THE EVIL PRINCE AND HIS PRECIOUS WIFE
Chapter 1 – Lowering Wife To Consort

Half-consciously, MuRong Xue felt a sharp pain in her chest. Each breath felt like a thousand steel needles pierced his heart violently, so painful that he frowned. He slowly opened his heavy eyelids, but was stunned by the sight.

The top of the white marble table, red sandalwood chair, golden pillar, silk brocade marble bed; that grand grand grand hall was extremely luxurious. In the corner sat a purple-gold bent wire furnace that was an extremely expensive antique; in the window there were two 1 meter tall red corals that were even more valuable and almost extinct in the modern era; moreover, the wall was pinned with night pearls, so much so that it was overwhelmed.

Murong Xue could not help but be stunned. Modern society will have electric lighting everywhere but this is complemented by a very strange ancient style. Even the palace hall of the Forbidden Palace in Beijing might not be this elegant and luxurious.

"Your Majesty, this humble servant asked Her Majesty to give Princess Yuyuan as my wife and Murong Xue as a concubine ..."

A cold male voice rang out in his ears, shattering the pleasant shock brought about by the scene before him. Murong Xue turned towards the voice and saw a purple-red brocade-robed man standing on the red carpet, in the middle of the large hall. Her hair, like black silk, was tied up using a purple-gold crown. His expression was calm, his young face was incomparably handsome, and a sharp, ruthless gaze.

Murong Xue felt a thud in his head and suddenly received a wave of foreign memories, fusing rapidly with his original memories. He couldn't believe it, but had no choice but to admit – his soul had traveled.

The owner of this body was also named Murong Xue and was the daughter of the first wife in the marquis house. She had been engaged to Prince Jing, Ye Yichen, since young. Three years ago, Prince Jing led an army to the border against the enemy while Murong Xue waited bitterly in the capital.

After finally waiting for his fiancee to return, unexpectedly, he had returned with Princess Mobei, Qin Yuyan. He even publicly asked to marry Qin Yuyan as his first wife in front of all the palace officials and their families during the welcome banquet at home, demoting Murong Xue to being a concubine. He was caught red-handed. Shocked and angry, his old illness relapsed and he died.

In order to grant Qin Yuyan the title of first wife, Ye Yichen had not carefully used her military achievements to request that the Emperor allow the marriage. But what mistake did Murong Xue make? She simply obeyed her parents' desire to get engaged to Ye Yichen. He didn't even have the chance to talk to his fiancee before he demoted her to a lowly concubine. Her ego as the daughter of a prestigious family was stamped heartlessly onto the ground.

Acuity gleaned Murong Xue's eyes. Facing the gaze of sympathy, pity, ridicule, humiliation, and everyone's arrogance, he slowly raised his head towards Ye Yichen, “I have an engagement with you first, he said, princess Yuyan's political marriage came in second. Don't you think that you're too overreacting to get me demoted into a concubine?

A look of astonishment fell on Murong Xue. Ye Yichen was a prince of war and had many military achievements. Even all court officials would relent and respect him. Murong Xue was just a sickly girl still in her study, and she dared to reprimand her mercilessly. How brave!

The middle-aged emperor sitting on the golden throne also raised his head and looked towards Murong Xue calmly. His sharp and majestic gaze hid behind the white jade tassels, faintly visible.

MuRong Xue turned a blind eye to all of this and coldly looked at Ye Yichen.

“Yuyan is King Mobei's most favorite daughter. If she was a concubine, it would be an insult to Mobei. The two countries, Qingyan and Mobei, will definitely fight again!” Ye Yichen coldly replied without looking at him. His brows revealed a slight relaxed and irritated impression.

Murong Xue begged to differ, and coldly said, “Qingyan is strong as a country with sufficient military strength. If Mobei dares to attack, just send an army to destroy them. Why should the Prince be afraid of them?”

“I'm not afraid of war. I just don't want our border soldiers to die for no reason!” Ye Yichen turned around, and humbly looked down on Murong Xue, a chill was visible around the tip of her eyes and eyebrows. “If the two countries can finish the war through political marriage, why do we still need to conduct an intense war and sacrifice so many soldiers?”

Murong Xue's mouth lifted with a touch of ridicule, and coldly looked at Ye Yichen, “The princes of the royal family are all young and capable. The nobles of the capital also had many young and talented men. Princess Yuyan can marry one of them and form a good relationship between the two countries. She doesn't have to marry you who already have a marriage agreement.”

Ye Yichen's merciless action of taking down Murong Xue as a concubine in the great hall only humiliated her and disrespected her as her fiance. The original person was angered to death by Ye Yichen; she as the precious daughter of the first wife in a prestigious family would not let anyone bully her!

“When the two countries reached a truce, King Mobei had requested that I personally guard Princess Yuyuan. I have agreed!” Ye Yichen said calmly, his voice calm and unshakable.

The small requirement in return for twenty years of peace between Qingyan and Mobei seemed like a very good deal. Ye Yichen married Qin Yuyan for the sake of the entire Qingyan. Lowering Murong Xue to a concubine was because she had no other choice. If he continued to rebuke Ye Yichen, then he would be considered selfish and disrespectful.

In a few words, he rebuked his criticism. Ye Yichen's method was completely to the point and unfathomable. His reputation as a war god was indeed deserved! But he, Murong Xue, was also not a weak goat to slaughter, "Then, the marriage of Prince Jing and Princess Yuyuan is unstoppable and irreversible?"

Looking into Murong Xue's cold eyes that were like a deep pond, Ye Yichen's heart clenched, as if something shocking was about to happen. He frowned, and coldly said, "Of course!"

"Then, I request that the engagement to Prince Jing be annulled!"

As soon as he said that, the crowd went into an uproar. Murong Xue wanted to break off the engagement and not marry a young and talented war prince and have many military achievements? Was he screwed over by his illness? Qingyan had many young and talented men, but it was impossible to find a man as great as Ye Yichen! Even as her concubine, she would be better off marrying him than marrying someone else as a first wife.

A flash of surprise appeared in Ye Yichen's eyes. When he had decided to ask the Emperor to grant the marriage, he had imagined all sorts of reactions Murong Xue would have and had thought of all sorts of countermeasures. However, she did not expect that she would actually suggest canceling the engagement. His blade-like eyebrows shot up slightly, and he coldly said, "No way!"

Murong Xue coldly asked, "Why not?"

Ye Yichen lowered her eyelids, "If it is cancelled, your reputation will be affected ..."

“In front of so many people, Prince Jing lowered me into a merciless concubine, making me the laughingstock of the capital. My reputation has been completely destroyed, ”Murong Xue interrupted coldly, scorn being seen around the tip of her eyes and eyebrows.

"Do you blame me?" Ye Yichen looked at Murong Chen, danger flashing in his eyes.

“I dare not! I only ask that Prince Jing cancel the marriage agreement. We can each get married and no longer have any ties!” Murong Xue casually replied with a hint of ridicule and perfuncture.