younger siblings angrily, “More second sisters! You've got the whole country south, even you've become king there, isn't that enough for you? So greedy!”
Queen Mother Bai nodded twice, “True! You guys are too greedy, Wang Ren, Wang Jun, quickly refuse the gift from the emperor right now!”
Wang Ren chuckled slightly, his sharp gaze pointing at the queen mother. “Rejecting a gift from the emperor, who wants to be stupid?”
“Wang Ren!”
“Second sister is right, grandma!” reply Wang Jun did not want to miss to fight, “Emperor himself has given it to us, everyone heard it, Eunuch Hong and the ministers also heard it. I also received with full honor.”
“You dare!!!!”
Wang Ming was furious, he clenched both of his palms until the knuckles printed clearly. These two younger siblings had clearly raised war flags with him. Wang Ming had to act, he would not remain silent.
Empress Dowager Bai flicked her hands with a small laugh, “You see for yourself if the emperor is drunk because of the wine he drank, even I started to feel drunk. So, the emperor did not mean it with his words.”
“Drunk or not, the emperor's speech is a titah!” wang Ren replied confidently. “Easy Hong, Commander Hua, quickly write the emperor's edict for us.”
“Ma-sorry, prince?” Eunuch Hong stuttered, he stared fearfully at the queen mother who gave him a death look. “But .. “
“Prince seems like this .. “ Commander Hua also kelit.
“Do you want to betray by not writing the emperor's edict, your eyes, head, and ears must still function properly. Everyone heard clearly!” wang Ren said again, “If indeed your ears are no longer working, I will cut them with my sword!”
“Ba-well, Your Highness Xuan!”
In the end, the edict had been clearly written for the second prince and the third prince. They get the territory they managed to control. Even the crown prince who owned the entire land in the capital, was still inferior to the territory Wang Ren possessed.
Wang Jun himself, possessing the Baojing mine was equivalent to owning the entire Baojing City. That is quite enough because the mining resources there are very abundant.
“I heard big brother is getting married.” said Wang Ren casually, “But you seem ordinary when your future wife almost died of bandits.”